DTE Energy 2014 Annual Report Download - page 125

AMENDED BYLAWS
of
DTE ENERGY COMPANY
As amended through February 5, 2015
ARTICLE I.
Shareholders
Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Company shall be held on such date and at such
time and place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting, for the purpose of electing directors and
such other purpose or purposes as may be stated in the notice of meeting.
Section 2. Special Meetings.
(a) Special meetings of the shareholders may be called (i) by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the
Presiding Director, if one has been designated, or (ii) by the Corporate Secretary at the written request of one or more shareholders of
record who have continuously held for a minimum of one full year prior to the date such request is delivered to the Corporate Secretary
shares of common stock of the Company representing in the aggregate at least twenty-five percent (25%) (the “Requisite Percentage”)
of the outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote at such meeting, on such date and at such time and place as may
designated and for such purpose or purposes as set forth in the notice of meeting.
(b) A request for a shareholder requested special meeting must be signed by the holders of the Requisite Percentage (or their
authorized agents) and be delivered to the Corporate Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company by registered mail,
return receipt requested or by a nationally recognized private overnight courier service, return receipt requested.
(c) To be in proper form and valid, a request for a shareholder requested special meeting shall (1) set forth a statement of the
specific purpose or purposes of the meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on at such special meeting (including the text of any
resolutions proposed for consideration and, if such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws, the language of the proposed
amendment), (2) bear the date of signature of each shareholder (or authorized agent) signing the request, (3) set forth (w) the name and
address, as they appear in the Company’s books, of each shareholder signing such request (or on whose behalf the request is signed),
(x) the number of shares that are held of record or are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such shareholder, (y) include
documentary evidence that the shareholders held the Requisite Percentage as of the request date and for a minimum of one full year
prior to the request date, provided that if any of the shareholders are not the beneficial owners of the shares representing the Requisite
Percentage, then to be valid, the request must also include documentary evidence (or, if not simultaneously provided with the request,
such documentary evidence must be delivered to the Corporate Secretary within ten (10) days after the request date) that the beneficial
owners on whose behalf the request is made held, together with any requesting shareholders who are beneficial owners, the Requisite
Percentage as of the request date and for a minimum of one full year prior to the request date and (z) a certification from the
shareholder submitting the request that the shareholders signing the request in the aggregate satisfy the Requisite Percentage, (4)
describe any material interest of each such shareholder in the specific purpose or purposes of the meeting, (5) contain any other
information that would be required to be provided by a shareholder seeking to nominate directors or bring