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| 8-K - TRUE RELIGION APPAREL INC | truereligion8_k.htm |
| EX-3.2 - TRUE RELIGION APPAREL INC | truereligionapparelincbylaws.htm |
EXHIBIT 3.1
amended and restated
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
TRUE RELIGION APPAREL, Inc.
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation (which is hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation") is: True Religion Apparel, Inc.
ARTICLE II
The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, County of New Castle. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE III
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 General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “General Corporation Law”).
ARTICLE IV
Section 1. The Corporation shall be authorized to issue 100 shares of capital stock, of which 100 shares shall be shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock").
Section 2. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes. Each share of Common Stock shall have one vote, and the Common Stock shall vote together as a single class.
ARTICLE V
Unless and except to the extent that the By‑Laws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.
ARTICLE VI
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the By‑Laws of the Corporation by a majority vote at any regular or special meeting of the Board or by written consent, subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any By‑Laws made by the Board.
ARTICLE VII
The Corporation reserves the right at any time from time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this 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 now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article.
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ARTICLE VIII
No director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided, however, that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (a) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders; (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (c) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law; or (d) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
ARTICLE IX
Except as may otherwise be specifically provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, no provision of this Certificate of Incorporation is intended by the Corporation to be construed as limiting, prohibiting, denying or abrogating any of the general or specific powers or rights conferred under the General Corporation Law upon the Corporation, upon its stockholders, bondholders and security holders, and upon its directors, officers and other corporate personnel, including, in particular, the power of the Corporation to furnish indemnification to directors and officers in the capacities defined and prescribed by the General Corporation Law and the defined and prescribed rights of said persons to indemnification as the same are conferred under the General Corporation Law. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware, including, but not limited to, Section 145 of the General Corporation Law, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all directors and officers of the Corporation and may, in the discretion of the board of directors, indemnify any and all other persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section or otherwise under Delaware law from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities
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or other matters referred to or covered by said Section. The indemnification provisions contained in the General Corporation Law shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, resolution of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent, both as to action in his official capacity and as traction in another capacity while holding such office, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.
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