EX-2.1
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Certificate of Merger Merging the Beard Company Into the New Beard Company the New Beard Company, an Oklahoma Corporation, Pursuant to Section 1081 of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act, Does Hereby Certify: First. That the Name and State of Incorporation of Each of the Constituent Corporations Is the Beard Company, an Oklahoma Corporation, and the New Beard Company, an Oklahoma Corporation; Second. That an Agreement of Merger Has Been Approved, Adopted, Certified, Executed and Acknowledged by Each of the Constituent Corporations in Accordance With the Provisions of Section 1081(c) of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act; Third. That the Name of the Surviving Corporation Is the Beard Company, Formerly the New Beard Company; Fourth. That the Certificate of Incorporation of the New Beard Company Shall Be the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, Except That the Name of the Surviving Corporation Shall Be Changed to the Beard Company; Fifth. That the Executed Agreement and Plan of Merger Is on File at the Principal Place of Business of the Surviving Corporation, Which Is Located at Enterprise Plaza, Suite 320, 5600 N. May Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112; Sixth. That a Copy of the Agreement and Plan of Merger Will Be Furnished by the Surviving Corporation, on Request and Without Cost, to Any Shareholder of Any Constituent Corporation; and Seventh. This Merger Shall Be Effective at 5:00 P.M. Central Daylight Savings Time on the Date This Certificate Is Filed With the Oklahoma Secretary of State. in Witness Whereof, the New Beard Company Has Caused This Certificate to Be Signed by Its President and Attested by Its Secretary This 26th Day of November 1997. Attest: The New Beard Company Elaine Rycroft Herb Mee, Jr. Elaine Rycroft, Assistant Herb Mee, Jr., President Secretary
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