EXHIBIT 2
BY-LAWS
OF
INSTITUTIONAL SECURITIZED ASSETS
ARTICLE 1
Agreement and Declaration of Trust
1.1 General. These By-Laws shall be subject to the Agreement and
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Declaration of Trust, as from time to time in effect (the "Declaration of
Trust"), of Institutional Securitized Assets, the Massachusetts business trust
established by the Declaration of Trust (the "Trust").
ARTICLE 2
Meetings of Trustees
2.1 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Trustees may be held
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without call or notice at such places and at such times as the Trustees may from
time to time determine, provided that notice of the first regular meeting
following any such determination shall be given to absent Trustees.
2.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Trustees may be held any
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time and at any place designated in the call of the meeting when called by the
President or the Treasurer or by two or more Trustees, notice thereof being
given to each Trustee by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or by the
officer or the Trustees calling the meeting.
2.3 Telephone Conference. Except as provided in the Investment Company
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Act of 1940, Trustees may participate in any regular or special meeting of the
Trustees by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by
means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at
the same time and participation by such means shall constitute presence in
person at a meeting.
2.4 Notice of Meetings. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.1,
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notice of the place, day and hour of every regular and special meeting shall be
given to each Trustee by mailing at least three (3) days, or by telegraphing or
telephoning or delivering personally the same at least thirty minutes, before
the meeting. For purposes of notice given by (a) mail or telegraph, the notice
shall be mailed or sent to the office of a Trustee, to the home of a Trustee if
he does not maintain an office, or, in the discretion of the sender, to any
other location which the sender reasonably believes will result in receipt of
such notice by the Trustee and (b) telephone or personal delivery, the notice
shall be given to the office of a Trustee during normal business hours (if the
Trustee maintains an office), to the home of the Trustee at other times (or at
any time if such Trustee does not maintain an office) or, in the discretion of
the sender, any other location which the sender reasonably believes will result
in receipt of such notice by the Trustee. Any notice given as aforesaid shall
be deemed sufficient whether or not the Trustee, in fact, personally receives
such notice. It shall not be requisite to the validity of any meeting of the
Trustees that notice thereof shall have been given to any Trustee who is present
thereat, or if absent waives notice thereof in writing filed with the records of
the meeting either before or after the holding thereof. No notice of any
adjourned meeting of the Trustees need be given.
2.5 Quorum. A majority of the Trustees then in office, but in no case
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less than two (2) Trustees, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business at every meeting of the Trustees; but if at any meeting
there be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the
meeting from time to time, but not for a period over thirty (30) days at any one
time, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting until a quorum
shall
attend. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any
business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as
originally notified.
2.6 Action by Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at
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any meeting of the Trustees or any committee thereof may be taken without a
meeting, if a written consent to such action is signed by a majority of the
Trustees then in office or a majority of the members of such committee, as the
case may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of the
proceedings of the Trustees or such committee.
ARTICLE 3
Officers
3.1 Enumeration; Qualification. The officers of the Trust shall be a
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President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, a
Secretary, and such other officers, if any, as the Trustees from time to time
may in their discretion elect. The Trust may also have such agents as the
Trustees from time to time may in their discretion appoint. Each officer may be
but none need be a Trustee or Unitholder. Any two or more offices may be held
by the same person.
3.2 Election. The President, the Vice Presidents, the Treasurer, the
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Assistant Treasurer and the Secretary shall be elected annually by the Trustees
at their first meeting in each calendar year or at such later meeting in such
year as a majority of the Trustees then in office may determine. Other
officers, if any, may be elected by the Trustees at said meeting or at any other
time. Vacancies in any office may be filled at any time.
3.3 Tenure. The President, the Vice Presidents, the Treasurer, and the
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Secretary shall hold office until the first meeting of the Trustees in the
calendar year next succeeding the year of their election and until their
respective successors are chosen and qualified, or in each case until he sooner
dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each other officer shall
hold office and each agent shall retain authority at the pleasure of the
Trustees.
3.4 Powers. Subject to the other provisions of these By-Laws, each
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officer shall have, in addition to the duties and powers herein and in the
Declaration of Trust set forth, such duties and powers as are commonly incident
to the office occupied by him as if the Trust were organized as a Massachusetts
business corporation and such other duties and powers as the Trustees may from
time to time designate.
3.5 President. Unless the Trustees otherwise provide, the President
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shall be the chief executive officer of the Trust and shall preside at all
meetings of the Unitholders.
3.6 Vice Presidents. The Vice Presidents shall, in the absence or
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disability of the President, and in the order designated by the Trustees,
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and, in addition,
shall at all times perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as
may be prescribed by the Trustees or the President, under whose supervision they
shall be.
3.7 Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Trustees
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and all meetings of the Unitholders and record all the proceedings of such
meetings in a book to be kept for that purpose. Subject to Section 2.1 hereof,
he shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Trustees and
meetings of the Unitholders, and shall perform such other duties as may be
prescribed by the Trustees or President, under whose supervision he shall be.
He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Trust and, when authorized by the
Trustees, affix the same to any instrument requiring it, which seal when so
affixed may be attested by his signature or by the signature of the Treasurer or
an Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary, if one is elected,
shall, at the request of or in the absence or disability of the Secretary,
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary, and shall perform
such other duties and have such other powers as may be designated from time to
time by the Trustees or by the President.
3.8 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be the chief financial and
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accounting officer of the Trust, and shall, subject to the provisions of the
Declaration of Trust and to any arrangement made by the Trustees with any
custodian, investment adviser, or transfer, accounting, or Unitholder servicing
or similar agent, be in charge of the valuable papers, books of account and
accounting records of the Trust, and shall have such other duties and powers as
may be designated from time to time by the Trustees or by the President.
3.9 Assistant Treasurer. the Assistant Treasurer shall, at the request
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of or in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and
exercise the powers of the Treasurer, and shall perform such other duties and
have such other powers as may be designated from time to time by the Trustees or
by the President.
3.10 Resignations and Removals. Any Trustee or officer may resign at
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any time by written instrument signed by him and delivered to the President, the
Secretary or the Trustees. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt
unless specified to be effective at some other time. The Trustees may remove
any officer elected by them with or without cause. Except to the extent
expressly provided in a written agreement with the Trust, no Trustee or officer
resigning and no officer removed shall have nay right to any compensation for
any period following his or her resignation or removal, or any right to damages
on account of such removal.
ARTICLE 4
Committees
4.1 Quorum; Voting. A majority of the members of any Committee of the
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Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and any
action of such a Committee may be taken at a meeting by a vote of a majority of
the members present (a quorum being present) or evidenced by one or more
writings signed by a majority of the members of such Committee. Members of a
Committee may participate in a meeting of such Committee by means of a
conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all
persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time and
participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.
ARTICLE 5
Offices, Fiscal Year and Seal
5.1 Offices. The Trust shall maintain an office of rec rd in Boston,
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Massachusetts, which office may be the office of any resident agent appointed by
the Trust if located in that city. The Trust may maintain one or more other
offices, including its principal office, outside of Massachusetts, in such
cities as the Trustees may determine from time to time. Unless the Trustees
otherwise determine, the principal office of the Trust shall be located in
Chicago, Illinois.
5.2 Fiscal Year. Except as from time to time otherwise provided by the
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Trustees, the initial fiscal year of the Trust shall end on such date as is
determined in advance or in arrears by the Treasurer and subsequent fiscal years
shall end on such date in subsequent years.
5.3 Seal. The seal of the Trust shall consist of a flat-faced die with
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the words "Institutional Securitized Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, 0000" cut or
engraved thereon, but, unless otherwise required by the Trustees, the seal shall
not be necessary to be placed on, and its absence
shall not impair the validity of, any document, instrument or other paper
executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Trust.
ARTICLE 6
Records, Reports and Execution of Papers
6.1 Records. Except as may otherwise be required by law or by the
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Trustees, the records of the Trust need not be retained at either the principal
office of the Trust or at the Trust's office of record in Boston, Massachusetts,
and may be retained by one or more of any adviser, custodian, transfer,
accounting, Unitholder servicing or similar agents, but such records shall at
all times be made available to any officer of the Trust having charge thereof,
to the Trustees, and to any other officer or agent of the Trust authorized by
the Trustees or the President.
6.2 Reports. The Trustees and officers shall render reports at the
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time and in the manner required by the Declaration of Trust or any applicable
law. Officers and Committees shall render such additional reports as they may
deem desirable or as may from time to time be required by the Trustees.
6.3 Execution of Papers. Except as the Trustees may generally or in
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particular cases authorize the execution thereof in some other manner, all
deeds, leases, contracts, notes and other obligations made by the Trustees shall
be signed by the President, by any Vice President, by the Treasurer or by the
Assistant Treasurer, need not bear the seal of the Trust, but shall state the
substance of or make reference to the provisions of Section 6.1 of the
Declaration of Trust.
ARTICLE 7
Issuance of Certificates for Units (Shares)
7.1 Certificates. In lieu of issuing certificates for Units of one or
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more Series, the Trustees or the transfer agent may either issue receipts
therefor or may keep accounts upon the books of the Trust for the record holders
of such Units, who shall in either case be deemed, for all purposes hereunder,
to be the holders of such Units and shall be held to have expressly assented and
agreed to the terms hereof.
The Trustees may at any time authorize the issuance of certificates
representing Units of one or more Series. In that event, each Unitholder upon
request shall be entitled to a certificate stating the number of Units of the
applicable Series owned by him, in such form as shall be prescribed from time to
time by the Trustees. Such certificate shall be signed by the President or a
Vice President and by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer. Such signatures may
be facsimiles if the certificate is signed by a transfer agent, or by a
registrar, other than a Trustee, officer or employee of the Trust. In case any
officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed on such
certificate shall cease to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it
may be issued by the Trust with the same effect as if he were such officer at
the time of its issue.
7.2 Loss of Certificates. In case of the alleged loss or destruction
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or the mutilation of a certificate, a duplicate certificate may be issued in
place thereof, upon such terms and with such indemnity and/or surety as the
Trustees shall prescribe.
7.3 Issuance of New Certificate to Pledgee. A pledgee of Units
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transferred as collateral security shall be entitled to a new certificate if the
instrument of transfer substantially describes the debt or duty that is intended
to be secured thereby. Such new certificate shall express on its face that it
is held as collateral security, and the name of the pledgor shall be stated
thereon, who alone shall have the rights (including without limitation dividend
and distribution rights
and voting rights) of the Unitholder.
7.4 Discontinuance of Issuance of Certificates. The Trustees may at
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any time discontinue the issuance of certificates for Units of one or more
Series, and may, by written notice to each Unitholder, require the surrender of
certificates representing the Unit of the applicable Series to the Trust for
cancellation. Such surrender and cancellation shall not effect the ownership of
the units of such Series.
ARTICLE 8
Amendments to the By-Laws
8.1 General. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed, in whole or in
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part, by a majority of the Trustees then in office at any meeting of the
Trustees, or by one or more writing signed by such a majority.
