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TITLE SECRETARY
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SUB-ITEM 77Q1 - Subsection A
Article VI (a) of the corporation's Articles of Incorporation has
been amended to read as follows:
(a) The total number of shares of capital stock which the
Corporation shall have the authority to issue is two
billion (2,000,000,000) shares of the par value of $1.00
per share and of the aggregate par value of two billion
dollars ($2,000,000,000) . The Board of Directors of the
Corporation is hereby empowered to increase or decrease,
from time to time, the total number of shares of capital
stock or the number of shares of capital stock of any class
or series that the Corporation shall have authority to issue
without any action by the shareholders.
