EX-3.111 92 a2228078zex-3_111.htm EX-3.111

Exhibit 3.111

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

OWNERS’ RESORTS AND EXCHANGE, INC.

 

(A Utah Non-Profit Corporation)

 

I, the undersigned, as a natural person of the age of twenty-one years or more, acting as incorporator of a non-profit corporation under the Utah Non-Profit Corporation Act and Co-operating Association Act, adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for such non-profit corporation.

 

ARTICLE I

 

NAME

 

The name of this non-profit corporation is the Owners’ Resorts and Exchange, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Association”).

 

ARTICLE II

 

DURATION

 

This organization shall have perpetual existence.

 

ARTICLE III

 

GOVERNANCE

 

The Articles of Incorporation and the By-Laws will be the instruments of governance of this Association in all its practices.  The By-Laws shall provide for the governing structure of the Association.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

PURPOSES AND POWERS

 

The purposes and powers for which this non-profit corporation is organized are as follows:

 

1.             To manage and operate resorts owned or managed by the Association’s members,

 

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including the collection of fees, maintenance and repair of said resorts, administration of licensing and other duties and responsibilities pursuant to the operation of this organization to benefit Members.

 

2.             To own and disburse real property acquired by the Association, invest and reinvest the same; to hold, either absolutely or in trust for any of said purposes, funds and property of all kinds subject only to limitations or conditions imposed by law or the instrument under which said property is received; to sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of any such property and to invest and reinvest the same or any proceeds thereof and to deal with and expend the principal and income for any of said purposes; to act as Trustee; and, in general, to exercise any, all and every power, including trust powers, which is permitted a not-for-profit organization under the laws of the State of Utah for the foregoing purposes to be authorized to exercise.

 

3.             All of the assets and income of the Association shall be used only for the purposes hereinabove set forth, including the payment of expenses incident thereto, and no part of the assets or income of the Association shall be distributable to its members, directors or officers (except reasonable compensation as permitted in U.C.A. §16-6-42) and no substantial part of its carrying out of propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the Association shall not participate in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.

 

ARTICLE V

 

MEMBERSHIP AND STOCK

 

1.             The Membership will consist of the owners of the stock of the Association.  There shall be two (2) classes of members and stock evidencing said membership.  Said classes are as follows:

 

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a.                                      The Association is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of “Class A” stock, no par value.  The members holding said shares of stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote per share.

 

b.                                      The Association is authorized to issue 2,560 shares of “Class B” stock, no par value.  The members holding said shares of stock shall not be entitled to vote.  RUTI-Sweetwater, Inc., a Delaware corporation, shall be the initial recipient of all Class B stock.

 

2.             The manner of appointment, the qualifications and rights of the members, any provisions for termination or forfeiture of membership and/or stock shall be set forth in the By-Laws.

 

3.             So long as it is not inconsistent with any requirements contained in the By-Laws, any individual, corporation, and/or entity may possess one (1) or more shares of stock in the Association.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

ASSESSMENTS

 

Members of the Association shall be subject to assessments by the Association from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws and applicable law and shall be liable to the Association for payment of such assessments.  Members of the Association shall not be individually or personally liable for the debts or obligations of the Association.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Subject to the appropriate laws of the State of Utah, the Articles of Incorporation of the Association may be altered or amended at a meeting of the members or by petition, provided notification or intent to change has been filed with the Board of Trustees of the Association twenty (20) days prior to said meeting.  The proposed amendment shall be adopted if it receives two-thirds (2/3) of the votes of the voting members who cast their votes.

 

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ARTICLE VI

 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES:

 

The Board of Trustees shall consist of at least three (3) persons.  The names and addresses of the initial governing Board are as follows:

 

Roger Cottle

Ruth K. Hammond

6764 Olivet Drive

429 South 1300 East

Salt Lake City, UT 84121

Salt Lake City, Utah 84102

 

 

K. Ray Hammond

John Homer

P.O. .Box 9064

455 E. 500 S. #305

Salt Lake City, UT 84109

Salt Lake City, Utah 84111

 

 

William Stromberg

Boyd Twiggs

4238 College Drive

322 North Locust

Ogden, Utah 84403

Midvale, Utah 84047

 

 

West Bosles

 

1391 Deborah Drive

 

Santa Anna, CA 92705

 

 

ARTICLE IX

 

INCORPORATOR

 

The, name and address of the incorporator is as follows:

 

 

Joseph E. Hatch

 

257 East 200 South

 

Suite 640

 

Salt Lake City, Utah 84111

 

ARTICLE X

 

PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT

 

The principal office of the association shall be 257 East 200 South, Suite 640, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111.  The Association’s initial registered agent at the principal office shall be Joseph E. Hatch who, by his signature below, acknowledges his appointment as registered agent of the Association.

 

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/s/ Joseph E. Hatch

 

Joseph E. Hatch

 

Registered Agent

 

DATED this 27th day of October, 1987.

 

 

/s/ Joseph E. Hatch

 

Joseph E. Hatch

 

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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

OWNERS’ RESORTS AND EXCHANGE, INC.

(a Utah Non-Profit Corporation)

 

Pursuant to Utah Code Annotated Section 16-6-51 (1953, as amended).  Owners’ Resorts and Exchange, Inc. adopts the following Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation:

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the non-profit corporation is Owners’ Resorts and Exchange, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Association”).

 

ARTICLE II

 

The following amendments to the Articles of Incorporation were adopted on the 25th day of January, 1992, in a manner prescribed by the laws of the State of Utah and the Articles of Incorporation of the Association:

 

A.            Article V Membership and Stock is amended to read as follows:

 

1.             The Membership will consist of the owners of the Stock of the Association.  There shall be one (1) class of members and stock evidencing said membership.  The Association is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of “Class A” stock, no par value.  The members holding said shares of stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote per share.

 

2.             The manner of appointment, the qualifications and rights of the members, any provisions for termination or forfeiture of membership and/or stock shall be set forth in the By-Laws.

 

3.             So long as it is not inconsistent with any requirements contained in the By-Laws, any individual, corporation, and/or entity may possess one (1) or more shares of stock in the Association.

 

B.            Article XI Associate Members is added and reads as follows:

 

The Board of Trustees, as may be provided by the By-Laws of the Association, may admit associate members to the Association.  The associate members shall have no voting rights nor equity in the Association.

 

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ARTICLE III

 

These Amendments were adopted at a meeting of the members on the 25th day of January, 1992, at which a quorum was present.  Such Amendments received at least two-thirds of the votes of the voting members who were present at the meeting or represented by proxy and who cast their vote.

 

Executed by the undersigned in duplicate original in Salt Lake City, Utah, on this 25th day of January, 1992.

 

 

OWNERS’ RESORTS & EXCHANGE, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Colleen C. Freeman

 

 

Its President

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jee Van Wagoner

 

 

Its Secretary

 

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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

OWNERS’ RESORTS AND EXCHANGE, INC.

(a Utah Non-Profit Corporation)

 

Pursuant to Utah Code Annotated Section 16-6-51 (1953, as amended), Owners’ Resorts and Exchange, Inc. adopts the following Articles pf Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation:

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the non-profit corporation is Owners’ Resorts and Exchange, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Association”).

 

ARTICLE II

 

The following amendments to the Articles of Incorporation were adopted on the 28th day of January, 1995, in a manner prescribed by the laws of the State of Utah and the Articles of Incorporation of the Association:

 

A.            Article IV, Purposes and Power, paragraph 3, is amended to read as follows:

 

3.             All of the assets and income of the Association shall be used only for the purposes hereinabove set forth, including the payment of expenses incident thereto, and no part of the assets or income of the Association shall be distributable to its memebers, trustees or officers (except reasonable compensation or a final distribution as permitted in Utah Code Annotated Section 16-6-42).

 

B.            Article X Principal Office and Registered Agent, is amended to read as follows:

 

The principal office of the Association shall be 404 East 4500 South, Suite 34A, Salt Lake City, Utah 84107.  The Association’s initial registered agent shall be Joseph E. Hatch, at 341 South Main Street, Suite 201, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111; who, by his signature below, acknowledges his appointment as registered agent.

 

 

/s/ Joseph E. Hatch

 

Joseph E. Hatch

 

Registered Agent

 

ARTICLE III

 

These Amendments were adopted at a meeting of the members on the 28th day of January,

 

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1995, at which a quorum was present.  Such Amendments received at least two-thirds of the votes of the voting members who were present at the meeting or represented by proxy and who cast their vote.

 

Executed by the undersigned in duplicate original in Salt Lake City, Utah, on this 2nd day of February, 1998.

 

 

OWNERS’ RESORTS & EXCHANGE, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Colleen C. Freeman

 

 

Its President

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jill Van Wagoner

 

 

Its Secretary

 

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ARTICLES OF CONVERSION

AND AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT

OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

OWNER’S RESORTS AND EXCHANGE, INC.

 

Pursuant to Utah Code Annotated Section 16-6a-1008 (1953, as amended), Owners’ Resorts and Exchange, Inc., hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation converting Owners’ Resorts and Exchange, Inc., from a Utah non-profit corporation to a Utah for profit corporation:

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the corporation is Owners’ Resorts and Exchange, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”).

 

ARTICLE II

 

The following restructure and amendment and restatement of the Articles of
Incorporation was adopted on or before the 28
th day of June, 2006, in a manner prescribed by the laws of the State of Utah and the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation:

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

OWNERS’ RESORTS AND EXCHANGE, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

CORPORATE NAME

 

The name of this corporation is Owners’ Resorts and Exchange, Inc.

 

ARTICLE II

CORPORATE PURPOSES

 

The general purpose for which this Corporation is organized shall be to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

(a)           To perform timeshare management and exchange services.

 

(b)           To acquire, own, hold, improve, develop, lease, mortgage, operate, maintain, sell, dispose of, and otherwise deal with real property and any equipment, fixtures, or other personal property that may be used in connection with the operation of real property.

 

(c)           To purchase, own, hold, dispose of, and otherwise deal with stock of other corporations, or interests in general or limited partnerships (as either a general or a limited partner) or joint ventures and to do every act and thing covered generally by the denomination “holding

 

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corporation”; and to direct the operations of such other entities.

 

(d)           To do each and everything necessary, suitable, or proper for the accomplishment of any of the purposes or the attainment of any one or more of the objects herein enumerated, or which may at any time appear conducive to or expedient for the protection or benefit of this corporation, and to do said acts as fully and to the same extent as natural persons might, or could do, in any part of the world as principals, agents, partners, trustees, or otherwise, either alone or in conjunction with any other person, partnership, association, joint venture, or corporation.

 

The foregoing paragraphs shall be construed both as objects and powers and shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the general powers of the corporation and the enjoyment and exercise thereof, as conferred by the laws of the State of Utah, and it is intended that the purposes, objects, and powers specified in each of the paragraphs of this ARTICLE II, CORPORATE PURPOSES, of these Articles of Incorporation shall be regarded as independent purposes, objects, and powers.

 

ARTICLE III

 

SHARES

 

There shall be two classes of stock in the corporation as follows:

 

A. Class A Stock, The Class A stock shall be voting, non-equity shares of stock with no par value.  The Corporation is authorized to issue fifty (50) shares of Class A stock.  The Class A shares of stock shall be distributed as follows-

 

 

South Padre Condo Share Project I Owners Association, a Texas non-profit corporation

 

1 share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweetwater April Sound Condoshare Project I Council of Co-Owners, a Texas non-profit corporation, aka Lake Conroe Homeowners Association

 

1 share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capri Vacation Owners Association, a California non-profit corporation

 

1 share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweetwater Jackson Hole Condoshare Owner’s Association, a Wyoming non-profit corporation

 

1 share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweetwater Hawaii Condoshare Project I Owners Association, a Hawaiian non-profit corporation, aka “Waikiki”

 

1 share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Park City Timeshare Homeowners, Inc., a Utah non-profit corporation

 

1 share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweetwater Bear Lake Condoshare Project III Owners Association and Sweetwater

 

 

 

 

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Bear Lake Timeshare Project 11 Owners’ Association, two Utah non-profit corporations, aka Sweetwater Homeowners’ Association at Bear Lake

 

1 share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweetwater Kauai Condoshare Project I Owners Association, a Utah non-profit corporation

 

1 share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ORE - St. George Condominium Owners’ Association, a Utah non-profit corporation

 

1 share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multi Resort Ownership Plan, Inc., a Utah non-profit corporation

 

1 share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lake Powell Houseboat Homeowners Association, Utah non-profit corporation

 

1 share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweetwater Mexico Co-Owners Association, a Utah non-profit corporation

 

1 share

 

 

B. Class B Stock.  The Class B stock shall be non-voting equity shares of stock with no par value.  The Corporation is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of Class B Stock.  The Class B shares of stock shall be initially distributed as follows:

 

 

South Padre Condo Share Project 1 Owners’ Association, a Texas non-profit corporation

 

102 shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweetwater April Sound Condoshare Project I Council of Co-Owners, a Texas non-profit corporation, aka Lake Conroe Homeowners Association

 

1,212 shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capri Vacation Owners Association, a California non-profit corporation

 

765 shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweetwater Jackson Hole Condoshare Owner’s Association, a Wyoming non-profit corporation

 

1,224 shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweetwater Hawaii Condoshare Project I Owners Association, a Hawaiian non-profit corporation, aka “Waikiki”

 

867 shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Park City Timeshare Homeowners, Inc., a Utah non-profit corporation

 

3,774 shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweetwater Bear Lake Condoshare Project III Owners Association and Sweetwater Bear Lake Timeshare Project II Owners’ Association, two Utah non-profit corporations, aka Sweetwater Homeowners’ Association at

 

 

 

 

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Bear Lake

 

1,050 shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweetwater Kauai Condoshare Project I Owners Association, a Utah non-profit corporation

 

306 shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ORE - St. George Condominium Owners’ Association, a Utah non-profit corporation

 

2,412 shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lake Powell Houseboat Homeowners Association, Utah non-profit corporation

 

384 shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multi Resort Ownership Plan, Inc., a Utah non-profit corporation

 

3,774 shares

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

DURATION

 

This organization shall have perpetual existence.

 

ARTICLE V

GOVERNANCE

 

The Articles of Incorporation and the By-laws will be the instruments of governance of this Corporation in all its practices.  The By-laws shall provide for the governing structure of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VI

AMENDMENTS

 

Subject to the appropriate laws of the State of Utah, the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation may be altered or amended at a meeting of the Corporation or by petition, provided notification or intent to change has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Corporation twenty (20) days prior to said meeting.  The proposed amendment shall be adopted if it receives two-thirds (2/3) of the votes of the voting stockholders who cast their votes.

 

ARTICLE VII

REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT

 

The address of this corporation’s current registered office and the name of its current registered agent at such address are:

 

Joseph E. Hatch

5295 South Commerce Drive, Suite 200

Murray, UT 84107

 

 

/s/ Joseph E. Hatch

 

Joseph E. Hatch

 

Registered Agent

 

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ARTICLE VIII

CURRENT DIRECTORS

 

The names and addresses of the current directors are:

 

Bob Linnell

1754 Country Springs Circle

Bountiful, UT 84010

 

Stan Weeks

P.O. Box 3047

Ogden, UT 84409

 

Roger Rozendal

5910 Pinewilde

Houston, TX 77066

 

Ron Johnson

2122 Evergreen Ave.

Salt Lake City, UT 84107

 

Russ Rosander

5546 Applevale Drive

Salt Lake City, UT 84123

 

Dennis D. Bright

1577 East 1335 North

Logan, UT 84341

 

Stephen Seastrand

P.O. Box 17865

Holladay, UT 84117

 

Marie Kish

11550 Quartz Ave.

Fountain Valley, CA 92708

 

Herman Schertle

5610 Winding Way

Houston, TX 77091

 

Darin Park

c/o SSA

1246 Yellowstone Ave., Suite F

Pocatello, ID 83201

 

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Gerald Thompson

1947 East 5150 South

Salt Lake City, UT 84117

 

Noel Hyde

2165 Rolling Oaks Lane

Layton, UT 84040

 

ARTICLE IX

CURRENT OFFICERS

 

The names and addresses of the current officers of the corporation are as follows:

 

 

Title

 

Name

 

Address

 

President

 

Neil Hutchinson

 

1521 East 3900 South

 

 

 

 

 

Salt Lake City, UT 84124

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secretary

 

Brad Gillies

 

1521 East 3900 South

 

 

 

 

 

Salt Lake City, UT 84124

 

ARTICLE X

LIMITATION OF PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS

 

Directors of the corporation shall have no personal liability whatsoever to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for any action taken or any failure to take any action, as a director, except liability for:

 

(a)           the amount of a financial benefit received by a director to which he or she is not entitled:

 

(b)           an intentional infliction of harm on the corporation or the shareholders;

 

(c)           a violation of Utah Code Annotated §16-10a-842 (1992, as amended) or its successor provisions; or

 

(d)           an intentional violation of criminal law.

 

ARTICLE III

 

These Amendments were adopted by the unanimous written consent of the members on or before 28th day of June, 2006.

 

Executed by the undersigned in duplicate original in Salt Lake City, Utah, on this
28th day of June, 2006.

 

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OWNERS’ RESORTS & EXCHANGE, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Neil B. Hutchinson

 

 

Neil B. Hutchinson, President

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brad L Gilles

 

 

Brad L. Gilles, Secretary

 

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