| ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 8.1 Execution of Instruments. All agreements, indentures, mortgages, deeds, conveyances, transfers, contracts, checks, notes, drafts, loan documents, letters of credit, guarantees, master agreements, swap agreements, security and pledge agreements, guarantees of signatures, certificates, declarations, receipts, discharges, releases, satisfactions, settlements, petitions, schedules, accounts, affidavits, bonds, undertakings, powers of attorney, and other instruments or documents may be signed, executed, acknowledged, verified, attested, delivered or accepted on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer, any Executive Vice President, any Vice President or any individual who is listed on the personnel records of the Corporation in a position equal to any of the aforementioned officer positions, or such other officers, employees or agents as the Board of Directors or any of such designated officers or individuals may direct. The provisions of this Section 7.1 are supplementary to any other provision of these By-Laws and shall not be construed to authorize execution of instruments otherwise dictated by law. Section 8.2 Shares of Other Corporations. The Chief Executive Officer, any Executive Vice President, Vice President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary or Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer, or such other officers, employees or agents as the Board of Directors or such designated officers may direct, are authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of the Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporations or associations standing in the name of the Corporation. The authority herein granted to said individual to vote or represent on behalf of the Corporation any and all shares held by the Corporation in any other corporations or associations may be exercised either by the individual in person or by any duly executed proxy or power of attorney. Section 8.3 Seal. Any Secretary, Assistant Secretary or person authorized to execute instruments in accordance with Section 6.1 shall have the authority to affix any corporate seal, or a facsimile thereof, to any document requiring a seal and to attest the same. Affixing the seal is not necessary to make the execution of any document effective or binding. Section 8.4 Electronic Meetings. Subject to the requirements of these By-Laws or the Certificate of Incorporation, stockholders, members of the Board of Directors or members of any committee of the Board of Directors may participate in and hold meetings by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear or otherwise communicate with each other. Participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Section 8.5 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Section 8.6 Amendments. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed, and new By-Laws may be adopted, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders. |