EX-3.1 2 a31art_incorporation.htm EX-3.1 a31art_incorporation
Request ID: Province of Ontario Date Report Produced: Demande no: Province de l’Ontario Document produit le: Transaction ID: Ministry of Government Services Time Report Produced: Transaction no: Ministère des Services gouvernementaux Imprimé à: Category ID: Catégorie: Certificate of Incorporation Certificat de constitution This is to certify that Ceci certifie que Ontario Corporation No. Numéro matricule de la personne morale en Ontario is a corporation incorporated, est une société constituée aux termes under the laws of the Province of Ontario. des lois de la province de l’Ontario. These articles of incorporation Les présents statuts constitutifs are effective on entrent en vigueur le Director/Directrice Business Corporations Act/Loi sur les sociétés par actions 025692825 078185577 CT 2021/02/12 17:44:12 L I - C Y C L E H O L D I N G S C O R P . 0 0 2 8 1 6 1 9 8 F E B R U A R Y 1 2 F É V R I E R , 2 0 2 1


 
Page: Ontario Corporation Number Request ID / Demande no Numéro de la compagnie en Ontario FORM 1 FORMULE NUMÉRO 1 BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT / LOI SUR LES SOCIÉTÉS PAR ACTIONS ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION STATUTS CONSTITUTIFS 1. The name of the corporation is: Dénomination sociale de la compagnie: 2. The address of the registered office is: Adresse du siège social: (Street & Number, or R.R. Number & if Multi-Office Building give Room No.) (Rue et numéro, ou numéro de la R.R. et, s’il s’agit édifice à bureau, numéro du bureau) (Name of Municipality or Post Office) (Postal Code/Code postal) (Nom de la municipalité ou du bureau de poste) 3. Number (or minimum and maximum Nombre (ou nombres minimal et maximal) number) of directors is: d’administrateurs: 4. The first director(s) is/are: Premier(s) administrateur(s): First name, initials and surname Resident Canadian State Yes or No Prénom, initiales et nom de famille Résident Canadien Oui/Non Address for service, giving Street & No. Domicile élu, y compris la rue et le or R.R. No., Municipality and Postal Code numéro, le numéro de la R.R., ou le nom de la municipalité et le code postal CANADA L5J 4S7 1 281619825692825 LI-CYCLE HOLDINGS CORP. 2351 ROYAL WINDSOR DRIVE Suite 10 MISSISSAUGA CANADA ONTARIO L5J 4S7 Minimum 1 Maximum 10 * AJAY KOCHHAR YES 2351 ROYAL WINDSOR DRIVE, Suite 10 MISSISSAUGA ONTARIO


 
Page: Ontario Corporation Number Request ID / Demande no Numéro de la compagnie en Ontario 4. The first director(s) is/are: Premier(s) administrateur(s): First name, initials and surname Resident Canadian State Yes or No Prénom, initiales et nom de famille Résident Canadien Oui/Non Address for service, giving Street & No. Domicile élu, y compris la rue et le or R.R. No., Municipality and Postal Code numéro, le numéro de la R.R., ou le nom de la municipalité et le code postal 2 25692825 2816198 * BRUCE YES MACINNIS MISSISSAUGA ONTARIO CANADA L5J 4S7 2351 ROYAL WINDSOR DRIVE Suite 10


 
Page: Ontario Corporation Number Request ID / Demande no Numéro de la compagnie en Ontario 5. Restrictions, if any, on business the corporation may carry on or on powers the corporation may exercise. Limites, s’il y a lieu, imposées aux activités commerciales ou aux pouvoirs de la compagnie. 6. The classes and any maximum number of shares that the corporation is authorized to issue: Catégories et nombre maximal, s’il y a lieu, d’actions que la compagnie est autorisée à émettre: 3 25692825 2816198 None. The Corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares.


 
Page: Ontario Corporation Number Request ID / Demande no Numéro de la compagnie en Ontario 7. Rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions (if any) attaching to each class of shares and directors authority with respect to any class of shares which may be issued in series: Droits, privilèges, restrictions et conditions, s’il y a lieu, rattachés à chaque catégorie d’actions et pouvoirs des administrateurs relatifs à chaque catégorie d’actions que peut être émise en série: 4 25692825 2816198 I. Subject to the requirements of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) as now enacted or as the same may from time to time be amended, re-enacted, or replaced (the "Act"), the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the common shares are as follows: 1. Voting Rights: The holders of the common shares will be entitled to receive notice of and to attend all annual and special meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation and to one vote in respect of each common share held at all such meetings. 2. Payment of Dividends: The holders of the common shares will be entitled to receive dividends if, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation out of the assets of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends in such amounts and payable in such manner as the board of directors may from time to time determine. Subject to the rights of the holders of any other class of shares of the Corporation entitled to receive dividends in priority to or concurrently with the holders of the common shares, the board of directors may in its sole discretion declare dividends on the common shares to the exclusion of any other class of shares of the Corporation. 3. Participation upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up: In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or other distribution of assets of the Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, the holders of the common shares will, subject to the rights of the holders of any other class of shares of the Corporation entitled to receive assets of the Corporation upon such a distribution in priority to or concurrently with the holders of the common shares, be entitled to participate in the distribution. Such distribution will be made in equal amounts per share on all the common shares at the time outstanding without preference or distinction.


 
Page: Ontario Corporation Number Request ID / Demande no Numéro de la compagnie en Ontario 8. The issue, transfer or ownership of shares is/is not restricted and the restrictions (if any) are as follows: L’émission, le transfert ou la propriété d’actions est/n’est pas restreinte. Les restrictions, s’il y a lieu, sont les suivantes: 5 25692825 2816198 No share of the Corporation may be transferred unless its transfer complies with the restriction on the transfer of securities set out in paragraph 9 (Other Provisions) hereof.


 
Page: Ontario Corporation Number Request ID / Demande no Numéro de la compagnie en Ontario 9. Other provisions, (if any, are): Autres dispositions, s’il y a lieu: 6 25692825 2816198 No security of the Corporation, other than a non-convertible debt security, may be transferred without the consent of: (a) the board of directors of the Corporation, expressed by a resolution duly passed at a meeting of the directors; (b) a majority of the directors of the Corporation, expressed by an instrument or instruments in writing signed by such directors; (c) the holders of the voting shares of the Corporation, expressed by a resolution duly passed at a meeting of the holders of voting shares; or (d) the holders of the voting shares of the Corporation representing a majority of the votes attached to all the voting shares, expressed by an instrument or instruments in writing signed by such holders.


 
Page: Ontario Corporation Number Request ID / Demande no Numéro de la compagnie en Ontario 10. The names and addresses of the incorporators are Nom et adresse des fondateurs First name, initials and last name Prénom, initiale et nom de or corporate name famille ou dénomination sociale Full address for service or address of registered office or of principal place of business giving street & No. or R.R. No., municipality and postal code Domicile élu, adresse du siège social au adresse de l’établissement principal, y compris la rue et le numéro, le numéro de la R.R., le nom de la municipalité et le code postal 7 25692825 2816198 * AJAY KOCHHAR MISSISSAUGA ONTARIO CANADA L5J 4S7 * BRUCE MACINNIS MISSISSAUGA ONTARIO CANADA L5J 4S7 2351 ROYAL WINDSOR DRIVE, Suite 10 2351 ROYAL WINDSOR DRIVE Suite 10