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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION
FIRST: The name of the corporation is Red Lion Hotels Corporation (hereinafter called
the Corporation).
SECOND: The address of the Corporations registered office in Washington is 201 W.
North River Drive, Suite 100, Spokane, WA 99201. Thomas L. McKeirnan is the Corporations
registered agent at that address.
THIRD: The nature of the business and purposes to be conducted by the Corporation are
to engage in, carry on and conduct any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be
organized under the Washington Business Corporation Act, RCW Chapter 23B (hereafter Act).
FOURTH:
4.1 Authorized Shares. The amount of the capital stock that the Corporation shall
have authority to issue is fifty-five million (55,000,000) shares, consisting of fifty million
(50,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the Common Stock) and five million
(5,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, par value of $.01 per share (the Preferred Stock). All
cross references in each subdivision of this ARTICLE FOURTH refer to other paragraphs in such
subdivision unless otherwise indicated.
4.2 Common Stock.
1. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, out of funds legally available for the
payment of dividends and at such times and in such manner as determined by the Board of Directors,
declare and pay dividends in the amount determined by the Board of Directors on the Common Stock.
2. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation, after there shall have been paid to or set aside for the holders of shares of
Preferred Stock the full preferential amounts to which they are entitled, the holders of
outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive pro rata, according to the number
of shares held by each, the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution.
3. Except as otherwise provided by law and except as may be determined by the Board of
Directors with respect to the Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.3 of this ARTICLE FOURTH, only
the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to vote for the election of Directors of
the Corporation and for all other corporate purposes. Upon any such vote the holders of shares of
Common Stock shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be entitled to one vote for each share of
Common Stock held by them respectively.
4. Shareholders of the Corporation shall not have cumulative voting rights.
4.3 Preferred Stock. The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or
more series in any manner permitted by law and the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of
the Corporation, as determined from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the
resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance thereof, prior to the issuance of any shares
thereof. Unless otherwise provided in the resolution establishing a series of Preferred Stock,
prior to the issue of any shares of a series so established or to be established, the Board of
Directors may, by resolution, amend the relative rights and preferences of the shares of such
series, and, after the issue of shares of a series whose number has been designated by the Board of
Directors, the resolution establishing the series may be amended by the Board of Directors to
increase (but not above the total authorized shares of the class) or to decrease (but not below the
number of shares of such series then outstanding) the number of shares of that series.
The designations and the powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations
or restrictions thereof, of each class of stock shall be governed by the following provisions:
1. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized at any time, and from time to time, to
provide for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, with such voting
powers, full or limited, or without voting powers and with such designations, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing
for the issue thereof adopted by the Board of Directors except if such resolution or resolutions
conflict with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or the Act. Said
resolution or resolutions may provide for (but not limiting the generality thereof) the following:
a) The number of shares to constitute each such series, and the designation of each
such series.
b) The dividend rate of each such series, the conditions and dates upon which such
dividends shall be payable, the relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends
payable on any other class or classes or on any other series of any class or classes of
stock, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative.
c) Whether the shares of each such series shall be subject to redemption by the
Corporation and if made subject to such redemption, the tunes, prices and other terms and
conditions of such redemption.
d) The terms and amount of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of
the shares of each such series.
e) Whether or not the shares of each such series shall be convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of any other class or classes or any other series of any other class
or classes of stock of the Corporation, and, if provision be made for conversion or
exchange, the times, prices, rates of exchange, adjustments, and other terms and conditions
of such conversion or exchange.
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f) The extent, if any, to which the holders of the shares of each such series shall be
entitled to vote with respect to the election of directors or otherwise.
g) The restrictions, if any, on the issue or reissue of any additional Preferred Stock.
h) The rights of the holders of the shares of each such series upon the dissolution of,
or upon the distribution of the assets of, the Corporation.
2. Except as otherwise required by law and except for such voting powers with respect to the
election of directors or other matters as may be stated in the resolutions of the Board of
Directors creating any series of Preferred Stock, the holders of any such series shall have no
voting powers whatsoever. Any amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation which
shall increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of any class or classes of stock may be
adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation
entitled to vote.
FIFTH: The names of the original incorporators of the Corporation are Louis L.
Barbieri and Donald K. Barbieri. The address of the original incorporators is 201 W. North River
Drive Suite 100, Spokane, WA 99201.
SIXTH: The Corporation shall indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by the Act as
amended from time to time, including amendments which expand the allowable scope of
indemnification, each person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation both as to an
action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office and
such indemnification shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such
a person. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders
or disinterested directors or otherwise.
SEVENTH: No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director for any act or omission occurring
subsequent to the date when this provision becomes effective, except that a director may be liable
(i) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (ii) under Section 23B.08.310 of the Act (liability for unlawful distributions)
or (iii) for any transaction with respect to which it was finally adjudged that such director
personally received a benefit to which such director was not legally entitled. If the Act is
amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting personal liability of
directors, then the liability of a director of a corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the
fullest extent permitted by the Act as so amended. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing
provisions by shareholders shall not adversely affect any right or protection which existed at the
time of such repeal or modification.
EIGHTH: The Board of Directors may from time to time make, alter or repeal the by-laws
of the Corporation; provided, however, that any by-laws made, amended or repealed by the Board of
Directors may be amended or repealed, and any by-laws may be made, by the shareholders of the
Corporation.
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NINTH: The duration of the Corporation is to be perpetual.
TENTH: No holder of any shares of capital stock shall be entitled as of right to
subscribe for, purchase, or otherwise acquire any shares of any capital stock of the Corporation
which the Corporation proposes to issue or any rights or options which the Corporation proposes to
grant for the purchase of shares of any class of the Corporation or for the purchase of any shares,
bonds, securities or obligations of the Corporation which are convertible into or exchangeable for,
or which carry any rights to subscribe for, purchase, or otherwise acquire shares of any class of
capital stock of the Corporation; and any and all of such shares, bonds, securities or obligations
of the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized or created, may be issued, or may be
reissued or transferred if the same have been reacquired and have treasury status, and any and all
of such rights and options may be granted by the Board of Directors to such persons, firms,
corporations and associations, and for such lawful consideration, and on such terms, as the Board
of Directors in its discretion may determine, without first offering the same, or any thereof, to
any said holder.
ELEVENTH: The headings of the various section and subsections hereof are for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions
hereof.
TWELFTH: The number of directors of the Corporation which shall constitute the entire
Board of Directors shall be such as from time to time shall be determined by a majority of the then
authorized number of directors, but in no case shall the number be less than three nor more than
13. At the 2011 annual meeting of shareholders, the successor of each director whose term expires
at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the 2012 annual meeting of
shareholders, or until such directors successor is elected and qualified. At the 2012 annual
meeting of shareholders, the successor of each director whose term expires at that meeting shall be
elected to hold office for a term expiring at the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders, or until
such directors successor is elected and qualified. Each director elected by the shareholders at
and after the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders shall hold office for a term expiring at the next
annual meeting of shareholders, or until such directors successor is elected and qualified. Except
as otherwise provided in these Articles of Incorporation, any newly created directorship resulting
from any increase in the number of directors and any vacancy on the Board of Directors resulting
from death, resignation, removal or other cause may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the directors then in office, even if such majority is less than a quorum of the Board of
Directors, and the person appointed thereto shall hold office until the next annual meeting of
shareholders, or until such directors successor is elected and qualified. No decrease in the
number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent
director.
THIRTEENTH: Except as may otherwise be specifically provided in these Articles of
Incorporation, no provision of these Articles of Incorporation is intended by the Corporation to be
construed as limiting, prohibiting, denying, or abrogating any of the general or specific powers or
rights conferred under the Act upon the Corporation, upon its shareholders, bondholders, and
security holders, and upon its directors, officers, and other corporate personnel, including, in
particular, the power of the Corporation to furnish indemnification to directors and
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officers in the capacities defined and prescribed by the Act and prescribed rights of said persons
to indemnification as the same are conferred by the Act.
FOURTEENTH: From time to time any of the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation
may be amended, altered or repealed, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of
Washington at the tune in force may be added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed
by said laws, and all rights at any time conferred upon the shareholders of the Corporation by
these Articles of Incorporation are granted subject to the provisions of this ARTICLE FOURTEENTH.
/s/ Thomas L. McKeirnan | ||||
Thomas L. McKeirnan, Secretary | ||||
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