ARTICLE V
Contracts, Checks, Drafts, Bank Accounts, Etc.
Section 1.Contracts. – The chairman, chief executive officer, any executive vice president and such other persons as the chairman, chief executive officer or the Board of Directors may authorize shall have the power to execute any contract or other instrument on behalf of the Corporation. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may authorize the power to execute any contract or other instrument on behalf of the Corporation to the lead director or the chairman of a standing committee of the Corporation. No other officer, agent or employee shall, unless otherwise in theseBy-Laws provided, have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or acknowledgement, or pledge its credit or render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose or to any amount.
Section 2.Loans. – The chairman, chief executive officer, any executive vice president and such other persons as the chief executive officer or the Board of Directors may authorize shall have the power to effect loans and advances at any time for the Corporation from any bank, trust company or other institution, or from any corporation, firm or individual, and for such loans and advances may make, execute and deliver promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, and, as security for the payment of any and all loans, advances, indebtedness and liability of the Corporation, may pledge, hypothecate or transfer any and all stocks, securities and other property at any time held by the Corporation, and to that end endorse, assign and deliver the same.
Section 3.Voting of Stock Held. – The chairman, chief executive officer, any executive vice president or the secretary may from time to time appoint an attorney or attorneys or agent or agents of the Corporation to cast the votes that the Corporation may be entitled to cast as a shareholder or otherwise in any other corporation, any of whose stock or securities may be held by the Corporation, at meetings of the holders of the stock or other securities of such other corporation, or to consent in writing to any action by such other corporation, and may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such consent, and may execute or cause to be executed on behalf of the Corporation such written proxies, consents, waivers or other instruments as such officer may deem necessary or proper in the premises; or the chairman, chief executive officer, any executive vice president or the secretary may attend any meeting of the holders of stock or other securities of such other corporation and thereat vote or exercise any and all powers of the Corporation as the holder of such stock or other securities of such other corporation.
ARTICLE VI
Certificates Representing Shares
Shares of the Corporation shall be uncertificated shares beginning on June 15, 2012. Notwithstanding the foregoing, shares represented by a certificate issued prior to June 15, 2012, shall be certificated shares until such certificate is surrendered to this Corporation. Certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall be signed by the chairman, chief executive officer or any vice president and the secretary or any assistant secretary. Any and all signatures on such certificates, including signatures of officers, transfer agents and registrars, may be facsimile.
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