Delaware PAGE 1
The First State
I, HARRIET SMITH WINDSOR, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF "CARDIMA, INC.", FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE TWENTY—FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER, A.D. 2008, AT 6:11 O'CLOCK P.M.
A FILED COPY OF THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS.
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| | | Harriet Smith Windsor, Secretary of State |
2315776 8100 | | | AUTHENTICATION: 6983596 |
081137002 | | | DATE: 11-24-08 |
| | | State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 06:11 PM 11/21/2008 FILED 06:11 PM 11/21/2008 SRV 081137002 - 2315776 FILE |
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE TO SET FORTH DESIGNATIONS, VOTING POWERS,
PREFERENCES, LIMITATIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND RELATIVE
RIGHTS OF SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
The undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer of Cardima, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, does hereby certify that, pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, the following resolution, was duly adopted on November 14, 2008:
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Corporation, pursuant to the authority expressly granted to and vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation by provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation"), created out of the shares of Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Corporation authorized in Article IV of the Certificate of Incorporation (the "Preferred Stock"), a series of Preferred Stock designated "Series A Convertible Preferred Stock," consisting of Five Million (5,000,000) shares;
WHEREAS, after the implementation of a reverse stock split effected by the Corporation in July 2007, the Board of Directors believes it is in the best interest of the Corporation to amend the Original Certificate to clarify the number of shares into which the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is presently convertible;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Board of Directors hereby amends and restates the Original Certificate to provide for designations, powers, preferences and relative and other special rights and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions with respect to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock as follows:
Section 1. Designation, Amount and Par Value. The series of preferred stock shall be designated as its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock") and the number of shares so designated shall be 5,000,000 (which shall not`be subject to increase without the consent of all of the holders of the Preferred Stock (each, a "Holder" and collectively, the "Holders")). Each share of Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.001 per share. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given such terms in Section 5 hereof.
Section 2. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided herein and as otherwise required by law, the Preferred Stock shall have the right to vote together with holders of Common Stock and holders of any other shares of the Corporation's preferred stock having similar voting rights as a single class on all matters upon which stockholders are entitled to vote, including, without limitation, election of the members of the Corporation's Board of Directors. Each share of Preferred Stock will be entitled to twenty-eight (28) votes.
Section 3. Liquidation. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary (a " Liquidation"), the Holders shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation, whether such assets are capital or surplus, for each share of Preferred Stock an amount equal to the original purchase price per share plus any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon and any other fees or liquidated damages owing thereon before any distribution or payment shall be made to the holders of any Junior Securities and/or pari passu securities, and if the assets of the Corporation shall be insufficient to pay in full the amounts owing to the holders of the Preferred Stock , then the entire assets to be distributed to the Holders of the Preferred Stock shall be distributed among the Holders ratably in accordance with the respective amounts that would be payable on such shares if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. The Corporation shall mail written notice of any such Liquidation, not less than 45 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each record Holder, and the Corporation shall honor all Notices of Conversion (hereinafter defined) up until the Business Day immediately preceding such payment date.
Section 4. Conversion; Redemption.
(a) Each share of Preferred Stock shall be convertible into shares of Common Stock in an amount equal to 1/5 of one share of Common Stock for each one (1) share of Series A Preferred Stock surrendered, at the option of the Holder, at any time and from time to time from and after the Original Issue Date. Holders shall effect conversions by providing the Corporation with the form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex A (a "Notice of Conversion"), Each Notice of Conversion shall specify the number of shares of Preferred Stock to be converted, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to the conversion at issue, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned subsequent to the conversion at issue and the date on which such conversion is to be effected, which date may not be prior to the date the Holder delivers such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation by facsimile (the "Conversion Date"). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation is deemed delivered hereunder. The calculations and entries set forth in the Notice of Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Preferred Stock shall not be convertible if the daily volume weighted average price of the Corporation's common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board, as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P., for the five (5) trading days preceding the delivery of a Notice of Conversion is below $0.50.
(c) The Corporation at any time shall have the right at any time to redeem any or all of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock, in cash, by paying the Holder $0.10 per share.
Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Common Stock" means the Corporation's common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and stock of any other class into which such shares may hereafter have been reclassified or changed.
"Conversion Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)
"Conversion Shares" means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Preferred Stock are convertible in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Holder" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 1 hereof
"Junior Securities" means the Common Stock and all other equity or equity equivalent securities of the Corporation other than those securities that are explicitly senior in rights or liquidation preference to the Preferred Stock.
"Liquidation" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 3.
"Notice of Conversion" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 4(a).
"Original Issue Date" shall mean the date of the first issuance of arty shares of the Preferred Stock regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Preferred Stock and regardless of the number of certificates which may be issued to evidence such Preferred Stock.
Section 6 .. Miscellaneous
(a) If (i) the Corporation shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the Common Stock, (ii) the Corporation shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (iii) the Corporation shall authorize the granting to all holders of Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (iv) the approval of any stockholders of the Corporation shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Corporation is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, of any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property; or (v) the Corporation shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation then the Corporation shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of the Preferred Stock, and shall caused to be mailed to the Holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the stock books of the Corporation, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date herein after specified, a notice stating(x) the date on which a record is not to be taken for the purpose of such dividend distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which any such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange provided, that the failure to mail such notice or say defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. Holders are entitled to convert their Preferred Stock during the 20-day period commencing the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice.
(b) Upon a conversion hereunder the Corporation shall not be required to issue stock certificates representing fractions of shares of Common Stock, but may if otherwise permitted, make a cash payment in respect of any final fraction of a share. If the Corporation elects not, or is unable, to make such a cash payment, the Holder shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the final fraction of a share, one whole share of Common Stock.
(c) The issuance of certificates for Common Stock on conversion of Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to the Holders thereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that any be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificate, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of such shares of Preferred Stock so converted.
(d) To effect conversions or redemptions, as the case may be, of shares of Preferred Stock, a Holder shall not be required to surrender the certificate(s) representing such shares of Preferred Stock to the Corporation unless all of the shares of Preferred Stock represented thereby are so convened, in which case the Holder shall deliver the certificate representing such share of Preferred Stock promptly following the Conversion Date at issue. Shares of Preferred Stock convened into Common Stock or redeemed in accordance with the terms hereof shall be canceled and may not be reissued.
(e) Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders of the Preferred Stock hereunder, including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the attention of the Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation or to such other address or facsimile number as shall be specified in writing by the Corporation for such purpose. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Corporation hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to each Holder at the facsimile telephone number or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation, which address shall initially be the address of such Holder to the address of record maintained by the Corporation, or such other address as the Corporation or a Holder may designate by ten days advance written notice to the other parties hereto. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) (with confirmation of transmission), (ii) the date after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this Section later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on such date (with confirmation of transmission), (iii) five days after having been sent by registered or certified mall, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iv) one day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier service, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of service, or (v) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
(f) For purposes hereof, a share of Preferred Stock is outstanding until such date as the Holder shall have received the Conversion Shares or redemption amount (as the case may be) issuable or payable to it in accordance with this Certificate of Designations.
(g) Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Certificate of Designation shall alter or impair the obligation of the Corporation, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the liquidated damages (if any) on, the shares of Preferred Stock at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
(h) If a Holder's Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the shares of Preferred Stock so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership hereof, and indemnity, if requested, all reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation.
(i) All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Certificate of Designation shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.
(j) Any waiver by the Corporation or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Certificate of Designation shall not operate as or be construed to be a wavier of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Certificate of Designation. The failure of the Corporation or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Designation on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Certificate of Designation. Any waiver must be in writing.
(k) If any provision of this Certificate of Designation is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Designation shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates applicable laws governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum permitted rate of interest.
(I) Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.
(m) The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Designation and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate this 18th day of November 2008,
| CARDIMA, INC. | |
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| By: | Robert Cheney | |
| Name: | Robert Cheney | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
ANNEX A
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
(To be Executed by the Registered Holder in order to convert shares of Preferred Stock)
The undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock indicated below,, into shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Cardima, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as reasonably requested by the Corporation in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the Holder for any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.
Conversion calculations:
Date to Effect Conversion
Number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to Conversion
Number of shares of Preferred Stock to be Converted
Number of shares of Common Stock be Issued
Number of shares of Preferred Stock subsequent to Conversion