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                                 STATE OF IDAHO

                               DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                       OF

                         KANIKSU AMERCAN MINING COMPANY

                               File Number C40809

         1, PETE T. CENARRUSA,  Secretary of State of the State of Idaho, hereby
certify  that:  duplicate  originals of Articles of Amendment to the Articles of
Incorporation  of' KANIKSU AMERICAN MINING COMPANY,  changing the corporate name
to KANIKSU  VENTURES,  INC.,  duly executed  pursuant:  to the provisions of the
Idaho Business  Corporation Act, have been received in this office and are found
to conform to law.

         ACCCRDINGLY and by virtue of the authority vested in me by law, I issue
this Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation and attach hereto
a duplicate original of the Articles of Amendment.

         Dated: March 4,1996




Great Seal of
The State of Idaho

/s/ Pete T. Cenarrusa

---------------------
Pete T. Cenarrusa

SECRETARY OF STATE


By:/s/Tonya Herold

   ---------------
   Tonya Herold

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                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

                                     TO THE

                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                         KANIKSU AMERICAN MINING COMPANY

         Pursuant to the provisions of the Idaho Code,  the following  amendment
to the Articles of Incorporation of IKANIKSU  American Mining Company,  an Idaho
corporation  (the  "Corporation"),  was  adopted  by  the  shareholders  of  the
Corporation on August 28, 1995, in the manner Prescribed by the Idaho code

         FIRST:     Article 1 of the Articles Of Incorporation is hereby amended
to read as follows:

                                   "ARTICLE I

                  The name of this Corporation shall be:

                  Kaniksu Ventures, INC."

         SECOND:    Article  II of  the  Articles  of  Incorporation  is  hereby
amended to read as follows:

                                   "ARTICLE 11

                This  Corporation is organized to engage in any lawful  business
         or activity which my be conducted  under the laws of the State of Idaho
         or any other state,  country or jurisdiction,  wherein this Corporation
         shall be authorized to transact business."

         THIRD:     Article V of the Articles Of Incorporation in hereby amended
to road as follows

                                   "ARTICLE V

                 The amount of the capital.  stock of this Corporation  shall be
         twenty-five:  million (25,000,O00) shares of common stock, par value On
         Tenth  of  a  Cent   ($.001)   per  share,   which   shares   shall  be
         non-assessable."

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         FOURTH:    Article  VI of  the  Articles  of  Incorporation  is  hereby
amended to read as follows:

                                   "ARTICLE VI

                 The number of directors of this  Corporation  shall be at least
         three (3) and no more than nine (9)."

         FIFTH:     The Articles of Incorporation are hereby amended by adding a
new Article VII to read as follows:


                                  "ARTICLE VIII

                                PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

                 No stockholder shall have* any preemptive rights to acquire the
         Corporation's  unissued shares and any and all such existing preemptive
         rights shall be extinguished."

         The number of Shares:  of the  Corporation  outstanding at, the time of
adoption  of the  above  amendments  was  1,008,250,  and the  number  of shares
entitled to vote  thereon vas  1,008,250.  As to the five  amendments  set forth
above,  the number of shares  consenting  and voting for each such amendment was
-791,050- and the number of shares voting Against each such amendment was -O-.

As a result of Amendment THIRD changing the capitalization from 3,000,000 shares
of $.10 par value  stock to  25,000,000  shares of $.001  par value  stock,  the
stated capital of the Corporation was reduced by $100,825 to 1,008.

         DATED this 28th day of August, 1995


                                         /s/ Dale Miller

                                         ---------------
                                         DALE MILLER, President

                                         /s/ J. Rockwell Smith
                                         ---------------------
                                         J. ROCKWELL SMITH, Secretary



                                       -2-

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                                 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

                                 ---------------

STATE OF UTAH      )
                   :ss
COUNTY OF SALT LAKE)


         THE  UNDERSIGNED,  the President and Secretary  respectively of Kaniksu
  American Mining Company,  a corporation  Organized and existing under the laws
  of' the State of Idaho, do hereby certify that at a Special Meeting in Lieu of
  Annual Meeting of Shareholders,  of said corporation  properly called and held
  on August 28, 1995, the foregoing  Amendment to the Articles of  Incorporation
  for said  Corporation  was duly  adopted  and  authorized  by more than  fifty
  percent (50%) of the issued and outstanding shares of said Corporation,  which
  shares were properly  represented  and voted at said  Meeting.  Also that said
  Meeting was held  pursuant to a resolution  of the Board of Directors  setting
  forth  the  amendment  and  directing  that it be  Submitted  to a vote at the
  meeting,  and that written  notice of said Special  Meeting  setting forth the
  proposed,  amendment  was given by first  class  mail to each  shareholder  of
  record entitled to vote thereon at least ten (10) days prior to the holding of
  the Meeting.  The  undersigned  further  certify that the foregoing  Amendment
  correctly sets forth the amendments  adopted by the shareholders and correctly
  states the date of adoption  thereof,  the number of shares  outstanding,  the
  number of shares  voted for and the number of shares  voted  against each such
  amendment.

                               /s/ Dale F. Miller

                               ------------------
                             DALE MILLER, President

                              /s/ J. Rockwell Smith

                              ---------------------
                              J. ROCKWELL SMITH, Secretary




  SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 28th day of August, 1995


                               /s/ Janis Patterson

                               -------------------
                               Janis Patterson NOTARY PUBLIC Residing at:

  My Commission Expires: May 2nd 1998 (illegible address also stamped here)





                                       -3-

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                                 STATE of IDAHO

                               Department of State

I PETE T.  CENARRUSA,  Secretary of State of the State of Idaho,  hereby certify
that I am the custodian of the  corporation,  limited  partnership,  and limited
liability company records of this State.

I FURTHER  CERTIFY That the annexed is a full,  true and complete  transcript of
incorporation of KANIKSU AMERICAN MINING COMPANY, an Idaho Corporation, received
and filed in this office on April 25, 1969, under file number C 40809, including
all  amendments  filed  thereto,  as appears of record in this office as of this
date

Dated: March 28, 1995




Great Seal of The State of Idaho

/s/ Pete T. Centarrusa

----------------------
Pete T. Centarrusa

SECRETARY OF STATE

By:/s/ Sally T. Clark

   ------------------
   Sally T. Clark

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                                 STATE OF IDAHO

                        GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

                               DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

    I, PETE T.  CENARRUSA,  Secretary of State of the State of Idaho,  and legal
custodian of the  corporation  records of the State of Idaho,  do hereby certify
that the original of the articles of incorporation of

                         KANIKSU AMERICAN MINING COMPANY

    was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on the  twenty-fourth  day
of April A.D., One Thousand Nine Hundred sixty-nine and will be duly recorded on
microfilm of Record of Domestic  Corporations,  of the State of Idaho,  and that
the said  articles  contain the statement of facts  required by Section  30-103,
Idaho Code.

    I  FURTHER  CERTIFY,  That the  persons  executing  the  articles  and their
associates  and successors  are hereby  constituted a  corporation,  by the name
hereinbefore  stated,  for Perpetual  Existence  from the date hereof,  with its
registered  office in this State  located at  Sandpoint,  Idaho in the County of
Donner

    IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal
of the State.  Done at Boise City, the Capital of Idaho.  this 24th day of April
A.D., 1969

                                            /s/Pete T. Cennarrusa
                                            ---------------------
                                            Pete T. Cenarrusa
                                            Secretary of State.

                                            /s/ Margaret Laurence

                                            ---------------------
                                            Margaret Laurence
                                            Corporation Clerk.


<PAGE>

                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                         KANIKSU AMERICAN MINING COMPANY

    KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS:  That we, the  undersigned,  being  natural
persons of full age and  citizens  of the  United  States,  in order to form,  a
Corporation for the purposes  hereinafter stated, and in accordance and pursuant
to the Laws of the State of Idaho, do hereby.certify as follows:

                                   ARTICLE 1.

                                   ----------

    The name of the Corporation is KANIKSU AMERICAN MINING COMPANY.

                                  ARTICLE II.
                                  -----------

    The purposes for which said Corporation is formed are:

    1. To engage in, conduct, promote,  advertise and carry on and engage in the
business of buying, leasing and otherwise acquiring lands and interests in lands
of  every  kind  and  description  wheresoever  situated;  buying,  leasing  and
otherwise  acquiring and  constructing  and  erecting,  or  contracting  for the
construction and erection of buildings,  structures,  tunnells, in, on and under
and  through  such lands for any uses or  purposes;  holding  owning  improving,
developing,  maintaining,  operating,  letting, leasing, mortgaging,  selling or
otherwise disposing of such property, or any part thereof, or their minerals and
other  produce,  products,  and  deposits  therein;  equiping,  furnishing,  and
operating  mines,  buildings,  warehouses,  and in all  manner  developing  real
property and the resources thereof.

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    2. To appoint  such  officers,  employees  and agents as the business of the
Corporation may require and to allow them compensation.

    3. To enter into  contracts or  obligations  of any type or kind  essential,
necessary or proper to the transaction of its ordinary business affairs,  or for
the purposes of the Corporation.

    4.  To do all  and  everything  necessary,  suitable,  and  proper  for  the
accomplishment of any of the purposes or the attainment of any of the objects or
infurtherance of any of the powers  hereinbefore  set forth,  either alone or in
association  with other  Corporations,  firms,  clubs or individuals,  and to do
every act or acts, thing or things essential or impertinent to or growing out of
or  connected  with the  aforesaid  objects or  purposes  or any parts  thereof,
provided the same be not inconsistent with the laws under which this Corporation
is organized.

    5. To engage in any  commercial  enterprise  calculated  or  designed  to be
profitable to said  Corporation  and in conformity with the Laws of the State of
Idaho.

    6. The foregoing clauses shall be construed both as purposes and powers, and
it is hereby  expressly  provided  that the  foregoing in numeration of specific
powers  shall not be held to limit or  restrict in any manner the powers of this
Corporation.

                                  ARTICLE III.
                                  ------------

       The commencement of the life of this Corporation shall be the date of the
issuance to it of a Certificate  of  incorporation  by the Secretary of State of
the State of Idaho,  and the duration of the life of this  Corporation  shall be
perpetual.

                                       -2-

<PAGE>

                                   ARTICLE IV.
                                   -----------

       The  location  and Post Office  address of the  registered  office of the
corporation is Sandpoint, Bonner County, State of Idaho.

                                   ARTICLE V.
                                   ----------

    1. The amount of capital stock shall be Three-hundred-thousand ($300,000.00)
Dollars.

    2.  The  number  of  shares  of  which   capital   stock  shall  consist  of
three-million (3,000,000) shares of common stock of the par. value of ten (.10),
cents per share.

    3. No other stock -or type of share shall be issued and said shares shall be
conveyed to the owners thereof.

                                  ARTICLE VI.
                                  -----------

    There  shall be five  (5)  directors.  Directors  shall  be  required  to be
stockholders of this Corporation.

                                  ARTICLE VII.
                                  ------------

    The names and Post  Office  address of the  incorporators  and the number of
shares subscribed by each are as follows:

                Don Maynard, Clark Fork, Idaho, ten (10) shares.
                Dale Miller, Sandpoint, Idaho, ten (10) shares.
                Dale Jackson, Sandpoint, Idaho, ten(10) shares.

    IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  We have  hereunto set out hands and seals this 10th of
April, 1969.

                                         /s/ Don Maynard

                                         ---------------
                                         Don Maynard

                                         /s/ Dale Miller

                                         ---------------
                                         Dale Miller

                                         /s/ Dale Jackson

                                         ----------------
                                         Dale Jackson

                                      - 3 -

<PAGE>

(STATE OF IDAHO)
ss
(County of Bonner)

    On this 10th of April,  1969,.  before me, a Notary Public,  personally came
DON  MAYNARD,  DALE MILLER and DALE  JACKSON,  known to me to be the persons who
subscribed  and executed  the  foregoing  certificate  and they  severally  duly
acknowledged to me that they executed the same.

    IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  I have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  the  date
hereinbefore set forth.

                                    /s/ Signature Illegible

                                    -----------------------
                                    Notary Public in and for the
                                    State of Idaho, residing at

                                    Sandpoint

                                       -4-

<PAGE>

                                 STATE OF IDAHO

                               DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                       OF

                             KANIKSU VENTURES, INC.

                               File Number C 40809

         1, PETE T. CENARRUSA,  Secretary of State of the State of Idaho, hereby
certify  that  duplicate  originals  of Articles of Amendment to the Articles of
Incorporation  of  KANIIKSU  VENTURES,  INC.,  changing  the  corporate  name to
INTRYST,  INC.,  duly executed  pursuant to the provisions of the Idaho Business
Corporation  Act,  have been received in this office and are found to conform to
law.

         ACCORDINGLY and by virtue of the authority vested in me by law, I issue
this Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation and attach hereto
a duplicate original of the Articles of Amendment.

         Dated:  April 2,1997





Gread Seal of
The State of Idaho

                              /s/ Pete T. Cenarrusa

                              ---------------------
                                Pete T. Cenarrusa

                               SECRETARY OF STATE

                           By:/s/Alisa Hartley

                              ----------------
                              Alisa Harley

<PAGE>

                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

                                     TO THE

                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                             KANIKSU VENTURES, INC.

         Pursuant  to the  provisions  of the  Idaho  Business  Corporation  Act
("Idaho Code"),  the following  amendments to the Articles of  Incorporation  of
Kaniksu Ventures, Inc., an Idaho corporation (the "Corporation", were adopted by
the shareholders of the Corporation on March 10, 1997, in the manner  prescribed
by the Idaho Code.

         FIRST:         Article I of the  Articles  of  Incorporation  is hereby
amended to read as  follows:

                                       "I

         The name of the Corporation shall be Intryst, Inc."

         SECOND:        Article V of the  Articles  of  Incorporation  is hereby
amended read as follows:

                                       "V

         The  aggregate  number of shares of all  classes of capital  stock that
    this corporation shall have authority to issue is 60,000,000  non-assessable
    shares,  50,000,000 of which shall be of a class  designated as common stock
    (the "Common  Stock")  with a par value of one Tenth of a Cent  ($0.001) per
    share,  and  10,000,000  shares of which shall be of a class  designated  as
    preferred stock (the  "Preferred  Stock") with a par value of One Tenth of a
    Cent ($0.001) per share. The Preferred Stock may be issued in various series

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    and  shall  have  preference  as to  dividends  and  to  liquidation  of the
    Corporation.  The Board of  Directors  of the Company  shall  establish  the
    specific  rights,  preference,  voting  privileges and  restrictions of such
    Preferred Stock, or any series thereof.  Cumulative voting shall not prevail
    in any election by the stockholders of this corporation."

The number of shares of the  Corporation  outstanding at the time of adoption of
the above  amendments was 3,224,350,  and the number of shares  entitled to vote
thereon was  3,224,550.  As to Amendment  First set forth  above,  the number of
shares  consenting  and voting  Against such  amendment  was 0-. As to Amendment
Second  set forth  above,  the number of shares  consenting  and voting for such
amendment was 1,647,999,  and the number of shares voting Against such amendment
was -0-.

         Also  approved at the  meeting was the  proposal to effect a two shares
for one share forward  stock split of the shares of the  Company's  common stock
issued and  outstanding  at the time of the meeting.  As a result of the forward
stock split,  the stated capital of the  corporation  was increased by $3,224 to
$6,448.

         DATED this 10th day of March, 1997

                                            /s/ M. Cartmel
                                            --------------
                                            G. Michael Cartmel, Vice President


<PAGE>

                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

                                     TO THE

                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                                  INTRYST, INC.
         Pursuant  to the  provisions  of the  Idaho  Business  Corporation  Act
("Idaho Code"),  the following  amendments to the Articles of  Incorporation  of
Intryst,  Inc., an Idaho  corporation (the  "Corporation"),  were adopted by the
shareholders of the  Corporation on December 12, 1997, in the manner  prescribed
by the Idaho Code.

         FIRST:  Article I of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended to
read as follows:

                                       "I

              The name of the Corporation shall be PTC Group, Inc."

         SECOND:  Article V of the Articles of  Incorporation  is hereby amended
read as follows:

                                       "V

         The  aggregate  number of shares of all  classes of capital  stock that
     this   corporation   shall   have   authority   to  issue  is   210,000,000
     non-assessable shares,  200,000,000 of which shall be of a class designated
     as common  stock (the  "Common  Stock")  with a par value of One Tenth of a
     Cent ($0.001) per share, and 10,000,000 shares of which shall be of a class
     as preferred stock (the "Preferred Stock") with a par value of One Tenth of
     a Cent  ($0.001) per share.  The  Preferred  Stock may be issued in various
     series and shall have  preference as to dividends and to liquidation of the
     Corporation.  The Board of Directors  of the Company  shall  establish  the
     specific rights,  preferences,  voting  privileges and restrictions of such
     Preferred Stock, or any series thereof. Cumulative voting shall not prevail
     in any election by the stockholders of this corporation."

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         The  number  of shares of the  Corporation  outstanding  at the time of
     adoption of the above  amendments was  7,309,350,  and the number of shares
     entitled to vote thereon was  7,309,350.  As to  Amendment  First set forth
     above,  the number of shares  consenting  and voting For such amendment was
     5,144,051,  and the number of shares voting Against such amendment was -0-.
     As to Amendment Second set forth above, the number of shares consenting and
     voting For such  amendment was  5,144,051,  and the number of shares voting
     Against such amendment was -0-.

          DATED this 22nd day of December, 1997.

                                                      /s/ Craig Bampton

                                                      -----------------
                                                      Craig Bampton, President

<PAGE>

                                 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

STATE OF UTAH        )
                     :SS

COUNTY OF SALT LAKE  )

         THE  UNDERSIGNED,   the  President  of  Intryst,  Inc.,  a  corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Idaho, does hereby certify
that at a Special Meeting of Shareholders  of said  Corporation  properly called
and held on December  12,  1997,  the  foregoing  Amendment  to the  Articles of
Incorporation  for said Corporation was duly adopted and authorized by more than
fifty percent (50%) of the issued and  outstanding  shares of said  Corporation,
which shares were properly represented and voted at said Meeting. Also that said
Meeting was held  pursuant to a  resolution  of the Board of  Directors  setting
forth  the  amendments  and  directing  that  it be  submitted  to a vote at the
Meeting,  and that written  notice of said  Special  Meeting  setting  forth the
proposed  amendments was given by first class mail to each shareholder of record
entitled  to vote  thereon  at least ten (10) days  prior to the  holding of the
Meeting.  The Undersigned further certify that the foregoing Amendment correctly
sets forth the amendments  adopted by the  shareholders and correctly states the
date of adoption thereof, the number of shares outstanding, the number of shares
voted for and the number of shares voted against each such amendment.

                                                     /s/ Craig Bampton

                                                     -----------------
                                                     CRAIG BAMPTON, President

         SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 23rd day of December 1997.

                                                     /s/ Janice Patterson

                                                     --------------------
                                                     Janice Patterson
                                                     NOTARY PUBLIC

         Residing                   at:  Stamped:NOTARY PUBLIC JANIS A PATTERSON
                                    1336   Rodgermarx  Dr  Sancy,  UT  84092  My
                                    Commission Expires May 2nd, 1998 STATE OF

                                      UTAH

         Stamped: FILED
                  97 DEC 24 AM 11:52
                  SECRETARY OF STATE
                  STATE OF IDAHO



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                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

                                     TO THE

                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                                 PTC GROUP, INC.

         Pursuant  to the  provisions  of the  Idaho  Business  Corporation  Act
("Idaho Code"), the following  amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of PTC
Group,  Inc.,  an Idaho  corporation  (the  "Corporation"),  was  adopted by the
shareholders  of the  Corporation on July 12, 1999, in the manner  prescribed by
the Idaho Code.

         FIRST:     Article I of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended
to read as follows:

                                       "I

         The name of the Corporation shall be Ocean Power Corporation."

         The  number  of shares of the  Corporation  outstanding  at the time of
adoption  of the  above  amendment  was  292,484,484,  and the  number of shares
entitled to vote thereon was 292,484,484. As to Amendment first set forth above,
the number of shares  consenting and voting For such amendment was  224,806,894,
and the number of shares voting Against such amendment was 0.

         Dated this 12th day of July, 1999.

                                 /s/ J.P. Maceda

                                 ---------------
                                 Joseph P. Maceda, President

Stamped  FILED

                  99 JUL 14 AM11:15
                  SECRETARY OF STATE
                  STATE OF IDAHO

Stamped:           Idaho Secretary of State

                  07/14/1999 09:00
                  CK: 752 CT: 117996 BH: 233801

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                                State of Delaware

                        Office of the Secretary of State

         I, EDWARD J. FREEL,  SECRETARY  OF STATE OF THE STATE OF  DELAWARE,  DO
HEREBY  CERTIFY THE  ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE  CERTIFICATE  OF
INCORPORATION  OF  "OCEAN  POWER  CORPORATION".  FILED  IN  THIS  OFFICE  QN THE
TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF JULY, A.D. 1999 AT 4:30 O'CLOCK, P.M.

         A FILED COPY OF THIS  CERTIFICATE  HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE NEW CASTLE
COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS.

                                                       /S/Edward J. Freel
                                                       ------------------
                                                       Edward J. Freel
                                                       Secretary of State

3037332 8100                    AUTHENTICATION:    9880368
991301032                                 DATE:    07-22-99

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                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                          ----------------------------
                                       OF

                                       --
                             OCEAN POWER CORPORATION

                             -----------------------


         The  undersigned,  a natural  person,  for the purpose of  organizing a
corporation  for conducting the business and promoting the purposes  hereinafter
stated,  under the provisions and subject to the requirements of the laws of the
State of Delaware  (particularly Chapter 1, Title 8 of the Delaware Code and the
acts amendatory  thereof and  supplemental  thereto,  and known,  identified and
referred to as the "General  Corporation Law of the State of Delaware"),  hereby
certifies that:

         FIRST:     The  name  of  the  corporation   (hereinafter   called  the
"Corporation") is OCEAN POWER CORPORATION.

         SECOND: The address, including street, number, city, and county, of the
registered  office of the  Corporation  in the State of  Delaware is 1209 Orange
Street,  New Castle  County,  Wilmington,  Delaware  19801;  and the name of the
registered  agent of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is The Corporation
Trust Company.

         THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or
activity for which  corporations may be organized under the General  Corporation
Law of the  State of  Delaware,  or any other  state,  country  or  jurisdiction
wherein the Corporation shall be authorized to transact business.

         FOURTH:  The aggregate number of shares of all classes of capital stock
which the  Corporation  shall have  authority  to issue is five  hundred  twenty
million (520,000,000)  non-assessable shares, five hundred million (500,000,000)
of which shall be of a class  designated  as common stock (the  "Common  Stock")
with a par value of One Tenth of a Cent ($0.001) per share,  and twenty  million
(20,000,000)  shares of which shall be of a class  designated as preferred stock
(the  "Preferred  Stock")  with a par value of One Tenth of a Cent  ($0.001) per
share.  The  Preferred  Stock may be issued in  various  series  and shall  have
preference as to dividends and to liquidation of the  Corporation.  The Board of
Directors  of the Company  shall  establish  the specific  rights,  preferences,
voting  privileges  and  restrictions  of such  Preferred  Stock,  or any series
thereof. Cumulative voting shall not prevail in any election by the stockholders
of this corporation.

         FIFTH:     The name and the mailing  address of the  incorporator is as
follows:

         Name                    Mailing Address

         ----                    ---------------
         J. Michael Hopper       5000 Robert J. Mathews Parkway
                                 El Dorado Hills, California 95762

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         SIXTH:     The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.
         -----

         SEVENTH:  Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between this
Corporation  and  its  creditors  or any  class  of  them  and/or  between  this
Corporation  and its  stockholders  or any class of them, any court of equitable
jurisdiction  within the State of Delaware may, on the  application in a summary
way of this  Corporation  or of any  creditor or  stockholder  thereof or on the
application of any receiver or receivers  appointed for this  Corporation  under
the  provisions  of  Section  291 of  Title 8 of the  Delaware  Code,  or on the
application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed
for this  Corporation  under the  provisions  of  Section  279 of Title 8 of the
Delaware Code order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors,  and/or of
the stockholders or class of stockholders of this  Corporation,  as the case may
be, to be summoned in such  manner as the said court  directs.  If a majority in
number  representing  three-fourths  in  value  of the  creditors  or  class  of
creditors,  and/or  of  the  stockholders  or  class  of  stockholders  of  this
Corporation,  as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement  and to
any  reorganization  of this  Corporation as  consequence of such  compromise or
arrangement,  the said  compromise or  arrangement  and the said  reorganization
shall,  if sanctioned by the court to which the said  application has been made,
be  binding  on all the  creditors  or class  of  creditors,  and/or  on all the
stockholders or class of stockholders,  of this Corporation, as the case may be,
and also on this Corporation.

         EIGHTH:  For  management  of the  business  and for the  conduct of the
affairs of the Corporation, and in further definition, limitation and regulation
of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and of its stockholders or
any class thereof, as the case may be, it is further provided:

         1. The management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the
Corporation  shall be vested in its Board of Directors.  The number of directors
which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed by, or in the
manner provided in, the By-Laws.  The phrase "Whole Board" and the phrase "Total
Number of Directors" shall be deemed to have the same meaning, to wit, the total
number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.
No election of directors need be by written ballot.

         2. After the  original or other  By-Laws of the  Corporation  have been
adopted,  amended,  or  repealed,  as the case may be,  in  accordance  with the
provisions  of  Section  109 of the  General  Corporation  Law of the  State  of
Delaware,  and,  after the  Corporation  has received any payment for any of its
stock,  the power to adopt,  amend, or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation may
be exercised by the Board of Directors of the  Corporation;  provided,  however,
that any provision for the  classification  of directors of the  Corporation for
staggered  terms  pursuant to the provisions of subsection (d) of Section 141 of
the General  Corporation  Law of the State of Delaware  shall be set forth in an
initial  By-Law or in a By-Law adopted by the  stockholders  entitled to vote of
the Corporation unless provisions for such classification  shall be set forth in
this certificate of incorporation.

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         3. Whenever the Corporation shall be authorized to issue only one class
of stock,  each outstanding share shall entitle the holder thereof to notice of,
and the right to vote at, any meeting of stockholders.  Whenever the Corporation
shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock, no outstanding  share
of any class of stock which is denied  voting power under the  provisions of the
certificate  of  incorporation  shall entitle the holder thereof to the right to
vote at any meeting of  stockholders,  except as the provisions of paragraph (2)
of subsection (b) of section 242 of the General  Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware shall otherwise require; provided that no share of any such class which
is otherwise  denied voting power shall entitle the holder  thereof to vote upon
the increase or decrease in the number of authorized shares of said class.

         NINTH:  The personal  liability of the directors of the  Corporation is
hereby eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of paragraph
(7) of subsection (b) of Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented.

         TENTH:  The Corporation  shall, to the fullest extent  permitted by the
provisions  of  Section  145 of the  General  Corporation  Law of the  State  of
Delaware,  as the same may be amended and  supplemented,  indemnify  any and all
persons  whom it shall  have power to  indemnify  under  said  section  from and
against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in
or covered by said section,  and the  indemnification  provided for herein shall
not be deemed  exclusive of any other rights to which those  indemnified  may be
entitled under any By-Law,  agreement,  vote of  stockholders  or  disinterested
directors or  otherwise,  both as to action in his  official  capacity and as to
action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a
person who has ceased to be a  director,  officer,  employee  or agent and shall
inure to the  benefit  of the  heirs,  executors  and  administrators  of such a
person.

         ELEVENTH:  From time to time, any of the provisions of this certificate
of  incorporation  may be amended,  altered or  repealed,  and other  provisions
authorized  by the laws of the  State of  Delaware  at the time in force  may be
added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws, and all
rights at any time conferred upon the  stockholders  of the  Corporation by this
certificate  of  incorporation  are granted  subject to the  provisions  of this
Article ELEVENTH.

Signed on July 21, 1999


                              /s/ J. Michael Hopper

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                                J. Michael Hopper

                              Incorporator



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