EX-3.1 2 a17-24632_1ex3d1.htm EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

 

SOLSTICE SAPPHIRE INVESTMENTS, INC.

 

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

The present name of the corporation is Solstice Sapphire Investments, Inc.  The corporation was incorporated under the name Solstice Sapphire Investments, Inc. by the filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 19, 2017.  This Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation, which restates and integrates and also further amends the provisions of the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and by the written consent of its stockholders in accordance with Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.  The Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation is hereby amended, integrated and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
NAME

 

The name of the corporation (the “Corporation”) is Solstice Sapphire Investments, Inc.

 

ARTICLE II
REGISTERED AGENT

 

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 251 Little Falls Drive, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19808; and the name of its registered agent is Corporation Service Company.

 

ARTICLE III
PURPOSE

 

The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by 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
CAPITAL STOCK

 

The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 250,000,000 shares, consisting solely of:

 

240,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”); and

 

10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

 

The following is a statement of the powers, designations, preferences, privileges, and relative rights in respect of each class of capital stock of the Corporation.

 



 

A.            COMMON STOCK.

 

1.             General.  The voting, dividend and liquidation rights of the holders of Common Stock are subject to and qualified by the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock.

 

2.             Voting.  The holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held at all meetings of stockholders.  There shall be no cumulative voting.

 

3.             Dividends.  Dividends may be declared and paid on the Common Stock from funds lawfully available therefor if, as and when determined by the Board of Directors and subject to any preferential dividend rights of any then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock.

 

4.             Liquidation.  Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Common Stock will be entitled to receive all assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, subject to any preferential rights of any then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock.

 

5.             Subject to any rights of any then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, the number of authorized shares of Common Stock or 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 thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of either the Common Stock or the Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor.

 

B.            PREFERRED STOCK.

 

Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series, each of such series to have such powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights, if any, and such qualifications, limitations and restrictions, if any, of such preferences and rights, as are stated or expressed in the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for such series of Preferred Stock.

 

Authority is hereby granted to the Board of Directors from time to time to issue the Preferred Stock in one or more series, and in connection with the creation of any such series, by resolution or resolutions to determine and fix the powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights, if any, and the qualifications and restrictions, if any, of such preferences and rights, including without limitation dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights (if any), redemption privileges, and liquidation preferences, of such series of Preferred Stock (which need not be uniform among series), all to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by the DGCL.  The powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each series of Preferred Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the resolution or resolutions providing for the creation or issuance of any series of Preferred Stock may provide that such series shall be superior to, rank equally with, or be junior to the Preferred Stock of any other series, all to the fullest extent permitted by law

 

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Any resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to the authority vested in them by this Article IV shall be set forth in a certificate of designation along with the number of shares of stock of such series as to which the resolution or resolutions shall apply and such certificate shall be executed, acknowledged, filed, recorded, and shall become effective, in accordance with Section 103 of the DGCL.  Unless otherwise provided in any such resolution or resolutions, the number of shares of stock of any such series to which such resolution or resolutions apply may be increased (but not above the total number of authorized shares of the class) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by a certificate likewise executed, acknowledged, filed and recorded, setting forth a statement that a specified increase or decrease therein has been authorized and directed by a resolution or resolutions likewise adopted by the Board of Directors.  In case the number of such shares shall be decreased, the number of shares so specified in the certificate shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the first resolution or resolutions.  When no shares of any such class or series are outstanding, either because none were issued or because none remain outstanding, a certificate setting forth a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors that none of the authorized shares of such class or series are outstanding, and that none will be issued subject to the certificate of designations previously filed with respect to such class or series, may be executed, acknowledged, filed and recorded in the same manner as previously described and it shall have the effect of eliminating from this Restated Certificate of Incorporation all matters set forth in the certificate of designations with respect to such class or series of stock.  If no shares of any such class or series established by a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors have been issued, the voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, with the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, may be amended by a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors.  In the event of any such amendment, a certificate which (i) states that no shares of such class or series have been issued, (ii) sets forth the copy of the amending resolution or resolutions and (iii) if the designation of such class or series is being changed, indicates the original designation and the new designation, shall be executed, acknowledged, filed, recorded, and shall become effective, in accordance with Section 103 of the DGCL.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation 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 Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.

 

ARTICLE V
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation and for defining and regulating the powers of the Corporation and its directors and stockholders and are in furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon the Corporation by statute:

 

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(a)           The number of directors constituting the full Board of Directors shall be as determined from time to time by resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors, whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships (the “Whole Board”), in a manner consistent (for so long as it remains in effect) with the Principal Stockholders Agreement, dated October 27, 2017, by and among the Corporation, Heritage PE (OEP) II, L.P., Heritage PE (OEP) III, L.P. and certain other stockholder parties thereto as such agreement may be amended from time to time (the “Stockholders Agreement”).  Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her respective successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office.  Except as may otherwise be provided by the DGCL, the By-Laws of the Corporation or the Stockholders Agreement (for so long as the Stockholders Agreement is in effect), any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time, (a) for cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of voting power of the shares of the Corporation’s stock entitled to vote for the election of directors, voting together as a single class, or (b) without cause by (i) subject to clause (ii), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the voting power of the shares of the Corporation’s stock entitled to vote for the election of directors, voting together as a single class or (ii) in the event recommended by at least two-thirds of the Whole Board, including the approval of a majority of the Independent Directors (as such term is defined in the Stockholders Agreement, the “Independent Directors”), the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of the Corporation’s stock entitled to vote for the election of directors, voting as a single class.

 

(b)           The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority:  (i) to adopt, amend or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation, by resolution of the Board of Directors duly adopted by a majority of the directors then constituting the full Board of Directors, including (for so long as the Stockholders Agreement remains in effect) the approval of a majority of the Independent Directors; and (ii) to the full extent permitted or not prohibited by law, and without the consent of or other action by the stockholders, to authorize or create mortgage, pledges or other liens or encumbrances upon any or all of the assets, real, personal or mixed, and franchises of the Corporation, including after-acquired property, and to exercise all of the powers of the Corporation in connection therewith.  With respect to the power of holders of capital stock to adopt, amend and repeal By-Laws of the Corporation, notwithstanding any provision of the By-Laws of the Corporation or any other provision that might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required in the By-Laws of the Corporation or by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the voting power of the shares of the Corporation’s stock entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required for any such alteration, amendment, repeal, or adoption by the vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation.

 

(c)           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.

 

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ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or to any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability; provided, however, that to the extent required from time to time by applicable law, this Article VI shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director, to the extent such liability is provided by applicable law, (i) for any breach of the director’s 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 Title 8 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.  No amendment to or repeal of this Article VI shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to the effective date of such amendment or repeal.

 

ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION

 

The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, as amended from time to time, indemnify each person 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, by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, serving or having served at the request of the Corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgements, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, and such indemnification shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent.

 

Indemnification may include payment by the Corporation of expenses in defending an action or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by the person indemnified to repay such payment if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification under this Article VII, which undertaking may be accepted without reference to the financial ability of such person to make such repayment.

 

The Corporation shall not indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless the initiation thereof was approved by the Board of Directors.

 

The indemnification rights provided in this Article VII (i) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any law, bylaw, agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, (ii) may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, be granted to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation, and (iii) shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such persons.  The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by its Board of Directors, grant

 

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indemnification rights to other employees or agents of the Corporation or other persons serving the Corporation and such rights may be equivalent to, or greater or less than, those set forth in this Article VII.

 

ARTICLE VIII
COMPROMISES AND ARRANGEMENTS

 

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 Section 291 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for the Corporation under Section 279 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code 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 (3/4ths) 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 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
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS WITH INTERESTED STOCKHOLDERS

 

(a)           The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding any other provisions of the DGCL or this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including paragraph (a) of this Article IX), the Corporation shall not engage in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years following the time that such stockholder became an interested stockholder unless:

 

(1)           Prior to such time the Board of Directors of the Corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

 

(2)           Upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned (i) by persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

 

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(3)           At or subsequent to such time the business combination is approved by (i) two-thirds of the Whole Board, and (ii) a majority of the Independent Directors.

 

(c)           The restrictions contained in this Article IX shall not apply if:

 

(1)           A stockholder becomes an interested stockholder inadvertently and (i) as soon as practicable divests itself of ownership of sufficient shares so that the stockholder ceases to be an interested stockholder; and (ii) would not, at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to a business combination between the Corporation and such stockholder, have been an interested stockholder but for the inadvertent acquisition of ownership; or

 

(2)           The business combination is proposed prior to the consummation or abandonment of and subsequent to the earlier of the public announcement or the notice required hereunder of a proposed transaction which (i) constitutes one of the transactions described in the second sentence of this paragraph (2); (ii) is with or by a person who either was not an interested stockholder during the previous three years or who became an interested stockholder with the approval of the Corporation’s Board of Directors; and (iii) is approved or not opposed by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in office (but not less than one) who were directors prior to any person becoming an interested stockholder during the previous three years or were recommended for election or elected to succeed such directors by a majority of such directors.  The proposed transactions referred to in the preceding sentence are limited to (x) a merger or consolidation of the Corporation (except for a merger in respect of which, pursuant to Section 251(f) of the DGCL, no vote of the stockholders of the Corporation is required); (y) a sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (other than to any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary or to the Corporation) having an aggregate market value equal to 50% or more of either that aggregate market value of all of the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding stock of the Corporation; or (z) a proposed tender or exchange offer for 50% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.  The Corporation shall give not less than 20 days’ notice to all interested stockholders prior to the consummation of any of the transactions described in clause (x) or (y) of the second sentence of this paragraph (2).

 

(d)           As used in this Article IX only, the term:

 

(1)           “Affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person.

 

(2)           “Associate,” when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means: (i) any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity of which such person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock; (ii) any trust or other estate in which such person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar

 

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fiduciary capacity; and (iii) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same residence as such person.

 

(3)           “Business combination,” when used in reference to the Corporation and any interested stockholder of the Corporation, means:

 

(i)            Any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation with (A) the interested stockholder, or (B) with any other corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity if the merger or consolidation is caused by the interested stockholder and as a result of such merger or consolidation subsection (b) of this Article IX is not applicable to the surviving entity;

 

(ii)           Any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation, to or with the interested stockholder, whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which assets have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding stock of the Corporation;

 

(iii)          Any transaction which results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or by any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation of any stock of the Corporation or of such subsidiary to the interested stockholder, except: (A) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the interested stockholder became such; (B) pursuant to a merger under Section 251(g) of the DGCL; (C) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which security is distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of stock of the Corporation subsequent to the time the interested stockholder became such; (D) pursuant to an exchange offer by the Corporation to purchase stock made on the same terms to all holders of said stock; or (E) any issuance or transfer of stock by the Corporation; provided however, that in no case under items (C)-(E) of this subparagraph (iii) shall there be an increase in the interested stockholder’s proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the Corporation or of the voting stock of the Corporation;

 

(iv)          Any transaction involving the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series, or securities convertible into the stock of any class or series, of the Corporation or of any such subsidiary which is owned by the interested stockholder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any shares of stock not caused, directly or indirectly, by the interested stockholder; or

 

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(v)           Any receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in paragraphs (d)(3)(i)-(iv) of this Article IX) provided by or through the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary.

 

(4)           “Control,” including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting stock, by contract or otherwise.  A person who is the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such person holds voting stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this Article IX, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such entity.

 

(5)           “Interested stockholder” means any person (other than the Corporation and any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) that (i) is the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, or (ii) is an affiliate or associate of the Corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an interested stockholder, and the affiliates and associates of such person; provided, however, that the term “interested stockholder” shall not include any person whose ownership of shares in excess of the 15% limitation set forth herein is the result of action taken solely by the Corporation; provided that such person shall be an interested stockholder if thereafter such person acquires additional shares of voting stock of the Corporation, except as a result of further corporate action by the Corporation not caused, directly or indirectly, by such person.  For the purpose of determining whether a person is an interested stockholder, the voting stock of the Corporation deemed to be outstanding shall include stock deemed to be owned by the person through application of paragraph (6) of this subsection (d) but shall not include any other unissued stock of the Corporation which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.

 

(6)           “Owner,” including the terms “own” and “owned,” when used with respect to any stock, means a person that individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates:

 

(i)            Beneficially owns such stock, directly or indirectly; or

 

(ii)           Has (A) the right to acquire such stock (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed the owner of stock tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such person or any

 

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of such person’s affiliates or associates until such tendered stock is accepted for purchase or exchange; or (B) the right to vote such stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed the owner of any stock because of such person’s right to vote such stock if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such stock arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to ten or more persons; or

 

(iii)          Has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in item (B) of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph (6)), or disposing of such stock with any other person that beneficially owns, or whose affiliates or associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, such stock.

 

(7)           “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity.

 

(8)           “Stock” means, with respect to any corporation, capital stock and, with respect to any other entity, any equity interest.

 

(9)           “Voting stock” means, with respect to any corporation, stock of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and, with respect to any entity that is not a corporation, any equity interest entitled to vote generally in the election of the governing body of such entity.  Every reference to a percentage of voting stock shall refer to such percentage of the votes of such voting stock.

 

ARTICLE X
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

 

The Board of Directors, when considering a tender offer or merger or acquisition proposal, may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, take into account factors in addition to potential economic benefits to stockholders, including without limitation (i) comparison of the proposed consideration to be received by stockholders in relation to the then current market price of the Corporation’s capital stock, the estimated current value of the Corporation in a freely negotiated transaction, and the estimated future value of the Corporation as an independent entity, (ii) the impact of such a transaction on the employees, suppliers, and customers of the Corporation and its effect on the communities in which the Corporation operates, and (iii) the impact of such a transaction on the unique corporate culture and atmosphere of the Corporation.

 

For so long as the Stockholders Agreement remains in effect, the Corporation shall not, either directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, consolidation, waiver or otherwise, take any action or enter into any transaction that would violate or conflict with any provision of the Stockholders Agreement requiring the written consent, waiver or affirmative vote of a majority of the Independent Directors (or of a specified number of directors) without (in addition to any other vote required by law, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation) obtaining the written consent, waiver or affirmative vote of a majority of the Independent Directors (or such specified number of directors), given in writing or by vote at a

 

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meeting, and any such act or transaction entered into without such consent, waiver or vote shall be null and void ab initio, and of no force or effect.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for so long as the Stockholders Agreement remains in effect, in the event that any provision herein has a corresponding provision in, or otherwise relates or is applicable to, the Stockholders Agreement, such provision herein shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with, and giving full effect to, the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement.  A copy of the Stockholders Agreement will be provided to any stockholder of the Corporation upon request.

 

ARTICLE XI
STOCKHOLDER ACTION

 

Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken only at a duly called annual or special meeting of the stockholders, and not by written consent in lieu of such a meeting, and special meetings of stockholders may be called only by a majority of the Whole Board or (for so long as the Stockholders Agreement remains in effect) a majority of the Independent Directors.

 

ARTICLE XII
EXCLUSIVE FORUM

 

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for: (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, other employee or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or (iv) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (in each case, as they may be amended from time to time) or governed by the internal affairs doctrine.  Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article XII.

 

ARTICLE XIII
SEVERABILITY

 

To the extent that any provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation is found to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and following any determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that any provision of this Restated Certificate of incorporation is invalid or unenforceable, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall contain only such provisions (i) as were in effect immediately prior to such determination and (ii) were not so determined to be invalid or unenforceable.

 

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ARTICLE XIV
AMENDMENTS

 

The affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the voting power of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon (in addition to any separate class vote required by law or that may in the future be required pursuant to the terms of any outstanding Preferred Stock), voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend or repeal the provisions of Articles IV (to the extent it relates to the authority of the Board of Directors to issue shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, the terms of which may be determined by the Board of Directors), V, VII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII or XIV of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or to reduce the numbers of authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been executed by its duly authorized officer this 27th day of October, 2017.

 

 

 

SOLSTICE SAPPHIRE INVESTMENTS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Susan Villare

 

 

Name:

Susan Villare

 

 

Title:

President and Treasurer

 

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