Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
PARAGON 28, INC.
Pursuant to Section 242 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
The undersigned, for purposes of amending the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), of Paragon 28, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows:
| 1. | The name of the Corporation is Paragon 28, Inc. The Corporation filed its certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 8, 2021. The Corporation filed its amended and restated certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 19, 2021. |
| 2. | Article VI, Section A of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows: |
“Subject to the special rights of the holders of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the directors of the Corporation shall be classified with respect to the time for which they severally hold office into three classes, designated as Class I, Class II and Class III. The members of the Board of Directors already in office will remain in their current class. Each of the directors elected as Class I, Class II, Class III and Class I directors at the 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, respectively, shall be elected for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following the year of their election. Each of the directors elected as Class II directors at the 2026 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be elected for a two-year term expiring at the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders. Each of the directors to be elected as Class III directors at the 2027 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be elected for a one-year term expiring at the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders. Commencing with the 2028 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, the directors of the Corporation shall no longer be classified and, at each annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, each of the directors shall be elected for one-year terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, each director shall serve until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.”
| 3. | Article VI, Section C of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows: |
“Until the 2028 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, subject to the special rights of the holders of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at an election of directors. From and after the 2028 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, subject to the special rights of the holders of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office at any time (a) only as provided in Section 141(k) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and (b) only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon.”