Articles of Incorporation OF: 1dance Inc

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TEMPLATE FOR HOLDING

COMPANIES

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

1DANCE INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

The undersigned incorporators, all of legal age and a majority of whom are residents
of the Philippines, have this day voluntarily agreed to form a stock corporation under the
laws of the Republic of the Philippines;

AND WE HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:

FIRST: The name of said Corporation shall be:

1DANCE INC.

SECOND: That the purposes for which said corporation is formed are as follows:

PRIMARY PURPOSE

To purchase, subscribe for, or otherwise acquire and own, hold, use,


sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, exchange, or otherwise dispose of real
and personal property of every kind and description, including but not limited
to land, buildings, condominium units, shares of stock, bonds, debentures,
notes, evidence of indebtedness, and other securities, contracts, or
obligations of any corporation or corporations, association or associations,
domestic or foreign, and to pay therefore, in whole or in part, in cash or by
exchanging therefore stocks, bonds, or other evidence of indebtedness or
securities of any other corporation, and while the owner or holder of any such
real or personal property, stocks, bonds, debentures, notes, evidence of
indebtedness or other securities, contracts or obligations, to receive collect
and dispose of the interest, dividends and income arising from such property
and to possess and exercise in respect thereof, all the rights, powers and
privileges of ownership, including all voting power on any stocks so owned;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the
Corporation to engage in the business of an investment company or an
investment house and without acting as broker or dealer in securities.

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SECONDARY PURPOSES

(a) To own, acquire, lease, operate or manage bodegas, warehouses and


storage houses for the purpose of storing, keeping, preserving,
stockpiling, buying, selling or disposing of all kinds of products,
including construction and building supplies, raw materials, parts,
accessories and any other merchandise dealt with by the Corporation;

(b) To purchase or otherwise acquire, sell, lease, convey, mortgage,


encumber and otherwise deal with any property or interest therein, or
assessment, right or privilege over and in respect of any real or
personal property as may now or hereafter be permitted by law and as
may be reasonably necessary to enable it to carry out the purposes for
which the Corporation is organized;

(c) To purchase, exchange, lease, hire, grant, or otherwise acquire and to


use, exercise, sell, assign and grant the absolute interest in and to any
license or sub-license, certificate of authority, letters patent, patent
rights, inventions, improvements, processes, designs, copyrights,
trademarks and tradenames; and to engage in such operations,
manufacturing or selling activities as authorized by the above license,
rights or patents;

(d) To purchase, acquire, own, lease, sell and convey machineries,


equipment and other personal properties as may be necessary or
incidental to the conduct of the corporate business, and to pay in cash,
shares of its capital stock, debentures and other evidence of
indebtedness or other securities, as may be deemed expedient, for any
business or properties acquired by the Corporations;

(e) To accept appointments as factors, agents, representatives,


consignees, indentors, dealers or distributors for any person, company,
person, firm, association or manufacturer of any goods, wares,
merchandise and commodities of all kinds and products, natural or
artificial, of the Philippines or other countries which are or may
become articles or commerce;

(f) To the extent allowed by law, to borrow or raise money for any of the
purposes of the Corporation and, from time to time, to draw, make
and accept, indorse, execute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of
exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures and other negotiable or non-
negotiable instruments and other evidence of indebtedness, and to
secure the payment thereof and of the interest thereon by mortgage
or pledge, conveyance or assignment in trust of the whole or any part

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of the property of the Corporation, whether at the time owned or
thereafter acquired, and to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of such
bonds or other obligations of the Corporation for its corporate
purposes;

(g) To acquire by purchase or otherwise and to receive, hold, own,


guaranty, sell and assign, exchange, transfer, mortgage, pledge or
dispose of any of the shares of the capital stock, scrip, warrants, rights,
bonds, debentures, notes, trust receipts and other securities,
obligations, chooses in action and evidence of indebtedness, or of
interest issued or created by syndicates, associations, firms, trusts or
persons, public or private, or by the Government of the Republic of the
Philippines, or by any foreign government, or by any territory,
province, municipality or other political subdivision or instrumentality
thereof, or by any government agency and, as owner thereof, to
possess and exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership,
including the right to execute contracts and to do any and all acts and
things necessary for the preservation, protection, improvement and
enhancement of the value thereof; but, in no case shall the
Corporation act as dealer or broker of securities;

(h) To the extent authorized by law, and without engaging in the surety
business, to acquire, invest in, and pay for in cash, securities, bonds
and shares of stock of other corporations, or otherwise, the goodwill,
patents, rights and property, and to undertake or assume the whole or
any part of the obligations or liabilities, of any person, firm, association
or corporation;

(i) To the extent allowed by law, to enter into, make and perform
contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm,
association, corporation, municipality, province, country, state, body,
political or government colony or dependency thereof;

(j) To purchase, hold, sell or transfer the shares of its own capital stock in
accordance with law, provided it shall not use its funds or properties
for the purchase of its own shares of capital stock when such use shall
cause the impairment of its capital, except as otherwise permitted by
law; and, provided further, that shares of its own capital stock
belonging to it shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly;

(k) To have one or more branch offices to carry all or any of its operations
and business and, to the extent permitted by law, to purchase or
otherwise dispose of real and personal property of every class and
classification or description anywhere in the Philippines, and in
general, to carry on any other business in connection with the
foregoing and to have and exercise all the powers conferred by law,

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and to do any or all of the things hereinabove set forth to the same
extent as juridical persons might or could lawfully do; and

(l) To do anything necessary, proper, advisable or convenient for the


accomplishment of any of the purposes or the attainment of any of the
objects or for the furtherance of any of the powers herein set forth,
and to do every act and thing incidental thereto or connected
therewith, provided the same be not forbidden by law.

THIRD: The principal office of the Corporation is located at (place of principal


office), without prejudice to the opening or maintenance of such branches or correspondent
or representative offices in or outside the Republic of the Philippines as the exigencies of the
business or operations of the Corporation may require from time to time.

FOURTH: The term for which said Corporation is to exist is FIFTY (50) YEARS from
and after the date of issuance of the certificate of incorporation, renewable for such other
term or terms as may now or hereafter be permitted under the laws of the Republic of the
Philippines.

FIFTH: The names, nationalities and residences of the incorporators of said


Corporation are as follows:

Name Nationality Address

SIXTH: The number of directors of said Corporation shall be _____ (6); and the
names, nationalities and residences of the first directors of the Corporation, who are to serve
as such until their successors are duly elected and qualified as provided in its By-Laws, are as
follows:

Name Nationality Address

SEVENTH: The authorized capital stock of said Corporation is (indicate authorized


capital stock) Pesos (P_________), in lawful money of the Philippines, divided into (indicate
amount of common shares) (_____) common shares with the a par value of (indicate calue
per share (P_____) per share.

EIGHTH: At least twenty-five (25%) percent of the authorized capital stock above-
stated has been subscribed as follows:

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No. of Shares Amount
Name Nationality Subscribed Subscribed

--------------- ----------------

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NINTH: The above-named subscribers have paid at least twenty-five (25%) per cent of
the total subscription as follows:

Name Amount Subscribed Amount Paid-In

---------------- ----------------

TOTAL ========== ==========

TENTH: (name of elected Treasurer) has been elected by the subscribers as


Treasurer-In-Trust of the Corporation, to act as such until her successor is duly elected and
qualified in accordance with the By-Laws, and that as such Treasurer, she has been
authorized to receive for and in the name and for the benefit of the Corporation all
subscriptions paid by the subscribers.

ELEVENTH: No transfer of stock or interest which will reduce the ownership of


Filipino citizens to less than the required percentage of the capital stock as provided by
existing laws shall be allowed or permitted to be recorded in the proper books of the
Corporation, and this restriction shall be indicated in all the stock certificates issued by the
Corporation.

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TWELFTH: That the Corporation manifests its willingness to change its
corporate name in the event another person, firm or entity has acquired a prior right to use
said firm name or one deceptively or confusingly similar to it.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed these Articles of Incorporation this


__ day of _____________ in ____________, ______________, Republic of the Philippines.

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