EX-3.11 13 j0671201exv3w11.txt EXHIBIT 3.11 Exhibit 3.11 2003109-1266 PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE CORPORATION BUREAU Certificate of Organization Entity Number Domestic Limited Liability Company 3190318 (15 Pa. C.S. Section 8913) Name Pepper Hamilton LLP Document will be returned to the Address 200 One Keystone Plaza name and address you enter to North Front and Market Streets the left. P.O. Box 1181 [LEFT ARROW} Harrisburg, PA 17108-1181 City State Zip Fee: $125 Filed in the Department of State on DEC 31 2003 /s/ Pedro C. Curtis -------------------------------- Secretary of the Commonwealth In compliance with the requirements of 15 Pa.C.S. Section 8913 (relating to certificate of organization), the undersigned desiring to organize a limited liability company, hereby certifies that: 1. The name of the limited liability company (designator is required, i.e. "company", "limited" or "limited liability company" or abbreviation): GNC Franchising, LLC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The (a) address of the limited liability company's initial registered office in this Commonwealth or (b) name of its commercial registered office provider and the county of venue is: (a) Number and Street City State Zip County 300 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15222 Allegheny ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (b) Name of Commercial Registered Office Provider County c/o: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. The name and address, including street and number, if any, of each organizer is (all organizers must sign on page 2): Name Address Kimberly A. Petrolo 500 Grant Street, 50th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Strike out if inapplicable term xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Strike out if inapplicable: Management of the company is vested in a manager or managers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. The specified effective date, if any is: 1/1/2004 12:00 a.m. . ----------------------------------- month date year hour, if any -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Strike out if inapplicable xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- 8. For additional provisions of the certificate, if any, attach an 8-1/2 x 11 sheet. -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the organizer(s) has (xxx) signed this Certificate of Organization this 30th day of December, 2003. ------------------------------------------------- By: /s/ Kimberly A. Petrolo ----------------------------- Kimberly A. Petrolo Organizer