{"id":41520,"date":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/contracts\/uncategorized\/bylaws-general-communication-inc.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"bylaws-general-communication-inc","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/formation\/bylaws-general-communication-inc.html","title":{"rendered":"Bylaws &#8211; General Communication Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong>BYLAWS OF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>GENERAL COMMUNICATION,<br \/>\nINC.<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/808461\/000080846111000034\/exhibit3-2.htm#ref.ID0EFD\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>ARTICLE I<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>OFFICES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p>The Corporation shall maintain a principal office of the Corporation in the<br \/>\nState of Alaska as required by law. The Corporation may also have offices in<br \/>\nsuch other places, either within or without the State of Alaska, as the Board of<br \/>\nDirectors of the Corporation (&#8220;Board&#8221;) may from time to time designate or as the<br \/>\nbusiness of the Corporation may require.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>ARTICLE II<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>SEAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p>The seal of the Corporation shall be in such form as may be required by law<br \/>\nand as shall be approved by the Board. Until changed by the Board, the seal of<br \/>\nthe Corporation shall be in the form impressed immediately following this<br \/>\nArticle II. The seal may be used by causing it, or a facsimile thereof, to be<br \/>\nimpressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">[ S E A L ]<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>ARTICLE III<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 1.<\/strong> <strong><u>Place of Meetings<\/u>.<\/strong><br \/>\nMeetings of the shareholders of the Corporation (&#8220;Shareholders&#8221;) shall be held<br \/>\nat such place either within or without the State of Alaska as may from time to<br \/>\ntime be designated by the Board and stated in the notice of the meeting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 2.<\/strong> <strong><u>Annual Meeting of<br \/>\nShareholders<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) The annual meeting of the Shareholders (&#8220;Annual<br \/>\nMeeting&#8221;) shall be held on the first Thursday of June of each year at a time to<br \/>\nbe designated by the Board or at such other time and date as shall be designated<br \/>\nby the Board and stated in the notice of meeting. The purpose of the meeting<br \/>\nshall be the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as<br \/>\nproperly may be brought before the meeting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated in<br \/>\n(a) of this Section 2 for any Annual Meeting, or at any adjournment of such<br \/>\nmeeting, the Board shall call a special meeting of the Shareholders as soon as<br \/>\nconveniently possible thereafter. At such meeting, the election of directors<br \/>\nshall take place, and such election and any other business transacted thereat<br \/>\nshall have the same force and effect as at an Annual Meeting duly called and<br \/>\nheld.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 3.<\/strong> <strong><u>Special Shareholders&#8217;<br \/>\nMeetings<\/u>.<\/strong> Special meetings of the Shareholders may be called at any<br \/>\ntime by the President, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Board of<br \/>\nDirectors, or the holders of not less than one-tenth of all the shares entitled<br \/>\nto vote at such meeting. Such request shall state the purpose of the proposed<br \/>\nmeeting. For such meetings, notices shall be given in the same manner as notices<br \/>\nof the Annual Meeting, except they shall be signed by the persons calling the<br \/>\nmeeting. No special Shareholders&#8217; meetings shall consider any business except<br \/>\nthat which is designated in general terms in the notice of the meeting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 4.<\/strong> <strong><u>Notices of Meetings<\/u>.<\/strong><br \/>\nWritten or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in<br \/>\nthe case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is<br \/>\ncalled, will be signed and delivered not less than 20 nor more than 60 days<br \/>\nbefore the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the<br \/>\ndirection of the President, the Secretary or the officer or persons calling the<br \/>\nmeeting, to each Shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. Only<br \/>\nShareholders of record on the record date established by the Board of Directors<br \/>\npursuant to Section 6 of this Article III will be entitled to notice of such<br \/>\nmeeting. If mailed, such notice will be deemed to be delivered when deposited<br \/>\nwith postage prepaid in the United States mail addressed to the Shareholder at<br \/>\nthe address of the Shareholder as appears on the stock transfer books of the<br \/>\nCorporation, or, if the Shareholder has filed with the Secretary a written<br \/>\nrequest that the notice be mailed to a different address, the Corporation will<br \/>\nmail the notice to that other address. Except where otherwise required by law or<br \/>\nthese Bylaws, notice need not be given of any adjourned meeting of the<br \/>\nShareholders.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 5.<\/strong> <strong><u>Quorum<\/u>.<\/strong> The holders of a<br \/>\nmajority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, present in<br \/>\nperson or represented by proxy, will constitute a quorum at all meetings of the<br \/>\nShareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by<br \/>\napplicable law or by the Articles of Incorporation. The Shareholders present in<br \/>\nperson or represented by proxy at a duly organized meeting may continue to<br \/>\ntransact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough<br \/>\nShareholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken other than<br \/>\nadjournment is approved by at least a majority of shares required to constitute<br \/>\na quorum. If, however, such quorum initially is not present or represented at<br \/>\nany meeting of the Shareholders, those Shareholders present in person or<br \/>\nrepresented by proxy and entitled to vote will have power to adjourn the meeting<br \/>\nfrom time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until<br \/>\na quorum is present or represented. At such reconvened meeting at which a quorum<br \/>\nis present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been<br \/>\ntransacted at the original meeting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 6.<\/strong> <strong><u>Voting<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) At each<br \/>\nmeeting of the Shareholders, every Shareholder having the right to vote shall be<br \/>\nentitled to vote, either in person or by proxy, the number of votes as provided<br \/>\nfor in or pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation for each share of voting<br \/>\nstock registered in that Shareholder&#8217;s name on the books of the Corporation on<br \/>\nthe date of the closing of the books against transfers of stock, the record date<br \/>\nfixed for the determination of Shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, or<br \/>\nif the books are not so closed or no such date is fixed, the date of such<br \/>\nmeeting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of a<br \/>\nmajority of the votes represented by the issued and outstanding shares entitled<br \/>\nto vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall decide any matter<br \/>\nbrought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express<br \/>\nprovision of the laws of the State of Alaska or of the Articles of<br \/>\nIncorporation, a different vote is required, in which case such express<br \/>\nprovision shall govern and control the decision of such question.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) Except as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation<br \/>\nwith respect to the Preferred Stock and except as otherwise expressly required<br \/>\nby the laws of the State of Alaska or the Articles of Incorporation, as then in<br \/>\neffect, the holders of the Class A Common Stock of the Corporation and the<br \/>\nholders of the Class B Common Stock of the Corporation shall vote with the<br \/>\nholders of voting shares of the Preferred Stock of the Corporation, if any, as<br \/>\none class for the election of directors and for all other purposes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 7.<\/strong> <strong><u>Record Date<\/u>.<\/strong> In order to<br \/>\ndetermine the holders of record of the Corporation&#8217;s stock who are entitled to<br \/>\nnotice of meetings, to vote at a meeting or adjournment thereof, and to receive<br \/>\npayment of any dividend, or to make a determination of the Shareholders of<br \/>\nrecord for any proper purpose, the Board may do the following: (i) prescribe a<br \/>\nrecord date which will be neither more than 70 days nor less than 20 days, prior<br \/>\nto the date of the action which requires such determination during which no<br \/>\ntransfer of stock on the books of the Corporation may be made; or (ii) in lieu<br \/>\nof closing the stock transfer books of the Corporation, fix a record date which<br \/>\nwill be neither more than 60 days nor less than 20 days prior to the date of the<br \/>\naction which requires such determination as the record date for such<br \/>\ndetermination of Shareholders.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 8.<\/strong> <strong><u>Presiding Officer; Order of Business;<br \/>\nConduct of Meeting<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) Meetings of the Shareholders shall be<br \/>\npresided over by the Chairman of the Board, or if the Chairman is not present,<br \/>\nby the President, or if the President is not present, by a Vice President. The<br \/>\nSecretary of the Corporation, or, in the Secretary&#8217;s absence, an Assistant<br \/>\nSecretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting. In the absence of the<br \/>\nSecretary or Assistant Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may choose any<br \/>\nperson present to act as secretary of the meeting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) Subject to the provisions of this Section 8, meetings of Shareholders<br \/>\nshall generally follow accepted rules of parliamentary procedure, including but<br \/>\nnot limited to the following:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(1) Except when overruled by a majority of the votes represented by the votes<br \/>\nheld by Shareholders present, the chairman of the meeting shall have absolute<br \/>\nauthority over matters of procedure and authority to state the rules under which<br \/>\nthe voting shall be conducted.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(2) If disorder shall arise which prevents continuation of the legitimate<br \/>\nbusiness of the meeting, the chairman may quit the chair and announce the<br \/>\nadjournment of the meeting; and upon taking such action, the meeting shall be<br \/>\nautomatically adjourned.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(3) The chairman may ask or require that anyone not a bona fide Shareholder<br \/>\nor proxy leave the meeting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(4) Subject to the provisions of Section 14 of this Article III, a resolution<br \/>\nor motion may be considered for a vote if proposed by a Shareholder or duly<br \/>\nauthorized proxy, and seconded by an individual, who is a Shareholder or a duly<br \/>\nauthorized proxy, other than the individual who proposed the resolution or<br \/>\nmotion.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) The following order of business shall be observed at all Annual Meetings<br \/>\ninsofar as is practicable:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(1) Call to order;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(2) Present proof of notice of meeting or waiver of it;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(3) Appoint inspector of election, if necessary;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(4) Determine whether a quorum is present;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(5) Make reports;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(6) Read, correct and approve minutes of a previous meeting, unless the<br \/>\nreading is waived;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(7) Elect directors;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(8) Address special business stated in the notice of meeting;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(9) Address other business;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(10) Adjourn.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(d) At any special meeting of Shareholders, the business transacted shall be<br \/>\nconfined to the purpose described in the notice of the meeting and subject to<br \/>\nthe provisions of Section 14 of this Article III.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 9.<\/strong> <strong><u>Proxies<\/u>.<\/strong> A Shareholder<br \/>\nmay vote the Shareholder153s shares through a proxy or attorney-in-fact appointed<br \/>\nby a written instrument signed by the Shareholder and delivered to the secretary<br \/>\nof the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after six months from the date of its<br \/>\nexecution, unless a longer period is expressly provided in the proxy, but in no<br \/>\ncase may the proxy be valid for a period in excess of 11 months from the date of<br \/>\nexecution. No proxy shall be valid and voted on after the meeting of the<br \/>\nShareholders, or any adjournment of such meeting, to which it applies. Every<br \/>\nproxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Shareholders executing it,<br \/>\nexcept in those cases where an irrevocable proxy is duly executed and permitted<br \/>\nby law.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 10.<\/strong> <strong><u>Voting List<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) At<br \/>\nleast 20 days before each meeting of Shareholders, a complete list of the<br \/>\nShareholders entitled to vote at that meeting, arranged in alphabetical order<br \/>\nand showing the address of and number and class of shares entitled to vote at<br \/>\nsuch meeting owned by each Shareholder, shall be prepared by the Secretary or an<br \/>\nofficer of the transfer agent, transfer clerk or registrar of the Corporation<br \/>\nhaving charge of the stock transfer books and at the direction of the Secretary.<br \/>\nThat list of Shareholders will, for a period of 30 days prior to such meeting,<br \/>\nbe kept on file at the registered office of the Corporation and will be subject<br \/>\nto inspection by any Shareholder at any time during normal business hours. Such<br \/>\nlist will also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting<br \/>\nand will be subject to the inspection of any Shareholder during the entire time<br \/>\nof the meeting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) The original stock transfer books shall be prima facie evidence as to who<br \/>\nare the Shareholders entitled to examine such list or transfer books, or to vote<br \/>\nat any meeting of the Shareholders.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) Failure to comply with the requirements of this Section 10 shall not<br \/>\naffect the validity of any action taken at such meeting of the Shareholders.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 11.<\/strong> <strong><u>Action Without a<br \/>\nMeeting<\/u>.<\/strong> Any action, except the election of directors, which may be<br \/>\ntaken by the vote of Shareholders at a meeting of Shareholders may be taken<br \/>\nwithout a meeting if authorized by the written consents of Shareholders,<br \/>\nidentical in content setting out the action to be taken, signed by the holders<br \/>\nof all outstanding shares entitled to vote on the action.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 12.<\/strong> <strong><u>Non-Cumulative Voting<\/u>.<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the election of directors, Shareholders will not cumulate their votes but<br \/>\nmust vote shares held by them for as many persons as there are directors to be<br \/>\nelected.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 13.<\/strong> <strong><u>Voting of Shares by Certain<br \/>\nShareholders<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) Shares of the Corporation standing in the name of<br \/>\nanother corporation may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws<br \/>\nof that corporation may prescribe or, in the absence of such provision, as the<br \/>\nboard of directors of that corporation may determine.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) Shares of the Corporation held by an administrator, executor, guardian or<br \/>\nconservator may be voted by that person, either in person or by proxy, without a<br \/>\ntransfer of such shares into that person&#8217;s name. Shares standing in the name of<br \/>\na trustee may be voted by that person, either in person or by proxy, but no<br \/>\ntrustee will be entitled to vote shares held by that person without a transfer<br \/>\nof such shares into that person&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) Shares of the Corporation standing in the name of a receiver or<br \/>\nbankruptcy trustee may be voted by that person, and shares held by or under the<br \/>\ncontrol of a receiver or bankruptcy trustee may be voted by that person without<br \/>\nthe transfer thereof into that person&#8217;s name if authority to do so is contained<br \/>\nin an appropriate order of the court by which that person was appointed or<br \/>\notherwise provided or permitted under applicable federal bankruptcy law.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(d) A Shareholder whose shares are pledged will be entitled to vote such<br \/>\nshares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and<br \/>\nthereafter the pledgee will be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(e) Shares of its own stock held by the Corporation in a fiduciary capacity,<br \/>\nwill not be voted at any meeting or counted in determining the total number of<br \/>\noutstanding shares at any given time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 14.<\/strong> <strong><u>Advance Notice of Nominations and<br \/>\nShareholder Proposals<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) All nominations of individuals for<br \/>\nelection to the Board at a meeting of the Shareholders and proposals of business<br \/>\nto be considered at a meeting of the Shareholders shall be made as set forth in<br \/>\nthis Section 14.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) The procedures to be followed for an annual meeting of Shareholders are<br \/>\nas follows:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(1) Nomination of individuals for election to the Board and proposal of<br \/>\nbusiness to be considered by the Shareholders may be made at an annual meeting<br \/>\nof Shareholders,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(A) pursuant to the Corporation153s notice of meeting;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(B) by or at the direction of the Board; or<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(C) by a Shareholder,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(i) who was a Shareholder of record both at the time of giving of notice<br \/>\nprovided for in (b) of this Section 14 and at the time of the meeting and, in<br \/>\nthe case of proposals, who had continuously held at least $2,000 in market value<br \/>\nor at least 1% of the Company153s securities entitled to be voted on the matter at<br \/>\nthe meeting for at least one year by the date of submission of the proposal to<br \/>\nthe Company for inclusion on the agenda of the meeting;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(ii) who is entitled to vote at the meeting; and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(iii) who complied with the notice and other requirements set forth in this<br \/>\nSection 14.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(2) For nominations or other business to be brought properly before an annual<br \/>\nmeeting by a Shareholder under (b)(1)(C) of this Section 14, the Shareholder<br \/>\nmust have given timely notice of it in writing to the Secretary as provided in<br \/>\nthis Section 14 and, in the case of a proposal of business, that business must<br \/>\nbe a proper subject for action by the Shareholder.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(3) As used in (b)(2) of this Section 14, to be timely, a Shareholder153s<br \/>\nnotice must be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of<br \/>\nthe Corporation and received not less than 120 days nor more than 150 days prior<br \/>\nto the first anniversary of the release of the Corporation153s proxy statement to<br \/>\nShareholders for the preceding year153s annual meeting. However, in the event that<br \/>\nthe date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by<br \/>\nmore than 60 days from such anniversary date, notice by the Shareholder, to be<br \/>\ntimely, must be so delivered and received not earlier than the 150th day prior<br \/>\nto that annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of<br \/>\nthe 120th day prior to that annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on<br \/>\nwhich public announcement of the date of that meeting is first made.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(4) The Shareholder153s notice shall set forth the following:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(A) as to each person whom the Shareholder proposes to nominate for election<br \/>\nor reelection as a director,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(i) the name, age, business and residential addresses, and principal<br \/>\noccupation or employment of each proposed nominee;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(ii) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which<br \/>\nare beneficially owned by that nominee on the date of that notice;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the<br \/>\nShareholder and each nominee and the name of any other person or persons<br \/>\npursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the<br \/>\nShareholder;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(iv) all other information relating to that nominee that is required to be<br \/>\ndisclosed in solicitation of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise<br \/>\nrequired, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A adopted pursuant to the<br \/>\nSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 or any successor provision; and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(v) the written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee<br \/>\nin the proxy statement and to serve as a director of the Corporation if so<br \/>\nelected;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(B) as to any other business that the Shareholder proposes to bring before<br \/>\nthe meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before<br \/>\nthe meeting, the reasons for conducting that business at the meeting and any<br \/>\nmaterial interest in that business of the Shareholder and of the beneficial<br \/>\nowner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(C) as to the Shareholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any,<br \/>\non whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(i) the name and address of that Shareholder, as they appear on the<br \/>\nCorporation153s books, and of that beneficial owner, if any;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(ii) the class and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are<br \/>\nowned beneficially and of record by the Shareholder and that beneficial owner,<br \/>\nif any; and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(iii) a representation that the Shareholder intends to appear in person or by<br \/>\nproxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice<br \/>\nor to propose such other business.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(5) The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish any<br \/>\ninformation, in addition to that furnished pursuant to (b)(4)(A) of this Section<br \/>\n14, that the Corporation may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of<br \/>\nthe proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of (b)(3) of this Section 14 to the<br \/>\ncontrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board<br \/>\nis increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for<br \/>\ndirector or specifying the size of the increased Board made by the Corporation<br \/>\nat least 130 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year153s annual<br \/>\nmeeting, a Shareholder153s notice required by (b) of this Section 14 shall also be<br \/>\nconsidered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions<br \/>\ncreated by that increase, if the notice shall be delivered to and received by<br \/>\nthe Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later<br \/>\nthan the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which that<br \/>\npublic announcement is first made by the Corporation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) The procedures to be followed for a special meeting of Shareholders are<br \/>\nas follows:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(1) Only such business shall be conducted and only such proposals shall be<br \/>\nacted upon at a special meeting of Shareholders as shall have been brought<br \/>\nbefore that meeting pursuant to the Corporation153s notice of meeting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(2) Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at a special<br \/>\nmeeting of Shareholders at which directors are to be elected,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(A) by or at the direction of the Board; or<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(B) provided that the notice of the special meeting states that the purpose,<br \/>\nor one of the purposes, of that meeting is to elect directors at the meeting, by<br \/>\nany Shareholder who is a Shareholder of record both at the time of giving of<br \/>\nnotice provided for in this Section 14 and at the time of the meeting, who is<br \/>\nentitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice and other<br \/>\nrequirements set forth in this Section 14.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(3) In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of Shareholders for<br \/>\nthe purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board, any such Shareholder<br \/>\nmay nominate a person or persons, as the case may be, for election to that<br \/>\nposition as specified in the Corporation153s notice of meeting, if the notice<br \/>\ncontaining the same information as would be required under (b)(2)-(6) of this<br \/>\nSection 14 for an annual meeting is delivered to and received by the Secretary<br \/>\nat the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the 150th<br \/>\nday prior to that special meeting and not later than the close of business on<br \/>\nthe later of the 120th day prior to that special meeting or the 10th day<br \/>\nfollowing the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the<br \/>\nspecial meeting or of the nominees proposed by the Board to be elected at that<br \/>\nmeeting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(4) Proposals of business other than the nomination of persons for election<br \/>\nto the Board may be considered at a special meeting requested by Shareholders in<br \/>\naccordance with Section 3 of this Article III only if the Shareholders give a<br \/>\nnotice containing the same information as would be required under (b)(2)-(6) of<br \/>\nthis Section 14 for an annual meeting at the time those Shareholders requested<br \/>\nthe meeting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(d) The following provisions apply to Shareholder meetings generally:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(1) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedure set forth<br \/>\nin this Section 14 shall be eligible to serve as directors, and only such<br \/>\nbusiness shall be conducted at a meeting of Shareholders as shall have been<br \/>\nbrought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this<br \/>\nSection 14.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(2) The Board may reject any nomination or Shareholder proposal submitted for<br \/>\nconsideration at any meeting of Shareholders which is not made in accordance<br \/>\nwith the provisions of this Section 14 or which is not a proper subject for<br \/>\nShareholder action in accordance with provisions of applicable law.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(3) Should the Board fail to consider the validity of a nomination or<br \/>\nShareholder proposal, the presiding officer of the meeting shall have the power<br \/>\nand duty,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(A) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought<br \/>\nbefore the meeting was made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14<br \/>\nand is a proper subject for Shareholder action in accordance with provisions of<br \/>\napplicable law; and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(B) if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this<br \/>\nSection 14 or is not a proper subject for Shareholder action, to declare that<br \/>\nthe defective nomination or proposal is disregarded.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(4) The provisions of (d) of this Section 14 shall not prevent the<br \/>\nconsideration and approval or disapproval at the meeting of reports of officers,<br \/>\ndirectors and committees of the Board. However, in connection with such reports,<br \/>\nno new business shall be acted upon at the meeting unless stated, submitted and<br \/>\nreceived in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(5) For purposes of this Section 14,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(A) &#8220;public announcement&#8221; means disclosure in a press release reported by the<br \/>\nDow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Reuters or comparable news service or<br \/>\nin a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange<br \/>\nCommission pursuant to Section 13,14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of<br \/>\n1934 or any successor provision; and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(B) in no event shall the public announcement of a postponement or<br \/>\nadjournment of a meeting commence a new time period for giving of a<br \/>\nShareholder153s notice pursuant to this Section 14.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(6) A Shareholder may submit no more than one proposal to the Corporation for<br \/>\na particular meeting of Shareholders. The proposal, including any accompanying<br \/>\nsupporting statement, may not exceed 500 words.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(7) The Corporation may exclude a Shareholder proposal for any of the<br \/>\nfollowing substantive reasons:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(A) would be improper under state law;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(B) would be a violation of law;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(C) would be a violation of proxy rules;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(D) is a personal grievance or special interest;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(E) is not relevant;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(F) Corporation lacks power or authority to implement;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(G) relates to management functions;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(H) relates to election;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(I) conflicts with the Corporation153s proposal;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(J) was substantially implemented;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(K) substantially duplicates another proposal to be addressed at the meeting;\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(L) is a resubmission of another proposal; or<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(M) relates to a specific amount of dividend.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(8) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 14, a Shareholder<br \/>\nshall also comply with all applicable requirements of state law and the<br \/>\nSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations adopted under that<br \/>\nact with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 14. Nothing in this<br \/>\nSection 14 shall be deemed to affect any rights of Shareholders to request<br \/>\ninclusion of proposals in, or the Corporation153s right to omit proposals from,<br \/>\nthe Corporation153s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under that act or any<br \/>\nsuccessor provision.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 15.<\/strong> <strong><u>Shareholder<br \/>\nRecommendations<\/u>.<\/strong> A Shareholder may make a recommendation of a<br \/>\ncandidate for nomination and election to the Board subject to specific<br \/>\nprocedures and limitations as set forth in the Company&#8217;s Nominating and<br \/>\nCorporate Governance Committee Charter approved by the Board.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>ARTICLE IV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>BOARD OF DIRECTORS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 1.<\/strong> <strong><u>General Authority<\/u>.<\/strong> The<br \/>\nproperty, business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed and<br \/>\ncontrolled by its Board, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation<br \/>\nand do all such lawful acts and things as are not by applicable law or the<br \/>\nArticles of Incorporation or these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised<br \/>\nor done by the Shareholders.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 2.<\/strong> <strong><u>Number, Qualifications and Term of<br \/>\nOffice<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) The governing body of this Corporation shall be the<br \/>\nBoard, subject to the following:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(1) The number of directors shall not be less than three nor more than<br \/>\ntwelve; provided that (A) the number of directors shall be fixed by the Board<br \/>\nfrom time to time by a vote of at least a simple majority of the whole Board at<br \/>\na regular or special meeting called by written notice, which notice shall<br \/>\ninclude notice to change the number of directors and (B) no decrease in the<br \/>\nnumber of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of an incumbent<br \/>\ndirector;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(2) Until changed as provided in this Section 2, the number of directors on<br \/>\nthe Board shall be seven;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(3) Each director shall be of a legal age, which shall be defined for<br \/>\npurposes of this Section 2 as an age between and including 21 and 75 years, and<br \/>\nin the event a person shall reach the upper limit of that age while a director,<br \/>\nthat person&#8217;s term as director shall immediately terminate and that director<br \/>\nshall resign from the Board;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(4) Each nominee as, and each person appointed or otherwise elected as, a<br \/>\ndirector of the Board shall at all times satisfy other qualifications as set<br \/>\nforth in the Company&#8217;s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter<br \/>\napproved by the Board; and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(5) Directors on the Board shall not need to be Shareholders and shall not<br \/>\nneed to be residents of the State of Alaska.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) Upon the establishment of the Board as having three or more members<br \/>\n(&#8220;Class Date&#8221;), the Board will be divided into three classes: Class I, Class II<br \/>\nand Class III. Each such class will consist, as nearly as possible, of one-third<br \/>\nof the whole number of the Board. Directors in office on the Class Date will be<br \/>\ndivided among such classes and in such manner, consistent with the provisions of<br \/>\nthis Article IV, as the Board may determine by resolution. The initial Class I<br \/>\ndirectors so determined shall serve until the next Annual Meeting following such<br \/>\ndate. The initial Class II directors so determined shall serve until the second<br \/>\nAnnual Meeting following such date. The initial Class III directors so<br \/>\ndetermined shall serve until the third Annual Meeting following such date. In<br \/>\nthe case of each such class, such directors shall serve, subject to their<br \/>\nearlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Articles of<br \/>\nIncorporation, these Bylaws and the laws of the State of Alaska, until their<br \/>\nrespective successors shall be elected and shall qualify. At each Annual Meeting<br \/>\nafter the date of such filing, the directors chosen to succeed those whose terms<br \/>\nshall have expired shall be elected to hold office for a term to expire at the<br \/>\nthird succeeding Annual Meeting after their election and, subject to their<br \/>\nearlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Articles of<br \/>\nIncorporation, these Bylaws and the laws of the State of Alaska, until their<br \/>\nrespective successors shall be elected and shall qualify. If the number of<br \/>\ndirectors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among such<br \/>\nclasses so as to maintain all classes as equal in number as possible, and any<br \/>\nadditional director elected to any class shall hold office for a term which<br \/>\nshall coincide with the terms of the other directors in such class.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) As used in these Bylaws, the terms &#8220;whole Board&#8221; or &#8220;entire Board&#8221; shall<br \/>\nmean the number of directors the Corporation would have under these Bylaws at<br \/>\nthe time of determination if there were no vacancies.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 3.<\/strong> <strong><u>Elections<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) Other than<br \/>\nas provided in Section 2 of this Article IV, the directors of the Corporation<br \/>\nshall be elected at the Annual Meeting or at a special meeting of Shareholders<br \/>\ncalled for that purpose, by at least a simple majority of the quorum for that<br \/>\nmeeting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) Any vacancy occurring in the Board caused by death, resignation, removal<br \/>\nand any newly created directorship resulting from an increase in the number of<br \/>\ndirectors on the Board, may be filled by the directors then in office, although<br \/>\nsuch directors are less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director. Each<br \/>\ndirector chosen to fill a vacancy or a newly created directorship shall hold<br \/>\noffice until the next election of the Class for which such director shall have<br \/>\nbeen chosen or, if no class is established, then until the next election of<br \/>\ndirectors and, subject to that director&#8217;s earlier death, resignation or removal<br \/>\nin accordance with the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws and the laws of<br \/>\nthe State of Alaska, until that director&#8217;s successor shall be duly elected and<br \/>\nshall qualify.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) Any director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board<br \/>\nof Directors, the President, Chairman of the Board, or the Secretary of the<br \/>\nCorporation. Any such resignation will take effect upon receipt of such notice<br \/>\nor at any later time specified in the notice. Unless otherwise specified in the<br \/>\nnotice, the acceptance of such resignation will not be necessary to make any<br \/>\npostdated resignation by notice in writing to the resigning director. In the<br \/>\nevent the resignation of a director is tendered to take effect at a future time,<br \/>\na successor may be elected to take office when the resignation becomes<br \/>\neffective.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(d) The Shareholders may elect a director to fill any vacancy not filled by<br \/>\nthe Board.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(e) The term of a director terminates upon the election and qualification of<br \/>\na successor.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 4.<\/strong> <strong><u>Removal of Directors<\/u>.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) The entire Board or any individual director may be removed from office, at<br \/>\nan Annual Meeting or a special meeting of Shareholders called for that purpose,<br \/>\nby at least, a majority vote of a quorum of Shareholders for that meeting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) If, after the filling of a vacancy by the Board, the directors who have<br \/>\nbeen elected by the Shareholders constitute less than a majority of the<br \/>\ndirectors, a holder or holders of an aggregate of 10 percent or more of the<br \/>\nshares outstanding at the time may call a special meeting of Shareholders to<br \/>\nelect the entire Board.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) The Board may declare vacant the office of a director who has been<br \/>\ndeclared of unsound mind by a court order.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(d) The superior court may, at the suit of the Board or of Shareholders<br \/>\nholding at least 10 percent of the number of outstanding shares of any class,<br \/>\nremove from office a director for fraudulent or dishonest acts, gross neglect of<br \/>\nduty, or gross abuse of authority or discretion with reference to the<br \/>\nCorporation and may bar from reelection a director removed in that manner for a<br \/>\nperiod prescribed by the court. In this instance, the Corporation will be made a<br \/>\nparty to the suit.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(e) Except as set forth in (a)-(d) of this Section 4, a director may not be<br \/>\nremoved from office before the expiration of the term of office of that<br \/>\ndirector.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 5.<\/strong> <strong><u>Executive Committee<\/u>.<\/strong> (a)<br \/>\nBy the affirmative vote of at least 75 percent of the directors, the Board may<br \/>\ndesignate an Executive Committee, all of whose members shall be directors, to<br \/>\nmanage and operate the affairs of the Corporation or particular properties or<br \/>\nenterprises of the Corporation, except to the extent Shareholder authorization<br \/>\nis required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws. The Executive<br \/>\nCommittee will have the power, as set forth by resolution of the Board or these<br \/>\nBylaws to perform or authorize any act that could be done or accomplished by the<br \/>\nmajority action of all the directors of the Corporation, except as provided in<br \/>\n(b) of this Section 5. The Executive Committee shall keep minutes of its<br \/>\nmeetings and report to the Board not less often than quarterly on its activities<br \/>\nand shall be responsible to the Board for the conduct of the enterprises and<br \/>\naffairs entrusted to it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) The following areas of responsibility are expressly reserved to the Board<br \/>\nand will not be delegated to any committees of the Board:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(1) Declaring dividends or distributions;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(2) Approving or recommending to Shareholders actions or proposals required<br \/>\nby the Alaska Corporations Code to be approved by Shareholders;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(3) Designating candidates for the office of director, for purposes of proxy<br \/>\nsolicitation or otherwise, or fill vacancies on the board or any committee of<br \/>\nthe board;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(4) Amending the Bylaws;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(5) Approving a plan or merger not requiring Shareholder approval;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(6) Capitalizing retained earnings;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(7) Authorizing or approving the reacquisition of shares unless under a<br \/>\ngeneral formula or method specified by the board;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(8) Authorizing or approving the issuance or sale of, or a contract to issue<br \/>\nor sell, shares or designating the terms of a series of a class of shares,<br \/>\nunless the Board, having acted regarding general authorization for the issuance<br \/>\nor sale of shares, a contract to issue or sell, or the designation of a series,<br \/>\nauthorizes a committee, under a general formula or method specified by the Board<br \/>\nby resolution or by adoption of a stock option or other plan, to fix the terms<br \/>\nof a contract for the sale of the shares and to fix the terms upon which the<br \/>\nshares may be issued or sold, including, without limitation, the price, the<br \/>\ndividend rate, provisions for redemption, sinking fund, conversion, voting or<br \/>\npreferential rights, and provisions for other features of a class of shares, or<br \/>\na series of a class of shares, with full power in the committee to adopt a final<br \/>\nresolution setting out all the terms of a series for filing with the<br \/>\ncommissioner of the Department of Community &amp; Economic Development under the<br \/>\nAlaska Corporations Code; or<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(9) Authorizing, approving, or ratifying contracts or other transactions<br \/>\nbetween the Corporation and one or more of its directors, or between the<br \/>\nCorporation and a corporation, firm, or association in which one or more of its<br \/>\ndirectors has a material financial interest as defined under AS 10.06.478 of the<br \/>\nAlaska Corporations Code.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) The designation of a committee, the delegation to the committee of<br \/>\nauthority, or action by the committee under that authority does not alone<br \/>\nconstitute compliance by a member of the Board or that committee with the<br \/>\nresponsibility to act in good faith, in a manner the member reasonably believes<br \/>\nto be in the best interests of the Corporation, and with the care, including<br \/>\nreasonable inquiry, as an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use<br \/>\nunder similar circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 6.<\/strong> <strong><u>Other Committees<\/u>.<\/strong> The<br \/>\nBoard may, by resolution, establish committees other than an Executive Committee<br \/>\nand shall specify with particularity the powers and duties of any such<br \/>\ncommittee. All committees of the Board including the Executive Committee shall<br \/>\nserve at the pleasure of the Board, keep minutes of their meetings; have such<br \/>\nnames as the Board, by resolution, may determine; and be responsible to the<br \/>\nBoard for the conduct of the enterprises and affairs entrusted to them. All such<br \/>\ncommittees will each have at least two or more members, all of whom will serve<br \/>\nat the pleasure of the Board.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 7.<\/strong> <strong><u>Place of Meetings<\/u>.<\/strong> The<br \/>\ndirectors may hold their meetings in such place or places as the Board may from<br \/>\ntime to time by resolution determine.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 8.<\/strong> <strong><u>Meetings<\/u>.<\/strong> Regular or<br \/>\nspecial meetings of the Board or of a committee of the Board will be held at<br \/>\nsuch place as may be designated from time to time by the Board or any other<br \/>\nperson calling the meeting, and such meetings may be called by the Chairman of<br \/>\nthe Board, the President, a Vice President, the Secretary, or a director.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 9.<\/strong> <strong><u>Quorum<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) The presence<br \/>\nof a majority of the number of directors fixed by the Articles of Incorporation<br \/>\nat a meeting of the Board duly assembled will constitute a quorum for the<br \/>\ntransaction of business, and the act of a majority of the directors present at<br \/>\nany meeting at which a quorum is present will be the act of the Board, except as<br \/>\nmay be otherwise specifically provided by the Articles of Incorporation or by<br \/>\nthese Bylaws. If a quorum initially is not present at any meeting of directors,<br \/>\nthe directors present at that meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time,<br \/>\nwithout notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is<br \/>\npresent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) The presence of a majority of the number of directors at a meeting of a<br \/>\ncommittee of the Board duly assembled will constitute a quorum for the<br \/>\ntransaction of business, and the act of majority of the directors present at any<br \/>\nmeeting at which a quorum is present will be the act of that committee, except<br \/>\nas may be otherwise specifically provided by the Articles of Incorporation or<br \/>\nthese Bylaws. If a quorum initially is not present at any meeting of a committee<br \/>\nof the Board, the members present at that meeting may adjourn the meeting from<br \/>\ntime to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a<br \/>\nquorum is present.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 10.<\/strong> <strong><u>Action Without a<br \/>\nMeeting<\/u>.<\/strong> Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Board or<br \/>\na committee of the Board may be taken without a meeting if identical consents in<br \/>\nwriting describing the action so taken are signed by all of the directors or<br \/>\nmembers of such committee entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter<br \/>\nthereof. Each such consent in writing shall be filed with the minutes of the<br \/>\nproceedings of the Board.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 11.<\/strong> <strong><u>Order of Business<\/u>.<\/strong> At<br \/>\nmeetings of the Board, business shall be transacted in such order as the Board<br \/>\nmay by resolution determine. At all meetings of the Board, the Chairman of the<br \/>\nBoard, or in that person&#8217;s absence, the President, or in that person&#8217;s absence<br \/>\nthe director designated as the chairman of the meeting by the majority of the<br \/>\ndirectors present, shall preside.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 12.<\/strong> <strong><u>Director&#8217;s Compensation<\/u>.<\/strong><br \/>\nDirectors shall receive such compensation and reimbursement of any expenses<br \/>\nincidental to the performance of their duties as the Board shall determine by<br \/>\nresolution. Such compensation may be in addition to any compensation received by<br \/>\nthe members of the Board in any other capacity.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 13.<\/strong> <strong><u>Minutes<\/u>.<\/strong> The Board shall<br \/>\nkeep written minutes of its meetings. In the event the Secretary of the<br \/>\nCorporation is not a member of the Board, the Board shall prescribe by a<br \/>\nresolution the officer or other person who shall be charged with the<br \/>\nresponsibility of keeping and maintaining such minutes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 14.<\/strong> <strong><u>Notice and Waiver of<br \/>\nNotice<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) The first meeting of each newly elected Board will be<br \/>\nheld, without notice, immediately following the adjournment of the corresponding<br \/>\nAnnual Meeting, or as soon thereafter as is practicable.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) Regular meetings of the Board or a committee of the Board may be held,<br \/>\nwithout notice, at such time and place, as will from time to time be fixed by<br \/>\nthe Board or these Bylaws.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) Special meetings of the Board or a committee of the Board will be held<br \/>\nupon either notice in writing sent 10 days before the meeting or notice by<br \/>\nelectronic means, personal messenger, or comparable person-to-person<br \/>\ncommunication given at least 72 hours before the meeting. The notice must<br \/>\ninclude disclosure of the business to be transacted and the purpose of the<br \/>\nmeeting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(d) Whenever under the provisions of statutes, of the Articles of<br \/>\nIncorporation, or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any<br \/>\ndirector or Shareholder, it will be given in writing, by mail or telegram,<br \/>\naddressed to such director or Shareholder at such address as appears on the<br \/>\nrecords of the Corporation with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice by mail<br \/>\nwill be deemed to be given at the time when deposited in the United States mail.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(e) Attendance of a Shareholder, either in person or by proxy, or of a<br \/>\ndirector at a meeting will constitute a waiver or notice of such meeting, except<br \/>\nwhere an appearance is made for the express purpose of objecting to the<br \/>\ntransaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or<br \/>\nconvened.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(f) Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of<br \/>\nstatutes, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver of the notice<br \/>\nin writing, signed by the person entitled to the notice either before or after<br \/>\nthe time stated in the notice will be deemed equivalent to the giving of that<br \/>\nnotice.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 15.<\/strong> <strong><u>Dividends<\/u>.<\/strong> Subject<br \/>\nalways to the provisions of the laws of the State of Alaska and the Articles of<br \/>\nIncorporation, the Board shall have full power to determine whether any, and if<br \/>\nso what part, of the funds legally available for the payment of dividends shall<br \/>\nbe declared in dividends and paid to the Shareholders. The Board may fix a sum<br \/>\nwhich may be set aside or reserved over and above the paid-in capital of the<br \/>\nCorporation for working capital or as a reserve for any proper purpose, and from<br \/>\ntime to time may increase, diminish and vary such funds in the Board&#8217;s absolute<br \/>\njudgment and discretion. Dividends upon the shares of stock of the Corporation,<br \/>\nsubject always to the mentioned provisions, may be declared by the Board at any<br \/>\nregular or special meeting of the Board, payable in cash, property or shares of<br \/>\nthe Corporation&#8217;s stock.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 16.<\/strong> <strong><u>Meetings Held Other Than in<br \/>\nPerson<\/u>.<\/strong> Members of the Board or any committee thereof may<br \/>\nparticipate in a meeting of the Board or such committee, as the case may be, by<br \/>\nmeans of a conference telephone network or similar communications method by<br \/>\nwhich all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such<br \/>\nparticipation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>ARTICLE V<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>OFFICERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 1.<\/strong> <strong><u>Number and Tenure<\/u>.<\/strong> The<br \/>\nBoard shall elect from its members a Chairman of the Board and a President. The<br \/>\nBoard shall also elect a Secretary, a Treasurer and a Registered Agent. The<br \/>\nBoard may also elect, from time to time, such Vice Presidents and other or<br \/>\nadditional officers as in its opinion are desirable or required for the conduct<br \/>\nof the business of the Corporation. Any of the officers of the Corporation may<br \/>\nor may not be directors, except that the Chairman of the Board and the President<br \/>\nshall be directors. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until the<br \/>\nfirst meeting of the Board following the Annual Meeting next following their<br \/>\nrespective election and, subject to their earlier death, resignation or removal<br \/>\nin accordance with the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws and the laws of<br \/>\nthe State of Alaska, until their successors are chosen and qualify.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 2.<\/strong> <strong><u>Discretion<\/u>.<\/strong> In its<br \/>\ndiscretion, the Board, by the vote of a majority of the whole Board, may leave<br \/>\nany office, except that of President, Treasurer, Secretary or Registered Agent,<br \/>\nunfilled for any such period as it may fix by resolution. Subject to the laws of<br \/>\nthe State of Alaska, any officer or agent of the corporation may be removed at<br \/>\nany time by the affirmative vote of at least 75 percent of the whole Board.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 3.<\/strong> <strong><u>Chairman of the Board<\/u>.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Chairman of the Board shall be a director and, when present, shall preside<br \/>\nat all meetings of the Board. Except as may be required otherwise to maintain<br \/>\nthe Company&#8217;s capital stock registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934<br \/>\nand to maintain the Company&#8217;s access to the status of one or more of its classes<br \/>\nof common stock each as a national market system stock on the Nasdaq Stock<br \/>\nMarket, the Chairman of the Board shall : (i) by resolution of the Board be a<br \/>\nmember of one or more of the standing committees of the Board; (ii) be a member<br \/>\nof, and the Chairman of, the Executive Committee; (iii) perform such other<br \/>\nduties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board or by these Bylaws;<br \/>\n(iv) have the powers of the President; and (v) have the power to delegate any of<br \/>\nthe Chairman&#8217;s powers, on a temporary or permanent basis, to the President.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 4.<\/strong> <strong><u>President<\/u>.<\/strong> The President<br \/>\nshall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. The President shall be<br \/>\na member of the Board. The President shall exercise such duties as customarily<br \/>\npertain to the office of President and shall have general and active supervision<br \/>\nover the property, business and affairs of the Corporation and over its several<br \/>\nofficers. The President may appoint and terminate the appointment or election of<br \/>\nofficers, agents, or employees other than those appointed or elected by the<br \/>\nBoard. The President may sign, execute and deliver, in the name of the<br \/>\nCorporation, powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations which<br \/>\nimplement policies established by the Board, and shall perform such other duties<br \/>\nas may be prescribed from time to time by the Board or by these Bylaws.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 5.<\/strong> <strong><u>Vice Presidents<\/u>.<\/strong> Vice<br \/>\nPresidents shall have such distinguishing titles, powers and perform such duties<br \/>\nas may be assigned to them by the Chairman of the Board, the President, the<br \/>\nExecutive Committee or the Board. In the absence or disability of the Chairman<br \/>\nof the Board and the President, any Vice President designated by the Board may<br \/>\nperform the duties and exercise the powers of the President. A Vice President<br \/>\nmay sign and execute contracts and other obligations pertaining to the regular<br \/>\ncourse of duties of that office which implement policies established by the<br \/>\nBoard and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time<br \/>\nby the Board or these Bylaws.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 6.<\/strong> <strong><u>Treasurer<\/u>.<\/strong> The Treasurer<br \/>\nshall be the chief financial officer and, unless the Board otherwise declares by<br \/>\nresolution, the chief accounting officer of the Corporation. Unless the Board<br \/>\notherwise declares by resolution, the Treasurer shall have general custody of<br \/>\nall the funds and securities of the Corporation and have general supervision of<br \/>\nthe collection and disbursement of funds of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall<br \/>\nendorse for collection on behalf of the Corporation checks, notes and other<br \/>\nobligations, and shall deposit the same to the credit of the Corporation in such<br \/>\nbank or banks or depository as the Board may designate. The Treasurer may sign,<br \/>\nwith the Chairman of the Board, President, or such other person or persons as<br \/>\nmay be designated for the purpose by the Board, all bills of exchange or<br \/>\npromissory notes of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall enter or cause to be<br \/>\nentered regularly in the books of the Corporation a full and accurate account of<br \/>\nall moneys received and paid by the Treasurer on account of the Corporation;<br \/>\nshall at all reasonable times exhibit books and accounts of the Treasurer to any<br \/>\ndirector of the Corporation upon application at the office of the Corporation<br \/>\nduring business hours; and, whenever required by the Board or the President,<br \/>\nshall render a statement of accounts for the Corporation. The Treasurer shall<br \/>\nperform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board or<br \/>\nby the Bylaws. The Treasurer may be required to give bond for the faithful<br \/>\nperformance of duties of that office in such sum and with such surety as shall<br \/>\nbe approved by the Board. The Board may authorize one or more accounting firms<br \/>\nto perform any act or discharge any responsibility of the Treasurer. Any<br \/>\nindividual appointed by the Board as Assistant Treasurer shall, in the absence<br \/>\nor disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of<br \/>\nthe Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as<br \/>\nthe Board may from time to time prescribe.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 7.<\/strong> <strong><u>Secretary<\/u>.<\/strong> Subject to<br \/>\nSection 8 of Article III and Section 13 of Article IV of these Bylaws, the<br \/>\nSecretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the Shareholders and of the<br \/>\nBoard, and to the extent ordered by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the<br \/>\nPresident, will keep the minutes of meetings of all committees. The Secretary<br \/>\nshall cause notice to be given of meetings of Shareholders, of the Board and of<br \/>\nany committee appointed by the Board. The Secretary shall have custody of the<br \/>\ncorporate seal and minutes and records relating to the conduct and acts of the<br \/>\nShareholders and the Board, which shall, at all reasonable times, be open to the<br \/>\nexamination of any director. The Secretary or any Assistant Secretary appointed<br \/>\nby the Board may certify the record of proceedings of the meetings of the<br \/>\nShareholders or of the Board and of resolutions adopted at such meetings; may<br \/>\nsign or attest certificates, statements or reports required to be filed with<br \/>\ngovernmental bodies or officials; may sign acknowledgments of instruments; may<br \/>\ngive notices of meetings; and shall perform such other duties and have such<br \/>\nother powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 8.<\/strong> <strong><u>Registered Agent<\/u>.<\/strong> The<br \/>\nRegistered Agent for the Corporation may be an individual or corporation,<br \/>\nresident or located in Alaska. The Registered Agent shall have such duties and<br \/>\nresponsibilities as are prescribed by the laws of the State of Alaska.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 9.<\/strong> <strong><u>Bank Accounts<\/u>.<\/strong> In<br \/>\naddition to such bank accounts as may be authorized in the usual manner by<br \/>\nresolution of the Board, the Treasurer, with approval of the Chairman of the<br \/>\nBoard or the President, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or<br \/>\nmaintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as may be deemed<br \/>\nnecessary or appropriate by the Treasurer, provided payments from such bank<br \/>\naccounts are to be made upon and according to the check of the Corporation,<br \/>\nwhich may be signed jointly or singularly by either manual or facsimile<br \/>\nsignature or signatures of such officers or bonded employees of the Corporation<br \/>\nas shall be specified in the written instructions of the Treasurer or Assistant<br \/>\nTreasurer with the approval of the Chairman of the Board or the President.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 10.<\/strong> <strong><u>Vacancies<\/u>.<\/strong> In case any<br \/>\noffice shall become vacant, the Board shall have power to fill such vacancy. In<br \/>\ncase of the absence or disability of any officer, the Board may delegate the<br \/>\npowers or duties of such officer to another officer in the Corporation, or to a<br \/>\ndirector.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 11.<\/strong> <strong><u>Proxies<\/u>.<\/strong> Unless<br \/>\notherwise directed by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the President, or<br \/>\nthe designees of either of these two officers shall have full power and<br \/>\nauthority on behalf of the Corporation to attend and to vote upon all matters<br \/>\nand resolutions at any meeting of Shareholders of any corporation in which this<br \/>\nCorporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf of this Corporation any<br \/>\nand all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any<br \/>\nsuch meeting, whether regular or special, and at all adjournments thereof, and<br \/>\nshall have power and authority to execute and deliver proxies and consents on<br \/>\nbehalf of this Corporation in connection with the exercise by this Corporation<br \/>\nof the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock, with full<br \/>\npower of substitution or revocation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 12.<\/strong> <strong><u>Dual Offices<\/u>.<\/strong> A person<br \/>\nmay hold more than one corporate office, except that a person must not<br \/>\nsimultaneously hold the offices of President and Secretary.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 13.<\/strong> <strong><u>Salaries<\/u>.<\/strong> The salaries<br \/>\nof all executive officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board from<br \/>\ntime to time. No officer shall be ineligible to receive such salary by reason of<br \/>\nthe fact that that officer is also a director of the Corporation and receiving<br \/>\ncompensation therefor or that that officer devotes less than full time during<br \/>\nnormal business hours to the performance of that officer&#8217;s duties as an officer<br \/>\nof the Corporation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>ARTICLE VI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>INDEMNIFICATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 1.<\/strong> <strong><u>Non-Derivative Actions<\/u>.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Corporation will indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened<br \/>\nto be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or<br \/>\nproceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than<br \/>\nan action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of or arising from<br \/>\nthe fact that that person is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of<br \/>\nthe Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a<br \/>\ndirector, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint<br \/>\nventure, trust or other enterprise. Amounts paid in settlement actually and<br \/>\nreasonably incurred by that person in connection with such action, suit or<br \/>\nproceeding may include reimbursement of expenses, attorney fees, judgments,<br \/>\nfines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by that<br \/>\nperson in connection with the action or proceedings if that person acted in good<br \/>\nfaith and in a manner that that person reasonably believed to be in or not<br \/>\nopposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any<br \/>\ncriminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct<br \/>\nwas unlawful. The termination of any action, suit and proceeding by judgment,<br \/>\norder, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of <u>nolo<\/u> <u>contendere<\/u><br \/>\nor its equivalent, will not of itself create a presumption that the person did<br \/>\nnot act in good faith and in a manner which that person reasonably believed to<br \/>\nbe in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect<br \/>\nto any criminal action or proceeding, the person had reasonable cause to believe<br \/>\nthat the conduct was unlawful.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 2.<\/strong> <strong><u>Derivative Actions<\/u>.<\/strong> The<br \/>\nCorporation will indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to<br \/>\nbe made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in<br \/>\nthe right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason for<br \/>\narising from the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent<br \/>\nof the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a<br \/>\ndirector, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint<br \/>\nventure, trust or other enterprise. This indemnification will cover<br \/>\nreimbursement for expenses (including attorney fees) actually and reasonably<br \/>\nincurred by that person in connection with the defense or settlement of such<br \/>\naction if that person acted in good faith and in a manner that person reasonably<br \/>\nbelieved to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 3.<\/strong> <strong><u>Reimbursement Conditions<\/u>.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Indemnification will not be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter<br \/>\nas to which the person has been adjudged to be liable for negligence or<br \/>\nmisconduct in the performance of the person&#8217;s duty to the Corporation, except to<br \/>\nthe extent that the court in which the action was brought determines upon<br \/>\napplication that, despite the adjudication of liability, in view of all the<br \/>\ncircumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to<br \/>\nindemnity for expenses that the court considers proper.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) To the extent that a director, officer, employee, or agent of the<br \/>\nCorporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of an<br \/>\naction or proceeding as described in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VI or in<br \/>\ndefense of a claim, issue, or matter in the action or proceeding, the director,<br \/>\nofficer, employee, or agent will be indemnified against expenses and attorney<br \/>\nfees actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) Unless otherwise ordered by a court, indemnification under Sections 1 or<br \/>\n2 of this Article VI may only be made by the Corporation upon a determination<br \/>\nthat indemnification of the director, officer, employee, or agent is proper in<br \/>\nthe circumstances because the director, officer, employee, or agent has met the<br \/>\napplicable standard of conduct set out in those sections. The determination will<br \/>\nbe made by:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(1) The Board by at least a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors<br \/>\nwho were not parties to the action or proceeding; or<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(2) Independent legal counsel in a written opinion if a quorum under (c)(1)<br \/>\nof this Section 3 is<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(A) not obtainable;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(B) obtainable but a majority of disinterested directors so directs; or<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(C) Approval of the outstanding shares of the Corporation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(d) The Corporation may pay or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred in<br \/>\ndefending a civil or criminal action or proceeding in advance of the final<br \/>\ndisposition in the manner provided in (c) of this Section 3 if:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(1) In the case of a director or officer, the director or officer furnishes<br \/>\nthe Corporation with a written affirmation of a good faith belief that the<br \/>\nstandard of conduct described in AS 10.06.450(b) or 10.06.483(e) of the Alaska<br \/>\nCorporations Code has been met;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(2) The director, officer, employee, or agent furnishes the Corporation a<br \/>\nwritten unlimited general undertaking, executed personally or on behalf of the<br \/>\nindividual, to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that an<br \/>\napplicable standard of conduct was not met; and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(3) A determination is made that the facts then known to those making the<br \/>\ndetermination would not preclude indemnification under the Alaska Corporations<br \/>\nCode.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(e) The indemnification provided under Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VI is<br \/>\nnot exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification may<br \/>\nbe entitled under a bylaw, agreement, vote of Shareholders or disinterested<br \/>\ndirectors, or otherwise, both as to action in the official capacity of the<br \/>\nperson and as to action in another capacity while holding the office. The right<br \/>\nto indemnification continues as to a person who has ceased to be a director,<br \/>\nofficer, employee, or agent, and inures to the benefit of the heirs, executors,<br \/>\nand administrators of the person.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 4.<\/strong> <strong><u>Insurance<\/u>.<\/strong> At the<br \/>\ndiscretion of the Board, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on<br \/>\nbehalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the<br \/>\nCorporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a<br \/>\ndirector, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint<br \/>\nventure, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against that<br \/>\nperson and incurred by that person in any such capacity, or arising out of that<br \/>\nstatus, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify that<br \/>\nperson against such liability under the provisions of this Article VI.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>ARTICLE VII<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>FORM OF STOCK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 1.<\/strong> <strong><u>Certificated and<br \/>\nUncertificated<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) The shares of the Corporation shall be<br \/>\nrepresented by certificated or uncertificated form.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) Certificates for shares shall be as follows: (1) numbered; (2) entered on<br \/>\nthe books of the Corporation as they shall be issued; (3) certify the class and<br \/>\nnumber of shares represented by the certificate; and (4) be in such form, not<br \/>\ninconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation, as the Board shall from time to<br \/>\ntime prescribe.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) The certificates of stock shall be signed by the President or a Vice<br \/>\nPresident and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and sealed with the<br \/>\nseal of the Corporation. Such seal may be a facsimile, engraved or printed.<br \/>\nWhere any certificate is countersigned or otherwise authenticated by a transfer<br \/>\nagent or by a transfer clerk, and by a registrar, the signatures of any such<br \/>\nofficers upon such certificate may be facsimile, engraved or printed.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(d) Uncertificated shares of common stock shall be identified, held and<br \/>\ntransferred, if at all, in a manner compatible with the requirements of the<br \/>\nDirect Registration System adopted by the Nasdaq Stock Market (&#8220;Direct<br \/>\nRegistration System&#8221;).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(e) In the event the Board shall mandate by resolution participation by the<br \/>\nCompany in the Direct Registration System, holders of shares subject to that<br \/>\nsystem shall have the opportunity to participate in that system but shall not be<br \/>\nrequired to convert their shares held in certificated form and participate in<br \/>\nthat system until the certificate for those shares shall be surrendered to the<br \/>\nCorporation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(f) Uncertificated shares of preferred stock shall be identified, issued,<br \/>\nheld and transferred, if at all, in a manner as shall be established by the<br \/>\nBoard by resolution.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(g) Notwithstanding other provisions of this Article VII which in the event<br \/>\nthey shall be construed to the contrary, the determination whether to issue,<br \/>\nreissue or terminate issuance of shares in uncertificated or certificated form<br \/>\nshall remain in the sole discretion of the Board, and such determination shall<br \/>\nbe by resolution of the Board or otherwise as provided in these Bylaws.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 2.<\/strong> <strong><u>Transfers<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) In the<br \/>\nevent of surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of a certificate for<br \/>\nshares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment<br \/>\nor authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new<br \/>\ncertificate to the person entitled to it, cancel the old certificate and record<br \/>\nthe transaction upon its books.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) In the event of receipt of proper transfer instructions from the<br \/>\nregistered holder of uncertificated shares, such uncertificated shares shall be<br \/>\ncancelled and issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares shall be made to<br \/>\nthe person entitled to them, and the transaction shall be recorded upon the<br \/>\nbooks of the Corporation or otherwise accounted for as the Board shall direct.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of shares in<br \/>\nuncertificated form, the Corporation shall send, or cause to be sent, without<br \/>\ncharge to the registered owner of the shares a written statement giving the<br \/>\nfollowing information required by AS 10.06.350 to be on certificates: (1)<br \/>\nconfirmation that the Corporation is organized under the laws of the State of<br \/>\nAlaska; (2) the name of the person to whom the shares are issued; (3) the number<br \/>\nand class of shares, and the designation of the series, if any, that the shares<br \/>\nrepresent; and (4) a full or summary statement of the designations, preferences,<br \/>\nlimitations, and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be<br \/>\nissued and, if the Corporation is authorized to issue preferred or special class<br \/>\nin series, the variations in the relative rights and preferences between the<br \/>\nshares of each series so far as they have been fixed and determined and the<br \/>\nauthority of the Board to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences<br \/>\nof subsequent series.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(d) The person in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the<br \/>\nCorporation shall be deemed by the Corporation to be the owner thereof for all<br \/>\npurposes, and the Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or<br \/>\nother claim to, or interest in, such share or shares on the part of any other<br \/>\nperson, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as<br \/>\nshall otherwise be provided by the laws of the State of Alaska.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 3.<\/strong> <strong><u>Lost or Destroyed<br \/>\nCertificates<\/u>.<\/strong> The Board shall have the power to direct new stock<br \/>\ncertificates to be issued to any Shareholder in place of any certificates<br \/>\ntheretofore issued by the Corporation when such Shareholder proves to the<br \/>\nsatisfaction of the Board that a stock certificate is lost or destroyed, or upon<br \/>\nthe posting of an indemnity bond by the owner of such lost or destroyed<br \/>\ncertificates, or that Shareholder&#8217;s legal representatives, in such amount as the<br \/>\nBoard shall deem appropriate, to hold the Corporation harmless from any loss or<br \/>\nclaim arising out of or in connection with the issuance of a duplicate<br \/>\ncertificate, unless such requirement be dispensed with by the Board, in its<br \/>\ndiscretion, in any instance or instances.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 4.<\/strong> <strong><u>Transfer Agent and<br \/>\nRegistrar<\/u>.<\/strong> The Board may appoint one or more transfer agents or<br \/>\ntransfer clerks and one or more registrars, and may require all certificates for<br \/>\nshares to bear the manual or facsimile signature or signatures of any of them.<br \/>\nThe Corporation&#8217;s transfer agent and registrar may be the identical if the<br \/>\nperson or entity acting in such dual capacities countersigns certificates for<br \/>\nshares required to bear that person&#8217;s signatures in both capacities.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 5.<\/strong> <strong><u>Restrictions on Transfer<\/u>.<\/strong><br \/>\nNo securities of the Corporation or certificates representing such securities<br \/>\nwill be transferred in violation of any law or of any restriction on such<br \/>\ntransfer set forth in the Articles of Incorporation or amendments to them, these<br \/>\nBylaws or other agreement restricting such transfer which has been filed with<br \/>\nthe Corporation if reference to any such restrictions is made on the<br \/>\ncertificates representing such securities. The Corporation will not be bound by<br \/>\nany restriction not so filed and noted. The Corporation may rely in good faith<br \/>\nupon the opinion of its counsel as to any legal or contractual violation with<br \/>\nrespect to any such restrictions unless the issue has been finally determined by<br \/>\na court of competent jurisdiction. The Corporation and any party to such<br \/>\nagreement will have the right to have a restrictive legend imprinted upon any<br \/>\ncertificate covered by the agreement and any certificates issued in replacement<br \/>\nor exchange therefor or with respect to such certificates.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 6.<\/strong> <strong><u>Closing Transfer Books and Filing<br \/>\nRecord Date<\/u>.<\/strong> The Board may prescribe a period not exceeding 70 days<br \/>\nnor less than 20 days prior to the record date appointed for the payment of<br \/>\ndividends to Shareholders during which no transfer of stock may be made on the<br \/>\nbooks of the Corporation, or the Board may fix a date not more than 60 days nor<br \/>\nless than 20 days prior to the date for the payment of any such dividends as the<br \/>\nrecord date as of which Shareholders entitled to receive payment of such<br \/>\ndividends will be determined. Only Shareholders of record on that record date<br \/>\nwill be entitled to receive payment of such dividends.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 7.<\/strong> <strong><u>Conversion of Class B Common<br \/>\nStock<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) In the event a holder of certificated shares of Class B<br \/>\ncommon stock shall give written notice to the Corporation requesting conversion<br \/>\nof those shares, or a portion of them, into certificated shares of Class A<br \/>\ncommon stock, the Corporation shall respond and otherwise take action as<br \/>\nprovided in, and the transaction shall otherwise be subject to the provisions<br \/>\nof, Article IV, Sections (g) and (j) of the Corporation&#8217;s Restated Articles of<br \/>\nIncorporation, and subject to other provisions of this Article VII, including<br \/>\nbut not limited to Section 1(e) in the context of this surrender of certificated<br \/>\nshares of Class B common stock.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) In the event a holder of uncertificated shares of Class B common stock<br \/>\nshall give written notice to the Corporation requesting conversion of those<br \/>\nshares, or a portion of them, into shares of Class A common stock, the<br \/>\nCorporation shall respond and otherwise take action as provided in, and the<br \/>\ntransaction shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of, Article IV,<br \/>\nSections (g) and (j) of the Corporation&#8217;s Restated Articles of Incorporation,<br \/>\nwith the following clarifications:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(1) delivery of the shares of Class B common stock by the holder shall be in<br \/>\nuncertificated form and consist of instructions and the information required in<br \/>\naccordance with the provisions of the Direct Registration System; and<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(2) upon receipt by the Secretary of the instructions and required<br \/>\ninformation as addressed in Section 7(b)(1) of this Article VII, the Corporation<br \/>\nshall cause to be issued to the holder one share of Class A common stock for<br \/>\neach share of Class B common stock requested to be converted, issuing the shares<br \/>\nin uncertificated form and delivering to the holder the converted shares in that<br \/>\nform along with a separate identification of remaining shares, if any, of Class<br \/>\nB common stock in uncertificated form; provided that, in the event the<br \/>\nCorporation at the time of the conversion no longer shall be participating in<br \/>\nthe Direct Registration System, the converted shares of Class A common stock and<br \/>\nthe remaining shares of Class B common stock not converted shall be issued in<br \/>\ncertificated form.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>ARTICLE VIII<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 1.<\/strong> <strong><u>Annual Report<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) The<br \/>\nBoard will authorize the preparation of and arrangement for the distribution of<br \/>\nan annual report to Shareholders of the Corporation as required by as<br \/>\n10.06.433(a) Alaska Corporations Code.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) The annual report to Shareholders will contain, at minimum, a balance<br \/>\nsheet as of the end of the fiscal year and an income statement and statement of<br \/>\nchanges in financial position for the fiscal year accompanied by the following:<br \/>\n(1) a report on the fiscal year by independent accountants; or (2) if there is<br \/>\nno such report from accountants, a certificate of an authorized officer of the<br \/>\nCorporation that the financial statements were prepared without audit from the<br \/>\nbooks and records of the Corporation; provided that, so long as the<br \/>\nCorporation&#8217;s stock is registered pursuant to the federal Securities Exchange<br \/>\nAct of 1934, the Annual Report to Shareholders required under that act will be<br \/>\nprovided to all Shareholders.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 2.<\/strong> <strong><u>Other Reports<\/u>.<\/strong> A<br \/>\nShareholder holding at least five percent of the outstanding shares of a class<br \/>\nof the Corporation may make a written request to the Corporation in accordance<br \/>\nwith AS 10.06.433(c) of the Alaska Corporations Code, for a quarterly income<br \/>\nstatement of the Corporation and a balance sheet of the Corporation and, in<br \/>\naddition, if an annual report for the last fiscal year has not been sent to<br \/>\nShareholders, the statements required by (a) of Section 1 of Article VIII of<br \/>\nthese Bylaws for the last fiscal year. These statements will be delivered or<br \/>\nmailed by the Corporation to the person making the request within 30 days of the<br \/>\nrequest. A copy of these statements will be kept on file in the principal office<br \/>\nof the Corporation for 12 months, and they will be exhibited at all reasonable<br \/>\ntimes to a Shareholder demanding an examination of the statements, or a copy of<br \/>\nthe statements will be mailed to that Shareholder.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 3. <u>Delivery<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) The Corporation will, in<br \/>\naccordance with AS 10.06.433(d) of the Alaska Corporations Code, upon the<br \/>\nwritten request of a Shareholder, mail to the Shareholder a copy of the reports<br \/>\ndescribed in this Article VIII.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) The income statements and balance sheets referred to in this Article VIII<br \/>\nmust be accompanied by any report on those statements prepared by independent<br \/>\naccountants engaged by the Corporation or the certificate of an authorized<br \/>\nofficer of the Corporation that the financial statements were prepared without<br \/>\naudit from the books and records of the Corporation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>ARTICLE IX<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>TRANSACTIONS WITH OFFICERS,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 1.<\/strong> <strong><u>Director Material<br \/>\nInterest<\/u>.<\/strong> A contract or other transaction between the Corporation<br \/>\nand one or more of the directors of the Corporation, or between the Corporation<br \/>\nand a corporation, firm, or association in which one or more of the directors of<br \/>\nthe Corporation has a material financial interest, is neither void nor voidable<br \/>\nbecause the director or directors or other corporation, firm, or association is<br \/>\na party or because the director or directors is present at the meeting of the<br \/>\nBoard that authorizes, approves, or ratifies the contract or transaction, if the<br \/>\nmaterial facts as to the transaction and as to the director&#8217;s interest are fully<br \/>\ndisclosed or known to the (1) Shareholders and the contract or transaction is<br \/>\napproved by the Shareholders in good faith, with the shares owned by the<br \/>\ninterested director or directors not being entitled to vote; or (2) Board, and<br \/>\nthe Board authorizes, approves, or ratifies the contract or transaction in good<br \/>\nfaith by a sufficient vote without counting the vote of the interested director<br \/>\nor directors, and the person asserting the validity of the contract or<br \/>\ntransaction sustains the burden of proving that the contract or transaction was<br \/>\njust and reasonable as to the Corporation at the time it was authorized,<br \/>\napproved, or ratified.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 2.<\/strong> <strong><u>Common Directorships, Votes on<br \/>\nCompensation<\/u>.<\/strong> (a) A common directorship does not alone constitute a<br \/>\nmaterial financial interest within the meaning of this Article IX. A director is<br \/>\nnot interested, within the meaning of this Article IX, in a resolution fixing<br \/>\nthe compensation of another director as a director, officer, or employee of the<br \/>\nCorporation, notwithstanding the fact that the first director is also receiving<br \/>\ncompensation from the Corporation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>(b) Interested or common directors may be counted in determining the presence<br \/>\nof a quorum at a meeting of the Board that authorizes, approves, or ratifies a<br \/>\ncontract or transaction under this Article IX.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 3.<\/strong> <strong><u>Transactions Involving Cross<br \/>\nDirectorships<\/u>.<\/strong> A contract or other transaction between the<br \/>\nCorporation and a corporation or association of which one or more directors of<br \/>\nthe Corporation are directors is neither void nor voidable because the director<br \/>\nor directors are present at the meeting of the Board that authorizes, approves,<br \/>\nor ratifies the contract or transaction, if the material facts of the<br \/>\ntransaction and the director&#8217;s other directorship are fully disclosed or known<br \/>\nto the Board and the Board authorizes, approves, or ratifies the contract or<br \/>\ntransaction in good faith by a sufficient vote without counting the vote of the<br \/>\ncommon director or directors or the contract or transaction is approved by the<br \/>\nShareholders in good faith. This Section 3 does not apply to contracts or<br \/>\ntransactions covered by Section 1 of this Article IX.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>ARTICLE X<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>GENERAL PROVISIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 1.<\/strong> <strong><u>Fiscal Year<\/u>.<\/strong> The fiscal<br \/>\nyear of the Corporation shall convene on the first day of January of each year,<br \/>\nunless otherwise determined by the Board.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 2.<\/strong> <strong><u>Books and Records<\/u>.<\/strong> A<br \/>\ncertified copy of the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws shall be<br \/>\ndeposited in the name of the Corporation in such bank or banks, trust company or<br \/>\ntrust companies or other institutions as the Board shall designate by<br \/>\nresolution. All checks or demands for the payment of money and all notes and<br \/>\nother instruments of a negotiable nature shall be signed by the person<br \/>\ndesignated by appropriate resolution of the Board or these Bylaws.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 3.<\/strong> <strong><u>Contracts<\/u>.<\/strong> The Board may<br \/>\nauthorize any officer or officers or agent or agents to enter into any contract<br \/>\nor execute and deliver any instrument in the name and on behalf of the<br \/>\nCorporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific<br \/>\ninstances.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 4.<\/strong> <strong><u>Loans<\/u>.<\/strong> No loans shall be<br \/>\ncontracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidence of indebtedness shall be<br \/>\nissued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board, and such<br \/>\nauthorization may be general or confined to specific instances.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 5.<\/strong> <strong><u>Saving Clause<\/u>.<\/strong> In the<br \/>\nevent any provision of these Bylaws is inconsistent with the Articles of<br \/>\nIncorporation or the corporate laws of the State of Alaska, such provision shall<br \/>\nbe invalid to the extent of such conflict; and such conflict shall not affect<br \/>\nthe validity of all other provisions of these Bylaws.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>ARTICLE XI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>AMENDMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 1.<\/strong> <strong><u>Amendment and Repeal<\/u>.<\/strong><br \/>\nExcept as otherwise provided by law, the power to alter, amend or repeal these<br \/>\nBylaws and adopt new Bylaws will be vested exclusively in the Board, provided<br \/>\nthat such action must be taken by a vote of at least a simple majority of the<br \/>\nwhole Board.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Section 2.<\/strong> <strong><u>Recordation<\/u>.<\/strong> Whenever an<br \/>\namendment or new bylaw is adopted and thereby made a part of the Bylaws, a copy<br \/>\nof that bylaw will be kept in the minute book with these Bylaws. If any position<br \/>\nof the Bylaws is repealed, the fact of such repeal and the date on which it<br \/>\noccurred will be recorded in the minute book, and a copy of it will be placed<br \/>\nnext to and include in these Bylaws.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>I, the undersigned being the Secretary of GENERAL COMMUNICATION, INC., hereby<br \/>\ncertify the foregoing to be the amended and revised Bylaws of the Corporation,<br \/>\nas adopted by the Board, on the 9th day of February 2009.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><u>\/s\/ John M. Lowber <\/u><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>John M. 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