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This excerpt taken from the ALL 10-K filed Feb 22, 2007. OFFICERS Section 1. General. The officers of the corporation shall be elected by the Board and shall be a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Controller and a Treasurer. The Board may also choose one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Two or more offices may be held by the same person, with the exception of the office of Chairman of the Board and the office of Secretary. The officers of the corporation need not be stockholders, employees or directors of the corporation. Section 2. Election. At its first meeting held after each annual meeting of stockholders, the Board shall elect the officers of the corporation. Such officers shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined by the Board. Vacancies may be filled or new offices created and filled at any meeting of the Board. Each officer shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal as hereinafter provided. Section 3. Other Officers and Agents. The Board may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary. Such officers and agents shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined by the Board. Section 4. Compensation. The salaries of all officers of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board, acting directly or through the Compensation and Succession Committee. Section 5. Removal. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board. Section 6. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall be a member of the Board and may be an employee of the corporation. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board and of the stockholders at which he or she is present. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, the duties of the Chairman of the Board shall be performed and his or her authority shall be exercised by one of the other directors as designated for this purpose by the Board. Section 7. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; shall direct, coordinate and control the corporation's business and activities and its operating expenses and capital expenditures; shall have general authority to exercise all the powers necessary for the chief executive officer of the corporation; and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may properly belong to his or her office or as shall be prescribed by the Board or these bylaws, all in accordance with basic policies as established by and subject to the control of the Board. In the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer, the duties of the Chief Executive Officer shall be performed and his or her authority shall be exercised by the President or, in the absence or inability of the President, by one of the Vice Presidents designated for this purpose by the Board. The Chief Executive Officer may be a member of the Board. Section 8. President. The President shall be the chief operating officer of the corporation and shall have general administrative control and supervision over the operations of the corporation subject to the supervision of the Chief Executive Officer. He or she shall, in the absence or inability of the Chief Executive Officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Executive Officer. He or she shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board to some other officer or agent of the corporation. He or she shall also perform such other duties as may properly belong to his or her office or as shall be prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer or by the Board. 14 Section 9. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer of the corporation shall, under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer, be responsible for all financial and accounting matters. The Chief Financial Officer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or these bylaws may prescribe. Section 10. Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or by the Board. In the absence or in the case of inability of the Chief Executive Officer and the President to act, the Board may designate which one of the Vice Presidents shall be the acting Chief Executive Officer of the corporation during such absence or inability, whereupon such acting Chief Executive Officer shall have all the powers and perform all of the duties incident to the office of Chief Executive Officer during the absence or inability of the Chief Executive Officer to act. Section 11. Controller. Under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller shall have general charge, control, and supervision over the accounting and auditing affairs of the corporation. The Controller or such persons as the Controller shall designate shall have responsibility for the custody and safekeeping of all permanent financial and accounting records and papers of the corporation. The Controller shall have responsibility for the preparation and maintenance of the books of account and of the accounting records and papers of the corporation; shall supervise the preparation of all financial statements and reports on the operation and condition of the business; shall have responsibility for the establishment of financial procedures, records, and forms used by the corporation; shall have responsibility for the filing of all financial reports and returns, required by law; shall render to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or the Board, whenever they may require, an account of the Controller's transactions; and in general shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are incident to the office of Controller and as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, or these bylaws may prescribe. Section 12. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all Board meetings and all stockholder meetings; shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the Board in a book to be kept for that purpose; shall perform like duties for the standing or special committees when required; and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or these bylaws may prescribe. Under the Chairman of the Board's supervision, the Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, all notices required to be given by these bylaws or by law. The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation, shall have the authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of an Assistant Secretary. Section 13. Assistant Secretaries. In the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or Assistant Secretaries shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may prescribe. Section 14. Treasurer. Under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer, the Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities; shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation; shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board; shall cause the funds of the corporation to be disbursed when such disbursements have been duly authorized, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements; shall render to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board, at its regular meeting or when the Board so requires, an account of the Treasurer's actions; and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or these bylaws may prescribe. Section 15. Assistant Treasurers. In the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer or the Assistant Treasurers shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer 15 and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may prescribe. Section 16. Appointed Officers. The Chief Executive Officer of the corporation may establish positions and offices identified as a function, department or other organizational component of the corporation, and may appoint individuals, who need not be employees of the corporation, to occupy those positions, subject to approval of the Compensation and Succession Committee. The titles of such individuals (herein referred to as "appointed officers") may be either conventional corporate officer titles or titles designating a functional activity, but in all cases shall contain, as an integral part of the title, a reference to the function, organizational component or department within which the position is established. Section 17. Appointment, Removal and Term of Appointed Officers. Appointed officers may be appointed by the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer may remove any appointed officer at any time without notice or accept such appointed officer's resignation. No term of office shall be established for any appointed officer. Section 18. Duties of Appointed Officers. An appointed officer shall have such powers as may be assigned by the Chief Executive Officer, the Board or any committee of the Board and shall perform such duties (not including duties normally performed by an officer of the corporation) as may be assigned by the Chief Executive Officer, the Board, any committee of the Board or the officer of the corporation having management responsibility for the organizational component or function to which such appointed officer is assigned. This excerpt taken from the ALL 8-K filed Nov 13, 2006. Section 1. General. The officers of the corporation shall be elected by the Board and shall be a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Controller and a Treasurer. The Board may also choose one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Two or more offices may be held by the same person, with the exception of the office of Chairman of the Board and the office of Secretary. The officers of the corporation need not be stockholders, employees or directors of the corporation. Section 2. Election. At its first meeting held after each annual meeting of stockholders, the Board shall elect the officers of the corporation. Such officers shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined by the Board. Vacancies may be filled or new offices created and filled at any meeting of the Board. Each officer shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal as hereinafter provided. Section 3. Other Officers and Agents. The Board may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary. Such officers and agents shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined by the Board. Section 4. Compensation. The salaries of all officers of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board, acting directly or through the Compensation and Succession Committee. Section 5. Removal. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board. Section 6. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall be a member of the Board and may be an employee of the corporation. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board and of the stockholders at which he or she is present. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, the duties of the Chairman of the Board shall be performed and his or her authority shall be exercised by one of the other directors as designated for this purpose by the Board. 15 Section 7. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; shall direct, coordinate and control the corporations business and activities and its operating expenses and capital expenditures; shall have general authority to exercise all the powers necessary for the chief executive officer of the corporation; and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may properly belong to his or her office or as shall be prescribed by the Board or these bylaws, all in accordance with basic policies as established by and subject to the control of the Board. In the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer, the duties of the Chief Executive Officer shall be performed and his or her authority shall be exercised by the President or, in the absence or inability of the President, by one of the Vice Presidents designated for this purpose by the Board. The Chief Executive Officer may be a member of the Board. Section 8. President. The President shall be the chief operating officer of the corporation and shall have general administrative control and supervision over the operations of the corporation subject to the supervision of the Chief Executive Officer. He or she shall, in the absence or inability of the Chief Executive Officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Executive Officer. He or she shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board to some other officer or agent of the corporation. He or she shall also perform such other duties as may properly belong to his or her office or as shall be prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer or by the Board. Section 9. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer of the corporation shall, under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer, be responsible for all financial and accounting matters. The Chief Financial Officer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or these bylaws may prescribe. Section 10. Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer or by the Board. In the absence or in the case of inability of the Chief Executive Officer and the President to act, the Board may designate which one of the Vice Presidents shall be the acting Chief Executive Officer of the corporation during such absence or inability, whereupon such acting Chief Executive Officer shall have all the powers and perform all of the duties incident to the office of Chief Executive Officer during the absence or inability of the Chief Executive Officer to act. Section 11. Controller. Under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller shall have general charge, control, and supervision over the accounting and auditing affairs of the corporation. The Controller or 16 such persons as the Controller shall designate shall have responsibility for the custody and safekeeping of all permanent financial and accounting records and papers of the corporation. The Controller shall have responsibility for the preparation and maintenance of the books of account and of the accounting records and papers of the corporation; shall supervise the preparation of all financial statements and reports on the operation and condition of the business; shall have responsibility for the establishment of financial procedures, records, and forms used by the corporation; shall have responsibility for the filing of all financial reports and returns, required by law; shall render to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or the Board, whenever they may require, an account of the Controllers transactions; and in general shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are incident to the office of Controller and as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, or these bylaws may prescribe. Section 12. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all Board meetings and all stockholder meetings; shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the Board in a book to be kept for that purpose; shall perform like duties for the standing or special committees when required; and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or these bylaws may prescribe. Under the Chairman of the Boards supervision, the Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, all notices required to be given by these bylaws or by law. The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation, shall have the authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of an Assistant Secretary. Section 13. Assistant Secretaries. In the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or Assistant Secretaries shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may prescribe. Section 14. Treasurer. Under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer, the Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities; shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation; shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board; shall cause the funds of the corporation to be disbursed when such disbursements have been duly authorized, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements; shall render to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board, at its regular meeting or when the Board so requires, an account of the Treasurers actions; and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or these bylaws may prescribe. Section 15. Assistant Treasurers. In the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer or the Assistant Treasurers shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may prescribe. 17 Section 16. Appointed Officers. The Chief Executive Officer of the corporation may establish positions and offices identified as a function, department or other organizational component of the corporation, and may appoint individuals, who need not be employees of the corporation, to occupy those positions, subject to approval of the Compensation and Succession Committee. The titles of such individuals (herein referred to as appointed officers) may be either conventional corporate officer titles or titles designating a functional activity, but in all cases shall contain, as an integral part of the title, a reference to the function, organizational component or department within which the position is established. Section 17. Appointment, Removal and Term of Appointed Officers. Appointed officers may be appointed by the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer may remove any appointed officer at any time without notice or accept such appointed officers resignation. No term of office shall be established for any appointed officer. Section 18. Duties of Appointed Officers. An appointed officer shall have such powers as may be assigned by the Chief Executive Officer, the Board or any committee of the Board and shall perform such duties (not including duties normally performed by an officer of the corporation) as may be assigned by the Chief Executive Officer, the Board, any committee of the Board or the officer of the corporation having management responsibility for the organizational component or function to which such appointed officer is assigned. This excerpt taken from the ALL 8-K filed Sep 15, 2005. OFFICERS
Section 1. General. The officers of the corporation shall be elected by the Board and shall be a Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Controller and a Treasurer. The Board may also choose one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Two or more offices may be held by the same person, with the exception of the office of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and the office of Secretary. The officers of the corporation need not be stockholders, employees or directors of the corporation.
Section 2. Election. At its first meeting held after each annual meeting of stockholders, the Board shall elect the officers of the corporation. Such officers shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined by the Board. Vacancies may be filled or new offices created and filled at any meeting of the Board. Each officer shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal as hereinafter provided.
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Section 3. Other Officers and Agents. The Board may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary. Such officers and agents shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined by the Board.
Section 4. Compensation. The salaries of all officers of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board, acting directly or through the Compensation and Succession Committee.
Section 5. Removal. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board.
Section 6. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. The Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer shall be a member of the Board and shall be an officer of the corporation. The Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; shall direct, coordinate and control the corporations business and activities and its operating expenses and capital expenditures; shall have general authority to exercise all the powers necessary for the chief executive officer of the corporation; and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may properly belong to his or her office or as shall be prescribed by the Board or these bylaws, all in accordance with basic policies as established by and subject to the control of the Board. The Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the Board and of the stockholders at which he or she is present. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, the duties of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer shall be performed and his or her authority shall be exercised by the President or, in the absence or inability of the President, by one of the Vice Presidents designated for this purpose by the Board.
Section 7. President. The President shall be the chief operating officer of the Company and shall have general administrative control and supervision over the operations of the Company subject to the supervision of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. He or she shall, in the absence or inability of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. He or she shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board to some other officer or agent of the corporation. He or she shall also perform such other duties as may properly belong to his or her office or as shall be prescribed by the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer or by the Board.
Section 8. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer of the corporation shall, under the direction of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
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Officer, be responsible for all financial and accounting matters. The Chief Financial Officer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board, the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, or these bylaws may prescribe.
Section 9. Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer or by the Board. In the absence or in the case of inability of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and the President to act, the Board may designate which one of the Vice Presidents shall be the acting Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the corporation during such absence or inability, whereupon such acting Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer shall have all the powers and perform all of the duties incident to the office of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer during the absence or inability of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer to act.
Section 10. Controller. Under the direction of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller shall have general charge, control, and supervision over the accounting and auditing affairs of the corporation. The Controller or such persons as the Controller shall designate shall have responsibility for the custody and safekeeping of all permanent financial and accounting records and papers of the corporation. The Controller shall have responsibility for the preparation and maintenance of the books of account and of the accounting records and papers of the corporation; shall supervise the preparation of all financial statements and reports on the operation and condition of the business; shall have responsibility for the establishment of financial procedures, records, and forms used by the corporation; shall have responsibility for the filing of all financial reports and returns, required by law; shall render to the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or the Board, whenever they may require, an account of the Controllers transactions; and in general shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are incident to the office of Controller and as the Board, the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, or these bylaws may prescribe.
Section 11. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all Board meetings and all stockholder meetings; shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the Board in a book to be kept for that purpose; shall perform like duties for the standing or special committees when required; and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board, the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer or these bylaws may prescribe. Under the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officers supervision, the Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, all notices required to be given by these bylaws or by law. The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation, shall have the authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of an Assistant Secretary.
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Section 12. Assistant Secretaries. In the absence or disability of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or Assistant Secretaries shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board or the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer may prescribe.
Section 13. Treasurer. Under the direction of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, the Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities; shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation; shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board; shall cause the funds of the corporation to be disbursed when such disbursements have been duly authorized, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements; shall render to the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and the Board, at its regular meeting or when the Board so requires, an account of the Treasurers actions; and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board, the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer or these bylaws may prescribe.
Section 14. Assistant Treasurers. In the absence or disability of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer or the Assistant Treasurers shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board or the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer may prescribe.
Section 15. Appointed Officers. The Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the corporation may establish positions and offices identified as a function, department or other organizational component of the corporation, and may appoint individuals, who need not be employees of the corporation, to occupy those positions, subject to approval of the Compensation and Succession Committee. The titles of such individuals (herein referred to as appointed officers) may be either conventional corporate officer titles or titles designating a functional activity, but in all cases shall contain, as an integral part of the title, a reference to the function, organizational component or department within which the position is established.
Section 16. Appointment, Removal and Term of Appointed Officers. Appointed officers may be appointed by the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. The Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer may remove any appointed officer at any time without notice or accept such appointed officers resignation. No term of office shall be established for any appointed officer.
Section 17. Duties of Appointed Officers. An appointed officer shall have such powers as may be assigned by the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, the Board or any committee of the Board and shall perform such duties (not including duties normally performed by an officer of the corporation) as may be assigned by the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, the Board, any committee of the Board or the officer of the corporation having management responsibility for the organizational component or function to which such appointed officer is assigned.
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