EX-3.1 3 kfi_s1-ex0301.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

Exhibit 3.1

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

ATTACHMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

KISSES FROM ITALY INC.

 

ARTICLE IV SHARES:

 

The amount of the total authorized capital stock of the corporation shall be one hundred twenty five million (125,000,000) shares consisting of one hundred million (100,000,000) shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, arid twenty five million (25,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, $0.010 par value per share and the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each such class are as follows:

 

  A. Common Shares

 

(a) The rights of holders of the Common Shares to receive dividends or share in the distribution of assets in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation shall be subject to the preferences, limitations and relative rights of the Preferred Shares fixed in the resolution or resolutions which may be adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation providing for the issuance of one or more series of the Preferred Shares.

 

(b) The holders of the Common Shares shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Shares held by them of record at the time for determining the holders thereof entitled to vote.

 

  B. Preferred Shares

 

The corporation may divide and issue the Preferred Shares into series. Preferred Shares of each series, when issued, shall be designated to distinguish it from the shares of all other series of the class of Preferred Shares. The Board of Directors is hereby expressly vested with authority to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of the shares of any such series so established to the fullest extent permitted by these Articles of Incorporation and the 2012 Florida Statutes in respect to the following;

 

(a) The number of shares to constitute such series, and the distinctive designations thereat:

 

(b) The rate and preference of dividend, if any, the time of payment of dividend, whether dividends are cumulative and the date from which any dividend shall accrue;

 

(c) Whether the shares may be redeemed and, if so, the redemption price and the terms and conditions of redemption;

 

(d) The amount payable upon shares in the event of involuntarily liquidation;

 

(e) The amount payable upon shares in the event of voluntary liquidation;

 

(f) Sinking fund or other provisions, if any, for the redemption or purchase of shares;

 

(g) The terms and conditions on which shares may be converted, if the shares of any series are issued with the privilege of conversion;

 

(h) voting powers, if any; and

 

(i) Any other relative rights and preferences of shares of such series, including, without limitation, any restriction on an increase in the number of shares of any series theretofore authorized and any limitation or restriction of rights or powers to which shares of any further series shall be subject.

 

The Board of Directors is also vested with the authority to determine or alter the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any wholly unissued series of Preferred Shares and, within the limits and restrictions stated in any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors originally fixing the number of shares constituting any series, to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any such series subsequent to the issuance of shares of that series.

 

 

 

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ARTICLE VIII - ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS:

 

A. The corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed under the direction of, a board of directors. The number of directors of the corporation shall be fixed by the bylaws, or if the bylaws fail to fix such a number, then by resolution adopted from time to time by the board of directors, provided that the number of directors shall not be more than seven (7) nor less than one (I).

 

B. Cumulative voting shall not be permitted in the election of directors or otherwise.

 

C. Except as the bylaws adopted by the shareholders may provide for a greater quorum requirement, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on any matter by each voting group entitled to vote on a matter shall constitute a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter at any meeting of shareholders. Except as bylaws adopted by the shareholders may provide for a greater voting requirement and except as is otherwise provided by the Florida Statutes, with respect to action on amendment to these Articles of Incorporation, on a plan of merger or share exchange, on the disposition of substantially all of the property of the corporation, on the granting of consent to the disposition of property by an entity controlled by the corporation, and on the dissolution of the corporation, action on a matter other than the election of directors is approved if a quorum exists and if the votes cast favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, Any bylaw adding, changing, or deleting a greater quorum or voting requirement for shareholders shall meet the same quorum requirement and he adopted by the same vote required to take action under the quorum and voting requirements then in effect or proposed to be adopted, whichever are greater.

 

D. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a written consent (or counterparts thereof) that sets forth the action so taken is signed by shareholders holding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all of the shares entitled to vote on such action were present and voted. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the shareholders and may be stated as such in any document. Action taken under this subsection D is effective as of the date the last writing necessary to effect the action is received by the corporation, unless• all of the writing specify a different effective date, in which case such specified date shall be the effective: date for such action. If any shareholder revokes his consent as provided for herein prior to what would otherwise he the effective date, the action proposed in the consent shall be invalid. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting is the date the corporation first receives' a writing upon which the action is taken.

 

Any shareholder who has signed a writing describing and consenting to action taken pursuant to this subsection D may revoke such consent by a writing signed by the shareholder describing the action and: stating that the shareholder's prior consent thereto is revoked, if such writing is received by the corporation before the effectiveness of the action.

 

The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the corporation, and the same are in furtherance of and not in limitation or exclusion of the powers conferred by law.

 

(a) Conflicting Interest Transactions. As used in this paragraph, "conflicting interest transactions" means any of the following: (i) a loan or other assistance by the corporation to a director of the corporation or to an entity in which a director of the corporation is a director or officer or has a financial interest; (ii) a guaranty by the corporation of an obligation of a director of the corporation or of an obligation of an entity in which a director of the corporation is a director or officer or has a financial interest; or (iii) a contract or transaction between the corporation and a director of the corporation or between the corporation and an entity in which a director of the corporation is a director or officer or has a financial interest. No conflicting interest transaction shall be void or voidable, be enjoined, be set aside, or give rise to an award of damages or other sanctions in a proceeding by a shareholder or by or in the right of the corporation, solely because the conflicting interest transaction involves a director of the corporation or an entity in which a director of the corporation is a director or officer or has a financial interest, or solely because the director is present at or participates in the meeting of the corporation's board of directors or of the committee of the board of directors which authorizes, approves or ratifies a conflicting interest transaction, or solely because the director's vote is counted for such purpose, if: (a) the material facts as to the director's relationship or interest and as to the conflicting interest transaction are disclosed or are known to the board of directors or the committee, and the board of directors or committee in good faith authorizes, approves or ratifies the conflicting interest transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors are less than quorum; or (b) the material facts as to the director's relationship or interest and as to the conflicting interest transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and the conflicting interest transaction is specifically authorized, approved or ratified in good faith by a vote of the shareholders; or (c) a conflicting interest transaction is fair as to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the board of directors, a committee thereof, or the shareholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or of a committee which authorizes, approves or ratifies the conflicting interest transaction.

 

 

 

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(b)  Loans and Guarantees for the Benefit of Directors. Neither the board of directors nor any committee thereof shall authorize a loan by the corporation to a director of the corporation or to an entity in which a director of the corporation is a director or officer or has a financial interest, or a guaranty by the corporation of an obligation of a director of the corporation or of an obligation of an entity in which a director of the corporation is a director or officer or has a financial interest, until at least ten days written notice of the proposed authorization of the loan or guaranty has been given to the shareholders who would be entitled to vote thereon if the issue of the loan or guaranty were submitted to a vote of the shareholders. The requirements of this subparagraph (b) are in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of subparagraph (a) of this subsection (D).

 

(c) Indemnification. The corporation shall indemnify, to the maximum extent permitted by law any person who is or was a director, officer, agent, fiduciary or employee of the corporation against any claim, liability or expense arising against or incurred by such person made party to a proceeding because he is or was a director, officer, agent, fiduciary or employee of the corporation or because he is or was serving another entity or employee benefit plan as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent at the corporation's request. The corporation shall further have the authority to the maximum extent permitted by law to purchase and maintain insurance providing such indemnification.

 

(d) Limitation on Director's Liability. No director of this corporation shall have any personal liability for monetary damages to the corporation or its shareholders for beach of his fiduciary duty as a director, except that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for: (i) any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders; (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) voting for or assenting to a distribution in violation of The 2012 Florida Statutes § 607.06401(3) or the Articles of Incorporation if it is established that the director did not perform his duties in compliance with The 2012 Florida Statutes § 607.0830, provided that the personal liability of a director in this circumstances shall be limited to the amount of the distribution which exceeds what could have been distributed without violation of The 2012 Florida Statutes § 607.06401 or the Articles of Incorporation; or (iv) any transaction from which the director directly or indirectly derives an improper personal benefit. Nothing contained herein will be construed to deprive any director of his right to all defenses ordinarily available to a director nor will anything herein be construed to deprive any director of any right he may have for contribution from any other director or other person.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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