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EXHIBIT 3.40
STATE OF DELAWARE
SECRETARY OF STATE
DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS
FILED 02:00 PM 02/09/2001
010068167-3351911
STATE OF DELAWARE
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
A STOCK CORPORATION
- - FIRST: The name of this Corporation is
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StoreYourThings.com, Inc.
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- - SECOND: Its registered office in the State of Delaware is to be located at
1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington County of New Castle
Zip Code 19801. The registered agent in charge thereof is
The Corporation Trust Company
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- - THIRD: 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.
- - FOURTH: The amount of the total authorized capital stock of this
corporation is Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) divided into 1,000,000
shares of No and 01/100 Dollars ($0.01) each.
- - FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are as follows:
Name Janine E. Rudolph
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Mailing Address P.O. Box 988
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Fort Wayne, IN Zip Code 46801-0988
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- - I, The Undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation under the
laws of the State of Delaware, do make, file and record this Certificate,
and do certify that the facts herein stated are true, and I have
accordingly hereunto set my hand this 5th day of February, A.D. 2001.
BY: /s/ Janine E. Rudolph
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(Incorporator)
NAME: Janine E. Rudolph
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