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S-1/A - AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-1 - Elevate Credit, Inc.d83122ds1a.htm

Exhibit 3.2

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

ELEVATE CREDIT, INC.

Elevate Credit, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”),

DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

1. The name of the Corporation is Elevate Credit, Inc. The Corporation was originally formed on January 31, 2014 by filing a Certificate of Incorporation (the “Original Certificate”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware under the name Exclaim Finance, Inc. The Corporation changed its name to Elevate Credit, Inc. by filing a Certificate of Amendment to the Original Certificate with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 12, 2014. The Corporation filed an Amended and Restated Certificate (the “Restated Certificate”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 1, 2014. The Corporation effected a forward stock split of its Common Stock by filing a Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation on [            ], 2016, effective immediately prior to the effective time of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

2. Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and with the approval of the Corporation’s stockholders having been given by written consent without a meeting in accordance with Section 228 thereof, this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates, integrates and further amends the provisions of the Restated Certificate as heretofore amended and supplemented.

The text of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall read in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

The name of the corporation is Elevate Credit, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE II

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, New Castle County 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE III

The nature of the business of the Corporation and the objects or purposes to be transacted, promoted or carried on by it are as follows: 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

A. The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is Three Hundred Twenty Four Million Five Hundred Thousand (324,500,000), consisting of:

Three Hundred Million (300,000,000) shares of Common Stock, with a par value of $0.0004 per share (the “Common Stock”); and

Twenty Four Million Five Hundred Thousand (24,500,000) shares of Preferred Stock, with a par value of $0.0004 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

B. The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to any limitations prescribed by law, to provide for the issuance of, out of unissued shares of Preferred Stock, one or more series of shares of Preferred Stock, and by filing a certificate pursuant to the applicable law of the State of Delaware (such certificate being hereinafter referred to as a “Preferred Stock Designation”), to establish from time to time 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, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including, without limitation, the authority to fix or alter the dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, exchange rights, voting rights, preemptive rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking and purchase fund provisions), the redemption price or prices, the dissolution preferences and the rights in respect to any distribution of assets of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock and the number of shares constituting any such series, and the designation thereof, or any of them and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series so created, subsequent to the issue of that series but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. In case the number of shares of any series shall be so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series. There shall be no limitation or restriction on any variation between any of the different series of Preferred Stock as to the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof; and the several series of Preferred Stock may, except as hereinafter in this Article IV otherwise expressly provided, vary in any and all respects as fixed and determined by the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of the various series; provided, however, that all shares of any one series of Preferred Stock shall have the same designation, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions.

C. 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 of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, without a separate vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock, or any series thereof, unless a vote of any such holders is required pursuant to the terms of any Preferred Stock Designation, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.

D. Except as otherwise required by law, or as otherwise fixed by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors with respect to one or more series of Preferred Stock, the entire voting power and all voting rights shall be vested exclusively in the Common Stock, and each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of such stock standing in such stockholder’s name on the books of the Corporation.


ARTICLE V

A. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.

B. The number of directors which shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be fixed, within the limits specified in the Bylaws of the Corporation, by a bylaw, an amendment thereof or by a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board. For purposes of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), the term “Whole Board” shall mean the total number of authorized directors whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships.

C. From and after the effective time (the “Effective Time”) of this Certificate of Incorporation, the directors, other than any who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock under specified circumstances, shall be divided into three (3) classes as nearly equal in size as is practicable, hereby designated Class I, Class II and Class III. The Board of Directors may assign members of the Board of Directors already in office to such classes at the time such classification becomes effective. The term of office of the initial Class I directors shall expire at the first regularly-scheduled annual meeting of the stockholders following the Effective Time, the term of office of the initial Class II directors shall expire at the second annual meeting of the stockholders following the Effective Time, and the term of office of the initial Class III directors shall expire at the third annual meeting of the stockholders following the Effective Time. At each annual meeting of stockholders, commencing with the first regularly scheduled annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Time, each of the successors elected to replace the directors of a Class whose term shall have expired at such annual meeting shall be elected to hold office until the third annual meeting next succeeding his or her election and until his or her respective successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, each director shall serve until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her death, resignation, or removal. If the number of directors is hereafter changed, any newly created directorships or decrease in directorships shall be so apportioned among the classes as to make all classes as nearly equal in number as is practicable, provided that no decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

D. In addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of the stock of this Corporation required by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Certificate of Designation), any director may be removed from office only for cause, at a meeting called for that purpose, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66  23%) of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote at an election of directors, voting together as a single class. Vacancies occurring on the Board of Directors for any reason and newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors shall be filled only by vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, at any meeting of the Board of Directors, and not by the stockholders. A person elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall be assigned to a class as determined by the Board of Directors and shall hold office until the next election of the class to which such director shall have been assigned and until his or her successor shall be duly elected and qualified.


ARTICLE VI

The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and not in limitation or exclusion or any powers conferred upon it by statute.

A. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred by statute or by this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation, the Board of Directors is hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation.

B. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation. In addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of the stock of this Corporation required by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Certificate of Designation), the stockholders are expressly authorized to adopt, amend and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation, by the affirmative vote of sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon, unless an affirmative vote by a larger percentage is required with respect to any matter by the Bylaws or this Certificate of Incorporation.

C. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by (i) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board; (ii) the Chairman of the Board; or (iii) the President of the Corporation.

D. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.

ARTICLE VII

A. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended from time to time, no current or former director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended.

B. The Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any current or former director or officer of the Corporation who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in


settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding; provided, however, that the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a person in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such person (other than a Proceeding to enforce rights to indemnification granted by the Corporation hereunder or elsewhere) only if the Proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors.

C. The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any employee or agent of the Corporation who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding.

D. Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article VII, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article VII, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article VII in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or proceeding accruing or arising or that, but for this Article VII, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

ARTICLE VIII

Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between the Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between the Corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of the Corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof, or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for the Corporation under the provisions of Section 291 of DGCL or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for the Corporation under the provisions of Section 279 of DGCL order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of the Corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of the Corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization of the Corporation as a consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of stockholders, of the Corporation, as the case may be, and also on the Corporation.

ARTICLE IX

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all Internal Corporate Claims shall be brought solely and exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if such court does not have jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, or, if such other court does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware). “Internal Corporate Claims” means claims, including claims in the right of the Corporation, brought by a stockholder (including a


beneficial owner) (i) that are based upon a violation of a duty by a current or former director, officer, stockholder, employee or agent in such capacity or (ii) as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction upon the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE X

Except as provided in Article VII above, 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 by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation; provided, however, that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law that might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of the stock of this Corporation required by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Certificate of Designation), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with, Article V, Article VI, Article VII, Article IX or this Article X.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by Kenneth E. Rees, a duly authorized officer of the Corporation, on this [    ] day of [            ], 2016.

 

ELEVATE CREDIT, INC.
By:  

 

Name:   Kenneth E. Rees
Title:   President