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20-Nov-2009
Amendments to Articles of Inc. or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year, Financial Statement
Effective November 17, 2009, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Oshkosh Corporation (the "Company") approved Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company (as amended and restated, the "By-Laws"), which amended and restated the existing by-laws of the Company in their entirety. The material amendments included in the By-Laws are described below.
Advance Notice Provisions
Section 2.11 of the By-Laws confirms that the advance notice process set forth in the By-Laws is the exclusive means for a shareholder of the Company to propose nominees for election to the Board or to submit other business before an annual or special meeting of shareholders, other than a matter properly brought under Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In addition, the By-Laws expand the scope of information shareholders must provide when demanding a special meeting of shareholders or nominating a person for election as a director or bringing other business before a meeting of shareholders pursuant to the advance notice provisions. Shareholders must disclose, among other things, all direct or indirect ownership interests, including dividend and voting rights, in any class or series of equity securities of the Company, any arrangements or relationships with a shareholder-proposed director nominee and any interest in a proposal other than Board nominations.
Majority Voting Standard
Section 3.03 of the By-Laws requires that any nominee for director in an uncontested election who receives a greater number of votes "withheld" from his or her election than votes "for" such election must promptly tender his or her resignation to the Chairman of the Board. The Governance Committee (or, in certain circumstances, another committee appointed by the Board) must promptly consider that resignation and recommend to the Board whether to accept the tendered resignation or reject it based on all relevant factors. The Board is then required to act on that recommendation no later than 90 days following the date of the shareholders' meeting at which the election occurred. Within four days of the Board's decision, the Company must disclose the decision in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that includes a full explanation of the process by which the decision was reached and, if applicable, the reasons for rejecting the resignation.
Committee Membership
Section 3.13 of the By-Laws allows the Board to appoint a committee consisting of one director, as is now permitted by Wisconsin law. Prior the amendment, the Company's by-laws required that committees consist of at least two directors as previously required by Wisconsin law.
Telephonic Board Meetings
Section 3.15 of the By-Laws no longer includes limitations on the types of actions that the Board may take in a telephonic meeting.
The foregoing description of the material amendments to the By-Laws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the By-Laws which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
(a) Not applicable.
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(c) Not applicable.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is being furnished herewith:
(3.1) Oshkosh Corporation By-Laws, as amended and restated effective November 17, 2009.
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