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Exhibit 3.1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
GOLDEN SKY SYSTEMS, INC.
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An original certificate of incorporation of Golden Sky Systems, Inc.
(the "Corporation") was filed with the secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on June 25, 1996. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 12,
1997. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been
duly adopted by the Corporation in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is
Golden Sky Systems, Inc.
SECOND: The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the
State of Delaware is 1013 Centre Road, in the City of Wilmington, County of New
Castle. The name of the Corporation's registered agent at such address is
Corporation Service Company.
THIRD: The purposes for which the Corporation is formed are to engage
in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
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FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation
shall have authority to issue is 1,000 shares of the par value of $.01 per
share. All such shares shall be of one class and shall be designated Common
Stock.
FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the sole incorporator of the
Corporation are as follows:
Rodney A. Weary
605 West 47th Street, Suite 300
Kansas City, Missouri 64112
SIXTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by
the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is
expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter or repeal the By-laws of the
Corporation, subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to
alter or repeal any By-law made by the Board of Directors.
SEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time and from time
to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in this
Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the
State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner
now or hereafter prescribed by law, and all rights, preferences and privileges
of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons
whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present
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form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this
Article.
EIGHTH: No person shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit the liability
of a director (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under
Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or (iv) for
any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If
the General Corporation Law is subsequently amended to further eliminate or
limit the liability of a director, then a director of the Corporation, in
addition to the circumstances in which a director is not personally liable as
set forth in the preceding sentence, shall not be liable to the fullest extent
permitted by the amended General Corporation Law. For purposes of this Article
EIGHTH, "fiduciary duty as a director" shall include any fiduciary duty arising
out of serving at the Corporation's request as a director of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture or other enterprise, and "personal
liability to the Corporation or its stockholders" shall include any liability
to such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, and any liability to the Corporation in its capacity as a security
holder, joint venturer, partner, beneficiary, creditor or investor of or in any
such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
NINTH: Elections of directors need not be by written ballot except to
the extent required by the By-laws of the Corporation.
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Exhibit 3.2
BY-LAWS
OF
GOLDEN SKY SYSTEMS, INC.
Incorporated under the Laws of the
State of Delaware
Adopted as of
October 1, 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Offices............................................... 1
ARTICLE II Meetings of Stockholders.............................. 1
Section 1 Place of Meetings..................................... 1
Section 2 Annual Meeting........................................ 1
Section 3 Special Meetings...................................... 1
Section 4 Notice of Meetings.................................... 2
Section 5 List of Stockholders.................................. 2
Section 6 Quorum................................................ 2
Section 7 Voting................................................ 3
Section 8 Proxies............................................... 3
Section 9 Action Without a Meeting.............................. 3
ARTICLE III Board of Directors.................................... 4
Section 1 Powers................................................ 4
Section 2 Election and Term..................................... 4
Section 3 Number................................................ 4
Section 4 Quorum and Manner of Acting........................... 4
Section 5 Organization Meeting.................................. 4
Section 6 Regular Meetings...................................... 5
Section 7 Special Meetings; Notice.............................. 5
Section 8 Removal of Directors.................................. 5
Section 9 Resignations.......................................... 5
Section 10 Vacancies............................................. 5
Section 11 Compensation of Directors............................. 6
Section 12 Action Without a Meeting.............................. 6
Section 13 Telephonic Participation in Meetings.................. 6
ARTICLE IV Officers.............................................. 6
Section 1 Principal Officers.................................... 6
Section 2 Election and Term of Office........................... 6
Section 3 Other Officers........................................ 7
Section 4 Removal............................................... 7
Section 5 Resignations.......................................... 7
Section 6 Vacancies............................................. 7
Section 7 Chairman of the Board................................. 7
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Section 8 President............................................. 7
Section 9 Vice President........................................ 8
Section 10 Treasurer............................................. 8
Section 11 Secretary............................................. 8
Section 12 Salaries.............................................. 8
ARTICLE V Indemnification of Officers and Directors............. 8
Section 1 Right of Indemnification.............................. 8
Section 2 Expenses.............................................. 9
Section 3 Other Rights of Indemnification....................... 9
ARTICLE VI Shares and Their Transfer............................. 9
Section 1 Certificate for Stock................................. 9
Section 2 Stock Certificate Signature........................... 9
Section 3 Stock Ledger.......................................... 10
Section 4 Cancellation.......................................... 10
Section 5 Registrations of Transfers of Stock................... 10
Section 6 Regulations........................................... 10
Section 7 Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or
Mutilated Certificates.............................. 10
Section 8 Record Dates.......................................... 11
ARTICLE VII Miscellaneous Provisions.............................. 11
Section 1 Corporate Seal........................................ 11
Section 2 Voting of Stocks Owned by the
Corporation......................................... 11
Section 3 Dividends............................................. 11
ARTICLE VIII Amendments............................................ 11