EX-3 3 ex3-1.txt EXHIBIT 3.1 AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF COHEN & STEERS, INC. The present name of the corporation is Cohen & Steers, Inc. The corporation was incorporated under the name "Cohen & Steers Capital Management Holdings, Inc." by the filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 17, 2004. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation, which both restates and further amends the provisions of the corporation's Certificate of Incorporation, was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows: FIRST: The name of the corporation is Cohen & Steers, Inc. SECOND: The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, New Castle County; and the name of the corporation's registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. THIRD: The purposes of the corporation are to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. FOURTH: (1) The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 550,000,000, consisting of (i) 50,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Preferred Stock"), and (ii) 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"). The number of authorized shares of any of the Common Stock or the Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of the corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of any of the Common Stock or the Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor. (2) The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized, by resolution or resolutions, to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for series of Preferred Stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares constituting such series and the designation of such series, the voting powers (if any) of the shares of such series, and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series. 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. (3) (a) Each holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders 1 generally are entitled to vote; provided, however, that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall have no voting power with respect to, and shall not be entitled to vote on, any amendment to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. (b) Except as otherwise required by law, holders of a series of Preferred Stock, as such, shall be entitled only to such voting rights, if any, as shall expressly be granted thereto by this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to such series). (c) Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, dividends may be declared and paid on the Common Stock at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine. (d) Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the corporation, subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Common Stock with respect to the distribution of assets of the corporation upon such dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the corporation, the holders of the Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to receive the assets of the corporation available for distribution to its stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by them. FIFTH: The Board of Directors shall be authorized to make, amend, alter, change, add to or repeal the By-Laws of the corporation in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware, subject to the power of the stockholders to amend, alter, change, add to or repeal the By-Laws made by the Board of Directors. SIXTH: Except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no director of the corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Article SIXTH shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such amendment, modification or repeal. SEVENTH: (1) The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors with the exact number of directors to be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. 2 (2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock issued by the corporation shall have the right, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more such other series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, removal, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) applicable thereto. (3) Unless and except to the extent that the By-Laws of the corporation shall so require, the election of the directors of the corporation need not be by written ballot. EIGHTH: Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of stockholders of the corporation may be called only by the Chief Executive Officer or, if applicable, the co-Chief Executive Officers of the corporation or by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by the Board of Directors. The books of the corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the corporation. 3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Cohen & Steers, Inc. has caused this certificate to be signed by ________________, its ________________ this ____ day of _____________, 2004. COHEN & STEERS, INC. By: ------------------------------------ Name: Title: 4