Exhibit 3.3
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
NEW BANANA, INC.
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is New Banana, Inc. (the “Corporation”).
SECOND: The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 251 Little Falls Drive, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware 19808. The name of its registered agent at that address is Corporation Service Company.
THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as set forth in Title 8 of the Delaware Code (the “DGCL”).
FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock, each having a par value of one hundredth of a dollar ($0.01).
FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the Sole Incorporator is as follows:
Name | Address | |
Amy Cornacchia | P.O. Box 636 | |
Wilmington, DE 19899 |
SIXTH: The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:
(1) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
(2) The directors shall have concurrent power with the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeat the by-laws of the Corporation (the “By-Laws”).
(3) The number of directors constituting the Corporation’s Board of Directors shall be as from time to time fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the By-Laws of the Corporation. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws so provide.
(4) No director or Officer (as defined below) shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or Officer except for liability of (i) a director or Officer for any breach of the director’s or Officer’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) a director or Officer for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) a director under Section 174 of the DGCL, (iv) a director or Officer for any transaction from which the director or Officer derived an improper personal benefit or (v) any Officer in any action by or in the right of the Corporation. Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article SIXTH shall not affect its application with respect to an act or omission by a director or Officer occurring before such amendment, repeal or elimination. All references in this Article SIXTH to an “Officer” shall mean only a person who, at the time of an act or omission as to which liability is asserted, falls within the meaning of the term “officer,” as defined in Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL.
(5) In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the DGCL, this Certificate of Incorporation, and the By-Laws; provided, however, that no By-Laws hereafter adopted, amended or repealed by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the directors that would have been valid if such By-Laws had not been so adopted, amended or repealed.
SEVENTH: Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-Laws may provide. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the DGCL) 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 By-Laws.
EIGHTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this 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.
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I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the Sole Incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the DGCL, do make this Certificate of Incorporation, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of January, 2024.
/s/ Amy Cornacchia |
Amy Cornacchia |
Sole Incorporator |
[Signature Page - Certificate of Incorporation]
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
NEW BANANA, INC.
Pursuant to Section 242 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
New Banana, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), does hereby certify as follows:
FIRST: Article FIRST of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety as set forth below:
FIRST: The name of the corporation is BlackRock Funding, Inc. (hereinafter the “Corporation”).
SECOND: The foregoing amendment was duly adopted in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be duly executed in its corporate name this 24th day of January, 2024.
NEW BANANA, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ MARTIN SMALL | |
Name: Martin Small | ||
Title: Authorized Officer |