Exhibit 3.1
Delaware PAGE 1
The First State
I, JEFFREY W. BULLOCK, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF "CARDIMA, INC.", FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE FIFTH DAY OF APRIL, A.D. 2010, AT 7:26 O'CLOC K P.M.
A FILED COPY OF THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS.
State of Delaware
Secrets of State
Division of Corporations
Delivered 07:27 PM 04/05/2010
FILED 07:26 PM 04/05/2010
SRV 100351972 - 2315776 FILE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
CARDIMA. INC.
A Delaware corporation
(Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245
of the Delaware General Corporation Law)
CARDIMA, INC., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:
FIRST: That the name of the corporation is Cardima, Inc. and that the corporation was originally incorporated on November 12, 1992 pursuant to the General Corporation Law.
SECOND: The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation shall be restated to read in full as follows:
"ARTICLE I
The name of this corporation is Cardima, Inc.
ARTICLE II
The address of the registered office of this corporation in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE III
The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
ARTICLE IV
This corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated common stock (“Common Stock") and preferred stock ("Preferred Stock"). The total number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is Three Hundred and Ten Million (310,000,000) shares. The number of shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued is Three Hundred Million (300,000,000), par value $0.001 per share, and the number of shares of Preferred Stock authorized to be issued is Ten Million (10,000.000), par value $0.001.
The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series, without further stockholder approval. The Board of Directors is hereby authorized, in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, within the limitations and restrictions stated in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, to fix or alter the dividend rights, dividend rate, conversion rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), the redemption price or prices, and the liquidation preferences of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, and the number of shares constituting any such series and the designation thereof, or any of them, and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series subseque nt to the issue of shares of that series, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. In case the number of shares of any series shall be so 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 shares of such series.
ARTICLE V
Except as otherwise provided in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, repeal, alter, amend, and rescind any or all of the Bylaws of this corporation.
ARTICLE VI
The number of directors of this corporation shall be fixed from time to time by a bylaw or amendment thereof duly adopted by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders.
ARTICLE VII
Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of this corporation shall so provide.
ARTICLE VIII
Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the Bylaws may provide. The books of this corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of this corporation.
ARTICLE IX
A director of this corporation shall, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law as it now exists or as it may hereafter be amended, not be liable to this corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption of any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
ARTICLE X
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, this corporation is authorized to provide indemnification of (and advancement of expenses to) its agents (and any other persons to which Delaware law permits this corporation to provide indemnification) through Bylaw provisions, agreements with such agents or other persons, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification and advancement otherwise permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, subject only to limits created by applicable Delaware law (statutory or non-statutory), with respect to actions for breach of duty to this corporation, its stockholders, and others.
Any repeal or modification of any of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director, officer, agent or other person existing at the time of, or increase the liability of any director of this corporation with respect to any acts or omissions of such director, officer, agent or other person occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE XII
This corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.”
THIRD: That thereafter said amendment and restatement was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 and Section 245 of the Delaware General Corporation Law by obtaining a majority vote of each of the shareholders entitled to vote, in favor of said amendment and restatement in the manner set forth in Section 228 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CARDIMA, INC. has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by its Chief Executive Officer and attested to by its Secretary this 1st day of April, 2010.
| CARDIMA, INC. | |
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Date: April 1, 2010 | By: | /s/ Robert Cheney | |
| | Robert Cheney | |
| | Chief Executive Officer | |
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ATTEST | | | | |
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/s/ Paul Cheng | | | | |
Paul Cheng | | | | |
Secretary | | | | |