EX-3.103 102 a2204534zex-3_103.htm EX-3.103

Exhibit 3.103

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

EMCARE, INC.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 102

 

of the General Corporation Law of

 

the State of Delaware

 

I, the undersigned, for the purpose of creating and organizing a corporation under the provisions of and subject to the requirements of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do HEREBY CERTIFY as follows:

 

FIRST:  That the name of the corporation (the “Corporation”) is:

 

EmCare, Inc.

 

SECOND:  That the address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1013 Centre Road, in the city of Wilmington, County of New Castle 19805. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

 

THIRD:  That the purposes for which the Corporation is formed are to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

FOURTH:  That the aggregate number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01.

 

FIFTH:  That the name and mailing address of the sole incorporator of the Corporation are as follows:

 

J. Forbes Anderson

1717 Main Street, Suite 5200

Dallas, Texas 75201

 

SIXTH:  That in furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors of the corporation is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation, subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal

 

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any bylaw made by the board of directors. Election of directors need not be by written ballot.

 

SEVENTH:  That the Corporation reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors, or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article.

 

EIGHTH:  No person shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided, however, that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the general Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of the provisions of this Article Eighth by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the incorporator hereinabove named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does make this Certificate, hereby declaring, certifying and acknowledging under penalties of perjury that the facts herein stated are true and that this Certificate is his act and deed, and accordingly has hereunto set his hand, this 19th day of January, 1993.

 

/s/ J. Forbes Anderson

 

J. Forbes Anderson

 

Incorporator

 

 

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ARTICLES OF MERGER

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 5.04 of the Texas Business Corporation Act, as amended (the “TBCA”), and Section 252 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended (“GCL”), EmCare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“EmCare Delaware” or “Surviving Corporation”), and EmCare, Inc., a Texas corporation (“EmCare Texas”) adopt the following Articles of Merger for the purpose of merging EmCare Texas into the Surviving Corporation.

 

1.             The Agreement of Merger (the “Agreement”), dated as of February 25, 1993, by and among EmCare Texas and EmCare Delaware, attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference, contains the terms and conditions of the merger of EmCare Texas and EmCare Delaware. The Agreement was adopted, approved, certified, executed and acknowledged by the sole shareholder of EmCare Texas in the manner prescribed by the TBCA. The Agreement was adopted, approved, certified, executed and acknowledged by the sole shareholder of EmCare Delaware in the manner prescribed by the GCL.

 

2.             As to each of the undersigned corporations, the total number of shares outstanding and entitled to vote on the Agreement, and the designation of and number of outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote as a class on the Agreement, are as follows:

 

ENTITLED TO VOTE ONLY AS A CLASS

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHARES OF

 

DESIGNATION

 

 

 

NAME OF

 

COMMON STOCK

 

OF

 

NUMBER OF

 

CORPORATION

 

OUTSTANDING

 

CLASS

 

SHARES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EmCare Texas

 

125,000

 

Common

 

125,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EmCare Delaware

 

1,000

 

Common

 

1,000

 

 

3.             As to each of the undersigned corporations, the total number of shares voted for and against the Agreement, respectively, and, as to each class entitled to vote thereon as a class, the number of shares of such class voted for and against the Agreement, respectively, are as follows:

 

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ENTITLED TO VOTE ONLY AS A CLASS

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NAME OF

 

TOTAL

 

VOTED

 

 

 

VOTED

 

VOTED

 

CORPORATION

 

VOTED FOR

 

AGAINST

 

CLASS

 

FOR

 

AGAINST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EmCare Texas

 

125,000

 

0

 

Common

 

125,000

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EmCare Delaware

 

1,000

 

0

 

Common

 

1,000

 

0

 

 

4.  The Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be set forth in their entirety below:

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

EMCARE, INC.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 102

 

of the General corporation Law of

 

the State of Delaware

 

I, the undersigned, for the purpose of creating and organizing a corporation under the provisions of and subject to the requirements of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do HEREBY CERTIFY as follows:

 

FIRST:  That the name of the corporation (the “Corporation”) is:

 

EmCare, Inc,

 

SECOND:  That the address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1013 Centre Road, in the city of Wilmington, County of New Castle 19805. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

 

THIRD:  That the purposes for which the Corporation is formed are to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

FOURTH:  That the aggregate number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01.

 

FIFTH:  That the name and mailing address of the sole incorporator of the Corporation are as follows:

 

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J. Forbes Anderson
1717 Main Street, Suite 5200

Dallas, Texas 75201

 

SIXTH:  That in furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation, subject to this power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors. Election of Directors used not be by written ballot.

 

SEVENTH:  That the Corporation reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter proscribed by law, and rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors, or any other parsons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present torn or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article.

 

EIGHTH:  No person shall be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided, however, that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the general Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of the provisions of this Article Eighth by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused these Articles of Merger to be executed by their respective Presidents and attested to by their respective Secretaries on February 25, 1993.

 

ATTEST:

EMCARE, INC. (TEXAS)

 

 

By:

/s/ J. Forbes Anderson

 

By:

/s/ William F. Miller

Name: J. Forbes Anderson

Name:  William F. Miller

Title: Secretary

Title:  President

 

 

ATTEST:

EMCARE, INC. (DELAWARE)

 

 

By:

/s/ J. Forbes Anderson

 

By:

/s/ William F. Miller

Name: J. Forbes Anderson

Name:  William F. Miller

Title: Secretary

Title:  President

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

AGREEMENT OF MERGER

 

Agreement of Merger (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 25, 1993, between EmCare, Inc., a Texas corporation (“EmCare Texas”) and EmCare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“EmCare Delaware”, together with EmCare Texas, the “Merging Companies”).

 

WHEREAS, EmCare Texas is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas and having an authorized capitalization of 500,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value; and

 

WHEREAS, EmCare Delaware is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and having an authorized capitalization of 1,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value;

 

In consideration of the mutual promises and covenants, and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the Merging Companies agree an follows:

 

1. Merger.  The Merging Companies shall be merged into a single corporation by EmCare Texas merging with and into EmCare Delaware, which shall survive the merger (the “Surviving Corporation”), pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Business Corporation Act and the Delaware General Corporation Act. Upon this merger the separate corporate existence of EmCare Texas shall cease and the Surviving Corporation shall become the owner, without other transfer, of all the rights and property of EmCare Texas and EmCare Delaware, and the Surviving Corporation shall become subject to all the debts and liabilities of the Merging Companies in the same manner as if it had itself incurred them.

 

2. Effective Date.  This Agreement shall become effective immediately upon compliance with the laws of the States of Texas and Delaware (the “Effective Date”).

 

3. Surviving Corporation.  The name of the Surviving Corporation shall be EmCare, Inc. The purposes and county where the registered office for the Surviving Corporation shall be located shall be as they appear in the articles of incorporation of this Surviving Corporation.

 

4. Authorized Capital.  The authorized capital stock of the Surviving Corporation following the Effective Date shall be 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01, unless and until the same shall be changed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

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5. Articles of Incorporation of Surviving Corporation.  The articles of incorporation of EmCare Delaware, as in effect on the Effective Date, shall be the articles of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, until the same shall be altered or amended pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

6. Bylaws.  The bylaws of EmCare Delaware, as in affect on the Effective Date, shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, until the same shall be altered, amended, or repealed, or until new bylaws are adopted as provided therein.

 

7. Board of Directors.  The names end addresses of the persons who shall constitute the board of directors of the Surviving Corporation, and who shall hold office until the first annual meeting of the shareholders of the Surviving Corporation are as follows:

 

Leonard M. Riggs, Jr., M.D.

1717 Main Street

 

Suite 5200

 

Dallas, Texas 75201

 

8. Conversion of Stock of Merging Companies.  Share of stock of the Merging Companies shall be converted into shares of the Surviving Corporation as follows, for a total capitalization of the Surviving Corporation of 1,000 shares, par value $0.01:

 

(a) Shares of EmCare Texas.  Upon receipt by the sole shareholder, and in consideration of, the sum of $10.00, each share of common stock of EmCare Texas that is issued and outstanding on the Effective Date of merger shall be cancelled, and such sole shareholder shall not receive shares of common stock of the Surviving Corporation.

 

(b) Shares of EmCare Delaware.  Each share of common stock of EmCare Delaware that is issued and outstanding on the Effective Date of the merger shall be converted as a whole to 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01, of the Surviving Corporation.

 

(c) Shareholders in the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to receive any and all dividends on stock of the Surviving Corporation that may be declared and paid between the Effective Date of the merger and issuance to such shareholder of a certificate of common stock in the Surviving Corporation.

 

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9. Retirement of Stock.  On and after the Effective Date of the merger, all of the shareholders in EmCare Texas shall surrender for cancellation their certificates of stock in that corporation to the Surviving Corporation by delivering the same to its appointed agent, at 1717 Main Street, Suite 5200, Dallas, Texas 75201.

 

10. Approval of Shareholders.  This Agreement shall be submitted to the shareholders of the Merging Companies for their approval in the manner provided by the applicable laws of the States of Texas and Delaware at such time as the boards of directors of the Merging Companies shall agree.

 

11. Abandonment by Board of Directors.  The directors of the Merging Companies may, in their discretion, abandon this merger, subject to the rights of third parties under and contracts relating to this merger without further action or approval by the shareholders of the Merging Companies, at any time before the merger has been completed.

 

12. Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and all such counterparts and copies shall be and constitute one original instrument.

 

13. Tax-Free Merger.  This Agreement is considered to be a tax-free merger pursuant to Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to be executed by the undersigned on the date first written above.

 

EMCARE, INC. (TEXAS)

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William F. Miller, III

 

Name: William F. Miller III

 

Title: President

 

 

 

EMCARE, INC. (DELAWARE)

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William F. Miller III

 

Name: William F. Miller III

 

Title: President

 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

OF

EMCARE PHYSICIANS NETWORK, INC., a Delaware corporation

AND

EMCARE RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation

WITH AND INTO

EMCARE, INC., a Delaware corporation

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 252 OF THE DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW

 

The undersigned corporation hereby certifies that:

 

FIRST: The names and states of incorporation of the constituent corporations are as follows:

 

Name

 

State of Incorporation

 

 

 

 

 

EmCare, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

 

 

 

 

EmCare Receivables Corporation

 

Nevada

 

 

 

 

 

EmCare Physicians Network, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

 

SECOND: A Plan of Merger has been approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the constituent corporations in accordance with the requirements of Section 252 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

THIRD: The name of the surviving corporation of the merger is EmCare, Inc.

 

FOURTH: Upon the effectiveness of the merger, the Certificate of Incorporation of EmCare, Inc., a Delaware corporation, shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the surviving corporation.

 

FIFTH: The executed Agreement of Merger is on file at the office of the surviving corporation. The address of said office is 1717 Main Street, Suite 5200, Dallas, Texas 75201.

 

SIXTH: A copy of the Agreement of Merger will be furnished by the surviving corporation, on request and without cost, to any stockholder of any constituent corporation.

 

SEVENTH: The authorized capital stock of EmCare Receivables Corporation, a Nevada corporation is 1,000 shares at a $1.00 Par Value.

 

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Dated: November 30, 1998.

 



 

EmCare, Inc., a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William F. Miller, III

 

 

William F. Miller, III

 

 

President

 

 

 

Attest by:

 

 

 

/s/ Scott W. Roloff

 

Scott W. Roloff

 

Secretary

 

 



 

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

 

This Certificate of Merger (this “Certificate”), dated as of August 31, 1997, is filed in connection with the merger of DOKTAH, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Acquired Company”), into EmCare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”).

 

Section 1 Acquired Company. The name of the Acquired Company is DOKTAH, L.L.C. The Acquired Company is a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Section 2 Surviving Corporation. The name of the Surviving Corporation is EmCare, Inc. The Surviving Corporation is a Delaware corporation.

 

Section 3 Merger Agreement. The Acquired Company and the Surviving Corporation entered into an Agreement of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of August 31, 1997, under which the Acquired Company agreed to merge into the Surviving Corporation. The Acquired Company and the Surviving Corporation each approved, adopted, certified, executed, and acknowledged the Merger Agreement in accordance with Section 264(c)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

Section 4 Name.  The name of the Surviving Corporation shall be “EmCare, Inc.”

 

Section 5 Certificate of Incorporation. No amendments or changes to the Surviving Corporation’s certificate of incorporation will be effected by the merger. The certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation immediately before the merger shall remain the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the merger.

 

Section 6 Merger Agreement on File. An executed copy of the Merger Agreement is on file at the office of the Surviving Corporation. The address of this office is 1717 Main Street, Suite 5200, Dallas, Texas 75201.

 

Section 7 Copies of the Merger Agreement. The Surviving Corporation will furnish a copy of the Merger Agreement, on request and without cost, to any stockholder of the Surviving Corporation or former member of the Acquired Company.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Surviving Corporation has executed this Certificate as of the date first written above to be effective upon filing with the Delaware Secretary of State.

 

EMCARE, INC.

 

By:

/s/ Robert F. Anderson, II

 

Name: Robert F. Anderson, II

 

Title: Senior Vice President

 

 



 

CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND MERGER (ARTICLES OF MERGER)

 

MERGING EMCARE PHYSICIAN STAFFING SERVICES, INC., A .TEXAS CORPORATION INTO EMCARE, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 253 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) and Article 5.16 of the Texas Business Corporation Act (the “TBCA”), the undersigned, being the Chairman of the Board and the Secretary of EmCare, Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby certify that:

 

1.  The name of the subsidiary corporation is EmCare Physician Staffing Services, Inc., a Texas corporation, and the name of the parent corporation is EmCare, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

2.  The number of outstanding shares of the subsidiary corporation is 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, and the number of such shares owned by the parent is 1,000.

 

3.  The resolutions attached hereto as Exhibit A were adopted by the board of directors of the parent corporation on March 30, 1994 to merge the subsidiary corporation into the parent corporation.

 

4.  The merger of the subsidiary corporation into the parent corporation is effective upon the issuance of a Certificate of Merger by the Secretary of State.

 

5.  The address of the registered office of the surviving corporation in the State of Delaware is 1013 Centre Road, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of the surviving corporation’s registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

 

The parent corporation hereby: (a) agrees that it may be served with process in the State of Texas in any proceeding for the enforcement of any obligation of the subsidiary corporation and in any proceeding for the enforcement of the rights of a dissenting shareholder of the subsidiary corporation against the parent corporation, (b) irrevocably appoints the Secretary of the State of Texas as its agent to accept service of process in any such proceeding; and (c) agrees that it will promptly pay to the assenting shareholders of the subsidiary corporation the amount, if any, to which they shall be entitled under the provisions of the TBCA with respect to the rights of dissenting shareholders.

 

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EMCARE, INC.

 



 

By: 

/s/ Leonard M. Riggs, Jr., M.D.

 

 

Leonard M. Riggs, Jr., M.D.

 

 

Chairman of the Board

 

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

/s/ Gary W. Cage

 

Gary W. Cage

 

Secretary

 

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OF

EMCARE, INC.

 

The undersigned, being the entire board of directors of EMCARE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), pursuant to Section 141(f) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, do hereby consent to and adopt the following resolutions:

 

WHEREAS, the Corporation owns 100 percent of the outstanding shares of EmCare Physician Staffing Services, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Subsidiary Corporation”);

 

WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to merge the Subsidiary Corporation with and into the Corporation, and each of the directors deems such a merger to be in the best interests of the Corporation; and

 

WHEREAS, there are no minority shareholders;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Corporation merge the Subsidiary Corporation into itself and assume all of the Subsidiary Corporation’s obligations; and

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the officers of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is empowered and directed to do all things necessary or proper for the full and complete accomplishment of said merger, including execution and filing of a Certificate of Ownership or Articles of Merger as required by law.

 

The undersigned executed this written consent (which he may do by signature transmitted via facsimile machine) as of the 30th day of March, 1994.

 

/s/ Leonard M. Riggs, Jr., M.D.

 

Leonard M. Riggs, Jr., M.D.

 

 

Board of Directors Consent (EmCare, Inc.)

 



 

CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP

 

MERGING

EMCARE MEDICAL SERVICES, INC., A TEXAS CORPORATION

INTO

EMCARE, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 253 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) and Article 5.16 of the Texas Business Corporation Act (the “TBCA”), the undersigned, being the Chairman of the Board and the Secretary of EmCare, Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby certify that:

 

1. The name of the subsidiary corporation is EmCare Medical Services, Inc., a Texas corporation, and the name of the parent corporation is EmCare, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

2. The number of outstanding shares of the subsidiary corporation is 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, and the number of such shares owned by the parent is 1,000.

 

3. The resolutions attached hereto as Exhibit A were adopted by the board of directors of the parent corporation on December 30, 1993 to merge the subsidiary corporation into the parent corporation.

 

4. The merger of the subsidiary corporation into the parent corporation is effective as of December 31, 1993.

 

5. The address of the registered office of the surviving corporation in the State of Delaware is 1013 Centre Road, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of the surviving corporation’s registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

 

The parent corporation hereby: (a) agrees that it may be served with process in the State of Texas in any proceeding for the enforcement of any obligation of the subsidiary corporation and in any proceeding for the enforcement of the rights of a dissenting shareholder of the subsidiary corporation against the parent corporation, (b) irrevocably appoints the secretary of the State of Texas as its agent to accept service of process in any such proceeding; and (c) agrees that it will promptly pay to the assenting shareholders of the subsidiary corporation the amount, if any, to which they shall be entitled under the provisions of the TBCA with respect to the rights of dissenting shareholders.

 

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EMCARE, INC.

 

 

 

/s/ Leonard M. Riggs, Jr., M.D.

 

Leonard M. Riggs, Jr., M.D.

 

Chairman of the Board

 

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

/s/ J. Forbes Anderson

 

J. Forbes Anderson

 

Secretary

 

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OF

EMCARE, INC.

 

The undersigned, being the entire board of directors of EMCARE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), pursuant to Section 141(f) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, do hereby consent to and adopt the following resolutions:

 

WHEREAS, the Corporation owns 100 percent of the outstanding shares of EmCare Medical Services, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Subsidiary Corporation”);

 

WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to merge the Subsidiary Corporation with and into the Corporation as of December 31, 1993, and each of the directors deems such a merger to be in the best interests of the Corporation; and

 

WHEREAS, there are no minority shareholders;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Corporation merge the Subsidiary Corporation into itself and assume all of the Subsidiary Corporation’s obligations; and

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the officers of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is empowered and directed to do all things necessary or proper for the full and complete accomplishment of said merger as of December 31, 1993 including execution and filing of a Certificate of Merger (articles of merger) as required by law.

 

Each of the undersigned has executed this written consent (which he may do by signature transmitted via facsimile machine) as of the 30th day of December, 1993.

 

/s/ Leonard M. Riggs, Jr., M.D.

 

Leonard M. Riggs, M.D.

 

 

Board of Directors Consent (EmCare, Inc.)

 



 

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER
Merging
Koala Acquisition Sub, Inc.
Into
EmCare, Inc.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 251 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), the undersigned submits the following Certificate of Merger for the purpose of effecting a merger of domestic corporations under the DGCL.

 

1.             The name and state of incorporation of each of the constituent corporations (the “Constituent Corporations”) is as follows:

 

Name

 

State of Incorporation

 

Koala Acquisition Sub, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

EmCare, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

 

2.             The Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 28, 2008 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and between EmCare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“EmCare”), and Koala Acquisition Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation, has been approved, adopted, executed and acknowledged by each of the Constituent Corporations in accordance with Section 251 of the DGCL.

 

3              The name of the surviving corporation is “EmCare, Inc.” (the “Surviving Corporation”).

 

4.             The certificate of incorporation of EmCare, as in effect immediately prior to the filing of this Certificate of Merger, shall continue to be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until duly amended in accordance with its terms and applicable law.

 

5.             The executed Merger Agreement is on file at the Surviving Corporation’s principle place of business located at 6200 South Syracuse Way, #200, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111.  A copy of the Merger Agreement will be furnished by the Surviving Corporation, on request and without cost, to any stockholder of the Constituent Corporations.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Merger has been executed on behalf of the Surviving Corporation by the undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Surviving Corporation, as of this 28th day of August, 2008.

 

 

 

EMCARE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:  William A. Sanger

 

 

Title:  President and Chief Executive Officer

 



 

DELAWARE CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND MERGER
[SUBSIDIARY INTO PARENT SECTION 253]

 

Pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, EmCare, Inc., a corporation incorporated on the 20th day of January 1993, pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that (a) the Corporation owns 100% of the capital stock of each of the entities set forth on Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the “Subsidiaries”), which Subsidiaries were formed on the respective dates listed on Exhibit A, pursuant to the provisions of the laws of the respective states listed on Exhibit A and (b) the Corporation, by a duly adopted resolution of its Board of Directors on December 26, 2008, determined to and did merge into itself each of the Subsidiaries which resolution stated:

 

WHEREAS, EmCare, Inc. (the “Corporation”) lawfully owns 100% of the outstanding equity of those entities listed on Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the “Subsidiaries” and each a “Subsidiary”); and WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to merge into itself each of the Subsidiaries, and to be possessed of all the estate, property, rights, privileges and franchises of each of the Subsidiaries;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Corporation merges into itself each of the Subsidiaries and assumes all of each Subsidiary’s liabilities, privileges, rights, property and obligations (the “Mergers”);

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that any authorized officer of the Corporation be, and such officer hereby is, directed to make and execute a certificate of ownership setting forth a copy of the resolution to merge each of the Subsidiaries and assume the Subsidiaries’ liabilities, privileges, rights, property and obligations, and the date of adoption thereof, and to file the same in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware;

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that any such authorized officer of the Corporation be, and such officer hereby is, authorized and directed to do all acts and things whatsoever, whether within or without the State of Delaware; which may be in any way necessary or proper to effect the Mergers.

 

[REMAINDER INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this certificate to be signed by an authorized officer this 26th day of December, 2008

 

 

 

EMCARE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ William A. Sanger

 

Name:  William A. Sanger

 

Title:  Chief Executive Officer / Authorized Officer

 



 

Exhibit A

Companies

 

Company Name

 

Company State of 
Formation

 

Company Date of 
Formation

Coordinated Health Services, Inc.

 

Pennsylvania

 

December 17, 1990

ECEP, Inc.

 

Missouri

 

November 10, 1999

EmCare Anesthesia Services, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

March 18, 1997

EmCare Contract of Arkansas, Inc.

 

Arkansas

 

August 31, 1998

EmCare of Alabama, Inc.

 

Alabama

 

April 28, 1998

EmCare of Arizona, Inc.

 

Arizona

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare of Colorado, Inc.

 

Colorado

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare of Connecticut, Inc,

 

Connecticut

 

July 24, 2002

EmCare of Florida, Inc.

 

Florida

 

February 6, 1970

EmCare of Georgia, Inc.

 

Georgia

 

May 13, 1998

EmCare of Hawaii, Inc.

 

Hawaii

 

January 28, 1977

EmCare of Indiana, Inc.

 

Indiana

 

October 19, 1998

EmCare of Iowa, Inc.

 

Iowa

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare of Kentucky, Inc.

 

Kentucky

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare of Louisiana, Inc.

 

Louisiana

 

March 27, 1998

EmCare of Maine, Inc.

 

Maine

 

August 26, 1998

EmCare of Michigan, Inc.

 

Michigan

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare of Minnesota, Inc.

 

Minnesota

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare of Mississippi, Inc.

 

Mississippi

 

April 1, 1998

EmCare of Missouri, Inc.

 

Missouri

 

June 5, 1998

EmCare of Nevada, Inc.

 

Nevada

 

September 2, 1997

EmCare of New Hampshire, Inc.

 

New Hampshire

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare of New Jersey, Inc.

 

New Jersey

 

March 25, 1998

EmCare of New Mexico, Inc.

 

New Mexico

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare of New York, Inc.

 

New York

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare of North Carolina, Inc.

 

North Carolina

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare of North Dakota, Inc.

 

North Dakota

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare of Ohio, Inc.

 

Ohio

 

April 27, 1998

EmCare of Oklahoma, Inc.

 

Oklahoma

 

March 27, 1998

EmCare of Oregon, Inc.

 

Oregon

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare of Pennsylvania, Inc.

 

Pennsylvania

 

May 21, 1998

EmCare of Rhode Island, Inc.

 

Rhode Island

 

March 14, 1997

EmCare of South Carolina, Inc.

 

South Carolina

 

June 25, 1998

EmCare of Tennessee, Inc.

 

Tennessee

 

February 12, 1998

EmCare of Vermont, Inc.

 

Vermont

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare of Virginia, Inc.

 

Virginia

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare of Washington, Inc.

 

Washington

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare of West Virginia, Inc.

 

West Virginia

 

April 10, 1992

EmCare of Wisconsin, Inc.

 

Wisconsin

 

April 24, 1998

EmCare Services of Massachusetts, Inc.

 

Massachusetts

 

May 13, 1998

Em-Code Reimbursement Solutions, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

October 16, 1998

First Medical/ EmCare, Inc.

 

California

 

January 15, 1981

OLD STAT, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

July 29, 1994

STAT Physicians, Inc.

 

Florida

 

November 18, 1996

 



 

Company Name

 

Company State of 
Formation

 

Company Date of 
Formation

Tifton Management Services, Inc.

 

Georgia

 

June 13, 1978

Tucker Emergency Services, Inc.

 

Georgia

 

July 22, 1983

 



 

DELAWARE CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND MERGER
[SUBSIDIARY INTO PARENT SECTION 253]

 

Pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, EmCare, Inc., a corporation incorporated on the 20th day of January 1993, pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that (a) the Corporation owns 100% of the capital stock of each of the entities set forth on Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the “Subsidiaries”), which Subsidiaries were formed on the respective dates listed on Exhibit A, pursuant to the provisions of the laws of the respective states listed on Exhibit A and (b) the Corporation, by a duly adopted resolution of its Board of Directors on December 29, 2008, determined to and did merge into itself each of the Subsidiaries which resolution stated:

 

WHEREAS, EmCare, Inc. (the “Corporation”) lawfully owns 100% of the outstanding equity of those entities listed on Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the “Subsidiaries” and each a “Subsidiary”); and WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to merge into itself each of the Subsidiaries, and to be possessed of all the estate, property, rights, privileges and franchises of each of the Subsidiaries;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Corporation merges into itself each of the Subsidiaries and assumes all of each Subsidiary’s liabilities, privileges, rights, property and obligations (the “Mergers”);

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that any authorized officer of the Corporation be, and such officer hereby is, directed to make and execute a certificate of ownership setting forth a copy of the resolution to merge each of the Subsidiaries and assume the Subsidiaries’ liabilities, privileges, rights, property and obligations, and the date of adoption thereof, and to file the same in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware;

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that any such authorized officer of the Corporation be, and such officer hereby is, authorized and directed to do all acts and things whatsoever, whether within or without the State of Delaware; which may be in any way necessary or proper to effect the Mergers.

 

[REMAINDER INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this certificate to be signed by an authorized officer this 27 day of February, 2009

 

 

 

EMCARE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James L. Murphy

 

Name:

James L. Murphy

 

Title:

President

 



 

Exhibit A
Companies

 

Company Name

 

Company State of 
Formation

 

Company Date of 
Formation

Emergency Specialists of Arkansas, Inc. II

 

Texas

 

April 21, 1995

The Gould Group, Inc.

 

Texas

 

April 23, 1991

EmCare of Texas, Inc.

 

Texas

 

February 26, 1999

EmCare Services of Illinois

 

Illinois

 

January 20, 1969

 



 

STATE OF DELAWARE
CERTIFICATE OF MERGER OF
DOMESTIC CORPORATION AND
FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

 

Pursuant to Title 8, Section 264(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the undersigned corporation executed the following Certificate of Merger:

 

FIRST:  The name of the surviving corporation is EmCare, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and the name of the limited liability company being merged into this surviving corporation is EmCare of Maryland, LLC a (list jurisdiction) Maryland limited liability company.

 

SECOND:  The Agreement of Merger has been approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by the surviving corporation and the merging limited liability company.

 

THIRD:  The name of the surviving corporation is EmCare, Inc.

 

FOURTH:  The merger is to become effective on upon filing

 

FIFTH:  The Agreement of Merger is on file at 6200 S. Syracuse Way, Suite 200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111, the place of business of the surviving corporation.

 

SIXTH:  A copy of the Agreement of Merger will be furnished by the corporation on request, without cost, to any stockholder of any constituent corporation or partner of any constituent limited liability company.

 

SEVENTH:  The Certificate of Incorporation of the surviving corporation shall be its Certificate of Incorporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Corporation has caused this certificate to be signed by an authorized officer, the 30th day of January, A.D., 2009.

 

 

By:

/s/ James L. Murphy

 

 

Authorized Officer

 

 

 

 

Name:

/s/ James L. Murphy

 

 

Print or Type

 

 

 

 

Title: 

President