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RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
POPE & TALBOT, INC.
Pope & Talbot, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"),
hereby certifies as follows:
1. The name of the Corporation is Pope & Talbot, Inc. The date of
filing of the Corporation's original Certificate of Incorporation was
March 26, 1979.
2. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation only restates and integrates
and does not further amend the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation
of the Corporation, as heretofore amended or supplemented, and there
is no discrepancy between those provisions and the provisions of this
Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
3. The text of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended or supplemented
heretofore, is hereby restated without further amendments or changes
to read as herein set forth in full:
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is: POPE & TALBOT, INC.
SECOND: The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the
State of Delaware is 100 West Tenth Street in the City of Wilmington,
County of New Castle, and the name of its registered agent at that address
is The Corporation Trust Company.
THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act
or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General
Corporation Law of Delaware.
FOURTH: The Corporation shall be authorized to issue two classes of shares of stock to be designated, respectively, “Preferred Stock” and “Common Stock.” The total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Thirty-one Million Five Hundred Thousand (31,500,000) and the aggregate par value of all shares of stock that are to have a par value shall be Forty-five Million Dollars ($45,000,000). The total number of shares of Preferred Stock shall be One Million Five Hundred Thousand (1,500,000), and the par value of each such share of such class shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00). The total number of shares of Common Stock shall be Thirty Million (30,000,000), and the par value of each such share of such class shall be One Dollar ($1.00).
The shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors is hereby authorized, by filing a certificate pursuant to the applicable law of the State of Delaware, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designation, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of each such series and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof including but not limited to the fixing or alteration of the dividend rights, dividend rate, conversion rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), The redemption price or prices, and the liquidation preferences of any wholly unissued series of shares of Preferred Stock, or any of them; and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issue of the shares of that series, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. In case the number of shares off any series shall be so decreased, the shares constituting such decreases shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.
1. Designation of Series A Junior Participation Preferred Stock. There is hereby designated a series of Preferred Stock (which term is used through out this resolution with the meaning given in said Article FOURTH) with a par value often dollars ($10) per share, of the Corporation, as the “Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock” (the “Junior Preferred Stock”).
2. Number of Shares: Terms, Preferences, Voting Powers, Restrictions and Qualifications. The total number of shares to constitute the Junior Preferred Stock is hereby designated as 300,000 shares, and the terms, preferences, voting powers, restrictions and qualifications of the Junior Preferred Stock are hereby fixed as follows:
2.1 Authorized Shares. The total authorized amount of the Junior Preferred Stock shall be 300,000 shares with a par value of ten dollars ($10) per share. Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Junior Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of shares then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for issuances upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or warrants or upon the conversion of any outstanding securities issued by the Corporation convertible into Junior Preferred Stock
2.2 Dividends and Distributions.
(A) Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares
of any series of Preferred Stock ranking prior and superior to the Junior
Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of
Junior Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of Common Stock
of the Corporation (the "Common Stock"), and of any other
junior stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared
by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose,
quarterly dividends payable in cash on the first day of March, June,
September and December in each year (each such date being referred to
herein as a "Quarterly Dividend Payment Date"), commencing
on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance
of a share or fraction of a share of Junior Preferred Stock, in an amount
per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a)
$35 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth,
100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and
100 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash
dividends or other distributions, other than a dividend payable in shares
of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock
since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or,
with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the
first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Junior Preferred
Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay
any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock,
or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment
of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number
of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount to which
holders of shares of Junior Preferred Stock were entitled immediately
prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall
be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares
of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(B) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the
Junior Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) of this Section
2.2 immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the
Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock);
provided that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been
declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment
Date, a dividend of $30 per share on the Junior Preferred Stock shall
nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment
Date.
(C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding
shares of Junior Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment
Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares, unless the date
of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall
begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the
date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after
the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Junior
Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before
such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such
dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest.
Dividends paid on the shares of Junior Preferred Stock in an amount
less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and
payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share
basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors
may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of
Junior Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or
distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be not more than
60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.
2.3 Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Junior Preferred Stock shall
have the following voting rights:
(A) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each
share of Junior Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to
100 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of
the Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after
April 25, 1988 declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable
in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or
consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification
or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock)
into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each
such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of
Junior Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event
shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares
of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(B) Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Certificate of Incorporation,
in any other Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation
creating a series of Preferred Stock, or by law, the holders of shares
of Junior Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock
and any other capital stock of the Corporation having general voting
rights shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to
a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.
(C) Except as set forth herein, holders of Junior Preferred Stock shall
have no voting rights.
2.4 Certain Restrictions.
(A) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions
payable on the Junior Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2.2 are
in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and
distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Junior Preferred
Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall
not:
(1) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on any
shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up) to the Junior Preferred Stock;
(2) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on any
shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Junior Preferred Stock,
except dividends paid ratably on the Junior Preferred Stock and all
such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion
to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then
entitled;
(3) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares
of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up) to the Junior Preferred Stock, provided that
the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire
shares of any such junior stock in exchange for shares of any stock
of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution,
liquidation or winding up) to the Junior Preferred Stock; or
(4) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares
of Junior Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity
with the Junior Preferred Stock except in accordance with a purchase
offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board
of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board
of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend
rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series
and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable
treatment among the respective series or classes.
(B) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation
to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock
of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (A)
of this Section 2.4 purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such
time and in such manner.
2.5 Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Junior Preferred Stock purchased
or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall
be retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All
such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued
shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series
of Preferred Stock, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance
set forth herein, in the Certificate of Incorporation, in any other
Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation creating a series
of Preferred Stock, or as otherwise required by law.
2.6 Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Upon any liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made (1)
to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends
or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Junior Preferred
Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Junior Preferred
Stock shall have received $7,000 per share, plus an amount equal to
accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not
declared, to the date of such payment, provided that the holders of
shares of Junior Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive an aggregate
amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter
set forth, equal to 100 times the aggregate amount to be distributed
per share to holders of shares of Common Stock, or (2) to the holders
of shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Junior Preferred Stock,
except distributions made ratably on the Junior Preferred Stock and
all other such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which
the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution
or winding up. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare
or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common
Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise
than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater
or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the
aggregate amount to which holders of shares of Junior Preferred Stock
were entitled immediately prior to such event under the proviso in clause
(1) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such
amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator
of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding
immediately prior to such event.
2.7 Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall enter
into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in
which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other
stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such
case each share of Junior Preferred Stock shall at the same time be
similarly exchanged or changed into an amount per share (subject to
the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to 100 times
the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property
(payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each
share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. In the event the Corporation
shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable
in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or
consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification
or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock)
into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each
such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect
to the exchange or change of shares of Junior Preferred Stock shall
be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares
of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
2.8 Redemption. The shares of Junior Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable.
2.9 Rank. The Junior Preferred Stock shall rank junior with respect
to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets to all series
of the Corporation's Preferred Stock that specifically provide that
they shall rank prior to the Junior Preferred Stock. Nothing herein
shall preclude the Board from creating any series of Preferred Stock
ranking on a parity with or prior to the Junior Preferred Stock as to
the payment of dividends or the distribution of assets.
2.10 Amendment. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation
shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change
the powers, preferences or special rights of the Junior Preferred Stock
so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders
of at least two-thirds of the outstanding Junior Preferred Stock, voting
together as a single series.
2.11 Fractional Shares. The Junior Preferred Stock may be issued in
fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to
such holder's fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive
dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all
other rights of holders of the Junior Preferred Stock.
FIFTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred
by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make,
repeal, alter, amend and rescind any or all of the By-laws of the Corporation.
SIXTH: By-laws shall not be made, repealed, altered, amended or rescinded
by the stockholders of the Corporation except by the vote of the holders
of not less than two-thirds of the total voting power of all outstanding
shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election
of directors, considered for purposes of this Article SIXTH as one class.
SEVENTH: The number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from
time to time by a By-law or amendment thereof duly adopted by the Board
of Directors or by the stockholders acting in accordance with Article
SIXTH hereof.
EIGHTH: The Board of Directors shall be and is divided into three classes,
Class I, Class II and Class III. Such classes shall be as nearly equal
in number of directors as possible. Each director shall serve for a
term ending on the third annual meeting following the annual meeting
at which such director was elected; provided, however, that the directors
first elected to Class I shall serve for a term ending on the annual
meeting next following the end of the calendar year 1979, the directors
first elected to Class II shall serve for a term ending on the second
annual meeting next following the end of the calendar year 1979, and
the directors first elected to Class III shall serve for a term ending
on the third annual meeting next following the end of the calendar year
1979. The foregoing notwithstanding, each director shall serve until
his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless he
shall resign, become disqualified, disabled or shall otherwise be removed.
At each annual election, the directors chosen to succeed those whose
terms then expire shall be of the same class as the directors they succeed,
unless, by reason of any intervening changes in the authorized number
of directors, the Board shall designate one or more directorships whose
term then expires as directorships of another class in order more nearly
to achieve equality of number of directors among the classes.
Notwithstanding the rule that the three classes shall be as nearly equal
in number of directors as possible, in the event of any change in the
authorized number of directors each director then continuing to serve
as such shall nevertheless continue as a director of the class of which
he is a member until the expiration of his current term, or his prior
death, resignation or removal. If any newly created directorship may,
consistently with the rule that the three classes shall be as nearly
equal in number of directors as possible, be allocated to one of two
or more classes, the Board shall allocate it to that of the available
classes whose term of office is due to expire at the earliest date following
such allocation.
NINTH: During any period when the holders of any Preferred Stock or
any one or more series thereof, voting as a class, shall be entitled
and shall have exercised their right to elect a specified number of
directors, by reason of dividend arrearages or other contingencies giving
them the right to do so, then and during such time as such right continues
(1) the then otherwise authorized number of directors shall be increased
by such specified number of directors, and the holders of the Preferred
Stock or such series thereof, voting as a class, shall be entitled to
elect the additional directors so provided for, pursuant to the provisions
of such Preferred Stock or series; (2) each such additional director
shall not be a member of Class I, Class II or Class III, but shall serve
until the next annual meeting or until his successor shall be elected
and shall qualify, or until his right to hold such office terminates
pursuant to the provisions of such Preferred Stock or series, whichever
is earlier; and (3) whenever the holders of such Preferred Stock or
series thereof are divested of such rights to elect a specified number
of directors, voting as a class, pursuant to the provisions of such
Preferred Stock or series, the terms of office of all directors elected
by the holders of such Preferred Stock or series, voting as a class
pursuant to such provisions, or elected to fill any vacancies resulting
from the death, resignation or removal of directors so elected by the
holders of such Preferred Stock or series, shall forthwith terminate
and the authorized number of directors shall be reduced accordingly.
TENTH: Elections of directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders
need not be by written ballot unless the By-laws of the Corporation
shall so provide.
ELEVENTH: Directors may be removed from office only for cause if the
Board of Directors of the Corporation is classified.
TWELFTH: No action shall be taken by the stockholders except at an annual
or special meeting of stockholders.
THIRTEENTH: At any election of directors of the Corporation, a holder
of any class or series of stock then entitled to vote in such election
shall be entitled to as many votes as shall equal the number of votes
which (except for this Article as to cumulative voting) he would be
entitled to cast for the election of directors with respect to his shares
of stock multiplied by the number of directors to be elected in the
election in which his class or series of stock is entitled to vote,
and each stockholder may cast all of such votes for a single nominee
for director or may distribute them among the number to be voted for,
or for any two or more of them as he may see fit.
FOURTEENTH: Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation
for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Board of
Directors or by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors,
or by a committee of the Board of Directors which has been duly designated
by the Board of Directors and whose powers and authority, as provided
in a resolution of the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Corporation,
include the power to call such meetings, but such special meetings may
not be called by any other person or persons; provided, however, that
if and to the extent that any special meeting of stockholders may be
called by any other person or persons specified in any provisions of
the Certificate of Incorporation or any amendment thereto or any certificate
filed under Section 151(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (or
any successor thereto), then such special meeting may also be called
by the person or persons, in the manner, at the times and for the purposes
so specified.
FIFTEENTH: (a) The affirmative vote of the holders of not less than
eighty-five percent (85%) of the total voting power of all shares of
stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors,
considered for purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH as one class, shall
be required for the approval or authorization of any "business
combination" (as hereinafter defined) with any "other entity"
(as hereinafter defined) if, as of the record date for the determination
of stockholders entitled to notice thereof and to vote thereon, such
other entity is, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of more
than 15% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Corporation;
provided, however, that such 85% voting requirement shall not be applicable
if:
(1) The business combination was approved by resolution of the Board
of Directors of the Corporation prior to the acquisition by such other
entity of the beneficial ownership of more than 15% of the outstanding
shares of the Common Stock of the Corporation; or
(2) The business combination is solely between the Corporation and another
corporation, 50% or more of the voting stock of which is owned by the
Corporation; or
(3) The cash or fair market value of the property, securities or other
consideration to be received per share by holders of the Common Stock
of the Corporation in the business combination is not less than the
highest per share price (including (i) brokerage commissions, (ii) soliciting
dealers' fees, (iii) dealer-manager compensation, and (iv) other expenses,
including, but not limited to, costs of newspaper advertisements, printing
expenses and attorneys' fees) paid by such other entity in acquiring
any of its holdings of the Corporation's Common Stock.
(b) For purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH:
(1) The term "business combination" shall mean: (i) any merger
or consolidation of the Corporation or of any subsidiary of the Corporation
with or into any other entity; (ii) the sale, exchange or lease of all
or any substantial part of the assets of the Corporation to any other
entity; or (iii) any sale or lease to the Corporation or any subsidiary
thereof in exchange for securities of the Corporation of any assets
of any other entity or securities issued by such other entity, for which
the approval of stockholders of the Corporation is required by law or
by any agreement between the Corporation and any national securities
exchange;
(2) The term "other entity" shall mean and include (i) any
individual, corporation, partnership or other person; (ii) any other
party which is an "affiliate" or "associate" (as
those terms are defined in Rule 12b 2 of the General Rules and Regulations
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as in effect on January 1,
1979) of any entity described in clause (i); (iii) any other party with
which any entity described in clause (i) or any of its affiliates or
associates have any agreement, arrangement or understanding, directly
or indirectly, for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing
of shares of the Corporation; and (iv) the predecessors, successors
or assigns of any entities described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) in
any transaction or series of transactions not involving a public offering
of the shares of the Corporation within the meaning of the Securities
Act of 1933;
(3) Without limitation, any shares of stock of the Corporation which
any other entity has the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement,
or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise,
shall be deemed beneficially owned by such other entity;
(4) In calculating the percentage ownership of any other entity, the
outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Corporation shall include
shares deemed owned by that other entity through application of subparagraph
(3) above but shall not include any other shares of Common Stock which
may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, or upon exercise of conversion
rights, warrants or options, or otherwise;
(5) For the purposes of subparagraph (a)(3) of this Article FIFTEENTH,
the term "other consideration to be received" shall mean and
include Common Stock of the Corporation retained by its existing public
stockholders in the event of a business combination with such other
entity in which the Corporation is the surviving corporation; and
(6) With respect to any proposed business combination, the term "continuing
director" shall mean a director who was a member of the Board of
Directors prior to the time that any other entity involved in the proposed
business combination acquired in excess of 15% of the outstanding shares
of Common Stock of the Corporation.
(c) A majority of the continuing directors shall have the power and
duty to determine, for purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH and on the
basis of information known to them:
(1) Whether the proposed business combination is within the scope of
this Article FIFTEENTH;
(2) Whether such other entity owns beneficially more than 15% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation;
(3) The per share value proposed to be paid to the holders of Common
Stock of the Corporation in the business combination, within the meaning
of subparagraph (a)(3) of this Article FIFTEENTH; and
(4) The highest price per share paid by such other entity, within the
meaning of subparagraph (a)(3) of this Article FIFTEENTH.
Such determination, if made in good faith, shall be binding upon all
parties.
(d) The stockholder vote, if any, required for business combinations
not expressly provided for in this Article FIFTEENTH shall be such as
may be required by applicable law.
(e) Nothing contained in this Article FIFTEENTH shall be construed to
relieve any other entity from any fiduciary obligation imposed by statute
or case law.
SIXTEENTH: The provisions set forth in this first sentence of this Article
SIXTEENTH and in Articles SIXTH (dealing with the alteration of By-laws
by stockholders), EIGHTH (dealing with the classified board), ELEVENTH
(dealing with the removal of directors), TWELFTH (dealing with the prohibition
against stockholder action without meetings) and FOURTEENTH (dealing
with the power to call special meetings of the stockholders) may not
be repealed or amended in any respect unless such repeal or amendment
is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than
two-thirds of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of stock
of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors, considered
for purposes of this Article SIXTEENTH as one class. The provisions
set forth in this second sentence of this Article SIXTEENTH and in Article
FIFTEENTH (dealing with the 85% vote of stockholders required for certain
business combinations) may not be repealed or amended in any respect
unless such repeal or amendment is approved by the affirmative vote
of the holders of not less than 85% of the total voting power of all
outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the
election of directors, considered for purposes of this Article SIXTEENTH
as one class.
SEVENTEENTH: 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 on stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth in Articles
SIXTH, EIGHTH, ELEVENTH, TWELFTH, FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH and SIXTEENTH
may not be repealed or amended in any respect unless such repeal or
amendment is approved as specified in Article SIXTEENTH.
EIGHTEENTH: A Director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable
to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duty as a Director, except for liability (i) for any breach
of the Director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders,
(ii) for any 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, or (iv) for any transaction s from which
the Director derived any improper personal benefit. If the General Corporation
Law is hereafter amended to authorize, with the approval of a corporation's
stockholders, further reductions in the liability of the Corporation's
directors for breach of fiduciary duty, then a Director of the Corporation
shall not be liable for any such breach to the fullest extent permitted
by the Delaware General Corporation Law as so amended. Any repeal or
modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article Eighteenth
by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any
right or protection of a Director of the Corporation existing at the
time of such repeal or modification.
4. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the
Board of Directors in accordance with Section 245 of the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Restated Certificate
of Incorporation to be signed by Michael Flannery, its Chairman of the
Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, this 11th day of February,
2003.
/s/ Michael Flannery
Michael Flannery
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
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