Articles of Incorporation of the AJJF

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Articles of Incorporation

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• Board of Professors (Specified as the Board of Directors in all documents filed with the state.)
• Secretary
• Treasurer

(This page is a summary of the original State of California document, which resides in the AJJF offices.)

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

CORPORATION DIVISION

I, March Fong Eu, Secretary of State of the State of California, hereby verify:

That the annexed transcript has been compared with corporate record on

file in this office, of which it purports to be a copy, and that same is full, true and correct.

In Witness Whereof, I execute this certificate and affix the Great Seal of the State of California this Jan. 31, 1991

[seal] [signature of March Fong Eu]

(This page is a summary of the original State of California document, which resides in the AJJF offices.)

A398558

ENDORSED

FILED

Jan. 22, 1991

March Fong Eu, Secretary of State

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

THE AMERICAN JUDO and JUJITSU FEDERATION

OF

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

LAMAR FISHER AND JOHN CONGISTRE certify that:

1. They are the Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Officer, respectively, of THE AMERICAN JUDO and JUJITSU FEDERATION OF THE UNTIED STATES OF AMERICA, a California nonprofit corporation.

2. The amended Articles of Incorporation have been approved by the board of directors.

3. The Articles of Incorporation are amended in full as attached hereto.

4. The amended Articles have been approved by the required vote of the members. 100% of the members have approved the amended Articles.

Each of the undersigned declares under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct of his own knowledge and that this declaration was executed on 8/24/90 1990 at Chico, California.

[signature]

_______________________________________________

Lamar Fisher, Chairman of the Board

[signature]

_______________________________________________

John Congistre, Chief Financial Officer

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

THE AMERICAN JUDO & JUJITSU FEDERATION

OF

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A CALIFORNIA PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION

ARTICLE ONE

The name of this corporation is: the American Judo & Jujitsu Federation of the United States of America.

ARTICLE TWO

This corporation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for charitable purposes.

This corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, scientific, literary, and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or the corresponding provision of any future United States internal revenue law. Not withstanding any other provision of these articles, this corporation shall not, except to an insubstantial degree, engage in any activities or exercise any powers that are not in furtherance of the purposes of this corporation and the corporation shall not carry on any other not permitted to be carried on (a) by a corporation exempt from federal income tax under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or the corresponding provision of any future United States internal revenue law, or (b) by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under Section 170 (c) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or the corresponding provision of any future United States internal revenue law.

ARTICLE THREE

This corporation elects to be governed by all of the provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1980 not otherwise applicable to it under Part 5 thereof.

ARTICLE FOUR

(a) No substantial part of the activities of this corporation shall consist of lobbying or propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, except as provided in Section 501 (h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and this corporation shall not participate in or intervene in (including publishing or distributing statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office except as provided in Section 501 (h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

(b) All corporate property is irrevocable dedicated to the purposes set forth in Article Two, above. No part of the net earnings of this corporation shall inure to the benefit of any of it's directors, trustees, officers, private shareholders or members, or to individuals.

(c) On the winding up and dissolution of this corporation, after paying or adequately providing for the debts, obligations, and liabilities of the corporation, the remaining assets of this corporation shall be distributed to such organization (or organizations) organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious, scientific, literary and educational purposes, which has established its tax-exempt status under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States internal revenue law) and which has established its tax-exempt status under Section 23701d of the California Revenue and Taxation Code (or the corresponding provision of any future California revenue and tax law).

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