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Exhibit 3.9
STATE OF NEBRASKA
[FLAG OF STATE OF NEBRASKA]
United States of America, } ss. Department of State
State of Nebraska } ss. Lincoln, Nebraska
I, Scott Moore, Secretary of State of the State of Nebraska do hereby
certify;
NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.
was duly incorporated under the laws of this state on November 4, 1994,
and do further certify that no occupation taxes assessed are unpaid and no
annual reports are delinquent; articles of dissolution have not been
filed; and said corporation is in existence as of the date of this
certificate.
In Testimony whereof,
[SEAL OF THE STATE I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal
OF NEBRASKA] of the State of Nebraska on June 27 in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven.
/s/ Scott Moore
SECRETARY OF STATE
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STATE OF NEBRASKA
[FLAG OF STATE OF NEBRASKA]
United States of America, } ss. Department of State
State of Nebraska } ss. Lincoln, Nebraska
I, Scott Moore, Secretary of State of the State of Nebraska do hereby
certify;
The attached is a true and correct copy of the Articles of Incorporation
of
NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.
with its registered office located in LINCOLN, Nebraska, as filed and
recorded in this office on November 4, 1994.
I further certify that said corporation is in good standing as of this
date.
In Testimony whereof,
[SEAL OF THE STATE I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal
OF NEBRASKA] of the State of Nebraska on June 27 in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven.
/s/ Scott Moore
SECRETARY OF STATE
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.
ARTICLE I.
NAME
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The name of the corporation is: Northland Transportation Services, Inc.
ARTICLE II.
DURATION
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The period of the corporation's duration is perpetual.
ARTICLE III.
PURPOSES
The purposes for which this corporation is organized are:
1. To act as a common carrier of freight and to engage in and do any
lawful acts concerning any and all lawful businesses for which corporations may
be organized.
2. To do everything necessary, proper, advisable and convenient for the
accomplishment of the purposes hereinabove set forth, and to do all other things
which are not forbidden by the laws of the State of Nebraska, or by these
Articles of Incorporation.
ARTICLE IV.
AUTHORIZED SHARES
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The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority
to issue is 100 shares of common stock and the par value of each of said shares
shall be $100.00.
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ARTICLE V.
INITIAL REGISTERED AGENT AND INITIAL REGISTERED OFFICE
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The initial registered agent of the corporation is: C T Corporation
System. The street address of its initial registered office is: 206 South 13th
Street, Suite 1500, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508.
ARTICLE VI.
NAME AND ADDRESS OF INCORPORATOR
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The name and address of the incorporator is Daniel J. Duffy, 8805 Indian
Hills Drive, Suite 303, Omaha, Nebraska 68114.
The undersigned, being the sole incorporator hereinbefore named, for the
purpose of forming a corporation under the Nebraska Business Corporation Act
does hereby adopt and sign these Articles of Incorporation this 26th day of
October, 1994.
/s/ Daniel J. Duffy
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DANIEL J. DUFFY, Sole Incorporator
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CONSENT
TO: ALLEN J. BEERMAN
Secretary of State of Nebraska
NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION, INC. hereby consents to the use of the name
NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC. by Daniel J. Duffy as incorporator of a
Nebraska business corporation.
DATED at Laurel, Nebraska this _______ day of November, 1994,
NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION, INC.
By /s/ Rob Morris
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Rob Morris, President
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Cassem, Tierney, Adams, Gotch
& Soudlas, Attorneys
8805 Indian Hills Dr., Omaha
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION OF
NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES, INC.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has formed a corporation under
the laws of the State of Nebraska as follows:
1. The name of the corporation is Northland Transportation Services, Inc.
2. The address of the initial registered office is 206 South 13th Street,
Suite 1500, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 and the initial registered agent at that
address is CT Corporation System.
3. The general nature of the business to be transacted is to act as a
common carrier of freight.
4. The authorized capital stock of the corporation is 100 shares of common
stock with a par value of $100.00, each of which may be issued for any medium
permissable under the laws of the State of Nebraska, and as is determined from
time to time by the Board of Directors.
5. The corporation commenced existence on the filing and recording of its
Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State and it shall have
perpetual existence.
6. The affairs of the corporation shall be conducted by a Board of
Directors, president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and such subordinate
officers and agents as may be prescribed by the Bylaws or appointed by the Board
of Directors.
Daniel J. Duffy, Incorporator
Dec 19 (Mon) Dec 5-12-19
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
AFFIDAVIT
State of Nebraska, Lancaster County, ss:
Scott G. Stewart, being duly sworn, desposes and says that he/she is an
editor or manager of The Daily Reporter, a legal daily newspaper printed,
published and of general circulation in the County of Lancaster and the State of
Nebraska, and that the attached printed notice was published in the said
newspaper once each week three successive weeks, the first insertion having been
on the 5 day of December A.D., 1994, and thereafter on December 12, 19 1994, and
that said newspaper is a legal newspaper under the statutes of the State of
Nebraska. The above facts are within my personal knowledge.
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me 19 December 1994
RECEIVED
DEC 20 1994
SECRETARY OF STATE
CORPORATION DIVISION
/s/ Patricia J. [ILLEGIBLE]
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Notary Public
Printer's Fee $63.12 [NOTARY STAMP ILLEGIBLE]