Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
IRONCLAD ENCRYPTION CORPORATION
Pursuant to the provision of the Nevada Business Corporation Act, ss.78.010, et. seq. the undersigned corporation hereby adopts the following Articles of Incorporation as follows:
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of this corporation isIRONCLAD ENCRYPTION CORPORATION
ARTICLE II
DURATION
This corporation has perpetual existence.
ARTICLE III
CORPORATION PURPOSES
The purpose or purposes for which the Corporation is organized are all things necessary or convenient to carry out any lawful business, as well as those itemized under Chapter 78 of Nevada Revised Statutes, including any amendments thereto or successor statute that may hereinafter be enacted.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITALIZATION
Section 1: Aggregate Number of Shares
The total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 521,707,093 having a par value of $0.001 per share of which (a) 20,000,000 shares shall be Preferred Stock, (b) 500,000,000 shares shall be Class A Common Stock, and (c) 1,707,093 shares shall be Class B Common Stock.
Section 2: Rights of Preferred Stock
The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series and with such designation for each such series as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of each such series adopted by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors in any such resolution or resolutions is expressly authorized to state and express for each such series:
(i)
The voting powers, if any, of the holders of stock of such series;
(ii)
The rate per annum and the times at and conditions upon which the holders of stock of such series shall be entitled to receive dividends, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative and if cumulative the terms upon which such dividends shall be cumulative;
(iii)
The price or prices and the time or times at and the manner in which the stock of such series shall be redeemable and the terms and amount of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of shares;
(iv)
The rights to which the holders of the shares of stock of such series shall be entitled upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation;
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(v)
The terms, if any, upon which shares of stock of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of stock of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes, including the price or prices or the rate or rates of conversion or exchange and the terms of adjustment, if any; and
(vi)
Any other designations, preferences, and relative participating, optimal or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by the laws of Nevada.
Section 3: Rights of Common Stock
The Common Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more Classes and with such designation for each such Classes as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of each such Classes adopted by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors in any such resolution or resolutions is expressly authorized to state and express for each such Class:
(i)
The voting powers, if any, of the holders of stock of such Class;
(ii)
The rate per annum and the times at and conditions upon which the holders of stock of such Class shall be entitled to receive dividends, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative and if cumulative the terms upon which such dividends shall be cumulative;
(iii)
The terms, if any, upon which shares of stock of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of stock of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes, including the price or prices or the rate or rates of conversion or exchange and the terms of adjustment, if any; and
(iv)
Any other designations, preferences, and relative participating, optimal or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by the laws of Nevada.
ARTICLE V
PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS
Except as may otherwise be provided by the Board of Directors, no preemptive rights shall exist with respect to shares of stock or securities convertible into shares of stock of this corporation.
ARTICLE VI
NO CUMULATIVE VOTING
Each shareholder entitled to vote at any election for Directors shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, one vote for each share of stock owned by such shareholder for as many persons as there are Directors to be elected and for whose election such shareholder has a right to vote, and no shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate their votes.
ARTICLE VII
BYLAWS
The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws. Nothing herein shall deny the concurrent power of the shareholders to adopt, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws.
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ARTICLE VIII
DIRECTORS' LIABILITY
To the full extent from time to time permitted by law, no director of the corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for damages for conduct as a director. Neither the amendment or repeal of this Article, nor the adoption of any provision of the Articles of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article, shall eliminate or reduce the protection afforded by this Article to a director of the corporation with respect to any matter which occurred, or any cause of action, suit or claim which but for this Article would have accrued or arisen, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.
ARTICLE IX
LIMITATION ON RIGHT TO CALL SPECIAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING
Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors, upon not less than 30 nor more than 50 days' written notice to the stockholders of the Corporation.
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
This corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal any provisions contained in these Articles of Incorporation, in any manner now or hereafter permitted by law, and all rights and powers conferred herein on the shareholders and directors of this corporation are subject to this reserved power.
ARTICLE XI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The qualifications, terms, of office, manner of election, time and place of meetings, and powers and duties of the Directors shall be prescribed in the Bylaws.
ARTICLE XII
OFFICER AND DIRECTOR INDEMNITY
The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent permitted by Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes of the State of Nevada as now in effect or as hereafter amended.
ARTICLE XIII
STATUTES NOT APPLICABLE
The provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes, 78.378 through 787.3793, inclusive, regarding the voting of a controlling interest in stock of a Nevada corporation and sections 78.411 through 78.444, inclusive, regarding combinations with interested stockholders, shall not be applicable to this Corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to be accepted and signed by its President and Chief Executive Officer this 29th day of June 2017.
By: /s/ James D. McGraw
James D. McGraw
President / Chief Executive Officer
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