Section 8.The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall perform duties incident to the office of the Treasurer in accordance with these Bylaws, and shall perform such other duties as, from time to time, may be assigned by the CEO, Board of Directors, or officer to whom the Treasurer reports.
Section 9.Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers.The Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the CEO, Board of Directors or officer to whom the individual reports.
Section 10.Salaries. The salaries of the elected and confirmed officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors or by those so authorized by the Board of Directors. No officer shall be prevented from receiving a salary by reason of the fact that such person is also a director of Conagra.
ARTICLE V
CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS, AND DEPOSITS
Section 1.Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of Conagra, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 2.Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of Conagra and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 3.Checks, Drafts, etc.All checks, drafts, other orders for the payment of money, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of Conagra shall be executed on behalf of Conagra only by those who are authorized by the Board of Directors or by those whom the Board may designate to give such authorization. Such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 4.Deposits. All funds of Conagra not otherwise employed shall be deposited to the credit of Conagra in banks, trust companies, or other depositaries, approved in accordance with resolutions of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI
SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
Section 1.Shares. The shares of Conagra shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors of Conagra may adopt a resolution permitting shares to be uncertificated. Notwithstanding the adoption of any such resolution providing for uncertficated shares, every holder of capital stock of Conagra theretofore represented by certificates and, upon request, every holder of uncertificated shares, shall be entitled to have a certificate for shares of Conagra. Such certificates shall be in such form as determined by the Board of Directors and shall be signed by the Chairman, President, or a Corporate Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, except that the signatures of any such Chairman, President, Corporate Vice President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary may be facsimiles, engraved or printed. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the person owning shares, whether or not represented by certificates, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of Conagra. All certificates surrendered to Conagra, or its agent, for transfer shall be canceled and new certificated or uncertificated shares shall be issued only after the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed, or mutilated certificate new certificated or uncertificated shares may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to Conagra as the Board of Directors may prescribe.
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