EX-3.1.44 45 dex3144.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF CLEARMART, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Clearmart, Inc.

Exhibit 3.1.44

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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

CLEARMART, INC.

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is “Clearmart, Inc.”

SECOND: The address of the principal office of the Corporation for the purpose of service of process in the State of Nevada is 6100 Neil Road, Reno, Nevada 89511. The name of the initial resident agent of the Corporation at such address is The Corporation Trust Company of Nevada.

THIRD: The purpose for which the Corporation is organized is to engage in any lawful activity, within or without the State of Nevada.

FOURTH: The amount of the total authorized capital stock of the Corporation consists of One Thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share.

FIFTH: Cumulative voting by any stockholder is hereby expressly denied.

SIXTH: The shares of capital stock of the Corporation, after the amount of the subscription price therefor (which shall not be less than the aggregate par value thereof) has been paid in full, shall be deemed fully paid shares of capital stock of the Corporation and shall not be subject to any further call or assessment thereof, and the holders of such shares shall not be liable for any further payments in respect to such shares or liable to pay the debts of the Corporation.

SEVENTH: No stockholder of this Corporation shall by reason of his holding shares of any class of stock have any preemptive or preferential right to purchase or subscribe to any shares of any class of stock of this Corporation, now or hereafter to be authorized, or any notes, debentures, bonds or other securities convertible into or carrying options or warrants to purchase shares of any class of stocks now or hereafter to be authorized, whether or not the issuance of any such shares, or such notes, debentures, bonds or other securities, would adversely affect the dividend or voting rights of such stockholder other than such rights, if any, as the Board of Directors in its discretion from time to time may grant, and at such price as the Board of Directors in its discretion may fix; and the Board of Directors may cause to be issued shares of any class of stock of this Corporation, or any notes, debentures, bonds or other securities convertible into or carrying options or warrants to purchase shares of any class of stock without offering any such shares or other securities either in whole or in part to the existing stockholders of any class of stock.

EIGHTH: The governing Board of this Corporation shall be known as Directors, and the number of Directors shall be not less than one nor more than ten, with the exact number to be fixed from time to time as set forth in the Bylaws of this Corporation.

The name and address of the first Directors of the Board of Directors, which shall be three (3) in number, are as follows:

 

Name

  

Mailing Address

L. Lowry Mays

  

200 East Basse Road

  

San Antonio, Texas 78209

Mark Mays

  

200 East Basse Road

  

San Antonio, Texas 78209

Randall Mays

  

200 East Basse Road

  

Antonio, Texas 78209


These individuals shall serve as a Director until the first annual meeting of the stockholders or until have successor shall have been elected and qualified.

NINTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporation is as follows:

 

Name

  

Mailing Address

Jeff Littlejohn

  

50 East RiverCenter Blvd, Ste 1200

  

Covington, KY 41011

TENTH: The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

ELEVEN: For the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and in further definition limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its Directors and stockholders, it is further provided:

(a) The election of Director of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

(b) The Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter or repeal the Bylaws, subject to the power of the stockholders to alter or repeal the Bylaws made by the Board of Directors.

(c) Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Nevada, as the Bylaws may provide. The books of the Corporation will be kept within the State of Nevada at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

TWELFTH: No director or officer of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer except far (i) acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law, or (ii) the payment of distributions in violation of Nevada Revised Statutes 78,300 (or any successor provision of Nevada law); and the directors and officers of the Corporation shall be entitled, to the full extent permitted by Nevada law, as amended from time to time, to the benefits of provisions limiting the personal liability of directors and officers. Any repeal or modification of this 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.

 

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THIRTEENTH: The Corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents to the full extent permitted by Nevada Revised Statutes 78.751, as amended from time to time, or any successor provision of Nevada law.

FOURTEENTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in these articles of incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

FIFTEENTH: The Corporation hereby elects not to be governed by Sections 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, of the Nevada Revised Statutes.

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, does make and file these Articles of Incorporation, hereby declaring and certifying that this is his act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly has hereunto set his hand as of the 20th day of October, 2003.

 

/s/ Jeff Littlejohn

Name:   Jeff Littlejohn, Incorporator

 

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CERTIFICATE OF ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT

BY RESIDENT AGENT

The undersigned, The Corporation Trust Company of Nevada, hereby accepts the appointment as Resident Agents of the above named corporation.

Date: October 21, 2003

 

THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY OF NEVADA
By:  

/s/ KIRK HOOD

Name:  

KIRK HOOD

Title:  

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

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