Exhibit 3.1(y)(i)
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
MONETARY MANAGEMENT MART OF MARYLAND, 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 General Laws of the
State of Maryland.
FIRST: The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the
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"Corporation") is Monetary Management Mart of Maryland, Inc.
SECOND: The post office address of the principal office of
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the Corporation in the State of Maryland is c/o The Corporation Trust
Incorporated, 32 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The name of
the registered agent in this State is The Corporation Trust
Incorporated, a corporation of this State, and the post-office address
of the resident agent is 32 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.
THIRD: The Corporation has as its purpose the engaging in
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any lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under
the Maryland General Corporation Law, 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 one class, of the par
value of $0.01 each and of the aggregate par value of One Dollar
($1.00).
FIFTH: The duration of the corporation shall be perpetual.
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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amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote thereon.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. Subject to the provisions of the Maryland General
Corporation Law, 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 Article shall eliminate or reduce
the effect of this Article in respect to any matter occurring, or any
cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article, 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 Maryland General Corporation Law, 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 of the Corporation shall be
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two (2), which may be changed in accordance with the By-laws of the
Corporation. The names of the directors who shall act until the first
annual meeting or until their successors are duly chosen and qualify
are:
Jeffrey A. Weiss Donald F. Gayhardt
ELEVENTH: The principal office of this Corporation is c/o
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Dollar Financial Group, 1436 Lancaster Avenue, Suite 210, Berwyn,
Pennsylvania 19312.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed these
Articles of Incorporation on this 31st day of January, 1996.
/s/ John J.M. Selig
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John J.M. Selig
Sole Incorporator
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