TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA INC
S-4, EX-3.5, 2000-12-21
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                                                                     Exhibit 3.5

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                            TRAVEL PORT SYSTEMS, INC.

         The undersigned, by and on behalf of Travel Port Systems, Inc., (the
"Corporation"), hereby certifies that (i) the Corporation was originally
incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware on December 26, 1997; (ii)
the Corporation desires to amend and restate its Certificate of Incorporation in
the manner set forth below; (iii) a majority of the Board of Directors has
adopted the amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation
set forth below at a meeting duly held on December 20, 1999, and proposed the
same amendments to the sole Stockholder for approval; (iv) the sole Stockholder
approved the same amendments by its unanimous vote taken at a meeting duly held
on December 20, 1999; and (v) this Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of
Section 242 and Section 245 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

FIRST:            The name of the corporation is TA Licensing, Inc.

SECOND:           The corporation's registered office in the State of Delaware
                  is located at Suite 200, 103 Foulk Road, County of New Castle,
                  Wilmington, Delaware, 19803. The registered agent at that
                  address is Entity Services Group, LLC.

THIRD:            The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act
                  or activity in which a corporation organized under the General
                  Corporation Law of Delaware may engage; provided, however,
                  that the corporation shall engage in no activity other than
                  the maintenance and management of intangible investments and
                  the collection and distribution of the income from such
                  intangible investments and from tangible property physically
                  located outside of the State of Delaware.

FOURTH:           The corporation shall have the authority to issue One Thousand
                  (1,000) shares of common stock, having a par value of One Cent
                  ($.01) per share.

FIFTH:            No Director of the corporation shall be personally liable to
                  the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for
                  breach of a fiduciary duty as a Director, provided that this
                  provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a
                  Director (i) for any breach of the Director's duty of loyalty
                  to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or
                  omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
                  misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under Section
                  174 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware (relating to
                  unlawful dividends, stock purchases and redemptions); or (iv)
                  for any transaction from which the Director derived an
                  improper personal benefit.

SIXTH:            Each Director, officer, employee and agent of the corporation
                  shall be
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                  indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the
                  fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of
                  Delaware, as currently in effect or as hereafter enacted.

SEVENTH:          The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed
                  by and under the direction of the Board of Directors, the
                  number of members of which shall be as set forth in the Bylaws
                  of the corporation. Unless required by the Bylaws of the
                  corporation, the Directors need not be elected by ballot.

EIGHTH:           The books and records of the corporation physically shall be
                  maintained in the State of Delaware.

NINTH:            The Board of Directors is authorized and empowered to make,
                  alter, amend and rescind any provision of the Bylaws of the
                  corporation in the manner now or hereafter provided under the
                  General Corporation Law of Delaware; but any provision of the
                  Bylaws made by the Board of Directors may be altered or
                  repealed, and new Bylaws made by the stockholders of the
                  corporation.

TENTH:            The corporation reserves the right to amend and repeal any
                  provision of this Certificate of Incorporation in the manner
                  now or hereafter provided under the General Corporation Law of
                  Delaware.

         The undersigned authorized officer of the Corporation, for the purpose
of amending and restating the Certificate of Incorporation under the laws of the
State of Delaware hereby sets his hand and seal hereunto this 17th day of
January, 2000.


                                              /s/ Andrew Panaccione
                                              ---------------------------------
                                              Name: Andrew Panaccione
                                              Title: Secretary


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