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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	December 11, 2007
(Date of earliest event reported)

Lakeland Financial Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

0-11487	35-1559596
(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

202 East Center Street, Warsaw, Indiana	46581-1387
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(574) 267-6144

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):

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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

On December 11, 2007, the Board of Directors of Lakeland Financial Corporation (the “Company”) adopted resolutions approving amendments to Sections 5 and 7 of Article III of the Company’s Bylaws to allow for the issuance of uncertificated shares of the Company’s capital stock. The Company adopted these amendments to comply with new rules adopted by the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) that require listed companies to be eligible for the Direct Registration System (“DRS”) by January 1, 2008. The DRS allows a stockholder’s ownership to be recorded and maintained on the books of an issuer or its transfer agent without issuance of a physical stock certificate. The amended Bylaws permit the Company to issue certificated or uncertificated shares, and provisions regarding the transfer of shares have been updated accordingly.

The foregoing description of the amendments to the Company’s Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Bylaws, as amended, a copy of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 3(ii) and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)

Financial Statements of Business Acquired.

None.

(b)

Pro Forma Financial Information.

None.

(c)

Shell company transactions.

None.

(d)

Exhibits.

3.1 Bylaws of Lakeland Financial Corporation (as amended December 11, 2007)

SIGNATURES

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.

LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Dated: December 17, 2007	By:/s/ David M. Findlay
	David M. Findlay
	Chief Financial Officer

BYLAWS

LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION

ARTICLE I

SECTION 1. NAME. The name of the corporation is Lakeland Financial Corporation ("Corporation").

SECTION 2. PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE RESIDENT AGENT. The post-office address of the principal office of the Corporation is 202 East Center Street, Warsaw, Indiana 46580, and the name and post-office address of its Resident Agent in charge of such office is R. Douglas Grant, 202 East Center Street, Warsaw, Indiana 46580.

SECTION 3. SEAL. The seal of the Corporation shall be circular in form and mounted upon a metal die, suitable for impressing the same upon paper. About the upper periphery of the seal shall appear the words "Lakeland Financial Corporation" and about the lower periphery thereof the word "Indiana". In the center of the seal shall appear the word "Seal".

ARTICLE II

SECTION 1. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin each year on the first day of January and end on the last day of December of the same year.

ARTICLE III

Capital Stock

SECTION 1. NUMBER OF SHARES AND CLASSES OF CAPITAL STOCK. The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue shall be as stated in the Articles of Incorporation.

SECTION 2. CONSIDERATION FOR NO PAR VALUE SHARES. The shares of stock of the Corporation without par value shall be issued or sold in such manner and for such amount of consideration as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Upon payment of the consideration fixed by the Board of Directors, such shares of stock shall be fully paid and nonassessable.

SECTION 3. CONSIDERATION FOR TREASURY SHARES. Treasury shares may be disposed of by the Corporation for such consideration as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. PAYMENT FOR SHARES. The consideration for the issuance of shares of capital stock of the Corporation may be paid, in whole or in part, in money, in other property, tangible or intangible, or in labor actually performed for, or services actually rendered to the Corporation; provided, however, that the part of the surplus of the Corporation which is transferred to stated capital upon the issuance of share as a share dividend shall be deemed to be the consideration for the issuance of such shares. When payment of the consideration for which a share was authorized to be issued shall have been received by the Corporation, or when surplus shall have been transferred to stated capital upon the issuance of a share dividend, such share shall be declared and taken to be fully paid and not liable to any further call or assessment, and the holder thereof shall not be liable for any further payments thereon. In the absence of actual fraud in the transaction, the judgment of the Board of Directors as to the value of such property, labor or services received as consideration, or the value placed by the Board of Directors upon the corporate assets in the event of a share dividend, shall be conclusive. Promissory notes, uncertified checks, or future services shall not be accepted in payment or part payment of the capital stock of the Corporation, except as permitted by the Indiana Business Corporation Law.

SECTION 5. SHARES OF STOCK. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by a certificate, unless and until the Board of Directors of the Corporation adopts a resolution permitting shares to be uncertificated. Notwithstanding the adoption of any such resolution providing for uncertificated shares, every holder of capital stock of the Corporation theretofore represented by certificates and, upon request, every holder of uncertificated shares, shall be entitled to have a certificate for shares of capital stock of the corporation signed by the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, stating the name of the registered holder, the number of shares represented by such certificate, the par value of each share of stock or that such shares of stock are without par value, and that such shares are fully paid and nonassessable. If such shares are not fully paid, the certificates shall be legibly stamped to indicate the percent which has been paid, and as further payments are made, the certificate shall be stamped accordingly.

If the Corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class, every certificate shall state the kind and class of shares represented thereby, and the relative rights, interests, preferences and restrictions of such class, or a summary thereof; provided, that such statement may be omitted from the certificate if it shall be set forth upon the face or back of the certificate that such statement, in full, will be furnished by the Corporation to any shareholder upon written request and without charge.

SECTION 6. FACSIMILE SIGNATURES. If a certificate is countersigned by the written signature of a transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee, the signatures of the officers of the Corporation may be facsimiles. If a certificate is countersigned by the

written signature of a registrar other than the Corporation or its employee, the signatures of the transfer agent and the officers of the Corporation may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of its issue.

SECTION 7. TRANSFER OF SHARES. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by applicable law and in these By-Laws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation, and in the case of certificated shares of stock, only by the person named in the certificate or by such person’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate therefor, properly endorsed for transfer and payment of all necessary transfer taxes; or, in the case of uncertificated shares of stock, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of the shares or by such person’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon payment of all necessary transfer taxes and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form; provided, however, that such surrender and endorsement, compliance or payment of taxes shall not be required in any case in which the officers of the Corporation shall determine to waive such requirement. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred.

SECTION 8. CANCELLATION. Every certificate surrendered to the Corporation for exchange or transfer shall be canceled, and no new certificate or certificates shall be issued in exchange for any existing certificate until such existing certificate shall have been so canceled, except in cases provided for in Section 10 of this Article III.

SECTION 9. TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR. The Board of Directors may appoint a transfer agent and a registrar for each class of capital stock of the Corporation and may require all certificates representing such shares to bear the signature of such transfer agent and registrar. Shareholders shall be responsible for notifying the transfer agent and registrar for the class of stock held by such shareholder in writing of any changes in their addresses from time to time, and failure so to do shall relieve the Corporation, its shareholders, directors, officers, transfer agent and registrar of liability for failure to direct notices, dividends, or other documents or property to an address other than the one appearing upon the records of the transfer agent and registrar of the Corporation.

SECTION 10. LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES. The Corporation may cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates therefore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Corporation may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his

legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond in such sum and in such form as it may direct to indemnify against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed or the issuance of such new certificate. The Corporation, in its discretion, may authorize the issuance of such new certificates without any bond when in its judgment it is proper to do so.

SECTION 11. REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of such shares to receive dividends, to vote as such owner, to hold liable for calls and assessments, and to treat as owner in all other respects, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claims to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Indiana.

SECTION 12. OPTIONS TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. The issuance, including the consideration, of rights or options to directors, officers or employees of the Corporation, and not to the shareholders generally, to purchase from the Corporation shares of its capital stock shall be approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereon or shall be authorized by and consistent with a plan approved by such a vote of the shareholders. The price to be received for any shares having a par value, other than treasury shares to be issued upon the exercise of such rights or options, shall not be less than the par value thereof.

ARTICLE IV

Meetings of Shareholders

SECTION 1. PLACE OF MEETING. Meetings of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Indiana, as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors, or as may be specified in the notices or waivers of notice of such meetings.

SECTION 2. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of shareholders for the election of Directors, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held on the second Tuesday of April of each year, if such day is not a holiday, and if a holiday, then on the first following day that is not a holiday, or in lieu of such day may be held on such other day as the Board of Directors may set by resolution, but not later than the end of the fifth month following the close of the fiscal year of the Corporation. Failure to hold the annual meeting at the designated time shall not work any forfeiture or a dissolution of the Corporation, and shall not affect otherwise valid corporate acts.

SECTION 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the Board of Directors or the President and shall be called by the President or Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors, or at the request in writing of shareholders holding of record not less than one-fourth of all the shares outstanding and entitled by the Articles of Incorporation to vote on the business for which the meeting is being called.

SECTION 4. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. A written or printed notice, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting, and in case of a special meeting, or when required by any other provision of the Indiana Business Corporation Law, or of the Articles of Incorporation, as now or hereafter amended, or these By-Laws, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered or mailed by the Secretary, or by the officers or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled by the Articles of Incorporation, as now or hereafter amended, and by the Indiana Business Corporation Law to vote at such meeting, at such address as appears upon the records of the Corporation, at least ten (10) days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any such meeting may be waived in writing by any shareholder, if the waiver sets forth in reasonable detail the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and the time and place thereof. Attendance at any meeting in person, or by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting. Each shareholder, who has in the manner above provided waived notice of a shareholders' meeting, or who personally attends a shareholders' meeting, or is presented thereat by a proxy authorized to appear by an instrument of proxy, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given due notice of such meeting. Notice of any adjourned meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, except as may be expressly required by law.

SECTION 5. ADDRESSES OF SHAREHOLDERS. The address of any shareholder appearing upon the records of the Corporation shall be deemed to be the latest address of such shareholder appearing on the records maintained by the Transfer Agent for the class of stock held by such shareholder.

SECTION 6. VOTING AT MEETINGS.

(a) QUORUM. The holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of stockholders for the transaction of business, except where otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws. In the absence of a quorum, any officer entitled to preside at, or act as secretary of, such meeting shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be constituted. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting, but only those stockholders entitled to vote at the original meeting shall be entitled to vote at any adjournment

or adjournments thereof unless a new record date is fixed by the Board of Directors for the adjourned meeting.

(b) VOTING RIGHTS. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, every shareholder shall have the right at every shareholders' meeting to one vote for each share of stock having voting power, registered in his name on the books of the Corporation on the date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote, on all matters coming before the meeting including the election of directors. At any meeting of the shareholders, every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person, or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or a duly authorized attorney in fact and bearing a date not more than eleven months prior to its execution, unless a longer time is expressly provided therein.

(c) REQUIRED VOTE. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of the Indiana Business Corporation Law or of the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, a greater vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

SECTION 7. VOTING LIST. The Transfer Agent of the Corporation shall make, at least five days before each election of directors, a complete list of the shareholders entitled by the Articles of Incorporation, as now or hereafter amended, to vote at such election, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address and number of shares so entitled to vote held by each, which list shall be on file at the principal office of the Corporation and subject to inspection by any shareholder. Such list shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of election and subject to the inspection by any shareholder. The original stock register or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in the State of Indiana, shall be the only evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or the stock ledger or transfer book or to vote at any meeting of the shareholders.

SECTION 8. FIXING OF RECORD DATE TO DETERMINE SHAREHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE. The Board of Directors may prescribe a period not exceeding 50 days prior to meetings of the shareholders, during which no transfer of stock on the books of the Corporation may be made; or, in lieu of prohibiting the transfer for stock may fix a day and hour not more than 50 days prior to the holding of any meeting of shareholders as the time as of which shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting shall be determined, and all persons who are holders of record of voting stock at such time, and no others, shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting. In the absence of such a determination, such date shall be 10 days prior to the date of such meeting.

SECTION 9. NOMINATIONS FOR DIRECTOR. Nominations for election to the Board of Directors may be made by the Board of Directors or by any shareholder of any outstanding class of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of

directors. Nominations, other than those made by or on behalf of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors. Nominations, other than those made by or on behalf of the existing management of the Corporation, shall be made in writing and shall be delivered or mailed to the president of the Corporation not less than 10 days nor more than 50 days prior to any meeting of shareholders called for the election of directors. Such notification shall contain the following information to the extent known to the notifying shareholder: (a) the name and address of each proposed nominee; (b) the principal occupation of each proposed nominee; (c) the total number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that will be voted for each proposed nominee; (d) the name and residence address of the notifying shareholder; and (e) the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation owned by the notifying shareholder. Nominations not made in accordance herewith may, in his discretion, be disregarded by the chairman of the meeting, and upon his instructions, the vote tellers may disregard all votes cast for each such nominee.

SECTION 10. MEETINGS. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at each meeting of shareholders. In the absence of the Chairman, the meeting shall be chaired by an officer of the corporation in accordance with the following order: President, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President and Vice President. In the absence of all such officers, the meeting shall be chaired by a person chosen by the vote of a majority in interest of the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, shall act as chairman. The Secretary or in his or her absence an Assistant Secretary or in the absence of the Secretary and all Assistant Secretaries a person whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint shall act as secretary of the meeting and keep a record of the proceedings thereof. The Board of Directors of the Company shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of shareholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, limitations or participation in such meeting to shareholders of record of the Company and their duly authorized and constituted proxies, and such other persons as the Chairman shall permit restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comment by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. Unless determined otherwise by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of shareholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.

ARTICLE V

Board of Directors

SECTION 1. ELECTION, NUMBER AND TERM OF OFFICE. Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, or, if not so elected, at a special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose, by the holders of the shares of stock entitled by the Articles of Incorporation to elect Directors.

The number of Directors of the Corporation to be elected by the holders of the shares of stock entitled by the Articles of Incorporation to elect directors, shall be established by the affirmative vote at least 75% in number of the directors holding office at the time of such determination. Absent such determination, the number of directors shall be ten (10).

SECTION 2. VACANCIES.

(a) Any vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, disqualification, removal from office, or otherwise (other than as provided in subsection (b) of this Section 2), shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining directors. Any director so appointed shall hold office for the unexpired term of the director who is being replaced and until his successor is elected and has qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal from office.

(b) In the event of an increase in the number of directors pursuant tithe provisions in Section 1 of this Article V, a new directorship shall be assigned to the classes in such a manner as to maintain, to the extent possible, in equal number in each of the classes. These directorships shall then be filled by a majority vote of the members of the Board of Directors prior to the filling of any such vacancies, to hold office for the remainder of the term of the class to which these new directorships have been designated.

(c) At the discretion of the Board of Directors, any vacancy referred to in subsection (a) or (b) hereof may be filled by the vote of the shareholders entitled to vote thereon at a special meeting called for that purpose.

(d) No decrease in the number of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director.

SECTION 3. ANNUAL MEETING OF DIRECTORS. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately after the annual meeting of the shareholders, at the place where such meeting of the shareholders has been held either within or without the State of Indiana, for the purpose of organization, election of officers, and consideration of any other business that may properly come before the meeting. No notice of any kind to either old or new members of the Board of Directors for such annual meeting shall be necessary.

SECTION 4. REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places, either within or without the State of Indiana, as may be fixed by the Directors. Such regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice or upon such notice as may be fixed by the Directors.

SECTION 5. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the President, or by not less than a majority of the members of the Board of Directors. Notice of the time and place, either within or without the State of Indiana, of a special meeting shall be served upon or telephoned to each Director at least twenty-four hours, or mailed, telegraphed or cabled to each Director at his usual place of business or residence at least forty-eight hours, prior to the time of the meeting. Directors, in lieu of such notice, may sign a written waiver of notice either before the time of the meeting, at the meeting or after the meeting. Attendance by a director in person at any such special meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice.

SECTION 6. QUORUM. A majority of the actual number of Directors elected and qualified, from time to time, shall be necessary to constitute a for the transaction of any business except the filling of vacancies, and the act of a majority of the Directors present at the meeting, at which a quorum is present, shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by the Indiana Business Corporation Law, by the Articles of Incorporation, or by these By-Laws. A Director, who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, at which action on any corporate matter is taken, shall be conclusively presumed to have assented to the action taken, unless (a) his dissent shall be affirmatively stated by him at and before the adjournment of such meeting (in which event the fact of such dissent shall be entered by the secretary of the meeting in the minutes of the meeting), or (b) he shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the Secretary of the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. The right of dissent provided for by either clause (a) or clause (b) of the immediately preceding sentence shall not be available, in respect of any matter acted upon at any meeting, to a Director who voted at the meeting in favor of such matter and did not change his vote prior to the time that the result of the vote on such matter was announced by the chairman of such meeting.

SECTION 7. CONSENT ACTION BY DIRECTORS. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if prior to such action a written consent to such action is signed by all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.

SECTION 8. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.

(a) Except as otherwise provided for herein, a director may be removed or suspended from the Board of Directors only with cause as determined by the procedures established herein.

(b) Cause for removal or suspension shall include action or failure to act on the part of the director in question which results in (i) a violation of law, rule, regulation or order, or a breach of the director’s fiduciary duty, or with respect to the Corporation's banking subsidiary, involves an unsafe or unsound banking practice, and (ii) the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries has suffered substantial damage or the director has received financial gain from such action or omission.

(c) A determination that a director should be removed or suspended for cause shall be made only upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority in number of the members of the Board of Directors entitled to vote thereon. Any director whose removal is being considered and any other director who knowingly was involved in the action or omission giving rise to the removal or suspension proceeding, shall not be entitled to vote on the question of removal or suspension.

(d) The director whose removal or suspension is being considered shall be given written notice from the Board of Directors of the basis alleged to give rise to the cause for removal or suspension and of the day, time, and place where a hearing will be held at which the director will have the opportunity to respond. The hearing shall be held not less than ten (10) days and not more than thirty (30) days after notice has been sent to the director; provided, that, upon the written request of the director, the date of the hearing may be extended beyond the thirty (30) day period, in which case the director shall be suspended from serving on the Board of Directors for the period from the original date of the hearing to the rescheduled date.

(e) At the hearing, a representative designated by the Board of Directors shall present the basis for the removal or suspension as well as any other evidence in support thereof, whether documentary, testimonial or otherwise. This representative may be a member of the Board of Directors (in which case he shall not be entitled to vote upon the removal of the director), an officer of the Corporation or any other third party, who in any case shall have no interest in the actions or omissions to act giving rise to the proceeding. After the representative has made his presentation, the director shall have the opportunity to present evidence, whether documentary, testimonial or otherwise, refuting the basis for the removal or suspension proceeding. The representative and the director shall have the opportunity to cross-examine any witnesses for the other side, to present rebuttal testimony, and to present summary statements.

(f) After the presentation of all evidence, the Board of Directors shall vote on the issue and shall notify the director of the results in writing. If the vote is to remove the director, the Board of Directors, upon written request from the director, shall, within ten (10) days, present a written report setting forth the Board of Directors' findings of fact and conclusions.

(g) The director shall be entitled to be represented by counsel.

(h) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) any and all members of the Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at a meeting of shareholders called expressly for that purpose by a vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the

outstanding shares of stock entitled to votes at that meeting, excluding any shares held by holders of 10% or more of the outstanding common stock, and (ii) any director shall immediately cease being a director when he no longer satisfies the qualifications set by Article VII, Section 3 of the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation.

SECTION 9. DIVIDENDS. The Board of Directors shall have power, subject to any restrictions contained in the Indiana Business Corporation Law or in the Articles of Incorporation and out of funds legally available therefor, to declare and pay dividends upon the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation as and when they deem expedient. Before declaring any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time in their absolute discretion deem proper for working capital, or as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies or for such other purposes as the Board of Directors shall deem conductive to the interests of the Corporation and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

SECTION 10. FIXING OF RECORD DATE TO DETERMINE SHAREHOLDERS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE CORPORATE BENEFITS. The Board of Directors may fix a day and hour not exceeding 50 days preceding the date fixed for payment of any dividend or for the delivery of evidence of rights, or for the distribution of other corporate benefits, or for a determination of shareholders for any other purpose, as a record time for the determination of the shareholders entitled to receive any such dividend, rights or distribution, and in such case only shareholders of record at the time so fixed shall be entitled to receive such dividend, rights or distribution. If no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the end of the day on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted shall be the record date for such determination.

SECTION 11. INTEREST OF DIRECTORS IN CONTRACTS. Any contract or other transaction between the Corporation or any corporation in which this Corporation owns a majority of the capital stock shall be valid and binding, notwithstanding the directors or officers of this Corporation are identical or that some or all of the directors or officers, or both, are also directors or officers of such other corporation.

Any contract or other transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or members or employees, or between the Corporation and any firm of which one or more of its directors are members or employees or in which they are interested, or between the Corporation and any corporation or association of which one or more of its directors are stockholders, members, directors, officers, or employees or in which they are interested, shall be valid for all purposes, notwithstanding the presence of such director of directors at the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation which acts upon, or in reference to, such contract or transaction and notwithstanding his or their participation in such action, if the fact of such interest shall be disclosed or known to the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors shall authorize, approve and ratify such contract or transaction by a vote of a

majority of the directors present, such interested director or directors to be counted in determining whether a quorum is present, but not to be counted in calculating the majority of such quorum necessary to carry such vote. This Section shall not be construed to invalidate any contact or other transaction which would otherwise be valid under the common and statutory law applicable thereto.

SECTION 12. COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the actual number of Directors elected and qualified, from time to time, designate from among its members an executive committee and one or more other committees, each of which, to the extent provided in the resolution, the Articles of Incorporation, or these By-Laws, may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, including, but not limited to, the authority to issue and sell or approve any contract to issue and sell, securities or shares of the Corporation or designate the terms of a series of a class of securities or shares of the Corporation. The terms which may be affixed by each such committee include, but are not limited to, the price, dividend rate, and provisions of redemption, a sinking fund, conversion, voting, or preferential rights or other features of securities or class or series of a class of shares. Each such committee may have full power to adopt a final resolution which sets forth those terms and to authorize a statement of such terms to be filed with the Secretary of State. However, no such committee has the authority to declare dividends or distributions, amend the Articles of Incorporation or the By-Laws, approve a plan of merger or consolidation even if such plan does not require shareholder approval, reduce earned or capital surplus, authorize or approve the reacquisition of shares unless pursuant to a general formula or method specified by the Board of Directors, or recommend to the shareholders voluntary dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation thereof. No member of any such committee shall continue to be a member thereof after he ceases to be a Director of the Corporation. The calling and holding of meetings of any such committee and its method of procedure shall be determined by the Board of Directors. A member of the Board of Directors shall not be liable for any action taken by any such committee if he is not a member of that committee and has acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believes is in the best interest of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VI

Officers

SECTION 1. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS. The principal officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Treasurer and a Secretary. The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, such other subordinate officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the duties of President and Secretary shall not be performed by the same person. No person shall be eligible for the office of Chairman of the Board or President who is not a director of the Corporation.

SECTION 2. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE. The principal officers of the Corporation shall be chosen annually by the Board of Directors at the annual meeting thereof. Each such officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly chosen and qualified, or until his death, or until he shall resign, or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

SECTION 3. REMOVAL. Any principal officer may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time, by resolution adopted at any meeting of the Board of Directors by a majority of the actual number of Directors elected and qualified from time to time.

SECTION 4. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS. In addition to the principal officers enumerated in Section 1 of this Article VI, the Corporation may have one or more Assistant Treasurers, one or more Assistant Secretaries and such other officers, agents and employees as the Board of Directors may deem necessary, each of whom shall hold office for such period, may be removed with or without cause, have such authority, and perform such duties as the President, or the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. The Board of Directors may delegate to any principal officer the power to appoint and to remove any such subordinate officers, agents or employees.

SECTION 5. RESIGNATIONS. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board of Directors or to the President or to the Secretary. Any such resignation shall take effect upon receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein, and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

SECTION 6. VACANCIES. Any vacancy in any office for any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner prescribed in these By-Laws for election or appointment to such office for such term.

SECTION 7. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Chairman of the Board, who shall be chosen from among the Directors, shall preside at all meetings of shareholders and at all meetings of the Board of Directors. He shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as, from time to time, may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 8. PRESIDENT. The President, who shall be chosen from among the Directors, shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and as such shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board of Directors. He shall be an ex officio member of all standing committees. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, the President shall preside at all meetings of shareholders and at all meetings of the Board of Directors. Subject to the control and direction of the Board of Directors, the President may enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation. In general, he shall perform all duties and have all

the powers incident to the office of President, as herein defined, and all such other duties and powers as, from time to time, may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 9. VICE PRESIDENTS. The Vice Presidents in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President and Executive Vice President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the President or the Board of Directors may from time to time assign.

SECTION 10. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of, and be responsible for, all funds and securities of the Corporation and shall deposit all such funds in the name of the Corporation in such banks or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors. He shall upon request exhibit at all reasonable times his books of account and records to any of the directors of the Corporation during business hours at the office of the Corporation where such books and records shall be kept; shall render upon request by the Board of Directors a statement of the condition of the finances of the Corporation at any meeting of the Board of Directors or at the annual meeting of the shareholders; shall receive, and give receipt for, moneys due and payable to the Corporation from any source whatsoever; and in general, shall perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall give such bond, if any, for the faithful discharge of his duties as the Board of Directors may require.

SECTIN 11. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept in the books provided for that purpose the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors shall duly give and serve all notices required to be given in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws and by The Indiana General Corporation Act; shall be custodian of the records and of the seal of the Corporation and see that the seal is affixed to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal is duly authorized in accordance with the provisions of these By- Laws; and, in general, shall perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him by the President or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 12. SALARIES. The salaries of the principal officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, and the salaries of any subordinate officers may be fixed by the President.

SECTION 13. VOTING CORPORATION'S SECURITIES. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the President and Secretary, and each of them, are appointed attorneys and agents of the Corporation, and shall have full power and authority in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to attend, to act, and to vote all stock or other securities entitled to be voted at any meetings of security holders of corporations, or associations in which the Corporation may hold securities, in person or by

proxy, as a stockholder or otherwise, and at such meetings shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities, and which as the owner thereof the Corporation might have possessed and exercised, if present, or to consent in writing to any action by any such other corporation or association. The Board of Directors by resolution from time to time may confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

ARTICLE VII

Indemnification of Directors, Officers and Employees

SECTION 1. Every person who is or was a director, officer or employee of this Corporation or of any other corporation for which he is or was serving in any capacity at the request of this Corporation shall be indemnified by this Corporation against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by him in connection with or resulting from or arising out of any claim, action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person is wholly successful with respect thereto or acted in good faith in what he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of this Corporation or such other corporation, as the case may be, and, in addition, in any criminal action or proceeding in which he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. As used herein, "claim, action, suit or proceeding" shall include any claim, action, suit or proceeding (whether brought by or in the right of this Corporation or such other corporation or otherwise), civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether actual or threatened or in connection with an appeal relating thereto, in which a director, officer or employee of this Corporation may become involved, as a party or otherwise,

(i) by reason of his being or having been a director, officer or employee of this Corporation or such other corporation or arising out of his status as such or

(ii) by reason of any past or future action taken or not taken by him in any such capacity, whether or not he continues to be such at the time such liability or expense is incurred.

The terms "liability" and "expense" shall include, but shall not be limited to, attorneys fees and disbursements, amounts of judgments, fines or penalties, and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of a director, officer or employee, but shall not in any event include any liability or expenses on account of profits realized by him in the purchase or sale of securities of the Corporation in violation of the law. The termination of any claim, action, suit or proceeding, by judgment, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction or upon a plea of guilty or of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that a director, officer or employee did not meet the standards of conduct set forth in this paragraph.

Any such director, officer or employee who has been wholly successful with respect to any such claim, action, suit or proceeding shall be entitled to indemnification as a matter of

right. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, any indemnification hereunder shall be made only if (i) the Board of Directors acting by a quorum consisting of Directors who are not parties to or who have been wholly successful with respect to such claim, action, suit or proceeding shall find that the director, officer or employee has met the standards of conduct set forth in the preceding paragraph; or (ii) independent legal counsel shall deliver to the Corporation their written opinion that such director, officer or employee has met such standards of conduct.

If several claims, issues or matters of action are involved, any such person may be entitled to indemnification as to some matters even though he is not entitled as to other matters.

The Corporation may advance expenses to or, where appropriate, may at its expense undertake the defense of any such director, officer or employee upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such expenses if it should ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to indemnification hereunder.

The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to claims, actions, suits or proceedings made or commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from acts or omissions to act during, before or after the adoption hereof.

The rights of indemnification provided hereunder shall be in addition to any rights to which any person concerned may otherwise be entitled by contract or as a matter of law and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of any such person.

The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section or otherwise.

ARTICLE VIII

Amendments

SECTION 1. The power to make, alter, amend, or repeal these By-Laws is vested in the Board of Directors, but the affirmative vote of a majority of the actual number of directors elected and qualified, from time to time, shall be necessary to effect any alteration, amendment or repeal of these By-Laws.