FARGO ELECTRONICS INC
S-1, 1999-11-15
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC.

    I, Gary Holland, President of Fargo Electronics, Inc., a corporation subject to the provisions of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, Chapter 302A of the Minnesota Statutes (the Corporation"), do hereby certify that:

    1.  The Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation attached hereto as Exhibit A were duly adopted by the shareholders and directors of the Corporation pursuant to §302A.135, of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, by resolutions dated September 1, 1999.

    2.  The Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation adopted by the shareholders and directors of the Corporation, to be effective upon the filing of these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, supersede the original Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation and all amendments thereto.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of September, 1999.

    FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ 
GARY HOLLAND   
Gary Holland
President

EXHIBIT A
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC.

    Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 302A of the Minnesota Statutes, known as the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, and amendments thereto, the following Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Fargo Electronics, Inc. (the "Corporation") have been duly adopted by the Corporation and shall supersede and take the place of the existing Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation and all amendments thereto:

ARTICLE I

    The name of the Corporation is Fargo Electronics, Inc.

ARTICLE II

    The address of the Corporation's registered office is 6533 Flying Cloud Drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344.

ARTICLE III

    The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, Chapter 302A, Minnesota Statutes.

ARTICLE IV

    The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 20,078,000, of which (a) 78,000 shares shall be preferred stock, par value $.01 per share ("Preferred Stock"), including 10,000 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock (as hereinafter defined), 8,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (as hereinafter defined), 30,000 shares of Redeemable Preferred Stock (as hereinafter defined) and 30,000 shares of Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock (as hereinafter defined), and (b) 20,000,000 shares shall be common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock").

    Except as otherwise restricted by these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation is authorized to issue, from time to time, all or any portion of the capital stock of the Corporation which may have been authorized but not issued, to such person or persons and for such lawful consideration as it may deem appropriate, and generally in its absolute discretion to determine the terms and manner of any disposition of such authorized but unissued capital stock.

    Any and all such shares issued for which the full consideration has been paid or delivered shall be deemed fully paid shares of capital stock, and the holder of such shares shall not be liable for any further call or assessment or any other payment thereon.

    The voting powers, designations, preferences, privileges and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of each class of capital stock of the Corporation shall be as provided in this Article IV.

    No shareholder of the Corporation shall have any cumulative voting rights.

    No shareholder of the Corporation shall have any preemptive rights to subscribe for, purchase or acquire any shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation of any class, or any obligations or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares, or any right to purchase any such shares, securities or obligations.

    A.  CONVERTIBLE PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK  



B.  REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK


C.  SERIES B CONVERTIBLE PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK



D.  SERIES B REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK


E.  COMMON STOCK


ARTICLE V

    No person shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of his or her fiduciary duty as a Director of the Corporation, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 302A.559 or 80A.23 of the Minnesota Statutes, (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit or (v) for any act or omission occurring prior to the effective date of this Article V. If the Minnesota Business Corporation Act is amended after the effective date of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of each past or present Director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, as so amended.

    Any repeal or modification of this Article V by (a) the shareholders of the Corporation or (b) an amendment to the Minnesota Business Corporation Act (unless such statutory amendment specifically provides to the contrary) shall not adversely affect any right or protection existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring either before or after such repeal or modification, of a person serving as a Director prior to or at the time of such repeal or modification.

ARTICLE VI

    The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon shareholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.



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