EXHIBIT 3.2.2
DELTA APPAREL, INC.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
RESOLUTIONS RESPECTING AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
The Board of Directors (the Board) of Delta Apparel, Inc., a Georgia corporation (the
Company), does hereby adopt the following resolutions of the Board:
WHEREAS, the Board believes that it is in the best interest of the Company and its
shareholders to amend the Companys bylaws (the Bylaws) to provide an orderly method for the
submission of shareholder proposals to the Companys annual meeting of shareholders and an
orderly method for the submission of any proposals to special meetings of the Companys
shareholders so that the Companys shareholders may make informed and carefully-considered
decisions as to whether to adopt or reject such proposals;
NOW THEREFORE, the Board hereby adopts the following resolutions:
RESOLVED, that Section 2.2 of the Bylaws is hereby amended by adding the following sentence
to the end of such Section 2.2:
Only such business shall be conducted at a special shareholder meeting as shall
have been brought before such meeting pursuant to the Corporations notice of
meeting given in accordance with Section 2.3.
RESOLVED, that the Bylaws are hereby amended by adding the following Section 2.14:
2.14 Procedures for Submission of Shareholder Proposals at Annual Meeting.
(a) At any annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation, only such business
shall be conducted as shall have been brought before the meeting (i) by or at the direction
of the board of directors or (ii) by any shareholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for
the election of directors at such meeting who complies with the procedures set forth in this
Section 2.14.
(b) For business properly to be brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder,
the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper
written form to the Secretary
of the Corporation and such business must otherwise be a proper matter for shareholder
action.
(1) To be timely, a shareholders notice must be personally delivered to or mailed,
postage prepaid, and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation
not later than 120 days prior to the first anniversary date of the immediately preceding
annual meeting or not later than 10 days after notice or public disclosure of the date
of the annual meeting shall be given or made to stockholders, whichever date shall
be earlier.
(2) To be in proper written form, a shareholders notice to the Secretary shall set
forth in writing as to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the annual
meeting:
(i) a description of such item of business, the reasons for conducting it at
meeting and, in the event that such item of business shall include a proposal to
amend either the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the text of the proposed
amendment;
(ii) the name and address of the shareholder proposing such item of business, as
they appear on the Corporations books, and the beneficial owner, if any,
on whose behalf the proposal is made;
(iii) the class and number of shares held of record, beneficially owned and
represented by proxy by such shareholder as of the record date for the meeting
(if such a date has been established) and as of the date of such notice, the name
in which those shares are registered and a representation that the shareholder
intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such item of
business;
(iv) any material interest of the shareholder in such item of business;
(v) a description of all arrangements and understandings between the shareholder
and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which
the proposal is made by the shareholder;
and
(vi) such other information as the Corporation shall reasonably request.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted
at an annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.14.
The Chairman of an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the
meeting that
business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 2.14, and, if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting, and any such
business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.14, a shareholder shall
also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.14.
RESOLVED, that the Company shall cause to performed all such acts as shall be necessary or
advisable in order to accomplish the purposes of these resolutions.
RESOLVED, that the officers of the Company, be, and they hereby are, each authorized,
empowered and directed, on behalf of and in the name of the Company, to do and perform all such
acts and things, and to execute, deliver and/or file all such instruments, agreements and
other documents (including without limitation any notices of the amendment of the Bylaws
provided herein required to be filed by applicable law or rules with any governmental or
regulatory agency and any stock market, stock exchange or other self regulatory
organization on which the Companys securities are listed or proposed to be listed) as they or
such officer may deem necessary or desirable to carry into effect the purposes and intent of the
foregoing resolutions, and to perform all acts necessary or advisable in order to perform the
Companys obligations under, and to consummate the transactions contemplated by, any such executed
document; and the execution and/or filing of each such instrument, agreement and document shall
constitute conclusive evidence of the Boards approval thereof.
RESOLVED, that each act consistent with the purposes of these resolutions performed prior
to the execution of these resolutions by any officer of the Company is hereby ratified.
RESOLVED, that the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company is authorized to make
such corrective or minor modifications or additions to the foregoing resolutions as shall be
deemed necessary or appropriate, so long as the resolutions, as so modified or supplemented,
effect the intent and purposes of these resolutions.
RESOLVED, that these resolutions supersede any prior resolutions of this Board, if any,
that are inconsistent with these resolutions.
Adopted January 20th, 2000.
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