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Articles Of Incorporation (Domestic Corp) 100 - Rhode Island
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS Office of the Secretary of State Division of Business Services 148 W. River Street Providence, Rhode Island 02904-2615 (401) 222-3040 www.sos.ri.gov INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FOR A DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION Section 7-1.2-202 of the General Laws of Rhode Island, 1956, as amended The attached form is designed to meet minimal statutory filing requirements pursuant to the relevant statutory provision. This form and the information provided are not substitutes for the advice and services of an attorney and/or tax specialist. 1. To incorporate, Articles of Incorporation (Form No. 100) must be filed with the Office of the Secretary of State, Division of Business Services, at the above address. When the Articles are completed, signed by each of the incorporators, and submitted with the correct filing fee, a Certificate of Incorporation shall be issued. (If you are filing as a Professional Service Corporation pursuant to Section 7-5.1, please use Form No. 112. If the corporation falls under the jurisdiction of a regulatory agency, please call this office for further instructions prior to submitting the Articles of Incorporation.) 2. The minimum filing and license fee is $230.00 for less than 75,000,000 shares of authorized stock. The fee is prorated at 75,000,000 shares. Call the Division of Business Services at the above telephone number for the appropriate fee if the number of authorized shares is 75,000,000 or greater. Payment should be made payable to the Rhode Island Secretary of State. 3. The name of any business entity must be "distinguishable upon the records of the secretary of state." This means the Office of the Secretary of State will deny a request for a name if such name is identical to or not distinguishable from any entity, name reservation, or registration on file with the Business Section of the Division of Business Services. The corporate name shall contain the word "corporation," "company," "incorporated," or "limited," or shall contain an abbreviation of one of the words. A preliminary name availability check can be made by checking the Corporate Database on our website, or by phoning us at the above telephone number. This preliminary check is not statutorily required, is not binding upon the Secretary of State, and does not ensure that the name will be available upon filing the Articles of Incorporation. It is suggested that you do not make any financial expenditures or execute documents utilizing the name based upon a preliminary name availability check. The final determination as to availability of the name will be made when the documents are submitted for filing. 4. Each corporation shall have and continuously maintain in this state a registered office, which may be, but need not be, the same as its place of business, and a registered agent, which agent may be either an individual resident in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office, or a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state, having a business office identical with the registered office. However, in the case where the registered agent of a corporation is an attorney, the business address of the agent need not be identical with the registered office, but may be the usual business address of the attorney. The registered agent so appointed by a corporation shall be an agent of the corporation upon whom any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the corporation may be served. 5. The corporation is responsible for filing an annual report each calendar year between January 1 and March 1, beginning with the year following the year of incorporation. A notification will be mailed to the registered agent prior to January 1 each year. Be sure to follow up with your registered agent concerning the filing of this report. Failure to file the Annual Report within the statutory time period will result in a penalty fee of $25.00. 6. Failure to comply with Nos. 4 and 5 above may result in the revocation of the Articles of Incorporation pursuant to the provisions of Section 7-1.2-1310 of the General Laws, as amended. If you have any questions, please call us at (401) 222-3040, Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Instructions/Form 100 Revised: 05/10 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com Filing and License Fee: $230.00 minimum STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS Office of the Secretary of State Division of Business Services 148 W. River Street Providence, Rhode Island 02904-2615 www.sos.ri.gov BUSINESS CORPORATION ____________ ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION The undersigned acting as incorporator(s) of a corporation under Chapter 7-1.2 of the General Laws of Rhode Island, 1956, as amended, adopt(s) the following Articles of Incorporation for such corporation: 1. The name of the corporation is ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ (This is a close corporation pursuant to ยง7-1.2-1701 of the General Laws, 1956, as amended.) (Strike if inapplicable.) 2. The total number of shares which the corporation has the authority to issue is: (a) If only one class: Total number of shares ________________________________________________________ or (b) If more than one class: Total number of shares of each class ________________________________________ A statement of all or any of the designations and the powers, preferences, and rights, including voting rights, and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of them, which are permitted by the provisions of Chapter 7-1.2 of the General Laws, 1956, as amended, in respect of any class or classes of shares of the corporation and the fixing of which by the articles of association is desired, and an express grant of the authority as it may then be desired to grant to the board of directors to fix by vote or votes any of them that may be desired but which is not fixed by the articles: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. The address of the initial registered office of the corporation is: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ (Street Address, n
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