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CROWN
EQUITY HOLDINGS, INC.
9663
ST. CLAUDE AVENUE
LAS
VEGAS, NEVADA 89148
INFORMATION
STATEMENT
NO VOTE
OR OTHER ACTION OF THE COMPANY’S SHAREHOLDERS
IS
REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INFORMATION STATEMENT
WE ARE
NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU
ARE
REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY
Dear
Shareholders:
This
Information Statement is furnished by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of
Crown Equity Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) to inform shareholders of the
Company of certain actions adopted by the Board and approved by shareholders
holding a majority in interest of the voting power of the
Company. This Information Statement will be mailed on approximately
November 16, 2009 to shareholders of record of the Company’s Common Stock as of
November 5, 2009 (“Record Date”). Specifically, this
Information Statement relates to the Amendment and Restatement of the Company’s
Articles of Incorporation.
The
Company plans to amend and restate its Articles of Incorporation to provide for
a decrease in the authorized shares as well as authorizing the creation of a
class of preferred stock, par value $.001. The Board of Directors
adopted a proposal to file an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
in which certain existing provisions would be amended, certain existing
provisions would be retained, and certain new provisions would be added so as to
amend the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to:
(a) change
the authorized capital stock by decreasing the number of authorized shares of
Common Stock and authorizing a class of Preferred Stock, par value
$.001;
(b) add
provisions governing the Board of Directors;
(c) add
a provision limiting the liability of directors;
(d) permitting
the votes of interested directors to be counted in certain
transactions;
(e) add
a provision for the indemnification of officers and directors; and
(f) add
a provision permitting the Board of Directors to approve future stock splits
without a vote of the stockholders without affecting the authorized capital
stock.
In
addition to the foregoing additive amendments, the Restated Articles would
delete certain provisions which are not required in Restated Articles or which
are simply declaratory of authority provided in the Nevada Private Corporation
Act.
The
filing of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Nevada
Secretary of State, which will implement the foregoing amendments, will not be
done until a date which is at least twenty (20) days after the mailing of this
definitive Information Statement. This Information Statement will be
sent on or about November 16, 2009 to the Company’s shareholders of record on
the Record Date who have not been solicited for their consent to this corporate
action.
This
Information Statement is being furnished to you to inform you of the actions
taken as required by rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and, in addition, to satisfy any requirements of notice under the
Nevada Corporation Law. You are urged to read this Information
Statement in its entirety for a description of the actions taken by the Board of
Directors and approved by the majority shareholders of the Company.
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Yours
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/s/
Kenneth Bosket
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This
Information Statement is to inform you of the actions taken by the Board of
Directors of the Company and approved by the majority shareholder of the
Company, on November 5, 2009 and to discuss the purposes and reasons for such
actions.
PURPOSES
OF
AMENDMENTS
OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
The
Company was organized on August 31, 1995. Since then, the Company has
had several changes in its name and in its business, and with those there have
been various amendments to the Articles of Incorporation. As a
result, the Articles of Incorporation as amended must be pieced together from a
number of documents containing the prior amendments. At the same
time, the Nevada Private Corporation Act has been amended and certain provisions
are either no longer required or are not required in restated
Articles. Also, the Company has determined that the cost of
maintaining the presently authorized capital of the Company is not
warranted. The Company also wishes to provide for a class of
preferred stock for future acquisitions, debt financing and other business
purposes.
In
summary, the purpose of filing the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation as discussed below in more detail is to decrease the number of
shares of common stock presently authorized as well as authorizing a class of
preferred stock. At the present time, the Company
is engaged in the business of providing financial public
relations services.
The
filing of a Certificate of Amendment with the Nevada Secretary of State, which
will effect the foregoing amendment, will not be done until a date which is at
least twenty (20) days after the mailing of this definitive Information
Statement. This Information Statement will be sent on or about
November 16, 2009 to the Company’s shareholders of record on the Record Date who
have not been solicited for their consent to this corporate
action.
VOTING
SECURITIES
The
Record Date of shareholders entitled to receive notice of this corporate action
by the Company is the close of business on November 5, 2009. The
amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation and its Restatement require the
affirmative vote of a simple majority of the issued and outstanding voting
stock. On such date, the Company had issued and outstanding
72,090,632 shares of its Common Stock. Accordingly, on the Record
Date, there were a total of 72,090,632 votes, and the Company has received a
majority of such votes (44,079,410) votes, or 61.1%) approving the Amendments
and the Restatement. Pursuant to Nevada law, there are no dissenter’s
or appraisal rights relating to the actions taken.
INTEREST
OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN MATTER BEING ACTED UPON
No director, executive officer,
associate of any director or executive officer, or any other person has any
substantial interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings or otherwise,
resulting from the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation
described herein which is not shared by all other shareholders pro rata and in accordance
with their respective interests.
STOCK
OWNERSHIP/PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS
The
following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of
shares of the Company’s Common Stock as of the Record Date by: (i) all
shareholders known to the Company to be beneficial owners of more than 5% of the
outstanding Common Stock; (ii) each director and executive officer; and (iii)
all officers and directors as a group. Except as may be otherwise
indicated in the footnotes to the table, each person has sole voting power and
sole dispositive power as to all the shares shown as beneficially owned by
them.
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Name & Address
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Crown
Marketing Corp.
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44,079,410 |
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61.14 |
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9663
St Claude Avenue
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Las
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Steven
Onoue (1)
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13,328 |
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9663
St. Claude Avenue
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Las
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Montse
Zaman (1)
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9663
St Claude Avenue
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Las
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Kenneth
Bosket (1)
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66,668 |
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9663
St Claude Avenue
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Las
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Arnulfo
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9663
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Las
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Officers
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Group
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(1) Denotes
officer and/or director.
MANAGEMENT/EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
The
Directors and Executive officers of the Company are identified in the table
below. Each Director serves for a one-year term or until a successor
is elected and has qualified. Currently, our Directors are not compensated for
their services.
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Arnulfo
Saucedo-Barden
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37
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Chairman
of the Board
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Kenneth
Bosket
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56
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CEO/Director
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Montse
Zaman
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34
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CFO/Secretary,
Director
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Steven
Onoue
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50
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Director
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Family
Relationships. There are no family relationships between any of the officers and
directors except that Mr. Saucedo-Bardan and Mrs. Zaman are brother and
sister.
Business
Experience. The following is a brief account of the business experience during
at the least the last five years of the directors and executive officers,
indicating their principal occupations and employment during that period, and
the names and principal businesses of the organizations in which such
occupations and employment were carried out.
KENNETH
BOSKET. Kenneth Bosket is a director of the Company. Mr. Bosket has
been CEO of the Company since June, 2008. Mr. Bosket retired in 2004 after 30
years with Sprint (Telecommunication Division). Mr. Bosket is co-founder of
JaHMa, a music company in Las Vegas, Nevada and a former Board Member and
President of Bridge Counseling Associates, a mental health and substance abuse
service company. His experience includes implementing appropriate procedures for
positioning his organization's goals with successful teaming relationships,
marketing and over 30 years of extensive customer service, as well as managing
various departments, and being a western division facilitator working directly
for a President of Sprint. Mr. Bosket has received numerous awards, such as the
Pinnacle Award for his exceptional service with his former employer combined
with his community service involvements. Mr. Bosket earned a Masters of Business
Administration from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelor's of Business
Administration from National University.
STEVEN
ONOUE. Mr. Onoue is a director of the Company. Mr. Onoue was formerly
as vice president and manager of Sanitec™ Services of Hawaii, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Crown Partners, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Onoue was the
president of Cathay Atlantic Trading Company in Honolulu, Hawaii which traded in
hard commodities and acted as consultant to many construction and renovation
projects. Mr. Onoue acts as a community liaison and legislative analyst to Rep.
Suzuki of the State of Hawaii. Mr. Onoue has been a registered securities
professional as well as a being involved in real estate in Hawaii for more than
15 years.
ARNULFO
SAUCEDO-BARDAN. Mr. Saucedo-Bardan is a businessman and developer and is
self-employed. Mr. Saucedo-Bardan is the brother of Montse
Zaman. ”
MONTSE
ZAMAN, Montse Zaman is the secretary and treasurer for the Company. She also
works for Zaman & Company as an administrative assistant. She has an
extensive background in journalism and has a degree in Communications from
Instituto Superior De Ciencia Y Technologia A.C. in Mexcio.
COMPENSATION
OF MANAGEMENT
During
the year ended December 31, 2008, the only director and/or officer who received
compensation from the Company was Montse Zaman who during 2008 received $31,300
directly and an additional $6,000 paid to the Montse Zaman Irrevocable Trust,
for a total of $37,500. Through September 30, 2009, the Company has
paid $13,250 in cash to Mr. Bosket and issued him a total of 332,500 shares of
the Company’s common stock valued at $33,250. Mrs. Zaman has received
$4,650 in cash and 1,080,000 shares of common stock, valued at $108,000, through
September 30, 2009. Mr. Saucedo-Bardan has received $15,350 in cash
and 569,000 shares of common stock valued at $56,900 through September 30,
2009.
Directors
are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travel and other out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meeting of the Board of
Directors.
The
Company has no material bonus or profit-sharing plans pursuant to which cash or
non-cash compensation is or may be paid to the Company’s directors or executive
officers.
The
Company has no compensatory plan or arrangements, including payments to be
received from the Company, with respect to any executive officer or director,
where such plan or arrangement would result in any compensation or remuneration
being paid resulting from the resignation, retirement or any other termination
of such executive officer’s employment or from a change-in-control of the
Company or a change in such executive officer’s responsibilities following a
change-in-control and the amount, including all periodic payments or
installments where the value of such compensation or remuneration exceeds
$100,000 per executive officer.
During
2008, no funds were set aside or accrued by the Company to provide pension,
retirement or similar benefits for Directors or Executive Officers.
The
Company has no written employment agreements.
Termination
of Employment and Change of Control Arrangement. Except as noted herein, the
Company has no compensatory plan or arrangements, including payments to be
received from the Company, with respect to any individual names above from the
latest or next preceding fiscal year, if such plan or arrangement results or
will result from the resignation, retirement or any other termination of such
individual’s employment with the Company, or from a change in control of the
Company or a change in the individual’s responsibilities following a change in
control.
Compensation
Pursuant to Plans. Other than disclosed above, the Company has no plan pursuant
to which cash or non-cash compensation was paid or distributed during the last
fiscal year, or is proposed to be paid or distributed in the future, to the
individuals and group described in this item.
AMENDMENT
AND RESTATEMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
The
following are the changes to the Articles of Incorporation which were
recommended by the Company’s Board of Directors and approved by the shareholder
having a majority in interest of the voting power, together with the reasons for
such changes:
1. The
authorized capital structure is being changed. The proposed amendment
will provide for 490,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of
undesignated preferred stock. At present, the Company is authorized
to issue 5,000,000,000 shares of common stock having a par value of $.001 per
share and no preferred stock. This is being changed to authorize the
Company to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock having a par value of
$.001 per share and 490,000,000 shares of common stock also having a par value
of $.001 per share.
2. An
Article will be added outlining the Board of Directors. The current
Articles of Incorporation lack any definition of the Board. The new
provision will set the number of directors at no fewer than one (1) and no more
than twenty-one (21), to be elected annually, with the proviso that a director
will serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified, although such
service is for more than a year. The provision will permit vacancies,
including vacancies resulting from an increase in the number of directors, to be
filled by the Board.
3. An
Article will be added limiting the liability of directors in accordance with the
authorization of the Nevada Corporation Law. The current Articles do
not contain any such limitation. Such a provision is considered a
requirement for the Company to recruit qualified directors, especially in the
absence of D&O insurance and given the Company’s lack of substantial assets
from which to provide meaningful indemnification.
4. An
Article will be added permitting the Company to enter into contracts with its
directors and with firms in which any of its directors are shareholders, owners,
directors, officers, or otherwise interested, provided that such contracts are
in the ordinary course of business, with interested directors being permitted to
vote on such transactions. The current Articles do not contain such a
provision. Although such authorization is in the Nevada Corporation
Law, it has been felt advisable to add the provision to the Articles of
Incorporation in view of the more likely potential for such eventuality arising,
given the Company’s new business plan than might otherwise be the
case.
5. An
Article will be added adding provisions for indemnification of officers and
directors. The current Articles do not contain any provision for
indemnification. Such a provision is authorized by the Nevada
Corporation Law, and it is considered a requirement for the Company to recruit
qualified directors, especially in the absence of D&O
insurance.
6. An
Article will be added permitting the Board of Directors to authorize and declare
stock splits (reverse splits and forward splits) without a shareholder vote
without thereby impacting the number of shares of stock
authorized. The current Articles do not contain any such provision,
which is permitted by the Nevada Corporation Law. The Board desires
to provide for greater flexibility by permitting the declaration of splits
without requiring a vote of the shareholders, which can be time-consuming in
what may be a time-sensitive situation. The Nevada Corporation Law
gives the Board such authority, but also provides that in such an event, the
split would affect the authorized number of shares, not only the issued and
outstanding shares. This provision will allow the Board to take such
action without affecting the authorized number of shares.
7. Certain
existing Articles will be deleted:
(a)
Article 6, providing for non-assessment of stock is not required as the stock is
not assessable stock.
(b)
Article 8, providing for perpetual existence, is not required as the Nevada
Private Corporation Act provides for perpetual existence in the absence of a
provision for any other date.
(c)
Article 7, providing the names and addresses of the incorporators, is not
required in restated Articles.
(d)
Article 9, providing that the Board of Directors has the power to adopt and
amend, the corporation’s Bylaws, is not needed as this power is given
to the Board by the Nevada Private Corporation Act.
NOTE: The
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation as intended to be filed with the
Secretary of State of Nevada are attached hereto as an exhibit and made a part
hereof. Reference is hereby made to such exhibit for the
specific wording of each of the foregoing provisions.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
We file
annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). You may read and
copy any reports, statements or other information that we file at the SEC's
public reference rooms, including its public reference room located at Room
1024, 450 Fifth Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may also obtain these
materials upon written request addressed to the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Public Reference Section, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20549, at prescribed rates. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further
information on its public reference rooms. Our public filings are also available
at the Internet web site maintained by the SEC for issuers that file
electronically with the SEC through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval System (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov.
MISCELLANEOUS
We
request brokers, custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to forward this
Information Statement to the beneficial owners of our Common Stock and we will
reimburse such persons for their reasonable expenses in connection therewith.
Additional copies of this Information Statement may be obtained at no charge by
writing to us at our office address, 9663 St. Claude Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada
89148.
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BY
ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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November
5, 2009
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/s/ Arnulfo
Saucedo-Bardan
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Chairman
of the
Board
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STATE
OF NEVADA
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION
OF
CROWN EQUITY HOLDINGS, INC.
Crown Equity Holdings, Inc., a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada, hereby
amends and restates its Articles of Incorporation, as follows:
1. Name. The
Name of the Corporation is Crown Equity Holdings, Inc.
2. Authorized
Capital. The corporation shall have authority to issue Five
Hundred Million (500,000,000) shares of Capital Stock. The Five
Hundred Million (500,000,000) shares which the Corporation shall have authority
to issue shall be divided into two classes:
10,000,000
Preferred Shares, having a par value of one tenth of a cent ($.001) per
share
and
490,000,000
Common Shares, having a par value of one tenth of a cent ($.001) per
share
A
description of the different classes of stock and a statement of the
designations, preferences, voting rights, limitations and relative rights of the
holders of stock of such classes are as follows:
A. Common
Shares. The terms of the Common Shares of the corporation
shall be as follows:
(1) Dividends. Whenever
cash dividends upon the Preferred Shares of all series thereof at the time
outstanding, to the extent of the preference to which such shares are entitled,
shall have been paid in full for all past dividend periods, or declared and set
apart for payment, such dividends, payable in cash, stock, or otherwise, as may
be determined by the Board of Directors, may be declared by the Board of
Directors and paid from time to time to the holders of the Common Shares out of
the remaining net profits or surplus of the corporation.
(2) Liquidation. In
the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the affairs of the
corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, all assets and funds of the
Corporation remaining after the payment to the holders of the Preferred Shares
of all series thereof of the full amounts to which they shall be entitled as
hereinafter provided, shall be divided and distributed among the holders of the
Common Shares according to their respective shares.
(3) Voting
rights. Each holder of a Common Share shall have one vote in
respect of each share of such stock held by him. There shall not be
cumulative voting.
B. Preferred
Shares. Prior to the issuance of any
of the Preferred Shares, the Board of Directors shall determine the number of
Preferred Shares to then be issued from the total shares authorized, and such
shares shall constitute a series of the Preferred Shares. Such series
shall have such preferences, limitations, and relative rights as the Board of
Directors shall determine and such series shall be given a distinguishing
designation. Each share of a series shall have preferences,
limitations, and relative rights identical with those of all other shares of the
same series. Except to the extent otherwise provided in the Board of
Directors' determination of a series, the shares of such series shall have
preferences, limitations, and relative rights identical with all other series of
the Preferred Shares. Preferred Shares may have dividend or liquidation rights
which are prior (superior or senior) to the dividend and liquidation rights and
preferences of the Common Shares and any other series of the Preferred
Shares. Also, any series of the Preferred Shares may have voting
rights.
3. Purposes. The
purposes for which the corporation is organized are to do or engage in any
lawful business for which corporation may be organized under the Nevada Private
Corporation Law.
4. Board of
Directors. The business and property of the corporation
shall be managed by a Board of Directors of not fewer than one (1) nor more than
twenty-one (21) directors, who shall be natural persons of full age, and who
shall be elected annually by the shareholders having voting rights, for the term
of one year, and shall serve until the election and acceptance of their duly
qualified successors. In the event of any delay in holding, or
adjournment of, or failure to hold an annual meeting, the terms of the sitting
directors shall be automatically continued indefinitely until their successors
are elected and qualified. Directors need not be residents of the
State of Nevada nor shareholders. Any vacancies, including vacancies
resulting from an increase in the number of directors, may be filled by the
Board of Directors, though less than a quorum, for the unexpired
term. The Board of Directors shall have full power, and it is hereby
expressly authorized, to increase or decrease the number of directors from time
to time without requiring a vote of the shareholders.
5. Limitation on Liability of
Director. No director of the corporation
shall be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director; provided, that the foregoing
clause shall not apply to any liability of a director for any action for which
the Nevada Corporation Law proscribes this limitation and then only to the
extent that this limitation is specifically so proscribed.
6. Interested
Directors. In case the corporation enters into contracts
or transacts business with one or more of its directors, or with any firm of
which one or more of its directors are members, or with any other corporation or
association of which one or more of its directors are shareholders, directors,
or officers, such contracts or transactions shall not be invalidated or in any
way affected by the fact that such director or directors have or may have an
interest therein which is or might be adverse to the interest of this
corporation, provided that such contracts or transactions are in the usual
course of business.
In the
absence of fraud, no contract or other transaction between this corporation and
any other corporation or any individual or firm, shall in any way be affected or
invalidated by the fact that any of the directors of this corporation is
interested in such contract or transaction, provided that such interest shall be
fully disclosed or otherwise known to the Board of Directors in the meeting of
such Board at which time such contract or transaction was authorized or
confirmed, and provided, however, that any such directors of this corporation
who are so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at
any meeting of the Board of Directors of this corporation which shall authorize
or confirm such contract or transaction, and any such director may vote thereon
to authorize any such contract or transaction with the like force and effect as
if he were not such director or officer of such other corporation or not so
interested.
7. Indemnification. The
following indemnification provisions shall be deemed to be contractual in nature
and not subject to retroactive removal or reduction by amendment.
A. This
corporation shall indemnify any director and any officer who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, judicial, administrative
or investigative, by reason of the fact that he/she is or was serving at the
request of this corporation as a director or officer or member of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in
settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him/her in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding, including any appeal thereof, if he/she acted in
good faith or in a manner he/she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed
to, the best interests of this corporation, and with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, if he/she had no reasonable cause to believe his/her
conduct was unlawful. However, with respect to any action by or in
the right of this corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to
which such person is adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the
performance of his/her duty to the corporation unless, and only to the extent
that, the court in which such action or suit was brought determines, on
application, that despite the adjudication of liability, such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity in view of all the circumstances of the
case.
Termination
of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or
in a plea of nolo
contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption
that the party did not meet the applicable standard of
conduct. Indemnification hereunder may be paid by the corporation in
advance of the final disposition of any action, suit or proceeding, on a
preliminary determination that the director, officer, employee or agent met the
applicable standard of conduct.
B. The
corporation shall also indemnify any director or officer who has been successful
on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding, or in
defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, against all expenses, including
attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him/her in connection
therewith, without the necessity of an independent determination that such
director or officer met any appropriate standard of conduct.
C. The
indemnification provided for herein shall continue as to any person who has
ceased to be a director or officer, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors, and administrators of such persons.
D. In
addition to the indemnification provided for herein, the corporation shall have
power to make any other or further indemnification, except an indemnification
against gross negligence or willful misconduct, under any resolution or
agreement duly adopted by the Board of Directors, or duly authorized by a
majority of the shareholders.
8. Stock Splits without
Stockholder Approval. The Board of Directors,
without the consent of the stockholders of the corporation, may adopt any
recapitalization affecting the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
corporation by effecting a forward or reverse split of all of the outstanding
shares of any class of capital stock of the corporation, with appropriate
adjustment to the corporation’s capital accounts.