ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. General Provisions, Powers and Duties
The Board of Directors may elect a Chairman of the Board and a Controller and shall elect a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and such other Officers as the Board may from time to time deem necessary. The Chairman of the Board shall be a Director. Any two (2) or more of such offices may be held by the same person, but no Officer shall execute, acknowledge, attest or verify any instrument in more than one capacity if such instrument is required to be executed, acknowledged, attested or verified by two (2) or more Officers.
All Officers, as between themselves and the Company, shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties as are customarily incident to their respective offices, and as may be specified from time to time by the Board of Directors, regardless of whether such authority and duties are customarily incident to such offices. In the absence of any Officer of the Company, or for any other reason the Board may deem sufficient, the Board may delegate from time to time the powers or duties of such Officer, or any of them, to any other Officer or to any Director.
The Board may from time to time delegate to any Officer authority to appoint and remove subordinate Officers and to prescribe their authority and duties.
Since the lawful purposes of the Company include the acquisition and ownership of real property, personal property and property in the nature of patents, copyrights and trademarks and the protection of the Company’s property rights in its patents, copyrights and trademarks, each of the Officers of the Company is empowered to execute any power of attorney necessary to protect, secure, or vest the Company’s interest in and to real property, personal property and its property protectable by patents, trademarks and copyright registrations and to secure such patents, copyrights and trademark registrations.
Section 2. Term of Office and Vacancies
The elected Officers of the Company shall hold office until the succeeding organizational meeting of the Board of Directors and until their successors are elected, except in case of resignation, death, removal or retirement. The Board of Directors may remove any Officer at any time, with or without cause, by a majority vote of the members of the Board then in office. Any vacancy in any office may be filled by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Chairman of the Board
The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall have such authority and perform such duties as the Board may determine.
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