Certificate of Incorporation for a Delaware Corporation

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The Certificate of Incorporation is the charter of the corporation which is kept by the Delaware Secretary of State as record of the corporation.


CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF [Company Name]



ARTICLE I

The name of the corporation is [Company Name] (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE II

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is [Reg Agent Street], in the City of [Reg Agent City], County of [Reg Agent County] Zip Code [Reg Agent Zip].  The name of its registered agent at such address is [Reg Agent Name].

ARTICLE III

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.  

ARTICLE IV

The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 10,000,000 shares of capital stock all of which shall be designated “Common Stock” and have a par value of [$0.000001 / $0.00001 / $0.0001] per share.

ARTICLE V

In furtherance of and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to make, amend or repeal Bylaws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VI

The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of  the Board of Directors.  Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless otherwise provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VII

(A) To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.  

(B) The Corporation shall indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by law any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate was a director or officer of the Corporation or any predecessor of the Corporation, or serves or served at any other enterprise as a director or officer at the request of the Corporation or any predecessor to the Corporation.

(C) Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article VII, nor the adoption of any provision of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article VII, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article VII in respect of any matter occurring, or any action or proceeding accruing or arising or that, but for this Article VII, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

ARTICLE VIII

The name and mailing address of the incorporator are as follows:

[Incorporator Name]
[
Company Street Address]
[
Company City], [Company State]  [Company Zip]



I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the sole incorporator herein named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate, herein declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this [File Date].  



 

/s/ [Incorporator Name]
[
Incorporator Name], Sole Incorporator


 



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