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BOARD OF DIRECTORS' RESOLUTION FOR ENGAGING NEW ACCOUNTANT
RESOLVED, that, on [DATE], when the contract between this Corporation and the firm of [AUDITOR NAME], the auditors for this Corporation, shall expire, the said contract of employment of the firm of [AUDITOR NAME] shall not be renewed, and it is RESOLVED FURTHER, that the President of this Corporation is hereby authorized to enter into the letter of agreement submitted by the firm of [FUTURE AUDITOR NAME], on the terms and conditions set out in that letter, a copy of which is attached to the minutes of this meeting. The undersigned, [N], certifies that I am the duly appointed Secretary of [COMPANY NAME] Corporation and that the above is a true and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted at a meeting of the Directors thereof, convened and held in accordance with law and the Bylaws of said Corporation on [DATE], and that such resolution is now in full force and effect. IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have affixed my name as Secretary of [COMPANY NAME] Corporation.
Dated: [DATE]
____________________ Secretary