Exhibit 3.1
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
COMPUPRINT, INC.
I, the undersigned natural person of the age of eighteen years or more, do
hereby associate myself into a business corporation under the laws of the State
of North Carolina as contained in Chapter 55 of the General Statutes of North
Carolina entitled "Business Corporation Act" and the several amendments thereto,
and to that end do hereby set forth:
1. The name of the corporation is CompuPrint, Inc.
2. The period of duration of the corporation shall be unlimited.
3. The purpose for which the corporation is organized is to engage in any
lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under
Chapter 55 of the North Carolina General Statutes, as amended from time to
time.
4. The total number of shares of stock which the corporation is
authorized to issue is 100,000 with no par value.
5. The minimum amount of consideration for the shares of stock to be
received by the corporation before it shall commence business is $500.00.
6. The address of the initial registered office of the corporation is
4629 Herter Road, Lincolnton, North Carolina, 28092, Catawba County, and
the name of the initial registered agent is David Thorne Seaford.
7. The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors
shall be two (2) and the name and address of each person who is to serve as
a director until the first meeting of shareholders or until his or her
successor is elected and qualified is as follows:
DAVID THORNE SEAFORD
4629 HERTER ROAD
LINCOLNTON, NC 28092
ELVA JANE SEAFORD
4629 HERTER ROAD
LINCOLNTON, NC 28092
8. The name and address of the incorporator is as follows:
DAVID THORNE SEAFORD
4629 HERTER ROAD
LINCOLNTON, NC 28092
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, this the 11 day of September,
1995.
/s/ David Thorne Seaford
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DAVID THORNE SEAFORD
INCORPORATOR
NORTH CAROLINA
CATAWBA COUNTY
This is to certify that on the 11th day of September, 1995, before me, a
Notary Public, personally appeared David Thorne Seaford, who I am satisfied is
the person named in and who executed the foregoing Articles of Incorporation,
and, I having first made known to him the contents thereof, he did acknowledge
that he signed and delivered the same as his voluntary act and deed for the uses
and purposes therein expressed.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal, the day and year first mentioned above.
/s/ Denise M. Eades
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Notary Public
My commission expires 8-16-98
[NOTARY SEAL]
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