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FORM 10-Q

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
     
[X]
  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  For the quarterly period ended SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
[   ]
  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  For the transition period from                     to
  Commission file number 1-10816

MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
WISCONSIN
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  39-1486475
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
250 E. KILBOURN AVENUE
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

(Address of principal executive offices)
  53202
(Zip Code)

(414) 347-6480
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

     
YES [X]
  NO [   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

     
YES [X]
  NO [   ]

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

                         
CLASS OF STOCK
  PAR VALUE
  DATE
  NUMBER OF SHARES
Common stock
  $ 1.00       10/31/04       96,779,464  

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 Amended and Restated Bylaws
 Statement Re Computation of Net Income Per Share
 302 Certification of CEO
 302 Certification of CFO
 906 Certification of CEO and CFO

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
September 30, 2004 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2003
                 
    September 30,   December 31,
    2004
  2003
    (In thousands of dollars)
ASSETS
               
Investment portfolio:
               
Securities, available-for-sale, at market value:
               
Fixed maturities
  $ 5,296,831     $ 5,059,147  
Equity securities
    5,399       8,280  
Short-term investments
    273,137       137,734  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total investment portfolio
    5,575,367       5,205,161  
Cash
    2,820       23,612  
Accrued investment income
    62,075       59,588  
Reinsurance recoverable on loss reserves
    17,379       18,074  
Prepaid reinsurance premiums
    7,173       7,528  
Premiums receivable
    94,413       122,290  
Home office and equipment, net
    35,742       36,722  
Deferred insurance policy acquisition costs
    29,298       32,613  
Investments in joint ventures
    362,427       308,213  
Other assets
    112,650       103,586  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total assets
  $ 6,299,344     $ 5,917,387  
 
   
 
     
 
 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Liabilities:
               
Loss reserves
  $ 1,150,610     $ 1,061,788  
Unearned premiums
    139,903       168,137  
Short- and long-term debt (note 2)
    599,726       599,680  
Income taxes payable
    106,144       118,126  
Other liabilities
    177,074       172,754  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total liabilities
    2,173,457       2,120,485  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Contingencies (note 3)
               
Shareholders’ equity:
               
Common stock, $1 par value, shares authorized
               
300,000,000; shares issued, 9/30/04 - 122,318,945 12/31/03 - 121,587,417;
               
shares outstanding, 9/30/04 - 97,946,864 12/31/03 - 98,412,844
    122,319       121,587  
Paid-in capital
    267,469       239,485  
Treasury stock (shares at cost, 9/30/04 - 24,372,081 12/31/03 - 23,174,573)
    (1,204,255 )     (1,115,969 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax
    125,313       140,651  
Retained earnings
    4,815,041       4,411,148  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total shareholders’ equity
    4,125,887       3,796,902  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 6,299,344     $ 5,917,387  
 
   
 
     
 
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Three and Nine Month Periods Ended September 30, 2004 and 2003
(Unaudited)
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
  September 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
            (In thousands of dollars, except per share data)        
Revenues:
                               
Premiums written:
                               
Direct
  $ 351,424     $ 375,707     $ 1,057,855     $ 1,097,665  
Assumed
    99       35       161       77  
Ceded
    (30,720 )     (29,130 )     (89,025 )     (89,042 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net premiums written
    320,803       346,612       968,991       1,008,700  
Decrease (increase) in unearned premiums, net
    3,421       (7 )     27,877       7,196  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net premiums earned
    324,224       346,605       996,868       1,015,896  
Investment income, net of expenses
    54,187       50,049       159,642       151,446  
Realized investment gains (losses), net
    (228 )     6,740       15,025       33,375  
Other revenue
    12,851       23,987       38,087       67,247  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total revenues
    391,034       427,381       1,209,622       1,267,964  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Losses and expenses:
                               
Losses incurred, net
    169,802       220,726       514,552       536,057  
Underwriting and other expenses, net
    68,782       76,800       208,819       230,304  
Interest expense
    10,310       10,191       30,760       30,892  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total losses and expenses
    248,894       307,717       754,131       797,253  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income before tax and joint ventures
    142,140       119,664       455,491       470,711  
Provision for income tax
    37,649       27,504       124,210       122,948  
Income from joint ventures, net of tax
    29,578       12,969       87,385       42,253  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income
  $ 134,069     $ 105,129     $ 418,666     $ 390,016  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Earnings per share (note 4):
                               
Basic
  $ 1.37     $ 1.07     $ 4.27     $ 3.94  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Diluted
  $ 1.36     $ 1.06     $ 4.25     $ 3.94  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted (shares in thousands, note 4)
    98,386       98,825       98,578       99,083  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Dividends per share
  $ 0.075     $ 0.025     $ 0.150     $ 0.075  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004 and 2003
(Unaudited)
                 
    Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
    2004
  2003
    (In thousands of dollars)
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net income
  $ 418,666     $ 390,016  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Amortization of deferred insurance policy acquisition costs
    18,319       21,495  
Increase in deferred insurance policy acquisition costs
    (15,004 )     (23,359 )
Depreciation and amortization
    16,114       15,820  
(Increase) decrease in accrued investment income
    (2,487 )     1,456  
Decrease in reinsurance recoverable on loss reserves
    695       2,315  
Decrease in prepaid reinsurance premiums
    355       723  
Decrease (increase) in premium receivable
    27,877       (10,037 )
Increase in loss reserves
    88,822       223,360  
Decrease in unearned premiums
    (28,234 )     (7,919 )
Decrease in income taxes payable
    (11,982 )     (12,689 )
Equity earnings in joint ventures
    (127,391 )     (60,125 )
Distributions from joint ventures
    82,300       19,950  
Other
    (2,269 )     (25,290 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    465,781       535,716  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Purchase of equity securities
    (127 )      
Purchase of fixed maturities
    (1,505,861 )     (2,339,236 )
Additional investment in joint ventures
    (8,458 )     (7,793 )
Sale of investment in joint ventures
          3,396  
Sale of equity securities
    4,962       4,133  
Proceeds from sale or maturity of fixed maturities
    1,238,167       2,078,154  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net cash used in investing activities
    (271,317 )     (261,346 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Dividends paid to shareholders
    (14,773 )     (7,433 )
Net repayment of short-term debt
    (1,059 )     (73,537 )
Reissuance of treasury stock
    2,588       335  
Repurchase of common stock
    (95,744 )     (89,192 )
Common stock issued
    29,135       4,802  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net cash used in financing activities
    (79,853 )     (165,025 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net increase in cash and short-term investments
    114,611       109,345  
Cash and short-term investments at beginning of period
    161,346       113,271  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Cash and short-term investments at end of period
  $ 275,957     $ 222,616  
 
   
 
     
 
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)

Note 1 - Basis of presentation and summary of certain significant accounting policies

     The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of MGIC Investment Corporation (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and do not include all of the other information and disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2003 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for that year.

     The accompanying consolidated financial statements have not been audited by independent auditors in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), but in the opinion of management such financial statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals, necessary to summarize fairly the Company’s financial position and results of operations. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 may not be indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2004.

  Stock-based compensation

     The Company has certain stock-based compensation plans. Effective January 1, 2003, the Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, prospectively to all employee awards granted or modified on or after January 1, 2003. The adoption of SFAS No. 123 did not have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations or its financial position. Under the fair value method, compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized over the service period which generally corresponds to the vesting period. Awards under the Company’s plans generally vest over periods ranging from one to five years. The cost related to stock-based employee compensation included in the determination of net income for 2004 and 2003 is less than that which would have been recognized if the fair value based method had been applied to all awards since the original effective date of SFAS No. 123. The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if the fair value method had been applied to all outstanding and unvested awards in each period.

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    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
  September 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
    (in thousands of dollars, except per share data)
Net income, as reported
  $ 134,069     $ 105,129     $ 418,666     $ 390,016  
Add stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net income, net of tax
    1,903       1,058       5,648       3,088  
Deduct stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value method for all awards, net of tax
    (3,021 )     (2,581 )     (8,556 )     (7,923 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Pro forma net income
  $ 132,951     $ 103,606     $ 415,758     $ 385,181  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Earnings per share:
                               
Basic, as reported
  $ 1.37     $ 1.07     $ 4.27     $ 3.94  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Basic, pro forma
  $ 1.36     $ 1.05     $ 4.24     $ 3.90  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Diluted, as reported
  $ 1.36     $ 1.06     $ 4.25     $ 3.94  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Diluted, pro-forma
  $ 1.35     $ 1.05     $ 4.22     $ 3.89  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

New Accounting Standards

     The guidance contained in EITF 03-1 has been delayed by FSP EITF 03-1-1, “Effective Date of Paragraphs 10-20 of EITF Issue No. 03-1 ‘The meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments"'. The delay of the effective date will be superseded with the final issuance of proposed FSP EITF Issue 03-1-a, “Implication Guidance for the Application of Paragraph 16 of EITF Issue No. 03-1” which was subject to comments through October 29, 2004. The disclosures continue to be effective in annual financial statements for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2003, for investments accounted for under Statements 115 and 124. The impact of FSP EITF 03-1-a on the Company’s financial position or results of operations cannot be determined at this time. Under the proposed guidance, it may be more likely that a decrease in the market value of certain investments in the Company’s fixed income portfolio will be required to be recognized as a realized loss in the statement of operations than under the existing accounting standard.

Note 2 - Short- and long-term debt

     The Company has a $285 million commercial paper program, which is rated “A-1” by Standard and Poors (“S&P”) and “P-1” by Moody’s. At September 30, 2004 and 2003, the Company had $100.0 million and $105.0 million in commercial paper outstanding with a weighted average interest rate of 1.83% and 1.15%, respectively.

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     The Company had a $285 million credit facility available at September 30, 2004, expiring in 2006. Under the terms of the credit facility, the Company must maintain shareholders’ equity of at least $2.25 billion and Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (“MGIC”) must maintain a risk-to-capital ratio of not more than 22:1 and maintain policyholders’ position (which includes MGIC’s statutory surplus and its contingency reserve) of not less than the amount required by Wisconsin insurance regulation. At September 30, 2004, the Company met these requirements. The facility is currently being used as a liquidity back up facility for the outstanding commercial paper. The remaining credit available under the facility after reduction for the amount necessary to support the commercial paper was $185.0 million at September 30, 2004.

     The Company had $300 million, 7.5% Senior Notes due in 2005 and $200 million, 6% Senior Notes due in 2007 outstanding at September 30, 2004 and 2003. At September 30, 2004 and 2003, the market value of the outstanding debt was $626.9 million and $648.2 million, respectively.

     Interest payments on all long-term and short-term debt were $28.8 million for both the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003.

     In May 2002, a swap designated as a cash flow hedge was amended to coincide with the credit facility. Under the terms of the swap contract, the Company pays a fixed rate of 5.43% and receives an interest rate based on LIBOR. The swap has an expiration date coinciding with the maturity of the credit facility and is designated as a cash flow hedge. The cash flow swap outstanding at September 30, 2004 and 2003 is evaluated quarterly using regression analysis with any ineffectiveness being recorded as an expense. To date this evaluation has not resulted in any hedge ineffectiveness. Swaps are subject to credit risk to the extent the counterparty would be unable to discharge its obligations under the swap agreements.

     Expense on the interest rate swaps for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 of approximately $2.7 million and $2.5 million, respectively, was included in interest expense. Gains or losses arising from the amendment or termination of previously held interest rate swaps are deferred and amortized to interest expense over the life of the hedged items.

Note 3 - Litigation and contingencies

     The Company is involved in litigation in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate resolution of this pending litigation will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.

     In addition, in March 2003 an action against MGIC was filed in Federal District Court in Orlando, Florida seeking certification of a nationwide class of consumers who were required to pay for private mortgage insurance written by MGIC and whose loans were insured at less than MGIC’s “best available rate” based on credit scores obtained by MGIC. (A portion of MGIC’s A minus and subprime premium rates are based in part on the credit score of the borrower.) The action alleges that the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) requires a notice to borrowers of such “adverse action” and that MGIC has violated FCRA by failing to give such notice. The action seeks statutory

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damages (which in the case of willful violations, in addition to punitive damages, may be awarded in an amount of $100 to $1,000 per class member) and/or actual damages of the persons in the class, and attorneys fees, as well as declaratory and injunctive relief. The action also alleges that the failure to give notice to borrowers in Florida in the circumstances alleged is a violation of Florida’s Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Act and seeks declaratory and injunctive relief for such violation. In December 2003, the Court denied MGIC’s motion seeking dismissal of the portion of the case covering damages under FCRA but dismissed the remainder of the case. In June 2004, the Court denied the plaintiffs motion to certify the class. There can be no assurance that the outcome of the litigation will not materially affect the Company’s financial position or results of operations. Similar actions are pending against six other mortgage insurers.

     Under its contract underwriting agreements, the Company may be required to provide certain remedies to its customers if certain standards relating to the quality of the Company’s underwriting work are not met. The cost of remedies provided by the Company to customers for failing to meet these standards has not been material to the Company’s financial position or results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003.

Note 4 - Earnings per share

     The Company’s basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) have been calculated in accordance with SFAS No. 128, Earnings Per Share. The Company’s net income is the same for both basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus common stock equivalents which include stock awards and stock options. The following is a reconciliation of the weighted average number of shares used for basic EPS and diluted EPS.

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
  September 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
            (Shares in thousands)        
Weighted average shares - Basic
    97,760       98,489       97,987       98,879  
Common stock equivalents
    626       336       591       204  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Weighted average shares - Diluted
    98,386       98,825       98,578       99,083  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

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Note 5 - Comprehensive income

     The Company’s total comprehensive income, as calculated per SFAS No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive Income, was as follows:

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
  September 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
            (In thousands of dollars)        
Net income
  $ 134,069     $ 105,129     $ 418,666       390,016  
Other comprehensive income (loss)
    86,815       (37,449 )     (15,338 )     (9,859 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total comprehensive income
  $ 220,884     $ 67,680     $ 403,328       380,157  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Other comprehensive income (loss) (net of tax):
                               
Net derivative gains
  $ 190     $ 908     $ 1,928     $ 494  
Amortization of deferred losses
    270       270       810       810  
Change in unrealized gains and losses on investments
    86,949       (38,627 )     (18,427 )     (11,163 )
Other
    (594 )           351        
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
  $ 86,815     $ (37,449 )   $ (15,338 )   $ (9,859 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

     The difference between the Company’s net income and total comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 is due to the change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments, the fair value adjustment and amortization of deferred losses relating to derivative financial instruments and the Company’s share of the other comprehensive income/loss on one of its joint venture investments, all net of tax.

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Note 6 - Benefit Plans

     The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit cost for the pension and other postretirement benefit plans:

                                 
    Three Months Ended
    September 30,
        Other Postretirement
    Pension Benefits
  Benefits
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
            (In thousands of dollars)        
Service cost
  $ 2,285     $ 1,991     $ 865     $ 784  
Interest cost
    2,185       1,918       881       825  
Expected return on plan assets
    (2,592 )     (1,699 )     (430 )     (247 )
Recognized net actuarial loss (gain)
    311       487       125       165  
Amortization of transition obligation
                132       132  
Amortization of prior service cost
    175       153              
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 2,364     $ 2,850     $ 1,573     $ 1,659  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
                                 
    Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
        Other Postretirement
    Pension Benefits
  Benefits
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
            (In thousands of dollars)        
Service cost
  $ 6,855     $ 5,973     $ 2,595     $ 2,352  
Interest cost
    6,555       5,754       2,643       2,475  
Expected return on plan assets
    (7,776 )     (5,097 )     (1,290 )     (741 )
Recognized net actuarial loss (gain)
    933       1,461       375       495  
Amortization of transition obligation
                396       396  
Amortization of prior service cost
    525       459              
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 7,092     $ 8,550     $ 4,719     $ 4,977  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

     Through the nine months ended September 30, 2004 the Company has contributed $10.0 million to its pension plan. The Company expects to contribute an additional $13.7 million to the plan in the fourth quarter of 2004.

     On December 8, 2003 the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (“Act”) was signed into law. The Act introduces a prescription drug benefit under Medicare Part D as well as a federal subsidy to sponsors of the retiree health care benefit plans that provide a benefit that is at least actuarially equivalent to Medicare Part D. Beginning in the second quarter of 2004, the effects of the subsidy are reflected in the measurement of the net periodic postretirement benefit costs. The effect of the subsidy on the measurement of the annual net periodic postretirement benefit cost

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for the current year was a $1.4 million reduction, of which 50% ($0.7 million) was recognized in the second quarter. The components of the $1.4 million reduction include $0.5 million related to service cost, $0.5 million related to interest cost and $0.4 million related to recognized net actuarial gain/loss. The effect of the subsidy on the Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation was a $7.5 million reduction.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

Business and General Environment

     The Company, through its subsidiary Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (“MGIC”), is the leading provider of private mortgage insurance in the United States to the home mortgage lending industry. The Company’s principal products are primary mortgage insurance and pool mortgage insurance. Primary mortgage insurance may be written on a flow basis, in which loans are insured in individual, loan-by-loan transactions, or may be written on a bulk basis, in which a portfolio of loans is individually insured in a single, bulk transaction.

     The Company’s results of operations are affected by:

  Premiums written and earned

     Premiums written and earned in a year are influenced by:

  Cancellations, which reduce the size of the in force book of insurance that generates premiums. Cancellations due to refinancings are affected by the level of current mortgage interest rates compared to the mortgage coupon rates throughout the in force book.

  New insurance written, which increases the size of the in force book of insurance. New insurance written is the aggregate principal amount of the mortgages that are insured during a period and is referred to as “NIW”. NIW is affected by many factors, including the volume of low down payment home mortgage originations and competition to provide credit enhancement on those mortgages, including competition from other mortgage insurers and alternatives to mortgage insurance, such as 80-10-10 loans.

  Premium rates, which are affected by the risk characteristics of the loans insured and the percentage of coverage on the loans.

  Premiums ceded to reinsurance subsidiaries of certain mortgage lenders and risk sharing arrangements with the GSEs, which affect premiums earned.

     Premiums are generated by the insurance that is in force during all or a portion of the period. Hence, lower average insurance in force in one period compared to another is a factor that will reduce premiums written and earned, although this effect may be mitigated (or enhanced) by differences in the average premium rate between the two periods as well as by premium that is ceded. Also, cancellations and NIW during a quarter will generally have a greater effect on premiums written and earned in subsequent quarters than in the quarter in which these events occur.

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  Investment income

     The investment portfolio is comprised almost entirely of highly rated, fixed income securities. The principal factors that influence investment income are the size of the portfolio and its yield.

  Losses incurred

     Losses incurred are the expense that results from a payment delinquency on an insured loan. As explained in “Critical Accounting Policies” in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, this expense is recognized only when a loan is delinquent. Losses incurred are generally affected by:

  The state of the economy, which affects the likelihood that loans will become delinquent and whether loans that are delinquent cure their delinquency.

  The product mix of the in force book, with loans having higher risk characteristics generally resulting in higher delinquencies and claims.

  The average claim payment, which is affected by the size of loans insured (higher average loan amounts tend to increase losses incurred), the percentage coverage on insured loans (deeper average coverage tends to increase incurred losses), and housing values, which affect the Company’s ability to mitigate its losses through sales of properties with delinquent mortgages.

  The distribution of claims over the life of a book. Historically, the first years after a loan is originated are a period of relatively low claims, with claims increasing substantially for several years after that and then declining, although persistency and the condition of the economy can affect this pattern.

  Underwriting and other expenses.

     The operating expenses of the Company generally vary primarily due to contract underwriting volume, which in turn generally varies with the level of mortgage origination activity. Contract underwriting generates fee income included in other revenue.

  Income from joint ventures

     Joint venture income principally consists of the aggregate results of the Company’s investment in two less than majority owned joint ventures, Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC (“C-BASS”) and Sherman Financial Group LLC (“Sherman”). As used in this report and elsewhere in the Company’s filings with the SEC, the term “Company” means the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries; the Company’s joint ventures are not subsidiaries of the Company.

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     2004 Third Quarter Results

     The Company’s results of operations in the third quarter of 2004 were principally affected by:

  Losses incurred

     Losses incurred for the third quarter of 2004 decreased compared to the same period in 2003 primarily due to a lower growth rate of the delinquency inventory, offset by increases in the estimates regarding how many delinquencies will eventually result in a claim and how much will be paid on claims.

  Premiums written and earned

     During the third quarter of 2004, the Company’s written and earned premiums were lower than in the third quarter of 2003 due to a decline in the average insurance in force, as well as a decrease in NIW through the flow and bulk channels.

  Investment income

     During the third quarter of 2004, investment income was higher than in the third quarter of 2003 due to an increase in the portfolio, offset by a slight decline in the pre-tax yield.

  Underwriting and other expenses

     Underwriting and other expenses decreased in the third quarter of 2004 compared to the same period in 2003 primarily as a result of decreases in expenses related to contract underwriting activity.

  Income from joint ventures

     Income from joint ventures increased in the third quarter of 2004 compared to the same period in 2003 due to higher income from each of Sherman and C-BASS.

     The discussion below should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.

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RESULTS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS

NIW

     The amount of MGIC’s NIW (this term is defined in the “Overview-Business and General Environment” section) during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 was as follows:

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
  September 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
            ($ billions)        
Flow NIW
  $ 12.0     $ 20.7     $ 36.1     $ 56.9  
Bulk NIW
    6.0       7.3       11.0       20.6  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total NIW
  $ 18.0     $ 28.0     $ 47.1     $ 77.5  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Refinance volume as a % of primary flow NIW
    23 %     48 %     30 %     50 %

     The decrease in NIW on a flow basis was primarily the result of a decrease in refinance volume. Refinance volume in turn is driven by changes in interest rates as discussed with respect to cancellations below. For a discussion of NIW written through the bulk channel, see “Bulk transactions” below. The Company expects total NIW for the last quarter of 2004 to be lower than for the comparable period in 2003. The Company is not undertaking any obligation to provide an update of this expectation should it subsequently change.

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Cancellations and insurance in force

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
  September 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
            ($ billions)        
NIW
  $ 18.0     $ 28.0     $ 47.1     $ 77.5  
Cancellations
    (18.6 )     (30.6 )     (56.9 )     (83.5 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Change in primary insurance in force
  $ (0.6 )   $ (2.6 )   $ (9.8 )   $ (6.0 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

     Direct primary insurance in force was $179.8 billion at September 30, 2004 compared to $189.6 billion at December 31, 2003 and $191.0 billion at September 30, 2003.

     Cancellation activity has historically been affected by the level of mortgage interest rates and the level of home price appreciation. Cancellations generally move inversely to the change in the direction of interest rates, although they generally lag a change in direction. MGIC’s persistency rate (percentage of insurance remaining in force from one year prior) of 59.4% at September 30, 2004 increased from 47.1% at December 31, 2003 and 44.9% at September 30, 2003. The Company expects modest improvement in the persistency rate in the fourth quarter of 2004, although this expectation assumes the absence of significant declines in the level of mortgage interest rates from their level in late October 2004. The Company is not undertaking any obligation to provide an update of this expectation should it subsequently change.

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Bulk transactions

     The Company’s writings of bulk insurance are in part sensitive to the volume of securitization transactions involving non-conforming loans. The Company’s writings of bulk insurance are also sensitive to competition from other methods of providing credit enhancement in a securitization, including an execution in which the subordinate tranches in the securitization rather than mortgage insurance bear the first loss from mortgage defaults. Competition from such an execution in turn depends on, among other factors, the yield at which investors are willing to purchase tranches of the securitization that involve a higher degree of credit risk compared to the yield for tranches involving the lowest credit risk (the difference in such yields is referred to as the spread) and the amount of credit for losses that a rating agency will give to mortgage insurance, which may be affected by the agency’s view of the outlook for the insurer’s claims-paying ability. As the spread narrows, competition from an execution in which the subordinate tranches bear the first loss increases. The competitiveness of the mortgage insurance execution in the bulk channel may also be impacted by changes in the Company’s view of the risk of the business, which is affected by the historical performance of previously insured pools and the Company’s expectations for regional and local real estate values. As a result of the sensitivities discussed above, bulk volume can vary materially from period to period.

     NIW for bulk transactions decreased from $7.3 billion during the third quarter of 2003 to $6.0 billion in the third quarter of 2004. NIW for bulk transactions was $2.1 billion and $2.9 billion during the first and second quarters of 2004. The spread, referred to above, was narrower in the third quarter of 2004 compared to the third quarter of 2003 and, along with continued competition from other mortgage insurers, adversely affected the competitiveness of the mortgage insurance execution during the 2004 period compared to the 2003 period. The competitiveness of the Company’s bulk offering was enhanced during the third quarter of 2004 by, among other things, changes in MGIC’s expectations for losses on certain types of loans to reflect better than expected historical performance of such loan types. As it has in past quarters, the Company priced the bulk business written in the third quarter of 2004 to generate acceptable returns; there can be no assurance, however, that the assumptions underlying the premium rates will achieve this objective.

Pool insurance

     In addition to providing primary insurance coverage, the Company also insures pools of mortgage loans. New pool risk written during the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 was $55 million and $204 million, respectively. The Company’s direct pool risk in force was $3.0 billion, $2.9 billion and $2.8 billion at September 30, 2004, December 31, 2003 and September 30, 2003, respectively. These risk amounts are contractual aggregate loss limits and for contracts without such limits, risk is calculated at the estimated amount that would credit enhance the loans in the pool to a ‘AA’ level based on a rating agency model. At September 30, 2004 and 2003, there was $4.8 billion and $4.0 billion, respectively, of risk without such limits for which risk in force was calculated on this basis at $395 million and $288 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, new risk written calculated on this basis was $16 million and $47 million, respectively.

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     New pool risk written during the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 was $153 million and $689 million, respectively. These risk amounts are contractual aggregate loss limits and for contracts without such limits, risk is calculated at the estimated amount that would credit enhance the loans in the pool to a ‘AA’ level based on a rating agency model. During the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, new risk written calculated on this basis was $42 million and $127 million, respectively.

Net premiums written and earned

     Net premiums written and earned during the third quarter and the first nine months of 2004 decreased due to a decline in the average insurance in force, as well as a decrease in new insurance written through the flow and bulk channels, when compared to the 2003 periods. The Company expects the average insurance in force during the fourth quarter of 2004 will be lower than during the fourth quarter of 2003. As a result, the Company anticipates that net premiums written and earned in the fourth quarter of 2004 will decline compared to the fourth quarter of 2003. The Company is not undertaking any obligation to provide an update of these expectations should they subsequently change.

Risk sharing arrangements

     For the quarter ended June 30, 2004, approximately 53.2% of the Company’s new insurance written on a flow basis was subject to arrangements with reinsurance subsidiaries of certain mortgage lenders or risk sharing arrangements with the GSEs compared to 53.4% for the quarter ended September 30, 2003. (New insurance written through the bulk channel is not subject to such arrangements.) The percentage of new insurance written during a period covered by such arrangements normally increases after the end of the period because, among other reasons, the transfer of a loan in the secondary market can result in a mortgage insured during a period becoming part of such an arrangement in a subsequent period. Therefore, the percentage of new insurance written covered by such arrangements is not shown for the current quarter. Premiums ceded in such arrangements are reported in the period in which they are ceded regardless of when the mortgage was insured.

Investment income

     Investment income for the third quarter of 2004 increased due to an increase in the amortized cost of average invested assets to $5.3 billion for the third quarter of 2004 from $4.8 billion for the third quarter of 2003, offset by a slight decrease in the average investment yield. The portfolio’s average pre-tax investment yield was 4.2% at September 30, 2004 and 4.3% at September 30, 2003. The portfolio’s average after-tax investment yield was 3.7% at September 30, 2004 and 2003. The Company’s net realized losses in the third quarter of 2004 resulted primarily from other than temporary impairments of securities, compared to net realized gains in the third quarter of 2003 from the sale of fixed maturities. As discussed in Note 1 – New Accounting Standards, the impact of the final issuance of proposed FSP EITF 03-1-a cannot be determined at this time. Under the proposed guidance, it may be more likely that a decrease in the market value of certain investments in the Company’s fixed income portfolio will be

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required to be recognized as a realized loss in the statement of operations than under the existing accounting standard.

     Investment income for the first nine months of 2004 increased due to an increase in the amortized cost of average invested assets to $5.2 billion for the first nine months of 2004 from $4.7 billion for the first nine months of 2003, offset by a decrease in the average investment yield. The Company’s net realized gains for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 resulted primarily from the sale of fixed maturities.

Other revenue

     The decrease in other revenue is primarily the result of decreased revenue from contract underwriting due to a lower level of mortgage origination activity during the third quarter of 2004 and the first nine months of 2004 compared to the same periods in 2003.

Losses

     As discussed in “Critical Accounting Policies” in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, consistent with industry practice, loss reserves for future claims are established only for loans that are currently delinquent. (The terms “delinquent” and “default” are used interchangeably by the Company.) Loss reserves are established by management’s estimating the number of loans in the Company’s inventory of delinquent loans that will not cure their delinquency (historically, a substantial majority of delinquent loans have cured), which is referred to as the claim rate, and further estimating the amount that the Company will pay in claims on the loans that do not cure, which is referred to as claim severity. Estimation of losses that the Company will pay in the future is inherently judgmental. The conditions that affect the claim rate and claim severity include the current and future state of the domestic economy and the current and future strength of local housing markets.

     Net losses incurred decreased in the third quarter of 2004 compared to the same period of 2003 due to a lower growth rate of the delinquency inventory, offset by increases in the estimates regarding how many delinquencies will eventually result in a claim and how much will be paid on claims. The average primary claim paid for the three months ended September 30, 2004 was $24,606 compared to $22,450 for the same period in 2003.

     Net losses incurred decreased in the first nine months of 2004 compared to the same period of 2003 due to a decrease in the number of delinquencies compared to the prior period increase in delinquencies, offset by increases in the estimates regarding how many delinquencies will eventually result in a claim and how much will be paid on claims. The average primary claim paid for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 was $24,154 compared to $22,648 for the same period in 2003.

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     Information about the composition of the primary insurance default inventory at September 30, 2004, December 31, 2003 and September 30, 2003 appears in the table below.

                         
    September 30,   December 31,   September 30,
    2004
  2003
  2003
Total loans delinquent
    83,940       86,372       85,039  
Percentage of loans delinquent (default rate)
    5.80 %     5.57 %     5.41 %
Flow loans delinquent
    43,496       45,259       44,417  
Percentage of flow loans delinquent (default rate)
    3.80 %     3.76 %     3.67 %
Bulk loans delinquent
    40,444       41,113       40,322  
Percentage of bulk loans delinquent (default rate)
    13.40 %     11.80 %     11.41 %
A-minus and subprime credit loans delinquent*
    35,135       34,525       33,583  
Percentage of A-minus and subprime credit loans delinquent (default rate)
    15.75 %     14.14 %     13.73 %

*A portion of A-minus and subprime credit loans is included in flow loans delinquent and the remainder is included in bulk loans delinquent. Most A-minus and subprime credit loans are written through the bulk channel. A-minus loans have FICO credit scores of 575-619, as reported to MGIC at the time a commitment to insure is issued, and subprime loans have FICO credit scores of less than 575.

     The pool notice inventory decreased from 28,135 at December 31, 2003 to 25,881 at September 30, 2004; the pool notice inventory was 27,792 at September 30, 2003.

     Information about net losses paid in 2004 and 2003 appears in the table below.

                                 
    Three months ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
  September 30,
Net paid claims ($ millions)
 
  2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
Flow
  $ 70     $ 55     $ 204     $ 139  
Bulk
    56       46       164       111  
Second mortgage
    3       8       12       22  
Pool and other
    15       15       46       38  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
  $ 144     $ 124     $ 426     $ 310  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

     The Company has not written any new second mortgage risk for loans closing after 2001.

     As of September 30, 2004, 80% of the Company’s primary insurance in force was written subsequent to December 31, 2001. On the Company’s flow business, the highest claim frequency years have typically been the third through fifth year after the year of loan origination. However, the pattern of claims frequency can be affected by many factors, including low persistency (which can have the effect of accelerating the period in the life of a book during which the highest claim frequency occurs) and

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deteriorating economic conditions (which can result in increasing claims following a period of declining claims). The Company expects the period of highest claims frequency on bulk loans will occur earlier than in the historical pattern on the Company’s flow business.

Underwriting and other expenses

     Among other items, the decrease in underwriting and other expenses for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2004 is attributable to decreases in expenses related to contract underwriting activity when compared to the same periods in 2003.

Consolidated ratios

Consolidated Insurance Operations:

                                 
    Three months ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
  September 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
Loss ratio
    52.4 %     63.7 %     51.6 %     52.7 %
Expense ratio
    14.7 %     14.0 %     14.5 %     14.4 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Combined ratio
    67.1 %     77.7 %     66.1 %     67.1 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

Income taxes

     The effective tax rate was 26.5% in the third quarter of 2004, compared to 23.0% in the third quarter of 2003 and 27.3% in the first nine months of 2004, compared to 26.1% in the first nine months of 2003. During those periods, the effective tax rate was below the statutory rate of 35%, reflecting the benefits recognized from tax preferenced investments. Tax preferenced investments of the Company include tax-exempt municipal bonds, interests in mortgage related securities with flow through characteristics and investments in real estate ventures which generate low income housing credits. The higher effective tax rate in 2004 was principally due to less benefits being recognized from these investments.

Joint ventures

     The Company’s equity in the earnings from the C-BASS and Sherman joint ventures with Radian Group Inc. and certain other joint ventures and investments, accounted for in accordance with the equity method of accounting, is shown separately, net of tax, on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations. The increase in income from joint ventures from the three and nine months ended September 30, 2003 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 is primarily the result of increased equity earnings from each of Sherman and C-BASS.

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C-BASS

Summary Balance Sheet:

                 
    September 30,   December 31,
    2004
  2003
    ($ millions)
Total Assets
  $ 4,466     $ 3,182  
Total Liabilities
    3,910       2,711  
Debt*
    2,284       2,176  
Owners’ Equity
    556       471  

*Most of which is scheduled to mature within one year or less.

     Included in total assets and total liabilities at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003 are approximately $1,118 million and $305 million, respectively of assets and the same amount of liabilities from securitizations that did not qualify for off-balance sheet treatment. The liabilities from these securitizations are not included in Debt in the table above.

Summary Income Statement:

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
  September 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
            ($ millions)        
Revenues*
  $ 105.1     $ 79.0     $ 354.2     $ 256.5  
Expenses
    65.8       52.3       196.5       162.1  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income before tax
  $ 39.3     $ 26.7     $ 157.7     $ 94.4  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Company’s share of pretax income
  $ 18.0     $ 12.3     $ 73.7     $ 43.3  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

*Of which more than 50% represented servicing revenues, net interest income and money management fees.

     The increased contribution from C-BASS was primarily due to an increase in gains on sales and liquidation to third parties of securities and mortgage loans, higher unrealized gains and mark to market from calls of securitizations and CBO issuance by C-BASS

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and higher net interest income. The Company’s investment in C-BASS on an equity basis at September 30, 2004 was $261.5 million. The Company received $32.5 million in distributions from C-BASS during the first three quarters of 2004. The Company does not anticipate that C-BASS’s income before tax in the fourth quarter of 2004 will exceed its income before tax of $39 million in the third quarter of 2004. The Company is not undertaking any obligation to provide an update of this expectation should it subsequently change.

Sherman

Summary Balance Sheet:

                 
    September 30,   December 31,
    2004
  2003
    ($ millions)
Total Assets
  $ 444     $ 500  
Total Liabilities
    267       341  
Debt
    169       277  
Members’ Equity
    177       159  

Summary Income Statement:

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
  September 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
            ($ millions)        
Revenues, net of amortization
  $ 129.7     $ 80.9     $ 353.3     $ 193.2  
Expenses
    67.5       64.4       217.1       147.3  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income before tax
  $ 62.2     $ 16.5     $ 136.2     $ 45.9  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Company’s share of pretax income
  $ 25.8     $ 6.9     $ 56.6     $ 19.1  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

     The increased contribution from Sherman was primarily due to increased net revenue from portfolios owned during the 2003 and 2004 periods attributable to continuing collections and lower amortization on those portfolios, and from higher collections due to growth in the amount of receivables portfolios owned by Sherman.

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The Company’s investment in Sherman on an equity basis at September 30, 2004 was $71.2 million, up $7.5 million from December 31, 2003. The Company received $49.8 million in distributions from Sherman during the first three quarters of 2004.

     The Company anticipates that Sherman’s income before tax in the fourth quarter of 2004 will exceed its income before tax of $25.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2003; however, the increase is not expected to be at the level of the third quarter 2004 increase over the third quarter 2003. The Company is not undertaking any obligation to provide an update of this expectation should it subsequently change.

Other Matters

     Under the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight’s (“OFHEO”) risk-based capital stress test for the GSEs, claim payments made by a private mortgage insurer on GSE loans are reduced below the amount provided by the mortgage insurance policy to reflect the risk that the insurer will fail to pay. Claim payments from an insurer whose claims-paying ability rating is ‘AAA’ are subject to a 3.5% reduction over the 10-year period of the stress test, while claim payments from a ‘AA’ rated insurer, such as MGIC, are subject to an 8.75% reduction. The effect of the differentiation among insurers is to require the GSEs to have additional capital for coverage on loans provided by a private mortgage insurer whose claims-paying rating is less than ‘AAA.’ As a result, there is an incentive for the GSEs to use private mortgage insurance provided by a ‘AAA’ rated insurer.

Financial Condition

     As of September 30, 2004, 77% of the investment portfolio was invested in tax-preferenced securities. In addition, at September 30, 2004, based on book value, the Company’s fixed income securities were approximately 99% invested in ‘A’ rated and above, readily marketable securities, concentrated in maturities of less than 15 years.

     At September 30, 2004, the Company’s derivative financial instruments in its investment portfolio were immaterial. The Company places its investments in instruments that meet high credit quality standards, as specified in the Company’s investment policy guidelines; the policy also limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issue, issuer and type of instrument. At September 30, 2004, the effective duration of the Company’s fixed income investment portfolio was 5.5 years. This means that for an instantaneous parallel shift in the yield curve of 100 basis points there would be an approximate 5.5% change in the market value of the Company’s fixed income portfolio.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

     The Company’s consolidated sources of funds consist primarily of premiums written and investment income. Positive cash flows are invested pending future payments of claims and other expenses. Cash-flow shortfalls, if any, could be funded through sales of short-term investments and other investment portfolio securities subject to insurance regulatory requirements regarding the payment of dividends to the extent funds were

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required by other than the seller. Substantially all of the investment portfolio securities are held by the Company’s insurance subsidiaries.

     The Company has a $285 million commercial paper program, which is rated ‘A-1’ by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and ‘P-1’ by Moody’s Investors Service. At September 30, 2004 and 2003, the Company had $100.0 million and $105.0 million in commercial paper outstanding with a weighted average interest rate of 1.83% and 1.15%, respectively.

     The Company had a $285 million credit facility available at September 30, 2004 expiring in 2006. Under the terms of the credit facility, the Company must maintain shareholders’ equity of at least $2.25 billion and MGIC must maintain a risk-to-capital ratio of not more than 22:1 and policyholders position (which includes MGIC’s statutory surplus and its contingency reserve) of not less than the amount required by Wisconsin insurance regulation. At September 30, 2004, the Company met these requirements. The facility is currently being used as a liquidity back up facility for the outstanding commercial paper. The remaining credit available under the facility after reduction for the amount necessary to support the commercial paper was $185.0 million at September 30, 2004.

     The Company had $300 million, 7.5% Senior Notes due in October 2005 and $200 million, 6% Senior Notes due in 2007 outstanding at September 30, 2004 and 2003. At September 30, 2004 and 2003, the market value of the outstanding debt was $626.9 million and $648.2 million, respectively.

     In May 2002, a swap designated as a cash flow hedge was amended to coincide with the credit facility. Under the terms of the swap contract, the Company pays a fixed rate of 5.43% and receives an interest rate based on LIBOR. The swap has an expiration date coinciding with the maturity of the credit facility and is designated as a cash flow hedge. The cash flow swap outstanding at September 30, 2004 and 2003 is evaluated quarterly using regression analysis with any ineffectiveness being recorded as an expense. To date this evaluation has not resulted in any hedge ineffectiveness. Swaps are subject to credit risk to the extent the counterparty would be unable to discharge its obligations under the swap agreements.

     Expense on the interest rate swaps for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 of approximately $2.7 million and $2.5 million, respectively, was included in interest expense. Gains or losses arising from the amendment or termination of previously held interest rate swaps are deferred and amortized to interest expense over the life of the hedged items.

     The commercial paper, back-up credit facility and the Senior Notes are obligations of the Company and not of its subsidiaries. The Company is a holding company and the payment of dividends from its insurance subsidiaries is restricted by insurance regulation. MGIC is the principal source of dividend-paying capacity. For the remainder of 2004 MGIC can pay up to $44 million in dividends without the approval of the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Wisconsin.

     During the nine months ended September 30, 2004, the Company repurchased 1.4 million shares of Common Stock under publicly announced programs at a cost of $95.7

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million. At September 30, 2004, the Company had authority covering the purchase of an additional 6.2 million shares under these programs. For additional information regarding stock repurchases, see Item 2(c) of Part II of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. From mid-1997 through September 30, 2004, the Company has repurchased 25.1 million shares under publicly announced programs at a cost of $1.3 billion. Funds for the shares repurchased by the Company since mid-1997 have been provided through a combination of debt, including the Senior Notes and the commercial paper, and internally generated funds.

     The Company’s principal exposure to loss is its obligation to pay claims under MGIC’s mortgage guaranty insurance policies. At September 30, 2004, MGIC’s direct (before any reinsurance) primary and pool risk in force (which is the unpaid principal balance of insured loans as reflected in the Company’s records multiplied by the coverage percentage, and taking account of any loss limit) was approximately $53.9 billion. In addition, as part of its contract underwriting activities, the Company is responsible for the quality of its underwriting decisions in accordance with the terms of the contract underwriting agreements with customers. Through September 30, 2004, the cost of remedies provided by the Company to customers for failing to meet the standards of the contracts has not been material. However, the decreasing trend of home mortgage interest rates over the last several years may have mitigated the effect of some of these costs since the general effect of lower interest rates can be to increase the value of certain loans on which remedies are provided. There can be no assurance that contract underwriting remedies will not be material in the future.

     The Company’s consolidated risk-to-capital ratio was 8.2:1 at September 30, 2004 compared to 9.4:1 at December 31, 2003. The decrease was due to an increase in capital and a decrease in risk in force during the first nine months of 2004.

     The risk-to-capital ratios set forth above have been computed on a statutory basis. However, the methodology used by the rating agencies to assign claims-paying ability ratings permits less leverage than under statutory requirements. As a result, the amount of capital required under statutory regulations may be lower than the capital required for rating agency purposes. In addition to capital adequacy, the rating agencies consider other factors in determining a mortgage insurer’s claims-paying rating, including its historical and projected operating performance, business outlook, competitive position, management and corporate strategy.

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     For certain material risks of the Company’s business, see “Risk Factors” below.

Risk Factors

     The Company’s revenues and losses could be affected by the risk factors discussed below, which are an integral part of Management’s Discussion and Analysis. These factors may also cause actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by forward looking statements that the Company may make. Forward looking statements consist of statements which relate to matters other than historical fact. Among others, statements that include words such as the Company “believes”, “anticipates” or “expects”, or words of similar import, are forward looking statements. The Company is not undertaking any obligation to update any forward looking statements it may make.

     As the domestic economy deteriorates, more homeowners may default and the Company’s losses may increase.

     Losses result from events that reduce a borrower’s ability to continue to make mortgage payments, such as unemployment, and whether the home of a borrower who defaults on his mortgage can be sold for an amount that will cover unpaid principal and interest and the expenses of the sale. Favorable economic conditions generally reduce the likelihood that borrowers will lack sufficient income to pay their mortgages and also favorably affect the value of homes, thereby reducing and in some cases even eliminating a loss from a mortgage default. A deterioration in economic conditions generally increases the likelihood that borrowers will not have sufficient income to pay their mortgages and can also adversely affect housing values.

     The mix of business the Company writes also affects the likelihood of losses occurring. In recent years, a greater percentage of the Company’s volume than in the past has included segments that the Company views as having a higher probability of claim, including loans with LTV ratios over 95%, FICO credit scores below 620 or limited underwriting, including limited borrower documentation.

     Approximately 8% of the Company’s risk in force written through the flow channel, and more than half of the Company’s risk in force written through the bulk channel, consists of ARMs. The Company believes that during a prolonged period of rising interest rates, claims on ARMs would be substantially higher than for fixed rate loans, although the performance of ARMs has not been tested in such an environment. In addition, the Company believes the volume of “interest-only” loans has recently increased. Because interest-only loans are a relatively recent development, the Company has no data on their historical performance. The Company believes claim rates on certain interest-only loans will be substantially higher than on comparable loans requiring amortization. Interest-only loans may also be ARMs.

     The performance of the servicing function on a mortgage loan, particularly a subprime loan, can affect the likelihood that the loan will default as well as the loss resulting from a default. The Company believes Select Portfolio Servicing (“Select”) f/k/a Fairbanks Capital Corp. is the servicer of approximately 1.1% of the loans insured by the Company and approximately 5.2% of the loans insured by the Company written

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through the bulk channel (a substantial number of which are subprime). In 2003, the servicer ratings assigned to Select by Moody’s and S&P were downgraded to “below average” due in part to concerns expressed by those rating agencies about Select’s regulatory compliance and operational controls. In the second quarter of 2004, these rating agencies raised Select’s service ratings to “average.”

     Competition or changes in the Company’s relationships with its customers could reduce the Company’s revenues or increase its losses.

     Competition for private mortgage insurance premiums occurs not only among private mortgage insurers but also with mortgage lenders through reinsurance transactions. In these transactions, a lender’s affiliate reinsures a portion of the insurance written by a private mortgage insurer on mortgages originated or serviced by the lender.

     The level of competition within the private mortgage insurance industry has also increased as many large mortgage lenders have reduced the number of private mortgage insurers with whom they do business. At the same time, consolidation among mortgage lenders has increased the share of the mortgage lending market held by large lenders.

     Our private mortgage insurance competitors include:

  PMI Mortgage Insurance Company

  Genworth Financial f/k/a/ GE Capital Mortgage Insurance Corporation

  United Guaranty Residential Insurance Company

  Radian Guaranty Inc.

  Republic Mortgage Insurance Company

  Triad Guaranty Insurance Corporation

  CMG Mortgage Insurance Company

     Assured Guaranty Limited f/k/a/ AGC Holdings Limited, a financial guaranty company whose mortgage insurance business is primarily reinsurance, has announced that it intends to write investment grade mortgage guaranty insurance on a direct basis.

     If interest rates decline, house prices appreciate or mortgage insurance cancellation requirements change, the length of time that the Company’s policies remain in force could decline and result in declines in our revenue.

     In each year, most of the Company’s premiums are from insurance that has been written in prior years. As a result, the length of time insurance remains in force (which is also generally referred to as persistency) is an important determinant of revenues. The factors affecting the length of time the Company’s insurance remains in force include:

  the level of current mortgage interest rates compared to the mortgage coupon rates on the insurance in force, which affects the vulnerability of the insurance in force to refinancings, and
 
  mortgage insurance cancellation policies of mortgage investors along with the rate of home price appreciation experienced by the homes underlying the mortgages in the insurance in force.

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     During the 1990s, the Company’s year-end persistency ranged from a high of 87.4% at December 31, 1990 to a low of 68.1% at December 31, 1998. At September 30, 2004 persistency was at 59.4%, compared to the record low of 44.9% at September 30, 2003. Over the past several years, refinancing has become easier to accomplish and less costly for many consumers. Hence, even in an interest rate environment favorable to persistency improvement, the Company does not expect persistency will approach its December 31, 1990 level.

     If the volume of low down payment home mortgage originations declines, the amount of insurance that the Company writes could decline which would reduce the Company’s revenues.

     The factors that affect the volume of low-down-payment mortgage originations include:

  the level of home mortgage interest rates,

  the health of the domestic economy as well as conditions in regional and local economies, housing affordability,

  population trends, including the rate of household formation,

  the rate of home price appreciation, which in times of heavy refinancing can affect whether refinance loans have loan-to-value ratios that require private mortgage insurance, and

  government housing policy encouraging loans to first-time homebuyers.

     In general, the majority of the underwriting profit (premium revenue minus losses) that a book of mortgage insurance generates occurs in the early years of the book, with the largest portion of the underwriting profit realized in the first year. Subsequent years of a book generally result in modest underwriting profit or underwriting losses. This pattern of results occurs because relatively few of the claims that a book will ultimately experience occur in the first few years of the book, when premium revenue is highest, while subsequent years are affected by declining premium revenues, as persistency decreases due to loan prepayments, and higher losses.

     If all other things were equal, a decline in new insurance written in a year that followed a number of years of higher volume could result in a lower contribution to the mortgage insurer’s overall results. This effect may occur because the older books will be experiencing declines in revenue and increases in losses with a lower amount of underwriting profit on the new book available to offset these results.

     Whether such a lower contribution would in fact occur depends in part on the extent of the volume decline. Even with a substantial decline in volume, there may be offsetting factors that could increase the contribution in the current year. These offsetting factors include higher persistency and a mix of business with higher average premiums, which could have the effect of increasing revenues, and improvements in the economy, which could have the effect of reducing losses. In addition, the effect on

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the insurer’s overall results from such a lower contribution may be offset by decreases in the mortgage insurer’s expenses that are unrelated to claim or default activity, including those related to lower volume.

     The amount of insurance the Company writes could be adversely affected if lenders and investors select alternatives to private mortgage insurance.

     These alternatives to private mortgage insurance include:

  lenders structuring mortgage originations to avoid private mortgage insurance, such as a first mortgage with an 80% loan-to-value ratio and a second mortgage with a 10%, 15% or 20% loan-to-value ratio (referred to as 80-10-10, 80-15-5 or 80-20 loans, respectively) rather than a first mortgage with a 90%, 95% or 100% loan-to-value ratio,

  investors holding mortgages in portfolio and self-insuring,

  investors using credit enhancements other than private mortgage insurance or using other credit enhancements in conjunction with reduced levels of private mortgage insurance coverage, and

  lenders using government mortgage insurance programs, including those of the Federal Housing Administration and the Veterans Administration.

     While no data is publicly available, the Company believes that 80-10-10 loans and related products are a significant percentage of mortgage originations in which borrowers make down payments of less than 20% and that their use, which the Company believes is primarily by borrowers with higher credit scores, continues to increase.

     Changes in the business practices of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could reduce the Company’s revenues or increase its losses.

     The business practices of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac affect the entire relationship between them and mortgage insurers and include:

  the level of private mortgage insurance coverage, subject to the limitations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s charters, when private mortgage insurance is used as the required credit enhancement on low down payment mortgages,

  whether Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac influence the mortgage lender’s selection of the mortgage insurer providing coverage and, if so, any transactions that are related to that selection,
 
  whether Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac will give mortgage lenders an incentive, such as a reduced guaranty fee, to select a mortgage insurer that has a “AAA” claims-paying ability rating to benefit from the lower capital requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac when a mortgage is insured by a company with that rating,

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  the underwriting standards that determine what loans are eligible for purchase by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, which thereby affect the quality of the risk insured by the mortgage insurer and the availability of mortgage loans,

  the terms on which mortgage insurance coverage can be canceled before reaching the cancellation thresholds established by law, and

  the circumstances in which mortgage servicers must perform activities intended to avoid or mitigate loss on insured mortgages that are delinquent.

     The mortgage insurance industry is subject to litigation risk.

     Consumers are bringing a growing number of lawsuits against home mortgage lenders and settlement service providers. In recent years, seven mortgage insurers, including the Company’s MGIC subsidiary, have been involved in litigation alleging violations of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, which is commonly known as RESPA. MGIC’s settlement of litigation against it under RESPA became final in October 2003. There can be no assurance that MGIC will not be subject to future litigation under RESPA.

     In March 2003 an action against MGIC was filed in Federal District Court in Orlando, Florida seeking certification of a nationwide class of consumers who were required to pay for private mortgage insurance written by MGIC and whose loans were insured at less than MGIC’s “best available rate” based on credit scores obtained by MGIC. The action alleges that the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) requires a notice to borrowers of such “adverse action” and that MGIC has violated FCRA by failing to give such notice. The action seeks statutory damages (which in the case of willful violations, in addition to punitive damages, may be awarded in an amount of $100 to $1,000 per class member) and/or actual damages of the persons in the class, and attorneys fees, as well as declaratory and injunctive relief. The action also alleges that the failure to give notice to borrowers in Florida in the circumstances alleged is a violation of Florida’s Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Act and seeks declaratory and injunctive relief for such violation. In December 2003, the Court denied MGIC’s motion seeking dismissal of the portion of the case covering damages under FCRA but dismissed the remainder of the case. In June 2004, the Court denied the plaintiffs motion to certify the class. There can be no assurance that the outcome of the litigation will not materially affect the Company’s financial position or results of operations. Similar actions are pending against six other mortgage insurers.

     Net premiums written could be adversely affected if the Department of Housing and Urban Development reproposes and adopts a regulation under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act that is equivalent to a proposed regulation that was recently withdrawn.

     The regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act prohibit paying lenders for the referral of settlement services, including mortgage insurance, and prohibit lenders from receiving such payments. In July 2002, the Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed a regulation that would exclude from these anti-referral fee provisions settlement services included in a package of settlement services offered to a borrower

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at a guaranteed price. HUD withdrew this proposed regulation in March 2004. Under the proposed regulation, if mortgage insurance was required on a loan, the package must include any mortgage insurance premium paid at settlement. Although certain state insurance regulations prohibit an insurer’s payment of referral fees, had this regulation been adopted in this form, the Company’s revenues could have been adversely affected to the extent that lenders offered such packages and received value from the Company in excess of what they could have received were the anti-referral fee provisions of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act to apply and if such state regulations were not applied to prohibit such payments.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

     At September 30, 2004, the Company’s derivative financial instruments in its investment portfolio were immaterial. The Company places its investments in instruments that meet investment grade credit quality standards, as specified in the Company’s investment policy guidelines; the policy also limits the amount of credit exposure to any one issue, issuer and type of instrument. At September 30, 2004, the effective duration of the Company’s fixed income investment portfolio was 5.5 years. This means that for each instantaneous parallel shift in the yield curve of 100 basis points there would be an approximate 5.5% change in the market value of the Company’s fixed income investment portfolio.

     The Company’s borrowings under its commercial paper program are subject to interest rates that are variable. See the fifth paragraph under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Liquidity and Capital Resources” for a discussion of the Company’s interest rate swaps.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

     The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on such evaluation, the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that such controls and procedures were effective as of the end of such period. The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, also evaluated whether any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Based on that evaluation, there has been no such change during such quarter.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

(c) Repurchase of common stock:

Information about shares of Common Stock repurchased during the third quarter of 2004 appears in the table below.

                                 
                            (d)
                    (c)   Maximum
                    Total Number of   Number of
                    Shares   Shares that May
                    Purchased as   Yet Be
    (a)           Part of Publicly   Purchased
    Total Number of   (b)   Announced   Under the Plans
    Shares   Average Price   Plans or   or Programs
Period
  Purchased
  Paid per Share
  Programs
  (A)
July 1, 2004 through July 31, 2004
    122,416 (B)   $ 71.58       107,600       6,824,600  
August 1, 2004 through August 31, 2004
    307,700     $ 68.25       307,700       6,516,900  
September 1, 2004 through September 30, 2004
    266,800     $ 65.34       266,800       6,250,100  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Total
    696,916 (B)   $ 67.72       682,100       6,250,100  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

(A)   On October 24, 2002 the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to five million shares of the Company’s Common Stock in the open market or in private transactions. On May 8, 2003 the Company announced that its Board authorized the repurchase of an additional five million shares in the open market or in private transactions.
 
(B)   14,816 of the shares purchased in July 2004 were purchased as part of stock option exercises by Company employees.

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ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

(a)   The Company’s Bylaws were amended by the Company’s Board of Directors on July 29, 2004 to change the previous 60-day period in Section 8.03(a) to 120 days. The amended Bylaws are filed as Exhibit 3.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

The accompanying Index to Exhibits is incorporated by reference in answer to this portion of this Item, and except as otherwise indicated in the next sentence, the Exhibits listed in such Index are filed as part of this Form 10-Q. Exhibit 32 is not filed as part of this Form 10-Q but accompanies this Form 10-Q. The Company is a party to various agreements regarding long-term debt that are not filed as exhibits pursuant to Reg. S-K Item 602 (b)(4)(iii)(A). The Company hereby agrees to furnish a copy of such agreements to the Commission upon its request.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, on November 9, 2004.

     
  MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION
 
   
  \s\ J. Michael Lauer
 
 
  J. Michael Lauer
  Executive Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer
 
   
  \s\ Joseph J. Komanecki
 
 
  Joseph J. Komanecki
  Senior Vice President, Controller and
  Chief Accounting Officer

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

(Part II, Item 6)
     
Exhibit    
Number
  Description of Exhibit
3
  Amended and Restated Bylaws
 
   
11
  Statement Re Computation of Net Income Per Share
 
   
31.1
  Certification of CEO under Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
   
31.2
  Certification of CFO under Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
   
32
  Certification of CEO and CFO under Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (as indicated in Item 6 of Part II, this Exhibit is not being “filed”).

 

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EXHIBIT 3

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION

ARTICLE I. OFFICES

          1.01. Principal and Business Offices. The corporation may have such principal and other business offices, either within or without the State of Wisconsin, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

          1.02. Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law to be maintained in the State of Wisconsin may be, but need not be, identical with the principal office in the State of Wisconsin, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors or by the registered agent. The business office of the registered agent of the corporation shall be identical to such registered office.

ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS

          2.01. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders (“Annual Meeting”) shall be held on the first Monday in May, at such time or on such other day as may be designated by resolution of the Board of Directors. In fixing a meeting date for any Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors may consider such factors as it deems relevant within the good faith exercise of its business judgment.

          2.02. Purposes of Annual Meeting. At each Annual Meeting, the shareholders shall elect the number of directors equal to the number of directors in the class whose term expires at the time of such Annual Meeting and transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting in accordance with Section 2.14 of these Bylaws. If the election of directors shall not be held on the date designated herein, or fixed as herein provided, for any Annual Meeting, or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of shareholders (a “Special Meeting”) as soon thereafter as is practicable.

          2.03. Special Meetings.

          (a) A Special Meeting, unless otherwise prescribed by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, may be called only by (i) the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chairman of the Board (if a Chairman is elected) or (iii) the President and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President upon the demand, in accordance with this Section 2.03, of the holders of record of shares representing at least 10% of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the Special Meeting.

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          (b) In order that the corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to demand a Special Meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date to determine the shareholders entitled to make such a demand (the “Demand Record Date”). The Demand Record Date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the Demand Record Date is adopted by the Board of Directors and shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the Demand Record Date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any shareholder of record seeking to have shareholders demand a Special Meeting shall, by sending written notice to the Secretary of the corporation by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, request the Board of Directors to fix a Demand Record Date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within ten days after the date on which a valid request to fix a Demand Record Date is received, adopt a resolution fixing the Demand Record Date and shall make a public announcement of such Demand Record Date. If no Demand Record Date has been fixed by the Board of Directors within ten days after the date on which such request is received by the Secretary, the Demand Record Date shall be the 10th day after the first date on which a valid written request to set a Demand Record Date is received by the Secretary. To be valid, such written request shall set forth the purpose or purposes for which the Special Meeting is to be held, shall be signed by one or more shareholders of record (or their duly authorized proxies or other representatives), shall bear the date of signature of each such shareholder (or proxy or other representative) and shall set forth all information about each such shareholder and about the beneficial owner or owners, if any, on whose behalf the request is made that would be required to be set forth in a shareholder’s notice described in paragraph (a) (ii) of Section 2.14 of these Bylaws.

          (c) In order for a shareholder or shareholders to demand a Special Meeting, a written demand or demands for a Special Meeting by the holders of record as of the Demand Record Date of shares representing at least 10% of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the Special Meeting must be delivered to the corporation. To be valid, each written demand by a shareholder for a Special Meeting shall set forth the specific purpose or purposes for which the Special Meeting is to be held (which purpose or purposes shall be limited to the purpose or purposes set forth in the written request to set a Demand Record Date received by the corporation pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.03), shall be signed by one or more persons who as of the Demand Record Date are shareholders of record (or their duly authorized proxies or other representatives), shall bear the date of signature of each such shareholder (or proxy or other representative), and shall set forth the name and address, as they appear in the corporation’s books, of each shareholder signing such demand and the class and number of shares of the corporation which are owned of record and beneficially by each such shareholder, shall be sent to the Secretary by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and shall be received by the Secretary within seventy days after the Demand Record Date.

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          (d) The corporation shall not be required to call a Special Meeting upon shareholder demand unless, in addition to the documents required by paragraph (c) of this Section 2.03, the Secretary receives a written agreement signed by each Soliciting Shareholder (as defined below), pursuant to which each Soliciting Shareholder, jointly and severally, agrees to pay the corporation’s costs of holding the Special Meeting, including the costs of preparing and mailing proxy materials for the corporation’s own solicitation, provided that if each of the resolutions introduced by any Soliciting Shareholder at such meeting is adopted, and each of the individuals nominated by or on behalf of any Soliciting Shareholder for election as a director at such meeting is elected, then the Soliciting Shareholders shall not be required to pay such costs. For purposes of this paragraph (d), the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

     (i) “Affiliate” of any Person (as defined herein) shall mean any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such first Person.

     (ii) “Participant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

     (iii) “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.

     (iv) “Proxy” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 14a-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

     (v) “Solicitation” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

     (vi) “Soliciting Shareholder” shall mean, with respect to any Special Meeting demanded by a shareholder or shareholders, any of the following Persons:

     (A) if the number of shareholders signing the demand or demands of meeting delivered to the corporation pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.03 is ten or fewer, each shareholder signing any such demand;

     (B) if the number of shareholders signing the demand or demands of meeting delivered to the corporation pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.03 is more than ten, each Person who either (I) was a Participant in any Solicitation of such demand or demands or (II) at the time of the delivery to the corporation of the documents described in paragraph (c) of this Section 2.03 had engaged or intends to engage in any Solicitation of Proxies for use at such Special Meeting (other than a Solicitation of Proxies on behalf of the corporation); or

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     (C) any Affiliate of a Soliciting Shareholder, if a majority of the directors then in office determine, reasonably and in good faith, that such Affiliate should be required to sign the written notice described in paragraph (c) of this Section 2.03 and/or the written agreement described in this paragraph (d) in order to prevent the purposes of this Section 2.03 from being evaded.

          (e) Except as provided in the following sentence, any Special Meeting shall be held at such hour and day as may be designated by whichever of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the President shall have called such meeting. In the case of any Special Meeting called by the Chairman of the Board or the President upon the demand of shareholders (a “Demand Special Meeting”), such meeting shall be held at such hour and day as may be designated by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the date of any Demand Special Meeting shall be not more than seventy days after the Meeting Record Date (as defined in Section 2.06 hereof); and provided further that in the event that the directors then in office fail to designate an hour and date for a Demand Special Meeting within ten days after the date that valid written demands for such meeting by the holders of record as of the Demand Record Date of shares representing at least 10% of all the votes entitled to be cast on each issue proposed to be considered at the Special Meeting are delivered to the corporation (the “Delivery Date”), then such meeting shall be held at 2:00 P.M. local time on the 100th day after the Delivery Date or, if such 100th day is not a Business Day (as defined below), on the first preceding Business Day. In fixing a meeting date for any Special Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the President may consider such factors as it or he deems relevant within the good faith exercise of its or his business judgment, including, without limitation, the nature of the action proposed to be taken, the facts and circumstances surrounding any demand for such meeting, and any plan of the Board of Directors to call an Annual Meeting or a Special Meeting for the conduct of related business.

          (f) The corporation may engage regionally or nationally recognized independent inspectors of elections to act as an agent of the corporation for the purpose of promptly performing a ministerial review of the validity of any purported written demand or demands for a Special Meeting received by the Secretary. For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no purported demand shall be deemed to have been delivered to the corporation until the earlier of (i) five Business Days following receipt by the Secretary of such purported demand and (ii) such date as the independent inspectors certify to the corporation that the valid demands received by the Secretary represent at least 10% of all the votes entitled to be cast on each issue proposed to be considered at the Special Meeting. Nothing contained in this paragraph (f) shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply that the Board of Directors or any shareholder shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any demand, whether during or after such five Business Day period, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with respect thereto).

          (g) For purposes of these Bylaws, “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of Wisconsin are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

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          2.04. Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary may designate any place, either within or without the State of Wisconsin, as the place of meeting for any Annual Meeting or for any Special Meeting or for any postponement or adjournment thereof. If no designation is made, the place of meeting shall be the principal business office of the corporation in the State of Wisconsin. Any meeting may be adjourned to reconvene at any place designated by vote of the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary.

          2.05. Notice of Meeting. Written or printed notice stating the date, time and place of any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting shall be delivered not less than three days (unless a longer period is required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law) nor more than 70 days before the date of such meeting either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting and to such other shareholders as required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law. In the event of any Demand Special Meeting, such notice shall be sent not more than 45 days after the Delivery Date. If mailed, notice pursuant to this Section 2.05 shall be deemed to be effective when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock record books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. Unless otherwise required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law or the articles of incorporation of the corporation, a notice of an Annual Meeting need not include a description of the purpose for which the meeting is called. In the case of any Special Meeting, (a) the notice of meeting shall describe any business that the Board of Directors shall have theretofore determined to bring before the meeting and (b) in the case of a Demand Special Meeting, the notice of meeting (i) shall describe any business set forth in the statement of purpose of the demands received by the corporation in accordance with Section 2.03 of these Bylaws and (ii) shall contain all of the information required in the notice received by the corporation in accordance with Section 2.14(b) of these Bylaws. If an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting is adjourned to a different date, time or place, the corporation shall not be required to give notice of the new date, time or place if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment; provided, however, that if a new Meeting Record Date for an adjourned meeting is or must be fixed, the corporation shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to persons who are shareholders as of the new Meeting Record Date.

          2.06. Fixing of Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a date not less than 10 days and not more than 70 days prior to the date of any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting (“Meeting Record Date”). In the case of any Demand Special Meeting, (i) the Meeting Record Date shall not be later than the 30th day after the Delivery Date and (ii) if the Board of Directors fails to fix the Meeting Record Date within 30 days after the Delivery Date, then the close of business on such 30th day shall be the Meeting Record Date. The shareholders of record on the Meeting Record Date shall be the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the meeting. Except as provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law for a court-ordered adjournment, a determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting is effective for any adjournment of such meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new Meeting Record Date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting. The Board

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of Directors may also fix in advance a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to take any other action or determining shareholders for any other purpose. Such record date shall be not more than 70 days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to a distribution (other than a distribution involving a purchase, redemption or other acquisition of the corporation’s shares) or a share dividend is the date on which the Board of Directors authorizes the distribution or share dividend, as the case may be, unless the Board of Directors fixes a different record date.

          2.07. Voting Records. After a Meeting Record Date has been fixed, the corporation shall prepare a list of the names of all of the shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting. The list shall be arranged by class or series of shares, if any, and show the address of, and number of shares held by, each shareholder. Such list shall be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning two business days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing to the date of the meeting, at the corporation’s principal office or at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. A shareholder or his agent may, on written demand, inspect and, subject to the limitations imposed by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, copy the list, during regular business hours and at his expense, during the period that it is available for inspection pursuant to this Section 2.07. The corporation shall make the shareholders’ list available at the meeting and any shareholder or his agent or attorney may inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Refusal or failure to prepare or make available the shareholders’ list shall not affect the validity of any action taken at a meeting of shareholders.

          2.08. Quorum and Voting Requirements; Postponements; Adjournments.

          (a) Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on a matter at any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting only if a quorum of those shares exists with respect to that matter. If the corporation has only one class of stock outstanding, such class shall constitute a separate voting group for purposes of this Section 2.08. Except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation of this corporation or the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter shall constitute a quorum of the voting group for action on that matter. Once a share is represented for any purpose at any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, other than for the purpose of objecting to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting, it is considered present for purposes of determining whether a quorum exists for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting, unless a new Meeting Record Date is or must be set for the adjourned meeting. If a quorum exists, except in the case of the election of directors, action on a matter shall be approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the articles of incorporation of the corporation or the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law requires a greater number of affirmative votes. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation of the corporation, each director shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors at any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting at which a quorum is present.

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          (b) The Board of Directors acting by resolution may postpone and reschedule any previously scheduled Annual Meeting or Special Meeting; provided, however, that a Demand Special Meeting shall not be postponed beyond the 100th day following the Delivery Date. Any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting may be adjourned from time to time, whether or not there is a quorum, (i) at any time, upon a resolution of shareholders if the votes cast in favor of such resolution by the holders of shares of each voting group entitled to vote on any matter theretofore properly brought before the meeting exceed the number of votes cast against such resolution by the holders of shares of each such voting group or (ii) at any time prior to the transaction of any business at such meeting, by the Chairman of the Board or the President or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors. No notice of the time and place of adjourned meetings need be given except as required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

          2.09. Conduct of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board, and in his absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and in his absence, the President, and in their absence, a Vice President in the order provided under Section 4.08, and in their absence, any person chosen by the shareholders present shall call any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting to order and shall act as chairman of such meeting, and the Secretary of the corporation shall act as secretary of all Annual Meetings and Special Meetings, but in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any other person to act as secretary of the meeting.

          2.10. Proxies. At all Annual Meetings and Special Meetings, a shareholder entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy. A shareholder may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act for the shareholder by signing an appointment form, either personally or by his attorney-in-fact. An appointment of a proxy is effective when received by the Secretary or other officer or agent of the corporation authorized to tabulate votes. An appointment is valid for eleven months from the date of its signing unless a different period is expressly provided in the appointment form. Unless otherwise provided, a proxy may be revoked any time before it is voted, either by written notice filed with the Secretary or the acting secretary of the meeting or by oral notice given by the shareholder to the presiding officer during the meeting. The presence of a shareholder who has filed his proxy does not of itself constitute a revocation. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make rules establishing presumptions as to the validity and sufficiency of proxies.

          2.11. Voting of Shares.

          (a) Each outstanding share shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, except to the extent that the voting rights of the shares of any class or classes are enlarged, limited or denied by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law or the articles of incorporation of the corporation.

          (b) Shares held by another corporation, if a sufficient number of shares entitled to elect a majority of the directors of such other corporation is held directly or indirectly by this corporation, shall not be entitled to vote at any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, but shares held in a fiduciary capacity may be voted.

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          2.12. Acceptance of Instruments Showing Shareholder Action. If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment corresponds to the name of a shareholder, the corporation, if acting in good faith, may accept the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment and give it effect as the act of a shareholder. If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment does not correspond to the name of a shareholder, the corporation may accept the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment and give it effect as the act of the shareholder if any of the following apply:

          (a) The shareholder is an entity and the name signed purports to be that of an officer or agent of the entity.

          (b) The name purports to be that of a personal representative, administrator, executor, guardian or conservator representing the shareholder and, if the corporation requests, evidence of fiduciary status acceptable to the corporation is presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment.

          (c) The name signed purports to be that of a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of the shareholder and, if the corporation requests, evidence of this status acceptable to the corporation is presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment.

          (d) The name signed purports to be that of a pledgee, beneficial owner, or attorney-in-fact of the shareholder and, if the corporation requests, evidence acceptable to the corporation of the signatory’s authority to sign for the shareholder is presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment.

          (e) Two or more persons are the shareholder as co-tenants or fiduciaries and the name signed purports to be the name of at least one of the co-owners and the person signing appears to be acting on behalf of all co-owners.

          The corporation may reject a vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment if the Secretary or other officer or agent of the corporation who is authorized to tabulate votes, acting in good faith, has reasonable basis for doubt about the validity of the signature on it or about the signatory’s authority to sign for the shareholder.

          2.13. Waiver of Notice by Shareholders. A shareholder may waive any notice required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, the articles of incorporation of the corporation or these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver shall be in writing and signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice, contain the same information that would have been required in the notice under applicable provisions of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (except that the time and place of meeting need not be stated) and be delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the corporate records. A shareholder’s attendance at any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting, in person or by proxy, waives objection to all of the following: (a) lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and (b) consideration of a particular matter at the meeting

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that is not within the purpose described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

          2.14. Notice of Shareholder Business and Nomination of Directors.

          (a) Annual Meetings.

     (i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the shareholders may be made at an Annual Meeting (A) pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting, (B) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (C) by any shareholder of the corporation who is a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Bylaw and who is entitled to vote at the meeting and complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.14.

     (ii) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a shareholder pursuant to clause (C) of paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.14, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a shareholder’s notice shall be received by the Secretary of the corporation at the principal offices of the corporation not less than 45 days nor more than 70 days prior to the first annual anniversary of the date set forth in the corporation’s proxy statement for the immediately preceding Annual Meeting as the date on which the corporation first mailed definitive proxy materials for the immediately preceding Annual Meeting (the “Anniversary Date”); provided, however, that in the event that the date for which the Annual Meeting is called is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 30 days from the first annual anniversary of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 100th day prior to the date of such Annual Meeting and not later of (A) the 75th day prior to the date of such Annual Meeting or (B) the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such Annual Meeting is first made. In no event shall the announcement of an adjournment of an Annual Meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder notice as described above. Such shareholder’s notice shall be signed by the shareholder of record who intends to make the nomination or introduce the other business (or his duly authorized proxy or other representative), shall bear the date of signature of such shareholder (or proxy or other representative) and shall set forth: (A) the name and address, as they appear on this corporation’s books, of such shareholder and the beneficial owner or owners, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made; (B) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such shareholder or beneficial owner or owners; (C) a representation that such shareholder is a holder of record of shares of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to make the nomination or introduce the other business specified in the notice; (D) in the case of any proposed nomination for election or re-election as a director, (I) the

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name and residence address of the person or persons to be nominated, (II) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such shareholder or beneficial owner or owners and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination is to be made by such shareholder, (III) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such shareholder as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for elections of directors, or would be otherwise required to be disclosed, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, including any information that would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A had the nominee been nominated by the Board of Directors and (IV) the written consent of each nominee to be named in a proxy statement and to serve as a director of the corporation if so elected; and (E) in the case of any other business that such shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, (I) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting and, if such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment, (II) such shareholder’s and beneficial owner’s or owners’ reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and (III) any material interest in such business of such shareholder and beneficial owner or owners.

     (iii) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.14 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the corporation is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the corporation at least 45 days prior to the Anniversary Date, a shareholder’s notice required by this Section 2.14 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be received by the Secretary at the principal offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the corporation.

          (b) Special Meetings. Only such business shall be conducted at a Special Meeting as shall have been described in the notice of meeting sent to shareholders pursuant to Section 2.05 of these Bylaws. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a Special Meeting at which directors are to be elected pursuant to such notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any shareholder of the corporation who (A) is a shareholder of record at the time of giving of such notice of meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (C) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.14. Any shareholder desiring to nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors at such a Special Meeting shall cause a written notice to be received by the Secretary of the corporation at the principal offices of the corporation not earlier than ninety days prior to such Special Meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (x) the 60th day prior to such Special Meeting and (y) the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of such Special Meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. Such written notice shall be signed by the shareholder of

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record who intends to make the nomination (or his duly authorized proxy or other representative), shall bear the date of signature of such shareholder (or proxy or other representative) and shall set forth: (A) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation’s books, of such shareholder and the beneficial owner or owners, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made; (B) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such shareholder or beneficial owner or owners; (C) a representation that such shareholder is a holder of record of shares of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to make the nomination specified in the notice; (D) the name and residence address of the person or persons to be nominated; (E) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such shareholder or beneficial owner or owners and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination is to be made by such shareholder; (F) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such shareholder as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for elections of directors, or would be otherwise required to be disclosed, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, including any information that would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A had the nominee been nominated by the Board of Directors; and (G) the written consent of each nominee to be named in a proxy statement and to serve as a director of the corporation if so elected.

          (c) General.

     (i) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.14 shall be eligible to serve as directors. Only such business shall be conducted at an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting as shall have been brought before such meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.14. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.14 and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Section 2.14, to declare that such defective proposal shall be disregarded.

     (ii) For purposes of this Section 2.14, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

     (iii) 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. Nothing in this Section 2.14 shall be deemed to limit the corporation’s obligation to include shareholder proposals in its proxy statement if such inclusion is required by Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

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ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

          3.01 General Powers; Number and Classification; Vacancy.

          (a) All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed under the direction of, the Board of Directors.

          (b) The number of directors of the corporation shall be not less than 7 nor more than 17, as determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, divided into three substantially equal classes and designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively. Commencing at a Special Meeting to be held promptly after the adoption of these Bylaws, a class of directors shall be elected to Class I for a term to expire at the 1992 Annual Meeting, a class of directors shall be elected to Class II for a term to expire at the 1993 Annual Meeting and a class of directors shall be elected to Class III for a term to expire at the 1994 Annual Meeting and, in each case, until their successors are duly qualified and elected. At each Annual Meeting thereafter the successors to the class of directors whose term shall expire at the time of Annual Meeting shall be elected to hold office until the third succeeding Annual Meeting, and until their successors are duly qualified and elected or until there is a decrease in the number of directors that takes effect after the expiration of their term.

          (c) Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors, including a vacancy created by an increase in the number of directors, shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining director. Any director so elected shall serve until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his successor shall be duly qualified and elected.

          3.02. Resignations and Qualifications. A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice which complies with the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or to the corporation. A director’s resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date. Directors need not be residents of the State of Wisconsin or shareholders of the corporation.

          3.03. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this Bylaw immediately after the Annual Meeting. The place of such regular meeting shall be the same as the place of the Annual Meeting which precedes it, or such other suitable place as may be announced to directors at or before such Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the date, time and place, either within or without the State of Wisconsin, for the holding of additional regular meetings of the Board of Directors without other notice than such resolution.

          3.04. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the Chairman of the Board, President, Secretary or any two directors. The Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary may designate any place, either within or

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without the State of Wisconsin, as the place for holding any such special meeting. If no designation is made, the place of meeting shall be the principal business office of the corporation in the State of Wisconsin.

          3.05 Notice; Waiver. Notice of each meeting of the Board of Directors (unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to Section 3.03) shall be given to each director not less than 24 hours prior to the meeting by giving oral, telephonic or written notice to a director communicated in person, or by telegram, facsimile or other form of wire or wireless communication, or not less than 48 hours prior to a meeting by delivering, sending by private carrier or mailing written notice to the business address or such other address as a director shall have designated in writing filed with the Secretary. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be effective when deposited in the United States mail so addressed with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be effective when the telegram addressed as in case of notice by mail is delivered to the telegraph company. If notice is given by private carrier, such notice shall be deemed to be effective when the notice addressed as in case of notice by mail is delivered to the private carrier. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given to any director of the corporation under the articles of incorporation of the corporation, these Bylaws or any provision of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, a waiver thereof in writing, signed at any time, whether before or after the date and time of meeting, by the director entitled to such notice, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. The corporation shall retain any such waiver as part of its permanent corporate records, but only for so long as such other permanent corporate records are maintained. A director’s attendance at, or participation in, a meeting waives any required notice to him of the meeting unless the director at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon his arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice, or waiver of notice, of such meeting.

          3.06. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, the articles of incorporation of the corporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the number of directors fixed in Section 3.01 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but a majority of the directors present (though less than such quorum) may adjourn any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, as the case may be, from time to time without further notice. Except as otherwise provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, the articles of incorporation or by these Bylaws, a quorum of any committee of the Board of Directors created pursuant to Section 3.12 hereof shall consist of a majority of the number of directors appointed to serve on the committee, but a majority of the members present (though less than a quorum) may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

          3.07. Manner of Acting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, the articles of incorporation of this corporation or these Bylaws.

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          3.08. Conduct of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board, and in his absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, and in their absence, the President and in their absence, a Vice President in the order provided under Section 4.08, and in their absence, any director chosen by the directors present, shall call meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any Assistant Secretary or any director or any other person present to act as secretary of the meeting. Minutes of any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be prepared and distributed to each director.

          3.09. Compensation. The Board of Directors, irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, may establish reasonable compensation of all directors for services to the corporation as directors, officers or otherwise, or may delegate such authority to an appropriate committee. The Board of Directors also shall have authority to provide for, or to delegate authority to an appropriate committee to provide for, reasonable pensions, disability or death benefits, and other benefits or payments, to directors, officers and employees and to their estates, families, dependents, or beneficiaries on account of prior services rendered by such directors, officers and employees to the corporation.

          3.10. Unanimous Consent Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted by the articles of incorporation of the corporation, these Bylaws or any provision of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law to be taken by the Board of Directors (or any committee thereof created pursuant to Section 3.12) at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all members of the Board of Directors or of the committee, as the case may be, then in office. Any such consent action may be signed in separate counterparts and shall be effective when the last director or committee member signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date.

          3.11. Presumption of Assent. A director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof of which he is a member at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless any of the following occurs: (a) the director objects at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon his arrival to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; (b) the director’s dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or (c) the director delivers written notice that complies with the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law of his dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent or abstain shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.

          3.12. Committees.

          (a) (i) An Executive Committee consisting of three or more members of the Board of Directors be and it hereby is created. The Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the number of directors fixed in Section 3.01, shall designate the members of the Executive Committee, one of whom shall be designated by the Board of Directors as Chairman of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall have and may exercise all powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation when

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the Board of Directors is not in session; provided, however, that the Executive Committee shall have no power or authority to take action on behalf of the Board of Directors to the extent limited in Section 3.12(b) of these Bylaws or the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law. The Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to fill vacancies in, to change the members of, or to dissolve the Executive Committee by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining director.

          (ii) Notice of each meeting of the Executive Committee shall be given to each member thereof in accordance with Section 3.05. The attendance or participation of a committee member at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of required notice to him of such meeting, unless the committee member at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon his arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, not the purpose of, any meeting of the Executive Committee need be specified in the notice, or waiver of notice, of such meeting.

          (iii) The act of the majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Executive Committee, unless the act of a greater number is required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law or by the articles incorporation of the corporation or these Bylaws.

          (iv) The Chairman of the Executive Committee, and, in his absence, any member chosen by the members present, shall call meetings of the Executive Committee to order and shall act as chairman of the meeting. The presiding officer may appoint any member or other person present to act as secretary of the meeting. Unless otherwise provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, the articles of incorporation of the corporation or these Bylaws, the Executive Committee shall fix its own rules governing the conduct of its activities and shall keep and report to the Board of Directors regular minutes of the proceedings of the Executive Committee for subsequent approval by the Board of Directors.

          (b) The Board of Directors by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the number of directors fixed in Section 3.01 may designate one or more other committees, appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on the committees and designate other members of the Board of Directors to serve as alternates. Alternate members of a committee shall take the place of any absent member or members at any meeting of such committee upon request of the Chairman of the Board or the President or upon request of the chairman of such meeting. Each committee (other than the Executive Committee) shall consist of two or more directors elected by, and to serve at the pleasure of, the Board of Directors. A committee may be authorized to exercise the authority of the Board of Directors, except that a committee (including the Executive Committee) may not do any of the following: (a) authorize distributions; (b) approve or propose to shareholders action that the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law requires to be approved by shareholders; (c) fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or, unless the Board of Directors provides by resolution that vacancies on a committee shall be filled by the affirmative vote of the remaining committee members, on any Board committee; (d) amend the articles of incorporation of the corporation; (e) adopt, amend or repeal

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these Bylaws; (f) approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval; (g) authorize or approve reacquisition of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the Board of Directors; and (h) authorize or approve the issuance or sale or contract for sale of shares, or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences and limitations of a class or series of shares, except that the Board of Directors may authorize a committee to do so within limits prescribed by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in creating the committee, a committee (including the Executive Committee) may employ counsel, accountants and other consultants to assist it in the exercise of its authority. Notices of committee meetings shall be given to committee members in compliance with Section 3.05. Each such committee shall fix its own rules governing the conduct of its activities and shall make such reports to the Board of Directors of its activities as the Board of Directors may request.

          3.13. Telephonic Meetings. Except as herein provided and notwithstanding any place set forth in the notice of the meeting or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors (and any committees thereof created pursuant to Section 3.12) may participate in regular or special meetings by, or through the use of, any means of communication by which all participants may simultaneously hear each other, such as by conference telephone. If a meeting is conducted by such means, then at the commencement of such meeting the presiding officer shall inform the participating directors that a meeting is taking place at which official business may be transacted. Any participant in a meeting by such means shall be deemed present in person at such meeting. If action is to be taken at any meeting held by such means on any of the following: (a) a plan of merger or share exchange; (b) a sale, lease, exchange or other disputation of substantial property or assets of the corporation; (c) a voluntary dissolution or the revocation of voluntary dissolution proceedings; or (d) a filing for bankruptcy, then the identity of each director participating in such meeting must be verified by the disclosure at such meeting by each such director of each such director’s social security number to the secretary of the meeting before a vote may be taken on any of the foregoing matters. For purposes of the preceding clause (b), the phrase “sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of substantial property or assets” shall mean any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of property or assets of the corporation having a net book value equal to 10% or more of the net book value of the total assets of the corporation on and as of the close of the fiscal year last ended prior to the date of such meeting and as to which financial statements of the corporation have been prepared.

ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS

          4.01. Number. The principal offices of the corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, as authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, a Controller, a Secretary and a Treasurer and such other officers and agents as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine necessary, each of whom shall be chosen by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may also from time to time elect or appoint a Chairman of the Board and a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also authorize any duly authorized officer to appoint one or more officers or assistant officers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

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          4.02. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation to be elected by the Board of Directors shall be elected annually at the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after each Annual Meeting. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as practicable. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly chosen or until his prior death, resignation or removal.

          4.03. Removal. The Board of Directors may remove any officer and, unless restricted by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws, an officer may remove any officer or assistant officer appointed by that officer, at any time, with or without cause and notwithstanding the contract rights, if any, of the officer removed. The election or appointment of an officer does not of itself create contract rights.

          4.04. Resignations and Vacancies.

          (a) An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice to the corporation that complies with the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law. The resignation shall be effective when the notice is delivered, unless the notice specifies a later effective date and the corporation accepts the later effective date.

          (b) A vacancy in the office of President, Secretary or Treasurer shall be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term. A vacancy in any other office may also be filled by the Board of Directors, should it deem it necessary to do so. If a resignation of an officer is effective at a later date as contemplated by this Section 4.04, the Board of Directors may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the Board of Directors provides that the successor may not take office until the effective date.

          4.05. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, shall preside at all Annual Meetings and Special Meetings, if he desires to do so, and at all meetings of the Board of Directors. The Chairman shall have authority to sign, execute and acknowledge, on behalf of the corporation, all deeds, mortgages, bonds, stock certificates, contracts, leases, reports and all other departments or instruments necessary or proper to be executed in the course of the corporation’s regular business, or which shall be authorized by the Board of Directors.

          4.06. Vice Chairman of the Board. The Vice Chairman of the Board, if one shall be elected or appointed, shall in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, perform the duties and functions of the Chairman of the Board. He shall also in general perform such other duties and functions as may be delegated or assigned to him by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board.

          4.07. President. The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation. Subject to the control of the Board of Directors, the President shall, in general, supervise and control the business and affairs of the corporation. The President shall have authority, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, to appoint and remove such agents and employees of the corporation as he shall deem necessary, to prescribe their powers, duties and compensation and to delegate authority to them. He shall have authority

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to sign, execute and acknowledge, on behalf of the corporation, all deeds, mortgages, contracts, leases, reports and all other documents or instruments necessary or proper to be executed in the course of the corporation’s regular business, or which shall be authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; and, except as otherwise provided by law or the Board of Directors, he may authorize any Executive Vice President or any Vice President or other officer or agent of the corporation to sign, execute and acknowledge such documents or instruments in his place and stead. In general he shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and Chief Executive Officer and such other duties as may be assigned or delegated by the Board of Directors from time to time.

          4.08. The Vice Presidents. The Board of Directors shall elect one or more Vice Presidents as it shall deem necessary for the carrying out of the corporation’s business, some of whom may be designated as Executive Vice Presidents and some of whom may be designated as Senior Vice Presidents. In the absence of the President or in the event of his death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or, in the event there be more than one Vice President, giving priority to any Executive Vice Presidents, and then to any Senior Vice Presidents (in the order of their respective priorities), but otherwise in the order designated by the Board of Directors or in the absence of any such designation, then in order of choosing) shall perform the duties of the President and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all restrictions upon the President. Any Vice President shall perform such duties and have such authority, as, from time to time, may be delegated or assigned to him by the President, or by the Board of Directors. The execution of any instrument of the corporation by any Vice President shall be conclusive evidence as to third parties of his authority to act in the stead of the President.

          4.09. The Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the Annual Meetings and Special Meetings and other meetings of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for that purpose (including records of consent actions taken by the shareholders or the Board of Directors (or committees thereof) without a meeting; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see that the seal of the corporation is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) maintain a record of the shareholders of the corporation, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders, by class or series of shares, if any, and showing the number and class or series of shares, if any, held by each shareholder; (e) sign with the President, or a Vice President, certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation; and (g) in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and have such other duties and exercise such authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to him by the President, any Vice President or the Board of Directors.

          4.10. The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; (b) receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as

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shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.04; and (c) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and have such other duties and exercise such other authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to him by the President, any Vice President or the Board of Directors. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine.

          4.11. Controller. Subject to the control and supervision of the Board of Directors, the Controller shall have charge of the books of account of the corporation and maintain appropriate accounting records and he shall perform such other duties and exercise such other authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to him by the Board of Directors, the President or the Vice President responsible for financial matters.

          4.12. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. There shall be such number of Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers as the Board of Directors may from time to time authorize. The Assistant Secretaries may sign with the President or a Vice President certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. The Assistant Treasurers shall respectively, if required by the Board of Directors, give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in such sums and with such sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine. The Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties and have such authority as shall from time to time be delegated or assigned to them by the Secretary or the Treasurer, respectively, or by the President, any Vice President or the Board of Directors.

          4.13. Other Assistants and Acting Officers. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint, or to authorize any duly appointed officer of the corporation to appoint, any person to act as assistant to any officer, or as agent for the corporation in his stead, or to perform the duties of such officer whenever for any reason it is impracticable for such officer to act personally, and such assistant or acting officer or other agent so appointed by the Board of Directors or an authorized officer shall have the power to perform all the duties of the office to which he is so appointed to be assistant, or as to which he is so appointed to act, except as such power may be otherwise defined or restricted by the Board of Directors or the appointing officer.

          4.14. Salaries. The salaries of the principal officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors or, except in the case of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, President or any Executive Vice President, by a duly authorized committee thereof, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he is also a director of the corporation.

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ARTICLE V. CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS
AND DEPOSITS; SPECIAL CORPORATE ACTS

          5.01. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute or deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances. In the absence of other designation, all deeds, mortgages and instruments of assignment or pledge made by the corporation shall be executed in the name of the corporation by the President or any Vice President and by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer; the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, when necessary or required, shall affix the corporate seal thereto; and when so executed no other party to such instrument or any third party shall be required to make any inquiry into the authority of the signing officer or officers.

          5.02. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.

          5.03. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors.

          5.04. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as may be selected by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors.

          5.05. Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation. Subject always to the specific directions of the Board of Directors, any share or shares of stock or other securities issued by any other corporation and owned or controlled by the corporation may be voted at any meeting of security holders of such other corporation by the President or by any Vice President who may be present. Whenever, in the judgment of the President or of any Vice President, it is desirable for the corporation to execute a proxy or written consent in respect to any share or shares of stock or other securities issued by any other corporation and owned by the corporation, such proxy or consent shall be executed in the name of the corporation by the President or by any one of the Vice Presidents and, if required, should be attested by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary under the corporate seal without necessity of any authorization by the Board of Directors. Any person or persons designated in the manner above stated as the proxy or proxies of the corporation shall have full right, power and authority to vote the share or shares of stock issued by such other corporation and owned by the corporation the same as such share or shares might be voted by the corporation.

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          5.06. No Nominee Procedures. The corporation has not established, and nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to establish, any procedure by which a beneficial owner of the corporation’s shares that are registered in the name of a nominee is recognized by the corporation as the shareholder under Section 180.0723 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law.

ARTICLE VI. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

          6.01. Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be in such form consistent with the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be registered upon the stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except as provided in Section 6.06.

          6.02. Facsimile Signature and Seal. The seal of the corporation on any certificates for shares may be a facsimile. The signatures of the President or Vice President and the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is manually countersigned (a) by a transfer agent other than the corporation or its employee, or (b) by a registrar other than the corporation or its employee.

          6.03. Signature by Former Officers. The validity of a share certificate is not affected if a person who signed the certificate (either manually or in facsimile) no longer holds office when the certificate is issued. If any officer, who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any certificate for shares, has ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of its issue.

          6.04. Transfer of Shares. Prior to due presentment of a certificate for shares for registration of transfer the corporation may treat the registered owner of such shares as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner. Where a certificate for shares is presented to the corporation with a request to register for transfer, the corporation shall not be liable to the owner or any other person suffering loss as a result of such registration of transfer if (a) there were on the certificate the necessary endorsements, and (b) the corporation had no duty to inquire into adverse claims or has discharged any such duty. The corporation may require reasonable assurance that such endorsements are genuine and effective and compliance with such other regulations as may be prescribed under the authority of the Board of Directors.

          6.05. Restrictions on Transfer. The face or reverse side of each certificate representing shares shall bear a conspicuous notation of any restriction imposed by the corporation upon the transfer of such shares.

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          6.06. Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the person requesting such new certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

          6.07. Consideration for Shares. The Board of Directors may authorize shares to be issued for consideration consisting of any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the corporation, including cash, promissory notes, services performed, contracts for services to be performed or other securities of the corporation. Before the corporation issues shares, the Board of Directors shall determine that the consideration received or to be received for the shares to be issued is adequate. The determination of the Board of Directors is conclusive insofar as the adequacy of consideration for the issuance of shares relates to whether the shares are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The corporation may place in escrow shares issued in whole or in part for a contract for future services or benefits, a promissory note, or other property to be issued in the future, or make other arrangements to restrict the transfer of the shares, and may credit distributions in respects of the shares against their purchase price, until the services are performed, the benefits or property are received or the promissory note is paid. If the services are not performed, the benefits or property are not received or the promissory note is not paid, the corporation may cancel, in whole or in part, the shares escrowed or restricted and the distributions credited.

          6.08. Stock Regulations. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make all such further rules and regulations not inconsistent with the statues of the State of Wisconsin as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates representing shares of the corporation.

ARTICLE VII. SEAL

          7.01. The Board of Directions shall provide a corporate seal for the corporation which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, and the state of incorporation and the words, “Corporate Seal.”

ARTICLE VIII. INDEMNIFICATION

          8.01. Certain Definitions. All capitalized terms used in this Article VIII and not otherwise hereinafter defined in this Section 8.01 shall have the meaning set forth in Section 180.0850 of the Statute. The following terms (including any plural forms thereof) used in this Article VIII shall be defined as follows:

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          (a) “Affiliate” shall include, without limitation, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Corporation.

          (b) “Authority” shall mean the entity selected by the Director or Officer to determine his or her right to indemnification pursuant to Section 8.04.

          (c) “Board” shall mean the entire then elected and serving Board of Directors of the Corporation, including all members thereof who are Parties to the subject Proceeding or any related Proceeding.

          (d) “Breach of Duty” shall mean the Director or Officer breached or failed to perform his or her duties to the Corporation and his or her breach of or failure to perform those duties is determined, in accordance with Section 8.04, to constitute misconduct under Section 180.0851 (2) (a) 1, 2, 3 or 4 of the Statute.

          (e) “Corporation,” as used herein and as defined in the Statute and incorporated by reference into the definitions of certain other capitalized terms used herein, shall mean this Corporation, including, without limitation, any successor corporation or entity to this Corporation by way of merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or substantially all of the capital stock or assets of this Corporation.

          (f) “Director or Officer” shall have the meaning set forth in the Statute; provided, that, for purposes of this Article VIII, it shall be conclusively presumed that any Director or Officer serving as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member of any governing or decision-making committee, employee or agent of an Affiliate shall be so serving at the request of the Corporation.

          (g) “Disinterested Quorum” shall mean a quorum of the Board who are not Parties to the subject Proceeding or any related Proceeding.

          (h) “Party” shall have the meaning set forth in the Statute; provided, that, for purposes of this Article VIII, the term “Party” shall also include any Director or Officer or employee who is or was a witness in a Proceeding at a time when he or she has not otherwise been formally named a Party thereto.

          (i) “Proceeding” shall have the meaning set forth in the Statute; provided, that, in accordance with Section 180.0859 of the Statute and for purposes of this Article VIII, the term “Proceeding” shall also include all Proceedings (i) brought under (in whole or in part) the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, their respective state counterparts, and/or any rule or regulation promulgated under any of the foregoing; (ii) brought before an Authority or otherwise to enforce rights hereunder; (iii) any appeal from a Proceeding; and (iv) any Proceeding in which the Director or Officer is a plaintiff or petitioner because he or she is a

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Director or Officer; provided, however, that any such Proceeding under this subsection (iv) must be authorized by a majority vote of a Disinterested Quorum.

          (j) “Statute” shall mean Sections 180.0850 through 180.0859, inclusive, of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law as the same shall then be in effect, including any amendments thereto, but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent such amendment permits or requires the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than the Statute permitted or required the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment.

          8.02 Mandatory Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted or required by the Statute, the Corporation shall indemnify a Director or Officer against all Liabilities incurred by or on behalf of such Director or Officer in connection with a Proceeding in which the Director or Officer is a Party because he or she is a Director or Officer.

          8.03. Procedural Requirements.

          (a) A Director or Officer who seeks indemnification under Section 8.02 shall make a written request therefor to the Corporation. Subject to Section 8.03 (b), within 120 days of the Corporation’s receipt of such request, the Corporation shall pay or reimburse the Director or Officer for the entire amount of Liabilities incurred by the Director or Officer in connection with the subject Proceeding (net of any Expenses previously advanced pursuant to Section 8.05).

          (b) No indemnification shall be required to be paid by the Corporation pursuant to Section 8.02 if, within such 120-day period, (i) a Disinterested Quorum, by a majority vote thereof, determines that the Director or Officer requesting indemnification engaged in misconduct constituting a Breach of Duty or (ii) a Disinterested Quorum cannot be obtained.

          (c) In either case of nonpayment pursuant to Section 8.03(b), the Board shall immediately authorize by resolution that an Authority, as provided in Section 8.04, determine whether the Director’s or Officer’s conduct constituted a Breach of Duty and, therefore, whether indemnification should be denied hereunder.

          (d) (i) If the Board does not authorize an Authority to determine the Director’s or Officer’s right to indemnification hereunder within such 120-day period and/or (ii) if indemnification of the requested amount of Liabilities is paid by the Corporation, then it shall be conclusively presumed for all purposes that a Disinterested Quorum has affirmatively determined that the Director or Officer did not engage in misconduct constituting a Breach of Duty and, in the case of subsection (i) above (but not subsection (ii)), indemnification by the Corporation of the requested amount of Liabilities shall be paid to the Director or Officer immediately.

          8.04. Determination of Indemnification.

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indemnification shall have the absolute discretionary authority to select one of the following as such Authority:

     (i) An independent legal counsel; provided, that such counsel shall be mutually selected by such Director or Officer and by a majority vote of a Disinterested Quorum or, if a Disinterested Quorum cannot be obtained, then by a majority vote of the Board; or

     (ii) A panel of three arbitrators selected from the panels of arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; provided, that (A) one arbitrator shall be selected by such Director or Officer, the second arbitrator shall be selected by a majority vote of a Disinterested Quorum or, if a Disinterested Quorum cannot be obtained, then by a majority vote of the Board, and the third arbitrator shall be selected by the two previously selected arbitrators, and (B) in all other respects, such panel shall be governed by the American Arbitration Association’s then existing Commercial Arbitration Rules.

          (b) In any such determination by the selected Authority there shall exist a rebuttable presumption that the Director’s or Officer’s conduct did not constitute a Breach of Duty and that indemnification against the requested amount of Liabilities is required. The burden of rebutting such a presumption by clear and convincing evidence shall be on the Corporation or such other party asserting that such indemnification should not be allowed.

          (c) The Authority shall make its determination within 60 days of being selected and shall submit a written opinion of its conclusion simultaneously to both the Corporation and the Director or Officer.

          (d) If the Authority determines that indemnification is required hereunder, the Corporation shall pay the entire requested amount of Liabilities (net of any Expenses previously advanced pursuant to Section 8.05), including interest thereon at a reasonable rate, as determined by the Authority, within 10 days of receipt of the Authority’s opinion; provided, that, if it is determined by the Authority that a Director or Officer is entitled to indemnification against Liabilities’ incurred in connection with some claims, issues or matters, but not as to other claims, issues or matters, involved in the subject Proceeding, the Corporation shall be required to pay (as set forth above) only the amount of such requested Liabilities as the Authority shall deem appropriate in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding.

          (e) The determination by the Authority that indemnification is required hereunder shall be binding upon the Corporation regardless of any prior determination that the Director or Officer engaged in a Breach of Duty.

          (f) All Expenses incurred in the determination process under this Section 8.04 by either the Corporation or the Director or Officer, including, without limitation, all Expenses of the selected Authority, shall be paid by the Corporation.

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          8.05. Mandatory Allowance of Expenses.

          (a) The Corporation shall pay or reimburse from time to time or at any time, within 10 days after the receipt of the Director’s or Officer’s written request therefor, the reasonable Expenses of the Director or Officer as such Expenses are incurred; provided, the following conditions are satisfied:

     (i) The Director or Officer furnishes to the Corporation an executed written certificate affirming his or her good faith belief that he or she has not engaged in misconduct which constitutes a Breach of Duty; and

     (ii) The Director or Officer furnishes to the Corporation an unsecured executed written agreement to repay any advances made under this Section 8.05 if it is ultimately determined by an Authority that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation for such Expenses pursuant to Section 8.04.

          (b) If the Director or Officer must repay any previously advanced Expenses pursuant to this Section 8.05, such Director or Officer shall not be required to pay interest on such amounts.

          8.06. Indemnification and Allowance of Expenses of Certain Others.

          (a) The Board may, in its sole and absolute discretion as it deems appropriate, pursuant to a majority vote thereof, indemnify a director or officer of an Affiliate (who is not otherwise serving as a Director or Officer) against all Liabilities, and shall advance the reasonable Expenses, incurred by such director or officer in a Proceeding to the same extent hereunder as if such director or officer incurred such Liabilities because he or she was a Director or Officer, if such director or officer is a Party thereto because he or she is or was a director or officer of the Affiliate.

          (b) The Corporation shall indemnify an employee who is not a Director or Officer, to the extent he or she has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of a Proceeding, for all Expenses incurred in the Proceeding if the employee was a Party because he or she was an employee of the Corporation.

          (c) The Board may, in its sole and absolute discretion as it deems appropriate, pursuant to a majority vote thereof, indemnify (to the extent not otherwise provided in Section 8.06(b) hereof) against Liabilities incurred by, and/or provide for the allowance of reasonable Expenses of, an employee or authorized agent of the Corporation acting within the scope of his or her duties as such and who is not otherwise a Director or Officer.

          8.07. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a Director or Officer or any individual who is or was an employee or authorized agent of the Corporation against any Liability asserted against or incurred by such individual in his or her

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capacity as such or arising from his or her status as such, regardless of whether the Corporation is required or permitted to indemnify against any such Liability under this Article VIII.

          8.08. Severability. If any provision of this Article VIII shall be deemed invalid or inoperative, or if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any of the provisions of this Article VIII contravene public policy, this Article VIII shall be construed so that the remaining provisions shall not be affected, but shall remain in full force and effect, and any such provisions which are invalid or inoperative or which contravene public policy shall be deemed, without further action or deed by or on behalf of the Corporation, to be modified, amended and/or limited, but only to the extent necessary to render the same valid and enforceable; it being understood that it is the Corporation’s intention to provide the Directors and Officers with the broadest possible protection against personal liability allowable under the Statute.

          8.09. Nonexclusively of Article VIII. The rights of a Director, Officer or employee (or any other person) granted under this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to indemnification against Liabilities or allowance of Expenses which the Director, Officer or employee (or such other person) may be entitled to under any written agreement, Board resolution, vote of shareholders of the Corporation or otherwise, including, without limitation, under the Statute. Nothing contained in this Article VIII shall be deemed to limit the Corporation’s obligations to indemnify against Liabilities or allow Expenses to a Director, Officer or employee under the Statute.

          8.10. Contractual Nature of Article VIII; Repeal or Limitation of Rights. This Article VIII shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each Director, Officer and employee of the Corporation and any repeal or other limitation of this Article VIII or any repeal or limitation of the Statute or any other applicable law shall not limit any rights of indemnification against Liabilities or allowance of Expenses then existing or arising out of events, acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or limitation, including, without limitation, the right to indemnification against Liabilities or allowance of Expenses for Proceedings commenced after such repeal or limitation to enforce this Article VIII with regard to acts, omissions or events arising prior to such repeal or limitation.

ARTICLE IX. FISCAL YEAR

          9.01. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE X. AMENDMENTS

          10.01. By Shareholders. Except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation of the corporation or these Bylaws, these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted by the shareholders at any Annual Meeting or Special Meeting at which a quorum is in attendance.

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          10.02. By Directors. Except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation of the corporation or these Bylaws, these Bylaws may also be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted by the Board of Directors by affirmative vote of a majority of the number of directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is in attendance; provided, however, that notice of any proposal to take any such action shall have been given to each director not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting by one of the methods set forth in Section 3.05; but no Bylaw adopted by the shareholders shall be amended, repealed or readopted by the Board of Directors unless the Bylaw so adopted so permits.

          10.03. Implied Amendments. Except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation of the corporation or these Bylaws, any action taken or authorized by the shareholders or by the Board of Directors, which would be inconsistent with the Bylaws then in effect but is taken or authorized by affirmative vote of not less than the number of shares or the number of directors required to amend the Bylaws so that the Bylaws would be consistent with such action, shall be given the same effect as though the Bylaws had been temporarily amended or suspended so far, but only so far, as is necessary to permit the specific action so taken or authorized.

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EXHIBIT 11

MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
STATEMENT RE COMPUTATION OF NET INCOME PER SHARE
Three and Nine Month Periods Ended September 30, 2004 and 2003

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
  September 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
            (In thousands of dollars, except per share data)        
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE
                               
Average common shares outstanding
    97,760       98,489       97,987       98,879  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income
  $ 134,069     $ 105,129     $ 418,666     $ 390,016  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Basic earnings per share
  $ 1.37     $ 1.07     $ 4.27     $ 3.94  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
                               
Adjusted weighted average shares outstanding:
                               
Average common shares outstanding
    97,760       98,489       97,987       98,879  
Common stock equivalents
    626       336       591       204  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Adjusted weighted average diluted shares outstanding
    98,386       98,825       98,578       99,083  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income
  $ 134,069     $ 105,129     $ 418,666     $ 390,016  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Diluted earnings per share
  $ 1.36     $ 1.06     $ 4.25     $ 3.94  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

 

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Exhibit 31.1

I, Curt S. Culver, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of MGIC Investment Corporation;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:

a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
 
b)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
c)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 


 

b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 9, 2004

 
\s\ Curt S. Culver
Curt S. Culver
Chief Executive Officer

 

exv31w2
 

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, J. Michael Lauer, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of MGIC Investment Corporation;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:

(a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
 
(b)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
(c)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 


 

(b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 9, 2004

 
\s\ J. Michael Lauer
J. Michael Lauer
Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 32

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATIONS

The undersigned, Curt S. Culver, Chief Executive Officer of MGIC Investment Corporation (the “Company”), and J. Michael Lauer, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S. C. Section 1350, that to our knowledge:

(1)   the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended September 30, 2004 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
(2)   the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: November 9, 2004

 
\s\ Curt S. Culver
Curt S. Culver
Chief Executive Officer
 
\s\ J. Michael Lauer
J. Michael Lauer
Chief Financial Officer