Vermont Secretary of State
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
of a Vermont Cooperative Housing Corporation
PLEASE RETURN EVIDENCE OF FILING TO: (Name and Address)
PLEASEREVIEWSUBMISSIONANDFORMINSTRUCTIONSBEFOREBEGINNING.
11V.S.A.§1588 DIVISIONOFCORPORATIONS FORMCORP–1(H)
(REV.08/01/14) Page1of2 HOUSINGCOOP
BusinessID:
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ARTICLE1. BUSINESSNAMEREQUIRED‐MUSTINCLUDEACORPORATEIDENTIFIERSUCHAS“CORP,”“INC,”“CO,”OR“LTD.”‐SEEINSTRUCTIONPAGEFORCOMPLETELISTOFOPTIONS
ARTICLE2. INITIALPRINCIPALOFFICE:REQUIRED.
a.StreetAddress:
NOPOBOX
City/Town:
State: ZIP: ‐
b.MailingAddress:
City/Town:
State: ZIP: ‐
ARTICLE3. INITIALREGISTEREDAGENTandOFFICE:
REQUIRED
a.RegisteredAgent:
PERSONORCORPORATIONTOWHOMSERVICEOFPROCESSISTOBESERVEDATTHEDESIGNATEDOFFICE(LISTEDBELOW)ANDTHEMAILINGPOINTOFCONTACTFORTHESECRETARY
OFSTATEFORTHISENTITY.
Name:
MailingAddress:
City/Town:
State: VT ZIP: ‐
EMailAddress:
b.RegisteredOffice:
PHYSICALLOCATIONATWHICHANYSERVICEOFPROCESSISTOBESERVEDTOREGISTEREDAGENTLISTEDABOVE.
StreetAddress:
NOPOBOX
City/Town:
State: VT ZIP: ‐
ARTICLE4. INITIALDIRECTORS:
REQUIREDMINIMUMOFTHREE(3)DIRECTORS.
a. Name:
Address:
City/Town:
State: ZIP: ‐
EMailAddress:
b. Name:
Address:
City/Town:
State: ZIP: ‐
EMailAddress:
c. Name:
Address:
City/Town:
State: ZIP: ‐
EMailAddress:
Checkifapplicable:
Thiscorporationwillhavemorethanthree(3)initialdirectors;PLEASEATTACHACOMPLETELISTOFALLADDITIONALINITIALDIRECTORS.
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Vermont Secretary of State
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
of a Vermont Cooperative Housing Corporation
11V.S.A.§1588 DIVISIONOFCORPORATIONS FORMCORP–1(H)
(REV.08/01/14) Page2of2 HOUSINGCOOP
ARTICLE5. CAPITOLSTOCK:REQUIRED.
a.Therewillbe
totalsharesofCapitolStockauthorizedtobeissued.
b. Therewillbeonlyoneclassofsharesissued;thisclasswillhaveunlimitedvotingrightsandisentitledtoreceivethenetassetsofthecorporationupon
dissolution.
c. Therateofdividend,ifany,allocabletomembershipshareswhichshallnotexceedsixpercentperannu
moninvestedcapital.
d. Thiscooperativehousingcorporationreservestherighttoacquiremembershipshares.
e. Themethodofallocationofownershipandvotinginterestsinthecooperativehousingcorporation:REQUIRED
ARTICLE6. EFFECTIVEDATE
OPTIONAL
MAYBEPOSTDATEDUPTO90DAYSFROMDATEOFRECIEPT
ARTICLE7. INCORPORATOR:REQUIRED.
a.Name:
b.Address:
City/Town:
State: ZIP: ‐
c.EMailAddress:
ARTICLE8. CERTIFICATIONOFDOCUMENT:
REQUIRED
Iherebycertify,underpenaltyoflaw,(11AV.S.A.§1.29),asanofficerorboardchairofthisCorporation,thattheaboveinformationisaccurate;andthatthe
documentisprovidedinduplicate
withaCheckorMoneyOrdermadepayableto"VTSOS"intheamountof$125.00.

SignatureofIncorporator Date
PLEASEREVIEWSUBMISSIONANDFORMINSTRUCTIONSBEFOREFILING.
Vermont Secretary of State
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
of a Vermont Cooperative Housing Corporation
11V.S.A.§1588 DIVISIONOFCORPORATIONS FORMCORP1(H)
(REV.08/01/14) InstructionPage HOUSINGCOOP
SUBMISSIONINSTRUCTIONS
a. Thisformmustbefiledinduplicate(1original+1copy–or‐‐2originals)withacheckormoneyorder,payableto“VTSOS,”intheamount
of$125.00
,andaselfaddressedstampedenvelope.
b. ThisformcanONLYbeacceptedbyMailorInpersonat:
Vermont Secretary of State
Corporations Division
128 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05633-1104
c. Pleaseallow710businessdays,ormore,fromthedaythatthisformreceivedinouroffice,forprocessingand(ifapproved)forthis
businessappearonthewebsiteatwww.vtsosonline.com
,andforevidenceoffilingtobereturned.
***THISFILINGISNOWAVAILABLEONLINE***
ThisformCANNOTbeacceptedbyPhone,Fax,orEmail;however,thisfilingisnowavailableonline:
o Ifyouwishtosubmitthisfilingelectronically,DONOTfilloutthisform,pleasefileonlineat
https://www.vtsosonline.com/online/Account?referrer=BF
.
o
PaymentforthisformalsoCANNOTbeacceptedbycreditcardorecheck(ACH);however,paymentbycreditcardorecheck
(ACH)isavailablebyfilingonline:
o Ifyouwishtosubmitpaymentbycreditcardorecheck(ACH),DONOTfilloutthisform,pleasefileonlineat
https://www.vtsosonline.com/online/Account?referrer=BF
.
Onlinefilingnormallytakes35businessdaysorless.
FORMINSTRUCTIONS
Article1.a. ACooperativeHousingCorporationname:
(1)Mustcontaintheword"corporation,""incorporated,""company,"or"limited,"ortheabbreviation"corp.,"
"inc.,""co.,"or"ltd.,"orwordsorabbreviationsoflikeimportinanotherlanguage;11AV.S.A.§2.02
(2)Musthavetheword"cooperative"oranyabbreviationthereofaspartofitsname;
(3)Andshallnotincludeanywordnototherwiseauthorizedbylaw.11AV.S.A.§2.02
b. ACooperativeHousingCorporationname,basedupontherecordsofthesecretaryofstate,shallbe
distinguishablefrom,andnotthesameas,deceptivelysimilarto,orlikelytobeconfusedwithormistakenforanyname
granted,registered,orreservedunderthischapter,orthenameofanyotherentity,whetherdomesticorforeign,thatis
reserved,registered,orgrantedbyorwiththese
cretaryofstate.
Article2.Thestreetaddressofthecorporation’sinitialregisteredofficeandthenameofitsinitialregisteredagentatthat
office(11AV.S.A.§2.02
);Theregisteredagent,maybe:(11AV.S.A.§5.01)
a. anindividualwhoresidesinthisstate.
b. adomesticcorporation(profit,nonprofit);or
c. aforeigncorporation(profitornonprofit)authorizedtotransactbusinessinthis.
Article3.Thestreetaddress,andifdifferentthemailingaddress,ofitsprincipaloffice;
Article4.Thebusinessofthecooperativehousingcorporationshallbemanagedbyaboardofdirectorsofnotlessthanthree
individuals.(11V.S.A.§1596
)
Article5.a. Thenumberofsharesthe corporationisauthorizedtoissue
11AV.S.A.§2.02.
b. RequiredProvision.
c. RequiredProvision.
d. RequiredProvision.
e. Mustcontainthemethodofallocationofownershipandvotinginterestsinthecooperativehousingcorporation
Pleaseattachcontinuationsheetasneeded.
Article7.Oneormorenaturalpersonsofmajorityagemayactastheincorporatororincor
poratorsofacorporationby
deliveringarticlesofincorporationtothesecretaryofstateforfiling.(11AV.S.A.§2.01
)
Article8.Thedocumentmustbeexecutedbyanincorporatorlistedonthisform.
PLEASENOTE:
Informationonthisapplicationmustbecurrentasofthedatethisregistrationisfiled.
Allinformationmustbeprovided.Ifnot,thesecretaryofstatewillpromptlynotifythe filerinwritingandreturnthis
filingtohim/herforcorrection.Ifthisfillingiscorrectedtocontai
ntheinformationrequiredanddeliveredtothesecretary
ofstatewithin30daysaftertheeffectivedateofnotice,itisdeemedtobe timelyfiled.
ForQuestions,pleasecontacttheCorporationsDivisionat:
corps@sec.state.vt.us
orat(802)8282386