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Exhibit 3.8
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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MARINER ACQUISITION CORP.
The undersigned, as incorporator of a corporation under the Washington Business Corporation Act, adopts the following Articles of Incorporation:
ARTICLE 1. NAME
The name of this corporation is Mariner Acquisition Corp.
ARTICLE 2. SHARES
This corporation shall have authority to issue 1,000 shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value.
ARTICLE 3. REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT
The name of the initial registered agent of this corporation and the address of its initial registered office are as follows:
ARTICLE 4. PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS
No preemptive rights shall exist with respect to shares of stock or securities convertible into shares of stock of this corporation.
ARTICLE 5. CUMULATIVE VOTING
The right to cumulate votes in the election of Directors shall not exist with respect to shares of stock of this corporation.
ARTICLE 6. DIRECTORS
The number of Directors of this corporation shall be determined in the manner provided by the Bylaws and may be increased or decreased from time to time in the manner provided therein.
ARTICLE 7. AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
This corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal any of the provisions contained in these Articles of Incorporation in any manner now or hereafter permitted by the Washington Business Corporation Act, and the rights of the shareholders of this corporation are granted subject to this reservation.
ARTICLE 8. LIMITATION OF DIRECTOR LIABILITY
To the full extent that the Washington Business Corporation Act, as it exists on the date hereof or may hereafter be amended, permits the limitation or elimination of the liability of Directors, a Director of this corporation shall not be liable to this corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for conduct as a Director. Any amendments to or repeal of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director of this corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such Director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.
ARTICLE 9. SHAREHOLDER ACTIONS
Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting or a vote if either:
(a) the action is taken by written consent of all shareholders entitled to vote on the action; or
(b) so long as this corporation is not a public company, the action is taken by written consent of shareholders holding of record, or otherwise entitled to vote, in the aggregate not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote on the action were present and voted.
To the extent the Washington Business Corporation Act requires prior notice of any such action to be given to nonconsenting or nonvoting shareholders, such notice shall be given at least one day before the date on which the action becomes effective. The notice shall be in the form of a record and shall contain or be accompanied by the same material that, under the Washington Business Corporation Act, would have been required to be delivered to nonconsenting or nonvoting shareholders in a notice of meeting at which the proposed action would have been submitted for shareholder action. Such notice shall be provided in the same manner as the Bylaws or these Articles of Incorporation require or permit other notices to shareholders to be provided.
ARTICLE 10. INCORPORATOR
The name and address of the incorporator are as follows:
Dated: October 14, 2004.
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| | | /s/ Ruth Jo Marks
Incorporator
410 11th Ave SE
Olympia, WA 98501
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CONSENT TO APPOINTMENT AS REGISTERED AGENT
CT Corporation System hereby consents to serve as registered agent in the State of Washington for the following corporation: MARINER ACQUISITION CORP. CT Corporation System understands that as agent for the corporation, it will be its responsibility to accept service of process in the name of the corporation, to forward all mail and license renewals to the appropriate officer(s) of the corporation, and to notify the Office of the Secretary of State immediately of its resignation or of any changes in the address of the registered office of the corporation for which it is agent.
Dated: October 15, 2004
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/s/ Ruth Jo Marks
Assistant Secretary |
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CT Corporation System
520 Pike Street
Seattle, Washington 98101
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION of MARINER ACQUISITION CORP.ARTICLE 1. NAMEARTICLE 2. SHARESARTICLE 3. REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENTARTICLE 4. PREEMPTIVE RIGHTSARTICLE 5. CUMULATIVE VOTINGARTICLE 6. DIRECTORSARTICLE 7. AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATIONARTICLE 8. LIMITATION OF DIRECTOR LIABILITYARTICLE 9. SHAREHOLDER ACTIONSARTICLE 10. INCORPORATORCONSENT TO APPOINTMENT AS REGISTERED AGENT
