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MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - CORPORATION AND SECURITIES BUREAU
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Date Received (FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)
DEC 27 1995
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DEC 28 1995
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Name Administrator
James A. Ralston, Esq. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Address Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. Corporation & Securities Bureau
580 Walnut Street
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City State Zip Code
Cincinnati Ohio 45202 EFFECTIVE DATE:
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DOCUMENT WILL BE RETURNED TO THE NAME AND ADDRESS YOU ENTER ABOVE
357-915
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
FOR USE BY DOMESTIC PROFIT CORPORATIONS
(Please read information and instructions on the last page)
Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972, the
undersigned corporation executes the following Articles:
ARTICLE I
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The name of the corporation is:
Eagle-Picher Fluid Systems Inc.
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ARTICLE II
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The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is formed is to engage in any
activity within the purposes for which corporations may be formed under the
Business Corporation Act of Michigan.
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ARTICLE III
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The total authorized shares:
1. Common Shares 100 Shares without par value.
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Preferred Shares-----------------------------------------------------
2. A statement of all or any of the relative rights, preferences and
limitations of the shares of each class is as follows:
All shares shall be of the same class of common stock and
each share shall have equal rights, in all respects, with
each other share.
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SEAL APPEARS ONLY ON ORIGINAL
ARTICLE IV
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1. The address of the registered office is:
30600 Telegraph Rd., Bingham Farms , Michigan 48025
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(Street Address) (City) (Zip Code)
2. The mailing address of the registered office, if different than above:
___________________________________________ , Michigan _________________
(Street Address or P.O. Box) (City) (Zip Code)
3. The name of the resident agent at the registered office is: The Corporation Company
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ARTICLE V
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The name(s) and address(es) of the incorporator(s) is (are) as follows:
Name Residence or Business Address
James A. Ralston c/o Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.
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580 Walnut Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
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ARTICLE VI (OPTIONAL. DELETE IF NOT APPLICABLE)
ARTICLE VII (OPTIONAL. DELETE IF NOT APPLICABLE)
SEAL APPEARS ONLY ON ORIGINAL
Use space below for additional Articles or for continuation of previous
Articles. Please identify any Article being continued or added. Attach
additional pages if needed.
ARTICLE VI
Any action required or permitted to be taken by the shareholders at any
annual or special meeting may be taken by a writing signed by all of the
shareholders indicating their unanimous consent.
I, (We), the incorporator(s) sign my (our) name(s) this 21st day of December , 1995.
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/s/ JAMES A. RALSTON
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ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT
OF THE SOLE INCORPORATOR OF
EAGLE-PICHER FLUID SYSTEMS, INC.
(the 'Corporation')
The undersigned being the sole incorporator of Eagle-Picher Fluid Systems,
Inc., a Michigan corporation, hereby adopts the following resolutions:
RESOLVED, that the Bylaws attached hereto be,
and the same hereby are, adopted as and for
the Bylaws of the Corporation,
RESOLVED, that the following subscription for
shares in the Corporation be, and it hereby
is, accepted and directed to be filed with the
minutes:
Names of Subscriber Number and Class of Shares
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Eagle-Picher One Hundred common shares
Industries, Inc.
RESOLVED, that the following person be, and he
hereby is, elected Director of the Corporation
until the first annual meeting of shareholders
or until his successors are elected and qualified:
James A. Ralston
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, James A. Ralston, has signed this Action of Sole
Incorporator this 4th day of April, 1996.
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/s/ JAMES A. RALSTON
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James A. Ralston