EX-3.3 4 a11-10827_1ex3d3.htm EX-3.3

EXHIBIT 3.3

 

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

 

ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:

 

FIRST: The name of this corporation is Adobe Systems Incorporated.

 

SECOND: The original Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on May 9, 1997, and the original name of the corporation was Adobe Systems (Delaware) Incorporated.

 

THIRD: Pursuant to Section 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation as heretofore amended and supplemented are hereby restated and integrated into the single instrument which is hereinafter set forth, and which is entitled “Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Adobe Systems Incorporated,” without further amendment and without any discrepancy between the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation as heretofore amended and supplemented and the provisions of such single instrument as hereinafter set forth.

 

FOURTH: The Board of Directors of the corporation has duly adopted this Restated Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to the provisions of Section 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware in the form set forth as follows:

 



 

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

 

I.

 

The name of this corporation is Adobe Systems Incorporated.

 

II.

 

The address of the registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400 City of Wilmington, 19808 County of New Castle, and the name of the registered agent of the corporation in the State of Delaware at such address is Corporation Service Company.

 

III.

 

The purpose of this corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

IV.

 

A.            This corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock.” The total number of shares which the corporation is authorized to issue is Nine Hundred Two Million (902,000,000) shares.  Nine Hundred Million (900,000,000) shares shall be Common Stock, each having a par value of one-hundredth of one cent ($0.0001), and Two Million (2,000,000) shares shall be Preferred Stock, each having a par value of one-hundredth of one cent ($0.0001).

 

B.            The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series.  The Board of Directors is hereby authorized, by filing a certificate (a “Preferred Stock Designation”) pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, to fix or alter from time to time the designation, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of each such series and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, and to establish from time to time the number of shares constituting any such series or any of them; and to increase of decrease the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issuance of shares of that series, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding.  In case the number of shares of any series shall be decreased in accordance with the foregoing sentence, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status that they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.

 

V.

 

For the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the corporation, and in further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the corporation, of its directors and of its stockholders or any class thereof, as the case may be, it is further provided that:

 

A.

 

(1)           The management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the corporation shall be vested in its Board of Directors.  The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed exclusively by one or more resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors.

 

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(2)           Subject to the other provisions of this paragraph, the Board of Directors is and shall remain divided into two classes until the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, with the directors in each class serving for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of stockholders held after their election.  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the terms of the members of the Board of Directors shall initially be as follows: (i) at the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the directors whose terms expire at that meeting or such directors’ successors shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and (ii) at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and at each annual meeting of stockholders thereafter, all directors shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders.  The classification of the Board of Directors shall terminate at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and all directors shall be elected in accordance with clause (ii) above.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, each director shall serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.  No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

(3)           Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation, entitled to vote at an election of directors (the “Voting Stock”).

 

(4)           Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, and not by the stockholders.  Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified.

 

B.

 

(1)           Subject to paragraph (h) of Section 43 of the Bylaws, the Bylaws may be altered or amended or new Bylaws adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of the Voting Stock.  The Board of Directors shall also have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws.

 

(2)           The directors of the corporation need not be elected by written ballot unless the Bylaws so provide.

 

(3)           No action shall be taken by the stockholders of the corporation except at an annual or special meeting of stockholders called in accordance with the Bylaws.

 

(4)           Special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may by called, for any purpose or purposes, by (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (ii) the President, (iii) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board of Directors for adoption) or (iv) by the holders of the shares entitled to cast not less than ten percent (10%) of the votes at the meeting, and shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as the Board of the Directors shall fix.

 

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(5)           Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the corporation.

 

VI.

 

A.            A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (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 or law (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.  If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended after approval by the stockholders of this Article to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director shall be eliminated of limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended.

 

B.            Any repeal or modification of this Article VI shall be prospective and shall not affect the rights under this Article VI in effect at the time of the alleged occurrence of any act or omission to act giving rise to liability or indemnification.

 

VII.

 

A.            The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, except as provided in paragraph B of this Article VII, and all rights conferred upon the stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

 

B.            Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision or law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class or series of the Voting Stock required by law, this Certificate of Incorporation or any Preferred Stock Designation, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, shall be required to alter, amend or repeal Articles V, VI, and VII.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate has been subscribed this 25th day of April, 2011 by the undersigned who affirms that the statements made herein are true and correct.

 

 

ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Shantanu Narayen

 

 

Shantanu Narayen

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer