Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF MERGER
OF
SPEEDCO II, INC.
WITH AND INTO
DOVER MOTORSPORTS, INC.
Pursuant to Title 8, Section 251 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“Delaware Law”), the undersigned corporation, Dover Motorsports, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies the following information for the purpose of effecting the merger (the “Merger”) of Speedco II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), with and into the Corporation.
1. The name and state of incorporation of each of the constituent corporations to the Merger are as follows:
| | |
Name | | State of Incorporation |
Dover Motorsports, Inc. | | Delaware |
Speedco II, Inc. | | Delaware |
2. The Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 8, 2021 (the “Agreement”), by and among Speedway Motorsports, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), Merger Sub, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and the Corporation, setting forth the terms and conditions of the Merger, has been approved, adopted, executed and acknowledged by each of the constituent corporations in accordance with Section 251 of Delaware Law.
3. The Corporation shall be the surviving corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”) after the Merger, and the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be “Dover Motorsports, Inc.”
4. At the effective time of the Merger, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as in effect immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, shall be amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, and, as so amended and restated, shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation.
5. The Merger shall be effective immediately upon the filing of this Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
6. An executed copy of the Agreement is on file at an office of the Surviving Corporation, the address of which is 5401 E. Independence Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28212.
7. A copy of the Agreement will be furnished by the Surviving Corporation, on request and without cost, to any stockholder of either constituent corporation.
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