Exhibit 3.03
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
VISTACARE, INC.
VistaCare, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as
follows:
1. The Corporation filed its original Certificate of Incorporation with
the Secretary of the State of Delaware on May 28, 1998. The Corporation's
original Certificate of Incorporation was amended and restated by a First
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of
State of Delaware on July 17, 1998. The Corporation's Certificate of
Incorporation was further amended and restated by a Second Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on
December 30, 1998. The Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation was further
amended and restated by a Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on December 27,
1999.
2. At a duly called meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation
at which a quorum was present at all times, a resolution was duly adopted,
pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, setting forth a Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation and declaring such Fourth Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation advisable. The stockholders of the Corporation duly
approved such proposed Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware. The resolution setting forth the Fourth Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation is as follows:
RESOLVED: That the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended to date, be and
hereby is further amended and restated in its entirety so that
the same shall read as follows:
FIRST. The name of the Corporation is: VistaCare, Inc.
SECOND. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is
Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County
of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The
Corporation Trust Company.
THIRD. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted
by the Corporation is as follows: To engage in any lawful act or activity for
which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of
Delaware.
FOURTH. The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is 35,200,000 shares, consisting of
(i) 33,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value per share ("CLASS
A COMMON STOCK"), (ii) 200,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value
per share ("CLASS B COMMON STOCK"), and (iii) 2,000,000 shares of Preferred
Stock, $.01 par value per share ("PREFERRED STOCK"). The following is a
statement of the designations and the powers, privileges and rights, and the
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof in respect of each class of
capital stock of the Corporation.
A. COMMON STOCK.
1. GENERAL. The voting, dividend and liquidation rights of the holders of
the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock are subject to and
qualified by the rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock of any series as
may be designated by the Board of Directors upon any issuance of the Preferred
Stock of any series.
2. RANKING. Except as provided in Section A.3. below, Class A Common
Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be identical in all respects and shall have
the same powers, privileges and rights, and qualifications, limitations and
restrictions.
3. VOTING. The holders of the Class A Common Stock are entitled to one
vote for each share held at all meetings of stockholders (and written actions in
lieu of meetings). The holders of Class B Common Stock shall have no right to
vote except as may be required by applicable law.
The number of authorized shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B
Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares
thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority
of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, irrespective of the provisions
of Section 242(b)(2) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
4. DIVIDENDS. Dividends may be declared and paid on the Class A Common
Stock and the Class B Common Stock from funds lawfully available therefor as and
when determined by the Board of Directors and subject to any preferential
dividend rights of any then outstanding Preferred Stock.
5. LIQUIDATION. Upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation,
whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B
Common Stock will be entitled to receive all assets of the Corporation available
for distribution to its stockholders, subject to any preferential rights of any
then outstanding Preferred Stock.
6. CONVERSION OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK. At any time, each share of Class B
Common Stock may, at the option of the holder thereof, be converted into one
fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock.
B. PREFERRED STOCK.
Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series,
each of such series to have such terms as stated or expressed herein and in the
resolution or resolutions
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providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation as hereinafter provided. Any shares of Preferred Stock which may be
redeemed, purchased or acquired by the Corporation may be reissued except as
otherwise provided by law. Different series of Preferred Stock shall not be
construed to constitute different classes of shares for the purposes of voting
by classes unless expressly provided.
Authority is hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors from time
to time to issue the Preferred Stock in one or more series, and in connection
with the creation of any such series, by resolution or resolutions providing for
the issue of the shares thereof, to determine and fix such voting powers, full
or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative
participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations
or restrictions thereof, including without limitation thereof, dividend rights,
conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, as shall
be stated and expressed in such resolutions, all to the full extent now or
hereafter permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the resolutions providing for issuance of any
series of Preferred Stock may provide that such series shall be superior or rank
equally or be junior to the Preferred Stock of any other series to the extent
permitted by law. Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of
Incorporation, no vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock or Class A or Class
B Common Stock shall be a prerequisite to the designation or issuance of any
shares of any series of the Preferred Stock authorized by and complying with the
conditions of this Certificate of Incorporation, the right to have such vote
being expressly waived by all present and future holders of the capital stock of
the Corporation.
FIFTH. The Corporation shall have a perpetual existence.
SIXTH. In furtherance of and not in limitation of powers conferred by
statute, it is further provided:
1. Election of directors need not be by written ballot.
2. The Board of Directors in expressly authorized to adopt, amend or
repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation.
SEVENTH. Except to the extent that the General Corporation Law of
Delaware prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for
breaches of fiduciary duty, no director of the Corporation shall be personally
liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any
breach of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law
imposing such liability. No amendment to or repeal of this provision shall apply
to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of
the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director
occurring prior to such amendment.
EIGHTH.
1. ACTIONS, SUITS AND PROCEEDINGS OTHER THAN BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE
CORPORATION. The Corporation shall indemnify 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 (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation), by
reason of the fact that he is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or
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officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the
request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee
of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise (including any employee benefit plan) (all
such persons being referred to hereafter as an "INDEMNITEE"), or by reason of
any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not
act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful.
2. ACTIONS OR SUITS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION. The
Corporation shall indemnify any Indemnitee who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that he is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or
officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the
request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee
of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise (including any employee benefit plan), or by
reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity,
against all expenses (including attorneys' fees) and, to the extent permitted by
law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or on
his behalf in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal
therefrom, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of such liability but
in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses (including attorneys' fees)
which the Court of Chancery of Delaware shall deem proper.
3. INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF SUCCESSFUL PARTY. Notwithstanding the
other provisions of this Article, to the extent that an Indemnitee has been
successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article EIGHTH, or in defense
of any claim, issue or matter therein, or on appeal from any such action, suit
or proceeding, he shall be indemnified against all expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in
connection therewith. Without limiting the foregoing, if any action, suit or
proceeding is disposed of, on the merits or otherwise (including a disposition
without prejudice), without (i) the disposition being adverse to the Indemnitee,
(ii) an adjudication that the Indemnitee was liable to the Corporation, (iii) a
plea of guilty or nolo contendere by the Indemnitee, (iv) an adjudication that
the Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and (v) with
respect to any criminal proceeding, an adjudication that the
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Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, the
Indemnitee shall be considered for the purposes hereof to have been wholly
successful with respect thereto.
4. NOTIFICATION AND DEFENSE OF CLAIM. As a condition precedent to his
right to be indemnified, the Indemnitee must notify the Corporation in writing
as soon as practicable of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation
involving him for which indemnity will or could be sought. With respect to any
action, suit, proceeding or investigation of which the Corporation is so
notified, the Corporation will be entitled to participate therein at its own
expense and/or to assume the defense thereof at its own expense, with legal
counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitee. After notice from the
Corporation to the Indemnitee of its election so to assume such defense, the
Corporation shall not be liable to the Indemnitee for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such action,
suit, proceeding or investigation, other than as provided below in this Section
4. The Indemnitee shall have the right to employ his own counsel in connection
with such action, suit, proceeding or investigation, but the fees and expenses
of such counsel incurred after notice from the Corporation of its assumption of
the defense thereof shall be at the expense of the Indemnitee unless (i) the
employment of counsel by the Indemnitee has been authorized by the Corporation,
(ii) counsel to the Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be
a conflict of interest or position on any significant issue between the
Corporation and the Indemnitee in the conduct of the defense of such action,
suit, proceeding or investigation or (iii) the Corporation shall not in fact
have employed counsel to assume the defense of such action, suit, proceeding or
investigation, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel for the
Indemnitee shall be at the expense of the Corporation, except as otherwise
expressly provided by this Article. The Corporation shall not be entitled,
without the consent of the Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim
brought by or in the right of the Corporation or as to which counsel for the
Indemnitee shall have reasonably made the conclusion provided for in clause (ii)
above. The Corporation shall not be required to indemnify the Indemnitee under
this Article for any amounts paid in settlement of any action, suit, proceeding
or investigation effected without its written consent. The Corporation shall not
settle any action, suit, proceeding or investigation in any manner which would
impose any penalty or limitation on the Indemnitee without the Indemnitee's
written consent. Neither the Corporation nor the Indemnitee will unreasonably
withhold or delay its consent to any proposed settlement.
5. ADVANCE OF EXPENSES. Subject to the provisions of Section 6 of this
Article EIGHTH, in the event that the Corporation does not assume the defense
pursuant to Section 4 of this Article EIGHTH of any action, suit, proceeding or
investigation of which the Corporation receives notice under this Article, any
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an Indemnitee in defending a
civil or criminal action, suit, proceeding or investigation or any appeal
therefrom shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition
of such matter; provided, however, that the payment of such expenses incurred by
the Indemnitee in advance of the final disposition of such matter shall be made
only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay
all amounts so advanced in the event that it shall ultimately be determined that
the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as
authorized in this Article; and further provided that no such advancement of
expenses shall be made if it is determined (in the manner described in Section
6) that (i) the Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Corporation, or (ii) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the
Indemnitee had
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reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Such undertaking shall be
accepted without reference to the financial ability of the Indemnitee to make
such repayment.
6. PROCEDURE FOR INDEMNIFICATION. In order to obtain indemnification or
advancement of expenses pursuant to Section 1, 2, 3 or 5 of this Article EIGHTH,
the Indemnitee shall submit to the Corporation a written request, including in
such request such documentation and information as is reasonably available to
the Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what
extent the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses.
Any such advancement of expenses shall be made promptly, and in any event within
60 days after receipt by the Corporation of the written request of the
Indemnitee, unless with respect to requests under Section 1, 2 or 5 of this
Article EIGHTH the Corporation determines within such 60-day period that the
Indemnitee did not meet the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section
1, 2 or 5 of this Article EIGHTH, as the case may be. Any such indemnification,
unless ordered by a court, shall be made with respect to requests under Section
1 or 2 only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination by the
Corporation that the indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper because the
Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or
2, as the case may be. Such determination shall be made in each instance (a) by
a majority vote of the directors of the Corporation consisting of persons who
are not at that time parties to the action, suit or proceeding in question
("DISINTERESTED DIRECTORS"), whether or not a quorum, (b) by a majority vote of
a committee of disinterested directors designated by majority vote of
disinterested directors, whether or not a quorum, (c) if there are no
disinterested directors, or if disinterested directors so direct, by independent
legal counsel (who may, to the extent permitted by law, be regular legal counsel
to the Corporation) in a written opinion, or (d) by the stockholders of the
Corporation.
7. REMEDIES. The right to indemnification or advances as granted by this
Article shall be enforceable by the Indemnitee in any court of competent
jurisdiction. Neither the failure of the Corporation to have made a
determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification is
proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable
standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Corporation pursuant to
Section 6 of this Article EIGHTH that the Indemnitee has not met such applicable
standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption
that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. The
Indemnitee's expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with
successfully establishing his right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in
any such proceeding shall also be indemnified by the Corporation.
8. LIMITATIONS. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article,
except as set forth in Section 7 of the Article EIGHTH, the Corporation shall
not indemnify an Indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof)
initiated by the Indemnitee unless the initiation thereof was approved by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Article, the Corporation shall not indemnify an Indemnitee to the extent
such Indemnitee is reimbursed from the proceeds of insurance, and in the event
the Corporation makes any indemnification payments to an Indemnitee and such
Indemnitee is subsequently reimbursed from the proceeds of insurance, such
Indemnitee shall promptly refund such indemnification payments to the
Corporation to the extent of such insurance reimbursement.
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9. SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT. No amendment, termination or repeal of this
Article or of the relevant provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware
or any other applicable laws shall affect or diminish in any way the rights of
any Indemnitee to indemnification under the provisions hereof with respect to
any action, suit, proceeding or investigation arising out of or relating to any
actions, transactions or facts occurring prior to the final adoption of such
amendment, termination or repeal.
10. OTHER RIGHTS. The indemnification and advancement of expenses
provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to
which an Indemnitee seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be
entitled under any law (common or statutory), agreement or vote of stockholders
or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official
capacity and as to action in any other capacity while holding office for the
Corporation, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a
director or officer, and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs,
executors and administrators of the Indemnitee. Nothing contained in this
Article shall be deemed to prohibit, and the Corporation is specifically
authorized to enter into, agreements with officers and directors providing
indemnification rights and procedures different from those set forth in this
Article. In addition, the Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to
time by its Board of Directors, grant indemnification rights to other employees
or agents of the Corporation or other persons serving the Corporation and such
rights may be equivalent to, or greater or less than, those set forth in this
Article.
11. PARTIAL INDEMNIFICATION. If an Indemnitee is entitled under any
provision of this Article to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a
portion of the expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines or amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in
connection with any action, suit, proceeding or investigation and any appeal
therefrom but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall
nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion of such expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlement to
which the Indemnitee is entitled.
12. INSURANCE. The Corporation may purchase and 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 (including any employee benefit plan) against any expense,
liability or loss incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his
status as such, 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 Delaware.
13. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION. If the Corporation is merged into or
consolidated with another corporation and the Corporation is not the surviving
corporation, the surviving corporation shall assume the obligations of the
Corporation under this Article with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or
investigation arising out of or relating to any actions, transactions or facts
occurring prior to the date of such merger or consolidation.
14. SAVINGS CLAUSE. If this Article or any portion hereof shall be
invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the
Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each Indemnitee as to any expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in
connection with any action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil,
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criminal or administrative, including an action by or in the right of the
Corporation, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this
Article that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law.
15. DEFINITIONS. Terms used herein and defined in Section 145(h) and
Section 145(i) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware shall have the
respective meanings assigned to such terms in such Section 145(h) and Section
145(i).
16. SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATION. If the General Corporation Law of Delaware is
amended after adoption of this Article to expand further the indemnification
permitted to Indemnitees, then the Corporation shall indemnify such persons to
the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as so
amended.
NINTH. This Article is inserted for the management of the business and
for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation.
1. NUMBER OF DIRECTORS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. The number of directors of
the Corporation shall not be less than three. Subject to the immediately
preceding sentence, the exact number of directors shall be fixed from time to
time by, or in the manner provided in, the Corporation's By-Laws. Election of
directors need not be by written ballot, except as and to the extent provided in
the By-Laws of the Corporation.
2. CLASSES OF DIRECTORS. The Board of Directors shall be and is divided
into three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III. No one class shall have
more than one director more than any other class. If a fraction is contained in
the quotient arrived at by dividing the designated number of directors by three,
then, if such fraction is one-third, the extra director shall be a member of
Class I, and if such fraction is two-thirds, one of the extra directors shall be
a member of Class I and one of the extra directors shall be a member of Class
II, unless otherwise provided from time to time by resolution adopted by the
Board of Directors.
3. TERMS OF OFFICE. Each director shall serve for a term ending on the
date of the third annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting at
which such director was elected; provided, that each initial director in Class I
shall serve for a term ending on the date of the annual meeting in 2003; each
initial director in Class II shall serve for a term ending on the date of the
annual meeting in 2004; and each initial director in Class III shall serve for a
term ending on the date of the annual meeting in 2005; and provided, further,
that the term of each director shall be subject to the election and
qualification of his successor and to his earlier death, resignation or removal.
4. ALLOCATION OF DIRECTORS AMONG CLASSES IN THE EVENT OF INCREASES OR
DECREASES IN THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. In the event of any increase or decrease
in the authorized number of directors, (i) each director then serving as such
shall nevertheless continue as a director of the class of which he or she is a
member (subject to Section 3 above) and (ii) the newly created or eliminated
directorships resulting from such increase or decrease shall be apportioned by
the Board of Directors among the three classes of directors so as to ensure that
no one class has more than one director more than any other class.
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5. QUORUM; ACTION AT MEETING. A majority of the directors at any time in
office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the event
one or more of the directors shall be disqualified to vote at any meeting, then
the required quorum shall be reduced by one for each director so disqualified,
provided that in no case shall less than one-third of the number of directors
then in office constitute a quorum. If at any meeting of the Board of Directors
there shall be less than such a quorum, a majority of those present may adjourn
the meeting from time to time. Every act or decision done or made by a majority
of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present
shall be regarded as the act of the Board of Directors unless a greater number
is required by law, by the By-Laws of the Corporation or by this Certificate of
Incorporation.
6. REMOVAL. Directors of the Corporation may be removed by the
stockholders only for cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the votes which all the
stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors or
class of directors.
7. VACANCIES. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors, however occurring,
including a vacancy resulting from an enlargement of the Board, shall be filled
only by a vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than
a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. A director elected to fill a vacancy
shall be elected to hold office until the next election of the class for which
such director shall have been chosen, subject to the election and qualification
of his successor and to his earlier death, resignation or removal.
8. STOCKHOLDER NOMINATIONS AND INTRODUCTION OF BUSINESS, ETC. Advance
notice of stockholder nominations for election of directors and other business
to be brought by stockholders before a meeting of stockholders shall be given in
the manner provided by the By-Laws of the Corporation.
9. AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law,
this Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation, and
notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law, the
affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent
(66%) of the votes which all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any
annual election of directors or class of directors shall be required to amend or
repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with, this Article NINTH.
TENTH. Stockholders of the Corporation may not take any action by written
consent in lieu of a meeting. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation, and
notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law, the
affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66
2/3%) of the votes which all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any
annual election of directors or class of directors shall be required to amend or
repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with, this Article TENTH.
ELEVENTH. Special meetings of stockholders may be called at any time by
only the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or the Board of
Directors. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this Certificate of
Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation, and notwithstanding the fact
that a lesser percentage may be specified by law, the affirmative
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vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of
the votes which all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual
election of directors or class of directors shall be required to amend or
repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with, this Article ELEVENTH.
TWELFTH. 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 this Certificate of
Incorporation, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted
subject to this reservation.
[Signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused its corporate seal to be
affixed hereto and this Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by its
President and Chief Executive Officer this _____ day of _________ 2002.
VISTACARE, INC.
By:__________________________________
Richard R. Slager
President and Chief Executive Officer
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