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Exhibit 3.4
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
LUNDY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
The undersigned natural persons of the age of eighteen (18) years or
more, do hereby incorporate a business corporation under the laws of the State
of North Carolina, as contained in Chapter 55 of the General Statutes of North
Carolina, entitled "Business Corporation Act", and the several amendments
thereto, and to that end do hereby set forth:
1. The name of the corporation is Lundy International, Inc.
2. The period of duration of the corporation shall be perpetual.
3. The purpose for which the corporation is organized is to engage in
the export of agricultural products and in any other lawful act or activity for
which corporations may be organized under Chapter 55 of the General Statutes of
North Carolina.
4. The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have
authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares having a par value of Ten
Dollars ($10.00) per share, and the minimum amount of consideration for its
shares to be received by the corporation before it shall commence business is
One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
5. The address of the initial registered office of the corporation is
Railroad Street, Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina 28328; and the name of
the initial registered agent at such address is Lewis M. Fetterman.
6. The number of directors of the corporation may be fixed by the
By-laws. The number of directors constituting the initial Board of Directors
shall be five (5), and the names and addresses of the persons who are to serve
as directors until the first meeting of shareholders or until their successors
are elected and qualified are:
Name Address
Lewis M. Fetterman 704 Raleigh Road
Clinton, N.C. 28328
Annabelle L. Fetterman 704 Raleigh Road
Clinton, N.C. 28328
Lewis M. Fetterman, Jr. 704 Raleigh Road
Clinton, N.C. 28328
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Mabel M. Fetterman 704 Raleigh Road
Clinton, N.C. 28328
John T. Talton, Jr. 605 So. Fayetteville Street
Clayton, N.C. 27520
7. The names and addresses of the incorporators are:
Name Address
N. A. Townsend, Jr. 615 Oberlin Road
Raleigh, N.C. 27605
Lacy H. Reaves 615 Oberlin Road
Raleigh, N.C. 27605
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this 16th day of
September, 1981
/s/ N. A. Townsend, Jr.
N. A. Townsend, Jr.
/s/ Lacy H. Reaves
Lacy H. Reaves
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF WAKE
THIS IS TO CERTIFY, that on the 17th day of September, 1981, before me,
a Notary Public, personally appeared N. A. Townsend, Jr. and Lacy H. Reaves, who
I am satisfied are the persons named in and who executed the foregoing Articles
of Incorporation, and I having first made known to them the contents thereof,
they did acknowledge that they signed and delivered the same as their voluntary
act and deed for the uses and purposes therein expressed.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal, this 17th day of September, 1981.
/s/ Winnie K. Haigh
Notary Public
[SEAL]
My commission expires:
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