EXHIBIT 3.5
GOLDEN OVAL EGGS, LLC
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
CLASS A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED UNITS
I, the undersigned officer of Golden Oval Eggs, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (the “Company”) HEREBY CERTIFY:
WHEREAS, on February 3, 2004, Midwest Investors of Renville, Inc., as sole initial member of the Company, adopted the Golden Oval Eggs, LLC Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “Original LLC Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Golden Oval Eggs, LLC (the “Amended LLC Agreement”), which replaced the Original LLC Agreement, effective as of August 31, 2004;
WHEREAS, effective February 15, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Managers by the Amended LLC Agreement, the Board of Managers adopted this Certificate of Designation creating a new class of convertible preferred units, designated as “Class A Convertible Preferred Units,” to be issued by the Company, designating the relative rights, preferences, privileges and limitations of the Class A Convertible Preferred Units, and authorizing the undersigned officer to certify and execute this Certificate of Designation;
WHEREAS, under the Amended LLC Agreement, the Board of Managers is authorized, by the adoption of resolutions and without the approval of the members of the Company, to amend the Amended LLC Agreement to permit the issuance of the Class A Convertible Preferred Units, to establish the number of Class A Convertible Preferred Units and to fix the designation, relative rights, preferences, privileges and limitations of the Class A Convertible Preferred Units; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Managers believes it to be in the best interest of the Company to set forth the relative rights, preferences, privileges and limitations of the Class A Convertible Preferred Units as set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Managers in accordance with the provisions of the Amended LLC Agreement, a series of preferred convertible units be, and it hereby is, created and the designation and amount thereof and the voting powers, preferences and relative participating, optional, conversion and other special rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, are as follows:
1. Designation and Amount. The units shall be designated as “Class A Convertible Preferred Units” and shall be available for issuance only upon exercise of that certain Warrant issued by the Company to Land O’Lakes, Inc. (“LOL”) as of February 15, 2008 (the “Warrant”), by LOL or any permitted transferee or assignee, and the number of units constituting such series shall be 880,492.