Exhibit 3.1(e)(i)
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
CHECK MART OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
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The undersigned, being a natural person of the age of 18
years or older, does hereby act as incorporator for the purpose of
incorporating a business corporation under the New Jersey Business
Corporation Act.
FIRST: The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the
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"Corporation") is Check Mart of New Jersey, Inc.
SECOND: The name and address of the initial registered
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office of the Corporation in the State of New Jersey is The
Corporation Trust Company, 820 Bear Tavern Road, West Trenton, New
Jersey 08628. The registered office of the Corporation in the State
of New Jersey shall be deemed for venue and official publication
purposes to be located in Mercer County.
THIRD: The Corporation has as its purpose the engaging in
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any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be incorporated
under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as from time to time
amended or supplemented.
FOURTH: The aggregate number of shares that the Corporation
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shall have authority to issue is 100, all of which shares shall be
Common Shares having a par value of $0.01 each.
FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is
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John J.M. Selig, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 767 Fifth Avenue, New
York, New York 10153.
SIXTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers
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conferred by law, the board of directors of the Corporation is
expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the By-laws of the
Corporation, but any By-laws adopted by the board of directors may be
amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote thereon.
Election of directors need not be by written ballot.
SEVENTH: Notwithstanding any provisions in the By-laws to
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the contrary, each shareholder shall have one vote for each share
entitled to vote on matters to be decided by a vote of the
shareholders. There shall be no cumulative voting for the election of
directors.
EIGHTH: A director shall not be personally liable to the
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Corporation or its shareholders for damages for any breach of duty as
a director, except for any matter in respect of which such director
shall be liable by reason that, in addition to any and all other
requirements for such liability, there shall have been a judgment or
other final adjudication adverse to such director that establishes
that such director's acts or omissions were in bad faith or involved
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or that such
director personally gained in fact a financial profit or other
advantage to which such director was not legally entitled. Neither
the amendment nor the repeal of this Certificate shall eliminate or
reduce the effect of this Certificate in respect to any matter
occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this
Certificate, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or
adoption of an inconsistent provision.
NINTH: The Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest
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extent permitted by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as the
same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, all persons
whom it is permitted to indemnify pursuant thereto.
TENTH: The number of directors constituting the first board
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of directors of the Corporation is two (2) and the names and the
address of the persons who are to serve as the first directors of the
Corporation are as follows:
NAME ADDRESS
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Jeffrey A. Weiss Dollar Financial Group
1436 Lancaster Avenue
Suite 210
Berwyn, PA 19312
Donald F. Gayhardt Dollar Financial Group
1436 Lancaster Avenue
Suite 210
Berwyn, PA 19312
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this
Certificate of Incorporation on this 29th day of January, 1996.
/s/ John J.M. Selig
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John J.M. Selig
Sole Incorporator
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