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This excerpt taken from the MRK 8-K filed Nov 4, 2009. ARTICLE IV: CAPITAL STOCK The amount of the total authorized capital stock of the Corporation shall be 6,520,000,000 shares, consisting of (i) 6,500,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.50 per share, and (ii) 20,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, issuable in one or more series. The Board of Directors may from time to time offer for subscription or otherwise issue or sell any or all of the unissued stock of any class, or any shares of stock of any class which may be held in the treasury of the Corporation, to such persons, firms or corporations and for such consideration (so far as may be permitted by the laws of the State of New Jersey) as it shall from time to time in its absolute discretion determine. No holder of capital stock shall have any pre-emptive right as such holder to subscribe for, purchase or receive any part of any new or additional issue of stock of any class, including unissued and treasury stock, or obligations or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock of any class, or warrants or other instruments evidencing rights or options to subscribe for, purchase or receive any stock of any class, whether now or hereafter authorized and whether issued for cash or other consideration or by way of dividend.
The preferences, qualifications, limitations, voting and other rights and restrictions with respect to the capital stock of the Corporation shall be as follows (headings are for convenience only and are not to be taken as aids to interpretation): |
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