Exhibit 2.1
F 97O3O7OOO 177
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CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ADIRONDACK PURE SPRINGS MT. WATER CO., INC..
Under Section 402 of the Business Corporation Law
The undersigned, a natural person of the age of eighteen years or over,
desiring to form a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the Business
Corporation Law of the State of New York, hereby certifies as follows:
FIRST:The name of the corporation is:
ADIRONDACK PURE SPRINGS MT. WATER CO., INC.
SECOND: The purpose for which it is formed is as follows:
To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be
formed under the Business Corporation Law provided that the corporation is not
formed to engage in any act or activity which requires the consent or approval
of any state official department, board agency or other body, without such
approval or consent first. being obtained.
For the accomplishment of the aforesaid purposes, and in furtherance
thereof, the corporation shall have and may exercise all of the powers conferred
by the Business Corporation Law upon corporations formed thereunder, subject to
any limitations contained in Article 2 of said law or in accordance with the
provisions of any other statute of the State of New York,
THIRD: The office of the corporation in the State of New York is to be
located in the County of Nassau
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FOURTH: The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have
the authority to issue is 200, no par value.
FIFTH: The secretary of state is designated as agent of the corporation
upon whom process against the corporation may be served, and the address to
which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the
corporation served upon him is: c/o Ronald Berk. 1101 Stewart Avenue, Garden
City, New York 11530.
SIXTH: A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to
the corporation or its shareholders for damages for any breach of duty in such
capacity except for liability if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse
to a director establishes that his or her acts or omissions were in bad faith or
involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or that the
director personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to
which he or she was not legally entitled or that the director's acts violated
Sect. 719 of the Business Corporation Law; or liability for any act or omission
prior to the adoption of this provision.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto sign my name and affirm that the
statements made herein are true under the penalties of perjury.
Dated: March 6, 1997
/s/ Scott Schuster
Scott J. Schuster, Incorporator
283 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12206
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State of New York
Department of State
I hereby certify that the annexed copy has been compared with the original
document in the custody of the Secretary of State and that the same is a true
copy of said original.
Witness my hand and seal of the Department of State on Dec 31 1997
/s/
SEAL Special Deputy Secretary of State
