PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUREAU OF CORPORATIONS AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS Return document by mail to: Name Address City State Zip Code Return document by email to: _________________________________ Read all instructions prior to completing. This form may be submitted online at https://www.corporations.pa.gov/. Fee: $125 Check only one: I qualify for a veteran/reservist-owned small business fee exemption (see instructions) Business-stock (§ 1306) Business-nonstock (§ 2102) Business-statutory close (§ 2303) Management (§ 2703) Professional (§ 2903) Insurance (§ 3101) Benefit (§ 3303) Cooperative (§ 7102) In compliance with the requirements of the applicable provisions (relating to corporations and unincorporated associations), the undersigned, desiring to incorporate a corporation for profit, hereby states that: 1. The name of the corporation (corporate designator required, i.e., "corporation," "incorporated," "limited," "company," or any abbreviation thereof. "Professional corporation" or "P.C." permitted for professional corporations): 2. Complete part (a) or (b) ­ not both: (a) The address of this corporation's proposed registered office in this Commonwealth is: (post office box alone is not acceptable) Number and Street City State Zip County (b) The name of this corporation's commercial registered office provider and the county of venue is: c/o: Name of Commercial Registered Office Provider County 3. The corporation is incorporated under the provisions of the Business Corporation Law of 1988. 4. Check and complete one: The corporation is organized on a nonstock basis. The corporation is organized on a stock share basis and the aggregate number of shares authorized is: ____________________________. American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com DSCB:15-1306/2102/2303/2702/2903/3101/3303/7102 ­ 2 5. The name and address, including number and street, if any, of each incorporator (all incorporators must sign below): Name Address 6. The specified future effective date, if any: month/day/year hour, if any . 7. Additional provisions of the articles, if any, attach an 8½ by 11 sheet. 8. Statutory close corporation only: Neither the corporation nor any shareholder shall make an offering of any of its shares of any class that would constitute a "public offering" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. § 77a et seq.) 9. For Cooperative Corporation Only. Check and complete one: ____ The corporation is a cooperative corporation and the common bond of membership among its members is: . ____ The corporation is a cooperative corporation and the common bond of membership among its shareholders is: . 10. Benefit corporations only: This corporation shall have the purpose of creating general public benefit. Strike out if inapplicable: This corporation shall have the purpose of creating the enumerated specific public benefit(s): ______________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the incorporator(s) has/have signed these Articles of Incorporation this day of , . Signature Signature Signature American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com DSCB:15-15-1306/2102/2303/2702/2903/3101/3303/7102 - Instructions Pennsylvania Department of State Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations P.O. Box 8722 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8722 (717) 787-1057 Website: www.dos.pa.gov/corps Instructions for Completion of Form (Articles of Incorporation-For Profit): A. Typewritten is preferred. If handwritten, the form shall be legible and completed in black or blue-black ink in order to permit reproduction. The nonrefundable filing fee for this form is $125 made payable to the Department of State. Checks must contain a commercially pre-printed name and address. Filers requesting a veteran/reservist-owned small business fee exemption should attach proof of the veteran's or reservist's status to the Articles of Incorporation form when submitted. For more information on the fee exemption, see Fees and Payments. Enter the name and mailing address to which any correspondence regarding this filing should be sent. This field must be completed for the Bureau to return the filing. If the filing is to be returned by email, an email address must be provided. An email will be sent to address provided, containing a link and instructions on how a copy of the filed document or correspondence may be downloaded. Any email or mailing addresses provided on this form will become part of the filed document and therefore public record. B. Under 15 Pa.C.S. § 135(c) (relating to addresses) an actual street or rural route box number must be used as an address, and the Department of State is required to refuse to receive or file any document that sets forth only a post office box address. C. The following, in addition to the filing fee, shall accompany this form: (1) One copy of a completed form DSCB:15-134A (Docketing Statement). (2) Any necessary copies of form DSCB:19-17.2 (Consent to Appropriation of Name). (3) Any necessary governmental approvals. D. For general instructions relating to the incorporation of business corporations see 19 Pa. Code Ch. 23 (relating to business corporations generally). These instructions relate to such matters as corporate name, stated purposes, term of existence, nonstock status, authorized share structure and related authority of the board of directors, par values, inclusion of names of first directors in the Articles of Incorporation, optional provisions on cumulative voting for election of directors, etc. E. For required provisions in the Articles of a nonstock corporation, see 15 Pa.C.S. §§ 2102-2103 (relating to formation of nonstock corporations and contents of articles). F. For required provisions in the Articles of a statutory close corporation, see 15 Pa.C.S. § 2304 (relating to additional contents of articles of statutory close corporations). G. For required provisions in the Articles of a management corporation, see 15 Pa.C.S. § 2703 (relating to additional contents of articles of management corporations). H. For restrictions on the stated purposes of professional corporations, see 15 Pa.C.S. § 2903 (relating to formation of professional corporations). I. J. For required provisions on the stated purposes of benefit corporations, see 15 Pa.C.S. § 3311 (relating to corporate purposes). Articles for a nonprofit cooperat