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BOARD OF DIRECTORS' RESOLUTION ADVISING APPROVAL OF MERGER
WHEREAS, in the judgment of the Board of Directors of this Corporation it is deemed advisable to adopt the Articles of Merger set forth below, it is hereby: RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors deems it advisable to adopt the Articles of Merger, set out below, under the terms of which the [COMPANY NAME] Corporation would be merged into this Corporation; and it is FURTHER RESOLVED, that a special meeting of the shareholders of this Corporation is hereby scheduled to be held at [TIME] on [DATE], to take action upon the proposed merger and the Secretary is hereby instructed to give notice of this special meeting to the shareholders of this Corporation in accordance with the Corporation's Articles and Bylaws, and to include in that notice a copy of the Articles of Merger immediately following. Pursuant to the laws of the State of [STATE], more particularly, Section [N] of the [N], the undersigned Corporations adopt the Articles of Merger that follow for the purpose of merging the two corporations into one corporation. [PLAN OF MERGER]