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EXHIBIT 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
QAD INC.
QAD Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the provisions of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify that:
I. The present name of the corporation is QAD Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
Corporation). The original name of the Corporation was QAD Inc. and the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation was originally filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on
May 15, 1997.
II. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation amends, restates and integrates the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation (as heretofore amended). The Certificate of
Incorporation of this Corporation shall be amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation is QAD Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the Corporation).
ARTICLE II
The address of the Corporations registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711
Centerville Road, Suite 400, New Castle County, Wilmington, Delaware 19808,. The name of its
registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE III
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 the State of Delaware
(hereinafter referred to as the GCL).
ARTICLE IV
Section 1. Authorized Shares
The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have
authority to issue is eighty million (80,000,000) shares, consisting of (i) seventy-one million
(71,000,000) shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Class A Common
Stock); (ii) four million (4,000,000) shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
(the Class B Common Stock and together with the Class A Common Stock, the Common Stock); and
(iii) five million (5,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
Preferred Stock).
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Upon this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation becoming
effective pursuant to the GCL (the Effective Time), and without any further action on the part of
the Corporation or its stockholders, each whole share of the Corporations common stock, $0.001 par
value per share, issued and outstanding or held by the Corporation in treasury immediately prior to
the Effective Time (the Old Common Stock), shall automatically be reclassified, changed and
converted into 0.10 fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class B Common Stock, and certificates
previously representing shares of Old Common Stock shall represent the appropriate number of whole
shares of Class B Common Stock, into which such Old Common Stock shall have been reclassified,
changed and converted pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no fractional shares of Class B Common Stock shall be issued, and
any stockholder who would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Class B Common
Stock shall, in lieu of receiving such fractional share, be entitled to receive a cash payment
equal to such fraction multiplied by the fair value of a share of Class B Common Stock as of the
Effective Time, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the Board of Directors).
Section 2. Designations, Powers and Preferences
A. Preferred Stock.
The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized at any time, and from time to time, to
create and provide for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series and, by
filing a certificate pursuant to the GCL (hereinafter referred to as a Preferred Stock
Designation), to establish the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the
designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of the
shares of each such series and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be
stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue thereof adopted by
the Board of Directors, including, but not limited to, the following:
(i) the number of shares of any series and the designation to distinguish the
shares of such series from the shares of all other series;
(ii) whether dividends, if any, shall be cumulative or noncumulative, the
dividend rate of such series, and the dates and preferences of dividends on such
series;
(iii) the redemption provisions, if any, applicable to such series, including
the redemption price or prices to be paid;
(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 other series of any
class or classes of capital stock of, or any other security of, the Corporation or
any other corporation, and, if provision be made for any such conversion or
exchange,
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the times, prices, rates, adjustments and any other terms and conditions of
such conversion or exchange;
(vi) the voting powers, if any, and whether such voting powers are full or
limited in such series;
(vii) the restrictions, if any, on the issue or reissue of shares of the same
series or of any other class or series;
(viii) the amounts payable on and the preferences, if any, of the shares of
such series in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Corporation; and
(ix) any other relative rights, preferences and limitations of that series.
B. Common Stock.
The Common Stock shall be subject to the express terms of any series of Preferred Stock set
forth in the Preferred Stock Designation relating thereto. The powers, preferences and rights of
the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof, shall be in all respects identical, except as otherwise required by law or
expressly provided in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
(a) Voting. Unless otherwise required by law or as expressly provided in this Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock
shall vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to the stockholders at all meetings
of the stockholders and with respect to any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting. Each
record holder of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to 1/20th of one vote for each share of
Class A Common Stock standing in such persons name on the stock transfer records of the
Corporation in connection with the election of directors and all other actions submitted to a vote
of stockholders at all meetings of the stockholders and with respect to any action by written
consent in lieu of a meeting, and each record holder of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to
one vote for each share of Class B Common Stock standing in such persons name on the stock
transfer records of the Corporation in connection with the election of directors and all other
actions submitted to a vote of stockholders at all meetings of the stockholders and with respect to
any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting. In addition to any vote required by law or any
other provision in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote or
consent of the holders of a majority of the shares of Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a
single class shall be required in order to amend this Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Class B Common Stock or effect any
reverse stock split that would have any adverse effect on the holders of the Class A Common Stock.
(b) Dividends and Other Distributions.
(i) The record holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such
dividends and other distributions in cash, stock or property of the
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Corporation as may be declared thereon by the Board of Directors out of funds
legally available therefor.
(ii) No dividend may be paid on one class of Common Stock unless a dividend is
paid simultaneously on the other class of Common Stock, in accordance with this
Section 2(B)(b).
(iii) If the Board of Directors determines to provide the record holders of one
class of Common Stock the option to receive a dividend in cash or in capital stock
of the Corporation, the same option must be simultaneously provided to the other
class of Common Stock, subject to the requirement that the record holders of Class A
Common Stock receive a greater amount of such dividend as provided in paragraph (iv)
below.
(iv) Except as provided in paragraph (v) below, the amount of any dividend
payable in cash or non-cash property of the Corporation (or any dividend pursuant to
which the record holders of Common Stock have been granted the option to receive
such dividend in the form of cash) with respect to a share of Class A Common Stock
shall be equal to 120% of the amount of such dividend payable with respect to a
share of Class B Common Stock, if and when declared by the Board of Directors out of
funds legally available therefore; provided, however, any dividend
payable in cash or non-cash property of the Corporation, if and when declared by the
Board of Directors, for the purpose of either (A) distributing all or some portion
of the proceeds received by the Corporation from any transaction determined by the
Board of Directors to be a material transaction not in the ordinary course of
business or (B) effecting a spin-off of a subsidiary of the Corporation, shall be
paid ratably, on a per share basis, to all holders of Class A Common Stock and Class
B Common Stock.
(v) Dividends payable on the Common Stock only in shares of capital stock of
the Corporation (or rights to acquire capital stock of the Corporation) shall only
be made as follows: (A) in shares of Class A Common Stock (or rights to acquire
Class A Common Stock) to the record holders of Class A Common Stock and to the
record holders of Class B Common Stock; (B) solely in connection with a
proportionate dividend to effectuate a split of the Common Stock, in shares of Class
A Common Stock to the record holders of Class A Common Stock and in shares of Class
B Common Stock to the record holders of Class B Common Stock; or (C) in any other
authorized class or series of capital stock (or rights to acquire any other
authorized class or series of capital stock of the Corporation) to the record
holders of Class A Common Stock and to the record holders of Class B Common Stock.
(vi) Whenever a dividend or distribution provided for in this Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be payable in non-cash property or
shares of capital stock of the Corporation, the value of such dividend or
distribution shall be deemed to be the fair value of such non-cash property or
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capital stock of the Corporation, as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors.
(c) Convertibility. Except as described below, neither the Class A Common Stock nor the Class
B Common Stock shall be convertible into another class of Common Stock or any other security of the
Corporation.
(i) All outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock may be converted into shares
of Class B Common Stock on a share-for-share basis by resolution of the Board of
Directors if, as a result of any statute, law, regulation, court order, legal
process or rule or rule interpretation of a national securities exchange, either the
Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock is, or both are, excluded from, or the
Board of Directors determines that either the Class A Common Stock or Class B Common
Stock is, or both are, subject to exclusion from, listing on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market or, if such shares are listed on another national securities exchange,
from trading on the principal national securities exchange on which such securities
are traded. In making such determination, the Board of Directors may conclusively
rely on any information or documentation available to it, including filings made
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchange, stock
market or any other governmental or regulatory agency or any written instrument
purporting to be authentic.
(ii) In the event of any conversion of the Class A Common Stock pursuant to
subsection (c)(i) above, certificates which formerly represented outstanding shares
of Class A Common Stock will thereafter be deemed to represent a like number of
shares of Class B Common Stock and all shares of Common Stock authorized by this
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be deemed to be shares of
Class B Common Stock.
(d) Mergers or Sales of Assets. The holders of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to
receive an amount and form of consideration per share no less favorable than the per share
consideration, if any, received by any holder of the Class B Common Stock in any merger, business
combination or consolidation of the Corporation (whether or not the Corporation is the surviving
entity) or any subsidiary of the Corporation, or any sale, lease or exchange of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation (whether or
not executed by way of a single transaction or a series of related transactions).
(e) Liquidation or Dissolution. Upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation, the holders of Class A Common Stock and the holders of Class B Common Stock shall
share ratably, on a per share basis, in the net assets of the Corporation available for
distribution to the holders of Common Stock. If any assets of the Corporation distributed to
stockholders in connection with any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Corporation are
other than cash, then the value of such assets shall be their fair value as determined by the Board
of Directors in good faith.
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(f) Repurchases. The Corporation shall have the power to purchase, repurchase, exchange,
redeem or otherwise acquire shares of either Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock out of
funds legally available therefore at any time for such consideration as the Board of Directors
determines in its business judgment, whether or not less consideration could be paid upon the
purchase of the same number of shares of another class of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if at any time in the future the Corporation publicly announces an issuer self tender
offer to concurrently purchase shares of both Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, then
the Corporation shall tender to purchase Class A Common Stock at a per share price and on terms no
less favorable than the per share price and terms tendered for Class B Common Stock.
(g) Subdivision, Combination and Reclassification of Shares. If the Corporation shall in any
manner split or subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B
Common Stock, the outstanding shares of the other such class of Common Stock shall be
proportionally split, subdivided or combined in the same manner and on the same basis as the
outstanding shares of the other class of Common Stock have been split, subdivided or combined.
Other than with respect to a reclassification in connection with a split, subdivision or
combination of shares of outstanding Common Stock as provided above, the holders of Class A Common
Stock shall be entitled to be treated identically to the holders of Class B Common Stock on a per
share basis in any reclassification or recapitalization of the Common Stock.
(h) No Preemptive Rights. No holder of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock shall, by
reason of such holding, have any preemptive right to subscribe to any additional issue of stock of
any class or series of the Corporation or to any security of the Corporation convertible into such
stock.
(i) Amendment. In addition to any vote required by law or this Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares of Class A Common Stock, voting separately as a single class, shall be required in order to
amend (i) any of the powers, preferences or special rights of the Class A Common Stock (whether by
merger, consolidation or otherwise) or (ii) any of the powers, preferences or special rights of the
Class B Common Stock (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) to the extent that such
amendment would adversely affect the holders of the Class A Common Stock.
(j) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued in connection
with any stock dividend, stock split, combination, reclassification or conversion of the Common
Stock. In lieu of any fractional shares to which the holder would otherwise be entitled, the
Corporation shall pay cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the fair value of a share of Common
Stock as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V
A. In furtherance, and not in limitation, of the powers conferred by law, the Board of
Directors is expressly authorized and empowered:
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(i) to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation, provided, however,
that any Bylaws adopted by the Board of Directors under the powers hereby conferred
may be amended or repealed by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders having
voting power with respect thereto; and
(ii) from time to time to determine whether and to what extent, and at what
times and places, and under what conditions and regulations, the accounts and books
of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open to inspection of stockholders;
and, except as so determined, or as expressly provided in this Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation or in any Preferred Stock Designation, no stockholder
shall have any right to inspect any account, book or document of the Corporation
other than such rights as may be conferred by law.
B. The Corporation may in its Bylaws confer powers upon the Board of Directors in addition to
the foregoing and in addition to the powers and authorities expressly conferred upon the Board of
Directors by law.
ARTICLE VI
A. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any other series
or class of stock as set forth in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to elect
additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors of the Corporation
shall not be less than 3 nor more than 9 and shall be fixed from time to time in the manner
described in the Bylaws.
B. Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the
election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.
C. At each annual election of Directors, the Directors, other than those who may be elected by
holders of shares of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock under circumstances as shall
be provided by this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, shall hold office until the
next annual election of Directors and until their respective successors shall have been duly
elected and qualified, subject, however, to prior death, resignation or removal in accordance with
this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Corporation.
D. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any other series
or class of stock as set forth in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to elect
additional directors under specified circumstances, any director may be removed from office at any
time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the
voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a single class. For the
purposes of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Voting Stock shall mean the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors.
E. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors shall be given in
the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.
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F. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any other series
or class of stock as set forth in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to elect
additional directors under specified circumstances, vacancies resulting from death, resignation,
retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause, and newly created directorships
resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors, may be filled only by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, and directors so chosen shall hold
office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders and until such directors
successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.
ARTICLE VII
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 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 GCL; or (iv) for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment or repeal of this Article VII
shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder
in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.
ARTICLE VIII
Except as may be expressly provided below in this Article VIII, the Corporation
reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any
provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or a Preferred Stock
Designation, and any other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time
in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed herein or by law, and
all powers, preferences and rights of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or
any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved
in this Article VIII; provided, however, that no Preferred Stock
Designation shall be amended after the issuance of any shares of the series of Preferred Stock
created thereby, except in accordance with the terms of such Preferred Stock Designation and the
requirements of law; and provided, further, that the affirmative vote of at least
662/3 percent of the voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a single
class, shall be required to amend, repeal or adopt any provision inconsistent with the provisions
of Article V, Article VI or Article VIII of this Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, unless such amendments or changes are approved by a majority of the
directors of the Corporation not affiliated or associated with any person, other than Pamela M.
Lopker or Karl F. Lopker, holding (or which has announced an intention to acquire) 20% or more of
the voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a single class.
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This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall become effective at 5:00 p.m.
(EST) on December 15, 2010.
The foregoing Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted by this
Corporations Board of Directors and stockholders in accordance with the applicable provisions of
Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been executed
by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on this 14th day of December, 2010.
QAD Inc. |
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/s/ Karl F. Lopker | ||||
Karl F. Lopker, Chief Executive Officer | ||||
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