UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A/A

 

 

(Amendment No. 1)

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Groupon, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   27-0903295
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 400

Chicago, Illinois

  60654
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

to be so registered

  

Name of each exchange on which

each class is to be registered

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value    NASDAQ Global Select Market

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.  ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.  ☐

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:

N/A

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

(Title of Class)

 

 

 


Item 1.

Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

On October 31, 2016, each share of Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), and Class B Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Class B Common Stock”), of Groupon, Inc. (the “Company”) will automatically convert (the “Conversion”) into a single class of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”). Each share of Common Stock issued in connection with the Conversion will have the same designations, rights, powers and preference as the Class A Common Stock prior to the Conversion. In connection with the Conversion, the Company will file a Certificate of Retirement (the “Certificate of Retirement”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to provide that upon the Conversion, the reissuance of all Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock will be prohibited and such shares will be retired and, upon such retirement, all references to the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock in the Certificate of Incorporation shall be eliminated. The Company will then file a Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which restates and integrates but does not further amend the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended by the Certificate of Retirement (the “Restated Certificate”).

The following description of our Common Stock and of certain provisions of Delaware law do not purport to be complete and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as restated to include the terms of the Certificate of Retirement), our Amended and Restated By-Laws, (as amended from time to time, the “Amended and Restated By-Laws”) and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). Our Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws are filed herewith and incorporated herein by reference. The terms of our Certificate of Retirement and Restated Certificate reflect the terms of those documents as they will exist following the Conversion.

Common Stock

Pursuant to our Restated Certificate, our board of directors has the authority to issue up to a total of 2,010,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each such share on any matter that is submitted to a vote of stockholders and shall otherwise have the rights conferred by the DGCL in respect of such shares. In addition, holders of the Common Stock will vote as a single class of stock on any matter that is submitted to a vote of stockholders.

Preferred Stock

Pursuant to our Restated Certificate, our board of directors has the authority, without approval by the stockholders, to issue up to a total of 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series. Our board of directors may establish the number of shares to be included in each such series and may fix the designations, preferences, powers and other rights of the shares of a series of preferred stock. Our board of directors could authorize the issuance of preferred stock with voting or conversion rights that could dilute the voting power or rights of the holders of our Common Stock. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the Company and might harm the market price of our common stock.

Elimination of Liability in Certain Circumstances

Our Restated Certificate eliminates the liability of our directors to us or our stockholders for monetary damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duties as directors. Directors will remain liable for breaches of their duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, as well as for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, and transactions from which a director derives improper personal benefit. Our Restated Certificate will not absolve directors of liability for payment of dividends or stock purchases or redemptions by us in violation of Section 174 (or any successor provision of the DGCL).

The effect of this provision is to eliminate the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for actions involving a breach of their fiduciary duty of care, including any such actions involving gross negligence. We do not believe that this provision eliminates the liability of our directors to us or our stockholders for monetary


damages under the federal securities laws. Our Restated Certificate and our Amended and Restated By-Laws provide indemnification for the benefit of our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it may be amended from time to time, including most circumstances under which indemnification otherwise would be discretionary.

Anti-Takeover Effects of Delaware Law, Our Restated Certificate and Our Amended and Restated By-Laws

Number of Directors; Removal; Vacancies. We currently have nine directors and our Amended and Restated By-Laws provide that we shall have such number of directors as is determined by a resolution of the board of directors then in office. Vacancies on the board of directors may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office. Our Restated Certificate and our Amended and Restated By-Laws provide that directors may be removed with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

Special Meetings of Stockholders; Limitations on Stockholder Action by Written Consent. Our Restated Certificate and our Amended and Restated By-Laws provide that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by our Chairman of the Board, our Chief Executive Officer, our board of directors or holders of not less than a majority of our issued and outstanding voting stock. Any action required or permitted to be taken by our stockholders must be effected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be effected by written consent unless the action to be effected and the taking of such action by written consent have been approved in advance by our board of directors.

Amendments; Vote Requirements. Certain provisions of our Restated Certificate and Amended and Restated By-Laws provide that the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on any matter is required for stockholders to amend our Restated Certificate or Amended and Restated By-Laws, including those provisions relating to action by written consent and the ability of stockholders to call special meetings.

Authorized but Unissued Shares; Undesignated Preferred Stock. The authorized but unissued shares of our Common Stock will be available for future issuance without stockholder approval. These additional shares may be utilized for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings to raise additional capital, corporate acquisitions and employee benefit plans. In addition, our board of directors may authorize, without stockholder approval, undesignated preferred stock with voting rights or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to acquire us. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or preferred stock could render it more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.

Advance Notice Requirements for Stockholder Proposals and Nomination of Directors. Our Amended and Restated By-Laws provide that stockholders seeking to bring business before an annual meeting of stockholders, or to nominate individuals for election as directors at an annual meeting of stockholders, must provide timely notice in writing. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at our principal executive offices not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders. However, in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within 30 days before or 60 days after such anniversary date, such notice will be timely only if received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the date on which a public announcement of the date of the annual meeting was made. Our Amended and Restated By-Laws also specify requirements as to the form and content of a stockholder’s notice.

Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. We are subject to Section 203 of the DGCL, which prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years after the date that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, with the following exceptions:

 

 

 

before such date, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;


 

 

upon completion of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction began, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned (i) by persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

 

 

 

on or after such date, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

In general, Section 203 defines a business combination to include the following:

 

 

 

any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder;

 

 

 

any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder;

 

 

 

subject to certain exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder;

 

 

 

any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock or any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; or

 

 

 

the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loss, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits by or through the corporation.

In general, Section 203 defines an “interested stockholder” as an entity or person who, together with the person’s affiliates and associates, beneficially owns, or within three years prior to the time of determination of interested stockholder status did own, 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation.

Choice of Forum

Our Restated Certificate provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the exclusive forum for: (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; (ii) any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty; (iii) any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, our Restated Certificate or our Amended and Restated By-Laws; or (iv) any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our Common Stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A. The transfer agent’s address is 250 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021.

Stock Exchange Listing

Our Common Stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “GRPN.”


Item 2.

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description

3.1*

  

Certificate of Retirement of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock of Groupon, Inc.

3.2*

  

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Groupon, Inc.

3.3

  

Amended and Restated By-Laws of Groupon, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Groupon, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-174661)).

3.4

  

Amendment to the Amended and Restated By-Laws (incorporated by reference Exhibit 3.2 to Groupon, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 8, 2016).

4.1*

  

Specimen Stock Certificate of Common Stock

 

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Filed herewith.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

   

GROUPON, INC.

Date: October 31, 2016

   

By:

 

/s/ Michael Randolfi

     

Name:  Michael Randolfi

     

Title:    Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description

3.1*

  

Certificate of Retirement of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock of Groupon, Inc.

3.2*

  

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Groupon, Inc.

3.3

  

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Groupon, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Groupon, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-174661)).

3.4

  

Amendment to the Amended and Restated By-Laws (incorporated by reference Exhibit 3.2 to Groupon, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 8, 2016).

4.1*

  

Specimen Stock Certificate of Common Stock

 

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Filed herewith.

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT

OF

CLASS A COMMON STOCK AND CLASS B COMMON STOCK

OF GROUPON, INC.

(Pursuant to Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)

Groupon, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Corporation ”), hereby certifies as follows:

ONE: All authorized and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Class A Common Stock ”) and Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Class B Common Stock ”) of the Corporation have been converted (the “ Conversion ”) into shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation (the “ Common Stock ”).

TWO: The Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was (i) duly adopted by the Corporation’s Board of Directors and its stockholders in accordance with Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”) and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 31, 2011 and (ii) amended by the Corporation’s Board of Directors and its stockholders in accordance with Sections 228 and 242 of the DGCL pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 10, 2016 (as amended, the “ Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate ”)

THREE: The Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate provides that upon the Conversion, the reissuance of all shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be prohibited and such shares shall be retired in accordance with Section 243 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”) and, upon such retirement and cancellation, all references to the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock in the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate shall be eliminated.

FOUR: The Board of Directors of the Corporation adopted resolutions retiring the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock immediately upon the Conversion.

FIVE: Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the DGCL, effective as 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on the date hereof, the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate shall be amended so as to (A) reduce the total authorized number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation by 2,010,000,000 shares, such that the total number of authorized shares of the Corporation shall be 2,060,000,000, consisting of (i) 2,010,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 50,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share and (B) eliminate from the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate all references to the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Retirement has been signed on behalf of the Corporation by its duly authorized officer effective this 31st day of October 2016.

 

GROUPON, INC.

/s/ Dane Drobny

By: 

 

Dane Drobny

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

 

and Corporate Secretary

Exhibit 3.2

RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF GROUPON, INC.

Groupon, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Corporation ”), hereby certifies as follows:

ONE: The original name of the Corporation was ThePoint.com, Inc. and the date of the filing of the original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was January 15, 2008.

TWO: The Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was (i) duly adopted by the Corporation’s Board of Directors and its stockholders in accordance with Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”) and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 31, 2011 and (ii) amended by the Corporation’s Board of Directors and its stockholders in accordance with Sections 228 and 242 of the DGCL pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 10, 2016 (as amended, the “ Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate ”).

THREE: This Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Restated Certificate ”) only restates and integrates and does not further amend the provisions of the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate, as amended by the Certificate of Retirement that was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 31, 2016 (the “ Amended Certificate ), and was duly adopted by the Corporation’s Board of Directors in accordance with Section 245 of the DGCL. There is no discrepancy between the provisions of the Amended Certificate and the provisions of this Restated Certificate.

FOUR: Effective as of 4:01 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on the date hereof, the text of the Amended Certificate is hereby integrated and restated in its entirety to read in full as follows:

ARTICLE I

The name of the Corporation is Groupon, Inc .

ARTICLE II

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent in the State of Delaware at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE III

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.


ARTICLE IV

Section 1. Authorized Shares . This Corporation is authorized to issue 2,010,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and 50,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”).

Section 2. Vote to Increase or Decrease Authorized Shares . The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or Common 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 of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, without a vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock, or any series thereof, unless a vote of any such holders is required pursuant to the terms of any Preferred Stock Designation (as defined below) and irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.

Section 3. Rights of Preferred Stock . The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) is authorized, subject to any limitations prescribed by law, to provide for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in series, and by filing a certificate pursuant to the applicable law of the State of Delaware (such certificate being hereinafter referred to as a “ Preferred Stock Designation ”), to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each series, and to fix the designations, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of each such series and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof.

Section 4. [Reserved]

Section 5. Rights of Common Stock . Except as otherwise provided herein or required by law, each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each such share on any matter that is submitted to a vote of stockholders and shall otherwise have the rights conferred by applicable law in respect of such shares..

Section 6. [Reserved].

ARTICLE V

Section 1. Board Size . Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the total number of authorized directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the directors then in office.

Section 2. Removal; Vacancies . Any director may be removed from office by the stockholders of the Corporation with or without cause. Vacancies occurring on the Board of Directors for any reason and newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors shall be filled only be the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified, or until such director’s 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.

 

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ARTICLE VI

Section 1. Board Power . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon them by statute or by this Restated Certificate or the By-laws of the Corporation, the Board of Directors is hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation.

Section 2. Amendment of By-laws . In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the DGCL, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, alter, amend or repeal the By-laws of the Corporation. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Board of Directors then in office shall be required in order for the Board of Directors to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Corporation’s By-laws. The Corporation’s By-laws may also be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. Notwithstanding the above or any other provision of this Restated Certificate, the By-laws of the Corporation may not be amended, altered or repealed except in accordance with Article X of the By-laws. No By-law hereafter legally adopted, amended, altered or repealed shall invalidate any prior act of the directors or officers of the Corporation that would have been valid if such By-law had not been adopted, amended, altered or repealed.

Section 3. Written Ballot . Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-laws of the Corporation shall so provide.

Section 4. No Cumulative Voting . No stockholder will be permitted to cumulate votes at any election of directors.

Section 5. Special Meetings . Special meetings of stockholders may be called only by (i) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the directors then in office; (ii) the Chairman of the Board of Directors; (iii) the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation; or (iv) the holders of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote.

Section 6. Stockholder Action by Written Consent . Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, 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 stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders; provided that stockholders may take action by written consent if the action to be effected by written consent and the taking of such action by written consent is approved in advance by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

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ARTICLE VII

Section 1. Director Exculpation . To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation shall not 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 that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (c) under Section 174 of the DGCL; or (d) any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the DGCL is amended, after approval by the stockholders of this Article VII , 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 DGCL, as so amended.

Section 2. Indemnification . The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by law any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he, she, his or her testator or intestate is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, any predecessor of the Corporation or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Corporation, or served or serves at any other enterprise as a director, officer, employee or agent at the request of the Corporation or any predecessor of the Corporation. The Corporation shall indemnify any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he, she, his or her testator or intestate is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or any predecessor of the Corporation, or serves or served at any other enterprise as a director or officer at the request of the Corporation, any predecessor of the Corporation or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Corporation as and to the extent (and on the terms and subject to the conditions) set forth in the By-laws of the Corporation or in any contract of indemnification entered into by the Corporation and any such person.

Section 3. Vested Rights . Neither any amendment or repeal of any Section of this Article VII , nor the adoption of any provision of this Restated Certificate inconsistent with this Article VII , shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article VII , in respect of any matter occurring, or any action or proceeding accruing or arising or that, but for this Article VII , would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

ARTICLE VIII

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation; (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders; (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, this Restated Certificate or the By-laws of the Corporation; or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article VIII .

 

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ARTICLE IX

If any provision of this Restated Certificate becomes or is declared on any ground by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, portions of such provision, or such provision in its entirety, to the extent necessary, shall be severed from this Restated Certificate, and the court shall replace such illegal, void or unenforceable provision of this Restated Certificate with a valid and enforceable provision that most accurately reflects the Corporation’s intent, in order to achieve, to the maximum extent possible, the same economic, business and other purposes of the illegal, void or unenforceable provision. The balance of this Restated Certificate shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

The Corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal any provision contained in this Restated Certificate in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware and all rights conferred upon stockholders are granted subject to this reservation; provided , however , that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Restated Certificate or any provision of law that might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of the capital stock of this Corporation required by law or by this Restated Certificate, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provision of this Restated Certificate inconsistent with, Article V , Article VI , Article VII or this Article IX .

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The foregoing Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted by the Corporation’s Board of Directors in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 245 of the DGCL.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been signed on behalf of the Corporation by its duly authorized officer effective this 31st day of October 2016.

 

GROUPON, INC.

/s/ Dane Drobny

By: 

 

Dane Drobny

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

 

and Corporate Secretary

 

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Exhibit 4.1

LOGO

 

PO BOX 43004, Providence, RI 02940-3004 MR A SAMPLE DESIGNATION (IF ANY) ADD 1 ADD 2 ADD 3 ADD 4 CUSIP XXXXXX XX X Holder ID XXXXXXXXXX Insurance Value 00.1,000,000 Number of Shares 123456 DTC 12345678901234512345678 Certificate Numbers Num/No Denom. Total. 1234567890/1234567890 111 1234567890/1234567890 222 1234567890/1234567890 333 1234567890/1234567890 444 1234567890/1234567890 555 1234567890/1234567890 666 Total Transaction 7 ZQ|CERT#|COY|CLS|RGSTRY|ACCT#|TRANSTYPE|RUN#|TRANS# COMMON STOCK PAR VALUE $0.0001 Certificate Number ZQ00000000 COMMON STOCK THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CANTON, MA, JERSEY CITY, NJ AND COLLEGE STATION, TX GROUPON, INC. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE THIS CERTIFIES THAT is the owner of SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS FULLY-PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK OF Groupon, Inc. (hereinafter called the “Company”), transferable on the books of the Company in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby, are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and the By-Laws, as amended, of the Company (copies of which are on file with the Company and with the Transfer Agent), to all of which each holder, by acceptance hereof, assents. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. Witness the facsimile seal of the Company and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers. DATED DD-MMM-YYYY UPON, COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: RO IN G C. COMPUTERSHARE INC. Chairman of the Board TRANSFERAGENT AND REGISTRAR, DATE DELAWARE By General Counsel and Corporate Secretary AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE


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GROUPON, INC. 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 - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian (Cust) (Minor) TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (State) JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship UNIF TRF MIN ACT - Custodian (until age .) and not as tenants in common (Cust) under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (Minor) (State) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE For value received, hereby sell, assign and transfer unto (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 Company with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: 20 Signature(s) Guaranteed: Medallion Guarantee Stamp THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD 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. Signature: Signature: 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. The IRS requires that we report the cost basis of certain shares acquired after January 1, 2011. If your shares were covered by the legislation and you have sold or transferred the shares and requested a specific cost basis calculation method, we have processed as requested. If you did not specify a cost basis calculation method, we have defaulted to the first in, first out (FIFO) method. Please visit our website or consult your tax advisor if you need additional information about cost basis. If you do not keep in contact with us or do not have any activity in your account for the time periods specified by state law, your property could become subject to state unclaimed property laws and transferred to the appropriate state.