EX-3.1 3 nc10002868x1_ex3-1.htm EXHIBIT 3.1
Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
IAA, INC.

IAA, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “GCL”), does hereby certify as follows:

(1)
The name of the Corporation is IAA, Inc. The Corporation was originally incorporated under the name IAA Spinco Inc. and the original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 19, 2018.

(2)
This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the GCL and by the sole stockholder of the Corporation in accordance with Section 228 of the GCL.

(3)
This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation further amends and restates the Certificate of Incorporation.

(4)
The text of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety, as follows:

FIRST:  The name of the Corporation is IAA, Inc.

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is located at 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19808. The name of the registered agent at such address upon whom process against this Corporation may be served is Corporation Service Company.

THIRD: 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 as set forth in Title 8 of the Delaware Code (the “GCL”).

FOURTH:

(a)          Authorized Capital Stock. The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 900,000,000 of which the Corporation shall have authority to issue 750,000,000 shares of common stock, each having a par value of one cent per share ($0.01) (the “Common Stock”), and 150,000,000 shares of preferred stock, each having a par value of one cent per share ($0.01) (the “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 GCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of any of the Common Stock or the Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor.


(b)          Common Stock. The powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions, of the Common Stock are as follows:

(1) Each holder of record of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation on which holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote.

(2) The holders of shares of Common Stock shall not have cumulative voting rights (as defined in Section 214 of the GCL).

(3) Subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock, and subject to any other provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as it may be amended from time to time, holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions in cash, stock or property of the Corporation if, as and when declared thereon by the Board of Directors from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor.

(4)  In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for the payment of the debt and liabilities of the Corporation and subject to the prior payment in full of the preferential amounts, if any, to which any series of Preferred Stock may be entitled, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the assets and funds of the Corporation remaining for distribution in proportion to the number of shares held by them, respectively.

(5) No holder of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to preemptive or subscription rights.

(c)          Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to provide for the issuance of all or any shares of the Preferred Stock in one or more classes or series, and to fix for each such class or series such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such distinctive designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and such  qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of such class or series and as may be permitted by the GCL, 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.

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(d)          Power to Sell and Purchase Shares. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Corporation shall have the power to issue and sell all or any part of any shares of any class of stock herein or hereafter authorized to such persons, and for such consideration, as the Board of Directors shall from time to time, in its discretion, determine, whether or not greater consideration could be received upon the issue or sale of the same number of shares of another class, and as otherwise permitted by law. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Corporation shall have the power to purchase any shares of any class of stock herein or hereafter authorized from such persons, and for such consideration, as the Board of Directors shall from time to time, in its discretion, determine, whether or not less consideration could be paid upon the purchase of the same number of shares of another class, and as otherwise permitted by law.

FIFTH:  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 of its directors and stockholders:

(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 upon the Board of Directors by applicable law, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the GCL and this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

(b)          The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than two or more than fifteen members, the exact number of which shall be fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors.

(c)          Until the Corporation’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2023 (each annual meeting of stockholders an “Annual Meeting”), the Board of Directors shall be classified pursuant to Section 141(d) of the DGCL and the directors serving thereon shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Following the 2023 Annual Meeting, all directors shall stand for election annually. Each class of directors serving on the Board of Directors shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. The initial division of the Board of Directors into classes shall be made by the decision of the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. The initial term of the Class I directors shall terminate on the date of the 2020 Annual Meeting; the initial term of the Class II directors shall terminate on the date of the 2021 Annual Meeting; and the initial term of the Class III directors shall terminate on the date of the 2022 Annual Meeting. At the 2020 Annual Meeting, the successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a three-year term expiring at the 2023 Annual Meeting; at the 2021 Annual Meeting, the successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a one-year term expiring at the 2022 Annual Meeting; at the 2022 Annual Meeting, the successors to the classes of directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected in the applicable class to hold office for a one-year term expiring at the 2023 Annual Meeting; and at the 2023 Annual Meeting and each Annual Meeting thereafter, all directors shall be elected for a one-year term expiring at the next Annual Meeting. From and after the 2023 Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors shall no longer be classified under Section 141(d) of the DGCL and directors shall no longer be divided into classes.

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(d)          Until the date of the 2023 Annual Meeting, if the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director.

(e)          A director shall hold office until the Annual Meeting for the year in which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office.

(f)          Subject to the terms of any one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock, any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, provided that a quorum is present, and any other vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. The right of stockholders to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors is hereby specifically denied. During the period in which the Board of Directors is classified pursuant to Section 141(d) of the DGCL and the terms of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors of such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same remaining term as that of his or her predecessor.

(g)          Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority in voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors; provided, however that until such time as the Board of Directors is no longer classified pursuant to Section 141(d) of the DGCL, directors may be removed from office only for cause in accordance with Section 141(k) of the DGCL, following which directors may be removed from office with or without cause.

(h)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, the election, term, removal and filling of vacancies with respect to directors, if any, elected separately by the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock shall not be governed by this Article FIFTH, but rather shall be as  provided for in the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors creating and establishing such series of Preferred Stock, and such directors so elected shall not be divided into classes pursuant to this Article FIFTH unless expressly provided by such terms.

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(i)           In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the GCL and this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

SIXTH:  No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. If the GCL is amended hereafter to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent authorized by the GCL, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article SIXTH shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

SEVENTH: The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by law, as now or hereafter in effect, and such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives; provided, however, that, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article SEVENTH shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition.

The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article SEVENTH to directors and officers of the Corporation.

The rights to indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this Article SEVENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Corporation, any statute or other law, by agreement, vote of stockholders or approval of the directors of the Corporation or otherwise.

Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

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EIGHTH: Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum (an “Alternative Forum Consent”), the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall 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, stockholder, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director, officer, stockholder, employee or agent of the Corporation arising out of or relating to any provision of the GCL, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director, officer, stockholder, employee or agent of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine of the State of Delaware; provided, however, that, in the event that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware lacks subject matter jurisdiction over any such action or proceeding, the sole and exclusive forum for such action or proceeding shall be another state or federal court located within the State of Delaware, in each such case, unless the Court of Chancery (or such other state or federal court located within the State of Delaware, as applicable) has dismissed a prior action by the same plaintiff asserting the same claims because such court lacked personal jurisdiction over an indispensable party named as a defendant therein; provided, further, that this exclusive choice of forum provision will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Failure to enforce the foregoing provisions would cause the Corporation irreparable harm and the Corporation shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunctive relief and specific performance, to enforce the foregoing provisions. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring 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 EIGHTH. The existence of any prior Alternative Forum Consent shall not act as a waiver of the Corporation’s ongoing consent right as set forth above in this Article EIGHTH with respect to any current or future actions or claims.

NINTH: Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be effected only at a duly called Annual Meeting or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation (each, a “Special Meeting”). The ability of stockholders of the Corporation to consent in writing to the taking of any action is hereby specifically denied.

TENTH: Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-Laws of the Corporation may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the GCL) 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 By-Laws of the Corporation.

ELEVENTH: The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the GCL.

TWELFTH: Except as otherwise required by law, Special Meetings for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time only by (i) the President or the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or (ii) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors then in office which states the purpose or purposes thereof. Any power of the stockholders to call a Special Meeting is hereby specifically denied. No business other than that stated in the notice of such meeting (or any supplement thereto) shall be transacted at any Special Meeting.

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THIRTEENTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors shall have the power without the assent or vote of the stockholders to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the entire Board of Directors shall be required to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation.

FOURTEENTH: If any provision or provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law).

FIFTEENTH: This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall become effective at 11:59 pm on June 27, 2019.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, IAA, Inc. has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate to be executed on its behalf this 27th day of June, 2019.

 
IAA, INC.
     
 
By:
/s/ Rebecca Polak
 
Name:
Rebecca Polak
 
Title:
Secretary