Exhibit 3.23
Phone: (503) 988 2200
Fax: (502) 378-4381 Articles of Amendment--Business/Professional/Nonprofit
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Secretary of State Check the appropriate box below: For office use only
Corporation Division [X] BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
228, Capitol St. NE Suite 151 (Complete only 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7)
Salem, OR 97310-1327 [ ] NONPROFIT CORPORATION
(Complete only 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)
Registry Number: 570255-88
Attach Additional Sheet if Necessary
Please Type or Print Legibly in Black Ink
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1) Name of Corporation Prior to Amendment Evergreen Holdings, Inc.
2) State the Article Number(s) and set forth the article(s) as it is amended to read (Attach a separate sheet if necessary.)
Article 4 - "The Corporation shall have authority to issue 20,000,000 shares of common stock, no par value."
3) The Amendment was Adopted On: August 31, 1998
(if more than one amendment was adopted, identify the date of adoption of each amendment.)
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BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION ONLY NONPROFIT CORPORATION ONLY
4) Check the Appropriate Statement 5) Check the Appropriate Statement
[X] Shareholder action was required to adopt the [ ] Membership approval was not required. The
amendment(s). The vote was as follows: amendment(s) was approved by a sufficient vote
of the board of directors or incorporators.
Number of Number of
Class or Number of votes Number of votes [ ] Membership approval was required. The membership
series of shares entitled votes cast vote was as follows:
shares outstanding to be cast cast FOR AGAINST
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common 9,710,866 9,710,866 9,710,866 0 Class or Number of votes Number of votes
- ------------------------------------------------------------ series of shares entitled votes cast
shares outstanding to be cast cast FOR AGAINST
[ ] Shareholder action was not required to adopt the ------------------------------------------------------------
amendment(s). The amendment(s) was adopted by the board
of directors without shareholder action. ------------------------------------------------------------
[ ] The corporation has not issued any shares of stock,
Shareholder action was not to adopt the amendment(s).
The amendment(s) was adopted by the incorporators
or by the board of directors.
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6) Execution Signature Title
Printed Name
Glenn L. Albus /s/ Glenn L. Albus Secretary
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7) Contact Name Daytime Phone Number
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