As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2010

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 12, 2010

 

B&G Foods, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-32316

 

13-3918742

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

Four Gatehall Drive, Suite 110, Parsippany, New Jersey

 

07054

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: ( 973) 401-6500

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o             Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o             Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 5.03.  Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

As disclosed previously, at B&G Foods’ annual meeting of stockholders held on May 18, 2010 our stockholders approved amendments to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to:

 

·                   rename our Class A Common Stock as simply “Common Stock”;

 

·                   delete all references to the Class B Common Stock; and

 

·                   increase our authorized shares of Common Stock from 100 million to 125 million.

 

On August 12, 2010, B&G Foods filed a Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Delaware to effect the amendments as of August 13, 2010.  A copy of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1.

 

The renaming of our Class A Common Stock to Common Stock did not result in any change to the ticker symbol or CUSIP number.  The Common Stock will continue to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BGS” and the CUSIP number will remain 05508R 10 6.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                   Exhibits.

 

3.1

 

Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of B&G Foods, Inc.

4.1

 

Form of Stock Certificate for Common Stock of B&G Foods, Inc.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

B&G FOODS, INC.

 

 

 

 

Dated: August 13, 2010

By:

/s/ Robert C. Cantwell

 

 

Robert C. Cantwell

 

 

Executive Vice President of Finance and
Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

B&G FOODS, INC.

 

B&G FOODS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Corporation ”), hereby certifies as follows:

 

A.                                    The name of the Corporation is B&G Foods, Inc.

 

B.                                      The Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 25, 1996 under the name B Companies Holdings Corp.

 

C.                                      This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation amends and restates the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation that was filed with the Secretary of State of the State Delaware on October 14, 2004, and was duly adopted by the Corporation’s directors and stockholders in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

D.                                     This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be effective as of August 13, 2010 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (the “ Effective Time ”).

 

E.                                       At the Effective Time, the text of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto:

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, B&G FOODS, INC. has caused this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by a duly authorized officer on this 12 th  day of August, 2010.

 

 

B&G FOODS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott E. Lerner

 

 

Scott E. Lerner

 

 

Secretary

 



 

Exhibit A

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

B&G FOODS, INC.

 

1.                                        Name .  The name of the Corporation is B&G Foods, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”).

 

2.                                        Registered Office and Agent .  The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE  19801.  The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

3.                                        Purpose; Powers; Duration .  The purposes for which the Corporation is formed are to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended (the “ GCL ”), and to possess and exercise all of the powers and privileges granted by such law and any other law of the State of Delaware.  The term of existence of the Corporation is perpetual.

 

4.                                        Authorized Capital .  The aggregate number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 126,000,000 shares, consisting of 125,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”).  At 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on August 13, 2010 (the “ Effective Time ”), each share of Class A Common Stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding immediately prior thereto, shall be automatically reclassified as one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock without any further action on the part of the Corporation or by the holder thereof.  Each certificate formerly representing a share or shares of Class A Common Stock shall automatically represent from and after the Effective Time, without any further action on the part of the Corporation or any holder thereof, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock represented by such certificate immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

A.                                    Preferred Stock .  The Board of Directors will have authority by resolution to cause to be created one or more series of Preferred Stock, and to determine and fix, with respect to each such series prior to the issuance of any shares of the series to which such resolution relates, the designations, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of such series and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including, without limitation:

 

i.                                        The distinctive designation of the series and the number of shares which will constitute the series, which number may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares then-outstanding) from time to time by action of the Board of Directors.

 

ii.                                     The dividend rate and the times of payment of dividends on the shares of the series, whether dividends will be cumulative and, if so, from what date or dates.

 

iii.                                  The price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions on which, the shares of the series may be redeemed at the option of the Corporation.

 

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iv.                                 Whether or not the shares of the series will be entitled to the benefit of a retirement or sinking fund to be applied to the purchase or  redemption of such shares and, if so entitled, the amount of such fund and the terms and provisions relative to the operation thereof.

 

v.                                    Whether or not the shares of the series will be convertible into, or exchangeable for, any other shares of stock of the Corporation or other securities, and, if so convertible or exchangeable, the conversion price or prices, or the rates of exchange, and any adjustments thereof, at which such conversion or exchange may be made, and any other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange.

 

vi.                                   The rights of the shares of the series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

 

vii.                              Whether or not the shares of the series will have priority over or be on a parity with or be junior to the shares of any other series or class in any respect or will be entitled to the benefit of limitations restricting the issuance of shares of any other series or class having priority over or being on a parity with the shares of such series in any respect, or restricting the payment of dividends on or the making of other distributions in respect of shares of any other series or class ranking junior to the shares of the series as to dividends or assets, or restricting the purchase or redemption of the shares of any such junior series or class, and the terms of any such restriction.

 

viii.                           Whether the series will have voting rights, in addition to any voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights.

 

ix.                                     Any other preferences, qualifications, privileges, options and other relative or special rights and limitations of that series.

 

B.                                      Common Stock .  All shares of Common Stock will entitle the holders thereof to the following rights and privileges.

 

i.                                          Dividends .  Subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock and any other provisions of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law, holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions in cash, stock of any corporation or property of the Corporation as may be declared thereon by the Board of Directors from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor and shall share equally on a per share basis in all such dividends and other distributions.

 

ii.                                       Distribution of Assets .  Subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock, in the event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, holders of Common Stock will be entitled to share ratably in all of the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders after all amounts to which the holders of Preferred Stock are entitled have been paid or set aside in cash for payment.

 

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iii.                                   Voting Rights .  Except as otherwise expressly required by law or provided in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, (a) the holders of any outstanding shares of Common Stock shall vote together as a single class on all matters with respect to which stockholders are entitled to vote under applicable law, this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation, or upon which a vote of stockholders is otherwise duly called for by the Corporation, and (b) at each annual or special meeting of stockholders, each holder of record of shares of Common Stock on the relevant record date shall be entitled to cast one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the Common Stock standing in such holder’s name on the Corporation’s stock transfer records.

 

iv.                                  No Preemptive Rights .  No holder of any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Corporation shall have any preemptive right to subscribe for or to purchase any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Corporation.

 

5.                                        Bylaws .  In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Bylaws of the Corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by (i) the affirmative vote of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in respect thereof, given at an annual meeting or at any special meeting, provided that notice of the proposed alteration or repeal or of the proposed new Bylaws be included in the notice of such meeting, or (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

 

6.                                        Board of Directors .

 

A.                                    The number of directors from time to time shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided by the Bylaws of the Corporation and may not be divided into classes.

 

B.                                      Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from the vacating of any director’s seat due to death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled with a candidate approved by the majority vote of the remaining directors then in office, even if less than a quorum (and not by stockholders).

 

C.                                      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.

 

7.                                        Management of the Corporation .  The provisions of this Article 7 are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:

 

A.                                    Board of Directors .  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.  Subject to Article 3, in addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon them by statute or by this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation.

 

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B.                                      Election of Directors .  The directors of the Corporation need not be elected by written ballot unless the Bylaws so provide.

 

C.                                      Action by the Stockholders .  Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of the shares of outstanding capital stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded; provided that prompt notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

 

D.                                     Special Meetings .  Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or by any number of stockholders owning an aggregate of not less than 20% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

8.                                        Right to Amend .  The Corporation reserves the right to amend any provision contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as the same may from time to time be in effect in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and all rights conferred on stockholders or others hereunder are subject to such reservation; provided, however, that any amendment or repeal of, or adoption of any provision inconsistent with, Article 9 of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection existing hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment or repeal or adoption of any provision inconsistent therewith.

 

9.                                        Limitation on Liability .  The directors of the Corporation shall be entitled to the benefits of all limitations on the liability of directors generally that are now or hereafter become available under the GCL.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent from time to time 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, except for liability (A) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (B) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (C) under Section 174 of the GCL, or (D) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.  If the GCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the GCL, as so amended. No amendment or repeal of this Article 9, or adoption of any provision to this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation which is inconsistent with this Article 9 shall eliminate or reduce or otherwise adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

Form of Stock Certificate

 

PRESIDENT SECRETARY B&G Foods, Inc. SEAL 1996 CORPORATE DELAWARE BGS This Certifies that is the owner of CUSIP 05508R 10 6 SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS COMMON STOCK PAR VALUE $.01 fully paid and non-assessable shares of the above Corporation transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. In Witness Whereof, the said Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers and to be sealed with the Seal of the Corporation. Dated: Countersigned and Registered: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (NEW YORK) Transfer Agent and Registrar By Authorized Signature B&G Foods, Inc. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE Colors Selected for Printing: Logo is in EPS format; Prints in PMS Warm Red and Black. Intaglio prints in SC-20 Dark Brown. COLOR: This proof was printed from a digital file or artwork on a graphics quality, color laser printer. It is a good representation of the color as it will appear on the final product. However, it is not an exact color rendition, and the final printed product may appear slightly different from the proof due to the difference between the dyes and printing ink. PLEASE INITIAL THE APPROPRIATE SELECTION FOR THIS PROOF: OK AS IS OK WITH CHANGES MAKE CHANGES AND SEND ANOTHER PROOF THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN JERSEY CITY, NJ, NEW YORK, NY AND PITTSBURGH, PA ABnote North America 711 ARMSTRONG LANE COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE 38401 (931) 388-3003 SALES: HOLLY GRONER 931-490-7660 PROOF OF: AUGUST 4, 2010 B&G FOODS WO 2128 OPERATOR:JB NEW

 

 


For value received, hereby sell, assign and transfer unto PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee shares of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney, to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated Signature(s) Guaranteed: THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15. The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM TEN ENT JT TEN – – – as tenants in common as tenants by the entireties as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT/UNIF TRANS MIN ACT– Custodian (Cust) (Minor) under Uniform Gifts/Trans to Minors Act (State) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. PLEASE INITIAL THE APPROPRIATE SELECTION FOR THIS PROOF: OK AS IS OK WITH CHANGES MAKE CHANGES AND SEND ANOTHER PROOF ABnote North America 711 ARMSTRONG LANE COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE 38401 (931) 388-3003 SALES: HOLLY GRONER 931-490-7660 PROOF OF: AUGUST 4, 2010 B&G FOODS WO 2128 BK OPERATOR:JB NEW