EXHIBIT 3.1
Industry Canada Industrie Canada ELECTRONIC RAPPORT DE LA
TRANSACTION REPORT TRANSACTION
ELECTRONIQUE
Canada Business Loi canadienne sur ARTICLES OF
Corporations Act les societes par INCORPORATION STATUTS CONSTITUTES
actions (SECTION 6)
(ARTICLE 6)
Processing Type - Mode de Traitement:
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1. Name of Corporation - Denomination de la societe
North American Energy Partners Inc.
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2. The province or territory in Canada where the registered office is to be
situated -
La province ou le territoire au Canada oir se situera le siege social
AB
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3. The classes and any maximum number of shares that the corporation is
authorized to issue -
Categories et le nombre maximal d'actions que la societe est autorisee a
emettre
The annexed Schedule 1 is incorporated in this form.
L'anexe 1 ci-jointe fait partie integrante de la presente formule.
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4. Restrictions, if any, on share transfers - Restrictions sur le transfert de
actions, s'il y a lieu
The annexed Schedule 2 is incorporated in this form.
L'annexe 2 ci-jointe fait partie integrante de la presente formule.
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5. Number (or minimum and maximum number) of directors - Nombre (ou nombre
minimal et maximal) d-administrateurs
Minimum:1 Maximmum: 10
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6. Restrictions, if any, on business the corporation may carry on -
Limites imposes a 1'activite commerciale de la societe , s'il y a lieu
The annexed Schedule 3 is incorporated in this form.
L'annexe 3 ci-jointe fait partie integrante de la presente formule.
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7. Other provisions, if any - Autres dispositions, s'il y a lieu
The annexed Schedule 4 is incorporated in this form.
L'annexe 4 ci-jointe fait partie integrante de la presente formule.
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8. Incorporators - Fondateurs
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Name(s) - Nom(s) Address (including postal code) - Signature
Adresse (inclur le code postal)
FRANCIS S. CALLAGHAN 68 BROOKE AVENUE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, FRANCIS CALLAGHAN
CANADA, M5M 219
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Canada
SCHEDULE / ANNEXE 1
3. The classes and any maximum number of shares that the corporation is
authorized to issue:
The corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares.
SCHEDULE / ANNEXE 2
4. Restrictions, if any, on share transfers:
No share or shares of the corporation shall at any time be transferred to any
person without either (a) the consent of the directors to be signified by a
resolution passed by the board or by an instrument or instruments in writing
signed by a majority of the directors, or (b) the consent of the shareholders of
the corporation to be signified by a resolution passed by the shareholders or by
an instrument or instruments in writing signed by the holders of the shares of
the corporation representing a majority of the votes attributable to all of the
issued and outstanding shares of the corporation.
SCHEDULE / ANNEXE 3
None.
SCHEDULE / ANNEXE 4
7. Other provisions:
The number of shareholders of the corporation, exclusive of persons who are in
its employment and exclusive of persons who, having been formerly in the
employment of the corporation, were, while in that employment, and have
continued after the termination of that employment to be, shareholders of the
corporation, is limited to not more than fifty, two or more persons who are the
joint registered owners of one or more shares being counted as one shareholder.
Any invitation to the public to subscribe for securities of the corporation is
prohibited.
Subject to the provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act, the
corporation shall have a lien on the shares registered in the name of a
shareholder or such shareholder's legal representative for a debt of that
shareholder to the corporation.
The board of directors may from time to time on behalf of the corporation,
without authorization of the shareholders:
(1) borrow money on the credit of the corporation;
(2) issue, reissue, sell, pledge or hypothecate bonds, debentures, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness of the corporation, whether secured or
unsecured;
(3) give a guarantee on behalf of the corporation to secure performance of any
present or future indebtedness, liability or obligation of any person; and
(4) mortgage, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise create a security interest in
all or any currently owned or subsequently acquired real or personal, movable or
immovable, property of the corporation including book debts, rights, powers,
franchises and undertakings, to secure any such bonds, debentures, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness or any guarantees or any other present or future
indebtedness, liability or obligation of the corporation,
The board of directors may from time to time delegate to such one or more of the
directors and officers of the corporation as may be designated by the board all
or any of the powers conferred on the board above to such extent and in such
manner as the board shall determine at the time of such delegation.
Industry Canada Industrie Canada FORM 4 FORMULE 4
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT CLAUSES MODIFICATRICES
Canada Business Loi canadienne sur les (SECTION 27 OR 177) (ARTICLES 27 OU 177)
Corporations Act societes par actions
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1- Name of the Corporation - Denomination sociale de la societe 2 - Corporation number -
NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY PARTNERS INC. 615088-8
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3- The articles of the above-named corporation are amended as follows: Les status de la societe
mentionnee ci-dessus sont
modifies de la facon
suivante:
1. To change the number of directors to a minimum of 1 and a maximum of
20.
2. To delete the following paragraph from Other Provisions:
Any invitation to the public to subscribe for securities of the
corporation is prohibited.
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Date Signature 4-Capacity of - En
November 21, 2003 qualite de
/s/ Kent Wallace Secretary
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For Department Use Only Printed Name - Nom en letters moulees
Al'usage du ministere seulement
Filed Kent Wallace
Deposee
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