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PROVISIONS ATTACHED TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORTION FOR ELMA C. LOMAS INCUBATOR FARM PARK, INC. The Corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for the purpose of promoting the general welfare of the citizens of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, by assisting the government of Cabarrus County through the organization, purchase and sale, construction and operation and/or lease of real estate and improvements, facilities and equipment for an incubator farm park for the use and benefit of the general public. The Corporation is specifically authorized and empowered as follows: a) To plan, finance, construct, acquire, lease and convey real estate, improvements to real estate, furnishings and equipment, specifically including the power to borrow money to accomplish the purposes of the Corporation; h) To solicit, receive, maintain and administer any funds or property, both real and personal, tangible or intangible; and c) To engage in any other lawful act or activity for which non - profit corporations may be organized under the North Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act. Provided, however, that in all events and under all circumstances, and notwithstanding the merger, consolidation, reorganization, termination, dissolution or winding up of this Corporation, voluntary or involuntary, or by operation of law, the following provisions shall apply: a) The Corporation shall not have or exercise any power or authority either expressly, by interpretation or by operation of law, not shall it directly or indirectly engage in any activity that would prevent (i) the Corporation from qualifying (and continuing to qualify) as a tax - exempt corporation described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code "); (ii) contributions to it being deductible for federal income tax purposes; (iii) gifts, bequests, legacies and devices to it being deductible in computing the taxable estate of a decedent for federal estate tax purposes; or (iv) gifts or contributions to it being deductible in computing taxable gifts for federal gift tax purposes; b) No substantial part of the activities of the Corporation shall consist of or carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation; nor shall the Corporation in any manner and to any extent participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements), any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office; C) The Corporation shall never be operated for the primary purpose of carrying on a trade or business for profit; and neither the whole, nor any party or portion, of the assets or net earnings of the Corporation shall be used, nor shall the Corporation ever be G -2 Page 217