MONTEREY HOMES CORPORATION
ARTICLES OF RESTATEMENT
Monterey Homes Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"),
having its principal office in Phoenix, Arizona, hereby certifies to the State
Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:
FIRST: The Corporation desires to restate its charter as currently in
effect as follows:
"ARTICLE I
NAME
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The name of the corporation (which is hereinafter called the
"Corporation") is:
Monterey Homes Corporation.
ARTICLE II
PURPOSES
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The purposes for which and any of which the Corporation is formed and
the business and objects to be carried on and promoted by it are:
(a) To engage in any one or more businesses or transactions,
or to acquire all or any portion of the securities of any entity engaged in any
one or more businesses or transactions which the Board of Directors of the
Corporation may from time to time authorize or approve, whether or not related
to the business described elsewhere in this Article II or to any other business
at the time or theretofore engaged in by the Corporation.
(b) To purchase, lease, hire or otherwise acquire, hold, own,
construct, develop, erect, improve, manage, operate and in any manner dispose
of, and to aid and subscribe
toward the acquisition, construction or improvement of, buildings, machinery,
equipment and facilities, and any other property or appliances which may have an
interest; and to contract for, for terms of years or otherwise, procure or make
use of, personal services of officers, employees, agents or contractors, and of
services of any firm, association or corporation.
(c) To acquire the whole or any part of the goodwill, rights,
property, franchise and business of any corporation, joint stock company,
syndicate, association, firm, trust, partnership, joint venture or person
heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business and to hold, utilize, enjoy and
in any manner dispose of, the whole or any part of the goodwill, rights,
property, franchise and business so acquired, and to ensure in connection
therewith any liabilities of any such corporation, joint stock company,
syndicate, association, firm, trust, partnership, joint venture or person.
(d) To acquire by purchase, subscription or otherwise, and to
receive, hold, own, guarantee, sell, assign, exchange, transfer, mortgage,
pledge or otherwise dispose of or deal in and with any of the shares of capital
stock, or any voting trust certificates or depository receipts in respect of the
shares of capital stock, scrip, warrants, rights, options, bonds, debentures,
notes, trust receipts, and other securities, obligations, chooses in action and
evidences of indebtedness or other rights in or interests issued or created by
any corporation, joint stock company, syndicate, association, firm, trust,
partnership, joint venture or person, public or private, or by the government of
the United States of America, or by any foreign government, or by any state,
territory, province, municipality or other political subdivision, or by any
governmental agency, or by any other entity, and to issue in exchange therefor
or in payment thereof its own capital stock, bonds or other obligations or
securities, or otherwise pay therefor in money or other property; to possess and
exercise as owner thereof all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership
including the right to execute consents and vote thereon, and to do any and all
acts and things necessary or advisable for the preservation, protection,
improvement and enhancement in value thereof.
(e) To cause to be organized, under the laws of the United
States of America, or any foreign government, or any state, territory, province,
municipality or other political entity, a corporation, joint stock company,
syndicate, association, firm, trust, partnership, or joint venture, for the
purpose of accomplishing any and all of the objects and purposes of the
Corporation and to dissolve, wind up, liquidate, merge or consolidate any such
corporation, joint stock company, syndicate, association, firm, trust,
partnership, or joint venture or cause the same to be dissolved, terminated,
wound up, liquidated, merged or consolidated.
(f) To carry out all or any part of the foregoing objects as
principal, or otherwise, either alone or through or in conjunction with, as
partner, joint venturer or otherwise,
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any corporation, joint stock company, syndicate, association, firm, trust,
partnership, joint venture or person; and, in carrying on its business and for
the purpose of attaining or furthering any of its objects and purposes, to make
and perform any contracts and do any acts and things, and to exercise any powers
suitable, convenient or proper for the accomplishment of any of the objects and
purposes herein enumerated or incidental to the powers herein specified, or
which at any time appear conducive to or expedient for the accomplishment of any
of such objects and purposes.
(g) To purchase or otherwise acquire, and to hold, sell or
otherwise dispose of, and to retire and reissue, shares of its own stock of any
class and any other securities issued by it in any manner now or hereafter
authorized or permitted by law.
(h) To make contracts and guarantees, incur liabilities and
borrow money; to sell, mortgage, lease, pledge, exchange, convey, transfer, and
otherwise dispose of all or any part of the property and assets of the
Corporation; and to issue bonds, notes and other obligations and secure the same
by mortgage or deed of trust of all or any part of the property, franchises and
income of the Corporation.
(i) To aid in any manner any corporation, joint stock company,
syndicate, association, firm, trust, partnership, joint venture or person of
which the shares of capital stock, or voting trust certificates or depository
receipts in respect of the shares of capital stock, scrip, warrants, rights,
options, bonds, debentures, notes, trust receipts, and other securities,
obligations, chooses in action and evidences of indebtedness or other rights in
or interests issued or created by are held by or for the Corporation, or in the
welfare of which the Corporation shall have any interest, direct or indirect;
and to do any acts or things designed to protect, preserve, improve and enhance
the value of any such property or interest, or any other property of the
Corporation.
(j) To guarantee the payment of dividends or distributions
upon any shares of capital stock, interests in or other securities of, or the
performance of any contract by, any other corporation, joint stock company,
syndicate, association, firm, trust, partnership, joint venture or person in
which, or in the welfare of which, the Corporation has any interest, direct, or
indirect; and to endorse or otherwise guarantee the payment of the principal and
interest, or either, on any bonds, debentures, notes or other securities,
obligations and evidences of indebtedness created or issued by any of the same.
(k) To carry out all or any part of the objects and purposes
of the Corporation and to conduct its business in all or any of its branches, in
any or all states, territories, districts and possessions of the United States
of America and in foreign countries; and to maintain offices
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and agencies in any or all states, territories, districts and possessions of the
United States of America and in foreign countries.
The foregoing enumerated purposes and objects shall be in no way
limited or restricted by reference to, or inference from, the terms of any other
clause of this or any other Article of the charter of the Corporation, and each
shall be regarded as independent; and they are intended to be and shall be
construed as powers as well as purposes and objects of the Corporation and shall
be in addition to and not in limitation of the general powers of corporations
under the General Laws of the State of Maryland.
ARTICLE III
PRINCIPAL OFFICE
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The present address of the principal office of the corporation in this
State is c/o The Corporation Trust Incorporated, 32 South Street, Baltimore,
Maryland 21202.
ARTICLE IV
RESIDENT AGENT
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The name and address of the resident agent of the Corporation are The
Corporation Trust Incorporated, 32 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Said
resident agent is a Maryland corporation.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL STOCK
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(a) The total number of shares of stock of all classes which
the Corporation has authority to issue is fifty million (50,000,000) shares of
capital stock, par value one cent ($0.01) per share, amounting in aggregate par
value to Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000). All of the authorized shares
are classified as Common Stock of the same class (the "Common Stock").
(b) Each share of Common Stock shall entitle the owner thereof
to vote at the rate of one (1) vote for each share held.
(c) The Corporation shall not issue fractional shares of its
Common Stock.
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(d) All persons who acquire shares of Common Stock in the
Corporation shall acquire such shares subject to the provisions of these
Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Corporation.
(e) Simultaneously with the effective date of the merger
(December 31, 1996, the "Effective Date"), of Monterey Homes Construction II,
Inc., an Arizona corporation and Monterey Homes Arizona II, Inc., an Arizona
corporation with and into the corporation (the "Merger") and immediately after
the Merger, each share of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, issued and
outstanding following the Merger (the "Old Common Stock") shall automatically
and without any action on the part of the holder thereof be reclassified and
changed into one-third (1/3) of a share of the Corporation's Common Stock, par
value equal to the par value of the Old Common Stock (the "New Common Stock"),
subject to the treatment of fractional share interests as described below (the
"Stock Change"). Each holder of a certificate or certificates which immediately
following the Merger represented outstanding shares of Old Common Stock (the
"Old Certificates," whether one or more) shall be entitled to receive upon
surrender of such Old Certificates to the Corporation's Transfer Agent for
cancellation, a certificate or certificates (the "New Certificates," whether one
or more) representing the number of whole shares of the New Common Stock into
which and for which the shares of the Old Common Stock formerly represented by
such Old Certificates so surrendered, are reclassified and changed under the
terms hereof. From and after the Effective Date and immediately following the
Merger, Old Certificates shall represent only the right to the number of shares
of New Common Stock into which the Old Common Stock shall have been reclassified
and changed and the right to receive New Certificates therefor pursuant to the
provisions hereof. No certificates or scrip representing fractional share
interests in New Common Stock will be issued, and no such fractional share
interest will entitle the holder thereof to vote, or to any rights of a
shareholder of the Corporation. All fractional shares for one share or more
shall be increased to the next higher whole number of shares and all fractional
shares of less than one-half (1/2) share shall be decreased to the next lower
whole number of shares, respectively. If more than one Old Certificate shall be
surrendered at one time for the account of the same stockholder, the number of
full shares of New Common Stock for which New Certificates shall be issued shall
be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares represented by the
Old Certificates so surrendered. In the event that the Corporation's Transfer
Agent determines that a holder of Old Certificates has not tendered all his
certificates for exchange, the Transfer Agent shall carry forward any fractional
share until all certificates of that holder have been presented for exchange
such that rounding for fractional shares to any one person shall not exceed one
share. If any New Certificate is to be issued in a name other than that in which
the Old Certificates surrendered for exchange are issued, the Old Certificates
so surrendered shall be properly endorsed and otherwise be in proper form for
transfer, and the person or persons requesting such exchange
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shall affix any requisite stock transfer tax stamps to the Old Certificates
surrendered, or provide funds for their purchase, or establish to the
satisfaction of the Transfer Agent that such taxes are not payable. From and
after the Effective Date and immediately following the Merger, the amount of
capital represented by the shares of the New Common Stock into which and for
which the shares of the Old Common Stock are reclassified and changed under the
terms hereof shall be the same as the amount of capital represented by the
shares of Old Common Stock so reclassified and changed, until thereafter reduced
or increased in accordance with applicable law.
ARTICLE VI
DIRECTORS
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The number of directors of the Corporation shall be as set forth in the
bylaws of the Corporation, but shall never be less than the minimum number
permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law now or hereinafter in force.
The directors shall be divided into two classes designated Class I and Class II.
Each Class shall consist of one-half of the directors or as close thereto as
possible. The Class I directors shall stand for election at the 1996 annual
meeting of shareholders and shall be elected for a two-year term. The Class II
directors shall stand for election at the 1996 annual meeting of shareholders
and shall be elected for a one-year term. At each annual meeting of
shareholders, commencing with the annual meeting to be held during fiscal 1997,
each of the successors to the directors of the Class whose term shall have
expired at such annual meeting shall be elected for a term running until the
second annual meeting next succeeding his or her election and until his or her
successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.
ARTICLE VII
RIGHTS AND POWERS OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
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The following provisions are hereby adopted for the purpose of
defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the Corporation and of the
directors and stockholders:
(a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby
empowered to authorize the issuance from time to time of shares of its Common
Stock, whether now or hereafter authorized, or securities convertible into
shares of its Common Stock, whether now or hereafter authorized, for such
consideration as may be deemed advisable by the Board of Directors and without
any action by the stockholders.
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(b) No holder of any shares of Common Stock or any other
securities of the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, shall have
any preemptive right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of Common Stock or
any other securities of the Corporation other than such, if any, as the Board of
Directors, in its sole discretion, may determine and at such price or prices and
upon such other terms as the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may
fix; and any shares of Common Stock or other securities which the Board of
Directors may determine to offer for subscription may, as the Board of Directors
in its sole discretion shall determine, be offered to the holders of shares of
Common Stock of the exclusion of any other holders of shares of Common Stock.
(c) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have power
from time to time and in its sole discretion to determine in accordance with
sound accounting practice, what constitutes annual or other net profits,
earnings, surplus, or net assets in excess of capital; to fix and vary from time
to time the amount to be reserved as working capital, or determine that retained
earnings or surplus shall remain in the hands of the Corporation; to set apart
out of any funds of the Corporation such reserve or reserves in such amount or
amounts and for such proper purpose or purposes as it shall determine and to
abolish any such reserve or any part thereof; to distribute and pay
distributions or dividends in stock, cash or other securities or property, out
of surplus or any other funds or amounts legally available therefor, at such
times and to the stockholders of record on such dates as it may, from time to
time, determine; and to determine whether and to what extent and at what times
and places and under what conditions and regulations the books, accounts and
documents of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of
stockholders, except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Bylaws, and,
except as so provided, no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any book,
account or document of the Corporation unless authorized so to do by resolution
of the Board of Directors.
(d) A contract or other transaction between the Corporation
and any of its directors or between the Corporation and any other Corporation,
firm or other entity in which any of its directors is a director or has a
material financial interest is not void or voidable solely because of any one or
more of the following: the common directorship or interest; the presence of the
director at the meeting of the Board of Directors which authorizes, approves, or
ratifies the contract or transaction; or the counting of the vote of the
Director for the authorization, approval, or ratification of the contract or
transaction. This Section (d) applies if:
(1) the fact of the common directorship or interest
is disclosed or known to: the Board of Directors and the Board authorizes,
approves, or ratifies the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a
majority of disinterested directors, even if the disinterested directors
constitute less than a quorum; or the stockholders entitled to vote, and the
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contract or transaction is authorized, approved, or ratified by a majority of
the votes cast by the stockholders entitled to vote other than the votes of
shares owned of record or beneficially by the interested director or
Corporation, firm, or other entity; or
(2) the contract or transaction is fair and
reasonable to the Corporation.
Common or interested directors or the stock owned by them or by an
interested Corporation, firm, or other entity may be counted in determining the
presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or at a meeting of
the stockholders, as the case may be, at which the contract or transaction is
authorized, approved, or ratified. If a contract or transaction is not
authorized, approved, or ratified in one of the ways provided for in clause (1)
of this Section (d), the person asserting the validity of the contract or
transaction bears the burden of proving that the contract or transaction was
fair and reasonable to the Corporation at the time it was authorized, approved,
or modified. The procedures in this Section (d) do not apply to the timing by
the Board of Directors of reasonable compensation for a director, whether as a
director or in any other capacity.
(e) Except for contracts, transactions, or acts required to be
approved under the provisions of Section (d) of this Article VII, any contract,
transaction, or act of the Corporation or of the Board of Directors which shall
be ratified by a majority of a quorum of the stockholders having voting powers
at any annual meeting, or at any special meeting called for such purpose, shall
so far as permitted by law be as valid and as binding as though ratified by
every stockholder of the Corporation.
(f) Unless the Bylaws otherwise provide, any officer or
employee of the Corporation (other than a director) may be removed at any time
with or without cause by the Board of Directors or by any committee or superior
officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Bylaws or by
authority of the Board of Directors.
(g) Notwithstanding any provision of law requiring the
authorization of any action by a greater proportion than a majority of the total
number of shares of Common Stock or of the total number of shares of Common
Stock, such action shall be valid and effective if authorized by the affirmative
vote of the holders of a majority of the total number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, except as otherwise provided in the
charter.
(h) The Corporation shall indemnify (1) its directors to the
full extent provided by the general laws of the State of Maryland now or
hereafter in force, including the advance of expenses under the procedures
provided by such laws; (2) its officers to the same
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extent it shall indemnify its directors; and (3) its officers who are not
directors to such further extent as shall be authorized by the Board of
Directors and be consistent with law. The foregoing shall not limit the
authority of the Corporation to indemnify other employees and
agents consistent with law.
(i) The Corporation reserves the right from time to time to
make any amendments of its charter which may now or hereafter be authorized by
law, including any amendments changing the terms or contract rights, as
expressly set forth in its charter, of any of its outstanding Common Stock by
classification, reclassification or otherwise but no such amendment which
changes such terms or contract rights of any of its outstanding Common Stock
shall be valid unless such amendment shall have been authorized by not less than
a majority of the aggregate number of the votes entitled to be cast thereon, by
a vote at a meeting or in writing with or without a meeting.
(j) To the fullest extent permitted by Maryland statutory or
decisional law, as amended or interpreted, no director or officer of this
Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders
for money damages. No amendment of the charter of the Corporation or repeal of
any of its provisions shall limit or eliminate the benefits provided to
directors and officers under this provision with respect to any act or omission
which occurred prior to such amendment or repeal.
The enumeration and definition of particular powers of the Board of
Directors included in this Article VII shall in no way be limited or restricted
by reference to or interference from the terms of any other clause of this or
any other Article of the charter of the Corporation, or construed as or deemed
by inference or otherwise in any manner to exclude or limit any powers conferred
upon the Board of Directors under the General Laws of the State of Maryland now
or hereafter in force.
ARTICLE VIII
RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER OF SHARES
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(a) In order to preserve the net operating loss carryovers, capital
loss carryovers and built-in losses (the "Tax Benefits") to which the
Corporation is entitled pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, or any successor statute (collectively the "Code") and the regulations
thereunder, the following restrictions shall apply until the earlier of (x) the
business day following the fifth anniversary of the effectiveness of this
Article VIII, (y) the repeal of Sections 382 and 383 of the Code (or successor
provisions) if the Board of Directors determines
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that the restrictions are no longer necessary, or (z) the beginning of a taxable
year of the Corporation to which the Board of Directors determines that no Tax
Benefits may be carried forward, unless the Board of Directors shall fix an
earlier or later date in accordance with paragraph (i) of this Article VIII
(such date is sometimes referred to herein as the "Expiration Date"):
(i) No person (as herein defined), including the Corporation, shall
engage in any Transfer (as herein defined) with any person to the extent that
such Transfer, if effective, would cause the Ownership Interest Percentage (as
herein defined) of any person or Public Group (as herein defined) to increase to
4.9 percent or above, or from 4.9 percent or above to a greater Ownership
Interest Percentage, or would create a new Public Group; provided, however, that
the foregoing restriction on such Transfers shall not be applicable to the
Transfer of shares of Stock pursuant to (1) the exercise of any option that is
issued by the Corporation and is outstanding on the Effective Date and
immediately following the Merger, (2) the exercise of those certain options
initially covering 750,000 shares of stock (before the effect of the Stock
Change) referred to in the Stock Option Agreement dated December 21, 1995
between the Corporation and Alan D. Hamberlin, (3) the issuance of the 800,000
shares of Contingent Stock (before the effect of the Stock Change) referred to
in the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated as of September 13, 1996 (the
"Agreement") or (4) the exercise of those certain options initially covering an
aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of stock (before the effect of the Stock Change)
referred to in those Stock Option Agreements dated December 31, 1996 between the
Corporation and each of William W. Cleverly and Steven J. Hilton.
For purposes of this Article VIII:
(A) "person" refers to any individual, corporation, estate,
trust, association, company, partnership, joint venture, or other
entity or organization, including, without limitation, any "entity"
within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.382-3(a);
(B) a person's "Ownership Interest Percentage" shall be the
sum of such person's direct ownership interest in the Corporation as
determined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.382-2T(f)(8) or any
successor regulation and such person's indirect ownership interest in
the Corporation as determined under Treasury Regulation Section
1.382-2T(f)(15) or any successor regulation, except that, for purposes
of determining a person's direct ownership interest in the Corporation,
any ownership interest in the Corporation described in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.382-2T(f)(18)(iii)(A) or any successor regulation
shall be treated as stock of the Corporation, and for purposes of
determining a person's indirect ownership interest in the Corporation,
Treasury Regulations Sections 1.382-2T(g)(2), 1.382-2T(h)(2)(i)(A),
1.382-2T(h)(2)(iii) and
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1.382-2T(h)(6)(iii) or any successor regulations shall not apply and
any Option Right to acquire Stock shall be considered exercised;
(C) "Transferee" means any person to whom Stock is
Transferred;
(D) "Stock" shall mean shares of stock of the Corporation
(other than stock described in Section 1504(a)(4) of the Code or any
successor statute, or stock that is not described in Section 1504(a)(4)
solely because it is entitled to vote as a result of dividend
arrearages), any Option Rights to acquire Stock, and all other
interests that would be treated as stock of the Corporation pursuant to
Treasury Regulation Section 1.382- 2T(f)(18) (or any successor
regulation);
(E) "Public Group" shall mean a group of individuals, entities
or other persons described in Treasury Regulation Section
1.382-2T(f)(13) or any successor regulation;
(F) "Option Right" shall mean any option, warrant, or other
right to acquire, convert into or exchange or exercise for, or any
similar interests in, shares of Stock;
(G) "Transfer" shall mean any issuance, sale, transfer, gift,
assignment, devise or other disposition, as well as any other event,
that causes a person to acquire or increase an Ownership Interest
Percentage in the Corporation, or any agreement to take any such
actions or cause any such events, including (a) the granting or
exercise of any Option Right with respect to Stock, (b) the disposition
of any securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for Stock or any interest in Stock or any exercise of any
such conversion or exchange or exercise right, and (c) transfers of
interests in other entities that result in changes in direct or
indirect ownership of Stock, in each case, whether voluntary or
involuntary, of record, and by operation by law or otherwise;
(H) "Optionee" means any person holding an Option Right to
acquire Stock.
(ii) Any Transfer that would otherwise be prohibited pursuant to the
preceding subparagraph may nonetheless be permitted if information relating to a
specific proposed transaction is presented to the Board of Directors and the
Board (including a majority of the Independent Directors, as such term is
defined in the Agreement) determines in its discretion (x) based upon an opinion
of legal counsel or independent public accountants selected by the Board, that
such transaction will not jeopardize or create a material limitation on the
Corporation's then current or future ability to utilize its Tax Benefits, taking
into account both the proposed transaction and potential future transactions, or
(y) that the overall economic benefits of such
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transaction to the Corporation outweigh the detriments of such transaction.
Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to limit or restrict the Board
of Directors in the exercise of its fiduciary duties under applicable law.
(b) Unless approval of the Board of Directors is obtained as provided in
subparagraph (a)(ii) of this Article VIII, any attempted Transfer that is
prohibited pursuant to subparagraph (a)(i) of this Article VIII, to the extent
that the amount of Stock subject to such prohibited Transfer exceeds the amount
that could be Transferred without restriction under subparagraph (a) (i) of this
Article VIII (such excess hereinafter referred to as the "Prohibited
Interests"), shall be void ab initio and not effective to transfer ownership of
the Prohibited Interests with respect to the purported acquiror thereof (the
"Purported Acquiror"), who shall not be entitled to any rights as a shareholder
of the Corporation with respect to the Prohibited Interests (including, without
limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends with respect thereto), or
otherwise as the holder of the Prohibited Interests. All rights with respect to
the Prohibited Interests shall remain the property of the person who initially
purported to Transfer the Prohibited Interests to the Purported Acquiror (the
"Initial Transferor") until such time as the Prohibited Interests are resold as
set forth in subparagraph (b)(i) or subparagraph (b)(ii) of this Article VIII.
(i) Upon demand by the Corporation, the Purported Acquiror shall Transfer
any certificate or other evidence of purported ownership of the Prohibited
Interests within the Purported Acquiror's possession or control, along with any
dividends or other distributions paid by the Corporation with respect to the
Prohibited Interests that were received by the Purported Acquiror (the
"Prohibited Distributions"), to an agent designated by the Corporation (the
"Agent"). If the Purported Acquiror has sold the Prohibited Interests to an
unrelated party in an arms-length transaction after purportedly acquiring them,
the Purported Acquiror shall be deemed to have sold the Prohibited Interests as
agent for the Initial Transferor, and in lieu of Transferring the Prohibited
Interests to the Agent shall Transfer to the Agent the Prohibited Distributions
and the proceeds of such sale (the "Resale Proceeds") except to the extent that
the Agent grants written permission to the Purported Acquiror to retain a
portion of the Resale Proceeds not exceeding the amount that would have been
payable by the Agent to the Purported Acquiror pursuant to the following
subparagraph (b)(ii) if the Prohibited Interests had been sold by the Agent
rather than by the Purported Acquiror. Any purported Transfer of the Prohibited
Interests by the Purported Acquiror other than a Transfer described in one of
the two preceding sentences shall not be effective to Transfer any ownership of
the Prohibited Interests.
(ii) The Agent shall sell in an arms-length transaction (on the New York
Stock Exchange, if possible) any Prohibited Interests transferred to the Agent
by the Purported Acquiror, and the proceeds of such sale (the "Sales Proceeds"),
or the Resale Proceeds, if applicable, shall be allocated to the Purported
Acquiror up to the following amount: (x) where applicable, the
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purported purchase price paid or value of consideration surrendered by the
Purported Acquiror for the Prohibited Interests, and (y) where the purported
Transfer of the Prohibited Interests to the Purported Acquiror was by gift,
inheritance, or any similar purported Transfer, the fair market value of the
Prohibited Interests at the time of such purported Transfer. Subject to the
succeeding provisions of this subparagraph, any Resale Proceeds or Sales
Proceeds in excess of the amount allocable to the Purported Acquiror pursuant to
the preceding sentence, together with any Prohibited Distributions, shall be the
property of the Initial Transferor. If the identity of the Initial Transferor
cannot be determined by the Agent through inquiry made to the Purported
Acquiror, the Agent shall publish appropriate notice (in The Wall Street
Journal, if possible) for seven consecutive business days in an attempt to
identify the Initial Transferor in order to transmit any Resale Proceeds or
Sales Proceeds or Prohibited Distributions due to the Initial Transferor
pursuant to this subparagraph. The Agent may also take, but is not required to
take, other reasonable actions to attempt to identify the Initial Transferor. If
after ninety (90) days following the final publication of such notice the
Initial Transferor has not been identified, any amounts due to the Initial
Transferor pursuant to this subparagraph may be paid over to a court or
governmental agency, if applicable law permits, or otherwise shall be
transferred to an entity designated by the Corporation that is described in
Section 501(c)(3) of the Code. In no event shall any such amounts due to the
Initial Transferor inure to the benefit of the Corporation or the Agent, but
such amounts may be used to cover expenses (including but not limited to the
expenses of publication) incurred by the Agent in attempting to identify the
Initial Transferor.
(c) Within thirty (30) business days of learning of a purported Transfer of
Prohibited Interests to a Purported Acquiror, the Corporation through its
Secretary shall demand that the Purported Acquiror surrender to the Agent the
certificates representing the Prohibited Interests, or any Resale Proceeds, and
any Prohibited Distributions, and if such surrender is not made by the Purported
Acquiror within thirty (30) business days from the date of such demand the
Corporation shall institute legal proceedings to compel such Transfer; provided,
however, that nothing in this paragraph (c) shall preclude the Corporation in
its discretion from immediately bringing legal proceedings without a prior
demand, and also provided that failure of the Corporation to act within the time
periods set out in this paragraph (c) shall not constitute a waiver of any right
of the Corporation under this Article VIII.
(d) Upon a determination by the Board of Directors that there has been or
is threatened a purported Transfer of Prohibited Interests to a Purported
Acquiror, the Board of Directors may take such action in addition to any action
required by the preceding paragraph as it deems advisable to give effect to the
provisions of this Article VIII, including, without limitation, refusing to give
effect on the books of this Corporation to such purported Transfer or
instituting proceedings to enjoin such purported Transfer.
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(e) In the event of any Transfer which does not involve a Transfer of
"securities" of the Corporation within the meaning of the Maryland Securities
Act, as amended ("Securities"), but which would cause a person or Public Group
(the "Prohibited Party") to violate a restriction provided for in subparagraph
(a) of this Article VIII, the application of subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this
Article VIII shall be modified as described in this paragraph (e). In such case,
the Prohibited Party and/or any person or Public Group whose ownership of the
Corporation's Securities is attributed to the Prohibited Party pursuant to
Section 382 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder (collectively,
the "Prohibited Party Group") shall not be required to dispose of any interest
which is not a Security, but shall be deemed to have disposed of, and shall be
required to dispose of, sufficient Securities (which Securities shall be
disposed of in the inverse order in which they were acquired by members of the
Prohibited Party Group), to cause the Prohibited Party, following such
disposition, not to be in violation of subparagraph (a) of this Article VIII.
Such disposition shall be deemed to occur simultaneously with the Transfer
giving rise to the application of this provision, and such amount of Securities
which are deemed to be disposed of shall be considered Prohibited Interests and
shall be disposed of through the Agent as provided in subparagraphs (b) and (c)
of this Article VIII, except that the maximum aggregate amount payable to the
Prohibited Party Group in connection with such sale shall be the fair market
value of the Prohibited Interests at the time of the prohibited Transfer. All
expenses incurred by the Agent in disposing of the Prohibited Interests shall be
paid out of any amounts due the Prohibited Party Group.
(f) The Corporation may require as a condition to the registration of the
transfer of any shares of its Stock that the proposed Transferee furnish to the
Corporation all information reasonably requested by the Corporation with respect
to all the proposed Transferee's direct or indirect ownership interests in, or
options to acquire, Stock.
(g) All certificates evidencing ownership of shares of Stock that are
subject to the restrictions on Transfer contained in this Article VIII shall
bear a conspicuous legend referencing the restrictions set forth in this Article
VIII.
(h) Any person who knowingly violates the restrictions on Transfer set
forth in this Article VIII will be liable to the Corporation for any costs
incurred by the Corporation as a result of such violation.
(i) Nothing contained in this Article VIII shall limit the authority of the
Board of Directors to take such other action to the extent permitted by law as
it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Corporation and the interests of
the holders of its securities in preserving the Tax Benefits. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, in the event of a change in law or Treasury
Regulations making one or more of the following actions necessary or desirable,
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the Board of Directors may (i) accelerate or extend the Expiration Date, (ii)
modify the Ownership Interest Percentage in the Corporation specified in the
first sentence of subparagraph (a)(i), or (iii) modify the definitions of any
terms set forth in this Article VIII; provided that the Board of Directors shall
determine in writing that such acceleration, extension, change or modification
is reasonably necessary or advisable to preserve the Tax Benefits under the Code
and the regulations thereunder or that the continuation of these restrictions is
no longer reasonably necessary for the preservation of the Tax Benefits, which
determination shall be based upon an opinion of legal counsel or independent
public accountants to the Corporation.
(j) The Corporation and the Board of Directors shall be fully protected in
relying in good faith upon the information, opinions, reports or statements of
the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, or the chief
accounting officer of the Corporation or of the Corporation's legal counsel,
independent auditors, transfer agent, investment bankers, and other employees
and agents in making the determinations and findings contemplated by this
Article VIII, and neither the Corporation nor the Board of Directors shall be
responsible for any good faith errors made in connection therewith.
ARTICLE IX
RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER OF SHARES, ACQUISITION
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RESTRICTION AND REDEMPTION RIGHT
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(a) Whenever it is deemed by the Board of Directors to be prudent
in avoiding the imposition of a penalty tax on the Corporation, the Board of
Directors may require to be filed with the Corporation a statement or affidavit
from any holder or proposed transferee of shares of Common Stock stating whether
the holder or proposed transferee is a "Disqualified Person." For purposes of
this Article IX, a "Disqualified Person" means (i) the United States, any state
or political subdivision thereof, any foreign government, any international
organization, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (ii) any
person (other than a cooperative described in section ss.21 of the Internal
Revenue Code, as amended ("Code")) which is exempt from tax imposed by chapter 1
of the Code unless such person is subject to the tax imposed by Section 511 of
the Code on its unrelated business taxable income, (iii) any person described in
Code section 1311(a)(2)(C) (i.e., any rural electrical and telephone
cooperative), and (iv) any other person that, in the opinion of counsel to the
Corporation, would cause the Corporation to incur a penalty tax if that person
were a holder of shares of Common Stock. Any contract for the sale or other
transfer of shares of Common Stock shall be subject to this provision.
Furthermore, the Board of Directors shall have the right, but shall not be
required, to refuse to transfer any shares of Common Stock purportedly
transferred if either (i) a statement or affidavit requested
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pursuant to this Section (a) has not been received or (ii) the proposed
transferee is a Disqualified Person.
(b) Any acquisition of shares of Common Stock that could or would
result in the imposition of a penalty tax on the Corporation shall be void ab
initio to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law and the intended
transferee of the subject shares of Common Stock shall be deemed never to have
had an interest therein. If the foregoing provision is determined to be void or
invalid by virtue of any legal decision, statute, rule or regulation, then the
transferee of those shares of Common Stock shall be deemed, at the option of the
Corporation, to have acted as agent on behalf of the Corporation in acquiring
those shares and to hold those shares on behalf of the Corporation.
(c) Whenever it is deemed by the Board of Directors to be prudent
in avoiding the imposition of a penalty tax on the Corporation, the Corporation
may redeem those shares of Common Stock as may be specified by the Board of
Directors. Any such redemption shall be conducted in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section (f) of Article VIII of these Articles of
Incorporation.
(d) Nothing contained in this Article IX or in any other provision
hereof shall limit the authority of the Board of Directors to take any and all
other action as it, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or advisable to
protect the Corporation or the interests of its stockholders by avoiding the
imposition of a penalty tax on the Corporation.
(e) For purposes of this Article IX only, the term "person" shall
include individuals, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships
joint stock companies or associations, joint ventures, associations consortia,
companies, trust, banks, trust companies, land trusts, common law trusts,
business trusts, or other entities and governments and agencies and political
subdivisions thereof.
(f) If any provision of this Article IX or any application of any
such provision is determined to be invalid by any federal or state court having
jurisdiction over the issue, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not
be affected and other applications of such provision shall be affected only to
the extent necessary to comply with the determination of that court.
ARTICLE X
DURATION
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The duration of the Corporation shall be perpetual."
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SECOND: The Corporation's charter is not amended by these Articles of
Restatement. The provisions set forth in these Articles of Restatement are all
of the provisions of the Corporation's charter currently in effect.
THIRD: The foregoing restatement has been unanimously approved by the Board
of Directors of the Corporation at a meeting of the Board of Directors on July
17, 1997.
FOURTH: The Corporation currently has 5 directors; the directors currently
in office are:
William W. Cleverly
Steven J. Hilton
Alan D. Hamberlin
Robert G. Sarver
C. Timothy White
FIFTH: The current address of the principal office of the Corporation is
c/o the Corporation Trust Incorporated, 32 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21202 and the Corporation's current resident agent is The Corporation Trust
Incorporated, whose address is 32 South Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
SIXTH: These Articles of Restatement do not increase the authorized stock
of the Corporation or the aggregate par value of such authorized stock.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles of
Restatement to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and
attested by its Secretary all as of September 22, 1997.
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The undersigned President acknowledges these Articles of Restatement to be
the corporate act of the Corporation and states that, to the best of his
knowledge, information and belief, the matters and facts set forth herein with
respect to the authorization and approval hereof are true in all material
respects and that this statement is made under penalties of perjury.
ATTEST: MONTEREY HOMES CORPORATION
By: /s/ Larry W. Seay By: /s/ Steven J. Hilton
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Larry W. Seay, Secretary Steven J. Hilton, President
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