EX-3.6(A) 10 w21582exv3w6xay.txt ELDER-BEERMAN HOLDINGS,INC. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Exhibit 3.6(a) ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION ELDER-BEERMAN HOLDINGS, INC. The undersigned, desiring to form a corporation for profit under the General Corporation Law of Ohio, does hereby certify: FIRST: The name of the Corporation is: Elder-Beerman Holdings, Inc. SECOND: The place in Ohio where the principal office of the Corporation shall be located is Dayton, Ohio, Montgomery County. THIRD: The purpose for which the Corporation is formed is in general, to carry on any lawful business whatsoever which is calculated, directly or indirectly, to promote the interests of the Corporation or to enhance the value of its properties, and to have and exercise all rights, powers and privileges which are now or may hereafter be conferred upon corporations by the laws of Ohio. The Corporation reserves the right at any time and from time to time to change substantially its purposes pursuant to the affirmative vote or approval of the holders of shares entitled to exercise the proportion of the voting power of the Corporation now or hereafter required by statute for such approval, and such vote or approval shall be binding and conclusive upon every shareholder of the Corporation as fully as if such shareholder had voted therefore, and no shareholder, notwithstanding that such shareholder may have voted against such change of purpose or may have objected in writing thereto, shall be entitled to payment of the fair cash value of such shareholder's shares. FOURTH: The number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to have outstanding is EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY (850) common shares, without par value. FIFTH: Notwithstanding any provision of the Ohio Revised Code now or hereafter in force otherwise requiring for any purpose the vote, consent, waiver or release of the holders of shares entitling thereto to exercise two-thirds, or any other proportion, of the voting power of the Corporation or of any class or classes of shares thereof, such action, unless otherwise expressly required by statute or by these Articles of Incorporation, may be taken by the vote, consent, waiver or release of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Corporation or of such class or classes. SIXTH: No holder of any class of shares of the Corporation shall have any pre-emptive or preferential right to subscribe to or purchase any shares of any class of stock of the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized and whether unissued or in the treasury, or any obligations convertible into shares of any class of stock of the Corporation, at any time issued or sold, or any right to subscribe to or purchase any thereof. SEVENTH: The Corporation may, from time to time, pursuant to authorization by its Directors and without action by the shareholders, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of the Corporation of any class or classes in such manner, upon such terms and in such amounts as the Directors shall determine, to the extent permitted by law; subject, however, to such limitation or restriction, if any, as may be imposed by the terms or provisions of any class of shares or other securities of the Corporation outstanding at the time of the purchase or acquisition in question. EIGHTH: A Director or officer of the Corporation shall not be disqualified by his office from dealing or contracting with the Corporation as a vendor, purchaser, employee, agent or otherwise, nor shall any transaction, contract or other act of the Corporation be void or voidable or in any way affected or invalidated by reason of the fact that any Director or officer, or any firm in which such Director or officer is a member, or any corporation of which such Director or officer is a shareholder, director or officer, is in any way interested in such transaction, contract or other act, provided the fact that such Director, officer, firm or corporation is so interested shall be disclosed or shall be known to the Board of Directors at the time at which any action upon any such transaction, contract or other act. NINTH: Any and every statute of the State of Ohio hereafter enacted, whereby the rights, powers or privileges of corporations or of the shareholders of corporations organized under the laws of the State of Ohio are increased or diminished or in any way affected, or whereby effect is given to the action taken by any number, less than all, of the shareholders of any such corporation, shall apply to the Corporation and shall be binding not only upon the Corporation but upon every shareholder of the Corporation to the same extent as if such statute had been in force at the time of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the Secretary of State of Ohio. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 13 day of December, 1999. /s/ STEVEN D. LIPTON ---------------------------------------- Steven D. Lipton, Sole Incorporator 2 J. Kenneth Blackwell, Secretary of State 30 East Broad Street, 14th Floor Columbus, Ohio 43266-0418 Form AGO (August 1992) ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT OF STATUTORY AGENT The undersigned, being the sole incorporator of Elder-Beerman Holdings, Inc., hereby appoints Steven D. Lipton to be the statutory agent upon whom any process, notice or demand required or permitted by statute to be served upon the corporation may be served. The complete address of the agent is: 3155 El-Bee Road Dayton, Ohio 454539 NOTE: P.O. Box addresses are not acceptable. /s/ STEVEN D. LIPTON ---------------------------------------- Steven D. Lipton, Sole Incorporator ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT The undersigned, Steven D. Lipton, named herein as the statutory agent for Elder-Beerman Holdings, Inc., hereby acknowledges and accepts the appointment of statutory agent for said corporation. /s/ STEVEN D. LIPTON ---------------------------------------- Steven D. Lipton, (statutory agent) INSTRUCTIONS 1) Profit and non-profit articles of incorporation must be accompanied by an original appointment of agent. R.C. 1701.07(B), 1702.06 (B). 2) The statutory agent for a corporation may be (a) a natural person who is a resident of Ohio, or (b) an Ohio corporation or a foreign corporation licensed in Ohio which has a business address in this state and is explicitly authorized by its articles of incorporation to act as a statutory agent. R.C. 1701.07(A), 1702.06(A). 3) An original appointment of statutory agent form must be signed by at least a majority of the incorporators of the corporation. R.C. 1701.07(B), 1702.06 (B). These signatures must be the same as the signatures on the articles of incorporation. 3