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BOARD OF DIRECTORS' RESOLUTION DECLARING AN EXTRA DIVIDEND
Upon a duly made, seconded and unanimously carried motion, the following resolution was adopted by the Board of Directors of this Corporation: WHEREAS, the financial statement submitted by the Treasurer of this Corporation to the Board of Directors reveals that the Corporation has a surplus of [N] Dollars ($[N]), for the fiscal year ending on [DATE], it is hereby: RESOLVED, that the regular dividend of [N] Dollars ($[N]) per share shall be supplemented by an additional payment of [N] Dollars ($[N]) per share so that the total amount of the regular dividend and the extra dividend shall be [N] Dollars ($[N]) per share, and the Treasurer is hereby directed to set aside a sufficient portion of the current surplus to satisfy such dividend payment and the Treasurer is further directed to make such dividend pay to all shareholders of record at the close of business on [DATE]. 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