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S-1/A - FORM S-1/A - Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | g26721a2sv1za.htm |
EX-4.1 - EX-4.1 - Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | g26721a2exv4w1.htm |
EX-3.2 - EX-3.2 - Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | g26721a2exv3w2.htm |
EX-3.4 - EX-3.4 - Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | g26721a2exv3w4.htm |
EX-23.1 - EX-23.1 - Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | g26721a2exv23w1.htm |
EX-10.19 - EX-10.19 - Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | g26721a2exv10w19.htm |
EX-10.17 - EX-10.17 - Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | g26721a2exv10w17.htm |
EX-10.16 - EX-10.16 - Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | g26721a2exv10w16.htm |
EX-10.21 - EX-10.21 - Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | g26721a2exv10w21.htm |
EX-10.14 - EX-10.14 - Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | g26721a2exv10w14.htm |
EX-10.15 - EX-10.15 - Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | g26721a2exv10w15.htm |
EX-10.18 - EX-10.18 - Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | g26721a2exv10w18.htm |
EX-10.20 - EX-10.20 - Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | g26721a2exv10w20.htm |
EX-10.12 - EX-10.12 - Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | g26721a2exv10w12.htm |
EX-10.13 - EX-10.13 - Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. | g26721a2exv10w13.htm |
Exhibit 3.3
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
THE CHEFS WAREHOUSE, INC.
OF
THE CHEFS WAREHOUSE, INC.
The undersigned natural person, acting as an incorporator of a corporation under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL), hereby adopts the following Certificate of
Incorporation for such Corporation, which shall become effective upon filing:
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation is The Chefs Warehouse, Inc. (the Corporation).
ARTICLE II
The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is c/o Corporation Service
Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19808. The name
of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE III
The purpose for which the Corporation is organized is to engage in any lawful act or activity
for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL, as from time to time amended.
ARTICLE IV
The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have
authority to issue is 105,000,000, of which:
(i)
100,000,000 shares shall be shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (the Common Stock); and
(ii)
5,000,000 shares shall be shares of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share (the Preferred
Stock).
Such stock may be issued from time to time by the Corporation for such consideration as may be
fixed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
SECTION 1. Common Stock. Except as (i) otherwise required by law or (ii) expressly
provided in this Certificate of Incorporation (as may be amended from time to time), each share of
Common Stock shall have the same powers, rights, and privileges and shall rank equally, share
ratably, and be identical in all respects as to all matters. At every annual or special meeting of
stockholders of the Corporation, each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to cast one vote for
each share of Common Stock standing in such holders name on the stock transfer records of the
Corporation.
SECTION 2. Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to
limitations prescribed by law, to provide by resolution or resolutions for the issuance of all or
any of the shares of Preferred Stock in one or more classes or series, to establish the number of
shares to be included in each such class or series, and to fix the voting powers, designations,
powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other rights, if any, of the shares
of each such class or series, and any qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof
including, without limitation, the authority to provide that any such class or series may be (i)
subject to redemption at such time or times and at such price or prices; (ii) entitled to receive
dividends (which may be cumulative or non-cumulative) at such rates, on such conditions, and at
such times, and payable in preference to, or in such relation to, the dividends payable on any
other class or classes or any other series; (iii) entitled to such rights upon the dissolution of,
or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation; or (iv) convertible into, or
exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes of stock, or of any other series of the same
or any other class or classes of stock, of the Corporation at such price or prices or at such rates
of exchange and with such adjustments; all as may be stated in such resolution or resolutions.
Irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, the number of authorized shares of
Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then
outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of
the Corporation entitled to vote, without the separate vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock
as a class.
ARTICLE V
The name and mailing address of the sole incorporator is as follows:
Alexandros Aldous
The Chefs Warehouse, Inc.
100 East Ridge Road
Ridgefield, CT 06877
The Chefs Warehouse, Inc.
100 East Ridge Road
Ridgefield, CT 06877
ARTICLE VI
The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.
ARTICLE VII
SECTION 1. Number Of Directors. Subject to any rights of the holders of any class or
series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances as set forth
in a certificate of designation relating to any such class or series of Preferred Stock, the number
of directors which shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by
resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in
office.
SECTION 2. Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Subject to the rights of the
holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, newly created directorships resulting
from any increase in the number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting
from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office, or any other cause
shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be filled solely by a majority of the directors then in
office (although less than a quorum), or by the sole remaining director. Directors elected
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to fill a newly created directorship or other vacancies shall hold office until the next annual
meeting of the Corporations stockholders and until such directors successor has been duly elected
and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal.
SECTION 3. Rights of Holders of Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this Article VII, whenever the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock issued by the
Corporation shall have the right, voting separately or together by series, to elect directors at an
annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies, and
other features of such directorship shall be governed by the rights of such Preferred Stock as set
forth in the certificate of designations governing such series or resolutions of the Board of
Directors applicable thereto.
SECTION 4. Bylaws. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter,
amend, change, add to or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the total number of directors then in office.
ARTICLE VIII
Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the Bylaws of
the Corporation may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware
at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the
Bylaws of the Corporation. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of
the Corporation so provide.
ARTICLE IX
To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a
director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary
damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any repeal or modification of this Article IX
shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the
time of such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE X
To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as it presently exists or may hereafter be
amended from time to time, the Corporation is also authorized to provide indemnification of (and
advancement of expenses to) its directors, officers and agents of the Corporation (and any other
persons to which the DGCL permits the Corporation to provide indemnification) through Bylaw
provisions, agreements with such agents or other persons, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise. Any repeal or modification of this Article X shall not adversely affect any
right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or
modification.
ARTICLE XI
The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.
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ARTICLE XII
The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained
in this Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed herein and by the
laws of the State of Delaware, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted
subject to this reservation.
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I, Alexandros Aldous, being the incorporator herein before named, for the purpose of forming a
corporation pursuant to the DGCL, do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that
this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my
hand this ___ day of __________, 2011.
Alexandros Aldous, Sole Incorporator | ||||
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