EXHIBIT 3.1

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|[exhibit31002.gif]                            | Dean Heller
Secretary of State
206 North Carson Street
Carson City, Nevada 89701-4299
(775) 684-5708
Website: secretaryofstate.biz
|Articles of Incorporation(PURSUANT TO NRS 78)





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| | Entity #
E0784312006-4
Document Number:
20060682853-90
Date Filed:
10/24/2006 3:15:48 PM
In the office of
[exhibit31004.gif]
Dean Heller
Secretary of StateABOVE SPACE IS FOR OFFICE USE ONLY



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|1. | Name of 
Corporation:                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                             | Marwich II, Ltd.                                                              
|2. | Resident Agent 
Name and Street Address:
(must be a Nevada address where process may be served)                                                                                          |                                                             | David A. Garcia                                                                |                                    
|   | Name                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                             |                                                                                |                                     |                    |         
|   | 5441 Kietzke Lane, Second Floor                                                                                                                                                          | Reno,                                                       |                                                                                | NEVADA                              | 89511              |         
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|   | Optional Mailing Address                                                                                                                                                                 | City                                                        |                                                                                | State                               |                    | Zip Code |         
|3. | Shares:(number of shares corporation is authorized to issue)                                                                                                                             |                                                             | Number of shares
with par value: 425,000,000          Par value:   $0.001      | Number of shares
without par value:
|4. | Names & Addresses, of Board of Directors/Trustees:(each Director/Trustee must be a natural person at least 18 years of age; attach additional pages if more than two Directors/Trustees) |                                                             | 1.                                                                             | Timothy S. Morris                   |                    |          |          |       | 
|   | Name                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                             |                                                                                |                                     |                    |         
|   | 203 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2100                                                                                                                                                        | Chicago,                                                    |                                                                                |                                     | IL                 |          | 60601    |       | 
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|   | 2.                                                                                                                                                                                       | William J. Maender                                          |                                                                                |                                     |                    |          |          |      
|   | Name                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                             |                                                                                |                                     |                    |         
|   | 203 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2100                                                                                                                                                        | Chicago,                                                    |                                                                                |                                     | IL                 |          | 60601   
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|5. | Purpose:
(optional; see instructions)                                                                                                                                                    |                                                             | The purpose of this Corporation shall be:                                      | To engage in any lawful activity.   |                   
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|6. | Names, Addresses
 and Signature of Incorporator:(attach additional page if more than one incorporator)                                                                                   |                                                             | David A. Garcia                                                                |                                     | [exhibit31006.gif] |         
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                          | 5441 Kietzke Lane, Second Floor                             | Reno,                                                                          |                                     |                    | NV       |          | 89511 | 
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                          | Street Address                                              | City                                                                           |                                     |                    | State    | Zip Code
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|7. | Certificate of Acceptance of Appointment of Resident Agent:                                                                                                                              |                                                             | I hereby accept appointment as Resident Agent for the above named corporation. |                                    
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                          | Authorized Signature of R. A. or On Behalf of R. A. Company |                                                                                |                                     | Date               |         



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ATTACHMENT TO 
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF 
MARWICH II, LTD.

ARTICLE 8. DIRECTORS. The members of the governing board shall be styled directors. The number of directors may be increased or reduced in the mannerprovided for in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE 9. CLASSIFICATION OF CAPITAL STOCK. The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, Common Stock and Preferred Stock. The total number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue is Four Hundred Twenty-Five Million (425,000,000) shares, Four Hundred Million (400,000,000) shares of which shall be Common Stock, $.001 par value (the Common Stock) and Twenty-Five Million (25,000,000) shares of which shall be Preferred Stock, $.001 par value (the Preferred Stock). The undesignated Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors is hereby authorized, subject to any restrictions set forth herein or in any Certificate of Designation of Preferred Stock, to fix or alter the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, and the number of shares constituting any such series or the designation thereof and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such series subsequent to the issuance of shares of that series, including as may be required pursuant to the provisions hereof or of any Certificate of Designation of PreferredStock, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. In case the number of shares of any series shall so be decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status that they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of such series.

Article 10. Voting.

A.

Restricted Class Voting. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in a Certificate of Designation of Preferred Stock or as required by law, the holders of Preferred Stock and the holders of Common Stock shall vote together and not as separate classes.

B.

No Series Voting. Other than as provided herein or in a Certificate of Designation or as required by law, there shall be no series voting.

C.

Common Stock. Each holder of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share thereof held.

D.

Preferred Stock. Each holder of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to the number of votes equal to the number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Preferred Stock held by such holder could be converted asof the record date. Theholders of shares of the Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote on all matters on which the Common Stock shall be entitled to vote. Holders of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to notice of any shareholders meeting in accordance with these Articles of Incorporation andthe Bylaws of the Corporation. Fractional votes shall not, however, be permitted and any fractional voting rights

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resulting from the above formula (after aggregating all shares into which shares of Preferred Stock held by each holder could be converted), shall be disregarded.

E.

Adjustment in Authorized Common Stock. Subject to the provisions of any Certificate of Designation of Preferred Stock, the number of authorized shares of Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding) with the approval or consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Stock and Preferred Stock of the Corporation voting together as a single class.

F.

Preemptive Rights. Holders of Preferred Stock and holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to any preemptive, subscription or similar rights in respect to any securities of the Corporation, except as specifically set forth herein or in any other document agreed to by the Corporation.

ARTICLE 11. DISTRIBUTIONS. Subject to the terms of these Articles of Incorporation and any Certificate of Designation of Preferred Stock, and to the fullest extent permitted by the Nevada Revised Statutes, the Corporation shall be expressly permitted to redeem, repurchase, ormake distributions, as that term is defined in Section 78.191 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, with respect to the shares of its capital stock in all circumstances other than where doing so would cause the Corporation to be unable to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of business.

ARTICLE 12. INDEMNIFlCATION. The Corporation shall indemnify itsofficers and directors andmay indemnify any other person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any amendment, repeal or modification of any provision of this Article 9 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of any agent of this Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification.

ARTICLE 13. LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. To the maximum extent permitted under the Nevada Revised Statutes, no director or officer of the corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for damages as a result of any act or failureto act in his capacity as a director or officer.

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