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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
IMPERIAL SPECIAL INVESTMENTS, INC.
I.
The name of this corporation is Imperial Special Investments, Inc.
II.
The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for
which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of
California other than the banking business, the trust company business or the
practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California
Corporations Code.
III.
The name and address in the state of California of this corporation's initial
agent for service of process is:
Name: Richard M. Baker
Address: 9920 S. La Cienega Blvd. Suite 636
City: Inglewood State: California Zip: 90301
IV.
This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of common
stock; and the total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to
issue is ten billion (10,000,000,000).
/s/ Richard M. Baker
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Richard M. Baker, Incorporator
