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Exhibit 3.4
PATRIOT RISK MANAGEMENT, INC.
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS
OF
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS
OF
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
Patriot Risk Management, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the Corporation), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Patriot Risk Management, Inc.
SECOND: The Board of Directors of the Corporation adopted resolutions proposing and
declaring advisable the following amendment to the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and
Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock:
RESOLVED that the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock be amended to read in its entirety as set forth below:
1. Designation; Number of Shares; Stated Value.
One Thousand Two Hundred (1,200) shares of Preferred Stock shall be designated Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the Series A Preferred Stock or
as this Series). Shares of this Series shall have a stated value of $1,000 per share (the
Stated Value).
2. Dividends.
(a) The holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive cumulative
cash dividends, when and as declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available
therefor, at a rate of 4.5% above the prime rate as published in the Wall Street Journal per share
per annum, calculated based on the Stated Value, on each outstanding share and no more, before any
dividend or distribution in cash or other property on any class or series of stock of the
Corporation ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends or on liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment. For each share of
Series A Preferred Stock Outstanding, the dividend shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day
year.
(b) Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be cumulative and accrue from and after
the date of original issuance thereof, whether or not declared by the Board of Directors. Accruals
of dividends shall not bear interest.
(c) No cash dividend may be declared on any other class or series of stock ranking on a parity
with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends in respect of any dividend period unless there
shall also be or have been declared on the Series A Preferred Stock like dividends for all
quarterly periods coinciding with or ending before such quarterly period, ratably in proportion to
the respective annual dividend rates fixed therefor.
3. Redemption.
(a) The Corporation, at its sole option, may redeem shares of this Series, in whole or in
part, at any time or from time to time, at a redemption price per share equal to the Stated Value
plus accrued but unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not declared) to the date of redemption.
(b) In the case of a redemption of a part only of the shares of this Series at the time
outstanding, the shares of this Series to be so redeemed shall be selected by lot, pro rata (as
nearly as may be), or in such other equitable manner as the Board of Directors may determine.
4. Conversion.
(a) Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into shares of the
Corporations Common Stock upon the closing of an offering of the Corporations Common Stock to
third-party investors with aggregate proceeds of at least $20 million (the Qualified Offering).
The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to upon conversion of each share of Series A
Preferred Stock shall be determined by dividing (1) the sum of (A) the product of the Stated Value
times 1.5 plus (B) the amount of any accrued but unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock
(whether or not declared) on the date of conversion, by (2) the price per share of Common Stock
sold in the Qualified Offering.
(b) No fractional shares of stock shall be issued upon the conversion of any share or shares
of this Series. If more than one such share of this Series shall be surrendered for conversion at
the same time by the same holder, the number of full shares which shall be issuable upon the
conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares so surrendered.
If any fractional interest in a share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions of this
subparagraph (b), be deliverable upon the conversion of any share or shares, the Corporation shall
in lieu of delivering the fractional share therefor, adjust such fractional interest by payment to
the holder of such surrendered share or shares of an amount in cash equal (computed to the nearest
cent) to the value of such fractional interest based on the price paid in the Qualified Offering.
(c) The Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for
the purpose of issue upon conversion of the shares of this Series, such number of shares of Common
Stock as shall be issuable upon the conversion of all such outstanding shares. For the purpose of
this subparagraph (c), the full number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of
all outstanding shares of this Series shall be computed as if at the time of computation of such
number of shares of Common Stock all outstanding shares of this Series were held by a single
holder.
(d) The Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock which shall be issued upon
conversion of the shares shall upon issue be fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to any
preemptive rights.
(e) The issuance of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon conversion shall be made
without charge for any stamp or other similar tax in respect of such issuance.
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However, if any such certificate is to be issued in a name other than that of the holder of
the share or shares converted, the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall pay to
the Corporation the amount of any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in
such issuance or shall establish to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been
paid.
5. Voting.
The shares of this Series shall not have any voting powers either general or special, except
as set forth in this Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights, in the Corporations
Certificate of Incorporation, or as otherwise provided by law.
6. Liquidation Rights.
Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or
involuntary, the holders of the shares of this Series shall be entitled to receive, before any
payment or distribution of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof (whether capital or
surplus) shall be made to or set apart for the holders of the Common Stock or any other class or
series of stock ranking junior to the shares of this Series upon liquidation, the amount of the
Stated Value per share, plus a sum equal to all dividends on such shares accrued and unpaid thereon
to the date of final distribution, but such holders shall not be entitled to any further payment.
If, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, the assets of the
Corporation, or proceeds thereof, distributable among the holders of shares of the Series A
Preferred Stock and any other class or series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with the
Series A Preferred Stock as to payments upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up shall be
insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid, then such assets or the proceeds
thereof, shall be distributed among such holders ratably in accordance with the respective amounts
which would be payable on such shares if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. For the
purposes of this paragraph 6, the voluntary sale, conveyance, lease, exchange or transfer (for
cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all the property
or assets of the Corporation to, or a consolidation or merger of the Corporation with, one or more
other corporations (whether or not the Corporation is the corporation surviving such consolidation
or merger) shall not be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, voluntary or
involuntary.
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THIRD: That in lieu of a meeting and vote of stockholders, the stockholders have given written
consent to said amendment in accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
FOURTH: That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable
provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amendment to Certificate of Designations,
Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to be signed by its authorized
officer this ___day of January, 2010.
PATRIOT RISK MANAGEMENT, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Steven M. Mariano | |||
Steven M. Mariano | ||||
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer |
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