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Ex 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
VUZIX CORPORATION
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
VUZIX CORPORATION
The undersigned, being the Chief Executive Officer and President of Vuzix Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the Corporation), does hereby certify that:
1. The original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the office of
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 16, 1997.
2. This certificate was duly adopted in accordance with the Section 242 and 245 the Delaware
General Corporation Law.
3. The certificate of incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended and restated to read
in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE 1. The name of the corporation is Vuzix Corporation (the Corporation).
ARTICLE 2. The address of the Corporations registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711
Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808. The name of the Corporations registered
agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE 3. The purpose of the Corporation shall be to engage in any lawful act or activity for
which corporations may be organized and incorporated under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
ARTICLE 4. The total number of shares of all classes of which the Corporation shall have
authority to issue shall be 705,000,000 shares, consisting of (i) 700,000,000 shares of common
stock, par value $0.001 per share (Common Stock), and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock,
par value $0.001 per share (Preferred Stock).
A. COMMON STOCK
The following provisions of this Part A of this Article 4 constitute a statement of the
powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights and
privileges, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of and relating to the Common
Stock.
(1) The Common Stock is junior to the Preferred Stock and is subject to all the powers,
rights, privileges, preferences and priorities that may be fixed with respect to any shares of
Preferred Stock.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by law or this Certificate of Incorporation each holder of
the Common Stock is entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by him of record on the books
of the Corporation for the election of directors and on all matters submitted for a vote of
stockholders of the Corporation. The number of authorized shares of Common Stock
may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Common Stock then
outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Common Stock and Preferred
Stock entitled to vote, voting together as a single class.
(3) Each share of Common Stock is entitled to participate equally in any dividends that may be
declared by the Board of Directors and, subject to the rights of the Preferred Stock, in any other
distributions made by the Corporation.
B. PREFERRED STOCK
The following provisions of this Part B of this Article 4 constitute a statement of the
powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights and
privileges, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of and relating to the Preferred
Stock.
(1) Of the 5,000,000 authorized shares of Preferred Stock, (a) 500,000 shares shall be
designated as Series C 6% Convertible Preferred Stock (Series C Preferred Stock), having the
powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights and
privileges, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions set forth in Paragraph (3) of this
Part B of this Article 4 and (b) 4,500,000 shares shall be undesignated.
(2) The undesignated Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series,
the shares of each series to have 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, as are stated and expressed herein or in the
resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series, adopted by the Board of Directors
as hereinafter provided. Authority is hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors, subject
to the provisions of this Article 4 and to the limitations prescribed by the Delaware General
Corporation Law, to authorize the issue of one or more series of Preferred Stock and with respect
to each such series to fix by resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series the
voting powers, full or limited, if any, of the shares of such series and the designations,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications,
limitations or restrictions thereof. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each
series shall include, but not be limited to, the determination or fixing of the following: (i) the
designation of such series; (ii) the dividend rate of such series, the conditions and dates upon
which such dividends shall be payable, the relation which such dividends shall bear to the
dividends payable on any other class or classes of stock or any other series of any class of stock
of the Corporation, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative; (iii) whether
the shares of such series shall be subject to redemption by the Corporation and, if made subject to
such redemption, the times, prices and other terms and conditions of such redemption; (iv) the
terms and amount of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of the shares of such
series; (v) whether or not the shares of such series shall be convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of any other class or classes of any stock or any other series of any class of stock of the
Corporation, and, if provision is made for conversion or exchange, the times, prices, rates,
adjustments, and other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchanges; (vi) the extent, if
any, to which the holders of shares of such series shall be entitled to vote with
respect to the election of directors or otherwise; (vii) the restrictions, if any, on the
issue or
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reissue of any additional Preferred Stock; and (viii) the rights of the holders of the
shares of such series upon the dissolution of, or upon the distribution of assets of, the
Corporation.
(3) The powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other
special rights and privileges, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of and relating
to the Series C 6% Convertible Preferred Stock Preferred Stock are as follows:
(A) Voting Privileges.
(a) General. Each holder of Series C Preferred Stock shall have that number of votes
on all matters submitted to the stockholders that is equal to the number of shares of Common Stock
into which such holders shares of Series C Preferred Stock are then convertible, as hereinafter
provided. Except as otherwise provided herein, and except as otherwise required by agreement or
law, the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the shares of Common Stock shall vote as a single
class on all matters submitted to the stockholders.
(b) No Cumulative Voting. No holder of shares of capital stock of the Corporation
shall have any cumulative voting rights.
(B) Dividends.
The holders of outstanding Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive in any fiscal
year, when, prior and in preference to any declaration or payment of any dividend (payable other
than in Common Stock), on the Common Stock of the Corporation (but subject to the rights of the
Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock, if any), dividends in cash at the rate
of $0.60 per share of Series C Preferred Stock per annum (as adjusted for any stock splits, stock
dividends, recapitalizations and the like). Such dividend or distribution may be payable annually
or otherwise as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Dividends or distributions
(other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) may be paid upon shares of Common
Stock in any fiscal year of the Corporation only if dividends shall have been paid on or declared
and set apart for all shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock for such
year. No further dividends shall be paid to holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock in
excess of such annual rate in any fiscal year unless at the same time equivalent dividends are paid
to holders of shares of Common Stock; provided that holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock
shall participate pro rata (on an as-if-converted basis) in any dividends paid on Common Stock,
subject to any rights of the Series A Preferred stock and the Series B Preferred Stock. The right
to receive such dividends on shares of Series C Stock shall be cumulative, but no undeclared or
unpaid dividend shall bear or accrue interest.
Dividends on shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be payable only out of funds
legally available therefor.
(C) Other Terms of the Preferred Stock.
(a) Liquidation Preference.
(i) In the event of an involuntary or voluntary liquidation, dissolution
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or winding up of the Corporation at any time, subject to the rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and
the Series B Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled
to receive out of the assets of the Corporation an amount equal to the sum of $10.00 per share
(appropriately adjusted to reflect stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, consolidations
and similar changes hereafter effected), respectively, plus unpaid dividends thereon, if any (the
Liquidation Preference). In the event of either an involuntary or a voluntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, payment of the Liquidation Preference to the holders
of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be made prior and in preference to any payment or other
distribution of assets to the holders of the Common Stock or any other class of shares of the
Corporation ranking junior to the Series C Preferred Stock with respect to payment upon dissolution
or liquidation of the Corporation.
(ii) Upon completion of the distribution required by subsection (a)(i) of this Article (C),
the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall participate in the distribution of all of the
remaining assets of this Corporation available for distribution to stockholders as if such shares
of Series C Preferred Stock had been converted into Common Stock at the conversion rate then in
effect.
(iii) For purposes of this Section, a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation shall be deemed to be occasioned by, or to include (unless the holders of at least
sixty-seven percent (67%) of the Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding, voting as a single
class on an as-converted basis and not as separate series, shall determine otherwise), (A) the
acquisition of the Corporation by another entity by means of any transaction or series of related
transactions (including, without limitation, any reorganization, merger or consolidation) that
results in the transfer of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding voting power of the
Corporation; or (B) a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation. If the
holders of Preferred Stock fail to give the Corporation notice of their determination that such
transactions shall not be deemed a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation two
(2) days prior to the effective date of any such transaction, the provisions of subparagraph (b)(7)
below hereof shall apply. The Corporation shall give each holder of record of Series C Preferred
Stock written notice of such impending transaction not later than twenty (20) days prior to the
stockholders meeting of the Corporation called to approve such transaction, or twenty (20) days
prior to the closing of such transaction, whichever is earlier, and shall also notify such holders
in writing of the final approval of such transaction. The first of such notices shall describe the
material terms and conditions of the transaction and of this subparagraph (a) (including, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, a description of the value of the consideration, if any,
being offered to the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock in the transaction and the amount to
which such holders would be entitled if such transaction were (as described above) to be deemed to
be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation), and the Corporation shall
thereafter give such holders prompt notice of any material changes to such terms and conditions.
The transaction shall in no event take place sooner than twenty (20) days after the mailing by the
Corporation of the first notice provided for herein or sooner than ten (10) days after the mailing
by the Corporation of any notice of material changes provided for herein; provided,
however, that such periods may be reduced upon the written consent of the holders of
sixty-seven percent (67%) of the Series C Preferred Stock.
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(iv) In any of such events, if the consideration received by the Corporation is other than
cash, its value will be deemed its fair market value. Any securities shall be valued as follows:
A. Securities not subject to investment letter or other similar restrictions on free
marketability covered by (B) below:
(1) If traded on a securities exchange or through the Nasdaq National Market, the value shall
be deemed to be the average of the closing prices of the securities on such exchange or system over
the thirty (30) day period ending three (3) days prior to the closing;
(2) If actively traded over-the-counter, the value shall be deemed to be the average of the
closing bid or sale prices (whichever is applicable) over the thirty (30) day period ending three
(3) days prior to the closing; and
(3) If there is no active public market, the value shall be the fair market value thereof, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
B. The method of valuation of securities subject to investment letter or other restrictions on
free marketability (other than restrictions arising solely by virtue of a stockholders status as
an affiliate or former affiliate) shall be to make an appropriate discount from the market value
determined as above in (A) (1), (2) or (3) to reflect the approximate fair market value thereof, as
mutually determined by the Corporation and the holders of at least a majority of the voting power
of all then outstanding shares of such Preferred Stock.
(v) In the event the requirements of this subsection 4(C)(a) are not complied with, this
Corporation shall forthwith either:
A. cause such closing to be postponed until such time as the requirements of this Section 2
have been complied with; or
B. cancel such transaction, in which event the rights, preferences and privileges of the
holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall revert to and be the same as such rights, preferences
and privileges existing immediately prior to the date of the first notice referred to in subsection
E(a)(iii) hereof.
(vi) Nothing hereinabove set forth shall affect in any way the right of each holder of shares
of Series C Preferred Stock to convert such shares at any time and from time to time in accordance
with subparagraph (b) below.
(b) Conversion Right. At the option of the holders thereof, each share of Series C
Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at the office of the Corporation (or at such other office or
offices, if any, as the Board of Directors may designate), into such number of fully paid and
nonassessable shares (calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of Common
Stock of the Corporation as is determined by dividing, $10.00 (the Original Issue
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Price) by the Conversion Price applicable to such share determined as hereafter provided in
effect on the date the certificate is surrendered for conversion. The initial Conversion Price per
share for shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be $0.3333 per share of Common Stock; provided,
however, that the Conversion Price for the Series C Preferred Stock shall be subject to adjustment
as hereinafter provided. The following provisions shall govern such right of conversion:
(i) In order to convert shares of Series C Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock of the
Corporation, the holder thereof shall surrender at any office hereinabove mentioned the certificate
or certificates therefor, duly endorsed to the Corporation or in blank, and give written notice to
the Corporation at such office that such holder elects to convert such shares. Shares of Series C
Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business
on the day of the surrender of such shares for conversion as herein provided, and the person
entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock of the Corporation issuable upon such conversion
shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of such shares of Common Stock at such time.
As promptly as practicable on or after the conversion date, the Corporation shall issue and
deliver or cause to be issued and delivered at such office a certificate or certificates for the
number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation issuable upon such conversion.
(ii) Excluding (a) options to purchase shares of Common Stock and the issuance of awards of
Common Stock granted to employees, directors and consultants of the Corporation pursuant to key
employee and consultant benefit plans adopted by the Corporation and except for shares of Common
Stock issued upon the exercise of such options granted pursuant to such plans, (b) issuances of
shares of Common Stock or warrants for the purchase of shares of Common Stock approved by the Board
of Directors of the Corporation in connection with equipment lease or bank financing transactions,
(c) issuances of shares of Common Stock on conversion of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock,
shares of the Series B Preferred Stock or shares of the Series C Preferred Stock, (d) issuances of
shares in connection with a firm commitment underwritten public offering, (e) dividends or
distributions on Preferred Stock and (g) issuances of shares in connection with business
combinations or corporate partnering agreements approved by the Corporations Board of Directors,
if on or before June 30, 2006 the Corporation shall issue or sell (in one or more transactions,
whether or not related), shares of its Common Stock (or Convertible Securities, rights options of
warrants convertible into or exercisable for shares of its Common Stock (except such as are
excluded pursuant to the provisos of the following Subparagraph (a))) resulting in aggregate gross
proceeds to the Corporation of $1,000,000 or more, for an average consideration per share less than
the Initial Conversion Price per share, as adjusted pursuant to Subparagraphs (E)(b)(3) and
(E)(b)(4), then the Conversion Price of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be reduced to the
average Price per Share of all shares of Common Stock so sold. The Average Price per Share shall
mean the Total Consideration Received for such Shares, divided by the Total Consideration received
for such shares (each determined in accordance with the further provisions of this Subparagraph
(C)(b)(ii), calculated to the nearest cent, as follows:
(A) In the case of the grant (whether directly or by assumption in a merger or otherwise) of
any rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the
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purchase of, (i) Common Stock or (ii) any obligations or any shares of stock of the Corporation which
are convertible into, or exchangeable for, Common Stock (any of such obligations or shares of stock
being hereinafter called Convertible Securities) whether or not such rights or options or the
right to convert or exchange any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, (x) the
Number of Shares of Common Stock that are issued by the Corporation shall be deemed to be the
total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such rights or options
or upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities and (y) the Total
Consideration Received for such Common Stock shall be deemed to be (i) the total amount, if any,
received or receivable by the Corporation as consideration for the granting of such rights or
options, plus (ii) the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration payable to the
Corporation upon the exercise of such rights or options, plus, (iii) in the case of such rights or
options which relate to Convertible Securities, the minimum aggregate amount of additional
consideration, if any, payable upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities..
(B) In the case of the issuance or sale by the Corporation (whether directly or by assumption
in a merger or otherwise) of any Convertible Securities (other than any such issue or sale of such
Convertible Securities made upon exercise of any rights to subscribe for or to purchase or any
option to purchase any such Convertible Securities for which adjustments of the Conversion Price
have been or are to be made pursuant the preceding subparagraph (i), whether or not the rights to
exchange or convert thereunder are immediately exercisable, the Number of Shares of Common Stock
that shall be deemed to have been issued by the Corporation shall be the total maximum number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities
and the Total Consideration Received for the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion or exchange
shall be the total amount received or receivable by the Corporation as consideration for the issue
or sale of such Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional
consideration, if any, payable to the Corporation upon the conversion or exchange thereof
(C) In case any shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities or any rights or options to
purchase any such Common Stock or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for cash, the
consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the amount received by the Corporation
therefor, without deducting therefrom any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions,
discounts or concessions paid or allowed by the Corporation in connection therewith. In case any
shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities or any rights or options to purchase any such
Common Stock or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for a consideration other than cash,
the amount of the consideration other than cash received by the Corporation shall be deemed to be
the fair value of such consideration as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation, without deducting therefrom any expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions,
discounts or concessions paid or allowed by the Corporation in connection therewith. In case any
shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities or any rights or options to purchase such Common
Stock or Convertible Securities shall be issued in connection with any merger or consolidation in
which the Corporation is the surviving corporation, the amount of consideration therefor shall be
deemed to be the fair value as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation of such
portion of the assets and business of the non-surviving corporation or corporations as such Board
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shall determine to be attributable to such Common Stock, Convertible Securities, rights or options,
as the case may be. In the event of any consolidation or merger of the Corporation in which the
Corporation is not the surviving corporation or in the event of any sale of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Corporation for stock or other securities of any other corporation, the
Corporation shall be deemed to have issued a number of shares of its Common Stock for stock or
securities of the other corporation computed on the basis of the actual exchange ratio on which the
transaction was predicated and for a consideration equal to the fair market value on the date of
such transaction of such stock or securities of the other corporation, and if any such calculation
results in adjustment of the Conversion Price, the determination of the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion immediately prior to such merger, conversion or sale, for purposes
of subparagraph (7) below, shall be made after giving effect to such adjustment of the Conversion
Price.
(iii) In case the Corporation shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the
purpose of entitling them (i) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock
or in Convertible Securities, or in any rights or options to purchase any Common Stock or
Convertible Securities, or (ii) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible
Securities, then such record date shall be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares
of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the
making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such rights of subscription or
purchase, as the case may be.
(iv) The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include
shares owned or held by or for the account of the Corporation, and the disposition of any such
shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock for the purpose of this subparagraph
(b).
(3) In case the Corporation shall (i) declare a dividend upon the Common Stock
payable in Common Stock (other than a dividend declared to effect a subdivision of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock, as described in subparagraph (5) below) or
Convertible Securities, or in any rights or options to purchase Common Stock or
Convertible Securities, or (ii) declare any other dividend or make any other
distribution upon the Common Stock payable otherwise than out of earnings or earned
surplus, then thereafter each holder of shares of Series C Preferred Stock upon the
conversion thereof will be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock
into which such shares of Series C Preferred Stock, as the case may be, have been
converted, and, in addition and without payment therefor, each dividend described in
clause (i) above and each dividend or distribution described in clause (ii) above
which such holder would have received by way of dividends or distributions if
continuously since such holder became the record holder of such shares of Series C
Preferred Stock, as the case may be, such holder (i) had been the record holder of
the number of shares of Common Stock then received, and (ii) had retained all
dividends or distributions in stock or securities (including Common Stock or
Convertible Securities, and any rights or options to purchase any Common Stock or
Convertible Securities) payable in respect of such Common Stock or in respect
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of any stock or securities paid as dividends or distributions and originating directly
or indirectly from such Common Stock, other than such dividends and distributions
which had previously been paid in respect of the Series C Preferred Stock and
received by such holder. For the purposes of the foregoing a dividend or
distribution other than in cash shall be considered payable out of earnings or
earned surplus only to the extent that such earnings or earned surplus are charged
an amount equal to the fair value of such dividend or distribution as determined by
the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(4) In case the Corporation shall at any time subdivide its outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced, and
conversely, in case the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation shall
be combined into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased.
(5) If (i) the purchase price provided for in any right or option referred to in
clause (i) of subparagraph (2), or (ii) the additional consideration, if any,
payable upon the conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities referred to in
clause (i) or clause (ii) of subparagraph (3), or (iii) the rate at which any
Convertible Securities referred to in clause (i) or clause (ii) of subparagraph (2)
are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, shall change at any time
(other than under or by reason of provisions designed to protect against dilution),
the Conversion Price then in effect hereunder shall forthwith be increased or
decreased to such Conversion Price as would have been obtained had the adjustments
made upon the issuance of such rights, options or Convertible Securities been made
upon the basis of (a) the issuance of the number of shares of Common Stock
theretofore actually delivered upon the exercise of such options or rights or upon
the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, and the total
consideration received therefor, and (b) the issuance at the time of such change of
any such options, rights, or Convertible Securities then still outstanding for the
consideration, if any, received by the Corporation therefor and to be received on
the basis of such changed price; and on the expiration of any such option or right
or the termination of any such right to convert or exchange such Convertible
Securities, the Conversion Price then in effect hereunder shall forthwith be
increased to such Conversion Price as would have obtained had the adjustments made
upon the issuance of such rights or options or Convertible Securities been made upon
the basis of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock theretofore actually
delivered (and the total consideration received therefor) upon the exercise of such
rights or options or upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
If the purchase price provided for in any right or option referred to in clause (i)
of subparagraph (2), or the rate at which any Convertible Securities referred to in
clause (i) or clause (ii) of subparagraph (2) are convertible into or exchangeable
for Common Stock, shall decrease at any time under or by reason of provisions with
respect thereto designed to protect against dilution, then in case of the delivery
of Common Stock upon the exercise
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of any such right or option or upon conversion or exchange of any such Convertible
Security, the Conversion Price then in effect hereunder shall forthwith be decreased
to such Conversion Price as would have obtained had the adjustments made upon the
issuance of such right, option or Convertible Security been made upon the basis of
the issuance of (and the total consideration received for) the shares of Common
Stock delivered as aforesaid.
(6) If any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the
Corporation, or consolidation or merger of the Corporation with another corporation,
or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets to another corporation shall
be effected in such a way that holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive
stock, securities or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock, then,
as a condition of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger or
sale, and subject to subparagraph (a) above, lawful and adequate provision shall be
made whereby the holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall thereafter have the right
to receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in
lieu of the shares of the Common Stock of the Corporation immediately theretofore
receivable upon the conversion of Series C Preferred Stock, such shares of stock,
securities or assets as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for
a number of outstanding shares of such Common Stock equal to the number of shares of
such stock immediately theretofore receivable upon the conversion of Series C
Preferred Stock, as the case may be, had such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger or sale not taken place, plus all dividends unpaid and
accumulated or accrued thereon to the date of such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger or sale, and in any such case appropriate provision shall be
made with respect to the rights and interests of the holders of Series C Preferred
Stock and to the end that the provisions hereof (including without limitation
provisions for adjustments of the Conversion Price and of the number of shares
receivable upon the conversion of Series C Preferred Stock) shall thereafter be
applicable, as nearly as may be in relation to any shares of stock, securities or
assets thereafter receivable upon the conversion of Series C Preferred Stock. The
Corporation shall not effect any such consolidation, merger or sale, unless prior to
the consummation thereof the successor corporation (if other than the Corporation)
resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such
assets shall assume by written instrument executed and mailed to the registered
holders of Series C Preferred Stock, at the last addresses of such holders appearing
on the books of the Corporation, the obligation to deliver to such holders such
shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing
provisions, such holders may be entitled to receive.
(7) Upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price, then and in each case the
Corporation shall give written notice thereof, by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to the registered holders of Series C Preferred Stock, at the addresses of
such holders as shown on the books of the Corporation, which notice shall state the
Conversion Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease,
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if any, in the number of shares receivable at such price upon the conversion of
Series C Preferred Stock, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of
calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.
(8) In case at any time:
(i) the Corporation shall declare any cash dividend on its Common Stock
at a rate in excess of the rate of the last cash dividend theretofore paid;
(ii) the Corporation shall pay any dividend payable in stock upon its
Common Stock or make any distribution (other than regular cash dividends) to
the holders of its Common Stock;
(iii) the Corporation shall offer for subscription pro rata to the
holders of its Common Stock any additional shares of stock of any class or
other rights;
(iv) there shall be any capital reorganization, or reclassification of
the capital stock of the Corporation, or consolidation or merger of the
Corporation with, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets to,
another corporation; or
(v) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation
or winding up of the Corporation;
then, in any one or more of said cases, the Corporation shall give written
notice, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the registered holders of
Series C Preferred Stock at the addresses of such holders as shown on the books of
the Corporation, of the date on which (a) the books of the Corporation shall close
or a record shall be taken for such dividend, distribution or subscription rights,
or (b) such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up shall take place, as the case may be. Such
notice shall also specify the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record
shall participate in such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, or shall be
entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable
upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
dissolution, liquidation, or winding up, as the case may be. Such written notice
shall be given at least 20 days prior to the action in question and not less than 20
days prior to the record date or the date on which the Corporations transfer books
are closed in respect thereto.
(9) If any event occurs as to which in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation the other provisions of this paragraph (b) are not strictly applicable
or if strictly applicable would not fairly protect the rights of the holders of
Series C Preferred Stock in accordance with the essential intent and principles
of such provisions, then the Board of Directors shall make an adjustment in the
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application of such provisions, in accordance with such essential intent and
principles, so as to protect such rights as aforesaid.
(10) As used in this paragraph (b) the term Common Stock shall mean and include
the Corporations presently authorized Common Stock and shall also include any
capital stock of any class of the Corporation hereafter authorized which shall not
be limited to a fixed sum or percentage in respect of the rights of the holders
thereof to participate in dividends or in the distribution of assets upon the
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation;
provided that the shares receivable pursuant to conversion of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock, shares of Series B Preferred Stock and shares of Series C Preferred
Stock shall include shares designated as Common Stock of the Corporation as of the
date of issuance of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock, shares of Series B
Preferred Stock or shares of Series C Preferred Stock , or, in case of any
reclassification of the outstanding shares thereof, the stock, securities or assets
provided for in subparagraph (7) above.
(11) No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion, but,
instead of any fraction of a share which would otherwise be issuable, the
Corporation shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fraction in an amount
equal to the same fraction of the market price per share of Common Stock as of the
close of business on the day of conversion. Market price shall mean if the Common
Stock is traded on a securities exchange or on the Nasdaq National Market or the
Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the closing price of the Common Stock on such exchange or
the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, or, if the Common Stock is
otherwise traded in the over-the-counter market, the closing bid price, in each case
averaged over a period of 20 consecutive business days prior to the date as of which
market price is being determined. If at any time the Common Stock is not traded
on an exchange or the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, or
otherwise traded in the over-the-counter market, the market price shall be deemed
to be the higher of (i) the book value thereof as determined by any firm of
independent public accountants of recognized standing selected by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation as of the last day of any month ending within 60 days
preceding the date as of which the determination is to be made, or (ii) the fair
value thereof determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation
as of a date which is within 15 days of the date as of which the determination is to
be made.
(c) Mandatory Conversion. The Series C Preferred shall automatically be converted
into shares of Common Stock of the Corporation immediately upon the earlier of (i) the close of
business on the date specified by written consent or agreement of sixty-seven percent (67%) of the
outstanding Series C Preferred Stock, voting as a single class on an as-converted basis, or (ii)
the closing of the Corporations sale of its Common Stock in a public offering pursuant to a
registration statement on Form S-1 or Form SB-2 (or any then current forms similar thereto) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in which the aggregate public offering
price of the securities sold for cash by the Corporation in the offering, before
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deduction of underwriters commissions and expenses, is at least $10,000,000. As used herein, the term
closing shall mean the delivery by the Corporation to the underwriters of certificates
representing the shares of Common Stock of the Corporation offered to the public against delivery
to the Corporation by such underwriters of payment therefor.
(d) Option to Redeem.
(i) At any time on or after July 1, 2007, the Company may state its intention to redeem any or
all of the Series C Preferred Stock for a cash price equal to $10.00 plus all accrued plus unpaid
dividends, by providing an irrevocable, written notice (the Redemption Notice) to the Holder.
The Redemption Notice shall state that the Company seeks to redeem all or a portion of the Series C
Preferred Stock held by such Holder, specifying the number of shares to be redeemed, and shall set
the date for the Companys (which date shall be not more than thirty (30) days after the date of
such Redemption Notice
(ii) The Holder shall have the right to convert after a Redemption Notice has been received
but before actual redemption.
ARTICLE 5. The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and for
the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation and for defining and regulating the powers of the
Corporation and its directors and shareholders and are in furtherance and not in limitation of the
powers conferred upon the Corporation by statute:
(a) The number of directors of the Corporation shall consist of not less than five or more
than 12, the exact number to be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time pursuant to a
resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. No
decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of
any incumbent director.
(b) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or
represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders and entitled to vote in the election of
directors. No director need be a stockholder.
(c) Any vacancy on the Board of Directors resulting from death, retirement, resignation,
disqualification or removal from office or other cause, as well as any vacancy resulting from an
increase in the number of directors which occurs between annual meetings of the stockholders at
which directors are elected, shall be filled only by a majority vote of the remaining directors
then in office, though less than a quorum, except that any vacancies resulting from removal from
office by a vote of the stockholders for cause may be filled by a vote of the stockholders at the
same meeting at which such removal occurs. The directors chosen to fill vacancies shall hold
office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly
elected and qualified.
(d) In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the power to
adopt, amend or repeal the by-laws of the Corporation may be exercised by the Board of
Directors; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may not amend or repeal any by-law
adopted by the stockholders and declared as part of such adoption to be amendable or repealable
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only by the stockholders. Any adoption, amendment or repeal of the by-laws by the Board of
Directors shall require the approval of a majority of the Board of Directors.
(e) The stockholders shall also have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the by-laws;
provided, however, that in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or
series of stock required by law or this Certificate of Incorporation, Sections 2.3, 2.5, 3.3, 3.9,
3.10, 3.11, 3.17 and 8.7 and Article 6 of the by-laws shall not be altered, amended or repealed,
and no provision inconsistent therewith shall be adopted, by the stockholders without the
affirmative vote of the holders, voting together as a single class, of not less than two-thirds of
the outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors.
(f) Action by the stockholders of the Corporation may only be taken at an annual or special
stockholders meeting as described in the by-laws of the Corporation and no stockholder action may
be taken by written consent in lieu of a meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate
of Incorporation, by-laws any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board
of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all of the members of the
Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic
transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed
with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.
(g) Except as otherwise prescribed by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation, special
meetings of stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may only be called by the officers and
directors as provided in the by-laws of the Corporation.
(h) In addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock required by law or
this Certificate of Incorporation, this Article 5 and Articles 6 and 7 of this Certificate of
Incorporation shall not be altered, amended or repealed, and no provision inconsistent therewith
shall be adopted, by the stockholders without the affirmative vote of the holders, voting together
as a single class, of not less than two-thirds of the outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled
to vote in the election of directors.
ARTICLE 6. No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of a fiduciary duty as a director; provided, however,
that to the extent required by the provisions of Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law or any successor statute, or any other laws of the State of Delaware, this
provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the
directors 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 Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit. If the Delaware General Corporation Law hereafter is
amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the
liability of a director of the Corporation, in addition to the limitation on personal liability
provided herein, shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by the amended Delaware General
Corporation Law. Any repeal or modification of this Article 6 by the stockholders of the Corporation and, to the fullest
extent permitted by Delaware law, any
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amendment, repeal, or modification of the Delaware General
Corporation Law relating to the rights conferred under this Article 6, shall be prospective only,
and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the
Corporation existing as of the time of such amendment, repeal or modification.
ARTICLE 7. (a) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party, or
who was or is a witness without being named a party, to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative,
any appeal in such an action, suit or proceeding, and any inquiry or investigation that could lead
to such an action, suit or proceeding (a Proceeding), by reason of the fact that such individual
is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or while a director or officer of the
Corporation is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner,
venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functionary of another corporation,
partnership, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the Corporation from and against any judgments, penalties (including excise taxes),
fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses (including court costs and attorneys
fees) actually incurred by such person in connection with such Proceeding if it is determined that
he acted in good faith and reasonably believed (i) in the case of conduct in his official capacity
on behalf of the Corporation that his conduct was in the Corporations best interests, (ii) in all
other cases, that his conduct was not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and (iii)
with respect to any Proceeding which is a criminal action, that he had no reasonable cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that in the event a determination is made that
such person is liable to the Corporation or is found liable on the basis that personal benefit was
improperly received by such person, the indemnification is limited to reasonable expenses actually
incurred by such person in connection with the Proceeding and shall not be made in respect of any
Proceeding in which such person shall have been found liable for willful or intentional misconduct
in the performance of his duty to the Corporation. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of
itself be determinative of whether 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 Proceeding which is a criminal action, had reasonable cause to believe that his
conduct was unlawful. A person shall be deemed to have been found liable in respect of any claim,
issue or matter only after the person shall have been so adjudged by a court of competent
jurisdiction after exhaustion of all appeals there from.
(b) Determination of Indemnification. Any indemnification under the foregoing
Article 7(a) (unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction) shall be made by the Corporation
only upon a determination that indemnification of such person is proper in the circumstances by
virtue of the fact that it shall have been determined that such person has met the applicable
standard of conduct. Such determination shall be made (1) by a majority vote of a quorum
consisting of directors who at the time of the vote are not named defendants or respondents in the
Proceeding; (2) if such quorum cannot be obtained, by a majority vote of a committee of the Board
of Directors, designated to act in the matter by a majority of all directors, consisting of two or
more directors who at the time of the vote are not named defendants or respondents in the
Proceeding; (3) by special legal counsel (in a written opinion) selected by the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board by a vote as set forth in Subsection (1) or (2)
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this Section, or, if such quorum cannot be established, by a majority vote of all directors (in
which directors who are named defendants or respondents in the Proceeding may participate); or (4)
by the stockholders of the Corporation in a vote that excludes the shares held by directors who are
named defendants or respondents in the Proceeding.
(c) Advancement of Expenses. Reasonable expenses, including court costs and
attorneys fees, incurred by a person who was or is a witness or who was or is named as a defendant
or respondent in a Proceeding, by reason of the fact that such individual is or was a director or
officer of the Corporation, or while a director or officer of the Corporation is or was serving at
the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee,
employee, agent or similar functionary of another corporation, partnership, trust, employee benefit
plan or other enterprise, shall be paid by the Corporation at reasonable intervals in advance of
the final disposition of such Proceeding, and without the determination set forth in Article 7(b),
upon receipt by the Corporation of a written affirmation by such person of his good faith belief
that he has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification under this Article 7, and a
written undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the
Corporation if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the
Corporation as authorized in this Article 7. Such written undertaking shall be an unlimited
obligation of such person and it may be accepted without reference to financial ability to make
repayment.
(d) Permissive Indemnification. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may
authorize the Corporation to indemnify employees or agents of the Corporation, and to advance the
reasonable expenses of such persons, to the same extent, following the same determinations and upon
the same conditions as are required for the indemnification of and advancement of expenses to
directors and officers of the Corporation.
(e) Nature of Rights. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided
hereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification
may be entitled under the By-laws, any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors
or otherwise, both as to actions taken in an official capacity and as to actions taken in any other
capacity while holding such office, shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors and administrators of such person. The rights to indemnification and advancement of
expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall be contract rights. Any amendment, repeal, or
modification of this Article 7 and, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, any amendment,
repeal, or modification of the Delaware General Corporation Law relating to the rights conferred
under this Article 7, shall be prospective only and shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of any then current or former director or officer of the Corporation existing at the
time of such amendment, repeal, or modification.
(f) Insurance. The Corporation shall have the power and authority to purchase and
maintain insurance or another arrangement on behalf of any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or who is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, or
similar functionary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture,
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proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against any liability,
claim, damage, loss or risk asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such
capacity or arising out of the status of such person as such, irrespective of whether the
Corporation would have the power to indemnify and hold such person harmless against such liability
under the provisions hereof. If the insurance or other arrangement is with a person or entity that
is not regularly engaged in the business of providing insurance coverage, the insurance or
arrangement may provide for payment of a liability with respect to which the Corporation would not
have the power to indemnify the person only if including coverage for the additional liability has
been approved by the stockholders of the Corporation. Without limiting the power of the
Corporation to procure or maintain any kind of insurance or other arrangement, the Corporation may,
for the benefit of persons indemnified by the Corporation, (1) create a trust fund; (2) establish
any form of self-insurance; (3) secure its indemnity obligation by grant of a security interest or
other lien on the assets of the Corporation; or (4) establish a letter of credit, guaranty, or
surety arrangement. The insurance or other arrangement may be procured, maintained, or established
within the Corporation or with any insurer or other person deemed appropriate by the Board of
Directors regardless of whether all or part of the stock or other securities of the insurer or
other person are owned in whole or part by the Corporation. In the absence of fraud, the judgment
of the Board of Directors as to the terms and conditions of the insurance or other arrangement and
the identity of the insurer or other person participating in the arrangement shall be conclusive
and the insurance or arrangement shall not be voidable and shall not subject the directors
approving the insurance or arrangement to liability, on any ground, regardless of whether the
directors participating in the approval is a beneficiary of the insurance or arrangement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation as of , 2009.
Title: Chief Executive Officer and President
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