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Exhibit 3.1
CÈRÍTFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
CALDERA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation is Caldera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company"),
ARTICLE II
The address of the Company’s registered office in the Stale of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE III
The purpose of the Company is to engage in any act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended.
ARTICLE IV
This Company is authorized to issue one class of shares to be designated Common Stock. The total number of shares of Common Stock the Company has authority to issue is l0,000,000 with par value of $0.001 per share.
ARTICLE V
The name and mailing address of the incorporator are as follows:
David J. McCraigh
2795 East Cottonwood Parkway, Suite 300
Salt Lake City. UT 84121
ARTICLE Vl
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors of the Company is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Company.
ARTICLE VII
Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless otherwise provided in the bylaws of the Company.
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ARTICLE VIII
To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, or any other applicable law, as the same exists or may be amended, a director of the Company shall not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director.
The corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, or any other applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, any director or officer of the Company who was or is made or is threatened to he made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative,. is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding. The Company shall be required to indemnify a person in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such person only if the Proceeding was authorized by the Board.
The Company shall have the power to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, or any other applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, any employee or agent of the Company who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was an employee or agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding.
Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption of any provision of this
Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim accruing or arising or that, but for this Article, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
ARTICLE VIII
Except as provided in Article VIII above, the Company reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation,
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I, the undersigned, as the sole incorporator of the Company, have signed this certificate of incorporation on November 12, 2003.
/s/ David J. McCraigh/
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David J. McCraigh
Incorporator