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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001341004-10-000119
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100115
ITEM INFORMATION:		Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100122
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100122

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000845611
		IRS NUMBER:				133523423
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05715
		FILM NUMBER:		10542593

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CORPORATE CENTER
		CITY:			RYE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10580
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2123098408

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CORPORATE CENTER
		CITY:			RYE YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10580

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GABELLI CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND INC /DE
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970507

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GABELLI SERIES FUNDS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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Fund.&#160;&#160;The Amendment was effective as of January 15,
2010.&#160;&#160;The Amendment sets forth the processes and procedures that
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stockholders of the Fund must provide, when proposing director nominations at
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.</font></div>
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made at an annual meeting of stockholders (i)&#160;by or at the direction of the
Board of Directors or (ii)&#160;by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a
stockholder of record from the time the stockholder gives notice as provided for
in this Section 1.11 to the time of the annual meeting, who is entitled to vote
at the annual meeting on any such business and who has complied with this
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stockholder pursuant to Section&#160;1.11(a)(1), the stockholder must have given
timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and such
business must otherwise be a proper matter for action by the stockholders. To be
timely, a stockholder's notice shall set forth all information required under
this Section 1.11 and shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal
executive office of the Corporation neither earlier than 9:00 a.m. on the
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preceding year's annual meeting; <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">provided</font>, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">however</font>, that notice
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at the principal executive office of the Corporation no later than 5:00 p.m.,
Eastern Time, on the 60<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">th</font> day
before the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the 2009
annual meeting of stockholders; <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">provided</font>, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">further</font>, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">however</font>, that in the
event the date of the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than
25&#160;days from the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year's
annual meeting, or in the event that no annual meeting was held the preceding
year, notice by the stockholder will be timely if so delivered not later than
5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the tenth day following the day on which public
announcement of the date of such annual meeting is first made. The public
announcement of a postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting shall not
commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder's notice as described
above.</font></div>
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forth:</font></div>
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as to any business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual
meeting, a description of such business (including the complete text of any
resolutions to be presented at the annual meeting), the stockholder's reasons
for proposing such business at the annual meeting and any material interest in
such business of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person (as
defined below), individually or in the aggregate, including any anticipated
benefit to the stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person
therefrom;</font></div>
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as to each of the stockholders giving the notice and any Stockholder Associated
Person,</font></div>
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the class, series and number of all shares of stock or other securities of the
Corporation (collectively, "<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Company Securities</font>"),
if any, which are owned (beneficially or of record) by such stockholder or
Stockholder Associated Person, the date(s) on which such Company Securities were
acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition(s), and any short
interest (including any opportunity to profit or share in any benefit from any
decrease in the price of such stock or other security) in any Company Securities
of any such person (whether or not such person maintains a "net long"
position),</font></div>
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the nominee holder for, and number of, any Company Securities owned beneficially
but not of record by such stockholder or Stockholder Associated
Person,</font></div>
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whether and the extent to which such stockholder or Stockholder Associated
Person, directly or indirectly (through brokers, nominees or otherwise), is
subject to or during the last twelve months has engaged in any hedging,
derivative or other transaction or series of transactions or entered into any
other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short interest, any
borrowing or lending of securities or any proxy or voting agreement) (w) the
value of which is derived in whole or in part from the value of any Company
Securities, (x) which otherwise provides any direct or indirect opportunity to
gain or share in any gain derived from changes in the value or price of any
Company Securities, (y) the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss or
manage risk or benefit of changes in the value or price of any Company
Securities, or (z) </font></div>
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follows replaces in its entirety the prior text of Article I, Section 1.11 of
these Amended and Restated By-Laws.</div>
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provides the right to vote or increase or decrease the voting power of such
stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person, with respect to any Company
Securities;</font></div>
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whether such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person is, or is not, an
"interested person" of the Corporation, as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules promulgated
thereunder, and information regarding such stockholder or Stockholder Associated
Person that is sufficient, in the discretion of the Board of Directors or any
committee thereof or any authorized officer of the Corporation, to make such
determination;</font></div>
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as to each of the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associated
Person with an interest or ownership referred to in clause (ii)&#160;of this
Section 1.11(a)(3),</font></div>
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the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation's
stock ledger, and the current name and business address, if different, of each
such Stockholder Associated Person, and</font></div>
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the investment strategy or objective, if any, of such stockholder and each such
Stockholder Associated Person who is not an individual and a copy of the
prospectus, offering memorandum or similar document, if any, provided to
investors or potential investors in such stockholder and each such Stockholder
Associated Person;</font></div>
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to the extent known by the stockholder giving the notice, the name and address
of any other stockholder supporting the proposal of business on the date of such
stockholder's notice; and</font></div>
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a representation that the stockholder giving notice intends to appear in person
or by proxy at the annual meeting of stockholders to bring such business before
the annual meeting.</font></div>
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"<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Stockholder
Associated Person</font>" of any stockholder means (i)&#160;any
person&#160;acting in concert with such stockholder (including, but not limited
to, in connection with such stockholder's proposal of one or more Proposed
Nominees (as defined in Article I, Section 1.12 of these By-Laws) and/or of any
business) with respect to the Corporation or any Company Securities,
(ii)&#160;any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of
record or beneficially by such stockholder (as defined in Rule 16a-1(a)(1),
without reference to the proviso therein, or Rule 16a-1(a)(2), or any successor
provisions, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), and
(iii)&#160;any&#160;person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such stockholder or such Stockholder Associated Person.</font></div>
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Stockholders</font>. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting
of stockholders as shall have been brought before the special meeting pursuant
to the Corporation's notice of meeting.</font></div>
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If information submitted pursuant to this Section 1.11 by any stockholder
proposing business at an annual meeting of stockholders shall be inaccurate or
incomplete in any material respect, such information may be deemed not to have
been provided, and the business in respect of which such information is required
by Section 1.11(a)(3) may be deemed not to have been proposed, in accordance
with this Section 1.11.&#160;&#160;Any such stockholder shall notify the
Corporation of any inaccuracy or incompleteness (within two business days of
becoming aware of such inaccuracy or change) in any such information. Within
five business days after the record date related to the annual meeting of
stockholders, and upon written request by the Secretary or the Board of
Directors, within five business days of delivery of such request (or such other
period as may be specified in such request), any such stockholder shall provide
(i)&#160;written verification, satisfactory, in the discretion of the Board of
Directors or any authorized officer of the Corporation, to demonstrate the
accuracy or certify the completeness of any information submitted or required to
be submitted by the stockholder pursuant to this Section 1.11, and (ii) a
written update of any information submitted by the stockholder pursuant to this
Section 1.11 as of the record date or a date not later than such request by the
Secretary or the Board of Directors.&#160;&#160;If a stockholder fails to
provide such written verification or written update within such period, the
information as to which written verification or a written update was requested
may be deemed not to have been provided, and the business in respect of which
such information is required by Section 1.11(a)(3) may be deemed not to have
been proposed, in accordance with this Section 1.11.</font></div>
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Only such business shall be conducted at an annual meeting of stockholders as
shall have been brought before the annual meeting in accordance with this
Section 1.11.&#160;&#160;The Board of Directors and the chairman of the annual
meeting shall each have the power to determine whether any business proposed to
be brought before the annual meeting was proposed in accordance with this
Section 1.11.</font></div>
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"<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Public
announcement</font>" shall mean disclosure (i)&#160;in a press release reported
by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Business Wire, PR Newswire or
other widely circulated news or wire service or (ii)&#160;in a document publicly
filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</font></div>
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.11, a stockholder
shall also comply with all applicable requirements of state law and of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules and regulations
thereunder.&#160;&#160;Nothing in these By-Laws shall be deemed to affect any
right&#160;of a&#160;stockholder to request inclusion of a proposal in, nor the
right of the Corporation to omit a proposal from, the Corporation's proxy
statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</font></div>
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Stockholders.</font></div>
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Stockholders</font>.</font></div>
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Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors may be made at
an annual meeting of stockholders (i)&#160;by or at the direction of the Board
of Directors or (ii)&#160;by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a
stockholder of record from the time the stockholder gives notice as provided for
in this Section 1.12 to the time of the annual meeting, who is entitled to vote
at the annual meeting in the election of each individual so nominated and who
has complied with this Section&#160;1.12.</font></div>
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For any nomination to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
stockholder pursuant to Section&#160;1.12(a)(1), the stockholder must have given
timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be
timely, a stockholder's notice shall set forth all information required under
this Section 1.12 and shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal
executive office of the Corporation neither earlier than 9:00 a.m. on the
120<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">th</font> day
nor later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 90<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">th</font> day
before the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the
preceding year's annual meeting; <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">provided</font>, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">however</font>, that notice
for the 2010 annual meeting of stockholders shall be delivered to the Secretary
at the principal executive office of the Corporation no later than 5:00 p.m.,
Eastern Time, on the 60<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">th</font> day
before the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the 2009
annual meeting of stockholders; <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">provided</font>, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">further</font>, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">however</font>, that in the
event the date of the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than
25&#160;days from the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year's
annual meeting, or in the event that no annual meeting was held the preceding
year, notice by the stockholder will be timely if so delivered not later than
5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the tenth day following the day on which public
announcement of the date of such annual meeting is first made.&#160;&#160;The
public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting shall
not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder's notice as
described above.</font></div>
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Any stockholder's notice delivered pursuant to Section 1.12(a)(2) shall set
forth:</font></div>
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as to each individual whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or
reelection as a director (each, a "<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Proposed Nominee</font>"),
all information relating to the Proposed Nominee that would be required to be
disclosed in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the election of the
Proposed Nominee as a director in an election contest (even if an election
contest is not involved), or would otherwise be required in connection with such
solicitation, in each case pursuant to Regulation&#160;14A (or any successor
provision) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;</font></div>
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if any, which are owned (beneficially or of record) by such stockholder,
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Company Securities were acquired and the investment intent of such
acquisition(s), and any short interest (including any opportunity to profit or
share in any benefit from any decrease in the price of such stock or other
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Associated Person, directly or indirectly (through brokers, nominees or
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short interest, any borrowing or lending of securities or any proxy or voting
agreement) (w) the value of which is derived in whole or in part from the value
of any Company Securities, (x) which otherwise provides any direct or indirect
opportunity to gain or share in any gain derived from changes in the value or
price of any Company Securities, (y) the effect or intent of which is to
mitigate loss or manage risk or benefit of changes in the value or price of any
Company Securities, or (z) which provides the right to vote or increase or
decrease the voting power of such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder
Associated Person, with respect to any Company Securities;</font></div>
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or is not, an "interested person" of the Corporation, as such term is defined in
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules promulgated
thereunder, and information regarding such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or
Stockholder Associated Person that is sufficient, in the discretion of the Board
of Directors or any committee thereof or any authorized officer of the
Corporation, to make such determination;</font></div>
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Person with an interest or ownership referred to in clause (ii) of this Section
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stock ledger, and the current name and business address, if different, of each
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investment strategy or objective, if any, of such stockholder and each such
Stockholder Associated Person who is not an individual and a copy of the
prospectus, offering memorandum or similar document, if any, provided to
investors or potential investors in such stockholder and each such Stockholder
Associated Person;</font></div>
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to the extent known by the stockholder giving the notice, the name and address
of any other stockholder supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a
director of the Corporation on the date of such stockholder's notice;
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a representation that the stockholder giving notice intends to appear in person
or by proxy at the annual meeting of stockholders to nominate the persons named
in its notice.</font></div>
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Such stockholder's notice shall, with respect to any Proposed Nominee, be
accompanied by a certificate executed by the Proposed Nominee
(i)&#160;certifying that such Proposed Nominee (a)&#160;is not, and will not
become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person
or entity other than the Corporation in connection with service or action as a
director of the Corporation that has not been disclosed to the Corporation and
(b)&#160;will serve as a director of the Corporation if elected; and
(ii)&#160;attaching a completed Proposed Nominee questionnaire, which
questionnaire shall be provided by the Corporation, upon request, to the
stockholder providing the notice and shall include all information relating to
the Proposed Nominee that would be required to be disclosed in connection with
the solicitation of proxies for the election of the Proposed Nominee as a
director in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved),
or would otherwise be required in connection with such solicitation, in each
case pursuant to Regulation&#160;14A (or any successor provision) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would be required pursuant to
the rules of any national securities exchange or over-the-counter market
applicable to any Company Securities.</font></div>
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Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1.12(a) to the contrary, in the event
that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is
increased, and there is no public announcement of such action at least
60&#160;days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement
for the preceding year's annual meeting, a stockholder's notice required by this
Section 1.12(a) shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to
nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be
delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation
not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the tenth day following the day on
which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.</font></div>
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Stockholders</font>.&#160;&#160;Nominations of individuals for election to the
Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which
directors are to be elected only (i)&#160;by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors or (ii)&#160;provided that the Board of Directors has determined that
directors shall be elected at such special meeting, by any stockholder of the
Corporation who is a stockholder of record from the time the stockholder gives
notice provided for in this Section 1.12 to the time of the special meeting, who
is entitled to vote at the special meeting in the election of each individual so
nominated and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this
Section 1.12.&#160;&#160;In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of
stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more individuals to the Board of
Directors, any such stockholder may nominate an individual or individuals (as
the case may be) for election as a director as specified in the Corporation's
notice of meeting, if the stockholder's notice, containing the information
required by Sections 1.12(a)(3) and 1.12(a)(4) (replacing references to "annual
meeting" with "special meeting"), shall be delivered to the Secretary at the
principal </font></div>
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before such special meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the
later of the 30<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">th</font> day
before such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public
announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the
nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such special
meeting. The public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of a special
meeting shall not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder's
notice as described above.</font></div>
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If information submitted pursuant to this Section 1.12 by any stockholder
proposing a nominee for election as a director shall be inaccurate or incomplete
in any material respect, such information may be deemed not to have been
provided, and the nomination in respect of which such information is required by
Section 1.12(a)(3) may be deemed not to have been made, in accordance with this
Section 1.12.&#160;&#160;Any such stockholder shall notify the Corporation of
any inaccuracy or incompleteness (within two business days of becoming aware of
such inaccuracy or change) in any such information.&#160;&#160;Within five
business days after the record date related to the annual or special meeting of
stockholders, and upon written request by the Secretary or the Board of
Directors, within five business days of delivery of such request (or such other
period as may be specified in such request), any such stockholder shall provide
(i) written verification, satisfactory, in the discretion of the Board of
Directors or any authorized officer of the Corporation, to demonstrate the
accuracy or certify the completeness of any information submitted or required to
be submitted by the stockholder pursuant to this Section 1.12, and (ii) a
written update of any information submitted by the stockholder pursuant to this
Section 1.12 as of the record date or a date not later than such request by the
Secretary or the Board of Directors. If a stockholder fails to provide such
written verification or written update within such period, the information as to
which written verification or a written update was requested may be deemed not
to have been provided, and the nomination in respect of which such information
is required by Section 1.12(a)(3) may be deemed not to have been made, in
accordance with this Section 1.12.</font></div>
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Only such individuals who are nominated in accordance with this Section 1.12
shall be eligible for election by stockholders as directors. The Board of
Directors and the chairman of the meeting shall each have the power to determine
whether a nomination was made in accordance with this Section 1.12.</font></div>
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