Delta Airlines 2003 Annual Report Download - page 151

SECTION 4.9 ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.
Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
board of directors or any committee appointed by the board may be taken without
a meeting if all of the directors or all of the members of such a committee, as
the case may be, consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are
filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or of such
committee.
SECTION 4.10 COMPENSATION.
A director shall receive such reasonable compensation for his services
as a director or as a member of a committee appointed by the board of directors
(including service as chairman of the board or as chairman of a committee of the
board) as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors and shall be
reimbursed for his reasonable expenses, if any, in attending any meeting of the
board of directors or such a committee. A director shall not be barred from also
serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving reasonable
compensation therefor.
ARTICLE V.
OFFICERS
SECTION 5.1 ELECTION, QUALIFICATION, TENURE AND COMPENSATION.
The officers of the corporation shall be elected by the board of
directors and shall include a president, one or more vice presidents (one or
more of whom may be designated as an executive vice president or senior vice
president), a secretary, a comptroller, a treasurer and such other officers,
including a vice chairman, as from time to time the board of directors shall
deem necessary or desirable. At the discretion of the board, the chairman of the
board may also be elected under the same title as an officer of the corporation.
The chairman of the board (and the vice chairman, if any) shall be
members of the board of directors.
Unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, each officer shall
hold office from the time of his election until his successor shall have been
elected and qualified, provided, however (except as otherwise provided in a
contract duly authorized by the board of directors), any officer may be removed
from office by the board of directors at any time, with or without cause, and
any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation. Any
two offices may be united in any one person, provided that no person shall act
in more than one capacity in any one transaction.
The compensation of all officers shall be fixed and determined by the
board of directors or pursuant to its delegated authority.
From time to time the board of directors, or its delegates, may appoint
such other agents, for such terms and with such rights, powers and authorities,
on such conditions, subject to such limitations and restrictions and at such
compensation as shall seem right and proper to it or them, and any such agent
may be removed from office by the board of directors or its delegates at any
time, with or without cause.
SECTION 5.2 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
The chief executive officer shall have responsibility for the active
and general management of the corporation and such authorities and duties as are
usually incident to the office of chief executive officer and as from time to
time shall be specified by the board of directors. He shall prescribe the duties
of all subordinate officers, agents and employees of the company to the extent
not otherwise prescribed by the Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws or the
board of directors. Such designation shall continue in full force and effect
until modified or rescinded by further resolution of the board.
SECTION 5.3 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
The chairman of the board shall preside over all meetings of the board
of directors and the stockholders of the corporation. He shall have such other
authorities and duties as are usually incident to the office of chairman of the
board and as from time to time shall be specifically directed by the board of
directors. Except where by law the signature of the president is required, the
chairman of the board shall possess the same power as the president to sign all
certificates, contracts and other instruments of the corporation which may be
authorized by the board of directors. During the absence or disability of the
president, if the chairman has been elected as an officer of the corporation he
shall exercise all of the powers and discharge all of the duties of the
president. If the chairman has not been elected as an officer of the
corporation, then the provisions of Section 5.6 shall apply.