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HomeMy WebLinkAbout972846.tiff099 State of Delaware Office of the Secretary of State PAGE 1 I,- EDWARD- J- FREEL, SECRETARY- OF STATE OF THE STATE OP DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP, WHICH MERGES: "GERRITY OIL & 9Au+CORPORATION",. A ,BELAWARE CORPORATION, WITH AND, TAT07tPAT'YNIE C1IL:I4 GArCO!$tORATdON" UNDER THE NAME OF "PATINA OZL & GAS CORPORATION", A'OORPOjtATION-ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, 'AS RECEIVED AND FILED' -IN THIS OFFICE THE'TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, A.D. 1997, AT 4:30 O'CLOCKP.M. 2544079 B-1602 P-89 04/22/1997 11:51A PG 1 OF 4 REC - DOG Weld- County- CO. JA Saki Tkukamoto Clerk & Recorder 21.00 2582358 8100M 971106058 r Edward J. Free!, Secretary of State AUTHENTICATION: DATE: 8400679 04-01-97 I MGR 26'97 13:26 FR UE LLP HOU 10 X2346 713 750 5097 TO 913026555049 P.02 CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND MERGER of GERRITY OIL & GAS CORPORATION with and irate PATINA OIL & GAS CORPORATION (Pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) Patina Oil & Gas Corporation, a Delaware corporation(the"Corpnratinn") fpl the purpose. of merging Gerrity Oil & Gas Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Subsidiary"), with and into the Corporation, hereby certifies as follows: FIRST: The name and the state of incorporation of each of the constituent corporations of the merger is as follows: STATE OF NAME INCORPORATION Patina Oil & Gas Corporation Delaware Gerrity Oil & Gas Corporation Delaware SECOND: The Corporation owns all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Subsidiary. THIRD: Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the resolutions adopted on March 20, 1997, by the Board of Directors of the Corporation approving the merger of the Subsidiary with and into the Corporation. IN -WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by its officer thereunto duly authorized on the 21st day of March, 1997. PATINA OIL & GAS CORPORATION By: kbrrtryNuootphuypolgodoo Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer 2544079 B-1602 P-89 04/22/1997 11:51A PG 2 OF 4 • t ; MPR 26'97 13:26 FR LE LLP NO.1 10 X2346 713 750 5097 TO 913026555049 P.03 EXHIBIT A WHEREAS, the Corporation is die owner of all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Gerrity Oil & Gas Corporation (the "Subsidiary"); WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to merge the Subsidiary with and into itself and to possess of all the estate, property, rghts, privileges and frao.bism of the Subsidiary, and WHEREAS, the Board of Direaon of the Corporation believes it is in the beat interests of the Corporation to merge the Subsidiary with and into itselQ NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED, that the Corporation merge the Subsidiary with and into the Corporation that the separate existence of the Subsidiary Cases at the Effective Tune (hereafter defined), and that the Corporation, as the surviving corporation of the merger pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL"), continue to exist by virtue of and be governed by the laws of the State of Ddaware (such actions, collectively, being called the "Merger"). RESOLVED, that the Merger be, and hereby is, approved RESOLVED, that the Meager be effraive (the "Effective Time") upon the filing of a Certificate of Ownership and Merger relating to the Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance Sections 103 and 253 of the DGCL. RESOLVED, the, at the Effective Time, the Corporation, without further action, as provided by the laws of the State of Delaware, succeed to and posses all the rights, privileges, powers, and fnorltiaes of a public as well as of a private nature, of the Subsidiary; and all property, realpersonal and rated, and all debts due on whatsoever account, including subscriptions to share, and all other cases in action. and all and every other interest of or belonging to or due to the Subsidiary shall be vested in the Corporation without Rather act or deed; and all property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises, rod all and every other interest shall thereafter be as effectively the property of the Corporation as they were of the Subsidiary, and the title to any pal estate, or any Sava therein, vested in the Corporation or the Subsidiary by deed or otherwise shell not revert or be in any way impaired by reason for the Merger. The Corporation shall thenceforth be responsible and Sable to all debts, abilities. and duties of the Subsidiary, which may be enforced against the Corporation to the same extent as if those debts, 2544079 B-1602 P-89 04/22/1997 11:51A PG 3 OF 4 MAR 26.97 13:26 FR l.E LLP HOU 10 X2346 713 758 5097 TO 913026555049 P.04 liabilities, and duties had been incurred or contracted by the Corporation. Neither the rights of creditors nor any liens upon the property of the Subsidiary or the Corporation shall be impaired by the Merger. RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Corporation as ins effect immediately before the Effective Time shall be, respectively, the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Corporation at and after the Effective Tame until amended as provided by law. RESOLVED, that, at the Effective Time, each share of Common Stock and Preferred Stock of the Subsidiary be canceled. RESOLVED, that each of the persons who were serving as an officer of the Corporation immediately before the Effective Time shall be an officer of the Corporation at and after the Effective Tune, with the same title as previously held. RESOLVED, that each of the persons who were serving as a director of the Corporation immediately before the Effective Tune shall be a director of the Corporation at and after the Effective Time. RESOLVED, that any officer of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed to execute and admowledge in the as= and on behalf of the Corporation a Certificate of Ownasbip and Merger setting forth, among other things, a copy of these resolutions and the date of their adoption; and that each such officer is hereby authorized and directed to cause the executed Certificate of Ownership and Merger to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State ofDelaware and to cause certified copies of that Certificate to be recorded in the Offices of the Recorder of Deeds of the appropriate ccuntie, all in accordance with Sections 103 and 253 of the DGCL. RESOLVED, that the officers of the Corporation be, and each hereby is, authorized in the name and on behalf of the Corporation to do and perform or to Prase to be done and performed all acts and things as such officer or officers shall deem necessary, advisable, or appropriate to implement the foregoing resolutions; and to execute and deliver any agreement (including without limitation any supplemental indemares or similar documents), certificates. directions, repon.. iss ances,legal-opinions, and other instruments or doaunems ofevery character, and to do and perform or cause to be done or performed any other acts and things as sub officer or officers of the Company dell deem necessary, advisable, or appropriate to comply with the purposes and intent of the foregoing resolutions. RESOLVED, that any and all action taken by any pauper officer of the Corporation prior to the date this Consent is actually executed in effecting the purposes of the foregoing resolutions is hereby ratified, approved. confirmed. and adopted in all respects. 2544079 B-1602 P-89 04/22/1997 11:51A PG 4 OF 4 2 .r TOTAL PRGE.004 •5 1 Hello