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BOARD OF DIRECTORS' RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROPOSED CONTRACT
Upon a duly made and seconded motion, a majority of the Directors of the Board of Directors of [COMPANY NAME] Corporation adopted the following resolution: WHEREAS, the President of [COMPANY NAME] Corporation has submitted to the Board of Directors a proposed contract between this Corporation and [PROPOSER], dated [DATE], which sets out the following terms:
And WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has reviewed and discussed among themselves the above-described proposed contract, it is RESOLVED, That the above-described contract is hereby approved by the Board of Directors and the President of the Corporation is hereby authorized to enter into the said contract with [PROPOSER], in the name of and in behalf of this Corporation. 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