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California Articles of Incorporation (For Profit Corporation)
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
NAME OF CORPORATION
I, the undersigned Incorporator, being a natural person of full age, for the purpose of forming a corporation under and pursuant to the provisions of the laws of the State of California, do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of the corporation is ______________________.
ARTICLE II
PURPOSE
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.
ARTICLE III
INITIAL AGENT
The name and address in the State of California of this corporation’s initial agent for service of process is_____________, _________________________, __________, CA ___________.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL
The corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock; and the total number of shares that this corporation is authorized to issue is ___________shares.
ARTICLE V
SHAREHOLDER ACTION
Action without a meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting by written action signed by all shareholders entitled to vote.
ARTICLE VI
BOARD ACTION
The Board of Directors shall take action by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at a duly held meeting, except as required by law.
ARTICLE VII
DIRECTOR LIABILITY
The liability of the directors of the corporation for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California law.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The Corporation is authorized to indemnify the directors and officers of the corporation to the fullest extent permissible under California law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name this _ ,
NAME, Incorporator
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