Exhibit 3.(i). Amended and Restated Articles of incorporation of
the Corporation.
1. The name of the corporation is Jones Apparel Group, Inc.
2. The location and post office address of the initial registered office of
the corporation in this Commonwealth is 220 Rittenhouse Circle, Keystone
Industrial Park, Bristol, Pennsylvania, 19007.
3. The corporation is incorporated under the Business Corporation Law of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the following purpose or purposes: the
corporation shall have unlimited power to engage in and do any lawful act
concerning any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated
under the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law, including the power to engage
in manufacturing, this corporation being incorporated under the said Business
Corporation Law.
4. The term for which the corporation is to exist is perpetual.
5. The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority
to issue is: TWO HUNDRED ONE MILLION (201,000,000) consisting of (i) Two Hundred
Million (200,000,000) shares of Common Stock of the par value of $.01 per share
and (ii) One Million (1,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock of the par value of
$.01 per share.
The designations and the powers, preferences and rights, and the
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof of the Preferred Stock,
and of the Common Stock are as follows:
A. Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to
limitations prescribed by law and the provisions of this Article 5, to file an
amendment to the corporation's Articles of Incorporation pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S.
Section 1914(c) to provide for the issuance of the Preferred Stock in series
and to establish the number of shares to be included in each such series. The
Preferred Stock may be issued either as a class without series, or as so
determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, either in whole or
in part in one or more series, each series to be appropriately designated by a
distinguishing number, letter or title prior to the issue of any shares thereof.
Whenever the term "Preferred Stock" is used in this Article 5, it shall be
deemed to mean and include Preferred Stock issued as a class without series, or
one or more series thereof, or both, unless the context shall otherwise require.
There is hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors of the corporation
authority, subject to the limitations provided by law, to fix the voting power,
the designations, and the relative preferences, powers, participating, optional
or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions
thereof, of the shares of each series of said Preferred Stock and the variations
in the relative powers, rights, preferences and limitations as between series,
and to increase the number of shares constituting each series, and to decrease
such number of shares (but not less than the number of outstanding shares of the
series), in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors
providing for the issue of said Preferred Stock.
The authority of the Board of Directors of the corporation with respect to
each series shall include, but shall not be limited to, the authority to
determine the following:
1. The designation of the series;
2. The number of shares initially constituting such series;
3. The increase, and the decrease to a number not less than the number of
the outstanding shares of such series, of the number of shares
constituting such series theretofore fixed;
4. The rate or rates and the times and conditions under which dividends
on the shares of such series shall be paid, and, (i) if such dividends
are payable in preference to, or in relation to, the dividends
payable on any other class or classes of stock, the terms and
conditions of such payment, and (ii) if such dividends shall be
cumulative, the date or dates from and after which they shall
accumulate;
5. Whether or not the shares of such series shall be redeemable, and,
if such shares shall be redeemable, the terms and conditions of
such redemption, including, but not limited to, the date or dates upon
or after which such shares shall be redeemable and the amount per
share which shall be payable upon such redemption, which amount may
vary under conditions and at different redemption dates;
6. The amount payable on the shares of such series in the event of a
dissolution of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the
corporation;
7. Whether or not the shares of such series may be convertible into,
or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or series and the price
or prices and the rates of exchange and the terms of any adjustments
to be made in connection with such conversion or exchange;
8. Whether or not the shares of such series shall have voting rights
in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and, if such shares
shall have such voting rights, the terms and conditions thereof,
including but not limited to, the right of the holders of such shares
to vote as a separate class either alone or with the holders of
shares of one or more other series of Preferred Stock and the right
to have more or less than one vote per share;
9. Whether or not a purchase fund shall be provided for the shares of
such series, and, if such a purchase fund shall be provided, the
terms and conditions thereof;
10. Whether or not a sinking fund shall be provided for the redemption of
the shares of such series and if such a sinking fund shall be
provided, the terms and conditions thereof; and
11. Any other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional,
or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof, as shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Article 5 or the limitations provided by law.
B. Common Stock.
1. Subject to the rights of the Preferred shareholders, the holders of
the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends as may
be declared thereon by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in
its discretion, from time to time, out of any funds or assets of the
corporation lawfully available for the payment of such dividends.
2. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
corporation, or any reduction of its capital, resulting in a
distribution of its assets to its shareholders, whether voluntary
or involuntary, then, after there shall have been paid or set apart
for the holders of the Preferred Stock the full preferential amounts
to which they are entitled, the holders of the Common Stock shall be
entitled to receive, as a class, pro rata, the remaining assets of the
corporation available for distribution to its shareholders.
3. For any and all purposes of these Articles of Incorporation, neither
the merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other
corporation, nor the merger or consolidation of any other corporation
into or with the corporation, nor a sale, transfer or lease of all
or substantially all of the assets of the corporation, or any other
transaction or series of transactions having the effect of a
reorganization shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or
winding-up of the corporation.
4. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law or in a resolution of
the Board of Directors providing voting rights to the holders of the
Preferred Stock, the holders of the Common Stock shall possess
exclusive voting power for the election of directors and for all
other purposes and each holder thereof shall be entitled to one
vote for each share thereof.
6. The name(s) and post office address(es) of each incorporator(s) and the
number and class of shares subscribed by such incorporator(s) is (are):
Name Address Number and class of shares
Frances Kuzinar 1510 The Fidelity Building One (1) Common
Philadelphia, PA 19109
7. In all elections for Directors, each shareholder entitled to vote shall
be entitled to only one vote for each share held, it being intended hereby to
deny shareholders the right of cumulative voting in the election of Directors.
8. Except as otherwise provided by law, and subject to the provisions of,
applicable law, any action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders
or of a class of shareholders of the corporation may be taken without a meeting,
provided a consent or consents in writing to such action, setting forth the
action so taken, shall be (1) signed by the shareholders entitled to cast a
majority (or such larger percentage as may be required by law) of the number
of votes which all such shareholders are entitled to cast thereon, and
(2) filed with the Secretary of the corporation.