SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OFTHE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2017

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MMEX RESOURCES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada

 

333-152608

 

26-1749145

(State of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

3616 Far West Blvd., #117-321

Austin, Texas 78731

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (855) 880-0400

 

Check the appropriate box if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the reporting obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 of the Exchange Act
 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) Exchange Act
 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) Exchange Act

 

 
 
 
 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement 

 

In our report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2017, MMEX Resources Corporation (the “Company” or “we”) reported that it had entered into an agreement with Maple Resources Corporation (“Maple”), a related party, to acquire all of Maple’s right, title and interest (the “Rights”) in plans to build a $450 million, 50,000 barrels per day capacity crude oil refinery in Pecos County, Texas (the “ Refinery Transaction” or the “Project”). We also reported that pursuant to the Refinery Transaction, the Company had issued to Maple a first tranche of 1,500,000,000 shares of common stock to be issued on March 4, 2017 and that a second tranche of 5,500,000,000 shares (subject to adjustment) were to be issued once the Company’s Articles of Incorporation were amended to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock.

 

In connection with the amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, Maple has agreed to waive its right to receive the second tranche of 5,500,000,000 shares of common stock.

 

Item 5.03 Amendment of Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year 

 

Our board of directors and the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Company’s common stock have approved an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation to provide for the increase in authorized shares of common stock from 3,000,000,000 to 5,000,000,000 common shares. In addition, the Articles of Incorporation have been amended to provide for two classes of common shares: (i) Class A Shares, having one vote per share, and (ii) Class B Shares, with 10 votes per share. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock will be reclassified as Class A Shares, except that all of the shares issued to Maple in connection with the Refinery Transaction will be Class B Shares. Other than the provisions of the voting rights, the two classes of shares have equal terms and conditions. Further, in view of the number of amendments in the Company’s history, the Articles of Incorporation have been amended and restated for all of the foregoing provisions. A copy of the amended and restated Articles of Incorporation is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this report on Form 8-K.

 

Further, the Bylaws of the Company have been amended and restated to include all necessary conforming changes for the Company’s capital structure, and other required updating. A copy of the amended and restated Bylaws is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

3.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation

 

 

3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  MMEX Resources Corporation
       
Date: April 3, 2017 By: /s/ Jack W. Hanks

 

 

Jack W. Hanks  
    President and Chief Executive Officer  

 

 

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EXHIBIT 3.1

 

[Filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Nevada on March 31, 2017 at 2:45 p.m.; Document No. 20170143087-23]

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF MMEX RESOURCES CORPORATION

 

MMEX RESOURCES CORPORATION (hereinafter the “Corporation”), a Nevada corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the State of Nevada, does hereby certify that:

 

1. The original Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on May 19, 2005 as Inkie Entertainment Group, Inc. On April 6, 2016, the Corporation amended its Articles of Incorporation to, among other matters, change the corporate name to MMEX Resources Corporation.

 

2. This Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of Nevada (“Nevada Law”) by the Board of Directors and shareholders of the Corporation.

 

3. The Articles of Incorporation are hereby amended and restated to read as herein set forth in full:

 

ARTICLE I

NAME

 

The name of the Corporation shall be MMEX Resources Corporation.

 

ARTICLE II

PERIOD OF DURATION

 

The Corporation shall exist in perpetuity, from and after the date of filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada unless dissolved according to law.

 

ARTICLE III

PURPOSES AND POWERS

 

1. Purposes. Except as restricted by these Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation is organized for the purpose of transacting all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated pursuant to the Nevada Business Corporation Act.

 

2. General Powers. Except as restricted by these Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation shall have and may exercise all powers and rights which a corporation may exercise legally pursuant to the Nevada Law.

 

3. Issuance of Shares. The board of directors of the Corporation may divide and issue any class of stock of the Corporation in series pursuant to a resolution properly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada.

 

 
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ARTICLE IV

CAPITAL STOCK

 

The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Five Billion and Ten Million (5,010,000,000) shares, which shall consist of (i) Five Billion (5,000,000,000) shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), and (ii) Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Preferred Stock"). The voting powers, designations, preferences, privileges and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of each class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, shall be as provided in this Article IV.

 

A. PREFERRED STOCK.

 

The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time by the Board of Directors as shares of one or more classes or series. The designations, powers, preferences and relative, optional, conversion and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of Preferred Stock of each class or series shall be such as are stated and expressed herein and, to the extent not stated and expressed herein, shall be such as may be fixed by the Board of Directors (authority so to do being hereby expressly granted) and stated and expressed in a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issue of Preferred Stock of such class or series. Such resolution or resolutions shall (a) specify the class or series to which such Preferred Stock shall belong, (b) fix the dividend rate therefor, (c) fix the amount which the holders of Preferred Stock of such class or series shall be entitled to be paid in the event of a voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, (d) state whether or not Preferred Stock of such class or series shall be redeemable and at what times and under what conditions and the amount or amounts payable thereon in the event of redemption, (e) fix the voting powers of the holders of Preferred Stock of such class or series, whether full or limited, or without voting powers, but in no event shall the holders of Preferred Stock of such class or series be entitled to more than one vote for each share held at all meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation; and may, in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article 4, (i) limit the number of shares of such class or series which may be issued, (ii) provide for a sinking or purchase fund for the redemption or purchase of shares of such class or series and the terms and provisions governing the operation of any such fund and the status as to reissuance of shares of Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise reacquired or redeemed or retired through the operation thereof, (iii) impose conditions or restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness of the Corporation or upon the issue of additional Preferred Stock or other capital stock ranking equally therewith or prior thereto as to dividends or distribution of assets on liquidation, and (iv) grant such other special rights to the holders of Preferred Stock of such class or series as the Board of Directors may determine and which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article 4. The term "fix for such class or series" and similar terms shall mean stated and expressed in a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issue of Preferred Stock of the class or series referred to therein. No further action or vote of the stockholders shall be required for any action taken by the Board of Directors pursuant to this Article 4.

 
 
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B. COMMON STOCK

 

1. Designation. An aggregate of Three Billion (3,000,000,000) shares of the authorized Common Stock shall be designated as Class A Common Stock, and Two Billion (2,000,000,000) shares of the authorized Common Stock shall be designated as Class B Common Stock. All issued shares of Common Stock, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued hereinafter, shall be designated as Class A Common Stock, except that all shares issued or to be issued by the Corporation to Maple Resources Corporation or its affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated by that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, dated March 4, 2017 shall be designated as Class B Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each share of Class B Common Stock shall be automatically converted into one share of Class A Common Stock upon the earlier of (i) the surrender to the Corporation by the holder thereof of such share of Class B Common Stock for voluntary conversion or (ii) the transfer or sale of such share of Class B Common Stock to any person other than Maple Resources Corporation, Jack W. Hanks, BNL Family Trust or one of their respective affiliates.

 

2. Voting. The holder of each share of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each such share as determined on the record date for the vote or consent of stockholders and shall vote together with the holders of Class B Common Stock as a single class upon any items submitted to a vote of stockholders, except with respect to matters requiring a separate series or class vote. The holder of each share of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to ten votes for each such share as determined on the record date for the vote or consent of stockholders and shall vote together with the holders of Class A Common Stock as a single class upon any items submitted to a vote of stockholders, except with respect to matters requiring a separate series or class vote.

 

3. Except as set forth above, the rights of the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be identical.

 

ARTICLE VI

TRANSACTIONS WITH INTERESTED DIRECTORS OR OFFICERS

 

No contract or other transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any corporation, firm or association in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or are financially interested, shall be either void or voidable solely because of such relationship or interest or solely because such director or officer is present at the meeting of the board of directors or a committee thereof which authorizes, approves, or ratifies such contract or transaction or solely because their votes are counted for such purpose, if:

 

(i) The fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the board of directors or committee and noted in the minutes, and the board or committee authorizes, approves, or ratifies the contract or transaction in good faith by a vote or consent sufficient for the purpose without counting the votes or consents of such interested directors; or

 
 
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(ii) The fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the shareholders entitled to vote and they authorize, approve, or ratify such contract or transaction in good faith by a majority vote or written consent. The votes of the common or interested directors or officers must be counted in any such vote of stockholders; or

 

(iii) The fact of such relationship or interest is not disclosed or known to the director or officer at the time the transaction is brought before the board of directors of the corporation for action; or

 

(iv) The contract or transaction is fair and reasonable as to the Corporation at the time it is authorized or approved.

 

Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee thereof which authorizes, approves, or ratifies such contract or transaction, and if the votes of the common or interested directors are not counted at the meeting, then a majority of the disinterested directors may authorize, approve or ratify the contract or transaction.

 

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION

 

The Corporation is authorized to provide indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents; whether by bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification expressly permitted by Nevada Law for breach of duty to the Corporation and its shareholders, subject only to the applicable limits upon such indemnification as set forth in the Nevada Law. Any repeal or modification of this Article VII or Article XI shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII

ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

 

The Bylaws of the Corporation shall be adopted by its board of directors. Subject to repeal or change by action of the shareholders, the power to alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws shall be vested in the board of directors. The Bylaws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the Corporation not inconsistent with law or these Articles of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

RESIDENT AGENT

 

The name of the Corporation's resident agent and the street address in Clark County, Nevada for such resident agent where process may be served are VCorp Services, LLC, 1645 Village Center Circle, Suite 170, Las Vegas, Nevada 89134. The resident agent may be changed in the manner permitted by law.

 

 
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ARTICLE X

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

The number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Bylaws of the Corporation, and the number of directors of the Corporation may be changed from time to time by consent of the Corporation's directors. The initial board of directors of the Corporation shall consist of two (2) directors. The names and addresses of the people who shall serve as directors until the first annual meeting of shareholders and/or until their successors are elected and shall qualify are:

 

Jack W. Hanks

3616 Far West Blvd., #117-321

Austin, Texas 78731

 

Bruce N. Lemons

3616 Far West Blvd., #117-321

Austin, Texas 78731

 

ARTICLE XI

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS TO CORPORATION AND SHAREHOLDERS

 

No director or officer shall be liable to the Corporation or any shareholder for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except for any matter in respect of which such director or officer (a) shall be liable under the Nevada Law or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto; or (b) shall have acted or failed to act in a manner involving intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption of any provision in the Articles of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article in respect of any matter occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision. This Article shall apply to the full extent now permitted by the Nevada Law or as may be permitted in the future by changes or enactments in Nevada Law.

 

4. The date of the adoption of the amended and restated Articles of Incorporation by the Board of Directors is March 7, 2017. On such date, such amended and restated Articles of Incorporation was duly adopted by the written consent of the holders of 1,500,000,000 shares of the 2,436,923,522 total number of issued and shares of capital stock of the Corporation, constituting 61.55% of such outstanding shares.

 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MMEX Resources Corporation has authorized this Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to be signed by Jack W. Hanks, Chief Executive Officer, as of this March 31, 2017.

 

 

By: /s/ Jack W. Hanks

 

Jack W. Hanks  
  Chief Executive Officer  

 

 

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EXHIBIT 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

MMEX RESOURCES CORPORATION

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

Section 1.1. Principal Office . The principal office of the Corporation in the State of Nevada shall be as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Articles”), unless otherwise changed by action of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 1.2. Other Offices . The Corporation may have offices at such other place or places as from time to time the Board of Directors may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 2.1. Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or without the State of Nevada as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.2. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called at any time by the President or by order of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the President or Secretary upon the request in writing of a stockholder or stockholders holding of record at least one‑fourth of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Any such written request of a stockholder or stockholders shall state a proper purpose or purposes of the meeting and shall be delivered to the President or Secretary.

 

Section 2.3. Place of Meeting . Each meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, whether annual or special, shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or without the State of Nevada as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and specified in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

 

 
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Section 2.4. Notice of Meetings . Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of the stockholders shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, whether annual or special, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, by delivering a typewritten or printed notice thereof to him or her personally, or by mailing such notice in a postage prepaid envelope addressed to him or her at his or her post office address furnished by him or her to the Secretary of the Corporation for such purpose, or, if he or she shall not have furnished to the Secretary of the Corporation his or her address for such purpose, then at his or her post office address last known to the Secretary of the Corporation. Each such notice shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and the date and time when, and the place where such meeting is to be held. Except where expressly required by law, no publication of any notice of a meeting of stockholders shall be required. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy. Notice of any adjourned meeting of the stockholders shall not be required to be given, except where expressly required by law.

 

Section 2.5. Quorum . At each meeting of the stockholders, except where other provision is made by law, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, a majority in interest of the stockholders of the Corporation present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote or, in the absence of any stockholder entitled to vote, any officer entitled to preside at, or act as Secretary of, such meeting, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, until stockholders holding the requisite amount of stock shall be present or represented. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

 

Section 2.6. Voting . At each meeting of the stockholders, every stockholder of record of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall be entitled to such number of votes as specified in the Articles for each share of stock of the Corporation registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation (a) on the date fixed pursuant to Section 7.3 of Article VII of these Bylaws as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting; or (b) if no such record date shall have been fixed, then as of the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. Any vote on stock of the Corporation may be given by the stockholder entitled thereto in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, including without limitation a telegraph or a cable, subscribed by such stockholder or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized and delivered to the Secretary of the meeting; provided, however, that no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date unless said proxy provides for a longer period. At all meetings of the stockholders, all matters (except where other provision is made by law or by the Articles) shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the stock present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, a quorum being present.

 

 
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Section 2.7. List of Stockholders . It shall be the duty of the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who shall have charge of its stock ledger, either directly or through a transfer agent or transfer clerk appointed by the Board of Directors, to prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors of the Corporation, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the election, either at a place within the city, town or village where the election is to be held and which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held, and the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of said meeting during the whole time thereof and subject to the inspection of any stockholder who shall be present thereat. Upon the willful neglect or refusal of the directors to produce such list at any election, they shall be ineligible for any office at such election. The original or duplicate stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list or the books of the Corporation or to vote in person or by proxy at such election.

 

Section 2.8. Judges of Election . The Board of Directors may appoint judges of election to serve at any election of directors and at balloting on any other matter that may properly come before a meeting of stockholders. If no such appointment shall be made, or if any of the judges so appointed shall fail to attend, or refuse or be unable to serve, then such appointment may be made by the presiding officer at the meeting.

 

ARTICLE III

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 3.1. General Powers . The property, affairs and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3.2. Number, Election, Qualifications and Term of Office . The number of directors shall be as fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors or stockholders (any such resolution of either the Board of Directors or stockholders being subject to the later resolution of either of them). Until changed as provided herein, the initial Board of Directors and all subsequent boards of directors shall consist of that number of directors set forth in the Articles. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles or in these Bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares of stock entitled to vote at each meeting of stockholders for the election of a director or directors. Directors need not be stockholders. Each director shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her death, or until he or she shall resign, or until he or she shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

Section 3.3. Resignation . Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the President or to the Secretary of the Corporation. The resignation of any director shall take effect at the time specified therein. Unless otherwise specified in the written resignation notice, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

 
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Section 3.4. Removal of Directors . Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by any such removal may be filled by a plurality of the votes of the stockholders at such meeting, or, if the stockholders shall fail to fill such vacancy, by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3.5. Vacancies . Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, disqualification, removal, an increase in the number of directors, or any other cause, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors (though less than a quorum), unless filled by the stockholders pursuant to Section 3.4 hereof; and each director so chosen shall hold office until his or her successor shall be duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

Section 3.6. Place of Meetings, Etc . Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the Board of Directors may hold its meetings, have one or more offices and keep the books and records of the Corporation at such place or places within or without the State of Nevada as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

Section 3.7. First Meeting . Within thirty (30) days after each annual election of directors, the Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of organization, the election of officers and the transaction of other business at the place where regular meetings of the Board of Directors are held. Notice of such meeting shall be given in the manner hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors or in a consent and waiver of notice thereof signed by all the directors.

 

Section 3.8. Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places and at such times as the Board shall determine. If any day fixed for a regular meeting shall be a legal holiday at the place where the meeting is to be held, then the meeting which would otherwise be held on that day shall be held at such place at the same hour and on the next succeeding business day not a legal holiday. Notice of regular meetings need not be given, provided that, whenever the time or place of regular meetings shall be fixed or changed, notice of such action shall be mailed promptly to each director who shall not have been present at the meeting at which such action was taken, addressed to him or her at his or her residence or usual place of business.

 

Section 3.9. Special Meetings; Notice . Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the President or by one of the directors. At least three calendar days before the day on which any special meeting is to be held, notice of such meeting shall be sent to each director by first class mail, addressed to him or her at his or her residence or usual place of business, or shall be sent to him or her at such place by telegraph, cable or wireless or shall be delivered personally or by telephone at least one day before the day on which the meeting is to be held. Each such notice shall state the time and place of the meeting but need not state the purposes thereof, except as otherwise herein expressly provided. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors need not be given to any director who shall be present at such meeting or who shall, either before or after such meeting, waive notice of such meeting in writing or by telegram, radio, cable or telephone; and any meeting of the Board of Directors shall be a legal meeting without any notice thereof having been given if all of the directors of the Corporation then in office shall be present thereat.

 

 
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Section 3.10. Quorum and Manner of Acting . Except as otherwise provided by statute, these Bylaws or where the affirmative vote of the Board of Directors is required, a majority of the total number of directors shall be required to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum shall be present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors present may adjourn any meeting from time to time until a quorum is had. Notice of any adjourned meeting need not be given, except as required by law.

 

Section 3.11. Remuneration . Directors shall receive such reasonable compensation for their services, as such, whether in form of a salary or a fixed fee for attendance at meetings, with expenses, if any, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving remuneration therefor.

 

Section 3.12. Action by Consent. Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing and such writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.

 

Section 3.13. Telephonic Meetings . Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this subsection shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

COMMITTEES

 

Section 4.1. Designation of Committees, Alternate Members and Term of Office. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, including an executive committee, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who, in the order specified by the Board, may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member or members of a committee, and in the event there are not sufficient alternate members present at such meeting, the member or members thereof, including alternates, present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. The term of office of the members of each committee shall be as fixed from time to time by the Board, subject to these Bylaws; provided, however, that any committee member who ceases to be a member of the Board shall ipso facto cease to be a committee member.

 

 
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Section 4.2. Powers of Committees. Any committee designated by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to: (i) amend the Articles, (ii) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation, (iii) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets, (iv) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, (v) amend these Bylaws of the Corporation; (vi) institute any proceedings to adjudicate the Corporation bankrupt or insolvent, consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the Corporation, file a petition seeking or consenting to reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Corporation or a substantial part of its property or admit its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due or authorize any of the foregoing to be done or taken on behalf of the Corporation, or (vii) declare a dividend or authorize the issuance of stock.

 

Section 4.3. Meetings, Notices and Records . Each committee may provide for the holding of regular meetings, with or without notice, and may fix the time and place at which such meetings shall be held. Special meetings of each committee shall be held upon call by or at the direction of its chairman or, if there be no chairman, by or at the direction of any two of its members, at the time and place specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof. Notice of each special meeting of a committee shall be mailed to each member of such committee, addressed to him or her at his or her residence or usual place of business, at least one day before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be sent by telegram, radio or cable, addressed to him or her at such place, or telephoned or delivered to him or her personally, not later than the day before the day on which the meeting is to be held. Notice of any meeting of a committee need not be given to any member thereof who shall attend the meeting in person or who shall waive notice thereof by telegram, radio, cable or other writing. Notice of any adjourned meeting need not be given. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings.

 

Section 4.4. Quorum and Manner of Acting. At each meeting of any committee the presence of one-third of its members then in office shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee; in the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at the time and place of any meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. Subject to the foregoing and other provisions of these Bylaws and except as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, each committee may make rules for the conduct of its business. Any determination made in writing and signed by all the members of such committee shall be as effective as if made by such committee at a meeting.

 

 
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Section 4.5. Resignations . Any member of a committee may resign at any time by giving written notice of such resignation to the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Board or any such officer.

 

Section 4.6. Removal . Any member of any committee may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors with or without cause.

 

Section 4.7. Vacancies . If any vacancy shall occur in any committee by reason of death, resignation, disqualification, removal or otherwise, the remaining members of such committee, though less than a quorum, shall continue to act until such vacancy is filled by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.8. Compensation . Committee members shall receive such reasonable compensation for their services as such, whether in the form of salary or a fixed fee for attendance at meetings, with expenses, if any, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any committee member from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 5.1. Number. The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, Secretary and such other officers and agents as may be appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

 

Section 5.2. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications. The officers shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors and, except in the case of officers appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 hereof, each shall hold office until the next annual election of officers or until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her death, or until he or she shall resign, or until he or she shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

Section 5.3. Other Officers . The Corporation may have such other officers and agents as may be deemed necessary by the Board of Directors. Such other officers and agents shall be appointed in such manner, have such duties and hold their offices for such terms as may be determined by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any officer or agent the power to appoint any such subordinate officers or agents and to prescribe their respective terms of office, authorities and duties.

 

 
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Section 5.4. Resignations . Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, to the President or to the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, any such resignation shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or any such officer.

 

Section 5.5. Removal. Any officer specifically designated in Section 5.1 hereof may be removed, either with or without cause, by a vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors. Any officer or agent appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 hereof may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting, by the vote of a majority of the directors present at such meeting, or by any superior officer or agent upon whom such power of removal shall have been conferred by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 5.6. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office by reason of death, resignation, removal or any other cause shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for election or appointment to such office.

 

Section 5.7. The President. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to control by the Board of Directors, shall have general charge of the business, affairs and property of the Corporation and control over its several officers. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee at which he or she shall be present. He or she shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He or she may sign, with the Secretary or any other officer thereunto duly authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, agreements or other instruments duly authorized by the Board of Directors except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent. From time to time he or she shall report to the Board of Directors all matters within his or her knowledge which the interests of the Corporation may require to be brought to their attention. The President shall do and perform all such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the Executive Committee. The officers of the Corporation shall be responsible to the President for the proper and faithful discharge of their several duties and shall make such reports to him or her as he or she may from time to time require.

 

Section 5.8. The Secretary . The Secretary shall:

 

(a) Keep the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, and cause the same to be recorded in books provided for that purpose;

 

(b) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the Chairman of each meeting of the stockholders a certified list, in alphabetical order, of the names of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, together with the number of shares of stock held by each;

 

 
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(c) See that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by statute;

 

(d) Be custodian of the records of the Corporation, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, and of the seal of the Corporation; see that the seal is affixed to all stock certificates prior to their issuance and to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal shall have been duly authorized, and attest the seal when so affixed;

 

(e) See that all books, reports, statements, certificates and the other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed;

 

(f) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of the Secretary and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the President;

 

(g) Whenever any committee shall be appointed in pursuance of a resolution of the Board of Directors, furnish the chairman of such committee with a copy of such resolution;

 

(h) Have charge of the stock and transfer books of the Corporation, and exhibit such stock book at all reasonable times to such persons as are entitled by statute to have access thereto; and

 

(i) Sign certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature).

 

Section 5.9. Salaries . The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, except that the Board of Directors may delegate to any person the power to fix the salaries or other compensation of any officers or agents appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 hereof. No officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director of the Corporation.

 

 
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ARTICLE VI

 

CONTRACTS, CHECKS, LOANS, DEPOSITS AND PROXIES

 

Section 6.1. Contracts, Checks, Etc. All contracts and agreements authorized by the Board of Directors, and all checks, drafts, bills of exchange or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, or agent or agents, as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors, which designation may be general or confined to specific instances. The officers so authorized by the Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to bind the Corporation by contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose or for any amount; and no other officer, agent or employee of the Corporation shall have any such power and authority unless so designated by the Board of Directors or in or pursuant to the provisions of these Bylaws.

 

Section 6.2. Proxies in Respect of Securities of Other Corporations. Unless otherwise provided by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, the officers so authorized by the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint an attorney or attorneys, or an agent or agents, to exercise in the name and on behalf of the Corporation the powers and rights which the Corporation may have as the holder of stock or other securities in any other corporation to vote or to consent in respect of such stock or other securities; and such officers may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of exercising such powers and rights and may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate seal, or otherwise, all such written proxies, powers of attorney or other written instruments as he or she may deem necessary in order that the Corporation may exercise such powers and rights.

 

Section 6.3. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to its credit in such banks or trust companies or with such bankers or other depositaries as the Board of Directors may select, or as may be selected by any officer or officers or agent or agents authorized so to do by the Board of Directors. Endorsements for deposit to the credit of the Corporation in any of its duly authorized depositaries shall be made in such manner as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

 

Section 7.1. Form; Signature. If the Board of Directors requires that shares of stock be represented by certificates, then such certificates of stock of the Corporation shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares and shall be signed by such officers as the Board of Directors determines from time to time.

 

Section 7.2. Transfer . Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the registered holder of the applicable shares or by his or her attorney, lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of any certificate therefor.

 

 
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Section 7.3. Record Dates . In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, fix, in advance, a record date, which shall be not more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. Only those stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to any of the foregoing rights, notwithstanding the transfer of any such stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record date fixed by the Board of Directors. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

Section 7.4. Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors may close the transfer books in its discretion for a period not exceeding 60 days preceding any meeting, annual or special, of the stockholders or the day appointed for the payment of a dividend.

 

Section 7.5. Record Owner. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, unless the laws of Nevada expressly provide otherwise.

 

Section 7.6. Lost Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of that fact and advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors may require, and shall if the directors so require give the Corporation a bond of indemnity, in form and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors, in at least double the value of the stock represented by said certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost or destroyed.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

DIVIDENDS

 

Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, when earned, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

 

Before payment of any dividend or making any distribution of profits, there may be set aside out of the surplus or net profits of the Corporation such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the Corporation.

 

 
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ARTICLE IX

 

RELIANCE ON RECORDS AND REPORTS

 

Each director, officer or member of any committee designated by, or by authority of, the Board of Directors shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account or other records of the Corporation or of any of its subsidiaries or upon reports made to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries by any official of the Corporation or of a subsidiary or by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser selected with reasonable care by the Board of Directors or by any such committee.

 

ARTICLE X

 

CORPORATE SEAL

 

The corporate seal shall be circular in form and shall bear the name of the Corporation and words and figures denoting its organization under the laws of the State of Nevada and otherwise shall be in such form as shall be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the Sunday after the Saturday closest to December 31 of each year.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Whenever any notice whatsoever is required to be given by these Bylaws or the Articles or any of the corporate laws of the State of Nevada, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.

 
 
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ARTICLE XIII

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

The Corporation shall indemnify each of its Directors and officers, whether or not then in office (and his or her executor, administrator and heirs), against all reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments and fines, actually and necessarily incurred by him or her in connection with the defense of any litigation to which he or she may have been made a party because he or she is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation. He or she shall have no right to reimbursement, however, in relation to any matter to which he or she has been adjudged liable to the Corporation for gross negligence or culpable misconduct in the performance of his or her duties. The right to indemnify for expenses shall also apply to the expenses of suits which are compromised if the court having jurisdiction of the matter shall approve such settlement. The foregoing right of indemnification shall be in addition to all other rights to which such Director or officer may be entitled, pursuant to the Nevada corporation laws.

 

ARTICLE XIV

 

AMENDMENTS

 

The Bylaws of the Corporation, regardless of whether made by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors, may not be amended without the affirmative vote in favor thereof by the Corporation’s Directors.

 

 

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