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FURTHER RESOLVED, that the authority granted in the immediately preceding
<br />resolution includes, without limitation, the authority to approve, enter into and perform all
<br />transactions and contracts relating to the purchasing, underwriting, dealing and trading or
<br />investing in, or otherwise acquiring (including purchasing on margin and borrowing funds
<br />through or from Affiliates or third parties and securing payment thereof with property of the
<br />Corporation), possessing, selling (including short sales), placing as agent, remarketing, acting as
<br />auction agent, effecting transactions pursuant to repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements,
<br />transferring, lending, borrowing, exchanging or otherwise disposing of, and generally executing
<br />any transaction involving or consisting of (but not limited to):
<br />(A) equity or secured or unsecured debt
<br />representing an interest in such equity
<br />forward or optional commitment basis;
<br />securities and instruments of every kind
<br />or debt, whether on a current, mandatory
<br />(B) foreign currencies and foreign currency -denominated securities, deposits and money
<br />market instruments including without limitation currency swaps, cross -currency
<br />interest rate swaps, Eurocurrency deposits and redeposits, certificates of deposit,
<br />notes and floating rate notes and bonds;
<br />(C) futures and options (exchange listed or over-the-counter) on securities, securities
<br />indices, financial instruments and foreign currencies;
<br />(D) commodities and all contracts related to the trading, delivery or storage thereof,
<br />(E) (i) a rate swap transaction, swap option, basis swap, forward rate transaction,
<br />commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity
<br />index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap
<br />transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross -
<br />currency rate swap transaction, currency option, credit protection transaction, credit
<br />swap, credit default swap, credit default option, total return swap, credit spread
<br />transaction, repurchase transaction, reverse repurchase transaction, buy/sell-back
<br />transaction, securities lending transaction, weather index transaction or forward
<br />purchase or sale of a security, commodity or other financial instrument or interest
<br />(including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or (ii) a type of
<br />transaction that is similar to any transaction referred to in clause (i) above that is
<br />currently, or in the future becomes, currently entered into in the financial markets
<br />(including terms and conditions incorporated by reference in such agreement) and
<br />which is a forward, swap, future, option or other derivative on one or more rates,
<br />currencies, commodities, equity securities or other equity instruments, debt securities
<br />or other debt instruments, economic indices or measures of economic risk or value, or
<br />other benchmarks against which payments or deliveries are to be made; and
<br />(F) any combination of the foregoing, including any synthetic exposure thereto pursuant
<br />to contract or otherwise; and it is
<br />FURTHER RESOLVED, that the authority granted in the two immediately preceding
<br />resolutions includes, without limitation, the authority to approve, enter into and perform any and
<br />all contracts, agreements and other instruments relating to, and provide investment, financial and
<br />strategic advice and other financial services in connection with, various transactions,
<br />arrangements or financial matters, including without limitation (a) any merger, acquisition, sale,
<br />combination, reorganization and recapitalization of public and private companies as well as the
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