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EXHIBIT 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
MAXIMUS, INC.
The undersigned, pursuant to Section 13.1-711 of the Stock Corporation
Act under Chapter 9 of Title 13.1 of the Code of Virginia, states as follows:
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is MAXIMUS, Inc.
SECOND: The Corporation is authorized to issue 30,000,000 shares of
Common Stock.
The preemptive rights granted by Section 13.1-651 of the Virginia
Stock Corporation Act, or any other provision of law, are expressly denied to
any Shareholder of this Corporation.
Subject to the provisions of any applicable law or of the by-laws of
the Corporation, as from time to time amended, the holders of outstanding
shares of Common Stock shall have exclusive voting rights for the election of
directors and for all other purposes, each holder of record of shares of Common
Stock being entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock standing in his
name on the books of the Corporation.
The holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such
dividends from time to time as may be declared by the Board of Directors out of
any funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of such
dividends.
In the event of the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the
Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of Common Stock
shall be entitled to share ratably according to the number of shares of Common
stock held by them in all assets of the Corporation available for distribution
to its Shareholders.
Subject to the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation and
except as otherwise provided by law, the shares of stock of the Corporation,
regardless of class, may be issued for such consideration and for such
corporate purposes as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
THIRD: The rights granted by Section 13.1-728 of the Virginia Stock
Corporation Act, or any other provision of law pertaining to Control Share
Acquisitions shall not apply to the Corporation.
FOURTH: The Affiliated Transactions Article, also known as Section
13.1-725 et seq. of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act shall not apply to the
Corporation.
FIFTH: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act
or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Virginia Stock
Corporation Act.
SIX: The address of the registered office of the Company in the
Commonwealth of Virginia is 1356 Beverly Road, McLean, Virginia in the County
of Fairfax. The name of its registered agent at such address is David V.
Mastran. Mr. Mastran is a director and resident of the Commonwealth of
Virginia.
SEVENTH: The following provisions are inserted for the management of
the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation:
1. Any vote or votes authorizing liquidation of the Corporation
or proceedings for its dissolution may provide, subject to the rights of
creditors and the rights expressly provided for particular classes or series of
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stock, for the distribution among the Shareholders of the Corporation of the
assets of the Corporation as provided herein, wholly or in part or in kind,
whether such assets be in cash or other property, and may authorize the Board
of Directors of the Corporation to determine the valuation of the different
assets of the Corporation for the purpose of such liquidation and may divide or
authorize the Board of Directors to divide such assets or any part thereof
among the Shareholders of the Corporation, in such manner that every
Shareholder will receive a proportionate amount in value (determined as
provided herein) of cash or property of the Corporation upon such liquidation
or dissolution even though each Shareholder may not receive a strictly
proportionate part of each such asset.
2. If at any time the Corporation shall have a class of stock
registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), for so long as such class is registered, the
directors shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as the
then total number of directors constituting the entire Board permits, with the
term of office of one class expiring each year. The initial Class I directors
elected by the Shareholders of the Corporation shall hold office for a term
expiring at the first annual meeting of Shareholders after such registration of
the Company's Stock; the initial Class II directors elected by the Shareholders
of the Corporation shall hold office for a term expiring at the second annual
meeting of Shareholders after such registration of the Company's Stock; and the
initial Class III directors elected by the Shareholders of the Corporation
shall hold office for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of
Shareholders after such registration of the Company's Stock. At each such
annual meeting of Shareholders and at each annual meeting thereafter,
successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that meeting shall
be elected for a term expiring at the third annual meeting following their
election and until their successors shall be elected and qualified, subject to
prior death, resignation, retirement or removal. If the number of directors is
changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as
to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible,
but in no event will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of
any incumbent director. This Section 2 of Article SEVENTH may not be
amended, revised or revoked, in whole or in part, except by the affirmative
vote of the holders of 80% of the voting power of the shares of all classes of
stock of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors,
considered for the purposes of this Article SEVENTH as one class of stock.
3. Each director chosen to fill a vacancy in the Board of
Directors shall be elected to complete the term of office of the director who
is being succeeded. In the case of any election of a new director to fill a
directorship created by an enlargement of the Board, the Board shall in such
election assign the class of directors to which such additional director is
being elected, and each director so elected shall hold office for the same term
as the other members of the class to which the director is assigned.
4. At any special meeting of the Shareholders called at least in
part for the purpose, any director or directors may, by the affirmative vote of
the holders of at least a majority of the stock entitled to vote for the
election of directors, be removed from office for cause. Upon the registration
of the Company's Stock under the Exchange Act, and as long as so registered,
the provisions of this subsection shall be the exclusive method for the removal
of directors. This Section 4 of Article SEVENTH may not be amended, revised or
revoked, in whole or in part, except by the affirmative vote of the holders of
80% of the voting power of the shares of all classes of stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors, considered for the
purposes of this Article SEVENTH as one class of stock.
5. The Corporation shall indemnify (A) its directors and
officers, whether serving the Corporation or at its request any other entity,
to the full extent required or permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act
now or hereafter in force, including the advance of expenses under the
procedures and to the full extent permitted by law and (B) other employees and
agents to such extent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors or the
Corporation's by-laws and be permitted by law. The foregoing rights of
indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those
seeking indemnification may be entitled. The Board of Directors may take such
action as is necessary to carry out these indemnification provisions. No
amendment of the charter of the Corporation or repeal of any of its provisions
shall limit or eliminate the right to indemnification provided hereunder with
respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.
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6. A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable
to the Corporation or its Shareholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, to the fullest extent permitted by Section
13.1-692.1(B) of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act or any other provisions of
applicable law. If the Virginia Stock Corporation Act is amended after
approval by the Shareholders of this Article SEVENTH to authorize corporate
action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors,
then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or
limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act
as so amended from time to time.
Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall not increase
the personal liability of any director of this Corporation for any act or
occurrence taking place before such repeal or modification, nor otherwise
adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation
existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
8. Meetings of Shareholders may be held anywhere within or
without the Commonwealth of Virginia. The books of the Corporation may be kept
outside the Commonwealth of Virginia at such place or places as may be
designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the by-laws of the
Corporation.
EIGHTH: If at any time the Corporation shall have a class of stock
registered pursuant to the provisions of the Exchange Act, for so long as such
class is registered, no action required to be taken or that may be taken at any
annual or special meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation may be taken by
written consent without a meeting, and the power of Shareholders to consent in
writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action shall be specifically
denied.
This Article EIGHTH may not be amended, revised or revoked, in whole
or in part, except by the affirmative vote of the holders of 80% of the voting
power of the shares of all classes of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote
for the election of directors, considered for the purposes of this Article
EIGHTH as one class of stock.
NINTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or
repeal any provisions contained in these Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all
rights conferred upon Shareholders are granted subject to this reservation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned certifies that these Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation were adopted by the unanimous written
consent of the Board of Directors dated January 31, 1997 and submitted for
approval by the Shareholders of the Corporation in accordance with Chapter 9 of
the Code of the Commonwealth of Virginia (the "Meeting"). By unanimous written
consent dated February 3, 1997, the Shareholders of the Corporation approved
these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation. No shares of any other
class of stock were outstanding and entitled to vote.
AND, FURTHER, the undersigned has duly executed these Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation in the name and on behalf of MAXIMUS, Inc.
on the 16th day of June, 1997 and the statements contained herein are affirmed
as true under penalties of perjury.
/s/ F. Arthur Nerret
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F. Arthur Nerret
Vice President, Finance, and
Assistant Secretary
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