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State of California
[STATE INSIGNIA]
SECRETARY OF STATE
CORPORATION DIVISION
I, BILL JONES, Secretary of State of the State of California, hereby
certify:
That the annexed transcript has been compared with the corporate record on
file in this office, of which it purports to be a copy, and that same is full,
true and correct.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I execute
this certificate and affix the Great
Seal of the State of California this
JAN 19 1996
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/s/ Bill Jones
[SEAL]
Secretary of State
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SECRETARY OF STATE
ENDORSED
FILED
In the office of the Secretary of State
of the State of California
JAN 12 1996
/s/ Bill Jones
BILL JONES, Secretary of State
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
SYRATECH WEST COAST WAREHOUSE CORP
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I
The name of this corporation is:
SYRATECH WEST COAST WAREHOUSE CORP
II
The purpose of this corporation is to engage in any lawful act or
activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation
Law of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or
the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California
Corporations Code.
III
The name in the State of California of this corporation's initial
agent for service of process is: Corporation Services Company which will do
business in California as CSC lawyers Incorporating Service
IV
This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of stock; and
the total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is:
1000 At .01 Par Value
Dated: January 12, 1996
/s/ Dan S. Zook
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Dan S. Zook, Incorporator