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): March 12, 2018

 

Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada 000-19621 41-1454591
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)

 

175 Jackson Avenue North, Suite 102, Minneapolis, MN 55343-4565
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (952) 930-9000

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b 2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  o

 

If any emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders

 

On March 12, 2018, Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (the “Company”) changed its state of incorporation from the State of Minnesota to the State of Nevada (the “Reincorporation”) pursuant to a plan of conversion, dated March 12, 2018 (the “Plan of Conversion”). The Reincorporation was accomplished by the filing of (i) articles of conversion (the “Minnesota Articles of Conversion”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota and (ii) articles of conversion (the “Nevada Articles of Conversion”) and articles of incorporation (the “Nevada Articles of Incorporation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada. Pursuant to the Plan of Conversion, the Company also adopted new bylaws (the “Nevada Bylaws”).

 

The Reincorporation was previously submitted to a vote of, and approved by, the Company’s stockholders at its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on November 21, 2017 (the “Annual Meeting”). Upon the effectiveness of the Reincorporation:

 

· the affairs of the Company ceased to be governed by the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, the Company’s existing Articles of Incorporation and the Company’s existing Bylaws, and the affairs of the Company became subject to the Nevada Revised Statutes, the Nevada Articles of Incorporation and the Nevada Bylaws;
· each outstanding share of the Minnesota corporation’s common stock and Series A Preferred Stock converted into an outstanding share of the Nevada corporation’s common stock and Series A Preferred Stock, respectively;
· each outstanding option to acquire shares of the Minnesota corporation’s common stock converted into an equivalent option to acquire, upon the same terms and conditions (including the vesting schedule and exercise price per share applicable to each such option), the same number of shares of the Nevada corporation’s common stock;
· each employee benefit, stock option or other similar plan of the Minnesota corporation continued to be an employee benefit, stock option or other similar plan of the Nevada corporation; and
· each director and officer of the Minnesota corporation continued to hold his or her respective position with the Nevada corporation.

 

Certain rights of the Company’s stockholders were also changed as a result of the Reincorporation, as described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25, 2017, under the section entitled “Proposal 3 – Approval of the Reincorporation of the Company from the State of Minnesota to the State of Nevada – Significant Differences Related to State Law”, which description is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.

 

The Reincorporation did not affect any of the Company’s material contracts with any third parties, and the Company’s rights and obligations under such material contractual arrangements continue to be rights and obligations of the Company after the Reincorporation. The Reincorporation did not result in any change in headquarters, business, jobs, management, location of any of the offices or facilities, number of employees, assets, liabilities or net worth (other than as a result of the costs incident to the Reincorporation) of the Company.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Plan of Conversion, the Minnesota Articles of Conversion, the Nevada Articles of Conversion, the Nevada Articles of Incorporation and the Nevada Bylaws do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan of Conversion, the Minnesota Articles of Conversion, the Nevada Articles of Conversion, the Nevada Articles of Incorporation and the Nevada Bylaws, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

 

Number

  Description
2.1   Plan of Conversion, dated March 12, 2018 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 3.1).
3.1   Articles of Conversion, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota on March 12, 2018.
3.2   Articles of Conversion, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on March 12, 2018.
3.3   Articles of Incorporation, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on March 12, 2018.
3.4   Bylaws, effective March 12, 2018.

 

 

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.

 

  Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc.
   
Date: March 13, 2018 /s/ Tony Isaac
 

Tony Isaac

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLES OF CONVERSION

of

APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.

a Minnesota corporation

to

APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.

a Nevada corporation

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 302A, the undersigned corporation executes the following Articles of Conversion:

 

1. The Plan of Conversion attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Plan of Conversion”), and incorporated herein by reference, has been approved by the Converting Corporation in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 302A.684.

 

2. The name of the Converting Corporation before the conversion is Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc., a Minnesota corporation.

 

3. The name of the Converted Corporation after the conversion shall be Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc., a Nevada corporation, which name satisfies the laws applicable to the Converted Corporation.

 

4. The conversion is effective under the governing statute of the Converted Corporation upon filing of the Articles of Conversion with the Nevada Secretary of State.

 

5. The conversion has been approved as required by the Converting Corporation in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 302A.

 

6. The conversion was approved as required by the governing statute of the Converted Corporation.

 

7. The Converted Corporation consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Minnesota to enforce any debt, obligation, or other liability for which the Converting Corporation is liable if, before the conversion, the Converting Corporation was subject to suit in the State of Minnesota on the debt, obligation, or other liability.

 

8. The Converted Corporation irrevocably appoints the Secretary of State or the State of Minnesota as its agent for service of process. The address to which the Secretary of State may forward any process for the purpose of Section 302A.691, subdivision 3 is: 175 Jackson Ave. N., Ste. 102, Minneapolis, MN 55343.

 

I, the undersigned, swear that the foregoing is true and accurate and that I have authority to sign these Articles of conversion on behalf of the Converting Corporation.

 

Dated: March 12, 2018

 

  APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Tony Isaac
    Tony Isaac, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

PLAN OF CONVERSION

of

APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.

a Minnesota corporation

to

APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.

a Nevada corporation

 

This Plan of Conversion (“Plan of Conversion”) is entered into by Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, which desires to convert to Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc., a Nevada corporation.

 

1. Converting Corporation . The name of the Converting Corporation before the conversion is Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc., a Minnesota corporation.

 

2. Converted Corporation . After conversion, the name of the Converting Corporation shall be Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc., a Nevada corporation.

 

3. Organizational Documents . The Articles of Incorporation attached hereto as Attachment A shall be the Articles of Incorporation of the Converted Corporation. The Bylaws of the Converting Corporation shall terminate on the Effective Date and shall be superseded and replaced by the Bylaws of the Converted Corporation.

 

4. Effective Date . The Conversion shall become effective upon filing the Articles of Conversion and the Articles of Incorporation with the Nevada Secretary of State.

 

5. Conversion of Ownership Shares . As of the Effective Date, each share of the Converting Corporation that is outstanding immediately prior thereto, shall be unchanged and shall continue to represent the shares of stock of the Converted Corporation and shall remain in effect immediately after consummation of the conversion.

 

6. Officers and Directors . The Board of Directors of the Converting Corporation holding office immediately before the Effective Date shall constitute the Board of Directors of the Converted Corporation immediately upon the Effective Date. The Officers of the Converting Corporation holding office immediately before the Effective Date shall constitute the Officers of the Converted Corporation immediately upon the Effective Date.

 

7. Continuation . As of the Effective Date, the Converted Corporation shall possess all rights, privileges, powers, franchises, assets, property and immunities of the Converting Corporation. The title to any real property or any interest therein vested by deed or otherwise in the Converting Corporation shall remain vested in the Converted Corporation. All rights of creditors, and all liens up on any property of the Converting Corporation, shall be preserved unimpaired, limited in lien to the property affected by such liens at the Effective Date, and all other debts, liabilities and duties of the Converting Corporation shall continue as debts, liabilities, and duties of the Converted Corporation.

 

 

 

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8. Instruments of Further Assurance . If at any time after the Effective Date, the Converted Corporation shall determine or be advised that any instrument of further assurance is needed in order to evidence the continued vesting in it of the title of the Converting Corporation to any of the property rights of the Converting Corporation, the appropriate officers or managers of the Converted Corporation and the Converting Corporation are hereby authorized to execute, acknowledge, and deliver all such instruments of further assurance and to do all acts or things, in the name of the Converted Corporation and the Converting Corporation, as may be required or desirable to carry out the provisions of this Plan of Conversion.

 

Entered into as of this   12th   day of March        , 2018.

 

  APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Tony Isaac
    Tony Isaac, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ATTACHMENT A

 

Articles of Incorporation

 

(see attached)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Names and Addresses of the Board of Directors (con’t)

 

Dennis Gao

175 Jackson Ave., N., Ste. 102, Minneapolis, MN 55343

 

Tim Matula

175 Jackson Ave., N., Ste. 102, Minneapolis, MN 55343

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CONTINUATION OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.

 

Article 3: Authorized Stock

 

Section 3.1. Designation of Classes and Series.

 

The total number of shares of capital. stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 52,000,000 shares, of which (i) 50,000,000 shares shall be Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock ") and (ii) 2,000,000 shares shall be Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the " Preferred Stock "), of which 288,588 shares are hereby designated " Series A Convertible Preferred Stock ", with the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions, relative rights and distinguishing designation set forth in Section 3.2.

 

The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to establish from the undesignated shares of Preferred Stock one or more series of Preferred Stock and to prescribe the series and the number of each such series of Preferred Stock and the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights of each such series of Preferred Stock, including without limitation: the rate of dividends upon which and the times at which dividends on shares of such series shall be payable and the preference, if any, which such dividends shall have relative to dividends on shares of any other class or classes or any other series of stock of the corporation; whether·such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative, and if cumulative, the date or dates from which dividends on shares of such series shall be cumulative; the voting rights, if any, to be provided for shares of such series; the rights, if any, which the holders of shares of such series shall have in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the corporation; the rights, if any, which the holders of stock of the corporation, and the terms and conditions, including price and rate of exchange of such conversion or exchange; and the redemption rights (including sinking fund provisions), if any, for shares of such series; and such other voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions, relative rights and distinguishing designation as the Board of Directors may desire to so fix. The Board of Directors is also expressly authorized to fix the number of shares constituting such series and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series prior to the issuance of shares of that series and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issuance of shares of that series, but not to decrease such number below the number of shares outstanding. In case the number of shares of any series shall be so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.

 

 

 

 

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(h)       " Recapitalization ” shall mean any stock dividend, stock split, and combination of shares, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, or other similar event.

 

Section 3.2.2 Dividends.

 

(a)       The Corporation shall not declare, pay or set aside any dividends on shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation unless (in addition to the obtaining of any consents required elsewhere in these Articles of Incorporation or under applicable law) the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding shall first receive, or simultaneously receive, a dividend on each outstanding share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 3.2. The holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, as declared by the Board of Directors and out of funds legally available for the purpose, a dividend in the aggregate amount of one dollar, regardless of the number of then-issued and outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. The remaining dividends allocated by the Board of Directors shall be distributed in an equal amount per share to the holders of outstanding Common Stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (on an as-if-converted to Common Stock basis pursuant to the Conversion Ratio as defined below).

 

(b)       To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada, the Corporation shall be expressly permitted, but not required, to redeem, repurchase or make distributions on the·shares of its capital stock in all circumstances other than where doing so would cause the Corporation to be unable to pay its debts as they become due·in the usual course of business.

 

Section 3.2.3 No Liquidation Preference. Immediately prior to the occurrence of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, all shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into shares of Common Stock based upon the then-applicable Conversion Ratio and shall participate in tlie liquidation proceeds in the same manner as other shares of Common Stock.

 

Section 3.2.4 Conversion. The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be convertible into Common Stock and have no other conversion rights except as specifically set forth below:

 

 

 

 

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(a)        Conversion . The "Conversion Ratio" per share of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in connection with any Conversion shall be at a ratio of 1:100, meaning every one share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, if and when converted into Common Stock, shall convert into 100 shares of Common Stock (the " Conversion ''). Each Holder shall have the right, exercisable at any time and from time to time (unless otherwise prohibited by law, rule or regulation, or as restricted below), to convert any or all of such Holder's shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Ratio. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Holders may not effectuate any Conversion

and the Corporation may not issue any shares of Common Stock in connection therewith that would trigger any NASDAQ requirement to obtain shareholder approval prior to a Conversion or any issuance of shares of Common Stock in connection therewith that would be in excess of that number of shares of Common Stock equivalent to 19.9% of the number of shares of Common Stock as of the date hereof; provided, however, that the Holders may effectuate any Conversion and the Corporation shall be obligated to issue shares of Common Stock in connection therewith that would not trigger such a requirement. This restriction shall be of no further force or effect upon the approval of the shareholders in compliance with NASDAQ's shareholder voting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Holders may not effectuate any Conversion and the Corporation shall not issue any shares of Common Stock in connection therewith until the later of (x) February 28, 2019, or (y) 61 days following the date on which the shareholders of the Corporation shall have approved the voting, Conversion, and other potential rights of the holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock otherwise set forth in this Section 3.2 in accordance with the relevant NASDAQ requirements.

 

(b)        Taxes . The Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion in a name other than that in which the shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock so converted were registered, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue or delivery has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax, or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid. The Corporation shall withhold from any payment due whatsoever in connection with the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock any and all required withholdings and/or taxes the Corporation, in its sole discretion deems reasonable or necessary, absent an opinion from Holder's accountant or legal counsel, acceptable to the Corporation in its sole determination, that such withholdings and/or taxes are not required to be withheld by the Corporation.

 

(c)        Stock Dividends, Splits, and Reclassifications . If the Corporation shall (i) declare a dividend or other distribution payable in securities or (ii) split its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number, including any such reclassification in connection with a merger, consolidation or other business combination in which the Corporation is the continuing entity (any such corporate event, an " Event "), then in each instance the Conversion Ratio shall be adjusted such that the number of shares issued upon conversion of one share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock will equal the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued but for such Event.

 

(d)        Fractional Shares . If any Conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock would result in the issuance of a fractional share of Common Stock (aggregating all shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock being converted pursuant to each Conversion), such fractional share shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share and the Holder shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the final fraction of a share, one additional whole share of Common Stock.

 

 

 

 

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(e)       Reservation of Stock Issuable Upon Conversion . The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, such number of its shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all then-outstanding shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock; and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient to effect the conversion of all then-outstanding shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation will within a reasonable time period make a good faith effort to take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purpose.

 

(f)       Effect of Conversion . On any Conversion Date, all rights of any Holder with respect to the shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock so converted, including the rights, if any, to receive distributions of the Corporation's assets or notices from the Corporation, will terminate, except only for the rights of any such Holder to receive certificates (if applicable) for the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock have been converted.

 

Sectiion 3.2.5 Voting . The Holder of each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall have such number of votes as is determined by multiplying (a) the number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock held by such holder, and (b) 100. Such voting calculation is hereby authorized by the Corporation and the Corporation acknowledges such calculation may result in the total number of possible votes cast by the Series A Holders and all other classes of the Corporation's common stock in any given voting matter exceeding the total aggregate number of shares that this Corporation shall have authority to issue. With respect to any shareholder vote, such holder shall have full voting rights and powers equal to the voting rights and powers of the holders of Common Stock, and shall be entitled, notwithstanding any provision hereof, to notice of any shareholders' meeting in accordance with the Bylaws of this Corporation, and shall be entitled to vote, together with holders of Common Stock, with respect to any question upon which holders of Common Stock have the right to vote. The holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall vote together with all other classes and series of common and preferred stock of the Corporation as a single class on all actions to be taken by the Common Stock shareholders of the Corporation, except to the extent that voting as a separate class or series is required by law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Holders of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock may not engage in any vote where the voting power would trigger any NASDAQ requirement to obtain shareholder approval; provided, however, the Holders shall have the right to vote that portion of their voting power that would not trigger such a requirement. This restriction shall lapse upon the requisite approval of the shareholders in compliance with NASDAQ's shareholder voting requirements in effect at the time of such approval.

 

 

 

 

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Section 3.2.6 Redemption . The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall have no redemption rights.

 

Section 3.2.7 Protective Provisions . In addition to any other rights provided by law, at any time any shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding, as a legal party in interest, the Corporation, through action directly initiated by the Corporation's Board of Directors or indirectly initiated by the Corporation's Board of Directors through judicial action or process, including any action by the shareholders of the Corporation's Common Stock, shall not, either directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise, take any of the following actions without first obtaining the affirmative approval of a majority of the Holders.

 

(a)       Increase or decrease (other than by redemption or conversion) the total number of authorized shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock;

 

(b)       Effect an exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of all or a part of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, but excluding a stock split or reverse stock split or combination of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock;

 

(c)        Effect an exchange, or create a right of exchange, of all or part of the shares of another class of shares into shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock; or

 

(d)        Alter or change the rights, preferences or privileges of the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock so as to affect adversely the shares of such series, including the rights set forth in this Section 3.2; provided, however, that the Corporation may, by any means authorized by law and without any vote of the Holders of shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, make technical, corrective, administrative or similar changes in this Section 3.2 that do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the rights or preferences of the Holders of shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Section 3.2.8 Preemptive Rights . Holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to any preemptive, subscription or similar right in respect to any securities of the Corporation, except as specifically set forth herein or in any other document agreed to by the Corporation.

 

Section 3.2.9 Reports . The Corporation shall mail to all holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock those reports, proxy statements and other materials that it mails to all of its holders of Common Stock.

 

Section 3.2.10 Notices . In addition to any other means of notice provided by law or in the Corporation's Bylaws, any notice required by the provisions of this Section 3.2 to be given to the Holders shall be deemed given if deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested and addressed to each Holder of record at such Holder's address appearing on the books of the Corporation.

 

 

 

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Section 3.2.11 Miscellaneous .

 

(a)        The headings of the various sections and subsections of this Section 3 2 are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions of this Section 3.2.

 

(b)       Whenever possible, each provision of this Section 3.2 shall be interpreted in a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law and public policy. If any provision set forth herein is held to be invalid, unlawful, or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating or otherwise adversely affecting the remaining provisions of this Section 3.2. No provision herein set forth shall be deemed dependent upon any other provision unless so expressed herein. If a court of competent jurisdiction should determine that a provision of this Section 3.2 would be valid or enforceable if a period of time were extended or shortened, then such court may make such change as shall be necessary to render the provision in question effective and valid under applicable law.

 

(c)       The Corporation will provide to the Holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock all communications sent by the Corporation to the holders of the Common Stock.

 

(d)        Except as may otherwise be required by law, the shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall not have any powers, designations, preferences or other special rights, other than those specifically set forth in this Section 3.2.

 

(e)        Shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock converted into Common Stock shall be retired and canceled and shall have the status authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation undesignated as to any specific series and may with any and all other authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation be designated or re-designated and issued or reissued, as the case may be, as part of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation.

 

(f)        Notwithstanding the above terms and conditions of this Section 3.2 and the dollar amounts and share numbers set forth herein shall be subject to adjustment, as appropriate, whenever there shall occur a stock split, stock dividend, combination, reclassification or other similar event involving shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. Such adjustments shall be made in such manner and at such time as the Board of Directors in good faith determines to be equitable in the circumstances, any such determination to be evidenced in a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors. Upon any such equitable adjustment, the Corporation shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice describing in reasonable detail the event requiring the adjustment and the method of calculation thereof.

 

 

 

 

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(g)       With respect to any notice to a Holder required to be provided hereunder, such notice shall be mailed to the registered address of such Holder, and neither failure to mail such notice, nor any defect therein or in the mailing thereof, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of the notice or the validity of the proceedings referred to in such notice with respect to the other Holders or affect the legality or validity of any redemption, conversion, distribution, rights, warrant, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or other action, or the vote upon any action with respect to which the Holders are entitled to vote. All notice periods referred to herein shall commence on the date of the mailing of the applicable notice. Any notice that was mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the Holder receives the notice.

 

Article 4: Names and Addresses of the Board of Directors/Trustees

 

3) Dennis Gao
  175 Jackson Ave. N., Ste. 102
  Minneapolis, MN 55343
   
4) Timothy M. Matula
  175 Jackson Ave. N., Ste. 102
  Minneapolis, MN 55343

 

Article 9: Limitation of Liability

 

Tho personal liability of the directors of the corporation is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada, as the same may be amended and supplemented.

 

Article 10: lndemnification

 

The Corporation shall, to the maximum extent and in·the manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify and hold harmless any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said provisions from and against any and all liabilities (including expenses) imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with any action, suit or other proceeding in which he or she may be involved or with which he or she may be threatened, or other matters referred to in or covered by said provisions both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the corporation.

 

 

 

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Exhibit 3.2

 

 

 

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Exhibit 3.3

 

 

 

 

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Names and Addresses of the Board of Directors (con’t)

 

Dennis Gao

175 Jackson Ave., N., Ste. 102, Minneapolis, MN 55343

 

Tim Matula

175 Jackson Ave., N., Ste. 102, Minneapolis, MN 55343

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CONTINUATION OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.

 

Article 3: Authorized Stock

 

Section 3.1. Designation of Classes and Series.

 

The total number of shares of capital. stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 52,000,000 shares, of which (i) 50,000,000 shares shall be Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock ") and (ii) 2,000,000 shares shall be Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the " Preferred Stock "), of which 288,588 shares are hereby designated " Series A Convertible Preferred Stock ", with the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions, relative rights and distinguishing designation set forth in Section 3.2.

 

The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to establish from the undesignated shares of Preferred Stock one or more series of Preferred Stock and to prescribe the series and the number of each such series of Preferred Stock and the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights of each such series of Preferred Stock, including without limitation: the rate of dividends upon which and the times at which dividends on shares of such series shall be payable and the preference, if any, which such dividends shall have relative to dividends on shares of any other class or classes or any other series of stock of the corporation; whether·such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative, and if cumulative, the date or dates from which dividends on shares of such series shall be cumulative; the voting rights, if any, to be provided for shares of such series; the rights, if any, which the holders of shares of such series shall have in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the corporation; the rights, if any, which the holders of stock of the corporation, and the terms and conditions, including price and rate of exchange of such conversion or exchange; and the redemption rights (including sinking fund provisions), if any, for shares of such series; and such other voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions, relative rights and distinguishing designation as the Board of Directors may desire to so fix. The Board of Directors is also expressly authorized to fix the number of shares constituting such series and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series prior to the issuance of shares of that series and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issuance of shares of that series, but not to decrease such number below the number of shares outstanding. In case the number of shares of any series shall be so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.

 

 

 

 

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(h)       " Recapitalization ” shall mean any stock dividend, stock split, and combination of shares, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, or other similar event.

 

Section 3.2.2 Dividends.

 

(a)       The Corporation shall not declare, pay or set aside any dividends on shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation unless (in addition to the obtaining of any consents required elsewhere in these Articles of Incorporation or under applicable law) the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding shall first receive, or simultaneously receive, a dividend on each outstanding share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 3.2. The holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, as declared by the Board of Directors and out of funds legally available for the purpose, a dividend in the aggregate amount of one dollar, regardless of the number of then-issued and outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. The remaining dividends allocated by the Board of Directors shall be distributed in an equal amount per share to the holders of outstanding Common Stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (on an as-if-converted to Common Stock basis pursuant to the Conversion Ratio as defined below).

 

(b)       To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada, the Corporation shall be expressly permitted, but not required, to redeem, repurchase or make distributions on the·shares of its capital stock in all circumstances other than where doing so would cause the Corporation to be unable to pay its debts as they become due·in the usual course of business.

 

Section 3.2.3 No Liquidation Preference. Immediately prior to the occurrence of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, all shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into shares of Common Stock based upon the then-applicable Conversion Ratio and shall participate in tlie liquidation proceeds in the same manner as other shares of Common Stock.

 

Section 3.2.4 Conversion. The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be convertible into Common Stock and have no other conversion rights except as specifically set forth below:

 

 

 

 

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(a)        Conversion . The "Conversion Ratio" per share of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in connection with any Conversion shall be at a ratio of 1:100, meaning every one share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, if and when converted into Common Stock, shall convert into 100 shares of Common Stock (the " Conversion ''). Each Holder shall have the right, exercisable at any time and from time to time (unless otherwise prohibited by law, rule or regulation, or as restricted below), to convert any or all of such Holder's shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Ratio. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Holders may not effectuate any Conversion

and the Corporation may not issue any shares of Common Stock in connection therewith that would trigger any NASDAQ requirement to obtain shareholder approval prior to a Conversion or any issuance of shares of Common Stock in connection therewith that would be in excess of that number of shares of Common Stock equivalent to 19.9% of the number of shares of Common Stock as of the date hereof; provided, however, that the Holders may effectuate any Conversion and the Corporation shall be obligated to issue shares of Common Stock in connection therewith that would not trigger such a requirement. This restriction shall be of no further force or effect upon the approval of the shareholders in compliance with NASDAQ's shareholder voting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Holders may not effectuate any Conversion and the Corporation shall not issue any shares of Common Stock in connection therewith until the later of (x) February 28, 2019, or (y) 61 days following the date on which the shareholders of the Corporation shall have approved the voting, Conversion, and other potential rights of the holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock otherwise set forth in this Section 3.2 in accordance with the relevant NASDAQ requirements.

 

(b)        Taxes . The Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion in a name other than that in which the shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock so converted were registered, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue or delivery has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax, or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid. The Corporation shall withhold from any payment due whatsoever in connection with the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock any and all required withholdings and/or taxes the Corporation, in its sole discretion deems reasonable or necessary, absent an opinion from Holder's accountant or legal counsel, acceptable to the Corporation in its sole determination, that such withholdings and/or taxes are not required to be withheld by the Corporation.

 

(c)        Stock Dividends, Splits, and Reclassifications . If the Corporation shall (i) declare a dividend or other distribution payable in securities or (ii) split its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number, including any such reclassification in connection with a merger, consolidation or other business combination in which the Corporation is the continuing entity (any such corporate event, an " Event "), then in each instance the Conversion Ratio shall be adjusted such that the number of shares issued upon conversion of one share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock will equal the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued but for such Event.

 

(d)        Fractional Shares . If any Conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock would result in the issuance of a fractional share of Common Stock (aggregating all shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock being converted pursuant to each Conversion), such fractional share shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share and the Holder shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the final fraction of a share, one additional whole share of Common Stock.

 

 

 

 

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(e)       Reservation of Stock Issuable Upon Conversion . The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, such number of its shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all then-outstanding shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock; and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient to effect the conversion of all then-outstanding shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation will within a reasonable time period make a good faith effort to take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purpose.

 

(f)       Effect of Conversion . On any Conversion Date, all rights of any Holder with respect to the shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock so converted, including the rights, if any, to receive distributions of the Corporation's assets or notices from the Corporation, will terminate, except only for the rights of any such Holder to receive certificates (if applicable) for the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock have been converted.

 

Sectiion 3.2.5 Voting . The Holder of each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall have such number of votes as is determined by multiplying (a) the number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock held by such holder, and (b) 100. Such voting calculation is hereby authorized by the Corporation and the Corporation acknowledges such calculation may result in the total number of possible votes cast by the Series A Holders and all other classes of the Corporation's common stock in any given voting matter exceeding the total aggregate number of shares that this Corporation shall have authority to issue. With respect to any shareholder vote, such holder shall have full voting rights and powers equal to the voting rights and powers of the holders of Common Stock, and shall be entitled, notwithstanding any provision hereof, to notice of any shareholders' meeting in accordance with the Bylaws of this Corporation, and shall be entitled to vote, together with holders of Common Stock, with respect to any question upon which holders of Common Stock have the right to vote. The holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall vote together with all other classes and series of common and preferred stock of the Corporation as a single class on all actions to be taken by the Common Stock shareholders of the Corporation, except to the extent that voting as a separate class or series is required by law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Holders of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock may not engage in any vote where the voting power would trigger any NASDAQ requirement to obtain shareholder approval; provided, however, the Holders shall have the right to vote that portion of their voting power that would not trigger such a requirement. This restriction shall lapse upon the requisite approval of the shareholders in compliance with NASDAQ's shareholder voting requirements in effect at the time of such approval.

 

 

 

 

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Section 3.2.6 Redemption . The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall have no redemption rights.

 

Section 3.2.7 Protective Provisions . In addition to any other rights provided by law, at any time any shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding, as a legal party in interest, the Corporation, through action directly initiated by the Corporation's Board of Directors or indirectly initiated by the Corporation's Board of Directors through judicial action or process, including any action by the shareholders of the Corporation's Common Stock, shall not, either directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise, take any of the following actions without first obtaining the affirmative approval of a majority of the Holders.

 

(a)       Increase or decrease (other than by redemption or conversion) the total number of authorized shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock;

 

(b)       Effect an exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of all or a part of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, but excluding a stock split or reverse stock split or combination of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock;

 

(c)        Effect an exchange, or create a right of exchange, of all or part of the shares of another class of shares into shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock; or

 

(d)        Alter or change the rights, preferences or privileges of the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock so as to affect adversely the shares of such series, including the rights set forth in this Section 3.2; provided, however, that the Corporation may, by any means authorized by law and without any vote of the Holders of shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, make technical, corrective, administrative or similar changes in this Section 3.2 that do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the rights or preferences of the Holders of shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Section 3.2.8 Preemptive Rights . Holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to any preemptive, subscription or similar right in respect to any securities of the Corporation, except as specifically set forth herein or in any other document agreed to by the Corporation.

 

Section 3.2.9 Reports . The Corporation shall mail to all holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock those reports, proxy statements and other materials that it mails to all of its holders of Common Stock.

 

Section 3.2.10 Notices . In addition to any other means of notice provided by law or in the Corporation's Bylaws, any notice required by the provisions of this Section 3.2 to be given to the Holders shall be deemed given if deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested and addressed to each Holder of record at such Holder's address appearing on the books of the Corporation.

 

 

 

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Section 3.2.11 Miscellaneous .

 

(a)        The headings of the various sections and subsections of this Section 3 2 are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions of this Section 3.2.

 

(b)       Whenever possible, each provision of this Section 3.2 shall be interpreted in a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law and public policy. If any provision set forth herein is held to be invalid, unlawful, or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating or otherwise adversely affecting the remaining provisions of this Section 3.2. No provision herein set forth shall be deemed dependent upon any other provision unless so expressed herein. If a court of competent jurisdiction should determine that a provision of this Section 3.2 would be valid or enforceable if a period of time were extended or shortened, then such court may make such change as shall be necessary to render the provision in question effective and valid under applicable law.

 

(c)       The Corporation will provide to the Holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock all communications sent by the Corporation to the holders of the Common Stock.

 

(d)        Except as may otherwise be required by law, the shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall not have any powers, designations, preferences or other special rights, other than those specifically set forth in this Section 3.2.

 

(e)        Shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock converted into Common Stock shall be retired and canceled and shall have the status authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation undesignated as to any specific series and may with any and all other authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation be designated or re-designated and issued or reissued, as the case may be, as part of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation.

 

(f)        Notwithstanding the above terms and conditions of this Section 3.2 and the dollar amounts and share numbers set forth herein shall be subject to adjustment, as appropriate, whenever there shall occur a stock split, stock dividend, combination, reclassification or other similar event involving shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. Such adjustments shall be made in such manner and at such time as the Board of Directors in good faith determines to be equitable in the circumstances, any such determination to be evidenced in a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors. Upon any such equitable adjustment, the Corporation shall promptly deliver to each Holder a notice describing in reasonable detail the event requiring the adjustment and the method of calculation thereof.

 

 

 

 

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(g)       With respect to any notice to a Holder required to be provided hereunder, such notice shall be mailed to the registered address of such Holder, and neither failure to mail such notice, nor any defect therein or in the mailing thereof, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of the notice or the validity of the proceedings referred to in such notice with respect to the other Holders or affect the legality or validity of any redemption, conversion, distribution, rights, warrant, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up or other action, or the vote upon any action with respect to which the Holders are entitled to vote. All notice periods referred to herein shall commence on the date of the mailing of the applicable notice. Any notice that was mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the Holder receives the notice.

 

Article 4: Names and Addresses of the Board of Directors/Trustees

 

3) Dennis Gao
  175 Jackson Ave. N., Ste. 102
  Minneapolis, MN 55343
   
4) Timothy M. Matula
  175 Jackson Ave. N., Ste. 102
  Minneapolis, MN 55343

 

Article 9: Limitation of Liability

 

Tho personal liability of the directors of the corporation is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada, as the same may be amended and supplemented.

 

Article 10: lndemnification

 

The Corporation shall, to the maximum extent and in·the manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify and hold harmless any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said provisions from and against any and all liabilities (including expenses) imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with any action, suit or other proceeding in which he or she may be involved or with which he or she may be threatened, or other matters referred to in or covered by said provisions both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the corporation.

 

 

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Exhibit 3.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.

 

A Nevada corporation

 

 

As adopted March 12, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE 1. OFFICES  
  1.1) Registered Office 1
  1.2) Offices 1
ARTICLE 2. SHAREHOLDERS 1
  2.1) Regular Meeting 1
  2.2) Frequency of Regular Meetings 1
  2.3) Special Meetings 1
  2.4) Quorum 1
  2.5) Voting 2
  2.6) Voting of Shares by Certain Holders 2
  2.7) Notice of Meeting 2
  2.8) Proxies 2
  2.9) Record Date 2
  2.10) Presiding Officer 3
  2.11) Conduct of Meetings of Shareholders 3
  2.12) Order of Business 3
  2.13) Inspectors of Election 4
ARTICLE 3. DIRECTORS 4
  3.1) General Powers 4
  3.2) Number 4
  3.3) Qualifications and Term of Office 4
  3.4) Quorum 4
  3.5) Regular Meetings 4
  3.6) Special Meetings 5
  3.7) Electronic Communications 5
  3.8) Absent Director 5
  3.9) Notice 5
  3.10) Manner of Action 5
  3.11) Compensation 5
  3.12) Salaries 5
  3.13) Executive Committee 6
  3.14) Vacancies 6
  3.15) Order of Business 6
  3.16) Informal Action by Directors 6
ARTICLE 4. OFFICERS 6
  4.1) Number 6
  4.2) Election, Term of Office and Qualifications 6
  4.3) The Chief Executive Officer 7
  4.4) Assistant Executive Officers 7
  4.5) Secretary 7
  4.6) Chief Financial Officer 7
  4.7) Assistant Officers 7
  4.8) Officers Shall not Lend Corporate Credit 8

 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

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ARTICLE 5. INDEMNIFICATION 8
  5.1) Authority of the Board of Directors 8
  5.2) Standard for Indemnification 8
  5.3) No Presumptions Resulting From Termination of Actions 8
  5.4) Mandatory Indemnification 8
  5.5) Determination 8
  5.6) Advance Payment 9
  5.7) Continuance of Indemnification 9
  5.8) Not Exclusive Remedy 9
  5.9) Insurance 9
  5.10) Notice of Indemnification 9
ARTICLE 6. SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER 9
  6.1) Establishment and Issuance of Shares 9
  6.2) Uncertificated Shares of Stock; Stock Certificates 10
  6.3) Transfer of Shares 10
  6.4) Stock Records; Transfer Agent and Registrar 10
  6.5) Facsimile Signature 11
  6.6) Lost Certificates 11
  6.7) Treasury Stock 11
  6.8) Inspection of Books by Shareholders 11
ARTICLE 7. DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, ETC 11
  7.1) Dividends 11
  7.2) Other Distributions, Reserves 11
ARTICLE 8. FINANCIAL AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 12
  8.1) Fiscal Year 12
  8.2) Audit of Books and Accounts 12
  8.3) Contracts 12
  8.4) Checks 12
  8.5) Deposits 12
  8.6) Voting Securities Held by Corporation 12
ARTICLE 9. WAIVER OF NOTICE 12
  9.1) Requirement of Waiver In Writing 12
ARTICLE 10. AMENDMENTS 12
  10.1) Action by Board of Directors 12

 

 

 

 

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BYLAWS

 

OF

 

APPLIANCE RECYCLING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.

 

 

ARTICLE 1. OFFICES

 

1.1)           Registered Office . The registered office of the corporation shall be 701 S. Carson Street, Suite #200, Carson, City, Nevada 89701. The Board of Directors shall have authority to change the registered office of the corporation from time to time, and any such change shall be registered by the Secretary with the Secretary of State of Nevada.

 

1.2)           Offices . The corporation may have such other offices, including its principal business office, either within or without the State of Minnesota, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

 

 

ARTICLE 2. SHAREHOLDERS

 

2.1)           Regular Meeting . Regular meetings of the shareholders of the corporation shall be held at the principal business office of the corporation, or at such place as is designated by the Board of Directors, at which time the shareholders, voting as provided in the Articles of Incorporation, shall elect a Board of Directors for the ensuing year, and shall transact such other business as shall properly come before them.

 

2.2)           Frequency of Regular Meetings . Regular meetings which may also be referred to as annual meetings of shareholders may be called at any time by a majority of the Board of Directors. If a regular meeting of shareholders has not been held during the immediately preceding thirteen (13) months, a shareholder or shareholders holding three percent (3%) or more of all voting shares may demand a regular meeting of shareholders by written notice of demand given to the Chief Executive Officer or Secretary of the corporation. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the demand by one of those officers, the Board shall cause a regular meeting of shareholders to be called and held on notice no later than ninety (90) days after receipt of the demand, all at the expense of the corporation.

 

2.3)           Special Meetings . Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the Secretary at any time upon request of the Chief Executive Officer, or two of the members of the Board of Directors, or upon a written request of shareholders holding ten percent (10%) or more of the capital stock entitled to vote. The written request shall be given to the Chief Executive Officer and shall contain the purpose of the meeting. Notice shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.7 hereof.

 

2.4)           Quorum . The holders of a majority of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote, represented either in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The shareholders present at a duly called or held meeting, at which a quorum of the shareholders is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum. In case a quorum is not present at any meeting, those present shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice or other announcement at the meeting, until the requisite number of voting shares shall be represented; any business may be transacted at such reconvened meeting which might have been transacted at the meeting which was adjourned.

 

 

 

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2.5)           Voting . At each meeting of the shareholders, every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy duly appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such shareholder. Each shareholder shall have one (1) vote for each share having voting power standing in his name on the books of the corporation. Upon the demand of any shareholder, the vote for director, or the vote upon any question before the meeting shall be by ballot. All elections shall be had and all questions decided by a majority vote of the number of shares entitled to vote and represented at any meeting at which there is a quorum, except in such cases as shall otherwise be required or permitted by statute, the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by agreement approved by a majority of all shareholders.

 

2.6)           Voting of Shares by Certain Holders . Shares standing in the name of another corporation may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the articles or bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or in the absence of such provision, as that corporation’s board of directors may prescribe. Shares under control of a personal representative, administrator, guardian, conservator, attorney-in-fact, or other similar person may be voted by that person, either in person or by proxy, without registration of those shares in the name of that person. Shares under the control of a trustee in bankruptcy or a receiver may be voted by the trustee or receiver if authority to do so is contained in an appropriate order of the court by which the trustee or receiver was appointed. A shareholder whose shares are pledged may vote those shares until the shares are registered in the name of the pledgee. Shares held by a trust shall be registered in the name of a trustee, as trustee for the trust, and may be voted by that named trustee in person or by proxy.

 

2.7)           Notice of Meeting . There shall be mailed to each shareholder shown by the books of the corporation to be a holder of record of voting shares, at his address as shown by the books of the corporation, a notice setting out the time and place of the regular meeting or any special meeting, which notice shall be mailed at least ten (10) days prior thereto. Every notice of any special meeting shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting, and the business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to purposes stated in the call. Notice thereof may be waived in writing either before, at, or after such meeting.

 

2.8)           Proxies . At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxies shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

2.9)           Record Date . The Board of Directors may fix in advance a date, not exceeding sixty (60) days preceding the date of any of the aforesaid events, as a record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or to receive any such dividend or allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights in respect to any change, conversion or exchange of capital stock or to give such consent, and in such case only such shareholders on the record date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or to receive such dividend or allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, or to give such consent, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on the books of the corporation after any such record date so fixed. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for such determination of the shareholders of record, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed, or the date of adoption of a resolution of the Board of Directors declaring a dividend, allotment of rights, change, conversion or exchange of capital stock or to give such consent, whichever is earlier, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. The determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting as called shall apply to any adjournment of such meeting except when the date of determination or the closing of the stock transfer book is more than ninety (90) days prior to such adjourned meeting, in which event a new meeting must be called.

 

 

 

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2.10)        Presiding Officer . The appropriate officers of the corporation shall preside over all meetings of the shareholders; provided, however, that in the absence of an appropriate corporate officer at any meeting of the shareholders, the meeting shall choose any person present to act as presiding officer of the meeting.

 

2.11)        Conduct of Meetings of Shareholders . Subject to the following, meetings of shareholders generally shall follow accepted rules of parliamentary procedure:

 

1.                The chairman of the meeting shall have absolute authority over matters of procedure and there shall be no appeal from the ruling of the chairman. If the chairman, in his absolute discretion, deems it advisable to dispense with the rules of parliamentary procedure as to any one meeting of shareholders or part thereof, the chairman shall so state and shall clearly state the rules under which the meeting or appropriate part thereof shall be conducted.

 

2.                If disorder should arise which prevents continuation of the legitimate business of the meeting, the chairman may quit the chair and announce the adjournment of the meeting; and upon his so doing, the meeting is immediately adjourned.

 

3.                The chairman may ask or require that anyone not a bona fide shareholder or proxy leave the meeting.

 

2.12)        Order of Business . The suggested order of business at the annual meeting of shareholders, and so far as possible at all other meetings of the shareholders, shall be:

 

1.                Reading and disposal of any unapproved minutes.

2.                Annual reports of all officers and committees.

3.                Election of directors.

4.                Unfinished business.

5.                New business.

6.                Adjournment.

 

2.13)        Inspectors of Election . The Board of Directors in advance of any meeting of shareholders may appoint Inspectors to act at such meeting or any adjournment thereof. If inspectors of election are not so appointed, the officer or person acting as chairman of any such meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or his proxy, shall make such appointment. In case any person appointed as inspector shall fail to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the Board of Directors in advance of the meeting, or at the meeting by the officer or person acting as chairman. The inspectors of election shall determine the number of shares outstanding, the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies, receive votes, ballots, assents or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising and announce the result, and do such acts as may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders.

 

No inspector whether appointed by the Board of Directors or by the officer or person acting as chairman need be a shareholder.

 

 

 

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ARTICLE 3. DIRECTORS

 

3.1)           General Powers . The property, affairs, and business of the corporation shall be managed by the Board of Directors.

 

3.2)           Number . The number of directors shall be two (2) but the number of directors may be increased or diminished by a majority vote of the board of directors.

 

3.3)           Qualifications and Term of Office . Directors need not be shareholders or residents of the State of Nevada. Directors shall be elected by the shareholders at a regular meeting for an indefinite term until the next regular meeting of shareholders and until a successor shall have been elected and qualified. Each of the directors of the corporation shall hold office until the regular meeting next following or closely coinciding with the expiration of his term of office and until his successor shall have been elected and shall qualify, or until he shall resign, or shall have been removed as provided by statute.

 

3.4)           Quorum . A majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; provided, however, that if any vacancies exist by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, a majority of the remaining directors shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. If less than a quorum is present at any meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

 

3.5)           Regular Meetings . As soon as practical after each regular meeting of shareholders, the Board of Directors shall meet for the purposes of organization, choosing the officers of the corporation and for the transaction of other business at the place where the shareholders meeting is held or at the place where regular meetings of the Board of Directors are held. No notice of such meeting need be given. Such first meeting may be held at any other time and place which shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings or in a consent and waiver of notice signed by all the directors.

 

Other regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held from time to time at such time and place as may from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board of Directors. Unless notice shall be waived by all directors entitled to notice, notice shall be given in the same manner as prescribed for notice of special meetings.

 

 

 

 

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3.6)           Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place as may from time to time be designated in the notice or waiver of notice of the meeting. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chief Executive Officer, or by any director. Unless notice shall be waived by all directors entitled to notice, notice of the special meeting shall be given by the Secretary, who shall give at least twenty-four (24) hours notice thereof to each director by mail, telegraph, telephone, or in person.

 

3.7)           Electronic Communications . A Board of Directors meeting may be had entirely or partially by any means of communication through which the directors may simultaneously hear each other, provided notice is given of the meeting pursuant to Section 3.9 and there is a sufficient number of participants to constitute a quorum.

 

3.8)           Absent Director . A director may give advance written consent or opposition to a proposal to be acted on at a board of directors meeting. Such written consent or opposition does not constitute presence for purposes of determining the existence of a quorum. Written consent or opposition shall be counted as a vote on the proposal if the proposal acted on is substantially the same or has substantially the same effect as the proposal to which the director has consented or objected.

 

3.9)           Notice . Unless notice is waived by all directors entitled to notice, a regular meeting of the Board of Directors may be called by giving ten (10) days notice to all directors. A special meeting of the Board of Directors may be called by giving at least twenty-four (24) hours’ notice to all directors. Notice may be given by mail, telegraph, telephone, or in person. If given by mail such notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mails. Notice by mail may not be used if the meeting is called less than four (4) days from the date of notice. The notice must specify the date, time and place of the meeting, and if a special meeting, the purpose of the meeting.

 

3.10)        Manner of Action . The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

3.11)        Compensation . Directors and any members of any committee of the Corporation contemplated by these Bylaws or otherwise provided for by resolution of the Board of Directors, shall receive such compensation therefor as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving proper compensation therefor.

 

3.12)        Salaries . Salaries and other compensation of all officers of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, which action may be taken informally without the benefit of written resolutions. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any officer from serving the corporation as a director, consultant or in any other capacity and receiving proper compensation therefor.

 

3.13)        Executive Committee . A two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the Board of Directors present at a meeting may pass a resolution establishing committees having the authority of the Board to the extent provided in the resolution. A committee shall consist of three or more persons who need not be members of the Board. A majority of the committee present at a meeting shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business. In all other respects committees shall conduct meetings in the same manner prescribed for the Board of Directors. Committees shall be subject at all times to the control and direction of the Board.

 

 

 

 

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3.14)        Vacancies . A director may resign at any time by giving written notice of same to the Board of Directors, or to the President. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless a later date is specified in the notice. If at any time and for any reason, including the creation of a new directorship, a vacancy occurs in the Board of Directors, the remaining directors of the Board, though less than a quorum, may elect a successor to fill such vacancy, or the Board may leave the vacancy unfilled until the next regular meeting of the shareholders, or until an intervening special meeting of the shareholders is called and held for the purpose of electing a successor. A director elected to fill the vacancy shall hold his office for the unexpired term of his predecessor, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified.

 

3.15)        Order of Business . The following order of business shall be observed at all meetings of the Board of Directors so far as is practicable:

 

1. Roll call.
2. Proof of due notice of meeting, or unanimous consent, or unanimous presence and declaration by president.
3. Reading and disposal of any unapproved minutes.
4. Reports of officers and committees.
5. Election of officers.
6. Unfinished business.
7. New Business.
  8. Adjournment.

 

3.16)        Informal Action by Directors . Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the directors, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the directors, may be taken without a meeting and notice thereof if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter set forth.

 

 

ARTICLE 4. OFFICERS

 

4.1)           Number . The officers of the corporation may include a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, and such other officers as may from time to time be chosen by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by one person.

 

4.2)           Election, Term of Office and Qualifications . At any regular meeting of the Board of Directors, the board may elect a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, and such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed advisable. Such officers shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualify; provided, however, that any officer may be removed with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors.

 

4.3)           The Chief Executive Officer . The Chief Executive Officer, who may also be referred to as the President shall: (a) have general active management of the business of the corporation; (b) when present, preside at all meetings of the Board and of the shareholders; (c) see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect; (d) sign and deliver in the name of the corporation any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments pertaining to the business of the corporation, except in cases in which the authority to sign and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is expressly delegated by the articles or bylaws or by the Board to some other officer or agent of the corporation; (e) maintain records of and, whenever necessary, certify all proceedings of the Board and the shareholders; and (f) perform other duties prescribed by the Board. The Chief Executive Officer may also be referred to as the President.

 

 

 

 

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4.4)           Assistant Executive Officers . Each assistant executive officer shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. In the event of absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer, an assistant executive officer shall succeed to his powers and duties in the order in which they are elected or as otherwise prescribed by the Board of Directors. The Assistant Executive Officers may also be referred to as Vice Presidents.

 

4.5)           Secretary . The Secretary shall be secretary of and shall attend all meetings of the shareholders and Board of Directors. The Secretary shall act as clerk thereof and shall record all the proceedings of such meetings in the minute book of the corporation. The Secretary shall give proper notice of meetings of shareholders and directors. The Secretary shall keep the seal of the corporation, if any, and shall affix the same to any instrument requiring it and shall attest the seal by his signature. The Secretary shall, with the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer, acknowledge all certificates for shares of the corporation and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

4.6)           Chief Financial Officer . The Chief Financial Officer, who may also be referred to as the Treasurer, shall: (a) keep accurate financial records for the corporation; (b) deposit all money, drafts, and checks in the name of and to the credit of the corporation in the banks and depositories designated by the Board; (c) endorse for deposit all notes, checks, and drafts received by the corporation as ordered by the Board, making proper vouchers therefor; (d) disburse corporate funds and issue checks and drafts in the name of the corporation, as ordered by the Board; (e) render to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board, whenever requested, an account of all transactions by the Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the corporation; and (f) perform other duties prescribed by the Board or by the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Financial Officer may also be referred to as the Treasurer.

 

4.7)           Assistant Officers . In the event of absence or disability of any officer, assistants to such officers shall succeed to the powers and duties of the absent officer in the order in which they are elected or as otherwise prescribed by the Board of Directors until such principal officer shall resume his duties or a replacement is elected by the Board of Directors. Such assistant officers shall exercise such other powers and duties as may be delegated to them from time to time by the Board of Directors, but they shall be subordinate to the principal officer they are designated to assist.

 

4.8)           Officers Shall not Lend Corporate Credit . Except for the proper use of the corporation, no officer of this corporation shall sign or endorse in the name or on behalf of this corporation, or in his official capacity, any obligations for the accommodation of any other party or parties, nor shall any check, note, bond, stock certificate or other security or thing of value belonging to this company be signed by any officer or director as collateral for any obligation other than valid obligations of this corporation.

 

 

 

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ARTICLE 5. INDEMNIFICATION

 

5.1)           Authority of the Board of Directors . The corporation acting through its Board of Directors or as otherwise provided in this bylaw, shall exercise as fully as may be permitted from time to time by the statutes and decisional law of the State of Nevada or by any other applicable rules or principles of law its power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or proceeding, wherever brought, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding.

 

5.2)           Standard for Indemnification . Any person described in Section 5.1 may be indemnified by the corporation if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

 

5.3)           No Presumptions Resulting From Termination of Actions . The determination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, have reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

5.4)           Mandatory Indemnification . To the extent that any such person has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in this bylaw, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter within this bylaw, he shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

 

5.5)           Determination . Any indemnification under Section 5.1, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee, or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 5.2. Such determination shall be made (1) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to such action, suit, or proceeding or (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by a majority vote of disinterested shareholders.

 

5.6)           Advance Payment . The expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit, or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the manner provided in Section 5.5 upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee, or agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this bylaw.

 

 

 

 

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5.7)           Continuance of Indemnification . The indemnification provided by this bylaw shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person.

 

5.8)           Not Exclusive Remedy . The indemnification provided by this bylaw shall not exclude any other right to which an officer may be entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall not imply that the corporation may not provide lawful indemnification not expressly provided for in this bylaw. Nothing contained in this bylaw shall affect any rights to indemnification to which corporate personnel other than directors and officers may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law.

 

5.9)           Insurance . The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, provided, that no indemnification shall be made under any policy of insurance for any act which could not be indemnified by the corporation under this bylaw.

 

5.10)        Notice of Indemnification . If, under this bylaw, any expenses or other amounts are paid by way of indemnification, otherwise than by Court order or action by the shareholders, the corporation shall, not later than the next annual meeting of shareholders unless such meeting is held within three (3) months from the date of such payment, and in any event, within fifteen (15) months from the date of such payment, mail to its shareholders of record at the time entitled to vote for the election of directors a statement specifying the persons paid, the amounts paid, and the nature and status of the litigation or threatened litigation at the time of such payment.

 

 

ARTICLE 6. SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

 

6.1)           Establishment and Issuance of Shares . Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and as provided by law, the Board of Directors is authorized to designate and cause to be issued, classes and series of shares of the corporation, with designated voting rights, preferences, and other characteristics, at such times and for such consideration as the Board of Directors may determine.

 

6.2)           Uncertificated Shares of Stock; Stock Certificates . The corporation may provide, to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law, that some or all of any or all classes and series of shares of capital stock in the corporation shall be issued in uncertificated form. Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute, the rights and obligations of the holders of certificated and uncertificated shares of the same class and series are identical. Any action providing for uncertificated shares shall not apply to shares then represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon written request delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, an owner of stock of the corporation shall be entitled to a certificate, to be in such form as the Board of Directors prescribes, certifying the number of shares of stock of the corporation owned by him. In the case of shares represented by certificates, the certificates for such stock shall be numbered in the order in which they shall be issued and shall be signed in the name of the corporation by the Chief Executive Officer, and by the Secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation authorized by the Board of Directors. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares, the corporation shall send to the registered owner of the shares a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to applicable law, unless such notice is not required by law.

 

 

 

 

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6.3)           Transfer of Shares . Transfer of certificated and uncertificated shares of the corporation shall be made only on the books of the corporation. The shareholder in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as regards the corporation; provided, that when any transfer of shares shall be made as collateral security, and not absolutely, such facts, if known to the Secretary of the corporation, or to the transfer agent, shall be so expressed in the entry of transfer. Transfers of uncertificated shares shall be made only by the holder thereof (or his legal representative or duly authorized attorney-in-fact) upon presentment of proper evidence of authority to transfer. Transfers of certificated shares shall be made only by the stockholder named in the certificate (or his legal representative or duly authorized attorney-in-fact) and upon surrender for cancellation of the certificate or certificates for such shares, with duly executed assignment and power of transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, and with such proof of the authenticity of the signatures as the corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require. Every certificate surrendered to the corporation for exchange or transfer shall be cancelled and no other certificate or certificates or evidence of uncertificated shares shall be issued in exchange for any existing certificates until such existing certificate shall have been so cancelled except in cases provided for in Section 6.6 of this Article 6.

 

6.4)           Stock Records; Transfer Agent and Registrar . The corporation shall keep, at its principal executive office or at another place or places within the United States determined by the Board, a share register not more than one year old containing the names and addresses of the shareholders and the number and classes of shares held by each shareholder. The corporation shall also keep at its principal executive office or at another place or places within the United States determined by the Board, a record of the dates on which certificates representing shares were issued, or on which uncertificated shares were issued, and in the case of cancellation, the respective dates of cancellation. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents or transfer clerks, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

6.5)           Facsimile Signature . Where any certificate is manually signed by a transfer agent, a transfer clerk or by a registrar appointed by the Board of Directors to perform such duties, a facsimile or engraved signature of the Chief Executive Officer and Secretary or other proper officer of the corporation authorized by the Board of Directors may be inscribed on the certificate in lieu of the actual signature of such officer. The fact that a certificate bears the facsimile signature of an officer who has ceased to hold office shall not affect the validity of such certificate if otherwise validly issued.

 

6.6)           Lost Certificates . Any shareholder claiming a certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of that fact in such form 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, in an amount determined by the Board of Directors not exceeding double the value of the stock represented by such certificate to indemnify the corporation, against any claim that may be made of such certificate; whereupon a new certificate may be issued in the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to have been destroyed or lost.

 

 

 

 

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6.7)           Treasury Stock . Treasury stock shall be held by the corporation subject to disposal by the Board of Directors, in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation and these Bylaws, and shall not have voting rights nor participate in dividends.

 

6.8)           Inspection of Books by Shareholders . Upon written demand shareholders shall for any purpose, as provided by statute, be permitted to examine and copy the share register; records of shareholder and Board proceedings; the articles of incorporation and amendments; the bylaws and amendments; reports made to shareholders within the last three (3) years; voting trust agreements; a statement of names and addresses of its Directors and principal officers; and financial statements prepared for distribution to the shareholders or to a government agency as a matter of public record. Shareholders shall for any proper purpose and upon written demand be permitted to examine and copy other corporate records.

 

 

ARTICLE 7. DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS, ETC.

 

7.1)           Dividends . Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, these bylaws, and, the applicable laws, the Board of Directors may declare a distribution in the form of a dividend whenever, and in such amounts as, in its opinion, the condition and the affairs of the corporation shall render it advisable.

 

7.2)           Other Distributions, Reserves . Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and of these bylaws, the Board of Directors in its discretion may purchase or acquire any of the shares of the capital stock of this corporation in accordance with law, or any of its bonds, debentures, notes, scrip or other securities or evidences of indebtedness, or from time to time may set aside from its net assets or net profits such sum or sums as it, in its absolute discretion, may think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for the purpose of maintaining or increasing the property or business of the corporation or for any other purpose it may think conducive to the best interests of the corporation.

 

 

ARTICLE 8. FINANCIAL AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

 

8.1)           Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the corporation shall be set by the Board of Directors.

 

8.2)           Audit of Books and Accounts . The books and accounts of the corporation shall be audited at such times as may be ordered by the Board of Directors.

 

8.3)           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.

 

 

 

 

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8.4)           Checks . All checks, drafts, 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 the treasurer or such other officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

8.5)           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.

 

8.6)           Voting Securities Held by Corporation . The Chief Executive Officer or other agent designated by the Board of Directors, shall have full power and authority on behalf of the corporation to attend, act and vote at any meeting of security holders of other corporations in which this corporation may hold securities. At such meeting the Chief Executive Officer, or such other agent, shall possess and exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities which the corporation might possess and exercise.

 

 

ARTICLE 9. WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

9.1)           Requirement of Waiver in Writing . Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given by these bylaws or the Articles of Incorporation of the corporation 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, either before, at, or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance by a director at a meeting of the Board of Directors or attendance by a shareholder at a meeting of the shareholders shall constitute a waiver of the notice of said meeting.

 

 

ARTICLE 10. AMENDMENTS

 

10.1)        Action by Board of Directors . The Board of Directors of the corporation is expressly authorized to make bylaws of the corporation and from time to time to alter or repeal bylaws so made. In so acting, the Board of Directors may do so only upon vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors then in office and present at any meeting called for that purpose, provided that notice of such proposed amendment shall have been given to the directors in the notice of such meeting. Such authority in the Board of Directors is subject to the powers of the voting shareholders to enact, change or repeal such bylaws by majority vote of the shareholders to enact, change or repeal such bylaws by majority vote of the shareholders present and represented at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose, and the Board of Directors shall not make or alter any bylaws fixing the number, qualifications or term of office of members of the Board.

 

 

 

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CERTIFICATION OF BYLAWS

 

The above Bylaws of the Corporation are certified to have been adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on the 12 th day of March, 2018.

 

 

 

/s/ Michael J. Stein                               

Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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