EXHIBIT 3.17
FORM OF
AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
SVM OF TEXAS, INC.
SVM of Texas, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas, DOES HEREBY
CERTIFY:
The name of the Corporation is SVM of Texas, Inc. The
Corporation filed its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary
of State of the State of Texas on September 26, 1983, and amended its Articles
of Incorporation on July 30, 1993. The Corporation restated its Articles of
Incorporation on July 19, 1999.
These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, which
further amend and restate the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation have
been duly adopted in accordance with Section 407(A)(2) of the Business
Corporation Act of the State of Texas ("TBCA"). Each amendment made in these
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation has been effected in conformity
with the provisions of the TBCA. These Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation accurately copy the Restated Articles of Incorporation that are in
effect to date and as further amended hereby, and these Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation contain no other change in any provisions thereof,
except that the number of directors currently constituting the board of
directors and the names and addresses of the persons serving as directors have
been inserted in lieu of similar information concerning the initial board of
directors, and the name and address of the incorporator has been omitted. The
Corporation has received payment for its stock.
These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation amend
Articles IV and VII of the Corporation's Restated Articles of Incorporation, and
delete Articles VIII, IX, and X of the Corporation's Restated Articles of
Incorporation. The text of Articles IV and VII, as amended by these Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation, are set forth in Articles VI and IX,
respectively. The number of shares outstanding and entitled to vote on the
amendments was 499 and all 499 shares voted in favor of the amendments. These
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation decrease the number of authorized
shares of the Corporation from 1,000 to 100, and change the par value of each
share from $1.00 to $0.01 per share. Pursuant to Section 4.07(B)(7) of the TBCA,
the Corporation's stated capital will remain at least $1,000.00.
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The Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are
hereby amended and restated to read in their entirety as follows:
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is SVM of Texas, Inc.
SECOND: The period of duration is perpetual.
THIRD: The registered office and registered agent of the
Corporation in the State of Texas is CT Corporation System, 350 North St. Paul
Street, Dallas, Texas 75201.
FOURTH: The purposes of the Corporation are to engage in any
lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the TBCA.
FIFTH: The Corporation will not commence business until it has
received for the issuance of shares consideration of the value of a stated sum
which shall be at least One Thousand Dollars ($1,000).
SIXTH: (1) The total number of shares of stock which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is 100, consisting of 100 shares of
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"). The number of
authorized shares of the Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not
below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of
the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of the Corporation
entitled to vote thereon.
(2) (a) Each holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one
vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters
on which shareholders generally are entitled to vote.
(b) Subject to applicable law, dividends may be declared and paid on
the Common Stock at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors in
its discretion shall determine.
(c) Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation,
the holders of the Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to receive the
assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its shareholders ratably
in proportion to the number of shares held by them.
SEVENTH: The Board of Directors shall be authorized to make,
amend, alter, change, add to or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation without a
shareholder vote in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of
Texas or these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, subject to the
power of the shareholders entitled to vote to amend, alter, change, add to or
repeal the By-Laws made by the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding anything
contained in these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to the
contrary, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority in voting
power of all the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors shall be required in order for the shareholders to amend,
alter, change, add to or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation.
EIGHTH: (1) To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the
State of Texas:
(a) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to
be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any actual or threatened action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person
of whom he or she is the legal representative is or was a director or an officer
of the
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Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit
plan (hereinafter an "indemnitee"), whether the basis of such proceeding is
alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer or trustee or in
any other capacity while serving as a director, officer or trustee, shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent
authorized by the TBCA, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against
all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines,
ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement)
reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith;
provided, however, that, except as provided in the By-Laws of the Corporation
with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and
"advancement of expenses" (as defined below), the Corporation shall indemnify
any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated
by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by
the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(b) In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in
this Article Eighth, Section (1), an indemnitee shall also have the right to be
paid by the Corporation the reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees)
incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition
(hereinafter an "advancement of expenses"); provided, however, that, if the TBCA
requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her
capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which
service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation,
service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the
Corporation of: (1) a written affirmation by the indemnitee of his or her good
faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for
indemnification under the TBCA; and (2) a written undertaking (hereinafter an
"undertaking"), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so
advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from
which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a "final adjudication")
that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under
this Article Eighth or otherwise.
(2) A director of the Corporation shall not be personally
liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for an act or
omission in the director's capacity as a director, except to the extent the
director is found liable (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to
the Corporation or its shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith that constitute a breach of duty of the director to the Corporation, or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for
any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit,
whether or not the benefit resulted from an action taken within the scope of the
director's office, or (iv) for an act or omission for which the liability of the
director is expressly provided by an applicable statute. Any repeal or
modification of this Article Eighth, Section (2) shall be prospective only, and
shall not adversely affect any elimination or limitation of the personal
liability of a director of the Corporation in respect of any act or omission
occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification. If the TBCA is
amended after the effective date of these Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the
personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the
Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by
the TBCA, as so amended.
NINTH: The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be
managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors consisting of at least
one (1) director, the exact
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number of directors to be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by
an affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. A director shall
hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his
successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death,
resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. Any newly
created directorship on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in
the number of directors shall be filled only by a majority of the directors then
in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director for a
term which shall expire at the next annual meeting of shareholders and until a
successor is elected and shall qualify, provided that the Board of Directors may
not fill more than two such vacancies during the period between any two
successive annual meetings of shareholders. The number of directors may be
decreased but in no case shall a decrease in the number of directors have the
effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. Directors may be
removed with or without cause, and only by the affirmative vote of at least a
majority in voting power of all shares of the Corporation entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors.
(2) The number of directors constituting the board of
directors is three, and the name and address of each person who serves as a
director are:
NAME ADDRESS
Kenneth R. Frick 2 Laurel Lane
Campobello, SC 29322
Lawrence E. Honig 8 Torrey Pine Court
Spartanburg, SC 29306
Janet L. Steinmayer 7 Nawthorne Road
Old Greenwich, CT 06870
TENTH: Any action required or permitted to be taken by the
holders of the Common Stock of the Corporation may be effected at a duly called
annual or special meeting of such holders or may be taken without a meeting if a
consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the holders of
all the shares entitled to vote with respect to the action that is the subject
of the consent. Except as otherwise required by law, special meetings of
shareholders of the Corporation may be called only by (i) the Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Corporation or by the Board of Directors pursuant to a
resolution approved by the Board of Directors, or (ii) the holders of at least
25% in voting power of all shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such
meeting. Meetings of shareholders may be held within or without the State of
Texas, as the By-Laws of the Corporation may provide. The books of the
Corporation may be kept outside the State of Texas at such place or places as
may be designated by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the
Corporation.
ELEVENTH: The holders of a majority in voting power of the
stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or
represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the
shareholders for the transaction of business.
TWELFTH: Notwithstanding anything contained in these Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation to the contrary, the affirmative vote of
the holders of at least two-thirds in voting power of all the shares of the
Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors shall be
required to alter, amend or repeal Article Seventh, Article Eighth, Article
Ninth, Article Tenth, Article Eleventh or this Article Twelfth or to adopt any
provision inconsistent therewith.
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THIRTEENTH: The affirmative vote of two-thirds of: (a) the
outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote; and (b) the members of
the Board of Directors in office shall be required to approve any merger, any
sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, any
liquidation of the Corporation or the filing by the Corporation of a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, SVM OF TEXAS, INC. has caused this
certificate to be signed by Janet L. Steinmayer, its Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary, on this ____ day of ____, 2003.
SVM OF TEXAS, INC.
By:_______________________________________
Name: Janet L. Steinmayer
Title: Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary