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Exhibit 3.1
First Amendment to the
Third Amended and Restated By-Laws of
Consolidated Graphics, Inc.
Third Amended and Restated By-Laws of
Consolidated Graphics, Inc.
This First Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated By-Laws (By-Laws) of Consolidated
Graphics, Inc. (the Company) has been adopted and approved by the Board of Directors as of
February 1, 2010.
The By-Laws of the Company are hereby amended as follows:
Paragraph 1. Section 2 of Article I (Shareholders) is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following By-Law:
Section 2. Presiding Officer.
(a) The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders
and shall automatically serve as Chairman of such meetings. In the absence of the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, or if the Directors neglect or fail to elect a Chairman, then the Chief
Executive Officer of the Corporation shall preside at the meetings of the shareholders and shall
automatically be the Chairman of such meeting, unless and until a different person is elected by a
majority of the shares entitled to vote at such meeting.
(b) The Chairman of the meeting shall appoint at least two (2) persons to act as inspectors of
election at the meeting.
(c) Subject to the following and the provisions set forth in Section 13 of this Article I,
annual and special meetings of shareholders generally shall follow accepted rules of practice and
procedure for the orderly conduct of shareholder meetings:
(1) The Chairman of the meeting shall have absolute authority and shall make the final
decision over matters of procedure and on any motion or question to come before such meeting
and there shall be no appeal from the ruling of the Chairman.
(2) If disorder should arise which prevents continuation of the legitimate business of
the meeting, the Chairman may quit the chair and announce the adjournment of the meeting;
and upon the Chairman so doing, the meeting shall be immediately adjourned.
(3) The Chairman may ask or require anyone not a bona fide shareholder or proxy
entitled to vote thereat to leave the meeting.
Paragraph 2. Section 13 of Article I (Shareholders) is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following By-Law:
Section 13. Notice of Shareholder Business and Nominations.
(a) Annual Meetings.
(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of
other business to be considered by the shareholders may be made at an annual meeting of
shareholders (a) as specified by the Corporations notice of meeting by or at the direction
of the Board of Directors, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by
any shareholder of the Corporation who (i) was a shareholder of record at the time of giving
of notice provided for in this By-law and at the time of the annual meeting, (ii) is
entitled to vote at the meeting and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in
this By-law as to such business or nomination. Clause (c) above shall be the exclusive
means for a shareholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than matters
properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and included in the Corporations
notice of meeting) before an annual meeting of shareholders.
(2) Without qualification, for any nominations or any other business to be properly
brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder pursuant to Section 13(a)(1)(c) of this
By-law, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of
the Corporation and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for shareholder
action. To be timely, a shareholders notice shall be delivered to the Secretary of the
Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close
of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior
to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting; provided, however, that in
the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more
than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, notice by the shareholder to be timely
must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the
date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the
90th day prior to the date of such annual meeting or, if the first public announcement of
the date of such annual meeting is less than one hundred (100) days prior to the date of
such annual meeting, the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date
of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall any adjournment or
postponement of a meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the
giving of a shareholders notice as described above. To be in proper form, a shareholders
notice (whether given pursuant to this Section 13(a)(2) or Section 13(b) of this By-Law) to
the Secretary of the Corporation must: (a) set forth, as to the shareholder giving the
notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made,
(i) the name and address of such shareholder, as they appear on the Corporations books, and
of such beneficial owner, if any, (ii) (A) the class or series and number of shares of the
Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such
shareholder and such beneficial owner, if any, (B) any option, warrant, convertible
security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion
privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of
shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any
class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall
be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the
Corporation or otherwise (a Derivative Instrument) directly or indirectly owned
beneficially by such shareholder and such beneficial owner, if any, any other direct or
indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease
in the value of shares of the Corporation, (C) any proxy, contract, arrangement,
understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such shareholder and such beneficial owner,
if any, has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation, (D) any short
interest of such shareholder
or beneficial owner, if any, in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of this
By-law a person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person
directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or
otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in
the value of the subject security), (E) any rights to dividends on the shares of the
Corporation owned beneficially by such shareholder or beneficial owner, if any, that are
separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (F) any proportionate
interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or
indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such shareholder or beneficial
owner, if any, is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an
interest in a general partner and (G) any performance-related fees (other than an
asset-based fee) that such shareholder or beneficial owner, if any, is entitled to based on
any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative
Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such
interests held by members of such shareholders or beneficial owners immediate family
sharing the same household (which information in this clause (ii) shall be supplemented by
such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, not later than ten (10) days after the record
date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date), (iii) any other
information relating to such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be
required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in
connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the
election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (iv) a representation (A) that the
shareholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such
annual meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to propose
such business or nomination and (B) whether the shareholder or the beneficial owner, if any,
intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of
proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporations outstanding capital stock
required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (y) otherwise to
solicit proxies from shareholders in support of such proposal or nomination; (b) if the
notice relates to any business other than a nomination of a director or directors that the
shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, set forth (i) a brief description of the
business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business
at the meeting and any material interest of such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any,
in such business and (ii) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings
between such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons
(including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such
shareholder, and (c) set forth, as to each person, if any, whom the shareholder proposes to
nominate for election or reelection to the Board of Directors (i) all information relating
to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings
required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in
a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder (including such persons written consent to being named
in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected); (ii) a
description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements,
arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material
relationships, between or among such shareholder and beneficial owner, if any, and their
respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one
hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective
affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand,
including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed
pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the shareholder making the
nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any
affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the registrant
for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such
registrant; and (iii) the written consent of each proposed nominee to serve on the Board of
Directors if so elected.
(b) Special Meetings of Shareholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a
special meeting of shareholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the
Corporations notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may
be made at a special meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the
Corporations notice of meeting (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b)
provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such
meeting, by any shareholder of the Corporation who (i) is a shareholder of record at the time of
giving of notice provided for in this By-law and at the time of the special meeting, (ii) is
entitled to vote at the meeting, and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this
By-law as to such nomination. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of shareholders
for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such shareholder
may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified
in the Corporations notice of meeting, if the shareholders notice required by Section 13(a)(2) of
this By-law with respect to any nomination shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation
at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the
120th day prior to the date of such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the
later of the 90th day prior to the date of such special meeting or, if the first public
announcement of the date of such special meeting is less than one hundred (100) days prior to the
date of such special meeting, the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first
made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to
be elected at such meeting. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of a special meeting
or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholders notice as
described above.
(c) General.
(1) Notwithstanding anything in these By-laws to the contrary, no business shall be
conducted at an annual or special meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth
in this By-law. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these
By-laws, the Chairman of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine that the business
was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this
By-law; and if the Chairman should so determine, the Chairman shall so declare to the
meeting, and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be
transacted. Nothing in this By-law shall be deemed to affect any rights of shareholders to
request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8
under the Exchange Act.
(2) No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless
(i) nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these By-laws and (ii) such
person is eligible to served as a director under the listing requirements of the
exchange or exchanges on which the Corporations shares are traded at the time of such
persons nomination. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or
these By-laws, the Chairman of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine that a
nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed in this By-law; and if
the Chairman should so determine, the Chairman shall so declare to the meeting, and the
defective nomination shall be disregarded. Nothing in this Section 13 shall be deemed to
affect any rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation to
elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this By-law, a shareholder shall also
comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this By-law; provided, however, that any
references in these By-laws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not
intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as
to any other business to be considered pursuant to Section 13(a)(1)(c) or Section 13(b) of
this By-law.
(4) For purposes of this By-law, public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press
release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(5) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this By-law, unless otherwise required
by law, 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 a
nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed
business shall not be transacted notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may
have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this By-law, to be considered a
qualified representative of the shareholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer,
manager, or partner of such shareholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such
shareholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such shareholder to act for such
shareholder as proxy at the annual or special meeting and such person must produce such
writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic
transmission, at the annual or special meeting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this First Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated By-Laws of
Consolidated Graphics, Inc. was adopted by the Board of Directors as of February 1, 2010.
CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Joe R. Davis | |||
Joe R. Davis, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | ||||