Exhibit
3.1
Section
5.3 of the By-Laws of Lennar Corporation, as amended.
5.3
(a) The
Board
of Directors shall appoint an Independent Directors Committee consisting of
three or more Directors, none of whom is an officer or employee of the
Corporation or of a subsidiary of the Corporation, and none of whom is a
securityholder, director,
officer or employee of LNR Property Corporation (“LNR”) or a subsidiary of LNR.
The Chairman of the Independent Directors Committee shall be selected by the
Committee.
(b) The
Corporation may not take, or permit any of its more than 50% owned subsidiaries
to take, any of the following actions, and the Board of Directors may not
approve or authorize any of the following actions (if its approval or
authorization is required), unless the action has been approved by the
Independent Directors Committee:
(i) Enter
into, or agree to enter into, any transaction or series of related transactions
with LNR or any entity of which LNR owns more than 25% of the equity (together
with LNR, an “LNR Entity”) that will involve more than $50 million, based upon
total debt and equity commitments to be made by the Corporation or its
subsidiary or the value of assets to be transferred to or received by the
Corporation or its subsidiary.
(ii)
Incur,
or
agree to incur, an actual or contingent obligation to satisfy liabilities of
an
LNR entity totaling more than $50 million.
(iii) Take
action (or authorize its representatives to take action) to authorize an entity
of which the Corporation owns directly or through subsidiaries more than 25%,
but not more than 50%, of the equity to enter into, or agree to enter into,
a
transaction with an LNR Entity that will involve, or to incur an actual or
contingent obligation to satisfy liabilities of an LNR Entity totalling, more
than (x) $50 million divided by (y) the percentage of the equity of the entity
that is owned by the Corporation directly or through subsidiaries.
(iv) Approval
of an agreement by the Independent Directors Committee will, unless the
Independent Directors Committee states otherwise when it approves the agreement,
constitute approval of all transactions required by the agreement.
(v) For
the
purposes of this Section 5.3, a material amendment of an agreement will
constitute the entering into of a new agreement.
(c) The
Independent Directors Committee may, at the request of the Board of Directors
or
of the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of the
Corporation, review or investigate any transaction or matter involving the
Corporation or a subsidiary, whether or not the transaction or matter involves
LNR or a subsidiary.