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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNCGNE1190_Name-Owner Change Supporting Info_1/28/2020J. W. HARRIS CO., INC. Secretary's Certificate 1, Jennifer I. Ansberry, Secretary of J. W. Harris Co., Inc., an Ohio corporation, (the "Company") hereby certify as of the date hereof as follows: I am the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of the Company. As such officer, I am familiar with the corporate records of the Company. 2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of resolutions (which include a redaction of confidential information) duly passed on January 31, 2019 by the Board of Directors of the Company and that these resolutions are still in full force and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Secretary's Certificate this �Ay of January, 2020. �Zb ' > Je nif r I. Ansberry Secretary EXHIBIT A Written Action of the Boards of Directors In Lieu of Meeting January 31, 2019 The undersigned, being all the board members of the Boards of Directors of J.W. Harris Co., Inc., an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), hereby approve and adopt the following resolutions by written consent: Approval and Ratification of Asset Purchases WHEREAS, the Company has entered into (i) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated December 31, 2018 (the "Winston Salem Purchase Agreement"), by and among the Company, Worthington Cylinder Corporation, an Ohio corporation ("Cylinder"), Worthington Torch, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company ("Torch" and together with Cylinder, "Sellers"), and Worthington Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation ("Parent"), WHEREAS, pursuant to the Winston Salem Purchase Agreement, on or about December 31, 2018, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of Sellers relating to the soldering business operated by Sellers at 1690 Lowery Street, Winston Salem, North Carolina, including the real estate, improvements, inventory, equipment, intellectual property and other assets as more particularly described in the Winston Salem Purchase Agreement (collectively, the "Winston Salem Purchased Assets") for a purchase as described in the Winston. Salem Purchase Agreement (the "Winston Salem Acquisition"); and and together with the Winston Salem Acquisition, the "Acquisitions"); NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT: RESOLVED, that the undersigned deem it to be advisable and in the best interests of the Company for the Company to purchase and acquire the Purchased Assets from Cylinder and Torch, respectively, and to enter into the Purchase Agreements and to consummate the Acquisitions and the other transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreements (collectively, the "Transactions"); RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Purchase Agreements and the terms and provisions thereof, the Acquisitions and the Transactions be, and hereby are, ratified, approved, authorized and adopted in all respects; RESOLVED FURTHER, that all of the ancillary documents referred to in or contemplated by the Purchase Agreements or arising in connection with the Transactions, including without limitation, one or more bills of sale, an assignment and assumption agreement, an assignment of intellectual property, special warranty deed, or transition services agreement (collectively, the "Ancillary Documents"), in such form as to which 2 of 3 any Authorized Officer (as defined below) executing the same may agree or has agreed, be, and the Purchase Agreements and the Ancillary Documents hereby are, ratified, approved, authorized and adopted in all respects, the execution and delivery of any Ancillary Document by such Authorized Officer or Officers to be conclusive evidence of his or their authority to do so and his or their agreement thereto; and RESOLVED FURTHER, that any of the duly elected or appointed officers of the Company (each an "Authorized Officer"), acting singly and without joinder, be, and each of them individually hereby is, or any one of them, be, and hereby are, authorized and directed to execute, deliver and perform under, for and on behalf of the Company, the Purchase Agreements and the Ancillary Documents, with such changes, modifications, or amendments that such Authorized Officers may deem necessary, appropriate or desirable (which may be of a substantive nature). General RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them individually hereby is, authorized and empowered for and on behalf of the Company to: (i) take or cause to be taken any and a]I such further actions, perform such other acts and to prepare, execute, deliver and perform, or cause to be prepared, executed, delivered and performed, and where necessary or appropriate file or cause to be filed with the appropriate governmental authorities all such other instruments and documents, all certificates, contracts, assignments, bonds, agreements, documents, amendments, instruments, receipts or other papers; (ii) incur and pay or cause to be paid all fees, reimbursements, costs and expenses contemplated by the agreements, instruments and documents authorized by the foregoing resolutions; and (iii) engage such persons, each as such Authorized Officers shall in their judgment determine to be necessary or appropriate to carry out fully the intent and purposes of the foregoing resolutions (including, without limitation, the consummation and performance of all transactions and other acts thereby contemplated or incident thereto), and any such document executed or act performed by them or any of them shall be conclusive evidence of their or his or her authority so to do; RESOLVED FURTHER, that any and all actions heretofore taken or to be taken by any and all officers, employees and agents of the Company in connection with the foregoing resolutions be, and the same hereby are, ratified, confirmed, authorized and approved in all respects; RESOLVED FURTHER, any form of specific resolution to carry into effect the purpose and intent of the foregoing resolutions, or covering authority included in matters authorized in the foregoing resolutions is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference, and the Secretary of the Company is hereby authorized and directed to insert a copy thereof in the minute books of the Company, and to certify the same as having been duly adopted hereby; and RESOLVED FURTHER, that this written consent may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same consent. 3 of 3