AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
SHOPNOW.COM INC.
ARTICLE I. NAME
The name of this corporation shall be SHOPNOW.COM INC. (the
"CORPORATION").
ARTICLE II. PURPOSE
To engage in and carry on any lawful business or trade and exercise all
powers granted to a corporation formed under the Washington Business Corporation
Act (the "WASHINGTON ACT"), including any amendments thereto or successor
statute that may hereinafter be enacted.
ARTICLE III. REGISTERED OFFICE; REGISTERED AGENT
The registered office of the Corporation shall be at 1001 Fourth Avenue
Plaza, Suite 4500, Seattle, Washington 98154 and its registered agent at such
address is Corp Serve Inc.
ARTICLE IV. SHARES
The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of capital stock to be
designated, respectively, "COMMON STOCK" and "PREFERRED STOCK." The total number
of shares of capital stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is
205,000,000 consisting of 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value
per share, and 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share.
The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more
series in any manner permitted by law and the provisions of these Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation (the "ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION"), as
determined from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation
(the "BOARD") and stated in the resolution or resolutions providing for the
issuance thereof, prior to the issuance of any shares thereof. In addition,
such resolution or resolutions shall set forth the voting powers, full or
limited or none, of each such series of Preferred Stock and shall fix the
designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other
special rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of each such
series of Preferred Stock. The Board is authorized to alter the designation,
rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon
any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock and, within the limits and
restrictions stated in any resolution or resolutions of the Board originally
fixing the number of shares constituting any series of Preferred
Stock, to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of any
such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any such series subsequent
to the issue of shares of that series.
In case the number of shares of any series shall be decreased, the shares
constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the
adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such
series.
The Corporation shall from time to time, in accordance with the laws of the
State of Washington, increase the authorized amount of its Common Stock if at
any time the number of shares of Common Stock remaining unissued and available
for issuance shall not be sufficient to permit conversion of the Preferred
Stock.
ARTICLE V. PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS
No preemptive rights to acquire additional securities issued by the
Corporation shall exist with respect to shares of the Corporation's Capital
Stock, or securities convertible into shares of the Corporation's Capital Stock.
ARTICLE VI. DIRECTORS
The number of directors of this Corporation shall be determined in the
manner provided by the Corporation's Amended and Restated Bylaws (the "BYLAWS")
and may be increased or decreased from time to time in the manner provided
therein.
The directors shall be divided into three classes designated as Class I,
Class II and Class III, respectively. Directors need not be shareholders of
the Corporation or residents of the State of Washington unless so required by
the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, wherein other qualifications for
directors may be prescribed. Directors shall be assigned to each class in
accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board. Each class
shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third (1/3) of the total
number of directors constituting the entire Board. The initial term of office
of the Class I directors shall expire at the annual meeting of shareholders
in 2000 and Class I directors shall subsequently be elected for a full term
of three (3) years. The initial term of office of the Class II directors
shall expire at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2001 and Class II
directors shall subsequently be elected for a full term of three (3) years.
The initial term of office of the Class III directors shall expire at the
annual meeting of shareholders in 2002 and Class III directors shall
subsequently be elected for a full term of three (3) years. Thereafter, the
term of office of each class of directors shall be three years and directors
shall hold office until the annual meeting for the year in which their terms
expire and until their successors shall be elected and shall qualify,
subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification
or removal from office. If the number of directors is changed, any increase
or decrease in directorships shall be apportioned among the classes so as to
maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible,
and any additional directors of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting
from an increase in such class shall hold
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office only until next election of directors by the shareholders, but in no
case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any
incumbent director. The right to cumulate votes in the election of directors
shall not exist with respect to shares of capital stock of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VII. BYLAWS
The Board shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws,
subject to the power of the shareholders to amend or repeal the Bylaws. The
shareholders shall also have the power to amend or repeal the Bylaws.
ARTICLE VIII. SHAREHOLDER ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING
Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of shareholders
of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting or a vote if the action is
taken by written consent of all shareholders entitled to vote on the action.
ARTICLE IX. SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
A special meeting of the shareholders (a "SPECIAL MEETING") may be called,
at any time for any purpose or purposes for which such a meeting may lawfully be
called, only by (i) the Chairman of the Board, (ii) a majority of the Board or
(iii) the President of Corporation. Shareholders of the Corporation may not call
a Special Meeting.
ARTICLE X. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS
To the full extent that the Washington Act, as it exists on the date hereof
or may hereafter be amended, permits the limitation or elimination of the
liability of directors, a director shall not be liable to this Corporation or
its shareholders for monetary damages for conduct as a director, except for acts
or omissions that involve intentional misconduct by the director, or a knowing
violation of law by the director, or for conduct violating Section 23B.08.310 of
the Washington Act, or for any transaction from which the director will
personally receive a benefit in money, property or services to which the
director is not legally entitled. If the Washington Act is hereafter amended to
authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal
liability of directors, then the liability of a director shall be eliminated or
limited to the full extent permitted by the Washington Act, as so amended. Any
repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal
or modification for or with respect to an act or omission of such director
occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
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ARTICLE XI. SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL
Unless the Articles of Incorporation otherwise provide for a greater voting
requirement for any voting group of shareholders, the affirmative vote or
written consent of a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast by a
voting group shall be sufficient, valid and effective to adopt, authorize,
and/or approve any acts of the Corporation that, under the Washington Act, would
otherwise require the approval of two-thirds (2/3) of all of the votes entitled
to be cast, including, without limitation: (i) an amendment to the Articles of
Incorporation, (ii) a plan of merger or share exchange, (iii) the sale, lease,
exchange or other disposition by the Corporation of all or substantially all of
its property other than in the usual and regular course of business; or (iv) a
proposal to dissolve the Corporation.
ARTICLE XII. AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES
The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any
provision contained in the Articles of Incorporation, in the manner now or
hereafter permitted by the Washington Act, and all rights and powers conferred
herein on shareholders and directors are subject to this reserved power.
DATED: July ___, 1999.
SHOPNOW.COM INC.
a Washington corporation
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Alan D. Koslow
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
General Counsel and Secretary
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