EXHIBIT 3.7
For Ministry Use Only Ontario Corporation Number
A Usage exclusively Ministere Numero de la Societe en Ontario
1164133
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...............January 11, 1996...............
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no. Stat Type Incorp
[O] [0] [A] [3]
Share Notice Jurisdiction
Req'd
[S] [N] [ONTARIO]
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
STATUTS CONSTITUTIFS
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Form 1
Business
Corporations
Act
Formule 1
Loi sur les
Societes
par actions
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1. The name of the corporation is: Denomination sociale de la Societe:
BROCKWAY STANDARD (CANADA), INC. / LES ENTERPRISES STANDARD BROCKWAY
(CANADA), INC.
2. The address of the registered office is: Adresse du siege social:
250 Yonge Street, Suite 2400
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(Street & Number or R.R. Number & if Multi-Office Building give Room No.)
(Rue et numero ou numero de la R.R. et, s'il s'agit d' un
edifice a bureaux, numero du bureau)
Toronto, Ontario M5B2M6
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(Name of Municipality or Post Office) (Postal Code)
(Nom de la Municipalite, ou du bureau de poste) (Code Postal)
in the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto
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(Name of Municipality, (County, District, Regional Municipality)
Geographic Township) dans le/la (Comte, District, Municipalite Regionale)
(Nom de la Municipalite,
du Canton Geographique)
3. Number (or minimum and Nombre (ou nombres minimal et maximal)
maximum number) of d'administrateurs:
directors is:
Minimum: One (1) Maximum: Twenty (20)
4. The first director(s) is/are:
Premier(s) administrateur(s): Canadian
Residence, address, giving Street & No. Resident
or R.R. No. or Municipality and Postal Code. State Yes/No
Canadien
Resident Oui/Non
First name, Initials and Surname Adresse personnelle, y compris la rue et la
Prenom, Initiales et Nom de Famille numero, le Numero de la R.R. ou, le Nom de
la Municipalite et le Code Postal.
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David P. Hayford 820 Newport Terrace No
Alpharetta, Georgia
U.S.A. 30202
Michael J. Tobin 98 McGee Crescent Yes
Aurora, Ontario
Canada L4G 6L8
5. Restrictions, if any, Limites, s'il y a lieu, imposees aux activities
on business the commerciales ou aux pouboirs de la societe
corporation may carry
on or on powers the
corporation may exercise.
None
6. The classes and any Categories et nombre maximal, s'il y a lieu,
maximum number of shares d'actions que la socieete est autorisee a
that the corporation is emettre.
authorized to issue.
The Corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares
designated as Common Shares.
7. Rights, privileges, Droits, privileges, restrictions et conditions,
restrictions and s'il y a lieu, rattaches a chaque categorie
conditions (if any) d'action et pouvoirs des administrateurs
attaching to each class relatifs a chaque categorie d'actions qui peut
of shares and directors etre emise en serie:
authority with respect to
any class of shares which
may be issued in series:
The rights of the holders of Common Shares of the Corporation are equal in
all respects and include the rights,
(a) to vote at all meetings of shareholders; and
(b) to receive the remaining property of the Corporation upon dissolution.
8. The issue, transfer or L'emission, le transfert ou la propriete
ownership of shares is/is d'actions est/n'est pas restreinte. Les
not restricted and the restrictions, s'il y a lieu, sont les
restrictions (if any) are suviantes:
as follows:
No shares of the Corporation shall be transferred without the consent of
the directors of the Corporation expressed by a resolution passed by the
board of directors or by an instrument or instruments in writing signed by
all of the directors then in office.
9. Other provisions, if any, are: Autres dispositions, s'il y a lieu:
(a) The number of shareholders of the Corporation, exclusive of persons who
are in the employment of the Corporation and exclusive of persons who,
having been formerly in the employment of the Corporation, were, while
in that employment, and have continued after termination of that
employment to be, shareholders of the Corporation, is limited to not
more than fifty, two or more persons who are the joint registered
owners of one or more shares being counted as one shareholder.
(b) Any invitation to the public to subscribe for securities of the
Corporation is prohibited.
(c) Subject to the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) as
amended or re-enacted from time to time, the directors may, without
authorization of the shareholders:
(i) borrow money on the credit of the Corporation;
(ii) issue, re-issue, sell or pledge debt obligations of the
Corporation;
(iii) give a guarantee on behalf of the Corporation to secure
performance of an obligation of any person;
(iv) mortgage, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise create a security
interest in all or any property of the Corporation owned or
subsequently acquired, to secure any obligation of the
Corporation; and
(v) by resolution, delegate any or all such powers to a director, a
committee of directors or an officer of the Corporation.
Nothing in this subparagraph shall limit or restrict the borrowing of
money by the Corporation on bills of exchange or promissory notes made,
drawn, accepted or endorsed by or on behalf of the Corporation.
(d) The holders of any fractional shares issued by the Corporation shall be
entitled to exercise voting rights and to receive dividends in respect
of each such fractional share.
10. The names and addresses of the incorporators are
Nom et addresse des fondateurs
First name, initials and Full residence address or address of registered
surname or corporate name office or of principal place of business giving
Prenom, initiale et nom street & No. or R.R. No., municipality and
de famille ou postal code.
denomination sociale Adresse personnelle au complet, adresse du
siege social ou adresse de l'etablissement
principal, y compris la rue et le numero de
la R.R., le nom de la municipalite et le code
postal
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David P. Hayford 820 Newport Terrace
Alpharetta, Georgia
U.S.A. 30202
Michael J. Tobin 98 McGee Crescent
Aurora, Ontario
Canada L4G 6L8
These articles are signed Les presents statuts sont signes en double
in duplicate exemplaire.
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Signatures of incorporators / Signature des fondateurs
/s/ DAVID P. HAYFORD
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David P. Hayford
/s/ MICHAEL J. TOBIN
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Michael J. Tobin