EX-3.1 2 articles.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF CENDANT CORPORATION Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cendant Corporation
Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
CENDANT CORPORATION 

 
 
Cendant Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), does hereby certify as follows:
 
(1) The name of the Corporation is Cendant Corporation.
 
(2) The name under which the Corporation was originally incorporated was Comp-U-Card of America, Inc. and the original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 1, 1974.
 
(3) This Amended and Restated 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.
 
(4) The text of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation as amended hereby is restated to read in its entirety, as follows:
 
 
1. The name of the Corporation is Avis Budget Group, Inc. (hereinafter, the "Corporation").
 
 
2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
 
 
3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is:
 
To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
 
4. Capital Stock
 
 
The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 260,000,000, consisting of (i) 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Preferred Stock”). No stockholder shall have any preemptive right to subscribe to or purchase any additional shares of stock of the Corporation or any securities convertible into any such shares or representing a right or option to purchase any such shares.
 

A.  Common Stock
 
 
The Corporation shall have the authority to issue shares of Common Stock in one series. Such series of Common Stock shall be designated as Common Stock. When the filing of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation becomes effective, each share of Common Stock (previously classified as Cendant Corporation-CD Common Stock) (and outstanding certificates that had theretofore represented shares of Cendant Corporation-CD Common Stock) outstanding immediately prior thereto shall automatically be reclassified as one share of Common Stock (and outstanding certificates that had theretofore represented shares of Cendant Corporation-CD Common Stock shall thereupon represent an equal number of shares of Common Stock despite the absence of any indication thereon to that effect).
 
 
The total number of shares of Common Stock which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue shall initially be 250,000,000. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to increase or decrease from time to time the total number of shares of Common Stock which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue, but not above the number which would exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock that the Corporation has the authority to issue, and not below the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.
 
 
The powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the Common Stock are as follows:
 
(1) Voting. Each stockholder represented at a meeting of the stockholders shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote in person or by proxy for each share of the Common Stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder.
 
(2) No Cumulative Voting. The holders of shares of Common Stock shall not have cumulative voting rights.
 
(3) Dividends; Stock Splits. Subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock, and subject to any other provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as it may be amended from time to time, holders of shares of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions in cash, stock or property of the Corporation when, as and if declared thereon by the Board of Directors from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor.
 
B.  Preferred Stock
 
 
The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, from time to time, a resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of Preferred Stock in one or more series, to fix the number of shares in each such series (subject to the aggregate limitations thereon in this Article) and to fix the designations and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions, of each such series. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each such series shall include
 

determination of the following (which may vary as between the different series of Preferred Stock):
 
(a)  The number of shares constituting the shares and the distinctive designation of the series;
 
(b)  The dividend rate on the shares of the series and the extent, if any, to which dividends thereon shall be cumulative;
 
(c)  Whether shares of the series shall be redeemable and, if redeemable, the redemption price payable on redemption thereof, which price may, but need not, vary according to the time or circumstances of such redemption;
 
(d)  The amount or amounts payable upon the shares of the series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation prior to any payment or distribution of the assets of the Corporation to any class or classes of stock of the Corporation ranking junior to the Preferred Stock;
 
(e)  Whether the shares of the series shall be entitled to the benefit of a sinking or retirement fund to be applied to the purchase or redemption of shares of the series and, if so entitled, the amount of such fund and the manner of its application, including the price or prices at which the shares may be redeemed or purchased through the application of such fund;
 
(f)  Whether the shares of the series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation, and, if so convertible or exchangeable, the conversion price or prices, or the rates of exchange, and the adjustments thereof, if any, at which such conversion or exchange may be made, and any other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange;
 
(g)  The extent, if any, to which the holders of shares of the series shall be entitled to vote on any question or in any proceedings or to be represented at or to receive notice of any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation;
 
(h)  Whether, and the extent to which, any of the voting powers, designations, preferences, rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of any such series may be made dependent upon facts ascertainable outside of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or of any amendment thereto, or outside the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such series adopted by the Board of Directors, provided that the manner in which such facts shall operate upon the voting powers, designations, preferences, rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such series is clearly and expressly set forth in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such series adopted by the Board of Directors; and
 
(i)  Any other preferences, privileges and powers and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such series, as the Board of Directors may deem advisable, which shall not affect adversely any other class
 

or series of Preferred Stock at the time outstanding and which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
 
 
Shares of Common Stock and of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time as the Board of Directors shall determine and on such terms and for such consideration, not less than par value, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. No consent by any series of Preferred Stock shall be required for the issuance of any other series of Preferred Stock unless the Board of Directors in the resolution providing for the issuance of any series of Preferred Stock expressly provides that such consent shall be required.
 
 
Subject to the rights, if any, of holders of shares of Preferred Stock from time to time outstanding, dividends may be paid upon the Common Stock as and when declared by the Board of Directors out of any funds legally available therefor.
 
 
Except as otherwise provided by law or as otherwise expressly provided in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of any series of the Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes. Each holder of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation entitled at any time to vote shall have one vote for each share thereof held. Except as otherwise provided with respect to shares of Preferred Stock authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, the exclusive voting power for all purposes shall be vested in the holders of shares of Common Stock.
 
C.  Reverse Stock Split
 
(1) Upon this amendment becoming effective (the “Effective Time”), a one-for-ten reverse stock split of each of the par value $0.01 Common Stock (“Old Common Stock”) shall become effective, such that (a) every ten (10) shares of $0.01 par value Old Common Stock of the Corporation either issued and outstanding or held by the Corporation as treasury stock immediately prior to the Effective Time, will be automatically reclassified, combined and converted into one (1) share of $0.01 par value Common Stock of the Corporation.
 
(2) Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, no fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued to holders of record of Old Common Stock in connection with the foregoing reclassification of shares of Old Common Stock. In lieu thereof, the Corporation shall pay cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then fair value per share of Common Stock, as applicable, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
 
(3) Each stock certificate that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented shares of Old Common Stock, as applicable, shall, from and after the Effective Time, automatically and without the necessity of presenting the same for exchange, represent that number of whole shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Old Common
 

Stock, as applicable, represented by such certificate shall have been reclassified (as well as the right to receive cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock, as set forth above).
 
 
5. The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.
 
 
6. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized:
 
 
(a) To make, alter, or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation.
 
 
(b) To authorize and cause to be executed mortgages and liens upon the real and personal property of the Corporation.
 
 
(c) To set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and to abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
 
 
(d) Subject to the provisions of the By-Laws, to designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. Subject to the provisions of the By-Laws, the Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who shall replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee in the manner specified in such designation. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors adopted in accordance with the By-Laws of the Corporation, 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 amending the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the By-Laws of the Corporation; and, unless the resolution or By-Laws expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock.
 
 
(e) When and as authorized by the stockholders in accordance with statute, to sell, lease, or exchange all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation, including its goodwill and its corporate franchises, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration, which may consist in whole or in part of money or property, including shares of stock in, and/or other securities of, any other corporation or corporations, as its Board of Directors shall deem expedient and for the best interests of the Corporation.
 
 
7. Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between this Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between this Corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of this Corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof, or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this
 

Corporation under the provisions of Section 291 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of Section 279 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code, order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement to any reorganization of this Corporation as consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, and also on this Corporation.
 
 
8. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statues) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws of the Corporation shall so provide.
 
 
9. For the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and in further creation, definition, limitation and regulation of the power of the Corporation and of its directors and of its stockholders, it is further provided:
 
 
(a) Election of Directors. Elections of Directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws of the Corporation shall so provide.
 
 
(b) Number, Election and Terms of Directors. The number of Directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by or pursuant to the By-laws. From and after the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2004, the Directors shall hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in the year following the year of their election, with the members to hold office until their successors are elected and qualified; provided that the term of any Director appointed prior to the annual meeting of stockholders held in 2004 shall be unaffected. At each annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, the Directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected to office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders held in the year following the year of their election.
 
 
(c) Stockholder Nomination of Director Candidates. Advance notice of nominations for the election of Directors, other than by the Board of Directors or a Committee thereof, shall be given in the manner provided in the By-Laws.
 
 
(d) Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors and any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification, or removal of a director shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of the majority of the remaining Directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Any Director
 

elected (a) to fill any vacancy resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of a Director shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the Director whose death, resignation, disqualification or removal created such vacancy or (b) to fill any vacancy resulting from a newly created directorship shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and, in each case, until such Director's successors shall have become elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of Directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director.
 
 
(e) Removal of Directors. Any Director may be removed from office with or without cause only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors voting together as a single class.
 
 
(f) Stockholder Action. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such holders. Except as otherwise required by law, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors.
 
 
(g) By-Law Amendments. The Board of Directors shall have power to make, alter, amend and repeal the By-Laws (except so far as the By-Laws adopted by the stockholders shall otherwise provide). Any By-Laws made by the Directors under the powers conferred hereby may be altered, amended or repealed by the Directors or by the stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, Sections 1, 2 and 3 of Article II of the By-Laws shall not be altered, amended or repealed and no provision inconsistent therewith shall be adopted without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the voting power of all the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors, voting together as a single class and Sections 1, 2 and 3 of Article III of the By-Laws shall not be altered, amended or repealed and no provision inconsistent therewith shall be adopted without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors, voting together as a single class.
 
 
(h) Amendment, Repeal. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the voting power of all shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to alter, amend, or adopt any provision inconsistent with, or repeal, Article 9 a., c., d., f., g., or h.
 
 
10. (a) Vote Required for Certain Business Combinations.
 

A. Higher Vote for Certain Business Combinations. In addition to any affirmative vote required by law or this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and except as otherwise expressly provided herein:
 
 
(1) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) with (a) any Interested Stockholder (as hereinafter defined) or (b) any other corporation (whether or not itself an Interested Stockholder) which is, or after such merger or consolidation would be, an Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) of an Interested Stockholder; or
 
 
(2) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) to or with any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder of any assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary having an aggregate Fair Market Value of $10 million or more; or
 
 
(3) the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary (in one transaction or series of transactions) of any securities of the Corporation or any subsidiary to any Interested Stockholder or to any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder in exchange for cash, securities or other property (or a combination thereof) having an aggregate Fair Market Value of $10 million or more; or
 
 
(4) the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation proposed by or on behalf of any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder; or
 
 
(5) any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock split), or recapitalization of the Corporation, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any of its Subsidiaries or any other transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Interested Stockholder) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of Equity Security (as hereinafter defined) of the Corporation or any Subsidiary which is directly or indirectly owned by any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder;
 
 
shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the "Voting Stock"), voting together as a single class (it being understood that for the purposes of Article 10, each share of the Voting Stock shall have one vote). Such affirmative vote shall be required notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required, or that a lesser percentage may be specified, by law or in any agreement with any national securities exchange or otherwise.
 
 
B. Definition of "Business Combination". The term "Business Combination" used in this Article 10 shall mean any transaction which is referred to in any one or more of clauses (1) through (5) of Paragraph A hereof.
 

(b) When Higher Vote is Not Required. The provisions of Article 10(a) shall not be applicable to any particular Business Combination, and such Business Combination shall require only such affirmative vote as is required by law and any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, if all of the conditions specified in either of the following Paragraphs A and B are met:
 
 
A. Approval by Disinterested Directors. The Business Combination shall have been approved by majority of the Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined).
 
 
B. Price and Procedure Requirements. All of the following conditions shall have been met:
 
 
(i) The aggregate amount of the cash and the Fair Market Value (as hereinafter defined) as of the date of the consummation of the Business Combination of consideration other than cash to be received per share by holders of Common Stock in such Business Combination shall be at least equal to the higher of the following:
 
 
(a) (if applicable) the highest per share price (including any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and soliciting dealers' fees) paid by the Interested Stockholder for any shares of Common Stock acquired by it (1) within the two-year period immediately prior to the first public announcement of the terms of the proposed Business Combination (the "Announcement Date") or (2) in the transaction in which it became an Interested Stockholder, whichever is higher; and
 
 
(b)  the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the Announcement Date or on the date on which the Interested Stockholder became an Interested Stockholder (such latter date is referred to in this Paragraph 10 as the "Determination Date"), whichever is higher.
 

 
(ii)  The aggregate amount of the cash and the Fair Market Value as of the date of the consummation of the Business Combination of consideration other than cash to be received per share by holders of shares of any other class of outstanding Voting Stock shall be at least equal to the higher of the following:
 
 
(a)  (if applicable) the highest per share price (including any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and soliciting dealers' fees) paid by the Interested Stockholder for any shares of Common Stock acquired by it (1) within the two-year period immediately prior to the Announcement Date or (2) in the transaction in which it became an Interested Stockholder, whichever is higher; and
 
 
(b)  the Fair Market Value per share of such class of Voting Stock on the Announcement Date or on the Determination Date, whichever is higher.
 

 
(iii)  The consideration to be received by holders of Voting Stock shall be in cash or in the same form as the Interested Stockholder has previously paid for shares of such class of Voting Stock. If the Interested Stockholder has paid for any Voting Stock with varying forms of consideration, the form of consideration for such Voting Stock shall be either cash or the form used to acquire the largest number of shares of such Voting Stock previously acquired by it. The price determined in accordance with paragraphs B(i) and B(ii) of this Article 10(b) shall be subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares or similar event.
 
 
(iv)  After such Interested Stockholder has become an Interested Stockholder and prior to the consummation of such Business Combinations: (a) there shall have been (1) no reduction in the annual rate of dividends paid on the Common Stock (except as necessary to reflect any subdivision of the Common Stock), except as approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors, and (2) an increase in such annual rate of dividends as necessary to reflect any reclassification (including any reverse stock split), recapitalization, reorganization or any similar transaction which has the effect of reducing the number of outstanding shares of the Common Stock, unless the failure so to increase such annual rate is approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors; and (b) such Interested Stockholder shall have not become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Stock except as part of the transaction which results in such Interested Stockholder becoming an Interested Stockholder.
 
 
(c) Certain Definitions. For the purpose of this Article 10:
 
 
A. A "person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation or other entity.
 
 
B. "Interested Stockholder" shall mean any person (other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary) who or which:
 
 
(i) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 5% or more of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock; or
 
 
(ii) is an Affiliate of the Corporation and at any time within the two-year period immediately prior to the date in question was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 5% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock; or
 
 
(iii) is an assignee of or has otherwise succeeded to any shares of Voting Stock which were at any time within the two-year period immediately prior to the date in question beneficially owned by any Interested Stockholder, if such assignment or succession shall have occurred in the course of a transaction or series of transactions not involving a public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933.
 
 
C. A person shall be a "beneficial owner" of any Voting Stock:
 

 
(i) which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates (as hereinafter defined) beneficially owns directly or indirectly; or
 
 
(ii) which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has (a) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, or (b) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; or
 
 
(iii) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other person with which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of Voting Stock.
 
 
D. For the purpose of determining whether a person is an interested Stockholder pursuant to paragraph B of this Article 10(c), the number of shares of Voting Stock deemed to be outstanding shall include shares deemed owned through application of paragraph C of the Article 10(c) but shall not include any other shares of Voting Stock which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.
 
 
E. "Affiliate" or "Associate" shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on January 1, 1985.
 
 
F. "Subsidiary" means any corporation of which a majority of any class of Equity Security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, provided, however, that for the purposes of the definition of Interested Stockholder set forth in paragraph B of this Article 10(c), the term "Subsidiary" shall mean only a corporation of which a majority of each class of Equity Security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation.
 
 
G. "Disinterested Director" means any member of the Board of Directors who is unaffiliated with the Interested Stockholder and was a member of the Board of Directors prior to the time that the Interested Stockholder became an Interested Stockholder, and any successor of a Disinterested Director who is unaffiliated with the Interested Stockholder and is recommended to succeed a Disinterested Director by a majority of Disinterested Directors then on the Board of Directors.
 
 
H. "Fair Market Value" means: (i) in the case of stock, the highest closing bid quotation with respect to a share of such stock during the 30-day period preceding the date in question on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or any system then in use, or, if such stock is then listed on an exchange, the highest closing sale price during the 30-day period immediately preceding the date in question of a share of such stock on the Composition Tape for New York Stock Exchange--Listed Stocks, or, if such stock is not quoted on the Composite Tape, on
 

the New York Stock Exchange, or, if such stock is not listed on such Exchange, on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on which such stock is listed, or, if such stock is not listed on any such exchange or quoted as aforesaid, the fair market value on the date in question of a share of such stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith; and (ii) in the case of property other than cash or stock, the fair market value of such property on the date in question as determined by the Board of Directors, in good faith.
 
 
I. In the event of any Business Combination in which the Corporation survives, the phrase "consideration other than cash to be received" as used in paragraphs B(i) and (ii) of Article 10(b) shall include the shares of Common Stock retained by the holders of such shares.
 
 
J. "Equity Security" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(11) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on January 1, 1985.
 
(d) Powers of the Board of Directors. A majority of the Directors shall have the power and duty to determine for the purposes of this Article 10 on the basis of information known to them after reasonable inquiry, (A) whether a person is an Interested Stockholder, (B) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by any person, (C) whether a person is an Affiliate or Associate of another (D) whether the assets which are the subject of any Business Combination have, or the consideration to be received for an issuance of transfer of securities by the Corporation or any Subsidiary in any Business Combination has, or an issuance or transfer of securities by the Corporation or any Subsidiary in any Business Combination has, an aggregate Fair Market Value of $10 million or more. A majority of the Directors shall have the further power to interpret all of the terms and provisions of this Article 10.
 
(e) No Effect on Fiduciary Obligations of Interested Shareholders. Nothing contained in this Article 10 shall be construed to relieve any Interested Stockholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law.
 
(f) Amendment, Repeal, etc. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws (and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws) the affirmative vote of the holders of 80% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provisions inconsistent with this Article 10.
 
 
11. No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director; provided, however, that this Article 11 shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the extent provided by applicable law (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of this Article 11 shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.
 
12.  This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be effective as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on September 1, 2006.
              



 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed this 1st day of September, 2006.
 
   
CENDANT CORPORATION
 
 
 
   
By:
/s/ Karen C. Sclafani
 
     
KAREN C. SCLAFANI
Executive Vice President and General Counsel