-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, KVDxWF5Xt4bTxKB2/Hj6J3FEfY4CgBQrgv0dSv0pdVe+2ONdkeTEnwP1kBk/MgVf BphNiQDmzISTGx3M+7dmTA== 0001068689-00-000001.txt : 20000224 0001068689-00-000001.hdr.sgml : 20000224 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001068689-00-000001 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10SB12G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 20000104 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LANDSTAR INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001068689 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: IRS NUMBER: 860914051 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10SB12G SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-30542 FILM NUMBER: 501330 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 3795 CAREY ROAD CITY: VICTORIA B C MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 3795 CAREY ROAD CITY: VICTORIA B C 10SB12B 1 LANDSTAR INC FORM 10-SB U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 - - ------------------- FORM 10-SB GENERAL FORM FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIESOF SMALL BUSINESS ISSUERS Under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 - - ------------------- LandStar, Inc. Name of Small Business Issuer in its Charter State of Nevada State or Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization 86-0914051 I.R.S. Employer Identification Number - - ----------------- 3795 Carey Road, Suite 600 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8Z 6T8 Address and Telephone Number of Principal Executive Offices (250) 475 - 6000 Issuer's Telephone Number - - ----------------------- Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, $.001 par value Title of Class 1 FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS In this registration statement references to "LandStar," the "Company," "we," "us," and "our" refer to LandStar, Inc. This Form 10-SB contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose any statements contained in this Form 10-SB that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in the statements. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, expectations, future events or performance and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts. The Company's expectations, beliefs and projections are expressed in good faith and are believed by the Company to have a reasonable basis, including without limitations, management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in the Company's records and other data available from third parties, but there can be no assurance that management's expectations, beliefs or projections will result or be achieved or accomplished. Without limiting the foregoing, words such as "may", "will," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate" or "continue" or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward- looking statements. These statements by their nature involve substantial risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially depending on a variety of factors, many of which are not within the Company's control. These factors include but are not limited to economic conditions generally and in the industries in which LandStar may participate; competition within LandStar's chosen industry, including competition from much larger competitors; technological advances and failure by the LandStar to successfully develop business relationships. In addition to other factors and matters discussed elsewhere in this registration statement, the following are important factors that, in the view of LandStar's management, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements: the ability of the Company to efficiently and effectively operate its demonstration facility and build and operate production facilities; market acceptance of the Company's products and applications for recycled rubber technology generally; the ability of the Company to hire and retain qualified technical, operational, and sales and marketing personnel; the ability of the Company to obtain acceptable forms and amounts of financing to fund current and future operations and any acquisitions; the ability of the Company to protect its intellectual property rights in its rubber recycling technology; the success of further research and development efforts; competition from companies with greater financial, technical and other resources than the Company; and the Company's ability to locate and enter into strategic or joint venture relationships with vendors, suppliers or resellers. The Company has no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of future events or circumstances. 2 BUSINESS Background and Business Development LandStar, Inc. was incorporated as a Nevada corporation on May 4, 1998, for the purpose of purchasing, developing and reselling real property, with its principal focus on the development of raw land. From incorporation through December 31, 1998, LandStar had no business operations and was a development-stage company. LandStar did not purchase or develop any properties and subsequently determined to change its business plan and operations. On March 31, 1999, the Company acquired approximately 98.5% of the common stock of Rebound Rubber Corp. pursuant to a share exchange agreement with Rebound Rubber Corp. and substantially all of Rebound Rubber's shareholders. Rebound Rubber Corp. owns an exclusive North American license granted by the Guangzhou Research Institute for the Utilization of Reusable Resources, P.R. of China, pursuant to a technology for the reclamation and devulcanizing of recycled rubber. In connection with the share exchange agreement, LandStar issued 14,500,100 restricted shares of its common stock to the shareholders of Rebound Rubber in exchange for 98.5% of the outstanding shares of Rebound Rubber, and Rebound Rubber became a subsidiary of LandStar. The acquisition was treated for accounting purposes as a recapitalization of Rebound Rubber under the capital structure of LandStar, Inc. and an acquisition of the net assets of LandStar. Rebound Rubber Corp. was originally formed on December 13, 1996 in the Province of Alberta, Canada under the name 721097 Alberta Ltd. as a private limited liability corporation, and subsequently changed its name to Rebound Rubber Corp. on May 20, 1997. Rebound Rubber was initially formed as a corporate vehicle to acquire certain rubber recycling technology from the Guangzhou Research Institute for the Utilization of Reusable Resources, P.R. of China. In early 1996, D. Elroy Fimrite, Michael C. Pinch C.A. and Kennie Chee, principal officers and directors of Rebound Rubber met with members of the Guangzhou Research Institute and its Senior Engineer, Li Xing-Ru. The proponents conducted a through technology review and due diligence examination of the rubber recycling technology throughout 1996 and early 1997. This review included but was not limited to the following: (1) review of devulcanizing testing procedures and test results; (2) observing the complete processing of used tires to crumb, the activation of the crumb and the processing of the activated modified rubber powder ("AMR") in substantial ratios with new rubber back into new tires; (3) visiting a number of manufacturing operations and observing AMR being used in a variety of new rubber products; (4) research into other claims of devulcanizing technologies to determine whether there were any other true devulcanizing processes in commercial production anywhere in the world; (5) review of proprietary rights, Chinese patents/registrations pursuant to the technology; (6) review of chemicals used in activation process pursuant to environmental and workplace hazards; and (7) review of availability and pricing of reactivation chemicals and crumb rubber supplies. Following the due diligence process, Rebound Rubber entered into three contracts with the Guangzhou Research Institute,RECEPTION (ST~1PUB EX-3.(I) 2 Corporate Charter I, DEAN HELLER, the duly elected and qualified Nevada Secretary of State, do hereby certify that LANDSTAR, INC did on May 4, 1998 file in this office the original Articles of Incorporation; that said Articles are now on file and of record in the office of the Secreta, and further, that said Articles contain all the provisions required by the law of said of State of the State of Nevada. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Sel of State, at my office, in Carson City, Nevada, on May 4, 1998. Dean Heller Secretary of State By Marianne Lockyer Certification Clerk ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF LandStar, Inc. FIRST. The name of the corporation is LandStar, Inc. SECOND Its registered office in the State of Nevada is located at 2533 North Carson Street, Carson City, Nevada 89706 that this Corporation may maintain an office, or offices, in such other place within or without the State of Nevada as may be from time to time designated by the Board of Directors, or by the By-Laws of said Corporation, and that this Corporation may conduct all Corporation business of every kind of nature, including the holding of all meetings of Directors and Stockholders, outside the State of Nevada as well as within the State of Nevada. THIRD. The objects for which this corporation is formed are: to engage in any lawful activity, including, but not limited to the following: Shall have such rights, privileges and powers as may be conferred upon corporations by any existing law. May at any time exercise such rights, privileges and powers, when not inconsistent with the purposes and objects for which this corporation is organized. Shall have power to have succession by its corporate name for the period limited in its certificate or articles of incorporation, and when no period is limited, perpetually, or until dissolved and its affairs wound up according to law. Shall have power to sue and be sued in any court of law or equity. Shall have power to make contracts. Shall have power to hold, purchase and convey real and personal estate and to mortgage or lease any such real and personal estate with its franchises. The power to hold real and personal estate shall include the power to take the same by devise or bequest in the State of Nevada, or in any other state, territory or country. Shall have power to appoint such officers and agents as the affairs of the corporation shall require, and to allow them suitable compensation. Shall have power to make By-Laws not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of the United States, or of the State of Nevada, for the management, regulation and government of its affairs and property, the transfer of its stock, the transaction of its business, and the calling and holding of meetings of its stockholders. Shall have power to wind up and dissolve itself, or be wound up or dissolved. Shall have power to adopt and use a common seal or stamp, and alter the same at pleasure. The use of a seal or stamp, if it desires, but such use or nonuse shall not in any way affect the legality of the document. Shall have power to borrow money and contract debts when necessary for the transaction of its business, or for the exercise of its corporate rights, privileges or franchises or for any other lawful purpose of its incorporation; to issue bonds, promissory notes, bills of exchange, debentures and other obligations and evidences of indebtedness, payable at a specified time or times, or payable upon the happening of a specified event or events, whether secured by mortgage, pledge or otherwise, or unsecured, for money borrowed, or in payment for property purchased, or acquired, or for any other lawful object. Shall have power to guarantee, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of the shares of the capital stock of, or any bonds, securities or evidences of the indebtedness created by, any other corporation or corporations of the State of Nevada, or any other state or government, and, while owners of such stock, bonds, securities or evidences of indebtedness, to exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership including the right to vote, if any. Shall have power to purchase, hold, sell and transfer shares of its own capital stock, and use therefor its capital, capital surplus, surplus, or other property or fund. Shall have power to conduct business, have one or more offices, and hold, purchase, mortgage and convey real and personal property in the State of Nevada, and in any of the several states, territories, possessions and dependencies of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any foreign countries. Shall have power to do all and everything necessary and proper for the accomplishment of the objects enumerated in its certificate or articles of incorporation, or any amendment thereof, or necessary or incidental to the protection and benefit of the corporation and, in general, to carry on any lawful business necessary or incidental to the attainment of the objects of the corporation, whether or not such business is similar in nature to the objects set forth in the certificate or articles of incorporation ation, or any amendment thereof. Shall have power to make donations for the public welfare or for charitable, scientific or educational purposes. Shall have power to enter into partnerships, general or limited, or joint ventures, in connection with any lawful activities, as may be allowed by law. FOURTH That the total number of common stock authorized that may be issued by the Corporation is ONE HUNDRED MILLION (100,000,000) shares of stock with a ONE TENTH OF ONE CENT ($0.001) par value and no other class of stock shall be authorized. Said shares may be issued by the corporation from time to time for such considerations as may be fixed by the Board of Directors. FIFTH The governing board of this corporation shall be known as directors, and the number of directors may from time to time be increased or decreased in such manner as shall be provided by the By-Laws of this Corporation, providing that the number of directors shall not be reduced to fewer than one (1). The name and post office address of the first Board of Directors shall be one (1) in number and listed as follows: NAME POST OFFICE ADDRESS Brent Buscay 2533 North Carson Street Carson City, Nevada 89706 SIXTH The capital stock, after the amount of the subscription price, or par value, has been paid in, shall not be subject to assessment to pay the debts of the corporation. SEVENTH The name and post office address of the Incorporator signing the Articles of Incorporation is as follows: NAME POST OFFICE ADDRESS Brent Buscay 2533 North Carson Street Carson City, Nevada 89706 EIGHTH The resident agent for this corporation shall be: LAUGHLIN ASSOCIATES, INC. The address of said agent, and, the registered or statutory address of this corporation in the State of Nevada, shall be: 2533 North Carson Street Carson City, Nevada 89706 NINTH The corporation is to have perpetual existence. TENTH In furtherance and not in limitation of the power conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized: Subject to the By-Laws, if any, adopted by the Stockholders, to make, alter or amend the By-Laws of the Corporation. To fix the amount to be reserved as working capital over and above its capital stock paid in; to authorize and cause to be executed, mortgages and liens upon the real and personal property of this Corporation. By resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, to designate one (1) or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided in the resolution, or in the By-Laws of the Corporation, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation. Such committee, or committees, shall have such name, or names, as may be stated in the By-Laws of the Corporation, or as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. When and as authorized by the affirmative vote of the Stockholders holding stock entitling them to exercise at least a majority of the voting power given at a Stockholders meeting called for that purpose, or when authorized by the written consent of the holders of at least a majority of the voting stock issued and outstanding, the Board of Directors shall have power and authority at any meeting to sell, lease or exchange all of the property and assets of the Corporation, including its good will and its corporate franchises, upon such terms and conditions as its Board of Directors deems expedient and for the best interests of the Corporation. ELEVENTH No shareholder shall be entitled as a matter of right to subscribe for or receive additional shares of any class of stock of the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, or any bonds, debentures or securities convertible into stock, but such additional shares of stock or other securities convertible into stock may be issued or disposed of by the Board of Directors to such persons and on such terms as in its discretion it shall deem advisable. TWELFTH No director or officer of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer involving any act or omission of any such director or officer; provided, however, that the foregoing provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director or officer (i) for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law, or (ii) the payment of dividends in violation of Section 78.300 of the Nevada Revised Statutes. Any repeal or modification of the Article by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director or officer of the Corporation for acts or omissions prior to such repeal or modification. THIRTEENTH This Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in the Articles of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, or by the Articles of Incorporation, and all rights conferred upon Stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the Incorporator hereinbefore named for the purpose of forming a Corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada, do make and file these Articles of Incorporation, hereby declaring and certifying that the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this April 27, 1998. /s/Brent Buscay ------------ Brent Buscay STATE OF NEVADA ) ) SS: CARSON CITY ) On this April 27, 1998 in Carson City, Nevada, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for Carson City, State of Nevada, personally appeared: Brent Buscay Known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing document and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. ------------- Notary Public I, Laughlin Associates, Inc. hereby accept as Resident Agent for the previously named Corporation April 27, 1998 DATE /s/ -------------- Vice President CONSENT TO ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS OF LandStar, Inc. In accordance with Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, Brent Buscay, a Director of LandStar, Inc. hereby consents to the following action: RESLOVED that Daniel L. Hodges is hereby appointed a Director of LandStar, Inc, to serve until a successor is duly elected and qualified. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Written Consent as of the date hereof. DATED AT Carson City, Nevada, this 4th day of May, 1998. /s/Brent Buscay ---------------------- Brent Buscay, Director STATE OF NEVADA ) ) SS: CARSON CITY ) On this 5th day of May, in the year 1998, before me, personally appeared Brent Buscay, personally known to me (or proved to me on basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person whose name is subscribed to this instrument, and acknowledge that he executed it. WITNESS my hand and official seal. /s/ ------------- Notary Public RESIGNATION I, Brent Buscay, an original Director and member of the first Board of Directors of LandStar, Inc., a Nevada Corporation, hereby tender and submit my resignation as a member of the Board of Directors and as an Officer of the above named Corporation, such resignation to be effective this 4th day of may, 1998. /s/Brent Buscay ---------------------- Brent Buscay, Director STATE OF NEVADA ) ) SS: CARSON CITY ) On this 5th day may, in the year 1998, before me, personally appeared Brent Buscay, personally known to me (or proved to me on basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person whose name is subscribed to this instrumnet, and acknowledge that he executed it. WITNESS my hand and official seal. /s/ ------------- Notary Public EX-3.(II) 3 [TYPE] SB-2 [LIVE] [DOCUMENT-COUNT] 1 [SROS] AMEX [SUBMISSION-CONTACT] [NAME] Michael Pinch [PHONE] 250-475-6000 [/SUBMISSION-CONTACT] [NOTIFY-INTERNET] ldsr@corpoff.com [FILER] [CIK] 0001068689 [CCC] i5i$fsmr [/FILER] EX-1.LANDSTARBYLAWS 4 BYLAWS OF LANDSTAR, INC. ADOPTED MAY 7th, 1998. ARTICLE I: OFFICES The principle office of the corporation shall be located in Tucson, Arizona, county of Pima, unless so designated by resolution of the Board of Directors. The Corporation may have such offices, either within or without the State of Arizona, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the Corporation may require from time to time. ARTICLE II: SHAREHOLDERS SECTION 1. Annual meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the 15th day in the month of January in each year, beginning with the year 1998, at the hour of 10:00 am, for the purpose of electing Directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of Arizona, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of Directors shall not be held on the day designated herein for any annual meeting of the shareholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon as thereafter as conveniently may be. SECTION 2. Special meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the President of the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the President at the request of the holders of not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting. SECTION 3. Place of meeting. The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Arizona, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting of for any special meeting. A waiver of notice signed by all shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or without the State of Arizona, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, as the place for the holding of such meeting. If no designation is made, the place of the meeting shall be the principal office of the Corporation. SECTION 4. Notice of the meeting. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes of which the meeting is called, shall unless otherwise prescribed by statute, be delivered not less than 15 days nor more than 45 days before the date of the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the shareholders at his address as it appears on the stock transfer book of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. SECTION 5. Closing of Transfer Books of Fixing of Record. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders of any adjournment thereof, of shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period, but not to exceed in any case 50 days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least 45 days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than 60 days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than 45 days, prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of shareholders is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed of the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof. SECTION 6. Voting list. The officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books for shares of the corporation shall make a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at each meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each. Such list shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting for the purpose thereof. SECTION 7. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum. SECTION 8. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholders or by his or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the Corporation before or at the time of the meeting. A meeting of the Board of Directors may be had by means of a telephone conference or similar communication equipment by which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting under such circumstances shall constitute presence at the meeting. SECTION 9. Voting of Shares. Each outstanding share entitle to vote shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. SECTION 10. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. Shares standing in the name of another Corporation may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws of such corporation may prescribe or, in the absence of such provision , as the Board of Directors of such Corporation may determine. Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian or conservator may be voted by him either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his name. Shares standing in the name of a trustee may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, but no trustee shall be entitled to vote shares held by him without a transfer of such shares into his name. Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into his name, if authority to do so be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which receiver was appointed. A shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred. Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation shall not be voted directly or indirectly, at any meeting, and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time. SECTION 11. Informal Action by Shareholders. Unless otherwise provided by law, any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS SECTION 1. General powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors. SECTION 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, but in no event shall be less than one (1) or more than fifteen (15). Each Director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. SECTION 3. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this Bylaw immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of additional regular meetings without notice other than such resolution. SECTION 4. Special Meetings. Special Meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any two Directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them. SECTION 5. Notice. Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least one (1) day previous thereto by written notice delivered personally or mailed to each director at his business address, or by telegram. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States Mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. Any Directors may waive notice of any meeting. The Attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called of convened. SECTION 6. Quorum. A majority of the number of directors fixed by Section 2 of this Article III shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but if less than such majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the Directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. SECTION 7. Manner of Acting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. SECTION 8. Action Without a Meeting. Any action that may be taken by the Board of Directors at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if consent in writing, setting forth the action so to be taken, shall be signed before such action by all of the directors. SECTION 9. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, unless otherwise provided by law. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by election by the Board of Directors for a term of office continuing only until the next election of directors by the shareholders. SECTION 10. Compensation. By resolution of the Board of Directors, each director may be paid his expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, and may be paid a stated salary as a director a fixed sum for attendance each meeting of the Board of Directors or both. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation thereof. SECTION 11. Presumption of Assent. A director of the Corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the person acting as the Secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof, or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the Secretary of the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action. ARTICLE IV: OFFICERS SECTION 1. Number. The Officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors, including a Chairman of the Board. In its discretion, the Board of Directors may leave unfilled for any such period as it may determine any office except those of President and Secretary. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except for the offices of President and Secretary, which may not be held by the same person. Officers may be directors or shareholders of the Corporation. SECTION 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation to be elected by the Board of Directors shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at first meeting of the Board of Directors held after each annual meeting of the shareholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified, or until his death, or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. SECTION 3. Removal. Any officer or agent may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever, in its judgment, the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall no of itself create contract rights, and such appointment shall be terminable at will. SECTION 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term. SECTION 5. President. The President shall be the principal executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Corporation. He shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors, unless there is a Chairman of the Board, in which case the Chairman shall preside. He may sign, with the Secretary or any other proper officer of the Corporation thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall expressly be delegated by the Board of Directors or by these bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of the President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time. SECTION 6 The Vice President. In the absence of the President or in event of his death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice President shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice President shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President of the Board of Directors. If the President in order of rank as determined by the Board of Directors. If no rank has been determined, the Vice President shall succeed to the duties of the President in order of date of election, the earliest date having the first rank. SECTION 7. Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors in one or more minute books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws or required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation and see that the seal of the Corporation is affixed to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) keep a register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such shareholder; (e) sign with the President certificates for share of the Corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation; and (g) in general perform all duties incident to the office of the Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned him by the President or by the Board of Directors. SECTION 8. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation; (b) receive and give receipts for money due and payable to the Corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions Article VI of these Bylaws; and (c) in general perform all of the duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors. If requires by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum and with such sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine. ARTICLE V: INDEMNITY The Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers and employees as follows: (A) Every director, officer, or employee of the Corporation shall be indemnified by the Corporation against all expenses and liabilities, including counsel fees, reasonably incurred by or impose upon him in connection with any proceeding to which he may become involved, by reason of his being or having been a director, officer employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or enterprise, or any settlement thereof, whether or not he is a director, officer, employee or agent at the time such expenses are incurred, except in such cases wherein the director, officer, or employee is adjudged guilty of willful misfeasance or malfeasance in the performance of his duties; provided that in the event of a settlement the indemnification herein shall apply only when the Board of Directors approves such settlement and reimbursement as being for the best interest of the Corporation. (B) The Corporation shall provide to any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or enterprise, the indemnity against expenses of suit, litigation or other proceedings which is specifically permissible under applicable law. (C) The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, direct the purchase of liability insurance by way of implementing the provision of the Article V. ARTICLE VI: CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS SECTION 1. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. SECTION 2. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. SECTION 3. Checks, Drafts, etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. SECTION 4. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select. ARTICLE VII: CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER SECTION 1. Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall be in form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the President and by the Secretary or by such other officers authorized by law and by the Board of Directors so to do, and sealed with the corporate seal. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise indemnified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. All certificates surrendered to the Corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificates shall be issued until the former certificates for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefore upon such terms and indemnity to the Corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe. SECTION 2. Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares of the Corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the Corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person on whose name shares stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed by the Corporation to be the owner there of for all purposes. Provided, however, that upon any action undertaken by the shareholders to elect S Corporation Status pursuant to Section 1362 of the Internal Revenue Code and upon any shareholders agreement thereto restricting the transfer of said shares so as to disqualify said S Corporation status, said restriction on transfer shall be made a part of the Bylaws so long as said agreement is in force and effect. ARTICLE VIII: FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the 1st day of January and end on the 31st day of December of each year. ARTICLE IX: DIVIDENDS The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Articles of Incorporation. ARTICLE X: CORPORATE SEAL The Board of Directors shall provide a corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the State of the incorporation and the words, Corporate Seal. ARTICLE XI: WAIVER OF NOTICE Unless otherwise provided by law, whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or director of the Corporation under the provisions of these Bylaws or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or under the provisions of the applicable Business Corporation Act, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. ARTICLE XII: AMENDMENTS These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The above Bylaws are certified to have been adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on the 7th day of May, 1998. /s/ ------------- Secretary -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----