EXHIBIT 3.1
Articles of Incorporation & Amendments of Medina Coffee, Inc.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
MEDINA COPY, INC.
THE UNDERSIGNED, The undersigned, acting as incorporator, pursuant to the
provisions of the laws of the State of Nevada relations to private corporation,
hereby adopts the following Articles of Incorporation:
ARTICLE ONE: [NAME]. The name of the corporation is:
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Medina Copy, Inc.
ARTICLE TWO: [RESIDENT AGENT]. The initial agent for service of process
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is Nevada Agency and Trust Company, 50 West Liberty Street, Suite 880, City of
Reno, Washoe County, State of Nevada 89501.
ARTICLE THREE: [PURPOSES]. The purposes for which the corporation is
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organized are to engage in any activity or business not in conflict with the
laws of the State of Nevada or of the United States of America, and without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, specifically:
[OMNIBUS]. To have to exercise all the powers now or hereafter
conferred by the laws of the State of Nevada upon corporations
organized pursuant to the laws under which the corporation is
organized and any and all acts amendatory thereof and
supplemental thereto.
[CARRYING ON BUSINESS OUTSIDE STATE]. To conduct and carry on its
business or any branch thereof in any state or territory or the
United States or iin any foreign country in conformity with the
laws of such state, territory, or foreign country, and to have
and maintain in any state, territory, or foreign country a
business office, plant, store or other facility.
[PURPOSES TO BE CONSTRUED AS POWERS]. The purposes specified herein
shall be construed both as purposes and powers and shall be in
no wise limited or restricted by reference to, or inference
from, the terms of any other clause in this or any other
article, bu the purposes and powers specified in each of the
clauses herein shall be regarded as independent purposes and
powers, and the enumeration of specific purposes and powers
shall not be construed to limit or restrict in any manner the
meaning of general terms or of the general powers of the
Corporation; nor shall the expression of one thing be deemed to
exclude another, although it be of like nature not expressed.
ARTICLE FOUR. [CAPITAL STOCK]. The corporation shall have authority to
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issue an aggregate of ONE HUNDRED MILLION (100,000,000) Common Capital Shares,
ONE MILL ($0.001) PAR VALUE per share, for a total capitalization of ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND ($100,000) DOLLARS.
The holders of shares of capital stock of the corporation shall not be
entitled to pre-emptive or preferential rights to subscribe to any unissued
stock or any other securities which the corporation may now or hereafter be
authorized to issue.
The corporation's capital stock may be issued and sold from time to time
for such consideration as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, provided that
the consideration fixed is not less than par value.
The stockholders shall not possess cumulative voting rights at all
shareholders meeting called for the purpose of electing a Board of Directors.
ARTICLE FIVE. [DIRECTORS]. The affairs of the corporation shall be governed
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by a Board of Directors of no more than eight (8) nor less than one (1) person.
The name and address fo the first Board of Directors is:
Name Address
Harry Miller 401 Detwiller Lane
Bellevue, Washington 98004
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ARTICLE SIX. [ASSESSMENT OF STOCK]. The capital stock of the corporation,
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after the amount of the subscription price or par value has been paid in, shall
not be subject to pay debts of the corporation, and no paid up stock and no
stock issued as fully paid up shall ever be assessable or assessed.
ARTICLE SEVEN. [INCORPORATOR]. The name and address of the incorporator of
the corporation is as follows:
Name Address
Amanda Cardinalli 50 West Liberty Street, Suite 880
Reno, Nevada 89501
ARTICLE EIGHT. [PERIOD OF EXISTENCE]. The period of existence of the
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corporation shall be perpetual.
ARTICLE NINE. [BY-LAWS]. The initial By-laws of the corporation shall be
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adopted by its Board of Directors. The power to alter, amend, or repeal the
By-laws, or to adopt new By-laws, shall be vested in the Board of Directors,
except as otherwise may be specifically provided for in the By-laws.
ARTICLE TEN. [STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS]. Meetings of stockholders shall be
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held at such place within or without the State of Nevada as may be provided by
the By-laws of the corporation. Special meetings of the stockholders may be
called by the President or any other executive officer of the corporation, the
Board of Directors, or any member thereof, or by the record holder or holders of
at least ten (10%) of all shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Any action
otherwise required to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders, except election
of directors, may be taken without a meeting if consent in writing, setting
forth the action so taken, shall be signed by stockholders having at least a
majority of the voting power.
ARTICLE ELEVEN. [CONTRACTS OF CORPORATION]. No contract or other
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transaction between the corporation and any other corporation, whether or not a
majority of the shares of the capital stock of such other corporation is owned
by this corporation, and no act of this corporation shall in any way be affected
or invalidated by the fact that any of the directors of this corporation are
pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, or are directors or officers of such
other corporation. Any director of this corporation, individually, or any firm
of which such director may be a member, may be a party to, or may be pecuniarily
or otherwise interested in any contract or transaction of the corporation;
provided, however, that the fact that he or such firm is so interested shall be
disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors of this
corporation, or a majority thereof; and any director of this corporation who is
also a director or officer of such other corporation, or who is so interested,
may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the
Board of Directors of this corporation that shall authorize such contract or
transaction, and may vote thereat to authorize such contract or transaction,
with like force and effect as if he were not such director or officer of such
other corporation or not so interested.
ARTICLE.TWELVE. [LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS]. No director or
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officer shall have any personal liability to the corporation or its stockholders
for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except that
this Article Twelve shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director or
officer for (i) acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or
a knowing violation of law, or (ii) the payment of dividends in violation of the
Nevada Revised Statutes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned incorporator has hereunto affixed
her signature at Reno, Nevada this 4th day of October, 1999.
by /s/ "Amanda Cardinalli"
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AMANDA CARDINALLI
