As filed in Delaware November 2, 1995
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
DYNCORP
FIRST: The name of the corporation is DynCorp.
SECOND: Its registered office in the State of Delaware is
located at 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.
The name and address of its registered agent are The Corporation Trust Company,
1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.
THIRD: The nature of the business, or objects or purposes to
be transacted, promoted or carried on are to engage in any lawful act or
activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL").
FOURTH: The total number of shares of capital stock which the
corporation shall have authority to issue is 20,123,711 shares, consisting of
two classes of capital stock:
(i) 123,711 shares of Class C Convertible Preferred
Stock, par value $0.10 per share (the "Class C Preferred Stock"); and
(ii) 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value
$0.10 per share (the "Common Stock").
The designations, preferences, powers, qualifications, special or
relative rights or privileges of the Class C Preferred Stock and Common
Stock shall be as follows:
A. Class C Preferred Stock
1. Rank. The shares of Class C Preferred Stock shall, upon the
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
corporation, rank (i) senior and prior to the Common Stock and to any
other class or series of capital stock of the corporation hereafter
issued unless the terms of such class or series of capital stock of the
corporation specifically provide that shares of such class or series
shall rank prior to or on a parity with the shares of Class C Preferred
Stock (shares of Common Stock and any other class or series of capital
stock of the corporation the terms of which do not specifically provide
that shares of such class or series shall rank prior to or on a parity
with the shares of Class C Preferred Stock are collectively referred to
in this Section A of Article FOURTH as the "Junior Securities"); (ii)
on a parity with any other class or series of capital stock of the
corporation hereafter issued for fair value as determined by the Board
of Directors the terms of which specifically provide that shares of
such class or series shall rank on a parity with the shares of Class C
Preferred Stock (shares of such class or series are collectively
referred to in this Section A of Article FOURTH as the "Parity
Securities"); and (iii) junior to any class or series of capital stock
of the corporation hereafter issued with the consent of the holders of
a majority of the outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock
pursuant to subparagraph (c) of paragraph 5 hereof the terms of which
specifically provide that shares of such class or series shall rank
senior to shares of Class C Preferred Stock (shares of any class or
series of capital stock of the corporation hereafter issued the terms
of which provide that shares of such class or series shall rank prior
to shares of Class C Preferred Stock are collectively referred to in
this Section A of Article FOURTH as the "Senior Securities").
2. Dividends.
(a) From and after the date of issuance, the holders
of outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, to the
extent permitted under the DGCL, cumulative cash dividends in the
amount of $4.365 per annum per share of Class C Preferred Stock.
Dividends on outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock shall be
fully cumulative and shall accrue, whether or not declared, from the
respective dates of issuance of such shares of Class C Preferred Stock
until paid. Accumulated unpaid dividends shall compound quarterly from
each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 at the rate of 18%
per annum. For purposes of this paragraph 2(a), shares of Class C
Preferred Stock issued by the corporation upon the consummation of the
merger of DME Holdings, Inc. into DynCorp shall be deemed to have been
issued on March 11, 1988. Dividends shall be computed on the basis of a
365-day year and the actual number of days elapsed.
(b) Accumulated and unpaid dividends shall be
declared by the Board of Directors and paid to the holders of record of
outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock on each dividend payment
date selected by the Board of Directors of the corporation (each such
date is referred to herein as a "Common Dividend Payment Date") for
payment of cash dividends on any outstanding shares of Common Stock. On
each Common Dividend Payment Date, each holder of outstanding shares of
Class C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends on its
shares of Class C Preferred Stock in an aggregate amount equal to the
aggregate amount of dividends that such holder would have been entitled
to receive if all of such holder's shares of Class C Preferred Stock
had been converted to Common Stock pursuant to paragraph 4 of this
Section A of Article FOURTH immediately prior to the payment of such
dividend, provided that the aggregate amount of such dividends shall
not in any event exceed the aggregate amount of accrued and unpaid
dividends computed in accordance with paragraph 2(a) of this Section A
of Article Fourth. Such dividends shall be payable to the holders of
record of outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock as their names
shall appear on the stock register of the corporation on such record
date, not more than sixty or less than ten days preceding each such
Dividend Payment Date, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors in
advance of payment of each such dividend. All dividends shall be paid
pro rata to the holders of outstanding shares of Class C Preferred
Stock entitled thereto. Dividends shall not be declared or paid with
respect to Class C Preferred Stock except in connection with the
payment of dividends on Common Stock as provided in this paragraph
2(b).
(c) Dividends shall not be paid on the outstanding
shares of Class C Preferred Stock for any period in which dividends for
the current or any prior period or mandatory redemption payments due in
the current or any prior period have not been paid in full on any
outstanding Senior Securities.
(d) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this
paragraph 2, the Board of Directors may declare and the corporation may
pay or set apart for payment dividends and other distributions on any
Parity Securities or Junior Securities and may purchase or otherwise
acquire any Parity Securities or Junior Securities or any convertible
securities, warrants, rights, calls or options exercisable for or
convertible into any Parity Securities or Junior Securities and the
holders of outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock shall not be
entitled to share therein.
3. Liquidation.
(a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
corporation, before any distribution or payment shall be made to the
holders of any outstanding Junior Securities, subject to the rights of
creditors, the holders of outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock
shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the corporation
available for distribution to stockholders, an amount in cash equal to
$24.25 per share, together with an amount in cash equal to all accrued
but unpaid dividends on such shares to the date fixed for the
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
corporation; provided, however, that the holders of outstanding shares
of Class C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive such
preferential liquidation payments until the preferential liquidation
payments on all outstanding Senior Securities have been paid in full.
Except as provided in the first sentence of this paragraph, the holders
of outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled
to any distribution in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the affairs of the corporation. If, upon any such
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
corporation, the assets of the corporation available for distribution
to the holders of outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock and
outstanding Parity Securities shall be insufficient to permit the
payment in full to such holders and to the holders of any Parity
Securities of the full amount of the preferential liquidation amounts
to which they are then entitled, the entire assets of the corporation
thus distributable shall be distributed among the holders of
outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock and Parity Securities
ratably in proportion to the full amount to which such holders would
otherwise be entitled if such assets were sufficient to permit payment
in full. After the payment of all preferential liquidation amounts to
which the holders of outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock
shall be entitled, such holders shall not be entitled to any further
participation in any distribution of the assets of the corporation to
its stockholders.
(b) For purposes of this paragraph 3, neither the
voluntary sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of
stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all
of the property or assets of the corporation nor the consolidation or
merger of the corporation with or into any other corporation shall be
deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the affairs of the corporation, unless such voluntary
sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer shall be in connection with a
plan of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
corporation.
4. Conversion.
(a) From and after the date of issuance, each share
of Class C Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at the option of the
holder thereof, into one fully paid and nonassessable share of Common
Stock, subject to adjustment as hereinafter set forth in subparagraph
(d) of this paragraph 4 and, to the extent provided in subparagraph (e)
of this paragraph 4, into a warrant or option to purchase shares of
Common Stock.
(b) To exercise such conversion option, the holder of
shares of Class C Preferred Stock shall surrender the certificate or
certificates representing the shares of Class C Preferred Stock to be
converted, duly endorsed for transfer to the corporation, at the
principal executive office of the corporation and shall give written
notice, postage prepaid, by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, or by hand delivery, to the corporation at its
principal executive office, of the election of such holder to convert
all or a portion of the shares of Class C Preferred Stock represented
by the certificate or certificates surrendered into shares of Common
Stock which notice shall set forth the name or names in which the
certificate or certificates representing the shares of Common Stock to
be issued upon conversion are to be issued. Conversion shall be deemed
to have been effected on the date of receipt by the corporation of such
notice and the certificate or certificates to be surrendered for
conversion (the "Conversion Date"). As promptly as practicable
thereafter, the corporation shall issue to or upon the written order of
such holder, (i) a certificate or certificates for the number of full
shares of Common Stock to which such holder is entitled and (ii) a
certificate or certificates or other appropriate instrument
representing the number of warrants and or options, if any, to which
such holder is entitled. The conversion of shares of Class C Preferred
Stock into shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to be effective and
such holder, or the person or persons designated by such holder, shall
be deemed to have become a holder of record of the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of such shares of Class C Preferred
Stock at the beginning of business on the applicable Conversion Date
unless the transfer books of the corporation are closed on such date,
in which event such holder shall be deemed to have become a holder of
record of the shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the
shares of Class C Preferred Stock on the next succeeding date on which
the transfer books of the corporation are open. Upon conversion of only
a portion of the number of shares of Class C Preferred Stock
represented by a certificate or certificates surrendered for
conversion, the corporation shall issue and deliver to or upon the
written order of the holder of the certificate or certificates so
surrendered a new certificate or certificates representing the number
of shares of Class C Preferred Stock not so converted.
(c) No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be
issued upon conversion of shares of Class C Preferred Stock. In lieu of
issuing fractional shares of Common Stock upon conversion of shares of
Class C Preferred Stock, the corporation shall pay a cash adjustment in
respect of such fractional shares of Common Stock equal to the fair
market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the corporation. The corporation shall at all times
reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of
Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of
outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock, the full number of
shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the conversion of all shares of
Class C Preferred Stock from time to time outstanding.
(d) The number of shares of Common Stock into which a
share of Class C Preferred Stock shall be convertible as set forth in
subparagraph (a) of this paragraph 4, shall be subject to adjustment
from time to time as follows:
(i) In case the corporation shall at
any time subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock or shall
issue a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common
Stock, then effective immediately after the effective date of such
subdivision or from and after the record date fixed by the Board of
Directors of the corporation for such dividend or other distribution,
as the case may be, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of a share of Class C Preferred Stock shall be adjusted to
equal the sum of
(A) that number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a
share of Class C Preferred Stock immediately prior to such date and (B)
that number of shares of Common Stock as would have been issuable on
such shares as a result of such subdivision, dividend or distribution,
as the case may be, had such conversion occurred immediately prior to
such subdivision, dividend or distribution;
(ii) In case the corporation shall at
any time combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock, then effective
immediately after the effective date of such combination the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a share of Class C
Preferred Stock shall be adjusted to equal the number obtained by
multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of a share of Class C Preferred Stock immediately prior to
such date by the Combination Ratio (as hereinafter defined). The
Combination Ratio shall equal a fraction, the numerator of which shall
be the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on such shares as a
result of such combination, had such conversion occurred immediately
prior to such combination and the denominator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a share of
Class C Preferred Stock immediately prior to such combination.
(iii) In case the corporation shall at
any time recapitalize or reclassify its capital stock, or in case of
any consolidation or merger of the corporation with or into any other
person (other than a consolidation or merger in which the corporation
is the continuing entity and which does not result in any change in the
capital stock of the corporation)or in case of the sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the corporation
as an entirety to any other person, then in each such case each
outstanding share of Class C Preferred Stock shall after such
recapitalization, reclassification,consolidation, merger, sale or other
disposition be convertible into the kind and number of shares of
capital stock or other securities or assets of the corporation or of
the entity resulting from such consolidation or surviving such merger
or to which such assets shall have been sold or otherwise disposed of
to which the holder thereof would have been entitled if immediately
prior to such recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale or other disposition such holder had converted its shares
of Class C Preferred Stock. The provisions set forth above shall apply
to successive recapitalizations, reclassifications, consolidations,
mergers, sales or other dispositions.
(e) In the case the corporation shall, at any time,
make a distribution to the holders of Common Stock of warrants or
options to purchase shares of Common Stock, then, effective from and
after the record date fixed by the Board of Directors of the
corporation for such distribution, upon the conversion of a share of
Class C Preferred Stock, the holder of such share shall be entitled to
receive, in addition to any shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
conversion, warrant(s) or option(s) (the "Conversion Warrants") to
purchase that number of shares of Common Stock as would have been
purchasable pursuant to the warrant(s) or option(s) that such holder
would have been entitled to receive had the conversion occurred
immediately prior to such distribution; provided, however, the number
of shares issuable upon exercise of such Conversion Warrants shall be
adjusted upon issuance of such Conversion Warrants in accordance with
the terms thereof to reflect all such adjustments as would have been
made if such Conversion Warrants had been issued on the date of
original distribution of warrants or options to the holders of Common
Stock. Any such Conversion Warrants shall have terms identical to the
terms of the applicable warrants or options previously issued to the
holders of Common Stock (the "Underlying Warrants"), provided that such
Conversion Warrants shall be exercisable, commencing on the date of
their issuance pursuant to this paragraph 4, for a number of years
equal to the total number of years during which the Underlying Warrants
are or were exercisable; and provided further that the exercise price
per share of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Conversion
Warrants shall, so long as any Underlying Warrants remain outstanding
and in effect, be equal to the exercise price per Common Share under
such Underlying Warrants, and thereafter shall be adjusted in
accordance with the terms of the Conversion Warrants.
(f) Upon the occurrence of any event described in
subparagraph (d) or (e) of this paragraph 4, the corporation shall
promptly furnish to each holder of Class C Preferred Stock a
certificate of an officer of the corporation setting forth the number
of shares of Common Stock and/or Conversion Warrants issuable upon
conversion of such holder's Class C Preferred Stock after all
adjustments required by such subparagraph (d) or (e) and a brief
statement of the facts accounting for such adjustment.
(g) All shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion
of shares of Class C Preferred Stock shall, upon issuance, be duly and
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all liens
and charges. All accrued and unpaid dividends on outstanding shares of
Class C Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion shall be forfeited.
5. Voting Rights.
(a) So long as any shares of Class C Preferred Stock
are outstanding, the holders of shares of Class C Preferred Stock shall
be entitled (voting, except with respect to those matters enumerated
below in subparagraph (d) of this paragraph 5, together with the
holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the corporation as a
class) to vote on or otherwise consent to any matter requiring the
voter consent of the stockholders of the corporation under the laws of
the State of Delaware.
(b) Each holder of outstanding shares of Class C
Preferred Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Class C
Preferred Stock held of record by such holder on the record date fixed
by the Board of Directors of the corporation for determining the
stockholders of the corporation entitled to vote or otherwise consent
to any matter.
(c) So long as any shares of Class C Preferred Stock
are outstanding, the corporation will not, without the affirmative
consent or vote at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the
holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Class C
Preferred Stock (excluding treasury shares and shares held by
subsidiaries of the corporation), voting as a class, create any class
or series of capital stock ranking prior to the Class C Preferred Stock
as to dividends, mandatory redemption payments or upon the liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the corporation, or amend,
alter or repeal the corporation's Certificate of Incorporation to
affect adversely the powers, rights or preferences of the shares of
Class C Preferred Stock.
(d) So long as any shares of Class C Preferred Stock
are outstanding, the affirmative consent or vote at an annual or
special meeting of stockholders (or, in lieu of such a meeting, the
written consent) of the holders of at least a majority of the
outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock (excluding treasury
shares), voting as a class, shall be required for the corporation to,
or to permit any of its subsidiaries to:
(i) directly or indirectly, create,
incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable with respect to
indebtedness for borrowed money in an aggregate amount outstanding at
any time in excess of $15,000,000 other than (A) indebtedness
evidenced by 16% Pay-in-Kind Junior Subordinated Debentures Due 2003,
including in-kind dividends thereon; (B) unsecured indebtedness between
the corporation and its subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of
the corporation's cash management system; (C) indebtedness not to
exceed the principal amount of $150,000,000 issued by a wholly owned
financing subsidiary of the corporation and secured by accounts
receivable; and (D) indebtedness of the corporation incurred as a
result of promissory notes issued as payment for shares of stock
repurchased or redeemed upon the exercise of put options by
beneficiaries of the corporation's Employee Stock Ownership Plan;
(ii) directly or indirectly, create,
incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become or remain liable with
respect to (A) any agreement for the lease, hire or use of any real or
personal property required to be characterized as a capital lease in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in an amount
in excess of $2,000,000 or (B) any agreement for the lease, hire or use
of any real or personal property required to be characterized as an
operating lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in an amount payable during the term of such lease in excess
of $2,000,000;
(iii) issue shares of capital stock
(common or preferred), capital stock equivalents, securities
convertible into capital stock, or options, warrants, or other
rights to acquire capital stock; provided, however, that the
corporation may (A) issue shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
terms of warrants outstanding as of May 15, 1995; (B) issue shares of
Common Stock upon the conversion of Class C Preferred Stock pursuant
to subparagraph (a) of paragraph 4 of Section A of this Article FOURTH;
(C) issue shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of warrants
issued pursuant subparagraph (e) of paragraph 4 of Section A of this
Article FOURTH; (D) issue up to 850,000 shares of Common Stock as
matching shares pursuant to the corporation's Savings and Retirement
Plan; (E) issue up to 100,000 shares of Common Stock as the discount
portion of the purchase price of shares purchased pursuant to the
corporation's Employee Stock Purchase Plan; (F) issue up to
1,200,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the corporation's 1995
Stock Option Plan; and (G) issue up to 300,000 shares of Common Stock
in lieu of cash bonuses pursuant to the corporation's Executive
Incentive Plan;
(iv) declare, make or pay any
dividends on any shares of capital stock, by any means whatsoever, or
purchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire, any shares of its capital
stock, or set aside any funds for any such purpose; provided, however,
that the corporation may (A) pay dividends on the Class C Preferred
Stock in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Article
FOURTH, (B) pay liabilities related to the surrender of certificates
for capital stock previously redeemed or canceled, (C) repurchase, as
and to the extent required by law or contractual obligation, shares of
Common Stock distributed by the corporation's Employee Stock Ownership
Plan to participants in such plan, (D) repurchase shares of Common
Stock held by employees of the corporation (other than shares
distributed to employees by the corporation's Employee Stock Ownership
Plan), provided that the aggregate cost of such repurchases pursuant to
this clause D shall not exceed $250,000 in any fiscal year of the
corporation, and (E) convert shares of Class C Preferred Stock into
shares of Common Stock and warrants or options in accordance with the
applicable provisions of this Article FOURTH;
(v) employ or terminate the
employment of the chief executive officer or the chief operating
officer of the corporation or any executive officer reporting directly
to either of them, or materially alter the terms of any employment
agreement or other arrangement with the corporation of such officer or
officers;
(vi) directly or indirectly, lend any
amount to, incur any indebtedness to, or enter into any contracts
material to its business or operations with, any of its officers or
directors, any of its shareholders, any member of the immediate
families of such officers, directors or shareholders, or any firm or
corporation in which such persons have an ownership interest; provided
that the corporation may make advances and loans to officers in the
ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount outstanding at any
time not to exceed $1,500,000 and may incur indebtedness to officers in
the ordinary course of business in form of deferred compensation and
accrued vacation compensation;
(vii) sell, lease, license, transfer or
cause or permit the sale, lease, license or transfer of the assets of
the corporation or its subsidiaries (other than inventory in the
ordinary course of business or uneconomic or obsolete equipment in the
ordinary course of business)if the aggregate book value of such assets,
when added to all other assets sold, leased, licensed or transferred
(excluding sales described in the parenthetical clause above) within
the four consecutive preceding fiscal quarters exceeds $2,000,000;
(viii) acquire, whether by purchase,
lease, license, merger, joint venture or otherwise, any assets (other
than inventory, materials and equipment in the ordinary course of
business) if the cost thereof, when added to the cost of all other
assets acquired during the four consecutive preceding fiscal quarters,
exceeds $2,000,000; or
(ix) alter or repeal those provisions
of the By-Laws of the corporation which pertain generally to the
election and duties of the directors of the corporation or which
affect the rights and powers of the shareholders of the corporation.
B. Common Stock
1. Rank. The Common Stock shall, with respect to the payment
of dividends and upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
affairs of the corporation, rank (i) senior and prior to any class or
series of capital stock of the corporation hereafter issued the terms
of which specifically provide that shares of such class or series shall
rank junior to the shares of Common Stock (shares of such class or
series are collectively referred to in this Section B of Article FOURTH
as the "Junior Securities"); (ii) on a parity with and any other class
or series of capital stock of the corporation hereafter issued the
terms of which specifically provide that shares of such class or series
shall rank on a parity with the shares of Common Stock (shares of such
class or series are collectively referred to in this Section B of
Article FOURTH as the "Parity Securities"); and (iii) junior to the
shares of Class C Preferred Stock and to any other class or series of
capital stock of the corporation hereafter issued unless the terms of
such class or series of capital stock of the corporation specifically
provide that shares of such series or class shall rank junior to or on
a parity with shares of Common Stock (shares of Class C Preferred Stock
and any other class or series of capital stock of the corporation
hereafter issued the terms of which do not specifically provide that
shares of such class or series shall rank junior to or on a parity with
the shares of Common Stock are collectively referred in this Section B
of Article FOURTH as the "Senior Securities").
2. Dividends.
(a) From and after the date of issuance, the holders
of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive,
when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, to the extent
permitted under the DGCL, cash dividends on each dividend payment date
selected by the Board of Directors of the corporation (each such date
is referred to herein as a "Dividend Payment Date"), in such amounts as
the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine; provided,
however, that no dividends on outstanding shares of Common Stock shall
be declared or paid unless, concurrently with such declaration or
payment, dividends in an equal amount per share are also declared or
paid, as the case may be, on any outstanding Parity Securities. Such
dividends shall be payable to the holders of record of outstanding
shares of Common Stock as their names shall appear on the stock
register of the corporation on such record date, not more than sixty or
less than ten days preceding each such Dividend Payment Date, as shall
be fixed by the Board of Directors in advance of payment of each such
dividend. All dividends shall be paid pro rata to the holders of
outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled thereto.
(b) Dividends shall not be paid on the outstanding
shares of Common Stock for any period in which dividends for the
current or any prior period or mandatory redemption payments due in the
current or any prior period have not been paid in full on any
outstanding Senior Securities, or, with respect to the Class C
Preferred Stock, unless dividends thereon are paid concurrently with
such payment in accordance with paragraph 2(a) of Section A of this
Article FOURTH.
3. Liquidation.
In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the corporation, after the
payment of all preferential liquidation payments on outstanding Senior
Securities, subject to rights of creditors, the holders of outstanding
shares of Common Stock, the holders of any warrants exercisable for
shares of Common Stock (to the extent the terms of such warrants
entitle the holders thereof to receive any assets of the corporation
available for distribution) and any other Parity Securities shall be
entitled to receive the entire assets of the corporation available for
distribution to such holders. Each such holder of outstanding shares of
Common Stock shall be entitled to receive that portion of the assets of
the corporation available for distribution which the number of shares
of Common Stock held by such holder bears to the total number of shares
of Common Stock and shares of any Parity Securities outstanding on the
effective date of such voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the corporation.
4. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Common Stock shall
be entitled to vote on or otherwise consent to any matter requiring the
vote or consent of the stockholders of the corporation under the laws
of the State of Delaware. Each holder of outstanding shares of Common
Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held
of record by such holder on the record date fixed by the Board of
Directors of the corporation for determining the stockholders of the
corporation entitled to vote or otherwise consent to such matter.
FIFTH: The corporation is to have perpetual existence.
SIXTH: The private property of the stockholders shall not
be subject to the payment of corporate debts to any extent whatever.
SEVENTH: In furtherance, and not in limitation of the powers
conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized:
To make, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the corporation;
To authorize and cause to be executed mortgages and liens
upon the real and personal property of the corporation; and
To set apart out of any of the funds of the corporation
available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose or
to abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
By resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole
Board of Directors to designate one or more committees, each committee to
consist of two or more of the directors of the corporation, which to the extent
provided in said resolution or resolutions or in the By-Laws of the corporation,
shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the
management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may have power to
authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may
require it. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be
stated in the By-Laws of the corporation or as may be determined from time to
time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
When and as authorized by the affirmative vote of the holders
of a majority of the capital stock issued and outstanding having voting power
given at a stockholders meeting duly called for that purpose, or when authorized
by the written consent of the holders of a majority of the voting stock issued
and outstanding, to sell, lease or exchange all of the property and assets of
the corporation, including its good will and its corporate franchises, upon such
terms and conditions and for such consideration, which may be in whole or in
part shares of stock in, and/or other securities of, any other corporation or
corporations, as its Board of Directors shall deem expedient and for the best
interests of the corporation.
The corporation may in its By-Laws confer powers upon its
Board of Directors in addition to the foregoing, and in addition to the powers
and authorities expressly conferred upon it by statute.
EIGHTH: Meetings of stockholders may be held outside the State
of Delaware, if the By-Laws so provide. The books of the corporation may be kept
(subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside of the State of
Delaware at such place or places as may be from time to time designated by the
Board of Directors.
NINTH: 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.
TENTH: No stockholder of this corporation shall have any
preemptive or preferential right, nor shall any stockholder be entitled as such,
as a matter of right, to subscribe for or purchase any part of any new or
additional issue of capital stock of the corporation of any class, whether now
or hereafter authorized, and whether issued for money or for a consideration
other than money, or of any issue of securities or obligations convertible into
stock.
ELEVENTH: In all elections of directors of the corporation
each holder of a share of Class C Preferred Stock of the corporation and each
holder of a share of Common Stock of the corporation entitled to vote for the
election of directors shall be entitled to as many votes as shall equal the
number of votes which, except for the provisions of this Article ELEVENTH, such
holder would be entitled to cast for the election of directors with respect to
the number of shares of Class C Preferred Stock or Common Stock, as the case may
be, held by such holder which are eligible to so vote multiplied by the number
of directors to be elected. Each holder of shares of Class C Preferred Stock and
each holder of a share of Common Stock entitled to vote for the election of
directors may cast all of such votes for a single director or may distribute
such votes among the number of directors to be elected, or any two or more of
them, as such holder sees fit. No director so elected may be removed by the
stockholders of the corporation if the votes cast against his removal would be
sufficient to elect him at an election at which the same total number of votes
were cast in favor of such director and the entire Board of Directors, or class
of directors of which such director is a member, were then being elected.
TWELFTH: The property, business and affairs of the corporation
shall be managed and controlled by the Board of Directors. Subject to the other
provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation providing for the
expansion of the number of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors
in certain circumstances, the number of directors of the corporation shall not
be less than nine (9), nor more than twelve (12), the exact number of directors
to be determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the whole
Board of Directors, and such exact number shall be nine (9) until otherwise
determined by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the whole
Board of Directors. As used herein, the term "whole Board" means the total
number of directors which the corporation would have if there were no vacancies.
The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in
number as the then total number of directors constituting the whole Board
permits, with the term of office of one class expiring each year. The initial
term of office of directors of the first class shall expire at the next
succeeding annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation; the initial term
of office of directors of the second class shall expire at the second succeeding
annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation; and the initial term of
office of directors of the third class shall expire at the third succeeding
annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation. At the conclusion of each
term, nominated directors of the class whose term of office has expired shall
stand for election for a three year term. If the number of directors is changed,
any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to
maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and
any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an
increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the
remaining term of that class, but in no case will a decrease in the number of
directors shorten the term of any incumbent director. A director shall hold
office until the annual meeting for the year in which his term expires and until
his successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior
death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office;
provided further that the policy regarding mandatory retirement of directors
shall be as established by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, and any
incumbent director reaching the mandatory retirement age last established prior
to his most recent election to the Board of Directors shall be eligible to serve
only through the date he attains such mandatory retirement age (regardless of
the remaining term of such incumbent director's class). Any vacancy on the Board
of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors may be
filled by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, and any other vacancy
occurring in the Board of Directors may be refilled by a majority of the whole
Board of Directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining
director. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase
in the number of directors shall have the same remaining term as that of his
predecessor.
THIRTEENTH: A director of this corporation shall not be
personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except that this Article THIRTEENTH
shall not eliminate or limit a director's liability (i) for any breach of the
director s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts
or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit. If the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware is amended after approval by the stockholders of this Article
THIRTEENTH to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the
personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the
corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as so amended from time to
time. Any repeal or modification of this Article THIRTEENTH shall not increase
the personal liability of any director of this corporation or otherwise
adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the corporation
existing at the time of such repeal or modification. The provisions of this
Article THIRTEENTH shall not be deemed to limit or preclude indemnification of a
director by the corporation for any liability of a director which has not been
eliminated by the provisions of this Article THIRTEENTH.
FOURTEENTH: (a) Each person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans,
whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity
as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving
as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may
hereafter be amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including
attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts
paid or to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, and such
indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director,
officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors and administrators of such person; provided, however, that, except as
provided in this clause (a) of Article FOURTEENTH, the corporation shall
indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with an action,
suit or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such
action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of
Directors of the corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this
clause (a) of Article FOURTEENTH shall be a contract right and shall include the
right to be paid by the corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such
action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided,
however, that if the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware requires,
the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his capacity
as such in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit or
proceeding shall be made only upon receipt by the corporation of an undertaking
by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay all amounts so advanced if
it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled
to be indemnified under this clause (a) of Article FOURTEENTH or otherwise. The
corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to
employees and agents of the corporation with the same scope and effect as the
foregoing indemnification of directors and officers.
(b) If a claim under clause (a) of Article FOURTEENTH is not
paid in full by the corporation within thirty days after a written claim has
been received by the corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring
suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if
successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also
the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action
(other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in
defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required
undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the corporation) that the
claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware for the corporation to
indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such
defense shall be on the corporation. Neither the failure of the corporation
(including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its
stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such
action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances
because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, nor an actual determination by the
corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its
stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct,
shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has
not met the applicable standard of conduct.
(c) The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses
incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition set forth
herein shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or
hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of
Incorporation, By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise.
(d) The corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to
protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation
or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the corporation
would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or
loss under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.