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20-Nov-2008
Amendments to Articles of Inc. or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year, Financi
On November 14, 2008, the Board of Directors of World Fuel Services Corporation (the "Company") approved an amendment and restatement of the Company's By-Laws, which changes were effective upon approval. The following is a summary of the amendments.
Annual Meeting. The By-Laws were amended to remove the language requiring the Company to hold an annual stockholder meeting no later than 13 months after the last annual stockholder meeting. [Article I, Section 1]
Special Meeting. The special meeting provisions were amended to (i) clarify that
only business specified within the special meeting notice may be conducted at a
special meeting; (ii) provide that the Company has thirty days to notify
stockholders of a special meeting request and that the special meeting will be
held no less than ten and no more than sixty days following such notice;
(iii) provide for certain limited circumstances under which a special meeting
request would be void; (iv) require stockholders to include in their request for
a special meeting a statement of the specific purpose of the meeting and the
reasons for conducting such business, the stockholder's interest in such
business and specified information about their ownership of the Company's
securities and certain information regarding the proposal or director nominee,
as the case may be, and update such information in a timely manner if such
information changes before the meeting; (v) provide the Chairman of the meeting
the power to determine whether requests were made in accordance with the
By-Laws; (vi) provide stockholders a method to revoke requests; and
(vii) require that the stockholder(s) who requested such meeting, or a qualified
representative, be present at the special meeting in order for the proposal or
nomination to be considered. [Article I, Section 2]
Methods of Communication; Householding. The By-Laws were amended to allow the Company (i) to transmit notices to stockholders by any form of communication permitted by the Florida Business Corporation Act (the "FBCA"), including by electronic transmission, and (ii) to send a single notice to multiple stockholders who share the same address if such stockholders consent. [Article I, Section 4]
Advance Notice. Three sections were added to the By-Laws to include advance
notice provisions which are intended to assure that stockholders and the Company
have a reasonable opportunity to consider nominations and other business
proposed to be brought before a meeting of stockholders and to allow for full
information to be distributed to all stockholders. The advance notice provisions
(i) establish that only such business shall be conducted as shall have been
brought before the meeting pursuant to the Company's notice of the meeting, at
the direction of the Board, or by any stockholder who has complied with the
By-Law requirements; (ii) specify deadlines for stockholders to submit notice of
director nominations and other business to the Company; (iii) require
stockholders to provide specified information about their ownership of the
Company's securities, proposed director nominees and other proposed business and
to update such
Pursuant to these advance notice provisions, any stockholder who intends to present other business (not including a proposal submitted for inclusion in the Company's proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8) or nominate a director at the 2009 Annual Meeting must deliver a notice to the Secretary of the Company no earlier than the close of business on February 3, 2009 and no later than the close of business on March 5, 2009. The notice must comply with the applicable requirements of the By-Laws, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1. Stockholder proposals submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 must be received by the Company no later than December 30, 2008 in order to be considered for inclusion in the Company's proxy materials for the 2009 Annual Meeting. [Article 1, Sections 6-8]
Stockholder Voting. The By-Laws were amended to make the voting requirements for approving an action conform to those in the FBCA. [Article I, Section 11]
Electronic Proxies. The By-Laws were amended to allow stockholders to submit proxies electronically. [Article I, Sections 12-13]
Election of Officers. The By-Laws were amended to clarify that only the Board of
Directors, and not the stockholders, can elect officers. [Article III,
Section 3]
Other Amendments. In addition to the changes described above, the Bylaws include certain non-substantive clarifying or conforming changes.
The foregoing description of the amendments to the By-Laws set forth above is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the By-Laws which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Form 8-K.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
3.1 By-Laws, amended and restated as of November 14, 2008.
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