---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TM-EX Newsletter, Spring 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AMENDED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION of the SPIRITUAL REGENERATION MOVEMENT FOUNDATION (Orig. 7/7/59) KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned, do hereby elect to amend the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation now on file in Sacramento, California, as filed on July 7, 1959, with the Secretary of State, and WE DO HEREBY CERTIFY; FIRST: The name of the corporation is SPIRITUAL REGENERATION MOVEMENT FOUNDATION. SECOND: This corporation is filed under the General Non-Profit Corporation Law or pursuant to Part 1 of Division 2 Title 1 of the Corporation Code of California, and does not contemplate the distribution of gains, profits, or dividends to the members thereof and is not authorized to issue shares of stock. THIRD: The principal office for the transaction of the business of this corporation shall be in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. FOURTH: The PRIMARY PURPOSE for which the corporation is formed, and the business and objects to be carried on and promoted by it are as follows: To promote spiritual welfare as a THOUGHT GROUP, and the business in which the corporation proposes to engage is to offer to all persons interested in further spiritual development a simple [sic] and method of developing latent faculties, vital energies, spiritual growth, peace and happiness through a system of deep meditation, and to establish places for spiritual development of the soul by building, financing or otherwise maintaining centers for such instruction and study of deep meditation in the United States. In addition to the primary purposes, the corporation shall have further general powers and purposes as is permitted by exempt organizations under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended; and To do each and everything permitted by law to corporations of like nature as the same may now exist or may hereafter be permitted by law. To acquire by gift, devise, bequest, descent, donation, purchase or otherwise, real, personal or mixed property of every or any or all description which may be necessary or convenient to the furtherance of the objects and purpose of this corporation. FIFTH: The number of directors of this corporation, who shall be members of the corporation, shall be seven (7) and said number may be changed only as may be permitted by California law. The names and addresses of the persons who are appointed to act as the first Directors of the corporation, and who shall be known as Trustees, and to continue to act as such Trustees until the election and qualification of their successors, are as follows: MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI, 433 South Harvard Boulevard, Los Angeles, Cal. ROLAND OLSON, 433 South Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles, California. JOHN HISLOP, 1803 North Van Ness Avenue, Hollywood, California. RICHARD SEDLACHEK, 1769 North El Cerrito Place, Hollywood, Calif. FREDERICK M. RASH, 812 South Coast Blvd., Laguna Beach, Calif. and STEPHEN D. THORNTON, JR. 11852 Vose Street, North Hollywood, Calif. SIXTH: The Spiritual Head of this corporation who is MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI, need not be a member of the Board of Trustees, but can be; he shall devote his attention to the spiritual welfare of the members of the corporation and shall have the right to name his successor. SEVENTH: The authorized number and qualification of members of this corporation and the various classes of membership shall be set forth in the by-laws but such membership shall not be limited solely to the members of the Board of Trustees, and further provided that the Board of Trustees may select certain persons to be known as members of an Advisory Board, who may, but need not be, members of the corporation. EIGHT: This corporation shall have perpetual existence. NINTH: These Amended Articles may again be amended as provided by law. TENTH: The By-Laws as adopted by the Board of Trustees may thereafter be amended or repealed in any manner as provided by law. ELEVENTH: This corporation is a religious one, the educational purposes shall be to given instruction in a simple system of meditation, and the charitable nature of the corporation is to provide a means of such instruction to worthy persons sincerely desirous of leading a more spiritual life, such persons to be selected by the Board of Trustees and as determined by it. Upon the dissolution or liquidation of this corporation or upon the abandonment of its corporate purposes, none of the funds or property thereof shall inure to the benefit of any private person, but the same shall be irrevocably dedicated to the purposes herein set forth, and the assets, if any, after all costs, fees, and disbursements for winding up the business of the corporation shall have been paid, or adequately provided for, shall be then transferred only to a like group or organization within the United States of America and shall not go to any foreign country. TWELFTH: Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, this corporation does not contemplate pecuniary gain or profit to members thereof. The funds of the corporation, however received and regardless of the source of the same, shall be used exclusively for the religious, educational and charitable purposes and objects of the corporation as set forth herein.