EX-3.1 2 gpl_articlesofinc.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

GPL HOLDINGS, INC.

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That the undersigned incorporator being a natural person of the age or twenty-one years or more and desiring to form a body corporate under the laws of the State of Nevada does hereby sign, verify and deliver in duplicate to the Secretary of State or the State of Nevada, these Articles of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE I

NAME

 

The name of the Corporation shall be GPL Holdings, Inc.

 

ARTICLE II

PERIOD OF DURATION

 

The Corporation shall exist in perpetuity from and after the date of filing these Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada unless dissolved according to law.

 

ARTICLE III

PURPOSES AND POWERS

 

1 Purposes Except as restricted by these Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation is organized for the purpose of transacting all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated pursuant to the Nevada Business Corporation Act.

 

2 General Powers Except as restricted by these Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation shall have and may exercise all powers and rights which a corporation may exercise legally pursuant to the Nevada Business Corporation Act.

 

3. Issuance of Shares The board of directors of the Corporation may divide and issue any class of stock of the Corporation in series pursuant to a resolution properly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada.

 

ARTICLE IV

CAPITAL STOCK

 

The aggregate number of shares which this Corporation shall have authority to issue is: Two Hundred Five Million (205,000,000) shares of $0.001 par value each, which Two Hundred Million (200,000,000) shares shall be designated "Common Stock"; and Five Million (5,000,000) shares of $0.001 par value each, which shares shall be designated "Preferred Stock". The Board of Directors is hereby vested with authority to fix by resolution or resolutions the designations and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including without limitation the dividend rate, conversion or exchange rights, redemption price and liquidation preference, of any series of shares of Preferred Stock, and to fix the number of shares constituting any such series, and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such series (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding). In case the number of shares of any such series shall be so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution or resolutions originally fixing the number of shares of such series. All shares of any one series shall be alike in every particular except as otherwise provided by these Articles of Incorporation or the Nevada Business Corporation Act. No holder of any shares of the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, shall have any preemptive or preferential right to acquire any shares or securities of the Corporation, including shares or securities held in the treasury of the Corporation.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

CUMULATIVE VOTING

 

In any election of directors of the Corporation, a holder of any class or series of stock then entitled to vote in such election shall be entitled to as many votes as shall equal (i) the number of votes which (except for this Article as to cumulative voting) he would be entitled to cast for the election of directors with respect to his shares of stock multiplied by (ii) the number of directors to be elected in the election in which his class or series of shares is entitled to vote and each stockholder may cast all of such voles for a single director or for any two or more of them as he may see fit. To exercise the right of cumulative voting, one or more of the stockholders requesting cumulative voting must give written notice to the president or secretary of the Corporation that the stockholder desires that the voting for the election of directors be cumulative.

 

ARTICLE VI

TRANSACTIONS WITH INTERESTED DIRECTORS OR OFFICERS

 

No contract or other transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any corporation, firm or association in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or are financially interested, shall be either void or voidable solely because of such relationship or interest or solely because such director or officer is present at the meeting of the board of directors or a committee thereof which authorizes, approves or ratifies such contract or transaction or solely because their votes are counted for such purpose, if;

 

(a) The fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the board of directors or committee and noted in the minutes and the board or committee authorizes, approves, or ratifies the contract or transaction in good faith by vote or consent sufficient for the purpose without counting the votes or consents of such interested directors, or

 

(b) The fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the shareholders entitled to vote and they authorize, approve, or ratify such contract or transaction in good faith by a majority vote or written consent. The votes of the common or interest directors or officers must be counted in any such vote of stockholders, or

 

(c) The fact of such relationship or interest is not disclosed or known to the director or officer at the time the transaction is brought before the board of directors of the corporation for action, or

 

(d) The contract or transaction is fair and reasonable as to the Corporation at the time it is authorized or approved

 

Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee thereof which authorizes, approves, or ratifies such contract or transaction and if the votes of the common or interested directors are not counted at the meeting, then a majority of the disinterred directors may authorize, approve or ratify the contract or transaction.

 

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION

 

The Corporation is authorized to provide indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents whether by bylaw agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification expressly permitted by Section 78.751 of the Nevada Business Corporation Act for breach of duty to the Corporation and its shareholders subject only to the applicable limits upon such indemnification as set forth in the Nevada Business Corporation Act. Any repeal or modification of this Articles VII or Article XI shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII

ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

 

The initial Bylaws or the Corporation shall be adopted by its board of directors. Subject to repeal or change by action of the shareholders, the power to alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws shall be vested in the board of directors. The Bylaws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the Corporation not inconsistent with law or these Articles of Incorporation.

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

RESIDENT AGENT

 

The name of the Corporation's resident agent and the street address is Registered Agents Inc., 401 Ryland Street, Suite 200-A, Reno, NV 89502.

 

The resident agent may be changed in the manner permitted by law.

 

ARTICLE X

INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

The number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Bylaws of the Corporation, and the number of directors of the Corporation may be changed from time to time by consent of the Corporation's directors. The initial board of directors of the Corporation shall consist of one (1) director. The name and address of the person(s) who shall serve as director(s) until the first annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor(s) are elected and shall qualify is:

 

Sylvester L. Crawford

433 Estudillo Avenue, Suite 206

San Leandro, CA 94577

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS AND

OFFICERS TO CORPORATION AND SHAREHOLDERS

 

No director or officer shall be liable to the Corporation or any shareholder for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except for any matter in respect of which such director or officer (a) shall be liable under Section 78.300 of the Nevada Business Corporation Act or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto or (b) shall have acted or faded to act in a manner involving intentional misconduct fraud or a knowing violation of law. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption of any provision in the Articles of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article in respect of any matter occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provisions. This Article shall apply to the full extent now permitted by Nevada law or as may be permitted in the future by changes or enactments in Nevada law, including without limitation Section 78.300 and/or the Nevada Business Corporation Act.

 

ARTICLE XII

INCORPORATOR

 

The name and address of the incorporator is Sylvester L. Crawford, 433 Estudillo Avenue, Suite 206, San Leandro, CA 94577.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the above-named incorporator has signed these Articles of Incorporation this 30th day of July, 2021.

 

 

 

/s/ Sylvester L. Crawford

Sylvester L. Crawford