EX-3.21 19 y98028exv3w21.txt ARTICLES OF AMALGAMATION Exhibit 3.21 For Ministry Use Only Ontario Corporation Number A l'usage exclusif du ministere Numero de la compagnie en Ontario [LOGO] Ministry of Ministere de 574439 Consumer and la Consommation Commercial et du Commerce Relations CERTIFICATE CERTIFICAT This is to certify that these Ceci certifie que les presents articles are effective on statuts entrent en vigueur le JANUARY 1 JANVIER, 1984 Trans Line Comp Method code No Stat Type Incorp Share [ A ] [ D ] [ 0 ] [ A ] [ 3 ] [ S ] /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] 18 20 28 29 30 31 ------------------- [ILLEGIBLE] Notice Reg'd Jurisdiction [ N ] [ ONTARIO ] [ A ] 32 33 47 57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARTICLES OF AMALGAMATION STATUTS DE FUSION Form A 1. The name of the corporation is: Denomination sociale de la compagnie issue de la fusion: Business Corporations Act D-M-E O F C A N A D A L I M I T E D 1982 2. The address of the registered office is: Adresse du siege social: Formule 6210 Northwest Drive numero 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Loi de 1982 Street & Number or R R Number & if Multi-Office Building give Room No: sur les Rue et numero de la R R et s'il s'agit d'un edifice compagnies a bureaux numero de bureau: Mississauga, Ontario [ L 4 V I J 6 ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name of Municipality or Post Office (Postal Code) Nom de la municipalite ou du bureau de poste (Code Postal) Regional Municipality City Of Mississauga in the of Peel ------------------------ dans le/la ------------------------------------------- Name of Municipality (County, District, Regional Geographical Township municipality) (Nom de la municipalite (Comte, district, municipalite du canton) regionale) 3. Number (or minimum and maximum number ) of Nombre (ou nombres minimal of maximal) director is: d'administrateurs: FOUR (4) 4. The director(s) is/are: Administrateur(s): Resident First name, initials and surname Residence address giving Street & No. R. R. Canadian Prenom, initials et nom de famille No. Municipality and Postal Code State Addresse personnelle, y compris la rue et le yes or no numero, le numero, de la R.R. ou le nom de la Resident municipalite et le code postal Canadien Oui/Non ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jerry A. Lirette 1547 Kensington, No Bloomfield Hills, MI 48013 Cyrus McGrath 45 Marksam Road, Unit 17, Yes Guelph, Ontario NIH 6Y9 David W. Smith 48 Hillhurst Boulevard, Yes Toronto, Ontario M5N 1N6 Orey Fidani 48 Edenbrook Hill, Yes Toronto, Ontario M9N 3Z9
DYE & DURHAM FORM 4(B C A) 2 5. A) The amalgamation agreement [ ]A) Les actionnaires de chaque has been duly adopted by the compagnie qui fusionne ont shareholders of each of the dument adopte la convention de amalgamating corporations as fusion conformement au paragraphe required by subsection 175(4) of 175(4) de la Loi sur les compagnies the Business Corporations Act on a la date mentionnee ci-dessous. the date set out below. Check Cocher A or B A ou B B) The amalgamation has been approved [X]B) Les administrateurs de chaque by the directors of each compagnie qui fusionne ont approuve amalgamating corporation by a la fusion par voie de resolution resolution as required by section conformement a l'article 176 de la 176 of the Business Corporations Loi sur les compagnies a la date Act on the date set out below. mentionnee ci-dessous. Les statuts de fusion reprennent The articles of amalgamation in essentiellement les dispositions substance contain the provisions of des statuts constitutifs de the articles of incorporation of D-M-E of Canada Limited and are more particularly set out et sont enonces textuellement aux in these articles presents statuts.
Names of amalgamating corporations Denomination sociale Ontario Corporation Number des compagnies qui Numero de la compagnie en Date of Adoption Approval fusionnent Ontario Date d'adoption ou d'approbation -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------- D-M-E of Canada 257680 December 21, 1983 Limited Cardkey Systems of Canada, 438112 December 21, 1983 Limited
3 6. Restrictions, if any, on business Limites, s'il y a lieu, imposees aux the corporation may carry on or on activites commerciales ou aux pouvoirs powers the corporation exercise. de la compagnie. There are no restrictions on the business that the Corporation may carry on. 7. The classes and any maximum number Categories et nombre maximal, s'il y a of shares that the corporation is lieu, d'actions que la compagnie est authorized to issue. autorisee a emettre: The Corporation is authorized to issue 1,000 common shares without par value. 4 8. Rights, privileges, restrictions Droits, privileges, restrictions et and conditions (if any) attaching conditions, s'il y a lieu, rattaches a to each class of shares and chaque categorie d'actions et pouvoirs directors authority with respect to des administrateurs relatifs a chaque any class of shares which is to be categorie d'actions qui peut etre emise issued in series: en serie: Not applicable. restricted and the restrictions est/n'est pas restreinte. Les (if any) are as follows: restrictions, s'il y a lieu, sont les suivantes: 1. The right to transfer shares of the Corporation shall be restricted in that no shareholder shall be entitled to transfer any share or shares in the capital of the Corporation without either (a) the previous express sanction of the holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of the common shares of the Corporation for the time being outstanding expressed by a resolution passed at a meeting of the shareholders or by an instrument or instruments in writing signed by the holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of such shares, or (b) the previous express sanction of the directors of the Corporation expressed by a resolution passed by the votes of a majority of the directors of the Corporation at a meeting of the board of directors or by an instrument or instruments in writing signed by a majority of the directors. (....Continued on 5A) 10. Other provisions, (if any): Autres dispositions, s'il y a lieu. Not applicable. 11. The statements required by Les declarations exigees aux termes du subsection 177(2) of the Business paragraphe 177(2) de la Loi sur les Corporations Act are attached as compagnies constituent l'annexe "A". Schedule "A". 12 A copy of the amalgamation Une copie de la convention de fusion agreement or directors resolutions ou les resolutions des administrateurs (as the case may be) is/are (selon le cas) constitute(nt) l'annexe attached as Schedule "B". "B". 2. The number of shareholders of the Corporation, exclusive of persons who are in its employment and exclusive of persons who, having been formerly in the employment of the Corporation, were, while in that employment, and have continued after the termination of that employment to be, shareholders of the Corporation, is limited to not more than fifty, two or more persons who are the joint registered owners of one or more shares being counted as one shareholder. 3. Any invitation to the public to subscribe for securities of the Corporation is prohibited. 6 These articles are signed in Les presents statuts sont signes en duplicate. double exemplaire. Names of the amalgamating Denomination sociale des compagnies corporations and signatures and qui fusionnent signature et descriptions of office of their fonction de leurs dirigeants proper officers. regulierement designes. D-M-E OF CANADA LIMITED /s/ G. Ralph Bartolme C.S. ------------------------------------ G. Ralph Bartolme, Vice-President CARDKEY SYSTEMS OF CANADA, LIMITED /s/ G. Ralph Bartolme C.S. ------------------------------------ G. Ralph Bartolme, Vice-President & Secretary SCHEDULE A IN THE MATTER OF the Business Corporations Act, 1982 and the Articles of Amalgamation of D-M-E OF CANADA LIMITED and CARDKEY SYSTEMS OF CANADA, LIMITED. I, G. RALPH BARTOLME, of the city of Laguna Niguel, in the State of California, do DECLARE THAT: 1. I am the Vice-President of D-M-E of Canada Limited (hereinafter called the "Corporation") which is to be amalgamated with Cardkey Systems of Canada, Limited into an amalgamated corporation (hereinafter called the "Amalgamated Corporation") and as such have personal knowledge of the matters herein declared. 2. I have conducted such examinations of the books and records of the Corporation and have made such enquiries and investigations as are necessary to enable me to make this declaration. 3. I have satisfied myself that: (a) there are reasonable grounds for believing that the Corporation is and the Amalgamated Corporation will be able to pay its liabilities as they become due; (b) there are reasonable grounds for believing that the realizable value of the Amalgamated Corporation's assets will not be less than the aggregate of its liabilities and stated capital of all classes; and (c) there are reasonable grounds for believing that no creditor of the Corporation will be prejudiced by the amalgamation. DATED the 21st day of December, 1983. /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] ) /s/ G. Ralph Bartolme ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------- Witness ) G. Ralph Bartolme SCHEDULE A IN THE MATTER OF the Business Corporations Act, 1982 and the Articles of Amalgamation of D-M-E OF CANADA LIMITED and CARDKEY SYSTEMS OF CANADA, LIMITED. I. G. RALPH BARTOLME, of the city of Laguna Niguel, in the State of California, do DECLARE THAT: 1. I am the Vice-President and Secretary of Cardkey Systems of Canada, Limited (hereinafter called the "Corporation") which is to be amalgamated with D-M-E of Canada Limited into an amalgamated corporation (hereinafter called the "Amalgamated Corporation") and as such have personal knowledge of the matters herein declared. 2. I have conducted such examinations of the books and records of the Corporation and have made such enquiries and investigations as are necessary to enable me to make this declaration. 3. I have satisfied myself that: (a) there are reasonable grounds for believing that the Corporation is and the Amalgamated Corporation will be able to pay its liabilities as they become due; (b) there are reasonable grounds for believing that the realizable value of the Amalgamated Corporation's assets will not be less than the aggregate of its liabilities and stated capital of all classes; and (c) there are reasonable grounds for believing that no creditor of the Corporation will be prejudiced by the amalgamation. DATED the 21st day of December, 1983. /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] ) /s/ G. Ralph Bartolme ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------- Witness ) G. Ralph Bartolme SCHEDULE B CARDKEY SYSTEMS OF CANADA, LIMITED "AMALGAMATION WITH D-M-E OF CANADA LIMITED WHEREAS the Corporation and D-M-E of Canada Limited ("D-M-E") are wholly-owned subsidiaries of VSI Corporation; AND WHEREAS it is in the best interests of the Corporation that the Corporation and D-M-E amalgamate and continue as one corporation (the "Amalgamated Corporation") pursuant to subsection 176(2) of the Act without complying with sections 174 and 175 of the Act; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT 1. the amalgamation of the Corporation and D-M-E pursuant to subsection 176(2) of the Act, effective January 1. 1984, be and the same is hereby approved; 2. when the said amalgamation becomes effective, all the issued shares in the capital of the Corporation shall be cancelled without any repayment of capital in respect thereof; 3. except as may be prescribed, the articles of amalgamation shall be the same in substance as the articles of D-M-E; 4. the stated capital of the Corporation shall be added to the stated capital of D-M-E; and 5. any one of the directors or officers of the Corporation be and is hereby authorized and directed for and on behalf of the Corporation to do all acts and things and to execute under the seal of the Corporation or otherwise and to deliver all such documents and instruments as may be -2- necessary or desirable in connection with the said amalgamation including, without limitation, the filing of articles of amalgamation under the Act in the form of the draft articles of amalgamation annexed hereto as a schedule." The undersigned, being the Vice-President and Secretary of CARDKEY SYSTEMS OF CANADA, LIMITED (the "Corporation"), hereby certifies under the corporate seal of the Corporation that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of a resolution passed by the directors of the Corporation on December 21, 1983, which resolution remains in full force and effect, unamended. DATED the 21st day of December, 1983 /s/ G. R. Bartolme C.S. ----------------------------- G. R. Bartolme Schedule B D-M-E OF CANADA LIMITED "AMALGAMATION WITH CARDKEY SYSTEMS OF CANADA, LIMITED WHEREAS the Corporation and Cardkey Systems of Canada, Limited ("Cardkey") are wholly-owned subsidiaries of VSI Corporation; AND WHEREAS it is in the best interests of the Corporation that the Corporation and Cardkey amalgamate and continue as one corporation (the "Amalgamated Corporation") pursuant to subsection 176(2) of the Act without complying with sections 174 and 175 of the Act; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT 1. the amalgamation of the Corporation and Cardkey under the provisions of subsection 176(2) of the Act, effective January 1, 1984, be and the same is hereby approved; 2. when the said amalgamation becomes effective all the issued shares in the capital of Cardkey shall be cancelled without any payment of capital in respect thereof; 3. except as may be prescribed, the articles of amalgamation shall be the same in substance as the articles of the Corporation; 4. the stated capital of Cardkey shall be added to the stated capital of the Corporation; 5. any one of the directors or officers of the Corporation be and is hereby authorized and directed for and - 2 - on behalf of the Corporation to do all acts and things and to execute under the seal of the Corporation or otherwise and to deliver all such documents and instruments as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the said amalgamation including, without limitation, the filing of articles of amalgamation under the Act in the form of the draft articles of amalgamation annexed hereto as a schedule." The undersigned, being the Vice-President of D-M-E of Canada Limited (the "Corporation"), hereby certifies under the corporate seal of the Corporation that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of a resolution passed by the directors of the Corporation on December 21, 1983, which resolution remains in full force and effect, unamended. DATED the 21st day of December, 1983. /s/ G. R. Bartolme C.S. ----------------------------- G. R. Bartolme ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT For Ministry Use Only Ontario Corporation Number A l'usage exclusif du ministere Numero de la compagnie en Ontario [LOGO] Ministry of Ministere de 574439 Consumer and la Consommation Commercial et du Commerce Ontario Relations CERTIFICATE CERTIFICAT This is to certify that these Ceci certifie que les presents Articles are effective on statuts entrent en vigueur le DECEMBER 5 DECEMBRE, 1989 /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] Director La Directeur TRANS Companies Branch Direction des compagnies CODE [C] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT STATUTS OF MODIFICATION Form 3 1. The present name of the corporation is: Denomination sociale de la compagnie: Business Corporations D - M - E O F C A N A D A L I M I T E D Act 1982 2. The name of the corporation is changed to (if Nouvelle denomination sociale de la compagnie: (s'il y Formule applicable): a lieu): numero 3 Loi de 1982 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ sur les ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ compagnies ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Date of incorporation/amalgamation: Date de la constitution ou de la fusion: 1/JANUARY/1984 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Day, Month, Year) (jour, mois, annee) 4. The article of the corporation are amended as Les statuts de la compagnie sont modifies de la facon follows: suivante: (i) to provide that the corporation shall have a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 10 directors; (ii) to delete the maximum number of common shares of the corporation so that the corporation may issue an unlimited of common shares;
DYE & DURHAM FORM 3(B C A) 5. The amendment has been duly authorized La modification a ete dument as required by Sections 187 and 169 (as autorisee conformement a applicable) of the Business Corporations l'article 167 et, s'il y a lieu, a Act. l'article 169 de la Loi sur les compagnies. 6. The resolution authorizing the Les actionnaires ou les amendment was approved by the administrateurs (le cas echeant) de shareholders/directors (as applicable) la compagnie ont approuve la of the corporation on resolution autorisant la modification 05/DEC/89 ------------------------------------------------- (Day, Month, Year) (jour, mois, annee) These articles are signed in duplicate. Les presents statuts sont signes en double exemplaire. D-M-E OF CANADA LIMITED -------------------------------------- (Name of Corporation) (Denomination sociale de la compagnie) By/Par: [ILLEGIBLE] Secretary ----------------------------------------- [Signature] (Description of office) [Signature] (Fonction)