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Exhibit 3a
STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
I certify that the attached is a true and correct copy of the Articles of
Merger, filed on March 20, 1997 effective March 21, 1997, for ST. JOE FOREST
PRODUCTS, the surviving Florida corporation, as shown by the records of this
office.
The document number of this corporation is H82653.
Given under my hand and the
Great Seal of the State of Florida,
at Tallahassee, the Capitol, this the
Twentieth day of March, 1997
/s/ Sandra B. Mortham
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Sandra B. Mortham
Secretary of State
[STATE OF FLORIDA SEAL]
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EFFECTIVE DATE
3-21-97 10:00 A.M.
FILED
97 MAR 20 PM 3:46
SECRETARY OF STATE
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
ARTICLES OF MERGER
merging
St. Joe Container Company
into
St. Joe Forest Products Company
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 607.1105 of the Florida Business
Corporation Act (the "Act"), the undersigned corporations deliver the following
Articles of Merger for the purpose of merging St. Joe Container Company, a
Florida corporation (the "Subsidiary"), into St. Joe Forest Products Company, a
Florida corporation which shall be the surviving corporation (the "Surviving
Corporation").
1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is the Plan of Merger adopted by
the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation on January
15, 1997 pursuant to Section 607.1104 of the Act.
2. The effective date of the merger is 10:00 a.m. on March 21,
1997.
3. Pursuant to Section 607.1104 of the Act, no shareholder
approval was required in connection with this merger.
ST. JOE CONTAINER COMPANY ST. JOE FOREST PRODUCTS
COMPANY
By:/s/ W.L. Thornton By:/s/ Edward C. Brownlie
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Winfred L. Thornton Edward C. Brownlie
Chairman Vice President