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8-K - FORM 8-K - TRONOX INC | d79861e8vk.htm |
EX-4.1 - EX-4.1 - TRONOX INC | d79861exv4w1.htm |
EX-3.2 - EX-3.2 - TRONOX INC | d79861exv3w2.htm |
EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - TRONOX INC | d79861exv99w1.htm |
EX-10.2 - EX-10.2 - TRONOX INC | d79861exv10w2.htm |
EX-10.4 - EX-10.4 - TRONOX INC | d79861exv10w4.htm |
EX-10.6 - EX-10.6 - TRONOX INC | d79861exv10w6.htm |
EX-10.1 - EX-10.1 - TRONOX INC | d79861exv10w1.htm |
EX-10.5 - EX-10.5 - TRONOX INC | d79861exv10w5.htm |
EX-10.3 - EX-10.3 - TRONOX INC | d79861exv10w3.htm |
Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
TRONOX INCORPORATED
The undersigned, Michael J. Foster, certifies that he is the Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary of Tronox Incorporated (the Corporation), a corporation organized and existing
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL), and does hereby further
certify as follows:
(1) The name of the Corporation is Tronox Incorporated. The Corporation was
originally incorporated under the name New-Co Chemical, Inc. and the original
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware on May 17, 2005. An amendment to the original
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation changing the Corporations name to
Tronox Incorporated was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
on September 12, 2005.
(2) The Corporation and certain of the Corporations direct and indirect
subsidiaries filed a First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization (the Plan) which,
pursuant to Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the Bankruptcy
Code), was confirmed by an order, entered November 30, 2010, of the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, a court having jurisdiction
of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, and that such order provides for the
making and filing of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
(3) This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation amends and, as amended,
restates in its entirety the original Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation, as amended, and has been duly made, executed and acknowledged by the
officers of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 242, 245 and 303 of the
DGCL.
(4) The text of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby
amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE I.
The name of the corporation is Tronox Incorporated (the Corporation).
ARTICLE II.
The period of the Corporations duration is perpetual.
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 (the
"DGCL).
ARTICLE IV.
The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is located at Corporation
Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of the
Corporations registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE V.
Section 5.01. Authorized Capital Stock. The total number of shares of all classes of
capital stock which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is 125,000,000 shares,
consisting of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock),
and 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Preferred Stock).
Section 5.02. Section 1123. The Corporation shall not issue any non-voting equity
securities to the extent prohibited by Section 1123 of Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States
Code (the Bankruptcy Code) as in effect on the effective date of the First Amended Joint Plan of
Reorganization of the Corporation and certain of the Corporations direct and indirect
subsidiaries, as confirmed on November 30, 2010 by an order of the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the Southern District of New York (the Plan); provided, however, that this
Section 5.02: (a) shall have no further force and effect beyond that required under Section
1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) shall have such force and effect, if any, only for so long as such
section of the Bankruptcy Code is in effect and applicable to the Corporation, and (c) in all
events may be amended or eliminated in accordance with applicable law as from time to time may be
in effect.
Section 5.03. Preferred Stock. The relative powers, preferences, special rights,
qualifications, limitations and restrictions granted to or imposed on the shares of the Preferred
Stock are as follows:
(a) The board of directors of the Corporation (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 DGCL (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 designation of the series, which may be by distinguishing number, letter or title;
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(ii) the designation of and the number of shares constituting such series, which number the
Board of Directors may thereafter (except as otherwise provided in the Preferred Stock Designation)
increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding);
(iii) dividend rate for the payment of dividends on such series, if any, the conditions and
dates upon which such dividends shall be payable, the preference or relation which such dividends,
if any, shall bear to the dividends payable on any other class or classes of or any other series of
capital stock, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends, if any, shall be payable, and
whether such dividends, if any, shall be cumulative or non-cumulative;
(iv) 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;
(v) the terms and amount of any sinking fund providing for the purchase or redemption of the
shares of such series;
(vi) whether or not the shares of such series shall be convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of any other class or classes or series 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, the times, prices, rates, adjustments and any other terms and conditions of such
conversion or exchange;
(vii) the extent, if any, to which the holders of the shares of such series shall be entitled
to vote separately as a class or otherwise with respect to the election of directors or otherwise;
(viii) the restrictions, if any, on the issuance or reissuance of shares of the same series or
of any other class or series;
(ix) 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 affairs of
Corporation; and
(x) any other relative rights, powers, preferences, restrictions and limitations of such
series.
Section 5.04. Common Stock. The relative powers, preferences, special rights,
qualifications, limitations and restrictions granted to or imposed on the shares of the Common
Stock are as follows:
(a) Generally. Each share of Common Stock shall be identical and treated equally in
all respects except as set forth herein and as otherwise provided by law. No stock dividend, stock
split, combination or other similar recapitalization may be effected as to any series of Common
Stock unless such action equally affects the other series of Common Stock. The rights and
privileges of any series of Common Stock as set forth in this Section 5.04 shall not be
amended, altered or repealed (whether by amendment or restatement or by merger, consolidation,
business
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combination or otherwise) in any manner which adversely affects such series of Common Stock or
does not equally affect the other series of Common Stock, in each case, without the affirmative
vote of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares, voting as a separate class, of such series
of Common Stock proposed to be affected. Each holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled
to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which
stockholders generally are entitled to vote; provided, however, that, except as
otherwise required by law, holders of common stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any
amendment to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of
designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or
more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled,
either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon
pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of
designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.
(b) Dividends. Subject to any rights of any class or series of Preferred Stock, the
holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends when and as declared by the Board of
Directors out of funds legally available therefor. Holders of shares of Common Stock shall be
entitled to share equally, share for share, in such dividends with respect to the Common Stock.
(c) Liquidation. Subject to any rights of any class or series of Preferred Stock, in
the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation,
voluntary or involuntary, the assets of the Corporation available to stockholders shall be
distributed equally per share to the holders of Common Stock.
ARTICLE VI.
The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the
Board of Directors, and the directors need not be elected by ballot unless required by the Bylaws
of the Corporation. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time in
the manner set forth herein and in the Corporations Bylaws, provided, however,
that no decrease in the number of directors may shorten the term of any incumbent director.
ARTICLE VII.
A director shall have no liability to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability
or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL, as the same exists or hereafter may be
amended. No amendment, repeal or modification of this ARTICLE VII shall adversely affect any right
or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or
modification for or with respect to an act or omission of such director occurring prior to such
amendment, repeal or modification.
ARTICLE VIII.
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of
Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, amend and repeal the Bylaws of
the Corporation.
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ARTICLE IX.
Subject to Section 5.04(a), the Corporation reserves the right at any time from time to time
to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, 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 from time to time prescribed herein or by
applicable law. Subject to Section 5.04(a), all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever
nature conferred upon stockholders 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 IX.
ARTICLE X.
The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.
ARTICLE XI.
The Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation in, or in being
offered an opportunity to participate in, any Excluded Opportunity. An Excluded Opportunity is
any matter, transaction or interest that is presented to, or acquired, created or developed by, or
which otherwise comes into the possession of, any director of the Corporation who is not an
employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (a Covered Person), unless such matter,
transaction or interest is presented to, or acquired, created or developed by, or otherwise comes
into the possession of, a Covered Person expressly and solely in such Covered Persons capacity as
a director of the Corporation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation to be executed on its behalf by its duly elected officer this 14th day of February,
2011.
TRONOX INCORPORATED |
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By: | ||||
Name: | Michael J. Foster | |||
Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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