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Articles Of Incorporation For Use By Domestic Profit Corps 500 - Michigan
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BCS/CD-500 (Rev. 04/11) MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL SERVICES Date Received (FOR BUREAU USE ONLY) This document is effective on the date filed, unless a subsequent effective date within 90 days after received date is stated in the document. Name Address City State ZIP Code EFFECTIVE DATE: Document will be returned to the name and address you enter above. If left blank, document will be returned to the registered office. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION For use by Domestic Profit Corporations (Please read information and instructions on reverse side) Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972, the undersigned executes the following Articles: ARTICLE I The name of the corporation is: ARTICLE II The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is formed is to engage in any activity within the purposes for which corporations may be formed under the Business Corporation Act of Michigan. ARTICLE III The total authorized shares: 1. Common Shares Preferred Shares 2. A statement of all or any of the relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares of each class is as follows: ARTICLE IV 1. The name of the resident agent at the registered office is: 2. The street address of the location of the registered office is: (Street Address) (City) , Michigan (Zip Code) 3. The mailing address of the registered office if different than above: (P.O. Box or Street Address) (City) , Michigan (Zip Code) American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com ARTICLE V The name(s) and address(es) of the incorporator(s) is (are) as follows: Name Residence or Business Address ARTICLE VI (Optional, Delete if not applicable) When a compromise or arrangement or plan of reorganization of this corporation is proposed between this corporation and its creditors or any class of them or between this corporation and its shareholders or any class of them, a court of equity jurisdiction within the state, on application of this corporation or of a creditor or shareholder thereof, or an application of a receiver appointed for the corporation, may order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors or of the shareholders or class of shareholders to be affected by the proposed compromise or arrangement or reorganization, to be summoned in such manner as the court directs. If a majority in number representing 3/4 in value of the creditors or class of creditors, or of the shareholders or class of shareholders to be affected by the proposed compromise or arrangement or a reorganization, agree to a compromise or arrangement or a reorganization of this corporation as a consequence of the compromise or arrangement, the compromise or arrangement of the reorganization, if sanctioned by the court to which the application has been made, shall be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, or on all the shareholders or class of shareholders and also on this corporation. ARTICLE VII (Optional, Delete if not applicable) Any action required or permitted by the Act to be taken at an annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote on the action were present and voted. A written consent shall bear the date of signature of the shareholder who signs the consent. Written consents are not effective to take corporate action unless within 60 days after the record date for determining shareholders entitled to express consent to or to dissent from a proposal without a meeting, written consents dated not more than 10 days before the record date and signed by a sufficient number of shareholders to take the action are delivered to the corporation. Delivery shall be to the corporation's registered office, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders. Delivery made to a corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Prompt notice of taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to shareholders who would have been entitled to notice of the shareholder meeting if the action had been taken at a meeting and who have not consented to the action in writing. An electronic transmission consenting to an action must comply with Section 407(3). American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com Use space below for additional Articles or for continuation of previous Articles. Please identify any Article being continued or added. Attach additional pages if needed. I, (We), the incorporator(s) sign my (our) name(s) this day of , American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com BCS/CD-500 (Rev. 04/11) Name of person or organization remitting fees. Preparer's Name Business telephone number ( ) INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS 1. This form may be used to draft your Articles of Incorporation. A document required or permitted to be filed under the act cannot be filed unless it contains the minimum information required by the Act. The format provided contains only the minimal information required to make the document fileable and may not meet your needs. This is a legal document and agency staff cannot provide legal advice. 2. Submit one original of this document. Upon filing, the document will be added to the records of the Bureau of Commercial Services. The original will be returned to your registered office address unless you enter a different address in the box on the front of this document. Since this document will be maintained on electronic format, it is important that the filing be legible. Documents with poor black and white contrast, or otherwise illegible, will be rejected. 3. This document is to be used pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, P.A. of 1972, by one or more persons for the purpose of forming a domestic profit corporation. 4. Article I - The corporate name of a domestic profit corporation is required to contain the word Corporation, Company, Incorporated, Limited or one of the following abbreviations: Corp., Co., Inc., or Ltd., with or without periods. 5. Article II- State, in general terms, the character of the particular business to be carried on
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