Exhibit 3.27
AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
DAMERON-PIERSON COMPANY, LIMITED
DAMERON-PIERSON COMPANY, LIMITED, a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Louisiana, hereby certifies as follows:
1. The name of the corporation is DAMERON-PIERSON COMPANY,
LIMITED. Its registered office is in the parish of Orleans.
The date of incorporation was July 24, 1912.
The date of the amendment and restatement of the Articles of
Incorporation was September 25, 1998.
2. These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation amend and
restate the Articles of Incorporation in their entirety. Each
amendment has been effected in conformity with Louisiana Law.
3. The text of the Articles of Incorporation as amended and
restated heretofore reads as herein set forth in full:
1. The name of this corporation is US OFFICE PRODUCTS,
LOUISIANA DISTRICT, INC.
2. This corporation is formed for the purpose of engaging in
any lawful activity for which corporations may be formed.
3. The duration of this corporation is perpetual.
4. The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall
have authority to issue is 1,000 shares of Common Stock.
5. The shares shall consist of one class only and are without
par value.
6. The corporation's federal tax identification number is
72-0165110.
4. These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation were duly
authorized by the board of directors in accordance with R.S.
12:34, La. Rev. Stats., 1950.
5. As authorized by the Articles of Incorporation of this
corporation and by R.S. 12:33 (A), La. Rev. Stats., 1950;
any amendment herein set forth was adopted by the Board of
Directors of this corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument has been signed on behalf of
DAMERON-PIERSON COMPANY, LIMITED by its Vice President and Secretary on this
Twenty-Fifth day of September, 1998.
DAMERON-PIERSON COMPANY, LIMITED
By: /s/ Kathleen M. Delaney
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Vice President
By: /s/ Mark D. Director
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Secretary
STATE OF DISTRICT OF
COUNTY OF COLUMBIA
BE IT KNOWN that on this 28th day of September, 1998, before me the
undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly
commissioned and qualified, there came and appeared Kathleen M. Delaney, known
to me, Notary, and known by me to be the Vice President of Dameron-Pierson
Company, Limited who signed the within and foregoing instrument before me and
who acknowledged to me, Notary, that she signed, executed, and delivered said
instrument in her capacity as Vice President of Dameron-Pierson Company, Limited
for the uses and purposes therein set forth and apparent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said appearer has signed these presents and I
have hereunto affixed my official hand and seal, on the day and date first
herein above written, after due reading of the whole.
/s/ Scarlett Bates
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Scarlett Bates
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NOTARY PUBLIC
STATE OF DISTRICT OF
COUNTY OF COLUMBIA
BE IT KNOWN that on this 28th day of September, 1998, before me the
undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly
commissioned and qualified, there came and appeared Mark D. Director, known to
me, Notary, and known by me to be the Secretary of Dameron-Pierson Company,
Limited who signed the within and foregoing instrument before me and who
acknowledged to me, Notary, that he signed, executed, and delivered said
instrument in his capacity as Secretary of Dameron-Pierson Company, Limited for
the uses and purposes therein set forth and apparent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said appearer has signed these presents and I
have hereunto affixed my official hand and seal, on the day and date first
herein above written, after due reading of the whole.
/s/ Scarlett Bates
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Scarlett Bates
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NOTARY PUBLIC