Delta Airlines 2003 Annual Report Download - page 155

SECTION 8.2 RECORD DATE FOR PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
It shall not be necessary to close the stock transfer books of the
corporation for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to receive
payment of any dividend on the stock of the corporation; but in lieu of closing
the stock transfer books, and for all purposes that might be served by closing
the stock transfer books, the board of directors, in declaring any dividend on
the common stock, shall fix either the date on which the dividend is declared or
a date between that date and the date on which the dividend is to be paid as the
record date for determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of said
dividend; and the corporation and its transfer agents may continue to receive
and record transfers of stock after the record date so fixed and determined but,
in any such case, such stockholders and only such stockholders as shall have
been stockholders of record at the close of business on the record date so fixed
and determined by the board of directors shall be entitled to receive payment of
said dividend, notwithstanding any transfer of any stock which may have been
made on the books of the corporation or its transfer agents after said record
date.
ARTICLE IX.
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND EXECUTION OF
INSTRUMENTS IN WRITING
SECTION 9.1 DEPOSITORIES.
The funds and securities of the corporation shall be deposited, in the
name of and to the credit of the corporation, in such banks, trust companies and
other financial institutions as shall from time to time be determined and
designated by the board of directors or its delegate.
SECTION 9.2 WITHDRAWALS AND PAYMENTS.
All checks and orders for the withdrawal or payment of funds of the
corporation, shall be signed in the name of the corporation in such manner and
form and by such officer, officers or other employees as from time to time may
be authorized and provided by the board of directors or its delegate. Facsimile
signatures may be used when authorized by the board or its delegate.
It shall be the duty of the secretary, an assistant secretary or the
corporation's official in charge of internal auditing to certify to the
designated depositories of the funds and securities of the corporation the names
and signatures of the officers and other employees of the corporation who, from
time to time, are authorized to sign checks, drafts or orders for the withdrawal
of funds and/or securities. No check, drafts or order for the withdrawal or
payment of funds of the corporation shall be signed in blank.
SECTION 9.3 EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS AND INSTRUMENTS UNDER SEAL.
Unless otherwise authorized by the board of directors, all notes,
bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness of the corporation, and all deeds,
indentures, contracts and other instruments in writing required to be executed
under the seal of the corporation, shall be signed in the name and on behalf of
the corporation by the chairman of the board, the president, the vice chairman,
if any, or a vice president of the corporation and shall be attested by the
secretary or an assistant secretary.
ARTICLE X.
BOOKS AND RECORDS
SECTION 10.1 LOCATION.
The books, accounts and records of the corporation, except as may be
otherwise required by the laws of the State of Delaware, may be kept outside of
the State of Delaware, at such place or places as the board of directors may
from time to time appoint.
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