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EXHIBIT 3.7
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
AMERIPATH CARROLLTON, INC.
Article 1.
The name of the corporation is AmeriPath Carrollton, Inc.
Article 2.
The corporation is organized pursuant to the provisions of the Georgia Business
Corporation Code.
Article 3.
The duration of the corporation shall be perpetual.
Article 4.
The corporation is organized for profit and is organized for the purpose of
engaging in any lawful business. The corporation shall have all of the general
powers granted to corporations organized under the Georgia Business Corporation
Code, whether granted by specific statutory authority or by construction of law.
Article 5.
The number of shares which the corporation is authorized to issue is one hundred
(100), all of which are of a par value of $0.01 each and are of the same class
and are Common shares.
Article 6.
The street address of the registered office is 4845 Jimmy Carter Boulevard,
Norcross, Georgia 30093, in Gwinnett County. The registered agent at such
address is Corporation Service Company.
Article 7.
The name and address of each incorporator is:
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NAME ADDRESS
Roy Larson Baker & McKenzie
1200 Brickell Avenue, 19th Floor
Miami, Florida 33131
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Article 8.
The initial board of directors shall consist of two (2) members. The names and
addresses of each director is:
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NAME ADDRESS
James C. New 7289 Garden Road, Suite 200,
Riviera Beach, Florida 33404
Robert P. Wynn 7289 Garden Road, Suite 200,
Riviera Beach, Florida 3340
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Article 9.
The principal mailing address of the corporation is 7289 Garden Road, Suite 200,
Riviera Beach, Florida 33404.
Article 10.
The corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of the
Georgia Business Corporation Code, as the same may be amended and supplemented,
indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said
provisions from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, or other
matters referred to in or covered by said provisions, and any indemnification
effected under this provision shall not be deemed exclusive of rights to which
those indemnified may be entitled under any Bylaw, vote of shareholders or
disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in their official
capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and
shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and
administrators of such a person.
Article 11.
The personal liability of the directors of the corporation is hereby eliminated
to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of the Georgia Business
Corporation Code, as the same may be amended and supplemented.
Article 12.
Action required or permitted by the provisions of the Georgia Business
Corporation Code to be taken at a shareholders' meeting may be taken without a
meeting in accordance with the provisions of Section 14-2-704 of the Georgia
Business Corporation Code if the action is taken by persons who would be
entitled to vote at a meeting shares having voting power to cast not less than
the minimum
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number (or numbers, in the case of voting by groups) of votes that would be
necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shareholders
entitled to vote were present and voted.
Article 13.
In discharging the duties of their respective positions and in determining what
is believed to be in the best interests of the corporation, the Board of
Directors, committees of the Board of Directors, and individual directors, in
addition to considering the effects of any action on the corporation or its
shareholders, may consider the interests of the employees, customers, suppliers,
and creditors of the corporation and its subsidiaries, the communities in which
offices or other establishments of the corporation and its subsidiaries are
located, and all other factors such directors consider pertinent.
Article 14.
This Article constitutes an undertaking by the corporation to publish a notice
of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation as required by the provisions
of subsection (b) of Section 14-2-201.1 of the Georgia Business Corporation
Code.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Incorporation
this 25th day of May 2000.
/s/ Roy Larson
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Roy Larson
Incorporator
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