0000950123-18-006380.txt : 20180615 0000950123-18-006380.hdr.sgml : 20180615 20180615171137 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-18-006380 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180615 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180615 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Cool Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001274032 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-ELECTRONIC PARTS & EQUIPMENT, NEC [5065] IRS NUMBER: 330599368 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-225682 FILM NUMBER: 18902961 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 48 NW 25TH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 108 CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33127 BUSINESS PHONE: 8583731675 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 48 NW 25TH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 108 CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33127 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: InfoSonics Corp DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20170925 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INFOSONICS Corp DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20130401 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INFOSONICS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031219 S-3 1 ifons320180614.htm FORM S-3 ifon-8k_20180614.htm

 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 2018

Registration No. 333-     

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

COOL HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland

33-0599368

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

48 NW 25th Street, Suite 108

Miami, FL 33127

(786) 675-5246

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Alfredo Carrasco

Chief Financial Officer

48 NW 25th Street, Suite 108

Miami, FL 33127

(786) 675-5246

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

David J. Katz

Perkins Coie LLP

1888 Century Park East, Suite 1700

Los Angeles, CA 90067

(310) 788-3268

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From time to time after the effective date of the registration statement.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one):

Large accelerated filer   

 

 

 

Accelerated filer   

Non-accelerated filer   

 

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

Smaller reporting company   

 

 

 

 

Emerging growth company   

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered

 

Amount to be Registered (1)

 

Proposed Maximum Offering Price
Per Share

 

Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price

 

Amount of Registration Fee

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(3)

 

 

Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(3)

 

 

Warrants

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(3)

 

 

Units

 

(2)

 

(3)

 

(3)

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

$25,000,000

 

$3,113(4)

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(2)

There are being registered hereunder such indeterminate number of shares of common stock, such indeterminate number of shares of preferred stock, and such indeterminate number of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock as will have an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $25,000,000.  Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units with other securities registered hereunder.  The securities registered also include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock as may be issued upon conversion of or exchange for preferred stock that provide for conversion or exchange, upon exercise of warrants or pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of any such securities.

(3)

The proposed maximum initial offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price per class of security will be determined, from time to time, by the registrant in connection with the issuance by the registrant of the securities registered hereunder and is not specified as to each class of security pursuant to General Instruction II.D of Form S-3.

(4)

The registration fee has been calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act on the basis of the maximum aggregate offering price of all securities registered.

 

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment that specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


 

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 15, 2018

PROSPECTUS

COOL HOLDINGS, INC.

$25,000,000

Common Stock
Preferred Stock
Warrants
Units

We may, from time to time in one or more offerings, offer and sell up to $25,000,000 in the aggregate of common stock, preferred stock, warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock, or any combination of the foregoing, either individually or as units comprised of one or more of the other securities.

This prospectus provides a general description of the securities we may offer.  We will provide the specific terms of the securities offered in one or more supplements to this prospectus.  We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you in connection with these offerings.  The prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus may add, update or change information contained in this prospectus.  You should read carefully this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, as well as the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference, before you invest in any of our securities.  This prospectus may not be used to offer or sell any securities unless accompanied by the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

 

Our common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “IFON.”  On June 14, 2018, the last reported sale price for our common stock was $3.61 per share.  As of that date, the aggregate market value of our outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates was approximately $11.0 million based on 3,292,632 shares of our outstanding common stock, of which 3,042,204 shares were held by non-affiliates.  Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6. of Form S-3, in no event will we sell the securities covered hereby in a public primary offering with a value exceeding more than one-third of the aggregate market value of our common stock in any 12-month period so long as the aggregate market value of our outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates remains below $75,000,000.  During the 12 calendar months prior to and including the date of this prospectus, we have not offered or sold any securities pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3.

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk.  See “Risk Factors” on page 2 of this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus, as updated in the applicable prospectus supplement, any related free writing prospectus and other future filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus, for a discussion of the factors you should consider carefully before deciding to purchase our securities.

We may sell these securities directly to investors, through agents designated from time to time or to or through underwriters or dealers.  For additional information on the methods of sale, you should refer to the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” in this prospectus.  If any underwriters are involved in the sale of any securities with respect to which this prospectus is being delivered, the names of such underwriters and any applicable commissions or discounts will be set forth in a prospectus supplement.  The price to the public of such securities and the net proceeds we expect to receive from such sale will also be set forth in a prospectus supplement.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete.  Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is ________, 2018.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, using a “shelf” registration process.  Under this shelf registration process, we may from time to time sell common stock, preferred stock or warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock, or any combination of the foregoing, either individually or as units comprised of one or more of the other securities, in one or more offerings up to a total dollar amount of $25,000,000. We have provided to you in this prospectus a general description of the securities we may offer.  Each time we sell securities under this shelf registration, we will, to the extent required by law, provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering.  We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you that may contain material information relating to these offerings.  The prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus or in any documents that we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus.  To the extent there is a conflict between the information contained in this prospectus and the prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement or the related free writing prospectus; provided that if any statement in one of these documents is inconsistent with a statement in another document having a later date – for example, a document filed after the date of this prospectus and incorporated by reference into this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus – the statement in the document having the later date modifies or supersedes the earlier statement

We have not authorized any dealer, agent or other person to give any information or to make any representation other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement, or any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you.  You must not rely upon any information or representation not contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or an accompanying prospectus supplement, or any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you.  This prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement, if any, do not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the registered securities to which they relate, nor do this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.  You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus is accurate on any date subsequent to the date set forth on the front of the document or that any information we have incorporated by reference is correct on any date subsequent to the date of the document incorporated by reference (as our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date), even though this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus is delivered or securities are sold on a later date.

As permitted by SEC rules and regulations, the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part includes additional information not contained in this prospectus.  You may read the registration statement and the other reports we file with the SEC at its website or at its offices described below under “Where You Can Find More Information.”

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this prospectus to “Cool Holdings,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company” or similar words refer to Cool Holdings, together with our subsidiaries.


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ABOUT COOL HOLDINGS

Overview

The strategy of Cool Holdings is to focus our investments on premium retail brands that have the potential for accelerated profitable growth which can ultimately translate into attractive returns for our shareholders.  Our investments may be deployed through stock or asset acquisitions of an entire entity, or via majority or minority interests depending on the opportunity.

Currently, we are a retailer and wholesaler of consumer electronics focused on the operation and expansion of our OneClick® retail stores in the United States, Latin America and Canada.  As an Apple Premier Partner, we work with Apple to develop our network of OneClick stores in locations and markets where Apple has limited or no presence.  In our stores, we sell all Apple and Apple-approved products and accessories, including accessories that we source from independent third parties.  We also provide repair service for Apple products and are one of the select authorized third-parties that Apple entrusts with its proprietary machines used to repair or replace damaged iPhone screens.  Retail customers may book a repair appointment at one of our OneClick stores directly through the Apple website.

Our Cooltech Distribution unit distributes various consumer electronics to resellers, retailers and small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America and the United States.  We market and distribute a variety of mobility, computing, audio/video, and other technology products including laptops, tablets, cell phones, drones, smart watches, gaming consoles, accessories and audio devices.  In addition to our direct relationship with Apple, we have direct relationships with top third-party brands in the Apple retail echo-system including Bose, Belkin, Speck, Tech21 and Thule, among others.

Our corporate headquarters are in Miami, Florida. We currently operate a total of nine (9) OneClick stores, consisting of six (6) in Argentina and three (3) in Florida.  Our goal in the next three (3) years is to expand our network of OneClick stores to 200 locations in Latin America, the U.S. and Canada to become one of Apple’s largest retail partners.  We expect that our growth will come from a combination of organic expansion on a store-by-store basis, as well as external acquisition.

Corporate Information

We incorporated under the laws of the State of California on February 7, 1994, under the name InfoSonics Corporation. On September 11, 2003, we reincorporated under the same name under the laws of the State of Maryland. On June 8, 2018, we changed our name to Cool Holdings, Inc.

Our principal executive offices are located at 48 NW 25th Street, Suite 108, Miami, Florida 33127 and our telephone number at that address is (786) 675-5246. Our corporate website is located at www.coolholdings.com. We make available free of charge through our website our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. The information contained in, or that can be accessed through, our website is not part of this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus.

RISK FACTORS

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk.  You should carefully consider the risk factors set forth under “Risk Factors” described in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, as supplemented and updated by subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K that we have filed with the SEC, together with all other information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement and in any related free writing prospectus in connection with a specific offering, before making an investment decision.  Each of the risk factors could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, financial condition and prospects, as well as the value of an investment in our securities, and the occurrence of any of these risks might cause you to lose all or part of your investment.

NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus and our SEC filings that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus contain or incorporate by reference forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act.  All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus regarding our business strategy, future operations, projected financial position, potential strategic transactions, proposed distribution channels, projected sales growth, proposed new products, estimated future revenues, cash flows and profitability, projected costs, potential sources of additional capital, future prospects, future economic conditions, the future

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of our industry and results that might be obtained by pursuing managements current plans and objectives are forward-looking statements.  The words believe, anticipate, estimate, plan, expect, intend, may, could, should, potential, likely, projects, continue, will, and would and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.  Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events, are based on assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties.  We cannot guarantee that we actually will achieve the plans, intentions or expectations expressed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on these statements.  There are a number of important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated or implied by forward-looking statements.  These important factors include those discussed under the heading Risk Factors contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and in the applicable prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectus we may authorize for use in connection with a specific offering.  These factors and the other cautionary statements made in this prospectus should be read as being applicable to all related forward-looking statements whenever they appear in this prospectus.  Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Except as described in any prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectus in connection with a specific offering, we currently intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities offered under this prospectus to fund the growth of our business, primarily working capital, and for general corporate purposes.  We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to acquire or invest in technologies, products and/or businesses that we believe will enhance the value of our Company, although we have no current commitments or agreements with respect to any such transactions as of the date of this prospectus.  We have not determined the amount of net proceeds to be used specifically for the foregoing purposes.  As a result, our management will have broad discretion in the allocation of the net proceeds and investors will be relying on the judgment of our management regarding the application of the proceeds of any sale of the securities.  If a material part of the net proceeds is to be used to repay indebtedness, we will set forth the interest rate and maturity of such indebtedness in a prospectus supplement.  Pending use of the net proceeds, we intend to invest the proceeds in investment-grade, interest-bearing securities.

DILUTION

If required, we will set forth in a prospectus supplement the following information regarding any material dilution of the equity interests of investors purchasing securities in an offering under this prospectus:

 

the net tangible book value per share of our equity securities before and after the offering;

 

the amount of the increase in such net tangible book value per share attributable to the cash payments made by purchasers in the offering; and

 

the amount of the immediate dilution from the public offering price which will be absorbed by such purchasers.

 


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DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK AND PREFERRED STOCK

The following description of our common stock and preferred stock, together with any additional information we include in any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus, summarizes the material terms and provisions of our common stock and the preferred stock that we may offer under this prospectus.  While the terms we have summarized below will apply generally to any future common stock or preferred stock that we may offer, we will describe the particular terms of any class or series of these securities in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement.  For the complete terms of our common stock and preferred stock, please refer to our articles of incorporation and our bylaws, as amended, that are incorporated by reference into the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or may be incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement.  The terms of these securities may also be affected by the Maryland General Corporation Law, or the MGCL.  The summary below and that contained in any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus are qualified in their entirety by reference to our articles of incorporation and bylaws, as in effect at the time of any offering of securities under this prospectus.  For information on how to obtain copies of our articles of incorporation and bylaws, see “Where You Can Find More Information.”

Common Stock

As of the date of this prospectus, our articles of incorporation authorize us to issue 150,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which 3,292,632 shares were issued and outstanding as of June 15, 2018.  Additional shares of authorized common stock may be issued, as authorized by our board of directors from time to time, without stockholder approval, except as may be required by applicable securities exchange requirements.  The holders of common stock possess exclusive voting rights in us, except to the extent our board of directors specifies voting power with respect to any other class of securities issued in the future.  Each holder of our common stock is entitled to one vote for each share held of record on each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders, except that in the election of directors each holder of our common stock shall have as many votes for each share of record as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the holder has a right to vote.  Stockholders do not have any right to cumulate votes in the election of directors.

Subject to any preferences that may be granted to the holders of preferred stock, each holder of our common stock is entitled to share ratably in any distributions to stockholders and to receive ratably any dividends as may be declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available therefor, although as of the date of this prospectus, no dividends have been declared or paid.  In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of our common stock will be entitled to receive, after payment of all of our debts and liabilities and of all sums to which holders of any preferred stock may be entitled, the distribution of any of our remaining assets.  Holders of our common stock have no conversion, exchange, sinking fund or redemption rights and have no preemptive rights to subscribe for any of our securities.

All of the outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and non-assessable.  The shares of common stock offered by this prospectus or upon the conversion of any preferred stock or exercise of any warrants offered pursuant to this prospectus, when issued and paid for, will also be, fully paid and non-assessable.

Securities Exchange Listing

Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “IFON.”

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Computershare.

Preferred Stock

As of the date of this prospectus, our articles of incorporation authorize us to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, all of which is currently designated as “0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock”, and which 657,710 shares are currently outstanding. Pursuant to our articles of incorporation, our board of directors has the authority to provide for the issuance, in one or more series, of our authorized preferred stock and to fix or alter the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any series of our preferred stock.  The rights, privileges, preferences and restrictions of any such series of our preferred stock may be subordinated to, pari passu with (including, without limitation, inclusion in provisions with respect to liquidation and acquisition preferences, redemption or approval of matters by vote or written consent), or senior to any of those of any present or future class or series of preferred stock or common stock.  The issuance of preferred stock may have the effect of decreasing the market price of our common stock and may adversely affect the voting power of holders of our common stock and reduce the likelihood that holders of our common stock will receive dividend payments and payments upon liquidation.

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The particular terms of each class or series of preferred stock that we may offer under this prospectus, including redemption privileges, liquidation preferences, voting rights, dividend rights and/or conversion rights, will be more fully described in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to the preferred stock offered thereby.  The rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of any series of preferred stock that we may offer under this prospectus will be set forth in the particular articles supplementary that we would file with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation.  We will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from another report we file with the SEC, the form of any articles supplementary that describe the terms of the series of preferred stock we may offer before the issuance of the related series of preferred stock.  The applicable prospectus supplement will specify the terms of the series of preferred stock we may offer, including, but not limited to:

 

the distinctive designation and the maximum number of shares in the series;

 

the number of shares we are offering and purchase price per share;

 

the liquidation preference, if any;

 

the terms on which dividends, if any, will be paid;

 

the voting rights, if any, of the shares of the series;

 

the terms and conditions, if any, on which the shares of the series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes of capital stock;

 

the terms on which the shares may be redeemed, if at all;

 

any listing of the preferred stock on any securities exchange or market;

 

a discussion of any material or special United States federal income tax considerations applicable to the preferred stock; and

 

any or all other preferences, rights, restrictions, including restrictions on transferability, and qualifications of shares of the series.

 

The description of preferred stock above and the description of the terms of a particular series of preferred stock in any applicable prospectus supplement are not complete.  You should refer to the applicable articles supplementary for complete information.

Anti-Takeover Effects of Provisions of our Charter Documents and Maryland Law

Provisions of the MGCL, our articles of incorporation and our bylaws could make it more difficult to acquire us by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise, or to remove incumbent officers and directors.  These provisions, summarized below, are expected to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and takeover bids that our board of directors may consider inadequate and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with our board of directors.  We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging takeover or acquisition proposals because, among other things, negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.  This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the MGCL and our articles of incorporation and bylaws.

Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws

Preferred Stock.   Under our articles of incorporation, our board of directors has the power to authorize the issuance of up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, all of which are currently designated as “0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock”, and to determine the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights, of those shares without further vote or action by our stockholders.  The issuance of preferred stock may:

 

delay, defer or prevent a change in control;

 

discourage bids for our common stock at a premium over the market price of our common stock;

 

adversely affect the voting and other rights of the holders of our common stock; and

 

discourage acquisition proposals or tender offers for our shares and, as a consequence, inhibit fluctuations in the market price of our shares that could result from actual or rumored takeover attempts.

 

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Advance Notice Requirement for Stockholder Nominations for Directors.   Stockholder nominations of individuals for election to our board of directors must comply with the advance-notice procedures set forth in our bylaws.  Generally, to be timely, such notice must be received by our Corporate Secretary not less than 90 days nor more than 130 days prior to (iany meeting (other than an annual meeting) at which directors are to be elected, appointed or designated or (iiin the case of an annual meeting, the anniversary of the previous years annual meeting; provided, however, that if, (xin the case of an annual meeting, the annual meeting is scheduled to be held on a date more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 60 days after such anniversary date, or (yin the case of any other meeting, less than 100 days notice of the meeting is given to the stockholders, then notice by the stockholder must be delivered no later than the close of business 90 days prior to such meeting or the 10th day following the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the meeting was first made by the Company.

Advance Notice Requirement for Stockholder Proposals at Annual Meeting.   Any stockholder who intends to present a proposal at an annual meeting of stockholders without inclusion of such proposal in our proxy materials must provide us notice of such proposal in the manner set forth in our bylaws not less than 53 days nor more than 90 days prior to the annual meeting at which the business proposed is to be acted upon; provided, however, that if less than 60 days’ notice of the annual meeting is given to stockholders, written notice of business proposed by stockholders must be delivered or mailed, as prescribed in our bylaws, to our Corporate Secretary not later than the close of the seventh day following the day on which notice of the meeting was mailed to stockholders.

Special Meeting Requirements.   Our bylaws provide that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only at the request of our president, our board of directors, or stockholders holding an aggregate of at least 25% of the outstanding shares of our common stock entitled to be voted at such meeting.  Such written request must state the purpose(s) of the meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on at the meeting, and the requesting stockholders must pay us the reasonable estimated cost of preparing and mailing a notice of the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting.

No Cumulative Voting.   Our articles of incorporation specifically disallow cumulative voting for directors, which means that the holders of a plurality of the outstanding voting shares can elect all directors then standing for reelection.

Indemnification.   Our articles of incorporation and bylaws provide that we will indemnify our officers and directors against losses, as incurred, in investigations and legal proceedings resulting from their services to us, which may include service in connection with takeover defense measures.

Removal of Directors.   Our bylaws provide that the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of our shares then entitled to be cast generally for the election of directors is required to remove our directors, either with or without cause.

Authorized but Unissued Shares.   Except as may be required by applicable securities exchange requirements, our authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock will be available for future issuance without stockholder approval.  We may use additional shares for a variety of purposes, including future public offerings to raise additional capital, to fund acquisitions and as employee compensation.  The existence of authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.

Control Share Acquisitions

We are subject to Subtitle 7 of Title 3 of the MGCL, which is referred to as the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act (the “Act”).  The Act provides that “control shares” of a corporation acquired in a “control share acquisition” will have no voting rights except to the extent approved by a vote of two-thirds of the votes eligible to cast on the matter under the Act.  “Control shares” means shares of stock that, if aggregated with all other shares of stock previously acquired by the acquirer, would entitle the acquirer to exercise voting power in electing directors within one of the following ranges of the voting power:  one-tenth or more but less than one-third, one-third or more but less than a majority, or a majority or more of all voting power.  A “control share acquisition” means the acquisition of control shares, subject to certain exceptions.

If voting rights of control shares acquired in a control share acquisition are not approved at a stockholder’s meeting, then subject to certain conditions and limitations, the issuer may redeem any or all of the control shares for fair value.  If voting rights of such control shares are approved at a stockholder’s meeting and the acquirer becomes entitled to vote a majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote, all other stockholders may exercise appraisal rights.

The above provisions may delay, defer or prevent a takeover attempt, and thereby prevent stockholders of the Company from receiving a “control premium” for their shares.  For example, these provisions may defer or prevent tender offers for our

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common stock or purchases of large blocks, thus limiting the opportunities for the Companys stockholders to receive a premium for their shares over then prevailing market prices.

Maryland Unsolicited Takeovers Act

Subtitle 8 of Title 3 of the MGCL permits a Maryland corporation with a class of equity securities registered under the Exchange Act and at least three independent directors to elect to be subject, by provision in its articles of incorporation or bylaws or a resolution of its board of directors, to any or all of five provisions:

 

a classified board;

 

a two-thirds vote requirement for removing a director;

 

a requirement that the number of directors be fixed only by vote of directors;

 

a requirement that a vacancy on the board be filled only by the remaining directors and for the remainder of the full term of the directorship in which the vacancy occurred; and

 

a majority requirement for the calling of a special meeting of stockholders.

Through provisions in our articles of incorporation and bylaws unrelated to Subtitle 8, we:

 

vest in the board the exclusive power to fix the number of directors; and

 

require that vacancies on the board be filled only by the remaining directors, even if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum, and for the remainder of the full term of the directorship in which the vacancy occurred.


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DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

General

We may issue warrants for the purchase of common stock or preferred stock.  Warrants may be offered independently or together with common stock or preferred stock offered by any prospectus supplement and may be attached to or separate from those securities.  While the terms we have summarized below will apply generally to any warrants that we may offer under this prospectus, we will describe in particular the terms of any series of warrants that we may offer in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement and any applicable free writing prospectus.  The terms of any warrants offered under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below.

We will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from another report that we file with the SEC, the form of warrant and/or warrant agreement, which may include a form of warrant certificate, as applicable, that describes the terms of the particular series of warrants we may offer before the issuance of the related series of warrants.  We may issue the warrants under a warrant agreement that we will enter into with a warrant agent to be selected by us.  The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any registered holders of warrants or beneficial owners of warrants.  The following summary of material provisions of the warrants and warrant agreements are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the form of warrant and/or warrant agreement and warrant certificate applicable to a particular series of warrants.  We urge you to read the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, as well as the complete form of warrant and/or the warrant agreement and warrant certificate, as applicable, that contain the terms of the warrants.

The particular terms of any issue of warrants will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to the issue.  Those terms may include:

 

the title of such warrants;

 

the aggregate number of such warrants;

 

the price or prices at which such warrants will be issued;

 

the currency or currencies (including composite currencies) in which the price of such warrants may be payable;

 

the terms of the securities purchasable upon exercise of such warrants and the procedures and conditions relating to the exercise of such warrants;

 

the price at which the securities purchasable upon exercise of such warrants may be purchased;

 

the date on which the right to exercise such warrants will commence and the date on which such right shall expire;

 

any provisions for adjustment of the number or amount of securities receivable upon exercise of the warrants or the exercise price of the warrants;

 

if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of such warrants that may be exercised at any one time;

 

if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with which such warrants are issued and the number of such warrants issued with each such security;

 

if applicable, the date on and after which such warrants and the related securities will be separately transferable;

 

information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any;

 

the terms of any rights to redeem or call the warrants;

 

United States federal income tax consequences of holding or exercising the warrants, if material; and

 

any other terms of such warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange or exercise of such warrants.

 

Each warrant will entitle its holder to purchase the number of shares of common stock or preferred stock at the exercise price set forth in, or calculable as set forth in, the applicable prospectus supplement.  The warrants may be exercised as set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the warrants offered.  Unless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus supplement, warrants may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the warrants offered thereby.  After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void.

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We will specify the place or places where, and the manner in which, warrants may be exercised in the form of warrant, warrant agreement or warrant certificate and applicable prospectus supplement.  Upon receipt of payment and the warrant or warrant certificate, as applicable, properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent, if any, or any other office, including ours, indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as practicable, issue and deliver the securities purchasable upon such exercise.  If less than all of the warrants (or the warrants represented by such warrant certificate) are exercised, a new warrant or a new warrant certificate, as applicable, will be issued for the remaining amount of warrants.  If we so indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants may surrender securities as all or part of the exercise price for warrants.

Prior to the exercise of any warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock, holders of the warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the common stock or preferred stock purchasable upon exercise, including the right to vote or to receive any payments of dividends or payments upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up on the common stock or preferred stock purchasable upon exercise, if any.

Outstanding Warrants

As of June 15, 2018, there were 1,572,401 outstanding warrants to purchase shares of our common stock.


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DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

The following description, together with the additional information we may include in any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the units that we may offer under this prospectus.  While the terms we have summarized below will apply generally to any units that we may offer under this prospectus, we will describe the particular terms of any series of units in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus.  The terms of any units offered under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below.  However, no prospectus supplement will fundamentally change the terms that are set forth in this prospectus or offer a security that is not registered and described in this prospectus at the time of its effectiveness.

We will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from another report we file with the SEC, the form of unit agreement that describes the terms of the series of units we may offer under this prospectus, and any supplemental agreements, before the issuance of the related series of units.  The following summaries of material terms and provisions of the units are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the unit agreement and any supplemental agreements applicable to a particular series of units.  We urge you to read the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, as well as the complete unit agreement and any supplemental agreements that contain the terms of the units.

General

We may issue units comprised of shares of common stock or preferred stock and warrants in any combination.  Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit.  Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security.  The unit agreement under which a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time or at any time before a specified date.

We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms of the series of units, including, but not limited to:

 

the designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances those securities may be held or transferred separately;

 

any provisions of the governing unit agreement that differ from those described below; and

 

any provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units or of the securities comprising the units.

 

The provisions described in this section, as well as those described under “Description of Common Stock and Preferred Stock” and “Description of Warrants” will apply to each unit and to any common stock, preferred stock or warrant included in each unit, respectively.

Issuance in Series

We may issue units in such amounts and in numerous distinct series as we determine.

Enforceability of Rights by Holders of Units

We may enter into unit agreements with a unit agent.  Each unit agent will act solely as our agent under the applicable unit agreement and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust with any holder of any unit.  A single bank or trust company may act as unit agent for more than one series of units.  A unit agent will have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by us under the applicable unit agreement or unit, including any duty or responsibility to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise, or to make any demand upon us.  Any holder of a unit may, without the consent of the related unit agent or the holder of any other unit, enforce by appropriate legal action its rights as holder under any security included in the unit.

We, the unit agents and any of their agents may treat the registered holder of any unit certificate as an absolute owner of the units evidenced by that certificate for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights attaching to the units so requested, despite any notice to the contrary.


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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell our securities in any one or more of the following ways from time to time:

 

through agents;

 

to or through underwriters;

 

through brokers or dealers;

 

in “at the market offerings” within the meaning of Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act, to or through a market maker or into an existing trading market, on an exchange or otherwise;

 

directly by us to purchasers, including through a specific bidding, auction or other process; or

 

through a combination of any of these methods of sale.

 

The applicable prospectus supplement will contain the terms of the transaction, the name or names of any underwriters, dealers, agents and the respective amounts of securities underwritten or purchased by them, the initial public offering price of the securities, and the applicable agent’s commission, dealer’s purchase price or underwriter’s discount.  Any dealers and agents participating in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and compensation received by them on resale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts.

Any initial offering price, dealer purchase price, discount or commission may be changed from time to time.

The securities may be distributed from time to time in one or more transactions, at negotiated prices, at a fixed price or fixed prices (that may be subject to change), at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at various prices determined at the time of sale or at prices related to prevailing market prices.

Offers to purchase securities may be solicited directly by us or by agents designated by us from time to time.  Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, any such agent will use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit purchases for the period of its appointment or to sell securities on a continuing basis.  Agents may receive compensation in the form of commissions, discounts or concessions from us.  Agents may also receive compensation from the purchasers of the securities for whom they sell as principals.  Each particular agent will receive compensation in amounts negotiated in connection with the sale, which might be in excess of customary commissions.  Any such agent may be deemed to be an underwriter, as that term is defined in the Securities Act, of the securities so offered and sold.  Accordingly, any commission, discount or concession received by them and any profit on the resale of the securities purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting discounts or commissions under the Securities Act.  We have not entered into any agreements, understandings or arrangements with any underwriters or broker-dealers regarding the sale of their securities.  As of the date of this prospectus, there are no special selling arrangements between any broker-dealer or other person and us.  No period of time has been fixed within which the securities will be offered and sold.

If underwriters are utilized in the sale of any securities in respect of which this prospectus is being delivered, such securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at fixed public offering prices or at varying prices determined by the underwriters at the time of sale.  Securities may be offered to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or directly by one or more underwriters.  If any underwriter or underwriters are utilized in the sale of securities, unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the obligations of the underwriters are subject to certain conditions precedent, and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all such securities if they purchase any of them.

If a dealer is utilized in the sale of the securities in respect of which this prospectus is delivered, we will sell such securities to the dealer as principal.  The dealer may then resell such securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by such dealer at the time of resale.  Transactions through brokers or dealers may include block trades in which brokers or dealers will attempt to sell shares as agent but may position and resell as principal to facilitate the transaction or in cross trades, in which the same broker or dealer acts as agent on both sides of the trade.  Any such dealer may be deemed to be an underwriter, as such term is defined in the Securities Act, of the securities so offered and sold.

Offers to purchase securities may be solicited directly by us, and the sale thereof may be made by us, directly to institutional investors or others who may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to any resale thereof.

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Agents, underwriters and dealers may be entitled under relevant agreements with us to indemnification by us against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with respect to payments which such agents, underwriters and dealers may be required to make in respect thereof.  The terms and conditions of any indemnification or contribution will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive compensation in the form of commissions, discounts or concessions from us.  Underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may also receive compensation from the purchasers of shares for whom they act as agents or to whom they sell as principals, or both.  Compensation as to a particular underwriter, broker-dealer or agent will be in amounts to be negotiated in connection with transactions involving shares and might be in excess of customary commissions.  In effecting sales, broker-dealers engaged by us may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in the resales.

Any securities offered other than common stock will be a new issue and, other than the common stock, which is listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market, will have no established trading market.  We may elect to list any series of securities on an exchange, and in the case of the common stock, on any additional exchange, but, unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement and/or other offering material, we shall not be obligated to do so.  It is possible that one or more underwriters may make a market in a class or series of securities, but the underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice.  No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of, or the trading market for, any of the securities.

Agents, underwriters and dealers may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us or our subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.

Any underwriter may engage in overallotment, stabilizing transactions, short covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act.  Overallotment involves sales in excess of the offering size, which create a short position.  Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum.  Short covering transactions involve purchases of the securities in the open market after the distribution is completed to cover short positions.  Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a dealer when the securities originally sold by the dealer are purchased in a covering transaction to cover short positions.  Those activities may cause the price of the securities to be higher than it would otherwise be. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue any of the activities at any time.  An underwriter may carry out these transactions on The Nasdaq Capital Market, in the over-the-counter market or otherwise.

The place and time of delivery for securities will be set forth in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the securities being offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by Perkins Coie LLP.  If the validity of any securities is also passed upon by counsel for any underwriters, dealers or agents, that counsel will be named in the prospectus supplement relating to that specific offering.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of SingerLewak LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of such firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus the information we file with the SEC.  This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this prospectus shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed document, which also is incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such earlier statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

We hereby incorporate by reference into this prospectus the following documents that we have filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act (File No. 001-32157):

 

our Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on March 8, 2018;

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our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on May 21, 2018;

 

our Current Reports on Forms 8-K filed with the SEC on March 12, 2018, March 28, 2018, April 9, 2018, April 17, 2018, June 6, 2018 and June 14, 2018; and

 

the description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on August 2, 2006, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

All documents that we file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K, or portions thereof, furnished under Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K) (i) after the initial filing date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part and prior to the effectiveness of such registration statement and (ii) after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus from the date of filing of the documents, unless we specifically provide otherwise.  Information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and may replace information previously filed with the SEC.  To the extent that any information contained in any Current Report on Form 8-K or any exhibit thereto, was or is furnished to, rather than filed with the SEC, such information or exhibit is specifically not incorporated by reference.

Upon written or oral request made to us at the address or telephone number below, we will, at no cost to the requester, provide to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, a copy of any or all of the information that has been incorporated by reference in this prospectus (other than an exhibit to a filing, unless that exhibit is specifically incorporated by reference into that filing), but not delivered with this prospectus.  You may also access this information on our website at www.infosonics.com by viewing the “SEC Filings” subsection of the “Investors” menu.  No additional information on our website is deemed to be part of or incorporated by reference into this prospectus.  We have included our website address in this prospectus solely as an inactive textual reference.

Cool Holdings, Inc.

48 NW 25th Street

Miami, FL 33127

Attn:  Investor Relations

(786) 675-5246

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

As permitted by SEC rules, this prospectus omits certain information and exhibits that are included in the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.  Since this prospectus may not contain all of the information that you may find important, you should review the full text of these documents.  If we have filed a contract, agreement or other document as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, you should read the exhibit for a more complete understanding of the document or matter involved.  Each statement in this prospectus, including statements incorporated by reference as discussed above, regarding a contract, agreement or other document is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual document.

We are subject to the information reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and, in accordance with these requirements, we file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements, and other information with the SEC.  You may inspect, read and copy the reports and other information we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.  You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.  The SEC also maintains an internet website at www.sec.gov that contains our filed reports, proxy and information statements, and other information that we file electronically with the SEC.  Additionally, we make these filings available, free of charge, on our website at www.infosonics.com in the “SEC Filings” subsection of the “Investors” menu as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such materials with, or furnish them to, the SEC.  The information on our website, other than these filings, is not, and should not be, considered part of this prospectus, is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus, and should not be relied upon in connection with making any investment decision with respect to our securities.

 

 

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Cool Holdings, Inc.

$25,000,000

Common Stock
Preferred Stock
Warrants
Units

 

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14.   Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

The expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered are set forth in the following table (all amounts other than the registration fee are estimated):

 

 

Amount
to be Paid

 

 

 

Registration fee – Securities and Exchange Commission

 

$3,113

Accountants' fees and expenses

 

**

Legal fees and expenses

 

**

Stock exchange listing fees

 

**

Printing expenses

 

**

Miscellaneous

 

**

Total

 

$3,113

 

**

These fees and expenses are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances and, accordingly, cannot be estimated at this time.  They will be provided as applicable by amendment or in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) pursuant to the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference or reflected in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

Item 15.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers

The registrant’s articles of incorporation limit the liability of its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law (as amended from time to time, or the MGCL) and, together with the registrant’s bylaws, as amended, requires the registrant to indemnify its present and former directors and any individual who, while its director and at the request of the registrant, serves or has served another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise as a director, officer, partner or trustee, against liabilities to the fullest extent allowed under Maryland law.  The registrant’s articles of incorporation and bylaws permit the registrant, with the approval of its board of directors, to indemnify and advance or reimburse the expenses of any officer, employee or agent of the registrant or of any predecessor, to the maximum extent permitted by the MGCL.

The MGCL requires a corporation (unless its articles of incorporation provide otherwise, which the registrant’s do not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity.  The MGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that:

 

an act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and:

(1)

was committed in bad faith; or

(2)

was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;

 

the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or

 

in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.

 

However, under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, unless in either case a court orders indemnification, and then only for expenses.  In addition, the MGCL permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation’s receipt of:

 

a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation; and

 

a written undertaking by him or her or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the standard of conduct was not met.

 


 

 

The registrant’s bylaws, as amended, obligate the registrant, to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to:

 

any present or former director who is made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity; or

 

make any individual who, while its director and at the registrant’s request, serves or has served another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise as a director, officer, partner or trustee and who is made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity.

 

Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification of directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has been informed that, in the opinion of the SEC, this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

The MGCL permits a Maryland corporation to include in its articles of incorporation a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of action.  The registrant’s articles of incorporation contain such a provision which eliminates such liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the MGCL, the registrant’s articles of incorporation and bylaws, as amended, and the arrangements referred to above and are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.

We maintain a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy.  The policy insures directors and officers against unindemnified losses arising from certain wrongful acts in their capacities as directors and officers and reimburses us for those losses for which we have lawfully indemnified the directors and officers.  The policy contains various exclusions.

Item 16.   Exhibits

The list of exhibits in the Exhibit Index to this registration statement is incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

1.1

 

Form of Underwriting Agreement (*)

3.1

 

Articles of Incorporation, as amended (+)

3.2

 

Bylaws, as amended (+)

4.1

 

Articles Supplementary of 0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (+)

4.2

 

Form of Common Stock Certificate (1)

4.3

 

Form of Preferred Stock Certificate (*)

4.4

 

Form of Warrant (*)

4.5

 

Form of Warrant Agreement (*)

4.6

 

Form of Unit Agreement (*)

5.1

 

Opinion of Perkins Coie LLP (+)

23.1

 

Consent of SingerLewak LLP (+)

23.2

 

Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

24.1

 

Form of Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)

______________

(1)Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed on January 30, 2004.

(*)To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a filing with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and incorporated by reference in connection with the offering of securities to the extent required for any such offering.

(+)Filed herewith.

 

 


 

Item 17.   Undertakings

(a)

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i)To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii)

To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement.

(iii)

To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b).

(2)

That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)

To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4)

That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(i)

Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(ii)

Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus.  As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.  Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

(5)

That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:  The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i)

Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 


 

(ii)

Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii)

The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv)

Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(b)

That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


 


 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Miami, State of Florida, on June 15, 2018.

 

 

COOL HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

By:  /s/ Mauricio Diaz

Name:Mauricio Diaz

Title:Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Mauricio Diaz and Alfredo Carrasco, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act in his name, place and stead and to execute in the name and on behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file any and all amendments to this registration statement, including any and all post-effective amendments, or any registration statements to be filed in connection with this registration statement pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing, ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on June 15, 2018.

Signature

 

Title

 

/s/ Mauricio Diaz

Mauricio Diaz

 

 

Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)

 

/s/ Alfredo Carrasco

Alfredo Carrasco

 

 

Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

/s/ Andrew DeFrancesco

Andrew DeFrancesco

 

 

Director

 

/s/ Michael Galloro

Michael Galloro

 

 

Director

 

/s/ Aaron Serruya

Aaron Serruya

 

 

Director

 

/s/ Felipe Rezk

Felipe Rezk

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

EX-3 2 ifon-ex31_175.htm EX-3.1 ifon-ex31_175.htm

 

Exhibit 3.1

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
INFOSONICS CORPORATION 

        The undersigned, being at least eighteen years of age, hereby establishes a corporation under the general laws of the State of Maryland and adopts the following Articles Of Incorporation:

        FIRST. The name of the corporation is InfoSonics Corporation.

        SECOND.    The street address of the initial registered agent and of the principal office of the corporation in Maryland is 11 East Chase Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The name of the initial registered agent of the corporation at that address is CSC—Lawyers Incorporating Service Company. The street address of the corporation's principal office is 6325 Lusk Boulevard, Building A, San Diego, California 92121.

        THIRD.    (a) The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Maryland (the "Maryland Code").

        (b)    In furtherance of the foregoing purposes, the corporation shall have and may exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges granted by the Maryland Code. In addition, it may do everything necessary, suitable and proper for the accomplishment of any of its corporate purposes.

        FOURTH.    The corporation is authorized to issue 40,000,000 shares of $.001 par value common stock and 10,000,000 shares of $.001 par value preferred stock, the aggregate par value of both of which is $50,000.00.

        (a)   The Board Of Directors is hereby expressly authorized, by resolution or resolutions, to provide, out of the unissued shares of preferred stock, for the issuance of one or more series of preferred stock, with such voting powers, if any, and with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance thereof adopted by the Board Of Directors, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:

        (1)   the designation of such series, the number of shares to constitute such series and the stated value thereof if different from the par value thereof;

        (2)   whether the shares of such series shall have voting rights, in addition to any voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights, which may be general or limited;

        (3)   the dividends, if any, payable on such series, whether any such dividends shall be cumulative, and, if so, from what dates, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends shall be payable, the preferences or relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends payable on any shares of stock of any other class or any other series of this class;

        (4)   whether the shares of such series shall be subject to redemption by the corporation, and, if so, the times, prices and other terms and conditions of such redemption;

        (5)   the amount or amounts payable upon shares of such series upon, and the rights of the holders of such series in, the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or upon any distribution of the assets, of the corporation;

 

 


 

        (6)   whether the shares of such series shall be subject to the operation of a retirement or sinking fund and, if so, the extent to and manner in which any such retirement or sinking fund shall be applied to the purchase or redemption of the shares of such series for retirement or other corporate purposes and the terms and provisions relative to the operation thereof;

        (7)   whether the shares of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of stock of any other class or classes or of any other series of this class or any other class or classes of capital stock and, if so, the price or prices or the rate or rates of conversion or exchange and the method, if any, of adjusting the same, and any other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange;

        (8)   the limitations and restrictions, if any, to be effective while any shares of such series are outstanding upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on, and upon the purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the corporation of, the common stock or shares of stock of any other class or any other series of this class; and

        (9)   the conditions or restrictions, if any, upon the creation of indebtedness of the corporation or upon the issue of any additional stock, including additional shares of such series or of any other series of this class or of any other class or classes.

        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. All shares of any one series of preferred stock shall be identical in all respects with all other shares of such series, except that shares of any one series issued at different times may differ as to the dates from which dividends thereon shall be cumulative.

        (b)   Each stockholder of record shall have one vote for each share of common stock standing in his or her name on the books of the corporation and entitled to vote, except that in the election of directors each stockholder shall have as many votes for each share held by his or her as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the stockholder has a right to vote. Cumulative voting shall not be permitted in the election of directors or otherwise.

        (c)   Unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, at all meetings of stockholders a majority of the shares of a voting group entitled to vote at such meeting, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum of that voting group.

        (d)   No stockholder of the corporation shall have any preemptive or similar right to acquire any additional unissued or treasury shares of stock or other securities of any class, or rights, warrants or options to purchase stock or scrip, or securities of any kind convertible into stock or carrying stock purchase warrants or privileges.

        FIFTH.    The corporation is to have perpetual existence.

        SIXTH.    The name and address of the corporation's incorporator are:

Name

 

Address

Alan L. Talesnick

 

1660 Lincoln Street
Suite 1900
Denver, Colorado 80264

        SEVENTH.    Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the bylaws of the corporation so provide.

 


 

        EIGHTH.    The Board Of Directors of the corporation is expressly authorized to adopt, amend, or repeal the bylaws of the corporation.

        NINTH.    The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the corporation, and the same are in furtherance of and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law:

        No contract or other transaction of the corporation with any other persons, firm or corporation in which this corporation is interested, shall be affected or invalidated by the fact that any one or more of the directors or officers of this corporation, individually or jointly with others, may be a party to or may be interested in any such contract or transaction so long as the contract or other transaction is approved by the Board Of Directors in accordance with the Maryland Code. Each person who may become a director or officer of the corporation is hereby relieved from any liability that might otherwise arise by reason of his or her contracting with the corporation for the benefit of himself or herself or any firm or corporation in which he or she may be in any way interested.

        TENTH.    The corporation shall indemnify each director and each officer, his or her heirs, executors and administrators, against expenses reasonably incurred or liability incurred by him or her in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which he or she may be made a party by reason of his or her being or having been a director or officer of the corporation, unless it is established that (i) the act or omission was material to the matter giving rise to the liability and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (ii) the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services, or (iii) in the case of a criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe the act or omission was unlawful. In the event of a settlement before or after action or suit, indemnification shall be provided only in connection with such matters covered by settlement as to which the corporation is advised by counsel that the person to be indemnified was not guilty of such fraud or misconduct. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not exclude other rights to which he or she may be entitled.

        ELEVENTH.    The personal liability of each director and officer of the corporation shall be eliminated and limited to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Maryland, including without limitation as permitted by the provisions of Section 2-405.2 of the Maryland Code and any successor provision, as amended from time to time. No amendment of these Articles Of Incorporation or repeal of any of their provisions shall limit or eliminate the benefits provided to directors under this provision with respect to any act or omission that occurred prior to that amendment or repeal.

        TWELFTH.    The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in these Articles Of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

        THIRTEENTH.    The number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed by the bylaws of the corporation, or if the bylaws fail to fix such a number, then by resolution adopted from time to time by the Board Of Directors, provided that the number of directors shall not be more than nine nor less than three. Three directors shall constitute the initial Board Of Directors. The following persons are elected to serve as the corporation's initial directors until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualify:

Name

 

Address

Joseph Ram

 

6325 Lusk Boulevard, Building A
San Diego, California 92121


Abraham Rosler


 


6325 Lusk Boulevard, Building A
San Diego, California 92121

 


 


Sherry Conta


 


6325 Lusk Boulevard, Building A
San Diego, California 92121

 

        FOURTEENTH.    When, with respect to any actions to be taken by shareholders of the Corporation, the Maryland Code requires the vote or concurrence of the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding shares, or of the shares entitled to vote thereon, or of any class or series, such action may be taken by the vote or concurrence of the majority of such shares or class or series thereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles Of Incorporation this 18th day of July, 2003.

 

 

 

/s/  ALAN L. TALESNICK      

Alan L. Talesnick, Incorporator

 

 

STATE OF COLORADO

 

)

 

 

 

) ss.

 

 

CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

)

 

 

        

BEFORE ME the undersigned authority, personally appeared Alan L. Talesnick, known to me to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing Articles Of Incorporation, and he or she acknowledged that he or she subscribed the said instrument for the uses and purposes set forth therein. The subscriber is personally known to me.

        WITNESS my hand and official seal in the County and State last aforesaid this 18th day of July, 2003.

 

 

[Seal]

 

/s/  DORIS M. HAYUTIN      

Notary Public

 

 

My Commission Expires: December 1, 2005

******


 


 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

INFOSONICS CORPORATION

 

InfoSonics Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, restated and supplemented to date (collectively the “Charter”) are hereby amended as follows:

FIRST:       Effective at 4:01 p.m. Eastern time on the date that these Articles of Amendment are accepted for record by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the “Reverse Stock Split Effective Time”), the Charter is hereby amended to effectuate a reverse stock split as follows: each five (5) shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split Effective Time shall automatically be combined into one (1) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock, par value $0.005 per share, without any further action by the Company or the holder thereof, subject to the treatment of fractional interests as described below. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, no fractional shares will be issued in connection with the reverse stock split. Stockholders of record who otherwise would be entitled to receive fractional shares will be entitled to rounding up of their fractional share to the nearest whole share. No stockholders will receive cash in lieu of fractional shares. Each certificate that immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split Effective Time represented shares of Common Stock (“Old Certificates”) shall thereafter represent that number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Common Stock represented by the Old Certificate shall have been combined, subject to the adjustment for fractional shares as described above; provided, that each person holding a certificate or certificates of record representing shares of Common Stock shall, upon surrender of such certificate or certificates, receive a new certificate or certificates (including any legends imprinted on the surrendered certificate or certificates) evidencing and representing the number of shares of Common Stock to which such person is entitled under the foregoing reverse stock split.

SECOND:The amendment to the Charter as set forth in Article FIRST above has been declared advisable by the board of directors of the Company and approved by a majority of the entire board of directors of the Company as required by the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”). Pursuant to Section 2-309(e)(2) of the MGCL, no stockholder approval was required.

THIRD:The Charter is hereby amended, effective immediately after the Reverse Stock Split Effective Time, to decrease the par value of all of the shares of Common Stock of the Company from $0.005 per share to $0.001 per share.

FOURTH:The amendment to the Charter as set forth in Article THIRD above has been declared advisable by the board of directors of the Company and approved by a majority of the entire board of directors of the Company as required by the MGCL. The amendment set forth in Article THIRD above is limited to a change expressly authorized by Section 2-605(a)(2) of the MGCL to be made without action by the stockholders of the Company.

FIFTH:There has been no increase in the authorized stock of the Company effected by these Articles of Amendment.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, InfoSonics Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested to by its Secretary as of October 10, 2017. The President acknowledges that these Articles of Amendment are the act and deed of the Company, and, under the penalties of perjury, that the matters and facts set forth herein with respect to authorization and approval are true in all material respects to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief.

 

ATTEST:  INFOSONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Vernon A. LoForti

 

By:

/s/ Joseph Ram

 

 

Name: Vernon A. LoForti

 

 

Name: Joseph Ram

 

 

Title: Secretary

 

 

Title: President

 

 


 


 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

INFOSONICS CORPORATION

InfoSonics Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, restated and supplemented to date (collectively the “Charter”) are hereby amended as follows:

FIRST:     The FOURTH Article of the Charter is hereby amended by removing the reference to “40,000,000” and replacing it with “150,000,000”.

SECOND:  At 9:29 a.m. Eastern Time on March 9, 2018, these Articles of Amendment will become effective (the “Effective Time”) and the Charter will hereby be amended to effectuate a reverse stock split as follows: each five shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be combined into one (1) validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock without any further action by the Company or the holder thereof, subject to the treatment of fractional interests as described below. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, no fractional shares will be issued in connection with the reverse stock split. Stockholders of record who otherwise would be entitled to receive fractional shares will be entitled to rounding up of their fractional share to the nearest whole share. No stockholders will receive cash in lieu of fractional shares. There will be no change in the par value of the Common Stock, and for each share of Common Stock which will no longer remain issued and outstanding after this reverse stock split, $0.001 for each such share shall be transferred from the stated capital account to the capital surplus account. Each certificate that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented shares of Common Stock (“Old Certificates”) shall thereafter represent that number of shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Common Stock represented by the Old Certificate shall have been combined, subject to the adjustment for fractional shares as described above; provided, that each person holding a certificate or certificates of record representing shares of Common Stock shall, upon surrender of such certificate or certificates, receive a new certificate or certificates (including any legends imprinted on the surrendered certificate or certificates) evidencing and representing the number of shares of Common Stock to which such person is entitled under the foregoing reverse stock split.

THIRD:     These Articles of Amendment have been declared advisable by the board of directors of the Company and approved by the stockholders of the Company, each in the manner and by the vote required by the Maryland General Corporation Law.

FOURTH:     These Articles of Amendment, including the reverse stock split effected hereby, shall become effective at 9:29 a.m. Eastern Time on March 9, 2018.

FIFTH:     Prior to the effectiveness of these Articles of Amendment, the total number of shares of capital stock that the Company had authority to issue was 50,000,000 shares, consisting of 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share.  Prior to the effectiveness of these Articles of Amendment, the aggregate par value of all shares of the capital stock of the Company was $50,000.00.

SIXTH:     Subsequent to the effectiveness of these Articles of Amendment, the total number of shares of capital stock that the Company has authority to issue is 160,000,000 shares, consisting of 150,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share. Subsequent to the effectiveness of these Articles of Amendment, the aggregate par value of all shares of the capital stock of the Company is $160,000.00.  The description and information required by Section 2-607(b)(2)(i) of the Maryland General Corporation Law was not changed by these Articles of Amendment.


 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, InfoSonics Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested to by its Secretary as of March 8, 2018. The President acknowledges that these Articles of Amendment are the act and deed of the Company, and, under the penalties of perjury, that the matters and facts set forth herein with respect to authorization and approval are true in all material respects to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief.

 

 

ATTEST:

 

INFOSONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

  /s/  Vernon A. LoForti

 

By:

 

  /s/ Joseph Ram

 

 

Name: Vernon A. LoForti

 

 

 

Name: Joseph Ram

 

 

Title: Secretary

 

 

 

Title: President

 


 


 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

INFOSONICS CORPORATION

 

InfoSonics Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, restated and supplemented to date (collectively the “Charter”) are hereby amended as follows:

FIRST:The Charter of the Company is hereby amended by striking out the FIRST Article of the Charter and inserting in lieu thereof the following to effectuate a change in the name of the Company:

“FIRST.The name of the corporation is Cool Holdings, Inc.”

SECOND:The board of directors of the Company, by written consent signed by all of the directors pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2-408(c) of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”), duly advised and approved these Articles of Amendment.  

THIRD:The amendment contained in these Articles of Amendment is limited to a change expressly authorized by Section 2-605(a)(1) of the MGCL to be made without action by the stockholders of the Company.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, InfoSonics Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its Chief Executive Officer and attested to by its Chief Financial Officer as of June 7, 2018. The Chief Executive Officer acknowledges that these Articles of Amendment are the act and deed of the Company, and, under the penalties of perjury, that the matters and facts set forth herein with respect to authorization and approval are true in all material respects to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief.

 

 

ATTEST:

 

INFOSONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

  /s/  Alfredo Carrasco

 

By:

 

  /s/ Mauricio Diaz

 

 

Name: Alfredo Carrasco

 

 

 

Name: Mauricio Diaz

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

EX-3 3 ifon-ex32_176.htm EX-3.2 ifon-ex32_176.htm

 

Exhibit 3.2

BYLAWS
OF
INFOSONICS CORPORATION

(As amended through July 25, 2017)

ARTICLE I
Offices

        The registered office of the corporation shall be in the City and County of Baltimore, State of Maryland or such other city and county as the board of directors shall determine.

        The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Maryland as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II
Stockholders

        Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held at a time and date fixed by the board of directors for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the annual meeting shall be held upon reasonable notice and not later than a reasonable period following delivery of the corporation's annual report to stockholders. If the election of directors shall not be held at the annual meeting of the stockholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the board of directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the stockholders as soon thereafter as conveniently may be.

        Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the president or by the board of directors. Special meetings also shall be called by an officer of the corporation upon written request of stockholders holding in the aggregate not less than 25 percent of the outstanding shares of the common stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting; subject, however, to the further provisions of this Section 2. Upon receipt of such a written request, either in person or by mail, stating the purpose(s) of the meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on at the meeting, the secretary of the corporation shall inform the requesting stockholder(s) of the reasonable estimated cost of preparing and mailing a notice of the meeting and upon payment of these costs to the corporation the secretary shall notify each stockholder entitled to notice of the meeting. The board of directors has the sole power to fix the record date for determining stockholders entitled to request a special meeting and the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the special meeting. The Board Of Directors also has the sole power to fix the date, time and place of any special meeting. Not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days before the special meeting, the secretary shall give, in accordance with Maryland law, written notice of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting and each other stockholder entitled to notice of the meeting. The notice shall state the date, time, place and purpose of the special meeting.

        Section 3. Place Of Meeting. Subject to the discretion of the Board Of Directors to designate otherwise as provided elsewhere in these Bylaws or pursuant to Maryland law, the person or persons authorized to call any annual or special meeting may designate any place, either within or outside Maryland, as the place for the meeting. A waiver of notice signed by all stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or outside Maryland, as the place for such meeting. If no designation is made, the place of meeting shall be the principal corporate offices of the corporation.

        Section 4. Fixing Date For Determination Of Stockholders Of Record. For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or

 


 

other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of stockholders, which date shall not be more than 90 nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 90 days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed then the record date shall be as follows: (a) for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at the meeting of stockholders, (i) the close of business on the day on which notice of the meeting is mailed, or (ii) the 30th day prior to the meeting; (b) for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the board of directors is necessary, the day on which the first written consent is expressed, and (c) for determining stockholders for any other purpose, the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

        Section 5. Notice Of Meeting. Except as otherwise provided herein, written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 90 days before the date of the meeting, unless otherwise required by statute, either personally, by mail or by electronic mail, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. Notice shall be deemed given to a stockholder when it is (i) personally delivered to the stockholder, (ii) left at the stockholder's residence or usual place of business, (iii) mailed to the stockholder at the stockholder's address as it appears on the records of the corporation, or (iv) transmitted to the stockholder by electronic mail to any electronic mail address of the stockholder or by any other electronic means. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the stock books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, provided, however, that notice shall be given if the adjourned meeting is to be is reconvened more than 120 days after the original record date concerning the meeting. At the adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.

        Section 6. Organization. The president or any vice president shall call meetings of stockholders to order and act as chairman of such meetings. In the absence of said officers, any stockholder entitled to vote at that meeting, or any proxy of any such stockholder, may call the meeting to order and a chairman shall be elected by a majority of the stockholders entitled to vote at that meeting. In the absence of the secretary or any assistant secretary of the corporation, any person appointed by the chairman shall act as secretary of such meetings.

        Section 7. Agenda And Procedure. The board of directors shall have the responsibility of establishing an agenda for each meeting of stockholders, subject to the rights of stockholders to raise matters for consideration which may otherwise properly be brought before the meeting although not included within the agenda. The chairman shall be charged with the orderly conduct of all meetings; provided however, that in the event of any difference in opinion with respect to the proper cause of action which cannot be resolved by reference to statute, or to the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, Robert's Rules Of Order (as last revised) shall govern the disposition of the matter.

        Section 8. Voting Lists. The officer who has charge of the stock books of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of each stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

        Section 9. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the articles of incorporation. If fewer than a majority of the outstanding shares

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are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time in accordance with Section 5 of this Article until a quorum shall be present or represented.

        Section 10. Manner Of Acting. When a quorum is present at any meeting, except as provided in Article III, Section 2 of these Bylaws with respect to the election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders, unless a different vote is required by law or the articles of incorporation, in which case such express provision shall govern.

        Section 11. Informal Action By Stockholders. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the common stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, provided that a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by each holder of outstanding common stock entitled to vote on the matter.

        Section 12. Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize any other person or persons to act for him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after 11 months from its date unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

        Section 13. Voting Of Shares. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation and subject to the provisions of Section 4 of this Article, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder. In the election of directors, each record holder of stock entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote the number of shares owned by him for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election he has the right to vote. Cumulative voting shall not be allowed in the election of directors or for any other purpose.

        Section 14. Voting Of Shares By Certain Holders. Persons holding stock in a fiduciary capacity shall be entitled to vote the shares so held. Persons whose stock is pledged shall be entitled to vote, unless in the transfer by the pledgor on the books of the corporation the pledgor has expressly empowered the pledgee to vote thereon, in which case only the pledgee or his proxy may represent such shares and vote thereon. If shares stand of record in the names of two or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety or otherwise, or if two or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the secretary of the corporation is given written notice to the contrary and is furnished with a copy of the instrument or order appointing them or creating the relationship wherein it is so provided, their acts with respect to voting shall have the effects set forth in Section 2-508 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland.

        Section 15. Inspectors. The chairman of the meeting may at any time appoint one or more inspectors to serve at a meeting of the stockholders. Such inspector(s) shall decide upon the qualifications of voters, including the validity of proxies, accept and count the votes for and against the questions presented, report the results of such votes, and subscribe and deliver to the secretary of the meeting a certificate stating the number of shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereon and the number of shares voted for and against the questions presented. The inspector(s) does not need to be a stockholder of the corporation, and any director or officer of the corporation may be an inspector on any question other than a vote for or against his election to any position with the corporation or on any other question in which he may be directly interested.

        Section 16. Notice. No business may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders, other than business that is either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the board of directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (b) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the board of directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (c) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by any stockholder of the corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 16 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 16.

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        In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the secretary of the corporation.

        To be timely, a stockholder's notice to the secretary of the corporation must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than 53 days nor more than 90 days prior to the annual meeting of stockholders at which the business proposed is to be acted upon by stockholders; provided, however, that if less than 60 days' notice of the meeting is given to stockholders, written notice of business proposed by stockholders shall be delivered or mailed, as prescribed, to the secretary of the corporation not later than the close of the seventh day following the day on which notice of the meeting was mailed to stockholders.

        To be in proper written form, a stockholder's notice to the secretary must set forth as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and record address of such stockholder, (iii) the class and series and the number of shares of each class and series of stock of the corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder in such business and (v) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting. In addition, notwithstanding anything in this Section 16 to the contrary, a stockholder intending to nominate one or more persons for election as a director at an annual or special meeting must comply with Article III, Section 3 of these Bylaws for such nomination or nominations to be properly brought before such meeting.

        No business shall be conducted at the annual meeting of stockholders except business brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 16, provided, however, that once business has been properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section 16 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the chairman of an annual meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairman shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.

 

ARTICLE III
Board Of Directors

        Section 1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors, except as otherwise provided in the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland or the articles of incorporation. The directors are deemed to be in a fiduciary relationship with the corporation and the stockholders.

        Section 2. Number, Tenure And Qualification. The number of directors of the corporation shall be determined by the board of directors and shall be not less than one or more than nine.  Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders, except as otherwise provided in Section 4 of this Article, by a vote of a plurality of stockholders present in person or by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present.  Each director shall hold office for a term of one year and until his successor shall have been elected and shall qualify or until the earliest of his or her death, resignation or removal.  A director can be reelected by the stockholders.  Directors need not be residents of Maryland or stockholders of the Corporation.

        Section 3. Notice Of Nominations. Nominations for the election of directors may be made by the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors or by any stockholder entitled to vote for the election of directors. Nominations by the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors may be made by oral or written notice delivered to the secretary of the corporation by any officer or director on behalf of the board of directors or

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committee at any time prior to or at any meeting of the stockholders at which directors are to be elected. Each notice of nomination of directors by the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors shall set forth the names of the nominees. Nominations by stockholders shall be made by notice in writing, delivered or mailed by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the secretary of the corporation not less than 90 days nor more than 130 days prior to (i) any meeting (other than an annual meeting) at which directors are to be elected, appointed or designated or, (ii) in the case of an annual meeting, the anniversary of the previous year's annual meeting; provided, however, if, (x) in the case of an annual meeting, the annual meeting is scheduled to be held on a date more than thirty (30) days prior to or delayed by more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date or, (y) in the case of any other meeting, less than 100 days' notice of the meeting is given to stockholders, then notice by the stockholder must be delivered to the corporation no later than the close of business ninety (90) days prior to such meeting or the tenth day following the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the meeting was first made by the corporation (and in no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of the meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder's notice under this Section 3).

        To be in proper form, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary must set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by the person, and (iv) any other information relating to the person that would be required in connection with solicitation of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (b) as to the stockholder giving notice (i) the name and record address of such stockholder, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (iv) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice, and (v) any other information relating to such stockholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitation of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section. The chairman of any meeting of stockholders of the corporation may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if the chairman should so determine, the chairman shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

        Section 4. Vacancies. Any director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein; and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any vacancy or newly created directorship resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of the majority of directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and a director so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced. If at any time, by reason of death, resignation or other cause, the corporation should have no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by law. When one or more directors shall resign from the board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have the power to fill any vacancy or vacancies, with the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his successor is duly elected and has qualified.

        Section 5. Regular Meetings. Unless otherwise approved by the board of directors, a regular meeting of the board of directors shall be held without other notice than this bylaw immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders. The board of directors may provide by resolution the time and place, either within or outside Maryland, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.

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        Section 6. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by or at the request of the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, the president or any two directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the board of directors may fix any place, either within or outside Maryland, as the place for holding any special meeting of the board of directors called by them.

        Section 7. Notice. Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least 24 hours previous thereto by written notice delivered personally, or at least one business day (and not less than 24 hours) previous thereto if sent by facsimile to the business address of the director, or at least five days previous thereto if mailed to a director at his business address, or by notice given at least two days previous thereto by telegraph. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

        Section 8. Quorum. A majority of the number of directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board of directors, but if less than such majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

        Section 9. Manner Of Acting. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law or the articles of incorporation, the vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors. In addition, without the concurrence of a majority of the then outstanding shares, the directors may not (i) sell all or substantially all of the assets of the corporation other than in the ordinary course of the corporation's business or in connection with liquidation and dissolution; (ii) cause the merger or other reorganization of the corporation; or (iii) dissolve or liquidate the corporation, other than before the initial investment in property.

        Section 10. Removal. Unless otherwise restricted by law, any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of shares then entitled to be cast generally for the election of directors.

        Section 11. Committees. The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors when required. The board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board of directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to authorize dividends on stock, issue stock (other than as provided in the immediately following paragraph), recommend to the stockholders any action which requires stockholder approval, amend the bylaws, or approve any merger or share exchange which does not require stockholder approval.

        If the board of directors has given general authorization for the issuance of stock providing for or establishing a method or procedure for determining the maximum number of shares to be issued, a committee of the board, in accordance with that general authorization or any stock option or other plan or program adopted by the board, may authorize or fix the terms of stock subject to classification or reclassification and the terms on which any stock may be issued, including all terms and conditions required or permitted to be established or authorized by the board of directors under sections 2-203 and 2-208 of the General Corporation Law of Maryland.

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        Section 12. Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, the board of directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at such meeting of the board of directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of any committee of the board may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

        Section 13. Action By Written Consent Of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board or committee.

        Section 14. Meetings By Telephone. Unless otherwise restricted by the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, members of the board of directors, or any committee designated by the board of directors, may participate in a meeting of the board of directors, or any committee thereof, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting in such manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

ARTICLE IV
Officers And Agents

        Section 1. General. The officers of the corporation shall be a president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may appoint such other officers, assistant officers, and agents, including a chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chairman of the board, one or more vice-chairmen of the board, vice presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, as they may consider necessary, who shall be chosen in such manner and hold their offices for such terms and have such authority and duties as from time to time may be determined by the board of directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person with the exception of the office of president and vice president being held simultaneously by the same person, or as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or these bylaws.

        Section 2. Election And Term Of Office. The officers of the corporation shall be elected by the board of directors annually at the first meeting of the board held after each annual meeting of the stockholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at that meeting, an election of officers shall be held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall qualify or until the earliest to occur of his death, resignation or removal.

        Section 3. Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby.

        Section 4. Vacancies. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time stated therein; and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any vacancy occurring in any office by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors for the unexpired portion of the term or for any other term specified by the board of directors. If any officer shall be absent or unable for any reason to perform his duties, the board of directors, to the extent not otherwise inconsistent with these bylaws or law, may direct that the duties of such officer during such absence or inability shall be performed by such other officer or assistant officer as seems advisable to the board.

        Section 5. Authority And Duties Of Officers. The officers of the corporation shall have the authority and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties specified below, and as may be otherwise specified by the board of directors or by these bylaws, except that in any event each officer shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be required by law, and in cases where the duties of any officer or agent are not prescribed by these bylaws or by the board of directors, such officer or agent shall follow the orders and instructions of (a) the chief

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executive officer, if a chief executive officer is elected, the chief operating officer, if a chief operating officer is elected, the president, and if a chairman of the board is elected, then (b) the chairman of the board.

        (a)   President. The president, subject to the direction and supervision of the board of directors, shall have the following responsibilities: (i) be the chief executive officer of the corporation and have general and active control of its affairs, business and property and general supervision of its officers, agents and employees; (ii) preside at all meetings of the stockholders; (iii) see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect; and (iv) sign or countersign all certificates, contracts and other instruments of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation. In addition, the president shall, unless otherwise directed by the board of directors, attend in person or by substitute appointed by them, or by written instruments appointing proxy or proxies to represent the corporation, all meetings of the stockholders of any corporation in which the corporation shall hold any stock and may, on behalf of the corporation, in person or by substitute or proxy, execute written waivers of notice and consents with respect to such meetings. At all such meetings, and otherwise, the president, in person or by substitute or proxy as aforesaid, may vote the stock so held by the corporation and may execute written consent and other instruments with respect to such stock and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of said stock, subject however to the instructions, if any, of the board of directors. Subject to the directions of the board of directors, the president shall exercise all other powers and perform all other duties normally incident to the office of president of a corporation and shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the board.

        (b)   Chairman Of The Board. If a chairman of the board has been elected, the chairman of the board shall be the presiding officer at meetings of the board of directors and shall have, subject to the direction and modification of the board of directors, all the same responsibilities, rights and obligations as described in these bylaws for the president.

        (c)   Vice Presidents. The vice presidents, if any shall be elected, and if they be so directed, shall assist the president and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the president or by the board of directors. In the absence of the president, the vice president designated by the board of directors or (if there be no such designation) designated in writing by the president shall have the powers and perform the duties of the president. If no such designation shall be made all vice presidents may exercise such powers and perform such duties.

        (d)   Secretary. The secretary shall perform the following functions: (i) record or cause to be recorded the proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders, the board of directors and any committees of the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose; (ii) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws or as required by law; (iii) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation; (iv) keep at the corporation's registered office or principal place of business within or outside Maryland a record containing the names and addresses of all stockholders and the number and class of shares held by each, unless such a record shall be kept at the office of the corporation's transfer agent or registrar; (v) have general charge of the stock books of the corporation, unless the corporation has a transfer agent; and (vi) in general, perform all other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the president, or by the board of directors. Assistant secretaries, if any, shall have the same duties and powers, subject to supervision by the secretary.

        (e)   Treasurer. The treasurer shall perform the following functions: (i) be the principal financial officer of the corporation and have the care and custody of all funds, securities, evidences of indebtedness and other personal property of the corporation and deposit the same in accordance with the instructions of the board of directors; (ii) receive and give receipts and acquittances for monies paid in on account of the corporation, and pay out of the funds on hand all bills, payrolls and other just debts of the corporation of whatever nature upon maturity; (iii) be the principal accounting officer of the corporation and as such prescribe and maintain the methods and systems of accounting to be followed, keep complete books and records of account, prepare and file all local, state and federal tax returns, prescribe and maintain an

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adequate system of internal audit, and prepare and furnish to the president and the board of directors statements of account showing the financial position of the corporation and the results of its operations; and (iv) perform all other duties incident to the office of treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the president or the board of directors. Assistant treasurers, if any, shall have the same powers and duties, subject to the supervision of the treasurer.

        Section 6. Surety Bonds. The board of directors may require any officer or agent of the corporation to execute to the corporation a bond in such sums and with such sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and for the restoration to the corporation of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

        Section 7. Salaries. Officers of the corporation shall be entitled to such salaries, emoluments, compensation or reimbursement as shall be fixed or allowed from time to time by the board of directors.

ARTICLE V
Stock

        Section 1. Certificates. Each holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed in the name of the corporation by the president or a vice-president or the chairman of the board and countersigned by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation. Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. Certificates of stock shall be consecutively numbered and shall be in such form consistent with law as shall be prescribed by the board of directors.

        Section 2. Record. A record shall be kept of the name and address of each person or other entity holding the stock represented by each certificate for shares of the corporation issued, the number of shares represented by each such certificate, the date thereof and, in the case of cancellation, the date of cancellation. The person or other entity in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof, and thus a holder of record of such shares of stock, for all purposes as regards the corporation.

        Section 3. Consideration For Shares. Shares shall be issued for such consideration (but not less than the par value thereof) as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors. Treasury shares shall be disposed of for such consideration as may be determined from time to time by the board. Such consideration may consist, in whole or in part, of cash, personal property (whether tangible or intangible), real property, leases of real property, labor or services actually rendered, or promissory notes or other obligations for future payment in money, and, subject to the provisions of Section 4 of this Article V, shall be fully paid in such form prior to the issuance of the certificate representing such shares, in such manner and at such times as the directors may require.

        Section 4. Issuance Of Stock. The capital stock issued by the corporation must be non-assessable. It shall be deemed to be fully paid and nonassessable stock, if: (a) the entire amount of the consideration has been received by the corporation in the form or forms set forth in Section 3 of this Article V and if any part of the consideration is in the form of a promissory note or other obligation, such note or obligation has been satisfied in full; or (b) not less than the amount of the consideration determined to be capital pursuant to statute has been received by the corporation in the form or forms set forth in Section 3 of this Article V and the corporation has received a binding obligation of the subscriber or purchaser to pay the balance of the subscription or purchase price; provided, however, nothing contained herein shall prevent the board of directors from issuing partly paid shares as described herein.

        The corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent any such partly paid shares the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated. Upon the declaration of any dividend upon partly paid shares, the corporation shall declare a dividend upon

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partly paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.

        The directors may from time to time demand payment, in respect of each share of stock not fully paid, of such sum of money as the necessities of the business may, in the judgment of the board of directors, require, not exceeding in the whole, the balance remaining unpaid on said stock, and such sum so demanded shall be paid to the corporation at such times and by such installments as the directors shall direct. The directors shall give written notice of the time and place of such payments, which notice shall be mailed to each holder or subscriber to his last known post office address at least thirty days before the time for such payment for stock which is not fully paid.

        The corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue fractional shares of stock. If it does not issue fractions of a share, it shall: (a) eliminate a fractional interest by rounding off to a full shares of stock; (b) pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined; or (c) issue scrip or other evidence of ownership which shall entitle the holder to receive a certificate for a full share upon the surrender of such scrip or warrants aggregating a full share. A certificate for a fractional share shall, but scrip or warrants shall not unless provided therein, entitle the holder to exercise voting rights, to receive dividends thereon, and to participate in any of the assets of the corporation in the event of liquidation. The board of directors may cause scrip or warrants to be issued subject to the conditions that they shall become void if not exchanged for certificates representing full shares before a specified date, or subject to the conditions that the shares for which scrip or warrants are exchangeable may be sold by the corporation and the proceeds thereof distributed to the holders of scrip or warrants, or subject to any other conditions which the board of directors may impose.

        The board of directors may, at any time and from time to time, if all of the shares of capital stock which the corporation is authorized by its articles of incorporation to issue have not been issued, subscribed for, or otherwise committed to be issued, issue or take subscriptions for additional shares of its capital stock up to the amount authorized in its articles of incorporation.

        Section 5. Lost Certificates. In case of the alleged loss, destruction or mutilation of a certificate of stock, the board of directors may direct the issuance of a new certificate in lieu thereof upon such terms and conditions in conformity with law as it may prescribe. The board of directors may in its discretion require the owner of the certificate to give a bond in such form and amount and with such surety as it may determine, before issuing a new certificate in order to provide for indemnification of the corporation against any loss or claim arising as a result of the issuance of the new certificate.

        Section 6. Transfer Of Shares. Upon surrender to the corporation or to a transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate of stock duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate, and record the transaction in the stock books; provided however, that the corporation shall not be required to effect the requested transfer if the corporation believes the requested transfer would be in violation of any applicable law, regulation, court order or other restriction of any nature.

        Section 7. Registered Stockholders. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and the corporation shall be entitled to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and the corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Maryland.

        Section 8. Transfer Agents, Registrars And Paying Agents. The board may at its discretion appoint one or more transfer agents, registrars and agents for making payment upon any class of stock, bond, debenture or other security of the corporation. Such agents and registrars may be located either within or outside Maryland. They shall have such rights and duties and shall be entitled to such compensation as may be agreed.

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ARTICLE VI
Indemnification Of Officers And Directors

        Section 1. Indemnification Of Directors, Officers, And Others. Subject to Section 2 of this Article VI, any 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 the fact that he is or was at any time since the inception of the corporation a director, officer or employee of the corporation, or is or was at any time since the inception of the corporation 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 serving as trustee, plan administrator or other fiduciary of any employee benefit plan, shall be indemnified by the corporation to the full extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland (or any similar provision or provisions of applicable law at the time in effect). Notwithstanding any other provision in these Bylaws, the corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation and transfer of its shares by electronic or other means not involving any issuance of certificates, including provisions for notice to purchasers in substitution for any required statements on certificates, and as may be required by applicable corporate securities laws, which system has been approved by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Any system so adopted shall not become effective as to issued and outstanding certificated securities until the certificates therefor have been surrendered to the corporation.

        Section 2. Indemnification Of Officers, Directors And Employees Pursuant To The Common Law Or Statutory Provisions Other Than The General Corporation Law Of The State Of Maryland. Any 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 the fact that he is or was at any time since the inception of the corporation a director, officer or employee of the corporation, or is or was at any time since the inception of the corporation serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, or employee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including serving as trustee, plan administrator or other fiduciary of any employee benefit plan, shall be indemnified by the corporation to the full extent permitted by the common law and by any statutory provision other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland.

        Section 3. Mandatory Advance Of Expenses. Reasonable expenses incurred in defending any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 1 or 2 of this Article VI shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of (i) a written affirmation by the director of the director's good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation as authorized by Section 2-418 of the Maryland General Corporation Law has been met, and (ii) an undertaking by or on behalf of such director, officer or employee to repay such amount to the corporation if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article.

        Section 4. Payment Of Indemnified Claims. Reasonable amounts required to be paid in settlement or as a judgment in any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 1 or 2 of this Article VI shall be paid by the corporation within 90 days of the receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director, officer or employee to repay such amount to the corporation if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article; provided however, that the corporation shall not be required to pay such amounts if a majority of the members of the Board of Directors vote to deny the request for indemnification within the 90 day period set forth in this Section 4.

        Section 5. Rights Of Appeal. In the event that the corporation advances funds for indemnification pursuant to this Article, and, subsequently, indemnification pursuant to this Article is declared unenforceable by a court, or the corporation determines that the director, officer or employee on whose behalf the funds were advanced is not entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article, then such director, officer or employee shall have the right to retain the indemnification payments until all appeals of the court's or the corporation's decision have been exhausted.

        Section 6. Additional Indemnification. Without limiting the indemnification otherwise provided by this Article VI, any 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 the fact that he is or was at any time since the inception of the corporation a director, officer or employee of the corporation or a wholly owned subsidiary of the corporation, or is or was at any time since the inception of the corporation a

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trustee, plan administrator or other fiduciary of any employee benefit plan of the corporation or a wholly owned subsidiary of the corporation, shall be indemnified by the corporation against all expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including an action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, if he (i) acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, (ii) his conduct was not material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was not committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (iii) he did not actually receive an improper personal benefit in money, property or services, and (iv) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

        Section 7. Indemnification Not Exclusive. The indemnification provided in this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification may be entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.

        Section 8. Insurance. By action of the board of directors, notwithstanding any interest of the directors in such action, the corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, in such amounts as the board may deem appropriate, on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer or employee 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 against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under applicable provisions of laws.

        Section 9. Applicability; Effect. Any indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Article VI shall be applicable to acts or omissions that occurred prior to the adoption of this Article VI, shall continue as to any persons who ceased to be a director, officer, or employee of the corporation or a wholly owned subsidiary of the corporation, or was serving as or has since ceased to be a trustee, plan administrator or other fiduciary of any employee benefit plan of the corporation or a wholly owned subsidiary of the corporation, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such person. The repeal or amendment of this Article VI or any Section or provision hereof which would have the effect of limiting, qualifying or restricting any of the powers or rights of indemnification provided or permitted in this Article VI shall not, solely by reason of such repeal or amendment, eliminate, restrict or otherwise affect the right or power of the corporation to indemnify any person, or affect any right of indemnification of such person, with respect to any acts or omissions which occurred prior to such repeal or amendment. All rights under this Article VI shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the corporation and each person covered hereby.

        Section 10. Savings Clause. If this Article VI or any Section or provision hereof shall be invalidated by any court on any ground, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each party otherwise entitled to indemnification hereunder to the fullest extent permitted by law or any applicable provision of this Article VI that shall not have been invalidated.

ARTICLE VII
Execution Of Instruments; Loans; Checks And Endorsements; Deposits; Proxies

        Section 1. Execution Of Instruments. The president or any vice president shall have the power to execute and deliver on behalf of and in the name of the corporation any instrument requiring the signature of an officer of the corporation, except as otherwise provided by law or in these bylaws or where the execution and delivery thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation. Unless authorized to do so by these bylaws or by the board of directors, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation in any way, to pledge its credit or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose or in any amount.

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        Section 2. Loans To Directors, Officers And Employees. The corporation may lend money to, guarantee the obligations of and otherwise assist directors, officers and employees of the corporation, or directors of another corporation of which the corporation owns a majority of the voting stock, only upon compliance with the requirements of the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland.

        Section 3. Checks And Endorsements. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, obligations, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, bills of lading, warehouse receipts, trade acceptances and other such instruments shall be signed or endorsed by such officers or agents of the corporation as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the board of directors, which resolution may provide for the use of facsimile signatures.

        Section 4. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the corporation's credit in such banks or other depositories as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the board of directors, which resolution may specify the officers or agents of the corporation who shall have the power, and the manner in which such powers shall be exercised, to make such deposits and to endorse, assign and deliver for collection and deposit checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money payable to the corporation or its order.

        Section 5. Proxies. Unless otherwise provided by resolution adopted by the board of directors, the president or any vice president may from time to time appoint one or more agents or attorneys-in-fact of the corporation, in the name and on behalf of the corporation, to cast the votes which the corporation may be entitled to cast as the holder of stock or other securities in any other corporation, association or other entity any of whose stock or other securities may be held by the corporation, at meetings of the holders of the stock or other securities of such other corporation, association or other entity or to consent in writing, in the name of the corporation as such other entity, and may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such consent, and may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the corporation and under its corporate seal, or otherwise, all such written proxies or other instruments as he may deem necessary or proper in the premises.

ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous

        Section 1. Waivers Of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given by law, by the articles of incorporation or by these bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting or (in the case of a stockholder) by proxy shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors, or members of a committee of directors need to be specified in any written waiver or notice unless so required by the articles of incorporation or these bylaws.

        Section 2. Presumption Of Assent. A director or stockholder of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or stockholders at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director or stockholder who voted in favor of such action.

        Section 3. Seal. The corporate seal of the corporation shall be circular in form and shall contain the name of the corporation and the words "Seal, Maryland." The custodian of the seal shall be the secretary, who along with the president or other officer authorized by the board of directors, may affix the seal to documents of the corporation.

        Section 4. Amendments. These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the board of directors at any meeting of the directors. These bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed or new

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bylaws may be adopted by a vote of a majority of the outstanding shares, without the necessity of the concurrence of the board of directors.

        Section 5. Emergency Bylaws. Subject to repeal or change by action of the stockholders, the board of directors may adopt emergency bylaws in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland.

ARTICLE IX
Certain Elections

Section 1. Exemption from Control Share Acquisition Statute. The provisions of Sections 3-701 to 3-709 of the Maryland General Corporation Law shall not apply to any acquisition of shares of capital stock of the corporation pursuant to transactions contemplated by either: (i) the two Securities Purchase Agreements, to be entered into on or about July 25, 2017, among the Corporation and certain "Purchasers" named therein, (ii) that certain Voting Agreement, to be entered into on or about July 25, 2017, among Joseph Ram, Cooltech Holding Corp. and the Corporation, (iii) that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, to be entered into on or about July 25, 2017, among the Corporation, Cooltech Holding Corp. and each of the other parties named (the "Merger Agreement"), and (iv) the other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents to be executed or delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

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EX-4 4 ifon-ex41_177.htm EX-4.1 ifon-ex41_177.htm

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

OF INFOSONICS CORPORATION

 

CLASSIFYING 10,000,000 SHARES OF 0% SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

AND

THE PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS OF THE 0% SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

InfoSonics Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Maryland having its principal office in Baltimore City, Maryland (the “Company”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation as follows:

FIRST:  Pursuant to Section 2-208 of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”) and the authority expressly conferred upon the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) by Article FOURTH of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (the “Charter”), the Board by unanimous written consent dated September 12, 2017, adopted the following resolutions classifying 10,000,000 unissued shares of Preferred Stock as 0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, none of which shares have been issued:

RESOLVED, that the Board designates the 0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and the number of shares constituting such series, and fixes the preferences, conversion, and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption as follows:

TERMS OF 0% SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

1.Designation and Number of Shares. There shall hereby be created and established a series of preferred stock of the Company designated as “0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “Preferred Shares”).  The authorized number of Preferred Shares shall be 10,000,000 shares. Each Preferred Share shall have $0.001 par value (the “Par Value”). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning as set forth in the Merger Agreement (as defined below) or in Section 23 below.

2.Ranking. Except to the extent that the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Preferred Shares (the “Required Holders”) expressly consent to the creation of Parity Stock (as defined below) or Senior Preferred Stock (as defined below) in accordance with Section 12, all shares of capital stock of the Company shall be junior in rank to all Preferred Shares with respect to the preferences as to dividends, distributions and payments upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding-up of the Company (such junior stock is referred to herein collectively as “Junior Stock”). The rights of all such shares of capital stock of the Company shall be subject to the rights, powers, preferences and privileges of the Preferred Shares.  Without limiting any other provision of these Articles Supplementary, and notwithstanding any provision of the Charter, without the prior express consent of the Required Holders, voting separate as a single class, the Company shall not hereafter authorize or issue any additional or other shares of capital stock that

 


 

is (a) of senior rank to the Preferred Shares in respect of the preferences as to dividends, distributions and payments upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding-up of the Company (collectively, the “Senior Preferred Stock”), (b) of pari passu rank to the Preferred Shares in respect of the preferences as to dividends, distributions and payments upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding-up of the Company (collectively, the “Parity Stock”), or (c) any Junior Stock having a maturity date (or any other date requiring redemption or repayment of such shares of Junior Stock) that is prior to the date on which any Preferred Shares remain outstanding. In the event of the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, the Preferred Shares shall maintain their relative rights, powers, designations, privileges and preferences provided for herein and no such merger or consolidation shall result inconsistent therewith

3.Dividends. In addition to Sections 5(a) and 11 below, from and after the first date of issuance of any Preferred Shares (the “Initial Issuance Date”), each holder of a Preferred Share (each, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”) shall be entitled to receive dividends (“Dividends”) when and as declared by the Board, from time to time, in its sole discretion, which Dividends shall be paid by the Company out of funds legally available therefor, payable, subject to the conditions and other terms hereof, in cash as if such Holders had converted the Preferred Shares into Common Stock (without regard to any limitations on conversion) and had held such shares of Common Stock on the record date for such dividends and distributions.  Payments under the preceding sentence shall be made concurrently with the dividend or distribution to the holders of Common Stock.

4.Conversion. Each Preferred Share shall be convertible into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (as defined below) on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 4.

(a)Holder’s Conversion Right. Subject to the provisions of Section 4(e), at any time or times on or after the Initial Issuance Date, each Holder shall be entitled to convert any whole number of Preferred Shares into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 4(c) at the Conversion Rate (as defined below).

(b)Conversion Rate. The number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of each Preferred Share pursuant to Section 4(a) shall be determined according to the following formula (the “Conversion Rate”):

Base Amount
Conversion Price

No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the conversion of any Preferred Shares. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share.

(c)Mechanics of Conversion. The conversion of each Preferred Share shall be conducted in the following manner:

 


 

(i) Holder’s Conversion. To convert a Preferred Share into validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock on any date (a “Conversion Date”), a Holder shall deliver (whether via facsimile or otherwise), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion of the share(s) of Preferred Shares subject to such conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Conversion Notice”) to the Company. If required by Section 4(c)(vi), within five (5) Trading Days following a conversion of any such Preferred Shares as aforesaid, such Holder shall surrender to a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for delivery to the Company the original certificates representing the share(s) of Preferred Shares (the “Preferred Share Certificates”) so converted as aforesaid.

(ii) Company’s Response. On or before the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile an acknowledgment of confirmation, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit II, of receipt of such Conversion Notice to such Holder and the transfer agent for the Company’s Common Stock (the “Transfer Agent”), which confirmation shall constitute an instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Conversion Notice in accordance with the terms herein. On or before the second (2nd) Trading Day following the date of receipt by the Company of such Conversion Notice, the Company shall (1) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled to such Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (2) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in such Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of such Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled. If the number of Preferred Shares represented by the Preferred Share Certificate(s) submitted for conversion pursuant to Section 4(c)(vi) is greater than the number of Preferred Shares being converted, then the Company shall if requested by such Holder, as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Trading Days after receipt of the Preferred Share Certificate(s) and at its own expense, issue and deliver to such Holder (or its designee) a new Preferred Share Certificate representing the number of Preferred Shares not converted.

(iii) Record Holder. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of Preferred Shares shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date.

(iv) Company’s Failure to Timely Convert. If the Company shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, to issue to a Holder within three (3) Trading Days after the Company’s receipt of a Conversion Notice (whether via facsimile or otherwise) (the “Share Delivery Deadline”), a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled and register such shares of Common Stock

 


 

on the Company’s share register or to credit such Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC for such number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled upon such Holder’s conversion of any Preferred Shares (as the case may be) (a “Conversion Failure”), then, in addition to all other remedies available to such Holder, such Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Conversion Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned (as the case may be) any Preferred Shares that have not been converted pursuant to such Holder’s Conversion Notice, provided that the voiding of a Conversion Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to the terms of these Articles Supplementary or otherwise and (y) the Company shall pay in cash to such Holder on each day after such third (3rd) Trading Day that the issuance of such shares of Common Stock is not timely effected an amount equal to 1.5% of the product of (A) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock not issued to such Holder on a timely basis and to which the Holder is entitled and (B) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the last possible date on which the  Company could have issued such shares of Common Stock to the Holder without violating Section 4(c).  In addition to the foregoing, if within three (3) Trading Days after the Company’s receipt of a Conversion Notice (whether via facsimile or otherwise), the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to such Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or credit such Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled upon such Holder’s conversion hereunder (as the case may be), and if on or after such third (3rd) Trading Day such Holder (or any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of such Holder) purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, or a sale of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to all or any portion of the number of shares of Common Stock, issuable upon such conversion that such Holder so anticipated receiving from the Company, then, in addition to all other remedies available to such Holder, the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after such Holder’s request and in such Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to such Holder in an amount equal to such Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of such Holder) (the “Buy-In Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled upon such Holder’s conversion hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such shares of Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to such Holder a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock or credit such Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled upon such Holder’s conversion hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to such Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price

 


 

over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Conversion Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause

(v) Pro Rata Conversion; Disputes. In the event the Company receives a Conversion Notice from more than one Holder for the same Conversion Date and the Company can convert some, but not all, of such Preferred Shares submitted for conversion, the Company shall convert from each Holder electing to have Preferred Shares converted on such date a pro rata amount of such Holder’s Preferred Shares submitted for conversion on such date based on the number of Preferred Shares submitted for conversion on such date by such Holder relative to the aggregate number of Preferred Shares submitted for conversion on such date. In the event of a dispute as to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to a Holder in connection with a conversion of Preferred Shares, the Company shall issue to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock not in dispute and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 22.

(vi) Book-Entry. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 4, upon conversion of any Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms hereof, no Holder thereof shall be required to physically surrender the certificate representing the Preferred Shares to the Company following conversion thereof unless (A) the full or remaining number of Preferred Shares represented by the certificate are being converted (in which event such certificate(s) shall be delivered to the Company as contemplated by this Section 4(c)(vi)) or (B) such Holder has provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion Notice) requesting reissuance of Preferred Shares upon physical surrender of any Preferred Shares. Each Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Preferred Shares so converted by such Holder and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to such Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of the certificate representing the Preferred Shares upon each such conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, such records of such Holder establishing the number of Preferred Shares to which the record holder is entitled shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. A Holder and any transferee or assignee, by acceptance of a certificate, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of any Preferred Shares, the number of Preferred Shares represented by such certificate may be less than the number of Preferred Shares stated on the face thereof.  Each certificate for Preferred Shares shall bear the following legend:

 

ANY TRANSFEREE OR ASSIGNEE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THE CORPORATION’S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY RELATING TO THE SHARES OF 0% SERIES A PREFERRED

 


 

STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE, INCLUDING SECTION 4(c)(vi) OF THE ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY. THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF 0% SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF 0% SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK STATED ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 4(c)(vi) OF THE ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY RELATING TO THE SHARES OF 0% SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE.

(d)Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp, transfer (but only in respect of the registered holder thereof), issuance and other similar taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Preferred Shares.

(e)Limitation on Beneficial Ownership.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Charter or Articles Supplementary, the Preferred Shares held by a Holder shall not be convertible by such Holder, and the Company shall not effect any conversion of any Preferred Shares held by such Holder, to the extent (but only to the extent) that such Holder or any of its affiliates would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the Common Stock. To the extent the above limitation applies, the determination of whether the Preferred Shares held by such Holder shall be convertible (vis-à-vis other convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities owned by such Holder or any of its affiliates) and of which such securities shall be convertible, exercisable or exchangeable (as among all such securities owned by such Holder and its affiliates) shall, subject to such Maximum Percentage limitation, be determined on the basis of the first submission to the Company for conversion, exercise or exchange (as the case may be). No prior inability of a Holder to convert Preferred Shares, or of the Company to issue shares of Common Stock to such Holder, pursuant to this Section 4(e) shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this Section 4(e) with respect to any subsequent determination of convertibility or issuance (as the case may be). For purposes of this Section 4(e), beneficial ownership and all determinations and calculations (including, without limitation, with respect to calculations of percentage ownership) shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The provisions of this Section 4(e) shall be implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(e) to correct this Section 4(e) (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Maximum Percentage beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such Maximum Percentage limitation. The limitations contained in this Section 4(e) shall apply to a successor holder of Preferred Shares. The holders of Common Stock shall be third party beneficiaries of this Section 4(e) and the Company may not waive this Section 4(e). For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company

 


 

shall within two (2) Business Days confirm orally and in writing to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding, including by virtue of any prior conversion or exercise of convertible or exercisable securities into Common Stock, including, without limitation, pursuant to these Articles Supplementary or securities issued pursuant to the Exchange Agreements.  By written notice to the Company, any Holder may increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to such Holder sending such notice and not to any other Holder.

5.Rights Upon Issuance of Purchase Rights and Other Corporate Events.

(a)Purchase Rights. Notwithstanding subsection (d) of Article FOURTH of the Charter, and in addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 7 below, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to all of the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then each Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which such Holder could have acquired if such Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of all the Preferred Shares (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of the Preferred Shares) held by such Holder immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that such Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in such Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then such Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for such Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in such Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage).

(b)Other Corporate Events. In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “Corporate Event”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that each Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon a conversion of all the Preferred Shares held by such Holder (i) in addition to the shares of Common Stock receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets to which such Holder would have been entitled with respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares of Common Stock been held by such Holder upon the consummation of such Corporate Event (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of the Preferred Shares contained in these Articles Supplementary) or (ii) in lieu of the shares of Common Stock otherwise receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets received by the holders of shares of Common Stock in connection with the consummation of such Corporate Event in such amounts as such Holder would have been entitled to receive had the Preferred Shares held

 


 

by such Holder initially been issued with conversion rights for the form of such consideration (as opposed to shares of Common Stock) at a conversion rate for such consideration commensurate with the Conversion Rate. The provisions of this Section 5(b) shall apply similarly and equally to successive Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Preferred Shares contained in these Articles Supplementary.

6.Rights Upon Fundamental Transactions.  Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of the Charter and Articles Supplementary and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under the Charter and Articles Supplementary and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein and therein. In addition to the foregoing, upon consummation of a Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to each Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion of the Preferred Shares at any time after the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property (except such items still issuable under Sections 5 and 11, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)) issuable upon the conversion of the Preferred Shares prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of the Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) or other consideration which each Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had all the Preferred Shares held by each Holder been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Preferred Shares contained in these Articles Supplementary), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of these Articles Supplementary. The provisions of this Section 6 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion of the Preferred Shares.

7.Rights Upon Issuance of Other Securities.

(i) (a)Record Date. If the Company takes a record of the holders of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase (as the case may be).

(b)Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. Without limiting any provision of Sections 5 and 11, if the Company at any time on or after the Initial Issuance Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. Without limiting any provision of Sections 5 and 11, if the Company at any time on or after the Initial Issuance Date combines

 


 

(by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased. Any adjustment pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination. If any event requiring an adjustment under this Section 7(b) occurs during the period that a Conversion Price is calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Conversion Price shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.

(c)Other Events. In the event that the Company (or any Subsidiary) shall take any action to which the provisions hereof are not strictly applicable, or, if applicable, would not operate to protect any Holder from dilution or if any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 7 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the Board shall in good faith determine and implement an appropriate adjustment in the Conversion Price so as to protect the rights of such Holder, provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 7(c) will increase the Conversion Price as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 7, provided further that if such Holder does not accept such adjustments as appropriately protecting its interests hereunder against such dilution, then the Board and such Holder shall agree, in good faith, upon an independent investment bank of nationally recognized standing to make such appropriate adjustments, whose determination shall be final and binding and whose fees and expenses shall be borne by the Company.

(d)Calculations. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made by rounding to the nearest one-hundred thousandth of a cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.

8.Authorized Shares.

(a)Reservation. The Company shall initially reserve out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 125% of the Conversion Rate with respect to the Base Amount of each Preferred Share as of the Initial Issuance Date (assuming for purposes hereof, that all the Preferred Shares issuable pursuant to the Merger Agreement have been issued, such Preferred Shares are convertible at the Conversion Price and without taking into account any limitations on the conversion of such Preferred Shares set forth in herein) issuable pursuant to the terms of these Articles Supplementary from the Initial Issuance Date through the second anniversary of the Initial Issuance Date assuming (assuming for purposes hereof, that all the Preferred Shares issuable pursuant to the Merger Agreement have been issued and without taking into account any limitations on the issuance of securities set forth herein). So long as any of the Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Preferred Shares, as of any given date, 125% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of all of the Preferred Shares issued or issuable pursuant to the Merger

 


 

Agreement assuming for purposes hereof, that all the Preferred Shares issuable pursuant to the Merger Agreement have been issued and without taking into account any limitations on the issuance of securities set forth herein), provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock so available be less than the number of shares required to be reserved by the previous sentence (without regard to any limitations on conversions contained in the Charter or Articles Supplementary) (the “Required Amount”). The initial number of shares of Common Stock reserved for conversions of the Preferred Shares and each increase in the number of shares so reserved shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders based on the number of Preferred Shares held by each Holder on the Initial Issuance Date or increase in the number of reserved shares (as the case may be) (the “Authorized Share Allocation”). In the event a Holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such Holder’s Preferred Shares, each transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such Holder’s Authorized Share Allocation. Any shares of Common Stock reserved and allocated to any Person which ceases to hold any Preferred Shares shall be allocated to the remaining Holders of Preferred Shares, pro rata based on the number of Preferred Shares then held by such Holders.  

(i) Insufficient Authorized Shares.  If, notwithstanding Section 8(a) and not in limitation thereof, at any time while any of the Preferred Shares remain outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to have available for issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Shares at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then the Company shall promptly take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve and have available the Required Amount for all of the Preferred Shares then outstanding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of its stockholders or conduct a consent solicitation for the approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares of Common Stock and to cause its Board to recommend to the stockholders that they approve such proposal.  Nothing contained in this Section 8 shall limit any obligations of the Company under any provision of the Merger Agreement.  In the event that the Company is prohibited from issuing shares of Common Stock upon a conversion of any Preferred Share due to the failure by the Company to have sufficient shares of Common Stock available out of the authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (such unavailable number of shares of Common Stock, the “Authorization Failure Shares”), in lieu of delivering such Authorization Failure Shares to such Holder of such Preferred Shares, the Company shall pay cash in exchange for the cancellation of such Preferred Shares convertible into such Authorized Failure Shares at a price equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) such number of Authorization Failure Shares and (y) the Closing Sale Price on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date

 


 

such Holder delivers the applicable Conversion Notice with respect to such Authorization Failure Shares to the Company and (ii) to the extent such Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of Authorization Failure Shares, any brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any, of such Holder incurred in connection therewith.  

9.Voting Rights. Except as otherwise expressly required by law, each holder of Preferred Shares shall be entitled to vote on all matters submitted to shareholders of the Company and shall be entitled to the number of votes for each Preferred Share owned at the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote on such matter or, if no such record date is established, at the date such vote is taken or any written consent of shareholders is solicited, equal to the number of shares of Common Stock such Preferred Shares are convertible into (voting as a class with Common Stock) based on a per share price of $1.00, but not in excess of the conversion limitations set forth in Section 4(e) herein. Except as otherwise required by law, the holders of Preferred Shares shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock on all matters and shall not vote as a separate class.  

10.Liquidation, Dissolution, Winding-Up. In the event of a Liquidation Event, the Holders shall be entitled to receive in cash out of the assets of the Company, whether from capital or from earnings available for distribution to its shareholders (the “Liquidation Funds”), before any amount shall be paid to the holders of any of shares of Junior Stock, an amount per Preferred Share equal to the greater of (a) par value of the Preferred Shares, and (b) the amount per share such Holder would receive if such Holder converted such Preferred Shares into Common Stock immediately prior to the date of such payment; provided, however, that, if the Liquidation Funds are insufficient to pay the full amount due to the Holders and holders of shares of Parity Stock, then each Holder and each holder of Parity Stock shall receive a percentage of the Liquidation Funds equal to the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to such Holder and such holder of Parity Stock as a liquidation preference, in accordance with their respective articles supplementary (or equivalent), as a percentage of the full amount of Liquidation Funds payable to all holders of Preferred Shares and all holders of shares of Parity Stock. To the extent necessary, the Company shall cause such actions to be taken by each of its Subsidiaries so as to enable, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the proceeds of a Liquidation Event to be distributed to the Holders in accordance with this Section 10. All the preferential amounts to be paid to the Holders under this Section 10 shall be paid or set apart for payment before the payment or setting apart for payment of any amount for, or the distribution of any Liquidation Funds of the Company to the holders of shares of Junior Stock in connection with a Liquidation Event as to which this Section 10 applies.

11.Participation. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to these Articles Supplementary, the Holders shall, as holders of Preferred Shares, be entitled to receive such dividends paid and distributions made to the holders of shares of Common Stock to the same extent as if such Holders had converted each Preferred Share held by each of them into shares of Common Stock (without regard to any limitations on conversion herein or elsewhere) and had held such shares of Common Stock on the record date for such dividends and distributions. Payments under the preceding sentence shall be made concurrently with the dividend or distribution to the holders of shares of Common Stock (provided, however, to the extent that a Holder’s right to participate in any such dividend or distribution would result in such Holder exceeding the Maximum

 


 

Percentage, then such Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution to such extent (or the beneficial ownership of any such shares of Common Stock as a result of such dividend or distribution to such extent) and such dividend or distribution to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of such Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in such Holder exceeding the Maximum Percentage).

12.Vote to Change the Terms of or Issue Preferred Shares.  In addition to any other rights provided by law, except where the vote or written consent of the holders of a greater number of shares is required by law or by another provision of the Charter, without first obtaining the affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose or the written consent without a meeting of holders of at least 60% of the outstanding Preferred Shares including (the “Required Holders”), voting together as a single class, the Company shall not: (a) amend or repeal any provision of, or add any provision to, its Charter or bylaws, or file any articles supplementary or articles of amendment of any series of shares of preferred stock, if such action would adversely alter or change in any respect the preferences, rights, privileges or powers, or restrictions provided for the benefit, of the Preferred Shares, regardless of whether any such action shall be by means of amendment to the Charter or by merger, consolidation or otherwise; (b) increase or decrease (other than by conversion) the authorized number of Preferred Shares; (c) issue any Preferred Shares other than pursuant to the Merger Agreement; or (d) without limiting any provision of Section 16, whether or not prohibited by the terms of the Preferred Shares, circumvent a right of the Preferred Shares.  

13.Intentionally Omitted.

14.Lost or Stolen Certificates.  Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificates representing Preferred Shares (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of an indemnification undertaking by the applicable Holder to the Company in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of the certificate(s), the Company shall execute and deliver new certificate(s) of like tenor and date.

15.Remedies, Characterizations, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief.  The remedies provided in these Articles Supplementary shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under these Articles Supplementary and any of the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and no remedy contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of compliance with the provisions giving rise to such remedy. Nothing herein shall limit any Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of these Articles Supplementary. The Company covenants to each Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by a Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holders and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, each Holder shall be

 


 

entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any such breach or any such threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall provide all information and documentation to a Holder that is requested by such Holder to enable such Holder to confirm the Company’s compliance with the terms and conditions of these Articles Supplementary.

16.Noncircumvention. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Charter, bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of these Articles Supplementary, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of the Charter and Articles Supplementary and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provision of the Charter or Articles Supplementary, the Company (i) shall not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the conversion of any Preferred Shares above the Conversion Price then in effect, (ii) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Preferred Shares and (iii) shall, so long as any Preferred Shares are outstanding, take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Preferred Shares, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of the Preferred Shares then outstanding (without regard to any limitations on conversion contained herein).

17.Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver.  No failure or delay on the part of a Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party. These Articles Supplementary shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all Holders and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof.

18.Notices. The Company shall provide each Holder of Preferred Shares with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to the terms of these Articles Supplementary, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Whenever notice is required to be given under these Articles Supplementary, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice must be in writing and shall be given in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall give written notice to each Holder (i) promptly following any adjustment of the Conversion Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grant, issuances, or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property to all holders of shares of Common Stock as a class or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided, in each case, that such information shall be made known to the public prior to, or simultaneously with, such notice being provided to any Holder.

 


 

19.Transfer of Preferred Shares. The Holder may transfer some or all of its Preferred Shares without the consent of the Company.

20.Preferred Shares Register.  The Company shall maintain at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the Holders), a register for the Preferred Shares, in which the Company shall record the name, address and facsimile number of the Persons in whose name the Preferred Shares have been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee. The Company may treat the Person in whose name any Preferred Shares is registered on the register as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, but in all events recognizing any properly made transfers.

21.Stockholder Matters; Amendment.

(a)Stockholder Matters. Any stockholder action, approval or consent required, desired or otherwise sought by the Company pursuant to the MGCL, the Charter, these Articles Supplementary or otherwise with respect to the issuance of Preferred Shares may be effected by written consent of the Company’s stockholders or at a duly called meeting of the Company’s stockholders, all in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the MGCL. This provision is intended to comply with the applicable sections of the MGCL permitting stockholder action, approval and consent affected by written consent in lieu of a meeting.

(b)Amendment. These Articles Supplementary or any provision hereof may be amended by obtaining the affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose, or written consent without a meeting in accordance with the MGCL, of the Required Holders, voting separate as a single class, and with such other stockholder approval, if any, as may then be required pursuant to the laws of the MGCL and the Charter.

22.Dispute Resolution.

(a)Disputes Over Closing Sale Price, Conversion Price or Fair Market Value.

(i) In the case of a dispute relating to a Closing Sale Price, a Conversion Price or fair market value (as the case may be) (including, without limitation, a dispute relating to the determination of any of the foregoing), the Company or such applicable Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the dispute via facsimile (I) within two (2) Business Days after delivery of the applicable notice giving rise to such dispute to the Company or such Holder (as the case may be) or (II) if no notice gave rise to such dispute, at any time after such Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If such Holder and the Company are unable to resolve such dispute relating to such Closing Sale Price, such Conversion Price or such fair market value (as the case may be) by 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the third (3rd) Business Day following such delivery by the Company or such Holder (as the case may be) of such dispute to the Company or such

 


 

Holder (as the case may be), then such Holder shall select an independent, reputable investment bank to resolve such dispute.

(ii) Such Holder and the Company shall each deliver to such investment bank (x) a copy of the initial dispute submission so delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 22(a) and (y) written documentation supporting its position with respect to such dispute, in each case, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) by the fifth (5th) Business Day immediately following the date on which such Holder selected such investment bank (the “Dispute Submission Deadline”) (the documents referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (x) and (y) are collectively referred to herein as the “Required Dispute Documentation”) (it being understood and agreed that if either such Holder or the Company fails to so deliver all of the Required Dispute Documentation by the Dispute Submission Deadline, then the party who fails to so submit all of the Required Dispute Documentation shall no longer be entitled to (and hereby waives its right to) deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank with respect to such dispute and such investment bank shall resolve such dispute based solely on the Required Dispute Documentation that was delivered to such investment bank prior to the Dispute Submission Deadline). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both the Company and such Holder or otherwise requested by such investment bank, neither the Company nor such Holder shall be entitled to deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank in connection with such dispute (other than the Required Dispute Documentation).

(iii) The Company and such Holder shall cause such investment bank to determine the resolution of such dispute and notify the Company and such Holder of such resolution no later than ten (10) Business Days immediately following the Dispute Submission Deadline. The fees and expenses of such investment bank shall be borne solely by the Company, and such investment bank’s resolution of such dispute shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error.

(b)Disputes Over Arithmetic Calculation of the Conversion Rate.

(i) In the case of a dispute as to the arithmetic calculation of a Conversion Rate, the Company or such Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the disputed arithmetic calculation via facsimile (i) within two (2) Business Days after delivery of the applicable notice giving rise to such dispute to the Company or such Holder (as the case may be) or (ii) if no notice gave rise to such dispute, at any time after such Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If such Holder and the Company are unable to resolve such disputed arithmetic calculation of such Conversion Rate by 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the third (3rd) Business Day following such delivery by the Company or such Holder (as the case

 


 

may be) of such disputed arithmetic calculation, then such Holder shall select an independent, reputable accountant or accounting firm to perform such disputed arithmetic calculation.

(ii) Such Holder and the Company shall each deliver to such accountant or accounting firm (as the case may be) (x) a copy of the initial dispute submission so delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 22(a) and (y) written documentation supporting its position with respect to such disputed arithmetic calculation, in each case, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) by the fifth (5th) Business Day immediately following the date on which such Holder selected such accountant or accounting firm (as the case may be) (the “Submission Deadline”) (the documents referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (x) and (y) are collectively referred to herein as the “Required Documentation”) (it being understood and agreed that if either such Holder or the Company fails to so deliver all of the Required Documentation by the Submission Deadline, then the party who fails to so submit all of the Required Documentation shall no longer be entitled to (and hereby waives its right to) deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such accountant or accounting firm (as the case may be) with respect to such disputed arithmetic calculation and such accountant or accounting firm (as the case may be) shall perform such disputed arithmetic calculation based solely on the Required Documentation that was delivered to such accountant or accounting firm (as the case may be) prior to the Submission Deadline). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both the Company and such Holder or otherwise requested by such accountant or accounting firm (as the case may be), neither the Company nor such Holder shall be entitled to deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such accountant or accounting firm (as the case may be) in connection with such disputed arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate (other than the Required Documentation).

(iii) The Company and such Holder shall cause such accountant or accounting firm (as the case may be) to perform such disputed arithmetic calculation and notify the Company and such Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days immediately following the Submission Deadline. The fees and expenses of such accountant or accounting firm (as the case may be) shall be borne solely by the Company, and such accountant’s or accounting firm’s (as the case may be) arithmetic calculation shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error.

(c)Miscellaneous. The Company expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Section 22 constitutes an agreement to arbitrate between the Company and such Holder (and constitutes an arbitration agreement) under § 7501, et seq. of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (“CPLR”) and that each party shall be entitled to compel arbitration pursuant to CPLR § 7503(a) in order to compel compliance with this Section 22, (ii) the terms of these Articles Supplementary and

 


 

each other applicable Transaction Document shall serve as the basis for the selected investment bank’s resolution of the applicable dispute, such investment bank shall be entitled (and is hereby expressly authorized) to make all findings, determinations and the like that such investment bank determines are required to be made by such investment bank in connection with its resolution of such dispute and in resolving such dispute such investment bank shall apply such findings, determinations and the like to the terms of these Articles Supplementary and any other applicable Transaction Documents, (iii) the terms of these Articles Supplementary and each other applicable Transaction Document shall serve as the basis for the selected accountant’s or accounting firm’s performance of the applicable arithmetic calculation, (iv) for clarification purposes and without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true, disputes relating to matters described in Section 22(a) shall be governed by Section 22(a) and not by Section 22(b), (v) such Holder (and only such Holder), in its sole discretion, shall have the right to submit any dispute described in this Section 22 to any state or federal court sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan in lieu of utilizing the procedures set forth in this Section 22 and (vi) nothing in this Section 22 shall limit such Holder from obtaining any injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (including, without limitation, with respect to any matters described in Section 22(a) or Section 22(b)).

23.Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of these Articles Supplementary, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a)1934 Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(b)Base Amount” means, with respect to each Preferred Share, as of the applicable date of determination, the sum of (1) the Stated Value thereof, plus (2) the Unpaid Dividend Amount thereon as of such date of determination.

(c)Bloomberg” means Bloomberg, L.P.

(d)Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

(e)Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last closing bid price and last closing trade price, respectively, for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing bid price or the closing trade price (as the case may be) then the last bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last closing bid price or last trade price, respectively, of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid price or last trade

 


 

price, respectively, is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices, or the ask prices, respectively, of any market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the applicable Holder. If the Company and such Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 22. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during such period.

(f)Common Stock” means (i) the Company’s shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and (ii) any capital stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock.

(g)Conversion Price” means, with respect to each Preferred Share, as of any Conversion Date or other applicable date of determination, $1.00, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

(h)Conversion Shares” means (i) the shares of Common Stock into which the Preferred Shares are convertible, and (ii) any capital stock into which such Conversion Shares shall have been changed or any share capital resulting from a reclassification of such common stock

(i)Convertible Securities” means any stock or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any shares of Common Stock.

(j)Eligible Market” means the New York Stock Nasdaq Capital Market, the NYSE MKT LLC, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, the OTCQB, the OTCQX or the Principal Market (or any successor thereto).

(k)Fundamental Transaction” means that (i) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (1) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the surviving corporation) any other Person unless immediately following the closing of such transaction or series of related transactions the Persons holding more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company prior to such closing continue to hold more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company following such closing, or (2) sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its respective properties or assets to any other Person, or (3) assist any other Person in making a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Company held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with

 


 

the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (4) consummate a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with any other Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Company (not including any shares of Voting Stock of the Company held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) excluding any equity financing transaction in which shares of Voting Stock are issued, or (5) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify the Common Stock, or (ii) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Company.

(l)Liquidation Event” means, whether in a single transaction or series of transactions, the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company or such Subsidiaries the assets of which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole

(m)Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among the Company, InfoSonics Acquisition Sub, Inc. and Cooltech Holding Corp., as may be amended from time in accordance with the terms thereof.

(n)Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

(o)Parent Entity” of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.

(p)Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.

(q)Principal Market” means The NASDAQ Capital Market.

(r)SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or the successor thereto.

(s)Stated Value” shall mean $1.00 per share, subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, reorganizations, reclassifications, combinations, subdivisions or other similar events occurring after the Initial Issuance Date with respect to the Preferred Shares.

 


 

(t)Subsidiaries” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Merger Agreement.

(u)Successor Entity” means the Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Required Holders, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.

(v)Trading Day” means, as applicable, (x) with respect to all price determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded, provided that “Trading Day” shall not include any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Required Holders or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price determinations relating to the Common Stock, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.

(w)Unpaid Dividend Amount” means, as of the applicable date of determination, with respect to each Preferred Share, all declared and unpaid Dividends on such Preferred Share.

(x)Voting Stock” of a Person means capital stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power to elect, or the general power to appoint, at least a majority of the board of directors, managers, trustees or other similar governing body of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

24.Disclosure. Upon receipt or delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms of these Articles Supplementary, unless the Company has in good faith determined that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously with any such receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, non-public information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. In the event that the Company believes that a notice contains material, non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company so shall indicate to each Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such notice, and in the absence of any such indication, each Holder shall be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do not constitute material, non-public information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries. Nothing contained in this Section 24 shall limit any obligations of the Company, or any rights of any Holder, under the Merger Agreement.

 


 

SECOND:   The shares of the 0% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock have been classified by the Board under the authority contained in Article FOURTH of the Charter.

 

THIRD:   The undersigned President acknowledges these Articles Supplementary to be the act of the Company and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned President acknowledges that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.

 

 

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused these Articles Supplementary to be signed by its President and attested to by its Secretary on March 8, 2018.

 

ATTEST:

 

INFOSONICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

  /s/ Vernon A. LoForti

 

By:

  /s/ Joseph Ram

 

Name: Vernon A. LoForti

 

 

Name: Joseph Ram

 

Title: Secretary

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 


 

EXHIBIT I TO ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

 

INFOSONICS CORPORATION

CONVERSION NOTICE

Reference is made to the ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY OF INFOSONICS CORPORATION, CLASSIFYING 10,000,000 SHARES OF 0% SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND THE PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS OF THE 0% SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK (the “Articles Supplementary”). In accordance with and pursuant to the Articles Supplementary, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Preferred Shares”), of InfoSonics Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), indicated below into shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company, as of the date specified below.

 

Date of Conversion:                                                                                                                            

 

Number of Preferred Shares to be converted:                                                                                     

 

Share certificate no(s). of Preferred Shares to be converted:                                                              

 

Tax ID Number (If applicable):                                                                                                          

 

Conversion Price:                                                                                                                                

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:                                                                             

 

Please issue the shares of Common Stock into which the Preferred Shares are being converted in the following name and to the following address:

 

Issue to:                                                                                                                          

 

                                                                                                                          

 

Address:                                                                                                              

 

Telephone Number:                                                                                            

 

Facsimile Number:                                                                                                      

 

Holder:                                                                                                                         

 

By:                                                                        

 

Title:                                                                     

 

Dated:                                                                   

 

Account Number (if electronic book entry transfer):                                                                          

 

Transaction Code Number (if electronic book entry transfer):                                                           

 

 

 


 

EXHIBIT II TO ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Company hereby acknowledges this Conversion Notice and hereby directs [                                ] to issue the above indicated number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions dated ___________________, 2018 from the Company and acknowledged and agreed to by [                              ].

 

INFOSONICS CORPORATION

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

EX-5 5 ifon-ex51_79.htm EX-5.1 ifon-ex51_79.htm

Exhibit 5.1

June 14, 2018

Cool Holdings, Inc.

48 NW 25th Street, Suite 108

Miami, Florida 33127

Re:   Registration Statement on Form S-3 Filed by Cool Holdings, Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Cool Holdings, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Rules”), of a registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) for the registration of the sale from time to time of:

 

 

(a)

shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”),

 

 

(b)

shares of the Company’s preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”),

 

 

(c)

warrants representing rights to purchase the Common Stock or the Preferred Stock (the “Warrants”), and

 

 

(d)

units comprised of one or more of the Common Stock, the Preferred Stock and/or the Warrants (the “Units” and, together with the Common Stock, the Preferred Stock and the Warrants, the “Securities”).

The Company has informed us that the Securities will be sold or delivered on a delayed or continuous basis from time to time as set forth in the Registration Statement (and any amendments thereto), the prospectus contained therein and any prospectus supplement. We understand that prior to the sale of any Securities under the Registration Statement, the Company will afford us an opportunity to review the operative documents pursuant to which such Securities are to be sold and will file any applicable amendment to the Registration Statement (which may include as an exhibit thereto an amendment to this opinion) or prospectus supplement as we may reasonably consider necessary or appropriate by reason of the terms of the sale of such Securities.

In each case, except as otherwise set forth in any applicable amendment to the Registration Statement or prospectus supplement: (a) any Common Stock will be issued by the Company under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended from time to time; (b) any Preferred Stock will be issued under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended from time to time, and one or more resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) setting forth the terms of the Preferred Stock; (c) any Warrants will be issued pursuant to one or more warrant agreements (each a “Warrant Agreement”) entered into between the Company and an entity identified therein as the warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”) in a form filed as an exhibit to a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or incorporated by reference therein; and (d) any Units will be issued pursuant to one or more unit agreements (each a “Unit Agreement”) to be entered into by the Company and an entity identified therein as the unit agent (the “Unit Agent”) in a form filed as an exhibit to a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or incorporated by reference therein.

As part of the corporate actions taken and to be taken in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities (the “corporate proceedings”), the Company has informed us that the Board will, before the Securities are issued and sold under the Registration Statement, authorize the issuance and approve the terms of any Securities to be issued and sold from time to time under the Registration Statement, and such applicable corporate proceedings shall be in full force and effect at the time of any such issuance and sale.

In our capacity as counsel to the Company, we have examined or are otherwise familiar with the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, as amended, the Registration Statement, such of the corporate proceedings as have occurred prior to or as of the date hereof, and such other documents, records and instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of this opinion.


As to matters of fact material to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied on (a) information in public authority documents (and all opinions based on public authority documents are as of the date of such public authority documents and not as of the date of this opinion letter), and (b) information provided in certificates of officers of the Company. We have not independently verified the facts so relied on.

 

In such examination, we have assumed the following without investigation: (i) the authenticity of original documents and the genuineness of all signatures; (ii) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; and (iii) the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the records, documents, instruments and certificates we have reviewed. For purposes of the opinions expressed below, we also assume that: (a) the Registration Statement and any amendments or prospectus supplements relating thereto shall have become and be effective pursuant to timely filings under the Securities Act; (b) a prospectus supplement describing each class and series of Securities offered pursuant to the Registration Statement, to the extent required by applicable law and the Rules, will be timely filed with the Commission; (c) with respect to the opinions in Paragraphs 3 and 5, the Company and any Warrant Agent or Unit Agent, as applicable, will have complied with the terms and conditions of the Warrant Agreement or the Unit Agreement, as applicable; (d) any Securities issuable upon conversion, exchange, or exercise of any of the other Securities will have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance (in each case within the limits of the then remaining authorized but unreserved and unissued amounts of such Securities), and duly executed and delivered and validly issued, as the case may be; and (e) at the time of issuance and sale of any of the Securities, the terms of the Securities, and their issuance and sale, will have been established so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or a breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company.

Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

 

 

1.

The Common Stock (including any Common Stock duly issued upon the exchange or conversion of convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to the respective terms thereof, or upon the exercise of Warrants pursuant to the terms thereof), when issued, sold and delivered by the Company in the manner and for the consideration stated in the Registration Statement (including any amendments thereto) and any prospectus supplements relating thereto, and as contemplated by the applicable corporate proceedings, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

 

2.

When (a) the terms of any particular series of Preferred Stock have been established in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation, as amended from time to time, and applicable corporate proceedings authorizing the issuance and sale of Preferred Stock; (b) Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Incorporation conforming with the law of the State of Maryland regarding the Preferred Stock have been filed with and accepted by the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation; and (c) the Preferred Stock has been issued, sold and delivered in the manner and for the consideration stated in the Registration Statement (including any amendments thereto) and any prospectus supplements relating thereto, and as contemplated by the applicable corporate proceedings, the Preferred Stock (including any Preferred Stock duly issued upon the exercise of Warrants pursuant to the terms thereof that are exercisable for the purchase of Preferred Stock) will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

 

3.

When a Warrant Agreement as contemplated by the Registration Statement (including any amendments thereto) and any prospectus supplements relating thereto, and by the applicable corporate proceedings, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Warrant Agent, such Warrant Agreement will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

 

4.

When (a) the applicable Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company; (b) the final terms of the Warrants have been duly established and approved; and (c) the applicable Warrants have been duly executed by the Company and countersigned or authenticated in accordance with the applicable Warrant Agreement and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof as contemplated by the Registration Statement (including any amendments thereto) and any prospectus supplements relating thereto, and as contemplated by the applicable corporate proceedings, such Warrants will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

 


 

5.

When a Unit Agreement as contemplated by the Registration Statement (including any amendments thereto) and any prospectus supplements relating thereto, and by the applicable corporate proceedings, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Unit Agent, such Unit Agreement will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

 

6.

When (a) the applicable Units have been duly authorized by the Company; (b) the final terms of the Units have been duly established and approved; and (c) the applicable Units have been duly executed by the Company and countersigned or authenticated in accordance with the applicable Unit Agreement and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof as contemplated by the Registration Statement (including any amendments thereto) and any prospectus supplements relating thereto, and as contemplated by the applicable corporate proceedings, such Units will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

 

The foregoing opinions are subject to the following exclusions and qualifications:

 

 

(a)

Our opinions are as of the date hereof and we have no responsibility to update this opinion for events and circumstances occurring after the date hereof or as to facts relating to prior events that are subsequently brought to our attention. This opinion is limited to the laws, including the rules and regulations, as in effect on the date hereof, and we disavow any undertaking to advise you of any changes in law.

 

 

(b)

We express no opinion as to enforceability of any right or obligation to the extent such right and obligation is subject to and limited by (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, arrangement, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other laws affecting or relating to the rights of creditors generally; (ii) rules governing the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and general principles of equity, regardless of whether arising prior to, or after, the date hereof or considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; or (iii) the effect of federal and state securities laws and principles of public policy on the rights of indemnity and contribution.

 

 

(c)

We do not express any opinions herein concerning any laws other than the laws in their current forms of the State of Maryland and the federal securities laws of the United States of America, and we express no opinion with respect to the laws of any other jurisdiction and expressly disclaim responsibility for advising you as to the effect, if any, that the laws of any other jurisdiction may have on the opinions set forth herein.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, including any and all post-effective amendments, and to the reference to our firm in the prospectus and any prospectus supplements relating thereto under the heading “Legal Matters.” In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or related Rules.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ PERKINS COIE LLP

EX-23 6 ifon-ex231_80.htm EX-23.1 ifon-ex231_80.htm

Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 and related Prospectus of Cool Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries (formerly known as InfoSonics and Subsidiaries) (collectively, the “Company”) of our reports dated March 8, 2018, relating to the consolidated financial statements and the financial statement schedules of the Company, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2017.

We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in such Prospectus.

/s/ SingerLewak LLP

Irvine, California

June 15, 2018