UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   December 10, 2015
BRAZIL MINERALS, INC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
000-55191
39-2078861
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 
155 North Lake Avenue, Suite 800
Pasadena, CA 91101
  (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(213) 590-2500
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
  (Former address if changed since last report)

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Our disclosure and analysis in this Current Report on Form 8-K contains some forward-looking statements. Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions or that include words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Although we believe that these statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, they are subject to several risks and uncertainties.
Investors are cautioned that our forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and the actual results or developments may differ materially from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements.
As for the forward-looking statements that relate to future financial results and other projections, actual results will be different due to the inherent uncertainty of estimates, forecasts and projections and may be better or worse than projected. Given these uncertainties, you should not place any reliance on these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements also represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date that they were made. We expressly disclaim a duty to provide updates to these forward-looking statements, and the estimates and assumptions associated with them, after the date of this filing to reflect events or changes in circumstances or changes in expectations or the occurrence of anticipated events.
You are advised to consult any additional disclosures we make in our reports on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Form 8-K, or their successors.  Other factors besides those discussed in this Current Report could also adversely affect us.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

The following amendments to the By-laws of Brazil Minerals, Inc. (the "Company") were approved by its Board of Directors:

1. Article III, Section 4 was amended to provide that notice of a special meeting of directors can be given by e-mail and facsimile in addition to by telephone.

2. Article VII, regarding indemnification of officers and directors, was amended in its entirety to broaden its scope and provide greater clarity.
 
 

 
 

 
3. A new Article XIII was added to provide that in the event that any current or prior stockholder of the Company or anyone on their behalf ("Claiming Party") initiates or asserts any claim or counterclaim ("Claim") or   joins, offers assistance to, or has a direct interest in any Claim against the Company and/or any of its stockholders, officers, or directors (together, the Company and/or any of its stockholders, officers, or directors are henceforth called "Receiving Parties")   and the Claiming Party does not obtain a favorable judgment on the merits of its Claim, then each Claiming Party shall be obligated jointly and severally to reimburse the Receiving Parties for all fees, costs and  expenses of every kind and description that the Receiving Parties  may incur in connection with such Claim.

As a result of the foregoing amendments, the By-laws have been restated and a copy of the Amended and Restated By-laws is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits
 (d)     Exhibits
Exhibit Number
 
Description
     
3.1
 
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company.

 
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
BRAZIL MINERALS, INC.
 
 
 
Dated: December 11, 2015
By:
   /s/ Marc Fogassa
 
 
Name: Marc Fogassa
Title: Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 


 
Exhibit3.1
 
 
 
Amended and Restated Bylaws
of
Brazil Minerals, Inc.

Article I
Office

The Board of Directors shall designate and the Corporation shall maintain a principal office. The location of the principal office may be changed by the Board of Directors. The Corporation also may have offices in such other places as the Board may from time to time designate. The location of the initial principal office of the Corporation shall be designated by resolution.

Article II
Shareholders Meetings

1. Annual Meetings

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place within or without the State of Nevada as shall be set forth in compliance with these Bylaws. The meeting shall be held on the third Wednesday of May of each year. If such day is a legal holiday, the meeting shall be on the next business day. This meeting shall be for the election of Directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it.

2. Special Meetings

Special meetings of shareholders, other than those regulated by statute, may be called by the President upon written request of the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at such special meeting. Written notice of such meeting stating the place, the date and hour of the meeting, the purpose or purposes for which it is called, and the name of the person by whom or at whose direction the meeting is called shall be given.

3. Notice of Shareholders Meeting

The Secretary shall give written notice stating the place, day, and hour of the meeting, and in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, which shall be delivered not less than ten or more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the shareholder at their address as it appears on the books of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. Attendance at the meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice thereof.
 
 
Exhibit 3.1 -- Page 1

 

 
4. Place of Meeting

The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Nevada, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board of Directors. A waiver of notice signed by all shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or without the State of Nevada, as the place for the holding of such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting is otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the Corporation.     

5. Record Date

The Board of Directors may fix a date not less than ten nor more than fifty days prior to any meeting as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meetings of the shareholders. The transfer books may be closed by the Board of Directors for a stated period not to exceed fifty days for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of and dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose.

6. Quorum

A majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At a meeting resumed after any such adjournment at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted, which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.

7. Voting

A holder of outstanding shares, entitled to vote at a meeting, may vote at such meeting in person or by proxy. Except as may otherwise be provided in the currently filed Articles of Incorporation, every shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share standing their name on the record of shareholders. Except as herein or in the currently filed Articles of Incorporation otherwise provided, all corporate action shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon.

8. Proxies

At all meeting of shareholders, a shareholder may vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by their duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after six months from the date of its execution.

9. Informal Action by Shareholders

Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.
 
 
Exhibit 3.1 -- Page 2

 
 

 
Article III
Board of Directors

1. General Powers

The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of their meetings and the management of the Corporation as they appropriate under the circumstances. The Board shall have authority to authorize changes in the Corporation's capital structure. 2. Number, Tenure and Qualification

The number of Directors of the Corporation shall be a number between one and five, as the Directors may by resolution determine from time to time. Each of the Directors shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successor shall have been elected and qualified.


3. Regular Meetings

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than by this Bylaw, immediately after and, at the same place as the annual meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than this resolution.

4. Special Meetings

Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by order of the Chairman of the Board or the President. The Secretary shall give notice of the time, place and purpose or purposes of each special meeting by mailing the same at least two days before the meeting or by telephone, electronic mail (email) or facsimile the same at least one day before the meeting to each Director. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held by telephone conference call.

5. Quorum

A majority of the members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present, whereupon the meeting may be held, as adjourned, without further notice. At any meeting at which every Director shall be present, even though without any formal notice any business may be transacted.

6. Manner of Acting

At all meetings of the Board of Directors, each Director shall have one vote. The act of a majority of Directors present at a meeting shall be the act of the full Board of Directors, provided that a quorum is present.
 
 
Exhibit 3.1 -- Page 3

 
 

 
7. Vacancies

A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist in the case of death, resignation, or removal of any Director, or if the authorized number of Directors is increased, or if the shareholders fail, at any meeting of the shareholders, at which any Director is to be elected, to elect the full authorized number of Directors to be elected at that meeting.

8. Removals

Directors may be removed, at any time, by a vote of the shareholders holding a majority of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote. Such vacancy shall be filled by the Directors entitled to vote. Such vacancy shall be filled by the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, to hold office until the next annual meeting or until their successor is duly elected and qualified, except that any directorship to be filled by election by the shareholders at the meeting at which the Director is removed. No reduction of the authorized number of Directors shall have the effect of removing any Director prior to the expiration of their term of office.

9. Resignation

A director may resign at any time by delivering written notification thereof to the President or Secretary of the Corporation. A resignation shall become effective upon its acceptance by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that if the Board of Directors has not acted thereon within ten days from the date of its delivery, the resignation shall be deemed accepted.

10. Presumption of Assent

A Director of the Corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action(s) taken unless their dissent shall be placed in the minutes of the meeting or unless he or she shall file their written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the secretary of the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director who voted in favor of such action.

11. Compensation

By resolution of the Board of Directors, the Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as Director. No such payment shall preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
 
 
Exhibit 3.1 -- Page 4

 
 

 
12. Emergency Power

When, due to a national disaster or death, a majority of the Directors are incapacitated or otherwise unable to attend the meetings and function as Directors, the remaining members of the Board of Directors shall have all the powers necessary to function as a complete Board, and for the purpose of doing business and filling vacancies shall constitute a quorum, until such time as all Directors can attend or vacancies can be filled pursuant to these Bylaws.

13. Chairman

The Board of Directors may elect from its own number a Chairman of the Board, who shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Chairman may by appointment fill any vacancies on the Board of Directors.

Article IV
Officers

1. Number

The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by a majority of the Board of Directors. Such other Officers and assistant Officers as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors. In its discretion, the Board of Directors may leave unfilled for any such period as it may determine any office except those of President and Secretary. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. Officers may or may not be Directors or shareholders of the Corporation. 2. Election and Term of Office

The Officers of the Corporation to be elected by the Board of Directors shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after each annual meeting of the shareholders. If the election of Officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Each Officer shall hold office until their successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until their death or until they shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

3. Resignations

Any Officer may resign at any time by delivering a written resignation either to the President or to the Secretary. Unless otherwise specified therein, such resignation shall take effect upon delivery.
 
 
Exhibit 3.1 -- Page 5

 
 
 

 
4. Removal

Any Officer or agent may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests Corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an Officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights. Any such removal shall require a majority vote of the Board of Directors, exclusive of the Officer in question if he or she is also a Director.

5. Vacancies

A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, or is a new office shall be created, may be filled by the Board of Directors for the un-expired portion of the term.

6. President

The president shall be the chief executive and administrative Officer of the Corporation. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, at meetings of the Board of Directors. He or she shall exercise such duties as customarily pertain to the office of President and shall have general and active supervision over the property, business, and affairs of the Corporation and over its several Officers, agents, or employees other than those appointed by the Board of Directors. He or she may sign, execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or by the Bylaws.

7. Vice President

The Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors or the President. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice President designated by the Board or the President shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President. A Vice President may sign and execute contracts any other obligations pertaining to the regular course of their duties.

8. Secretary

The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and, to the extent ordered by the Board of Directors or the President, the minutes of meeting of all committees. He or she shall cause notice to be given of meetings of stockholders, of the Board of Directors, and of any committee appointed by the Board. He or she shall have custody of the corporate seal and general charge of the records, documents and papers of the Corporation not pertaining to the performance of the duties vested in other Officers, which shall at all reasonable times be open to the examination of any Directors. He or she may sign or execute contracts with the President or a Vice President thereunto authorized in the name of the Corporation and affix the seal of the Corporation thereto. He or she shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or by the Bylaws.
 
 
Exhibit 3.1 -- Page 6

 

 
9. Treasurer

The Treasurer shall have general custody of the collection and disbursement of funds of the Corporation. He or she shall endorse on behalf of the Corporation for collection check, notes and other obligations, and shall deposit the same to the credit of the Corporation in such bank or banks or depositories as the Board of Directors may designate. He or she may sign, with the President or such other persons as may be designated for the purpose of the Board of Directors, all bills of exchange or promissory notes of the Corporation. He or she shall enter or cause to be entered regularly in the books of the Corporation full and accurate account of all monies received and paid by him on account of the Corporation; shall at all reasonable times exhibit his (or her) books and accounts to any Director of the Corporation upon application at the office of the Corporation during business hours; and, whenever required by the Board of Directors or the President, shall render a statement of his (or her) accounts. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or by the Bylaws.

10. Other Officers

Other Officers shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors.

11. Salaries

Salaries or other compensation of the Officers of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, except that the Board of Directors may delegate to any person or group of persons the power to fix the salaries or other compensation of any subordinate Officers or agents. No Officer shall be prevented from receiving any such salary or compensation by reason of the fact the he or she is also a Director of the Corporation

12. Surety Bonds

In case the Board of Directors shall so require, any Officer or agent of the Corporation shall execute to the Corporation a bond in such sums and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may direct, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his (or her) duties to the Corporation, including responsibility for negligence and for the accounting for all property, monies or securities of the Corporation, which may come into his (or her) hands.

Article V
Contracts, Loans, Checks and Deposits

1. Contracts

The Board of Directors may authorize any Officer or Officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
 
 
Exhibit 3.1 -- Page 7

 

 
2. Loans

No loan or advance shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation, no negotiable paper or other evidence of its obligation under any loan or advance shall be issued in its name, and no property of the Corporation shall be mortgaged, pledged, hypothecated or transferred as security for the payment of any loan, advance, indebtedness or liability of the Corporation unless and except as authorized by the Board of Directors. Any such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.


Article VI
Capital Stock

1. Certificate of Share

The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates prepared by the Board of Directors and signed by the President. The signatures of such Officers upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or one of its employees. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. All certificates surrendered to the Corporation for transfer shall be canceled except that in case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate, a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the Corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

2. Transfer of Shares

Transfer of shares of the Corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the Corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his (or her) legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or by his (or her) attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person in whose name shares stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed by the Corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.

3. Transfer Agent and Registrar

The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have the power to appoint one or more transfer agents and registrars for the transfer and registration of certificates of stock of any class, and may require that stock certificates shall be countersigned and registered by one or more of such transfer agents and registrars.
 
 
Exhibit 3.1 -- Page 8

 
 

4. Lost or Destroyed Certificates

The Corporation may issue a new certificate to replace any certificate theretofore issued by it alleged to have been lost or destroyed. The Board of Directors may require the owner of such a certificate or his (or her) legal representative to give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such sureties as the Board of Directors may direct to indemnify the Corporation as transfer agents and registrars, if any, against claims that may be made on account of the issuance of such new certificates. A new certificate may be issued without requiring any bond.

5. Registered Shareholders

The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder thereof, in fact, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or on behalf of this Corporation to any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, and shall have power and authority to execute and deliver proxies and consents on behalf of this Corporation in connection with the exercise by this Corporation of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

3. Deposits

All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select, or as may be selected by an Officer or agent of the Corporation authorized to do so by the Board of Directors.

4. Checks and Drafts

All notes, drafts, acceptances, checks, endorsements and evidence of indebtedness of the Corporation shall be signed by such Officer or Officers or such agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine. Endorsements for deposits to the credit of the Corporation in any of its duly authorized depositories shall be made in such manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

5. Bonds and Debentures

Every bond or debenture issued by the Corporation shall be in the form of an appropriate legal writing, which shall be signed by the President or Vice President and by the Treasurer or by the Secretary, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation. The seal may be facsimile, engraved or printed. Where such bond or debenture is authenticated with the manual signature of an authorized Officer of the Corporation or other trustee designated by the indenture of trust or other agreement under which such security is issued, the signature of any of the Corporation's Officers named thereon may be facsimile. In case any Officer who signed, or whose facsimile signature has been used on any such bond or debenture, shall cease to be an Officer of the Corporation for any reason before the same has been delivered by the Corporation, such bond or debenture may nevertheless by adopted by the Corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who signed it or whose facsimile signature has been used thereon had not ceased to be such Officer.
 
 
Exhibit 3.1 -- Page 9

 
 

 
Article VII
Indemnification

1. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

The Corporation shall, to the maximum extent and in the manner permitted by law, indemnify each of its directors and officers, and their heirs and administrators, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, liabilities, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding, arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the Corporation.  For purposes of this Section 1 of Article VII, a "director" or "officer" of the Corporation includes any person (a) who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, (b) who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (c) who was a director or officer of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the Corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation.

2. Indemnification of Others

The Corporation shall have the power, to the maximum extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify each of its employees and agents (other than directors and officers), and their heirs and administrators, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, liabilities, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding, arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2 of Article VII, an "employee" or "agent" of the Corporation (other than a director or officer) includes any person (a) who is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation, (b) who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as an employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (c) who was an employee or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the Corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation.

3. Payment of Expenses in Advance

Expenses incurred in defending any action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to Section 1 of Article VII of these bylaws or for which indemnification is permitted pursuant to Section 2 of Article VII of these bylaws following authorization thereof by the Board of Directors shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of  an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified party to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that the indemnified party is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Article VII of these bylaws.
 
 
 
Exhibit 3.1 -- Page 10

 
 

 
4. Indemnity Not Exclusive

The indemnification provided by this Article VII of these bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, to the extent that such additional rights to indemnification are authorized in the articles of incorporation.

Article VIII
Notice

Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or Director of the Corporation under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, or under the provisions of the Nevada Statutes, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meetings, except where attendance is for the express purpose of objecting to the holding of that meeting.

Article IX
Amendments

These Bylaws may be altered, amended, repealed, or new Bylaws adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Any Bylaw adopted by the Board may be repealed or changed by the action of the shareholders.

Article X
Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed and may be varied by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Article XI
Dividends

The Board of Directors may at any regular or special meeting, as they deem advisable, declare dividends payable out of the surplus of the Corporation.

Article XII
Corporate Seal

The seal of the Corporation shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the name of the Corporation and the year of incorporation per sample affixed hereto.
 
 
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Article XIII
Fees

In the event that (a) any current or prior stockholder of the Company or anyone on their behalf ("Claiming Party") initiates or asserts any claim or counterclaim ("Claim") o r joins, offers assistance to, or has a direct interest in any Claim against the Company and/or any of its stockholders, officers, or directors (together, the Company and/or any of its stockholders, officers, or directors are henceforth called "Receiving Parties"),   including any Claim purportedly filed on behalf of the Company or any stockholder, whether direct or derivative, in any jurisdiction, and (b) the Claiming Party (or the third party that received assistance from the Claiming Party or in whose Claim the Claiming Party had a direct interest) does not obtain a favorable judgment on the merits of its Claim, with such determination made by the Company, then each Claiming Party shall be obligated jointly and severally to reimburse the Receiving Parties for all fees, costs and expenses of every kind and description (including, but not limited to, all attorneys' fees) that the Receiving Parties  may incur in connection with such Claim.


CERTIFIED TO BE THE BYLAWS OF:

Brazil Minerals, Inc.



 


Exhibit 3.1 -- Page 12