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OF
KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS, INC.
The undersigned hereby submits these Articles of Incorporation for the purpose
of forming a business corporation under and by virtue of the laws of the State
of North Carolina:
ARTICLE I.
ARTICLE II.
ARTICLE III.
The purposes for which the corporation is organized are to engage in any lawful
act or activity for which corporations may be organized under Chapter 55 of the
General Statutes of North Carolina, and nothing contained herein shall in any
way limit or restrict or take away from this corporation the general powers
granted to it under and by virtue of the provisions of Chapter 55 of the General
Statutes of North Carolina and the several amendments thereto.
ARTICLE IV.
The corporation shall have the authority to issue not more than (a) 100,000,000
shares of common stock, no par value ("Common Stock"), and (b) 10,000,000 shares
of preferred stock, no par value ("Preferred Stock").
Holders of the Common Stock are entitled to the entire voting power, all
distributions declared and all assets of the corporation upon dissolution,
subject to the rights and preferences, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock
to such voting powers, dividends and assets upon dissolution pursuant to
applicable law and the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors
providing for the issue of one or more series of Preferred Stock.
The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized to issue, at any time and
from time to time, shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series. The number
of shares within any such series shall be designated by the Board of Directors
in one or more resolutions and the shares of each series so designated shall
have such preferences with respect to the Common Stock and other series of
Preferred Stock, and such other rights, restrictions or limitations with respect
to voting, dividends, conversion, exchange, redemption and any other matters, as
may
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(a) The distinctive designation of that series and the number of shares
constituting that series, which number may be increased (except where
otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in creating such series)
or decreased (but not below the number of shares of such series then
outstanding) from time to time;
(b) The dividend rate on the shares of that series, whether dividends
shall be cumulative, and, if so, from which date or dates, and the
relative rights of priority, if any, to payments of dividends on shares
of that series;
(c) Whether that series shall have voting rights, in addition to the
voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting
rights;
(d) Whether that series shall have conversion privileges, and, if so,
the terms and conditions of such conversion, including provisions for
adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the Board of
Directors shall determine;
(e) Whether the shares of that series shall be redeemable, and, if so,
the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the date or
dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, and the amount per
share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under
different conditions;
(f) Whether that series shall have a sinking fund for the redemption or
purchase of shares of that series, and, if so, the terms and amount of
such sinking fund;
(g) The rights of the shares of that series in the event of voluntary
or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
corporation, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of
shares of that series; and
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ARTICLE V.
ARTICLE VI.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
6.1 Election and Term. Commencing with the 2000 annual meeting of
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shareholders, the Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes as
nearly equal in number as possible. At the 2000 annual meeting of shareholders,
directors of the first class (Class I) shall be elected to hold office for a
term expiring at the 2001 annual meeting of shareholders; directors of the
second class (Class II) shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at
the 2002 annual meeting of shareholders; and directors of the third class (Class
III) shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the 2003 annual
meeting of shareholders. At each annual meeting of shareholders after 2000, the
successors to the class of directors whose terms shall then expire shall be
identified as being of the same class as the directors they succeed and elected
to hold office until the third succeeding annual meeting of shareholders. If
the number of directors is changed, any newly created directorships or any
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decrease in directorships shall be so apportioned among the classes by the Board
of Directors as to make all classes as nearly equal in number as possible.
6.2 Removal of Directors. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series
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of Preferred Shares then outstanding, a director may be removed only with cause
by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares representing at least 66 2/3%
of the votes entitled to be cast on such action.
6.4 Amendment or Repeal. The provisions of this Article shall not be amended
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or repealed, nor shall any provision of these Articles of Incorporation be
adopted that is inconsistent with this Article, unless such action shall have
been approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares representing at
least 66 2/3% of the votes entitled to be cast by each voting group entitled to
vote on such action.
ARTICLE VII.
ARTICLE VIII.
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ARTICLE IX.
ARTICLE X.
The name and address of the incorporator are as follows: Stephen A. Johnson, 370
Knollwood Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103.
ARTICLE XI.
These Articles will be effective at 12:02 a.m. upon the date when filed.
ALPHA, INC.
SECOND: (A.) The primary purpose of this corporation is:
1. To engage in the business of a holding company; to buy and hold shares of other
companies, whether common, preferred, treasury, founders or other kinds of shares,
either by subscribing to the unissued shares of the capital stock in public or private
offerings or by purchasing the shares of other stockholders by way of assignment in
private sale; to invest in the stock or equity of other companies; to acquire rights in the
stock of other companies by way of pledge, chattel mortgage or assignment; to sell,
dispose, assign, pledge or convey any or all of its shareholdings in other companies in
favor of qualified persons by way of private sale, assignment or other forms of private
conveyance, all in accordance with the Corporation Code, the Securities Act and other
applicable laws and regulations;
2. To engage in the business of a holding company; to buy and hold shares of other
companies, whether common, preferred, treasury, founders or other kinds of shares,
either by subscribing to the unissued shares of the capital stock in public or private
offerings or by purchasing the shares of other stockholders by way of assignment in
private sale; to invest in the stock or equity of other companies; to acquire rights in the
stock of other companies by way of pledge, chattel mortgage or assignment; to sell,
dispose, assign, pledge or convey any or all of its shareholdings in other companies in
favor of qualified persons by way of private sale, assignment or other forms of private
conveyance, all in accordance with the Corporation Code, the Securities Act and other
applicable laws and regulations;
3. To vote its shareholdings in other companies and exercise all the rights of a
shareholder under the Corporation Code and applicable laws;
4. To do other acts and things, necessary, desirable or appropriate for the attainment of
the foregoing purposes.
(B) The secondary purpose of the corporation is: to acquire, maintain and dispose of
properties necessary to keep the company in operation and to perform other acts and
things secondary or incidental to the primary purpose of the corporation.
(C) The corporation shall have all the express powers of a corporation as provided for
under Section 36 of the Corporation Code of the Philippines.
THIRD: The place where the principal office of the corporation is to be established is at Metro, Manila,
Philippines.
FOURTH: The term for which the corporation is to exist is fifty (50) years from and after the date of issuance
of the certificate of incorporation.
FIFTH: The names , nationalities, and residences of the incorporators are as follows:
NINTH: No transfer of stock or interest which would reduce the stock ownership of Filipino
citizens to less than the required percentage of the capital stock as provided by existing laws shall
be allowed or permitted to be recorded in the proper books of corporation and this restriction shall
be indicated in the stocks certificates issued by the corporation.
Furthermore, no transfer of stock in favor of parties other than existing stockholders shall be
registered in the books of the corporation unless the same is first tendered to the corporation or
other existing stockholders under the same terms and conditions, the same offer to be effective
for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days from such tender.
TENTH : That Sheila F. Jones has been elected by the subscribers as treasurer of the corporation
to act as such until her successor is duly elected and qualified in accordance with the by-laws;
and that as such Treasurer, she has been authorized to receive, for and in the name of the
corporation, all subscriptions paid in by the subscribers.
ELEVENTH: The corporation manifests its willingness to change its corporate name in the event
another person, firm or entity has acquired a prior right to use the said firm name or one
deceptively or confusingly similar to it.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have set our hand this 18th day of November 1999 in Makati City,
Metro Manila.
WELLA MONTINOLA
WITNESSES:
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
BEFORE ME, a notary public for and in the City of Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, this ___ day of November 1999, personally appeared:
all known to me to be the same persons who executed the foregoing Articles of Incorporation and they acknowledged to me that the same is
of their free and voluntary act and deed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal on the date and at the place first above written.