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  EXHIBIT 3.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

US HIGHLAND, INC., NOW KNOWN AS, CRUZANI, INC.

 

I, Everett M. Dickson, President and Secretary of US Highland, Inc., a Nevada corporation, now known as Cruzani, Inc., do hereby certify that: (a) the Board of Directors and majority of voting stockholders of the corporation by joint written consent dated June 25, 2018, adopted a resolution, subject to the approval of FINRA, to amend and restate the Articles of Incorporation of the corporation pursuant to Section 78.390(1) of the Nevada General Corporation Law, and (b) set forth below is the correct text of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the corporation, as amended to the date of this certificate:

 

FIRST. The name of the corporation is Cruzani, Inc.

 

SECOND. Its principal office in the State of Nevada is located at 202 S Minnesota St, Carson City, NV 89703. The name and address of its resident agent is Capitol Corporate Services, Inc., 202 S Minnesota St, Carson City, NV 89703.

 

THIRD. The nature of the business, or objects or purposes to be transacted, promoted or carried on are:

 

To carry on any lawful business whatsoever which the corporation may deem proper or convenient, which may be calculated, directly or indirectly to promote the interests of the corporation or to enhance the value of its property; to have, enjoy and exercise, all the rights, powers and privileges, which are now or which may hereafter be conferred upon corporations organized under the same statutes as this corporation; to conduct its business anywhere in the world.

 

FOURTH. The total number of shares of capital stock which may be issued by the corporation is one billion, five hundred fifteen million (1,515,000,000), of which one billion, five hundred million (1,500,000,000) shares shall be Common Stock of the par value of $0.00001 per share (hereinafter referred to as the “Common Stock”) and fifteen million (15,000,000) shares shall be Preferred Stock of the par value of one dollar ($0.0001) per share (hereinafter referred to as the “Preferred Stock”).

 

The designations and the powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the shares of each class of stock and the manner in which shares of stock are to be voted for the election of directors are as follows:

 

PREFERRED STOCK

 

As of the date hereof, the Preferred Stock shall be all in one series as described in that certain Certificate of Designation filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada on June 11, 2018

 

 
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COMMON STOCK

 

Each share of Common Stock shall be equal in all respects to every other share of Common Stock of the corporation. Each share of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote per share at each annual or special meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and upon any other matter coming before such meeting. Subject to all the rights of the Preferred Stock, dividends may be paid upon the Common Stock as and when declared by the board of directors out of any funds of the corporation legally available therefor. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, and after the holders of each series of the Preferred Stock shall have been paid in full, the amounts to which they respectively shall be entitled under this Article FOURTH, the remaining assets of the corporation shall be distributed pro rata to the holders of the Common Stock.

 

The holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to any preemptive or preferential right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of the corporation or any securities convertible into shares of capital stock of the corporation.

 

VOTING

 

No holder of shares of capital stock possessing voting power shall have the right to cumulate his or her voting power in the election of directors.

 

FIFTH. The members of the governing board shall be known as directors and the number thereof shall be not less than one nor more than seven, the exact number to be fixed by the bylaws of the corporation; provided that the number so fixed by the by-laws may be increased or decreased within the limit above specified from time to time by by-law.

 

SIXTH. The capital stock, after the amount of the subscription price, or par value, if greater, has been paid in shall be subject to no further assessment to pay the debts of the corporation.

 

SEVENTH. At each meeting of holders of shares of capital stock for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, a nominee for election as a director in an uncontested election shall be elected to the board of directors if the number of votes cast for such nominee’s election exceeds the number of votes cast against such nominee’s election. For purposes of this Article SEVENTH, abstentions will not be considered votes cast for or against a nominee at the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the number of candidates exceeds the number of directors to be elected, then, in that election, the nominees receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected.

 

For purposes of this Article SEVENTH, an “uncontested election” means any meeting of holders of shares of capital stock at which the number of nominees does not exceed the number of directors to be elected and with respect to which no holder of capital stock has submitted notice of an intent to nominate a candidate for election at such meeting in accordance with the by-laws, as they may be amended from time to time, or, if such a notice has been submitted with respect to such meeting, on or before the tenth day prior to the date that the corporation files its definitive proxy statement relating to such meeting with the Securities and Exchange Commission (regardless of whether or not it is thereafter revised or supplemented), each such notice with respect to such meeting has been (a) withdrawn by its respective submitting stockholder in writing to the secretary of the corporation, (b) determined not to be a valid and effective notice of nomination (such determination to be made by the Board of Directors (or a designated committee thereof) pursuant to the by-laws, or, if challenged in court, by final court order) or (c) determined not to create a bona fide election contest by the Board of Directors (or a designated committee thereof).

 

 
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EIGHTH. This corporation is to have perpetual existence.

 

NINTH. Subject to the by-laws, if any, adopted by the stockholders, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or amend the by-laws of the corporation.

 

The Board of Directors, without restriction or limitation, shall have all of the powers and authorities expressly conferred upon them by the statutes of this State and this corporation may in its by-laws confer powers upon its directors in addition to the powers and authorities expressly conferred upon them by the statutes of this State.

 

TENTH. Meetings of stockholders may be held without the State of Nevada, if the by-laws so provide. The books of this corporation may be kept (subject to the provision of the statutes) outside of the State of Nevada at such places as may be from time to time designated by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the corporation.

 

ELEVENTH. This corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in these articles of incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, or by these articles of incorporation, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

 

TWELFTH. No holder of shares of stock of the corporation shall be entitled as of right to purchase or subscribe for any part of any unissued stock of this corporation or of any new or additional authorized stock of the corporation of any class whatsoever, or of any issue of securities of the corporation convertible into stock, whether such stock or securities be issued for money or for a consideration other than money or by way of dividend, but any such unissued stock or such new or additional authorized stock or such securities convertible into stock may be issued and disposed of to such persons, firms, corporations and associations, and upon such terms as may be deemed advisable by the board of directors without offering to stockholders then of record or any class of stockholders any thereof upon the same terms or upon any terms.

 

THIRTEENTH. A director or officer of the corporation shall have no personal liability to the corporation or its stockholders for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except for: (a) acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law; or (b) the payment of dividends in violation of the applicable statutes of Nevada. If the Nevada General Corporation Law is amended after approval by the stockholders of this Article THIRTEENTH to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors or officers, the liability of a director or officer of the corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Nevada General Corporation Law, as so amended from time to time. No repeal or modification of this Article THIRTEENTH by the stockholders shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the corporation existing by virtue of this Article THIRTEENTH at the time of such repeal or modification.

 

 
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FOURTEENTH. (a) The corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of the corporation or is serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise or by reason of actions alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer. The indemnification of directors and officers by the corporation shall be to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by applicable law, as such law exists or may hereafter be amended (but only to the extent that such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior to the amendment). The indemnification of directors and officers shall be against all loss, liability and expense (including attorneys’ fees, costs, damages, judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and ERISA excise taxes or penalties) actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of a director or officer in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including any appeal; provided, however, that with respect to any action, suit or proceeding initiated by a director or officer, the corporation shall indemnify such director or officer only if the action, suit or proceeding was authorized by the board of directors of the corporation, except with respect to a suit for the enforcement of rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses in accordance with Section (c) hereof.

 

(b) The expenses of directors and officers incurred as a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative shall be paid by the corporation as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding; provided, however, that if applicable law so requires, the advance payment of expenses shall be made only upon receipt by the corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay all amounts so advanced in the event that it is ultimately determined by a final decision, order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Article FOURTEENTH.

 

(c) Any director or officer may enforce his or her rights to indemnification or advance payments for expenses in a suit brought against the corporation if his or her request for indemnification or advance payments for expenses is wholly or partially refused by the corporation or if there is no determination with respect to such request within 60 days from receipt by the corporation of a written notice from the director or officer for such a determination. If a director or officer is successful in establishing in a suit his or her entitlement to receive or recover an advancement of expenses or a right to indemnification, in whole or in part, he or she shall also be indemnified by the corporation for costs and expenses incurred in such suit. It shall be a defense to any such suit (other than a suit brought to enforce a claim for the advancement of expenses under Section (b) of this Article FOURTEENTH where the required undertaking, if any, has been received by the corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct set forth in the Nevada General Corporation Law. Neither the failure of the corporation to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because the director or officer has met the applicable standard of conduct nor a determination by the corporation that the director or officer has not met such applicable standard of conduct shall be a defense to the suit or create a presumption that the director or officer has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In a suit brought by a director or officer to enforce a right under this Section (c) or by the corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that a director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified or is not entitled to an advancement of expenses under this Section (c) or otherwise, shall be on the corporation.

 

 
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(d) The right to indemnification and to the payment of expenses as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding shall not be exclusive of any other right to which a person may be entitled under these articles of incorporation or any by-law, agreement, statute, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The right to indemnification under Section (a) hereof shall continue for a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, next of kin, executors, administrators and legal representatives.

 

(e) The corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any loss, liability or expense, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such loss, liability or expense under the Nevada General Corporation Law.

 

(f) The corporation shall not be obligated to reimburse the amount of any settlement unless it has agreed to such settlement. If any person shall unreasonably fail to enter into a settlement of any action, suit or proceeding within the scope of Section (a) hereof, offered or assented to by the opposing party or parties and which is acceptable to the corporation, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Article FOURTEENTH, the indemnification obligation of the corporation in connection with such action, suit or proceeding shall be limited to the total of the amount at which settlement could have been made and the expenses incurred by such person prior to the time the settlement could reasonably have been effected.

 

(g) The corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the board of directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the corporation or to any director, officer, employee or agent of any of its subsidiaries to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article FOURTEENTH subject to the imposition of any conditions or limitations as the board of directors of the corporation may deem necessary or appropriate.

 

The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation have been approved by a majority vote of the stockholders of the corporation.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, US Highland, Inc., now known as, Cruzani, Inc., has caused its President and Secretary to execute this Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of US Highland, Inc., now known as, Cruzani, Inc., on this 26th day of June, 2018.

 

  EVERETT M. DICKSON
       
/s/ Everett M. Dickson

 

 

Everett M. Dickson  
   

President and Secretary

 

 

 

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