UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): February 28, 2025
WEYCO GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Wisconsin | 0-9068 | 39-0702200 | |||
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer | |||
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) | |||
333 W. Estabrook Blvd. | |||||
Glendale, WI | 53212 | ||||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (414) 908-1600
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) | ||
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | ||
Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock - $1.00 par value per share | WEYS | The Nasdaq Stock Market |
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
- Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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- Pre-commencementcommunications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Departure of Director
Effective February 28, 2025, Mr. Robert Feitler resigned from his position as a member of the Board of Directors ("Board") of Weyco Group, Inc. (the "Company"). Mr. Feitler, who had been a director since 1964, served on the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee immediately prior to his resignation. Mr. Feitler's resignation was not due to any disagreements with the Company on any matters relating to the Company's operations, policies, or practices.
In connection with Mr. Feitler's resignation, Mr. Feitler's unvested stock options and restricted stock will vest on March 4, 2025, with no further restrictions.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
Amendments to Bylaws
Effective March 4, 2025, the Company's Board approved the following amendments to the Company's Amended and Restated bylaws (the "Bylaws"):
- Article III, Section 3.01 was amended to modify the number of directors required to serve on the Company's Board. Pursuant to the amendment, the number of directors of the Company shall be at least six (6) and no more than (8), with the specific number of directors to be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board. Previously, the bylaws called for seven directors.
- Article III, Section 3.01 was amended to remove language regarding the phased declassification of the Board, which was completed in 2023.
The Bylaws, as amended, are filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are being filed herewith:
3.1 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Weyco Group, Inc., as amended March 4, 2025
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 5, 2025 | WEYCO GROUP, INC. | |
/s/ Judy Anderson | ||
Judy Anderson | ||
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | ||
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
of
WEYCO GROUP, INC.
ADOPTED
March 9, 2021,
as amended March 4, 2025
ARTICLE I. OFFICES; RECORDS
1.01. Principal and Business Offices. The corporation may have such principal and other business offices, either within or without the State of Wisconsin, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.
1.02. Registered Office and Registered Agent. The registered office of the corporation required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law to be maintained in the State of Wisconsin may be, but need not be, identical with the principal office in the State of Wisconsin. The address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by any officer or by the registered agent. The business office of the registered agent of the corporation shall be identical to such registered office.
1.03. Corporate Records. The following records shall be kept at the corporation's principal office or at such other reasonable location as may be specified by the corporation:
- Minutes of shareholders' and board of directors' meetings and any written notices thereof.
- Records of actions taken by the shareholders or directors without a meeting.
- Records of actions taken by committees of the board of directors.
- Accounting records.
- Records of its shareholders.
ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS
2.01. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in April of each year at 10:00 AM, or at such other time and date as may be fixed by or under the authority of the Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting is a legal holiday in the State of Wisconsin, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of directors is not held on the day designated herein, or fixed as herein provided, for any annual meeting of the shareholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as may be convenient.
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Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the President or the Board of Directors. If and as required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, a special meeting shall be called upon written demand describing one or more purposes for which it is to be held by holders of shares with at least 10% of the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the meeting. The purpose or purposes of any special meeting shall be described in the notice required by Section
2.04 of these Bylaws. - Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Wisconsin, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or any special meeting. If no designation is made, the place of meeting shall be the principal business office of the corporation but any meeting may be adjourned to reconvene at any place designated by vote of a majority of the shares represented thereat.
2.04. Notices to Shareholders.
- Required Notice. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting (unless a different time is provided by law or the Articles of Incorporation), by or at the direction of the President or the Secretary, to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting or, if the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law requires that notice be given to shareholders not entitled to vote, to all shareholders. If mailed, such notice is effective when deposited in the United States mail, and shall be addressed to the shareholder's address shown in the current record of shareholders of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. At least twenty (20) days' notice shall be provided if the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider a plan of merger
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or share exchange or the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the corporation's property, with or without good will, otherwise than in the usual and regular course of business.
- Adjourned Meeting. Except as provided in the next sentence, if any shareholder meeting is adjourned to a different date, time, or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time, and place, if the new date, time, and place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. If a new record date for the adjourned meeting is or must be fixed, then notice must be given pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (a) of this Section 2.04, to those persons who are shareholders as of the new record date.
- Waiver of Notice. A shareholder may waive notice in accordance with Article VI of these Bylaws.
- Contents of Notice. The notice of each special shareholder meeting shall include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except as otherwise provided in this section 2.04(d), or as provided in the Articles of Incorporation, or otherwise in the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, the notice of an annual shareholder meeting need not include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.
- Fundamental Transactions. If a purpose of any shareholder meeting is to consider either: (l) a proposed amendment to the Articles of Incorporation (including any restated articles); (2) a plan of merger or share exchange; (3) the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the corporation's property, with or without good will, otherwise than in the usual and regular course of business; (4) the dissolution of the corporation; or (5) the removal of a director, the notice must so state and in cases (1), (2) and (3) above must be accompanied by, respectively, a copy or summary of the: (1) proposed articles of amendment; (2) proposed plan of merger or share exchange; or (3) proposed transaction for disposition of all or substantially all of the corporation's property. If the proposed corporate action creates dissenters' rights, the notice must state that shareholders and beneficial shareholders are or may be entitled to assert dissenters' rights, and must be accompanied by a copy of Sections 180.1301 to 180.1331 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law.
- Certain Stock Issuances. If the corporation issues or authorizes the issuance of shares for promissory notes or for promises of future services, the corporation shall report in writing to the shareholders entitled to receive notice of the next shareholder meeting, with or before the notice of that meeting, the number of shares authorized or issued, and the consideration received or to be received by the corporation.
- Indemnification; Advance of Expenses. If the corporation indemnifies or advances expenses to a director or officer under Sections 180.0850 et seq. of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, this shall be reported to shareholders entitled to receive notice of the next shareholder meeting with or before the notice of that meeting.
2.05. Fixing of Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for one or more voting groups for any determination of shareholders entitled to notice of a shareholder meeting, to demand a special meeting, to vote, or to take any other action, such date in any case to be not more than seventy (70) days prior to the meeting or action requiring such determination of shareholders, and may fix the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a share dividend or distribution. If no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to demand a shareholder meeting, to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or to consent to action without a meeting, (a) the close of business on the day before the corporation receives the first written demand for a shareholder meeting, (b) the close of business on the day before the first notice of the meeting is mailed or otherwise delivered to shareholders, or (c) the close of business on the day before the first written consent to shareholder action without a meeting is received by the corporation, as the case may be, shall be the record date for the determination of shareholders. If no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive a share dividend or distribution (other than a distribution involving a purchase, redemption or other acquisition of the corporation's shares), the close of business on the day on which the resolution of the Board of Directors is adopted declaring the dividend or distribution shall be the record date. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall be applied to any adjournment thereof unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date and except as otherwise required by law. A new record date must be set if a meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting.
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2.06. Shareholder List. The officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books for shares of the corporation shall, before each meeting of shareholders, make a complete record of the shareholders entitled to notice of such meeting, arranged by class or series of shares and showing the address of and the number of shares held by each shareholder. The shareholder list shall be available at the meeting and may be inspected by any shareholder or his or her agent or attorney at any time during the meeting or any adjournment. Any shareholder or his or her agent or attorney may inspect the shareholder list beginning two (2) business days after the notice of the meeting is given and continuing to the date of the meeting, at the corporation's principal office or at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held and, subject to Section 180.1602(2)(b) 3 to 5 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, may copy the 1ist, during regular business hours and at his or her expense, during the period that it is available for inspection hereunder. The original stock transfer books and nominee certificates on file with the corporation (if any) shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to inspect the shareholder list or to vote at any meeting of shareholders. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall not affect the validity of any action taken at such meeting.
2.07. Quorum and Voting Requirements. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group on a matter, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter at a meeting of shareholders. If a quorum exists, action on a matter, other than the election of directors, by a voting group is approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes opposing the action unless a greater number of affirmative votes is required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law or the Articles of Incorporation. If the Articles of Incorporation or the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law provide for voting by two or more voting groups on a matter, action on that matter is taken only when voted upon by each of those voting groups counted separately. Action may be taken by one voting group on a matter even though no action is taken by another voting group entitled to vote on the matter. Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, other than for the purpose of objecting to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting, it is considered present for purposes of determining whether a quorum exists for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for that meeting.
2.08. Conduct of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board, and in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the President, and in the President's absence, a Vice President in the order provided under Section 4.05 of these Bylaws, and in their absence, any person chosen by the shareholders present shall call the meeting of the shareholders to order and shall act as chair of the meeting, and the Secretary shall act as secretary of all meetings of the shareholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any other person to act as secretary of the meeting.
- Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy appointed in writing by the shareholder or by his or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact. All proxy appointment forms shall be filed with the Secretary or other officer or agent of the corporation authorized to tabulate votes before or at the time of the meeting. Unless the appointment form conspicuously states that it is irrevocable and the appointment is coupled with an interest, a proxy appointment may be revoked at any time. The presence of a shareholder who has filed a proxy appointment shall not of itself constitute a revocation. No proxy appointment shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise expressly provided in the appointment form. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make rules as to the validity and sufficiency of proxy appointments.
- Voting of Shares. Each outstanding share which is entitled to vote shall be entitled to vote on each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders in accordance with the provisions of Article III of the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation. Shares owned directly or indirectly by another corporation are not entitled to vote if this corporation owns, directly or indirectly, sufficient shares to elect a majority of the directors of such other corporation. However, the prior sentence shall not limit the power of the corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity. Redeemable shares are not entitled to vote after notice of redemption is mailed to the holders and a sum sufficient to redeem the shares has been deposited with a bank, trust company, or other financial institution under an irrevocable obligation to pay the holders the redemption price on surrender of the shares.
ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
3.01. General Powers and Number. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors. The number of directors of the corporation shall be at least six (6) and no more than eight (8), with the specific number of directors to be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.
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3.02. Tenure and Qualifications. Each director shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a shareholders meeting at which a quorum is present; i.e., the individuals with the largest number of votes are elected as directors up to the maximum number of directors to be chosen in the election. In the event two or more persons tie for the last vacancy to be filled, a run-off vote shall be taken from among the candidates receiving the tie vote. Each director shall hold office for the remainder of the term for which he or she has been elected and until the director's successor shall have been elected, or until his or her prior death, resignation or removal. Any director or directors may be removed from office by the shareholders, but only for cause, if the votes cast to remove the director exceeds the number cast not to remove him or her, taken at a meeting of shareholders called for that purpose, provided that the meeting notice states that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the director. A director may resign at any time by delivering a written resignation to the Board of Directors, its chairperson, or the Secretary of the corporation. Directors need not be residents of the State of Wisconsin or shareholders of the corporation.
3.03. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held, without other notice than this Bylaw, immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders, and each adjourned session thereof. The place of such regular meeting shall be the same as the place of the meeting of shareholders which precedes it, or such other suitable place as may be announced at such meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place, either within or without the State of Wisconsin, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.
3.04. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any two directors. The persons calling any special meeting of the Board of Directors may fix any place, either within or without the State of Wisconsin, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them, and if no other place is fixed the place of meeting shall be the principal business office of the corporation in the State of Wisconsin.
3.05. Meetings by Telephone or Other Communication Technology.
- Any or all directors may participate in a regular or special meeting or in a committee meeting of the Board of Directors by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, telephone or any other means of communication by which either: (i) all participating directors may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting or (ii) all communication during the meeting is immediately transmitted to each participating director, and each participating director is able to immediately send messages to all other participating directors.
- If a meeting will be conducted through the use of any means described in paragraph (a), all participating directors shall be informed that a meeting is taking place at which official business may be transacted. A director participating in a meeting by any means described in paragraph (a) is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.
- The identity of each director participating in a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof by any means described in paragraph (a) must be verified before the directors vote at the meeting (i) on a plan of merger or share exchange; (ii) to sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of substantial property or assets of the corporation; (iii) to voluntarily dissolve the corporation or to revoke voluntary dissolution proceedings; or (iv) to file for bankruptcy. The procedure for verifying a director's identity shall be by disclosure by the director of a confidential Director Identification Number assigned to such director in advance of the meeting by the Secretary which is provided confidentially to the director with the notice of the meeting or otherwise. A transaction within the meaning of subpart (ii) of this paragraph (c) shall be one which involves the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of more than fifty percent (50%) in value of the corporation's assets to a person other than a subsidiary of the corporation.
3.06. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, notice of the date, time and place of any special meeting of the Board of Directors and of any meeting of a committee of the Board shall be given orally or in writing to each director or committee member at least 48 hours prior to the meeting, except that notice by mail shall be given at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. The notice need not describe the purpose of or the business to be transacted at the meeting. Notice may be communicated in person, by telephone, telegraph or facsimile, or by mail or private carrier. Oral notice is effective when
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communicated. Written notice is effective as follows: If delivered in person, when received; if given by mail, when deposited, postage prepaid, in the United States mail addressed to the director at his or her business or home address (or such other address as the director may have designated in writing filed with the Secretary); if given by facsimile, at the time transmitted to a facsimile number at any address designated above; and if given by telegraph, when delivered to the telegraph company.
3.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, a majority of the number of directors as provided in Section 3.01 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors.
3.08. Manner of Acting. Except as otherwise provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, the affirmative vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the vote of a greater number is required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, or the Articles of Incorporation.
- Conduct of Meetings. The President, and in the President's absence, a Vice President in the order provided under Section 4.05 of these Bylaws, and in their absence, any director chosen by the directors present, shall call meetings of the Board of Directors to order and shall chair the meeting. The Secretary of the corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any assistant secretary or any director or other person present to act as secretary of the meeting.
- Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors, including a vacancy created by an increase in the number of directors, may be filled for the remainder of the term by the shareholders or the Board of Directors. If the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the Board, the directors may fill a vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all directors remaining in office. A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date (because of a resignation effective at a later date or otherwise) may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.
- Compensation. The Board of Directors, irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, may fix the compensation of directors.
- Presumption of Assent. A director who is present and is announced as present at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless (i) the director objects at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon his or her arrival to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting, or (ii) the director's dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting, or (iii) the director delivers his or her written dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or to the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent or abstain shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.
- Committees. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the number of directors as provided in Section 3.01, may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two or more directors as members, which to the extent provided in the resolution as initially adopted, and as thereafter supplemented or amended by further resolution adopted by a like vote, shall have and may exercise, the authority of the Board of Directors, except that no committee may; (a) authorize distributions; (b) approve or propose to shareholders action that must be approved by shareholders; (c) fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or any of its committees, except that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution that any vacancies on a committee shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining committee members; (d) amend the Articles of Incorporation; (e) adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws; (f) approve a plan of merger; (g) authorize or approve reacquisition of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the Board of Directors; or (h) authorize or approve the issuance or sale or contract for sale of shares, or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences and limitations of a class or series of shares, except within limits prescribed by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may elect one or more of its members as alternate members of any such committee who may take the place of any absent member or members at any meeting of such committee, upon request of the Chairman of the Board or the President or upon request by the chairman of such meeting. Each such committee shall fix its own rules governing the conduct of its activities and shall make such reports to the Board of Directors of its activities as the Board of Directors may request. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in creating a committee, a committee
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may employ counsel, accountants and other consultants to assist it in the exercise of authority. The creation of a committee, delegation of authority to a committee or action by a committee does not relieve the Board of Directors or any of its members of any responsibility imposed on the Board of Directors or its members by law.
ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS
4.01. Appointment. The officers shall include a Chairman of the Board, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (the number and designations to be determined by the Board of Directors), a Secretary and such other officers if any, as may be deemed necessary by the Board of Directors, each of whom shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
4.02. Resignation and Removal. An officer or assistant officer shall hold office until he or she resigns, dies, is removed hereunder, or a different person is appointed to the office. An officer or assistant officer may resign at any time by delivering an appropriate written notice to the corporation. The resignation is effective when the notice is delivered, unless the notice specifies a later effective date and the corporation accepts the later effective date. Any officer, assistant officer or agent may be removed by the Board of Directors with or without cause, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the officer or assistant officer so removed and the corporation. Appointment shall not of itself create contract rights.
4.03. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors. If a resignation is effective at a later date, the Board of Directors may fill the vacancy before the effective date if the Board of Directors provides that the successor may not take office until the effective date.
4.04. Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors may elect a Chairman of the Board and shall elect a President. The Board of Directors shall designate one of them as Chief Executive Officer.
In the event that there are both a Chairman and a President, and the Chairman is designated as Chief Executive Officer, then the President shall perform such duties as the Chief Executive Officer may prescribe. If there is a Chairman he shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors; in the absence of a Chairman the President shall preside at such meetings.
The Chief Executive Officer shall supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer shall have authority, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, to appoint such agents and employees of the corporation as he or she shall deem necessary, to prescribe their powers, duties and compensation, and to delegate authority to them. Such agents and employees shall hold office at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have authority to sign, execute and acknowledge, on behalf of the corporation, all deeds, mortgages, bonds, stock certificates, contracts, leases, reports and all other documents or instruments necessary or proper to be executed in the course of the corporation's regular business, or which shall be authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; and, except as otherwise provided by law or the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer may authorize the President or any Vice President or other officer or agent of the corporation to sign, execute and acknowledge such documents or instruments in his or her place and stead.
4.05. Vice Presidents. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, and the President, or in the event of their inability or refusal to act, or in the event for any reason it shall be impractical for the Chairman or the President to act personally, a Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. Any Vice President may sign, with the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, certificates for shares of the corporation; and shall perform such other duties and have such authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to him or her by the President or the Board of Directors. The execution of any instrument of the corporation by any Vice President shall be conclusive evidence, as to third parties, of the Vice President's authority to act in the stead of the President.
4.06. Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep (or cause to be kept) regular minutes of all meetings of the shareholders, the Board of Directors and any committees of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required
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