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SECTION 1.01. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of shareholders for the election of Directors and for the transaction of such other proper business, notice of which is given in the notice of the meeting, shall be held on such date and at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Board of Directors and set forth in the notice of such meeting.

SECTION 1.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by the President of the Corporation or by the Board of Directors. Special meetings shall be held at such place within or without the State of Delaware and at such hour as may be designated in the notice of such meeting and the business transacted shall be confined to the object stated in the notice of the meeting.

SECTION 1.03. Notice of Shareholders' Meetings. The notice of all meetings of shareholders shall be in writing and shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting. The notice of an annual meeting shall state that the meeting is called for the election of the Directors to be elected at such meeting and for the transaction of such other business as is stated in the notice of the meeting. The notice of a special meeting shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called and shall also indicate that it is being issued by or at the direction of the person or persons calling the meeting.

A copy of the notice of each meeting of shareholders shall be given, personally or by mail, not less than ten days nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting at his record address or at such other address as he may have furnished by request in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. If a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, and, if any announcement of the adjourned time or place is made at the meeting, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the adjourned meeting unless the adjournment is for more than thirty days or the Directors, after adjournment, fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Notice of a meeting need not be given to any shareholder who submits a signed waiver of notice, in person or by proxy, whether before or after the meeting. The attendance of a shareholder at a meeting, in person or by proxy, without protesting prior to the conclusion of the meeting the lack of notice of such meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting.

SECTION 1.04. Quorum at Shareholders' Meetings: Vote Required. At any meeting of the shareholders the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum. If there shall be less than a quorum at any meeting of the shareholders a majority of those present in person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting.

Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election. Whenever any corporate action, other than the election of Directors, is to be taken by vote of the shareholders, it shall, except as otherwise required by the General Corporation Law, be authorized by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon.