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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2016

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP

HOLDINGS, INC.*

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   7372   46-3044956

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

 

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

(781) 852-3200

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)

 

 

Hari Ravichandran

Chief Executive Officer

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

(781) 852-3200

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

David C. Bryson, Esq.

Chief Legal Officer

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

Telephone: (781) 852-3200

Telecopy: (781) 272-2915

 

Sandra L. Flow, Esq.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

One Liberty Plaza

New York, New York 10006

(212) 225-2000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box.  ☐

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer   ☐  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company  

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of each class of

securities to be registered

 

Amount

to be

registered

 

Proposed

maximum

offering price

per unit

 

Proposed

maximum

aggregate

offering price(1)

 

Amount of

registration fee(2)

10.875% Senior Notes due 2024

  $350,000,000   100%   $350,000,000   $40,565

Guarantees of 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024(3)

  (4)   (4)   (4)   (4)

 

 

(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
(2) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act.
(3) See inside facing page for table of additional registrants.
(4) Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act, no separate filing fee is required for the guarantees.

 

 

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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*TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

 

Exact Name of Additional

Registrant

As Specified in its Charter*

  State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization
  I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.
  Primary Standard
Industrial
Classification Code
Number
 

Address, including Zip

Code, and Telephone

Number,

including Area Code, of

Principal Executive Offices

A Small Orange, LLC

  Georgia   27-1874451   7372   10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, (781) 852-3200

Bluehost Inc.

  Utah   20-1303988   7372   10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, (781) 852-3200

CardStar Publishing, LLC

  D.C.   00-0000000   7372   10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, (781) 852-3200

CardStar, Inc.

  Delaware   27-0463505   7372   10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, (781) 852-3200

Constant Contact, Inc.

  Delaware   04-3285398   7331   10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, (781) 852-3200

Domain Name Holding Company, Inc.

  Delaware   33-1113636   7372   10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, (781) 852-3200

EIG Investors Corp.

  Delaware   56-2656057   7372   10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, (781) 852-3200

Endurance International Group—West, Inc.

  Delaware   47-0947329   7372   10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, (781) 852-3200

FastDomain Inc.

  Utah   20-4496573   7372   10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, (781) 852-3200

HostGator.com LLC

  Florida   20-1641339   7372   10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, (781) 852-3200

SinglePlatform, LLC

  Delaware   27-1101318   7310   10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, (781) 852-3200

The Endurance International Group, Inc.

  Delaware   35-2015980   7372   10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, (781) 852-3200

 

* The name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of the agent for service for each of the additional registrants are the same as those provided above for Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.


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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities or consummate the exchange offer until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED NOVEMBER 17, 2016

PROSPECTUS

 

LOGO

EIG INVESTORS CORP.

(a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

Offer to Exchange

$350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024

(CUSIPs No. 26854X AA7 and U26435 AA2)

for

$350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024

(CUSIP No. 26854X AB5)

that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act

 

 

fully and unconditionally guaranteed by

A SMALL ORANGE, LLC

(a Georgia limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

BLUEHOST INC.

(a Utah corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

CARDSTAR PUBLISHING, LLC

(a District of Columbia limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

CARDSTAR, INC.

(a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

CONSTANT CONTACT, INC.

(a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

DOMAIN NAME HOLDING COMPANY, INC.

(a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP – WEST, INC.

(a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

FASTDOMAIN INC.

(a Utah corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

HOSTGATOR.COM LLC

(a Florida limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

SINGLEPLATFORM, LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.

(a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

Terms of the Exchange Offer

 

 

 

    EIG Investors Corp., or the Issuer, is offering to exchange any and all of its outstanding unregistered 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 that were issued on February 9, 2016, or the Original Notes, for an equal amount of new 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024, or the Exchange Notes, and together with the Original Notes, the Notes. We refer to this offer as the “Exchange Offer.”

 

    The Exchange Offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , 2017 (such date and time, the “Expiration Date,” unless we extend or terminate the Exchange Offer, in which case the “Expiration Date” will mean the latest date and time to which we extend the Exchange Offer).

 

    Tenders of the Original Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date.

 

    The Original Notes may be exchanged only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

    All Original Notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be exchanged.

 

    The exchange of the Original Notes for the Exchange Notes will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

    None of the Issuer or any of the guarantors will receive any proceeds from the Exchange Offer.

 

    The terms of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer are substantially the same as the terms of the Original Notes, except that the offer of the Exchange Notes is registered under the Securities Act, and the Exchange Notes have no transfer restrictions, registration rights or rights to additional interest.

 

    The Exchange Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange. A public market for the Exchange Notes may not develop, which could make selling the Exchange Notes difficult.

Each broker-dealer that receives the Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. The letter of transmittal accompanying this prospectus states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of the Exchange Notes received in exchange for the Original Notes where such Original Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

 

Investing in the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer involves certain risks. See “ Risk Factors ” beginning on page 11.

 

 

None of the Issuer or any of the guarantors are making an offer to exchange the Original Notes in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted.

Neither the SEC nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is                     , 2016.


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Where You Can Find More Information

     i   

Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference

     i   

Forward-Looking Statements

     iii   

Industry and Market Data

     iii   

Summary

     1   

Risk Factors

     11   

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

     19   

Use of Proceeds

     20   

The Exchange Offer

     21   

Description of Notes

     29   

Book-Entry; Settlement and Clearance

     106   

Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

     109   

Plan of Distribution

     114   

Legal Matters

     115   

Experts

     115   

We are responsible for the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to give you any other information, and we take no responsibility for any other information that others may give you. If you are in a jurisdiction where offers to sell, or solicitations of offers to purchase, the securities offered by this document are unlawful, or if you are a person to whom it is unlawful to direct these types of activities, then the offer presented in this document does not extend to you. The information contained in this document speaks only as of the date of this document unless the information specifically indicates that another date applies.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 to register this Exchange Offer. This prospectus, which forms part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information included in that registration statement. For further information about us and about the Exchange Notes offered in this prospectus, you should refer to the registration statement and its exhibits. We also file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings, including our registration statement on Form S-4, are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of certain information filed by us with the SEC are also available on our website at www.endurance.com. The information provided on or accessible through our website is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and you should not consider it to be a part of this document. Our Internet address is included as an inactive textual reference only. You may also read and copy any document we file at the SEC’s Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the Public Reference Room.

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference much of the information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those publicly available documents. The information that we incorporate by reference in this prospectus is considered to be part of this prospectus. Because we are incorporating by reference future filings with the SEC, this prospectus is continually updated and those future filings may modify or supersede some of the information included or incorporated in this prospectus. This means that you must look at all of the SEC filings that we incorporate by reference to determine if any of the statements in this prospectus or in any document previously incorporated by reference have been modified or

 

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superseded. This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents listed below (File No. 001-36131) and any future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (in each case, other than those documents or the portions of those documents not deemed to be filed), between the date of this prospectus and the termination of the offering of the Exchange Notes:

 

    our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 filed with the SEC on February 29, 2016 (as amended by our Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K filed with the SEC on June 28, 2016);

 

    the information specifically incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 from our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 12, 2016;

 

    our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 filed with the SEC on May 9, 2016, for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 filed with the SEC on August 8, 2016 and for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 filed with the SEC on November 4, 2016;

 

    our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 20, 2016 (as amended by our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on January 21, 2016), January 27, 2016, February 10, 2016, February 17, 2016, February 18, 2016 (to the extent filed), February 22, 2016, May 3, 2016 (as amended by our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on May 3, 2016), May 13, 2016, May 31, 2016 and August 12, 2016;

 

    our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on March 31, 2016 (as amended by our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on May 13, 2016), containing the consolidated financial statements of Constant Contact at December 31, 2015 and 2014 and for the three years ended in the period ended December 31, 2015, and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Company and Constant Contact as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015; and

 

    our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 17, 2016, containing the revised consolidated financial statements of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. to reflect certain guarantor financial information as of December 31, 2014 and 2015, for each of the three years ended December 31, 2015 and for the quarters ended September 30, 2015 and 2016, and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Company and Constant Contact for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address or phone number:

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300

Burlington, MA 01803

Attn: Investor Relations

Phone: (781) 852-3200

In order to obtain timely delivery of any of these filings, you must request information from us no later than five business days prior to the expiration date of the Exchange Offer.

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus and the information incorporated by reference herein include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “may,” “believe,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “could,” “should,” “contemplate,” “can,” “estimate,” “intend,” “likely,” “would,” “project,” “seek,” “target,” “might,” “plan,” “strategy,” “will,” “expect” and similar expressions or variations are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.

These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this prospectus and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements we make as a result of a number of important factors. These important factors include the factors set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” and our “critical accounting policies and estimates” described in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, or our Form 10-K, in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016, in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2016, or our Third Quarter Form 10-Q, each incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may make.

Except as required by applicable law, we do not plan to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, and we expressly disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of any new information, events, circumstances or otherwise.

INDUSTRY AND MARKET DATA

We obtained the industry and market data presented or incorporated by reference in this prospectus from our own research and from third-party sources we believe to be reliable. We have not independently verified such data and we do not make any representation as to the accuracy or completeness of such information. While we are not aware of any misstatements regarding any industry and market data presented herein, such data involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based upon various factors, including those discussed under the headings “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in this prospectus and in other documents that are incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

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SUMMARY

This summary highlights the information contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Because this is only a summary, it does not contain all the information that may be important to you. You should read the following summary carefully together with the more detailed information appearing or incorporated by reference elsewhere in this prospectus, including our and Constant Contact’s consolidated financial statements and related notes and the risk factors beginning on page 11, before making a decision with respect to the Notes.

Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, in this prospectus, we use the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” “Endurance” and the “Company” to refer to Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries; we use the term “Issuer” to refer to EIG Investors Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc., and not any of the Issuer’s subsidiaries; and the term “Constant Contact” to refer to Constant Contact, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries.

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

Overview

We are a leading provider of cloud-based platform solutions designed to help small- and medium-sized businesses, or SMBs, succeed online. Leveraging our proprietary technology platform, we serve approximately 5.4 million subscribers globally with a comprehensive and integrated suite of over 150 products and services that help SMBs get online, get found and grow their businesses. Historically, our products focused largely on web hosting and other basic web presence solutions such as domains, but over time we have expanded to offer security, site backup, premium domains, search engine optimization, or SEO, search engine marketing, or SEM, Google Adwords, mobile solutions, social media enablement, website analytics, email marketing and productivity and e-commerce tools, among others. More recently, we have launched additional products and services, including website builders, mobile site builders and new hosting brands both to satisfy existing subscriber needs and to expand the product gateways through which new subscribers initially reach us. We refer to these newer products and services as our “gateway products.”

Constant Contact Acquisition Overview

On October 30, 2015, we entered into a definitive agreement, or the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which we agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Constant Contact for $32.00 per share in cash, for a total purchase price of approximately $1.1 billion. We refer to this transaction as the Acquisition. Constant Contact is a leading provider of online marketing tools that are designed for small organizations, including small businesses, associations and non-profits. The Acquisition, which closed on February 9, 2016, combines two leaders in small business online products and services, creating a comprehensive suite of online marketing tools and end-to-end solutions for our subscribers.

In connection with and concurrently with the Acquisition, we entered into the following transactions, or the Financing Transactions: a $735.0 million first lien incremental term loan facility, or the Incremental First Lien Term Loan Facility, a $165.0 million revolving credit facility, or the Revolving Credit Facility (which replaced our existing $125.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility), and the Issuer issued the Original Notes. We refer to the Incremental First Lien Term Loan Facility and Revolving Credit Facility, together with our previously existing first lien term loan facility, or the First Lien Term Loan Facility, as the Senior Credit Facilities.

 



 

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Corporate Information

Our business was founded in 1997 as a Delaware corporation under the name Innovative Marketing Technologies Incorporated. In December 2011, investment funds and entities affiliated with Warburg Pincus and Goldman, Sachs & Co. acquired a controlling interest in our company. We refer to this transaction as the Sponsor Acquisition. Prior to our initial public offering, or IPO, in October 2013, we were an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of WP Expedition Topco L.P., a Delaware limited partnership that we refer to as WP Expedition Topco. Pursuant to the terms of a corporate reorganization that we completed prior to our IPO, WP Expedition Topco dissolved and in liquidation distributed the shares of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. common stock to its partners in accordance with the limited partnership agreement of WP Expedition Topco.

Our principal executive offices are located at 10 Corporate Drive, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803. Our telephone number is (781) 852-3200, and our Internet address is http://www.endurance.com. The information provided on or accessible through our website is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and you should not consider it to be a part of this document. Our Internet address is included as an inactive textual reference only.

Corporate Structure

 

 

LOGO

 

* As of September 30, 2016, the balance of our First Lien Term Loan Facility was $994.6 million and the balance of our Incremental First Lien Term Loan Facility was $724.0 million.

 



 

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SUMMARY OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER

The following summary includes basic information about the Exchange Offer and is not intended to be complete. For a more complete understanding of the Exchange Offer, please refer to the section entitled “The Exchange Offer” in this prospectus.

 

Background

On February 9, 2016, the Issuer issued $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes in an unregistered offering. In connection with that offering, the Issuer entered into an exchange and registration rights agreement with respect to the Original Notes on February 9, 2016, or the Registration Rights Agreement, in which it agreed, among other things, to complete this Exchange Offer.

 

  Under the terms of the Exchange Offer, you are entitled to exchange the Original Notes for the Exchange Notes evidencing the same indebtedness and with substantially similar terms. You should read the discussion under the heading “Description of Notes” for further information regarding the Exchange Notes.

 

The Exchange Offer

We are offering to exchange, for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount of our Original Notes validly tendered and accepted, $1,000 aggregate principal amount of our Exchange Notes in authorized denominations. In order to be exchanged, an Original Note must be validly tendered, not validly withdrawn and accepted. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions of the Exchange Offer, all Original Notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be exchanged.

 

  We will not pay any accrued and unpaid interest on the Original Notes that we acquire in the Exchange Offer. Instead, interest on the Exchange Notes will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Original Note surrendered in exchange for the Exchange Note.

 

  As of the date of this prospectus, $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes are outstanding.

 

Denominations of Exchange Notes

Tendering holders of the Original Notes must tender the Original Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Exchange Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

Expiration Date

The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                 , 2017, unless we extend or terminate the Exchange Offer, in which case the “Expiration Date” will mean the latest date and time to which we extend the Exchange Offer.

 

Settlement Date

The settlement date of the Exchange Offer will be as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date of the Exchange Offer.

 



 

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Withdrawal of Tenders

Tenders of the Original Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date.

 

Conditions to the Exchange Offer

Under the Registration Rights Agreement, our obligation to consummate the Exchange Offer is subject to certain customary conditions, which we may assert or waive. See “The Exchange Offer—Conditions to the Exchange Offer.”

 

Procedures for Tendering

To participate in the Exchange Offer, you must follow the automatic tender offer program, or ATOP, procedures established by The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, for tendering the Original Notes held in book-entry form. The ATOP procedures require that the exchange agent receive, prior to the Expiration Date of the Exchange Offer, a computer-generated message known as an “agent’s message” that is transmitted through ATOP, and that DTC confirm that:

 

    DTC has received instructions to exchange your Original Notes; and

 

    you agree to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal.

 

  For more details, please read “Description of the Exchange Offer—Terms of the Exchange Offer” and “Description of the Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering.” If you elect to have the Original Notes exchanged pursuant to this Exchange Offer, you must properly tender your Original Notes prior to the Expiration Date. All Original Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be accepted for exchange. The Original Notes may be exchanged only in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

Special Procedures for Beneficial Holders

If you are a beneficial holder of Original Notes that are registered in the name of your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, and you wish to tender in the Exchange Offer, you should promptly contact the person in whose name your Original Notes are registered and instruct that nominee to tender on your behalf. See “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering Original Notes.”

 

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

If you do not exchange your Original Notes in the Exchange Offer, you will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer described in the legend on your Original Notes. In general, you may offer or sell your Original Notes only:

 

    if they are registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws;

 

    if they are offered or sold under an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws; or

 

    if they are offered or sold in a transaction not subject to the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

 



 

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  Although your Original Notes will continue to accrue interest, they will generally retain no rights under the Registration Rights Agreement. The Issuer currently does not intend to register any Original Notes under the Securities Act. Under some circumstances, holders of the Original Notes, including holders that are not permitted to participate in the Exchange Offer or that may not freely sell Exchange Notes received in the Exchange Offer, may require us, the Issuer and the other guarantors to file, and to cause to become effective, a shelf registration statement covering resales of Original Notes by these holders. For more information regarding the consequences of not tendering your Original Notes and our obligations to file a shelf registration statement, see “The Exchange Offer—Consequences of Failure to Exchange.”

 

Certain Income Tax Considerations

The exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” in this prospectus.

 

Use of Proceeds; Expenses

None of the Issuer or any of the guarantors will receive any proceeds from the issuance of the Exchange Notes in this Exchange Offer. The Issuer and the guarantors have generally agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers.

 

Exchange Agent

Wilmington Trust, National Association.

 

Regulatory Approvals

Other than the federal securities laws, there are no federal or state regulatory requirements that we must comply with and there are no approvals that we must obtain in connection with the Exchange Offer.

 

Resales

Based on existing interpretations of the Securities Act by the SEC staff set forth in several no-action letters to third parties, and subject to the immediately following sentence, we believe Exchange Notes issued under this Exchange Offer in exchange for the applicable Original Notes may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by the holders thereof (other than holders that are broker-dealers) without further compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act. However, any holder of Original Notes that is an affiliate of us, the Issuer or the other guarantors, or that intends to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing any of the Exchange Notes, or any broker-dealer that purchased any of the Original Notes from the Issuer for resale pursuant to Rule 144A or any other available exemption under the Securities Act, (i) will not be able to rely on the interpretations of the SEC staff set forth in the above mentioned no-action letters, (ii) will not be entitled to tender its Original Notes in the Exchange Offer and (iii) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any sale or transfer of the Original Notes, unless such sale or transfer is made pursuant to an exemption from such requirements.

 



 

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Risk Factors

For a discussion of significant factors you should consider carefully before deciding to participate in the Exchange Offer, see “Risk Factors” beginning on page 11 of this prospectus.

 



 

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SUMMARY OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES

The following is a summary of the terms of the Exchange Notes. The form and terms of each series of Exchange Notes are substantially identical in all material respects to the form and terms of the Original Notes, except for the issue date and that the transfer restrictions, registration rights and additional interest provisions applicable to the Original Notes do not apply to the Exchange Notes. The Exchange Notes will evidence the same debt as the corresponding Original Notes and will be governed by the same indenture. Certain of the terms and conditions described below are subject to important limitations and exceptions. For a more detailed description of the terms and conditions of the series of Exchange Notes, see the section of this prospectus entitled “Description of Notes.”

 

Issuer

EIG Investors Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

 

Notes offered

$350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024.

 

Maturity date

The Exchange Notes will mature on February 1, 2024.

 

Interest rate

Interest on the Exchange Notes will be payable in cash and accrue at a rate of 10.875%, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing on February 1, 2017. Interest on the Exchange Notes will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Original Note surrendered in exchange for the Exchange Note.

 

Ranking

The Exchange Notes will be the Issuer’s senior unsecured obligations and will:

 

    rank senior to any future subordinated indebtedness of the Issuer;

 

    rank pari passu with all of the Issuer’s existing and future senior indebtedness;

 

    be effectively subordinated to the Issuer’s secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and

 

    be structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness, claims of holders of preferred stock and other liabilities of the Issuer’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Exchange Notes.

 

Guarantees

The Exchange Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis by Endurance and each of the Issuer’s existing and future direct restricted subsidiaries that guarantee the Senior Credit Facilities or other indebtedness of the Issuer or a subsidiary guarantor. Each guarantee will:

 

    rank senior to any future subordinated indebtedness of the Issuer;

 

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    be effectively subordinated to the Issuer’s secured obligations to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and

 

    be structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness, claims of holders of preferred stock and other liabilities of the Issuer’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Exchange Notes.

 

  Any guarantee of the Exchange Notes will be released in the event such guarantee is released under the Senior Credit Facilities.

 

  As of September 30, 2016, the Issuer and the guarantors had secured indebtedness in respect of which the Notes and the relevant guarantor were effectively subordinated in the amount of approximately $1,752.1 million outstanding and an additional $131.5 million of unused revolving credit commitments under the Senior Credit Facilities, without giving effect to approximately $2.6 million of outstanding letters of credit.

 

Optional redemption

We may redeem the Exchange Notes, in whole or in part, at any time prior to February 1, 2019 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Exchange Notes redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date and a “make-whole premium,” as described under “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption.” Beginning on February 1, 2019, we may redeem all of the Exchange Notes, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices listed under “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption,” plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date.

 

  Additionally, from time to time prior to February 1, 2019, we may choose to redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Notes (including any additional Exchange Notes) at a redemption price equal to 110.875% of the face amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds that we raise in one or more equity offerings; provided that, among other things, the redemption occurs within 120 days of the closing of such equity offering. See “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption.”

 

Change of control offer

Upon the occurrence of a change of control, you will have the right, as holders of the Exchange Notes, to require the Issuer to repurchase some or all of your Exchange Notes at 101% of their face amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the repurchase date. See “Description of Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control.”

 



 

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  The Issuer may not be able to pay you the required price for the Exchange Notes you present to the Issuer at the time of a change of control, because:

 

    the Issuer may not have enough funds at that time; or

 

    the terms of the Issuer’s indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities may prevent us from making such payment.

 

Certain covenants

The indenture governing the Notes, or the Indenture, contains covenants limiting the Issuer’s ability and the ability of the Issuer’s restricted subsidiaries to:

 

    incur additional debt or issue certain preferred shares;

 

    pay dividends on or make other distributions in respect of our capital stock;

 

    make other restricted payments;

 

    make certain investments;

 

    sell or transfer certain assets;

 

    create liens on certain assets to secure debt;

 

    consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets;

 

    enter into certain transactions with our affiliates; and

 

    designate our subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries.

 

  These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions. See “Description of Notes.”

 

  During any period that the credit rating on the Exchange Notes, as determined by any two of Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services, or S&P, or Fitch, Inc., or Fitch, equals or exceeds Baa3 by Moody’s and BBB- by either S&P or Fitch, and no default or event of default under the Indenture has occurred and is continuing, the Issuer will not be subject to certain of the restrictive covenants and certain repurchases at the option of holders contained in the Indenture. See “Description of Notes—Certain Covenants—Covenant Suspension.”

 

Form and denomination

The Exchange Notes will be issued in fully registered form. The Exchange Notes will be represented by one or more global notes, deposited with the Trustee (as defined below) as custodian for DTC, and registered in the name of Cede & Co., DTC’s nominee. Beneficial interests in the global notes will be shown on, and any transfers will be effective only through, records maintained by DTC and its participants.

 

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Absence of public market for the Exchange Notes

The Exchange Notes are a new issue of securities for which there is currently no established trading market. We have not applied, and do not intend to apply, for a listing of the Exchange Notes on any securities exchange or an automated dealer quotation system. Accordingly, there can be no assurance as to the development or liquidity of any market for the Exchange Notes. Goldman, Sachs & Co. has advised us that it intends to make a market in the Exchange Notes but is not obligated to do so and may discontinue market making at any time without notice.

 

Use of proceeds

None of the Issuer or any of the guarantors will receive any proceeds from the issuance of the Exchange Notes in this Exchange Offer. In consideration for issuing the Exchange Notes, the Issuer will receive the Original Notes in like principal amount. The Original Notes surrendered in exchange for the Exchange Notes will be retired and canceled. The Issuer and the guarantors have generally agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer other than underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any.

 

Governing law

The Exchange Notes will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

Book-entry depository

The Depository Trust Company.

 

Trustee

Wilmington Trust, National Association.

 

Risk factors

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RISK FACTORS

Before deciding whether to participate in the Exchange Offer, prospective purchasers of the Exchange Notes should carefully consider the following matters, as well as the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. A description of the risks related to our business and our industry is set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Form 10-K and our Third Quarter Form 10-Q, each of which is incorporated by reference herein. While these are the risks and uncertainties we believe are most important for you to consider, you should know that they are not the only risks or uncertainties facing us or that may adversely affect our business.

Risks Related to the Exchange Offer

The consummation of the Exchange Offer may not occur.

We are not obligated to complete the Exchange Offer under certain circumstances. See “The Exchange Offer—Conditions to the Exchange Offer.” Even if the Exchange Offer is completed, it may not be completed on the schedule described in this prospectus. Accordingly, holders participating in the Exchange Offer may have to wait longer than expected to receive their Exchange Notes, during which time those holders of the Original Notes will not be able to effect transfers of their Original Notes tendered in the Exchange Offer.

You may have difficulty selling Original Notes that you do not exchange.

If you do not exchange your Original Notes for Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, the Original Notes you hold will continue to be subject to the existing transfer restrictions. The Original Notes may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred, except in compliance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act, pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act or in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with applicable state securities laws. After the Exchange Offer is consummated, the trading market for the remaining untendered Original Notes may be small and inactive. Consequently, you may find it difficult or impossible to sell any Original Notes you continue to hold or to sell such Original Notes at the price you desire because there will be fewer Original Notes outstanding. In addition, if you are eligible to exchange your Original Notes in the Exchange Offer and do not exchange your Original Notes in the Exchange Offer, you will no longer be entitled to have those outstanding Original Notes registered under the Securities Act.

Some holders of the Notes may be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

If you exchange your Original Notes in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes, you may be deemed to have received restricted securities and, if so, you will be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction. In addition, any holder of Original Notes that is an affiliate of ours or a broker-dealer that purchased Original Notes for its own account as part of market-making activities or other trading activities must deliver a prospectus when it sells the Exchange Notes it receives in exchange for Original Notes in the Exchange Offer. Our obligation to keep the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part effective is limited. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee that a current prospectus will be available at all times to broker-dealers wishing to resell their Exchange Notes.

Late deliveries of Original Notes or any other failure to comply with the Exchange Offer procedures could prevent a holder from exchanging its Original Notes.

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described in this prospectus under “The Exchange Offer.” Therefore, holders of Original Notes that wish to exchange them for Exchange Notes should allow sufficient time for timely completion of the exchange procedure. Neither we nor the exchange agent are obligated to extend the Exchange Offer or notify you of any failure to follow the proper procedure.

Risks Related to Our Indebtedness and this Offering

Our substantial level of indebtedness could materially and adversely affect our financial condition.

We now have, and expect to continue to have, significant indebtedness that could result in a material and adverse effect on our business. As of September 30, 2016, our total consolidated aggregate indebtedness, net of original issue discounts of $26.7 million and deferred financing costs of $44.7 million, was approximately $2,030.7 million. Under our First Lien Term Loan Facility and our Incremental First Lien Term Loan Facility entered into in connection with the Acquisition, we are required to repay approximately $5.3 million and $3.7 million, respectively, of principal at the end of each quarter and are required to pay accrued interest upon the maturity of each interest accrual period, which totaled $52.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2015 and $89.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, and which we currently estimate will be $16.1 million and $11.1 million, respectively, for each of these loans, for the remaining fiscal quarter for 2016. The interest accrual periods under our Senior Credit Facilities are typically three months in duration. The actual amounts of our debt servicing payments vary based on the amounts of indebtedness outstanding, whether we borrow on a LIBOR or base rate basis, the applicable interest accrual periods and the applicable interest rates, which vary based on prescribed formulas. We are also required to pay accrued interest on the Notes on a semi-annual basis. We paid approximately $18.2 million on the Original Notes during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

We may be able to incur substantial additional debt in the future. The terms of the Senior Credit Facilities and the Indenture permit us to incur additional debt subject to certain conditions. This high level of debt could have important consequences, including:

 

    making it more difficult for us to make payments on the Notes;

 

    increasing our vulnerability to general adverse financial, business, economic and industry conditions, as well as other factors that are beyond our control;

 

    requiring us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, research and development efforts and other general corporate purposes;

 

    limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate and placing us at a disadvantage compared to our competitors that are less highly leveraged;

 

    restricting our ability to pay dividends on our capital stock or redeem, repurchase or retire our capital stock or indebtedness;

 

    limiting our ability to borrow additional funds;

 

    exposing us to the risk of increased interest rates as certain of our borrowings are, and may in the future be, at variable interest rates;

 

    requiring us to sell assets or incur additional indebtedness if we are not able to generate sufficient cash flow from operations to fund our liquidity needs;

 

    requiring us to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness at or before maturity; and

 

    making it more difficult for us to fund other liquidity needs.

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satisfy our obligations under our Senior Credit Facilities and the Notes. If new debt is added to our current debt levels, the related risks that we now face, as described further herein, could intensify and we may not be able to meet all our debt obligations.

The terms of our Senior Credit Facilities and the Indenture impose restrictions on our business, reducing our operational flexibility and creating default risks. Failure to comply with these restrictions, or other events, could result in default under the relevant agreements that could trigger an acceleration of our indebtedness that we may not be able to repay.

Our Senior Credit Facilities and the Notes require compliance with a set of financial and non-financial covenants. These covenants contain numerous restrictions on the ability of the Issuer, the Company and the restricted subsidiaries to among other things:

 

    incur additional debt;

 

    make restricted payments (including any dividends or other distributions in respect of our capital stock and any investments);

 

    sell or transfer assets;

 

    enter into affiliate transactions;

 

    create liens;

 

    consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets; and

 

    take other actions.

As a result, the Issuer or the Company may be restricted from engaging in business activities that may otherwise improve our business or from financing future operations or capital needs. Failure to comply with the covenants, if not cured or waived, could result in an event of default that could trigger acceleration of our indebtedness, which would require us to repay all amounts owing under the Senior Credit Facilities and the Notes and could have a material adverse impact on our business. Our Senior Credit Facilities and the Indenture also contain provisions that trigger repayment obligations, including in some cases upon a change of control, as well as various representations and warranties which, if breached, could lead to events of default. We cannot be certain that our future operating results will be sufficient to ensure compliance with the covenants in our Senior Credit Facilities or the Indenture or to remedy any defaults under our Senior Credit Facilities or the Indenture. In addition, in the event of any event of default and related acceleration, we may not have or be able to obtain sufficient funds to make any accelerated payments. See “Description of Notes.”

EIG Investors, the borrower under our Senior Credit Facilities and the Issuer of the Notes, is a holding company, and may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service all of its indebtedness, including the Exchange Notes.

EIG Investors, the borrower under our Senior Credit Facilities and the Issuer of the Notes, has no direct operations and no significant assets other than the stock of its subsidiaries. Because it conducts its operations through its operating subsidiaries, EIG Investors depends on those entities to generate the funds necessary to meet its financial obligations, including its required obligations under our Senior Credit Facilities and the Notes. The ability of our subsidiaries to make transfers and other distributions to EIG Investors are subject to, among other things, the terms of any debt instruments of those subsidiaries then in effect, applicable law, prevailing economic and competitive conditions and certain financial, business and other factors beyond our control. If transfers or other distributions from our subsidiaries to EIG Investors were eliminated, delayed, reduced or otherwise impaired, our ability to make payments on the obligations under our Senior Credit Facilities and the Notes would be substantially impaired.

 

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Furthermore, if the Issuer’s cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund its debt service obligations (including in respect of the Exchange Notes), the Issuer and the Company may be forced to reduce or delay investments and capital expenditures, seek additional capital, restructure or refinance the Issuer’s or our indebtedness, including the Exchange Notes, or sell assets. The Issuer may not be able to accomplish any of these alternatives on a timely basis or on satisfactory terms, if at all, which would limit its ability to meet its scheduled debt service obligations (including in respect of the Exchange Notes). The Issuer’s and the Company’s ability to restructure or refinance debt will depend on the condition of the capital markets and the financial condition of the Issuer and the Company at the time. Any refinancing of the Issuer’s debt could be at higher interest rates and may require the Issuer to comply with more onerous covenants, which could further restrict our business operations. The Senior Credit Facilities and the Indenture will restrict the Issuer and the restricted subsidiaries’ ability to use the proceeds from asset sales. The Issuer and the restricted subsidiaries may not be able to consummate those asset sales to raise capital or sell assets at prices that the Issuer believes are fair, and any proceeds that the Issuer receives may not be adequate to meet any debt service obligations then due. In addition, any failure to make payments of interest and principal on the Issuer’s outstanding indebtedness on a timely basis would likely result in a reduction of the Issuer’s credit rating, which could harm the ability of the Issuer and the Company to incur additional indebtedness. See “Description of Notes.”

Additional debt could reduce the Issuer’s ability to satisfy its obligations under the Exchange Notes.

We may be able to incur substantial additional debt in the future. The terms of the Senior Credit Facilities and the Indenture permit us to incur additional debt subject to certain conditions.

Any additional debt may be secured, in which case your rights to receive payments on the Exchange Notes would effectively be junior to the holders of that new debt to the extent of the value of the assets securing the debt. Also, if the Issuer incurs any additional indebtedness that ranks equally with the Exchange Notes, the holders of that debt will be entitled to share ratably with the holders of the Exchange Notes in any proceeds distributed in connection with any insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or other winding-up of the Issuer. This may have the effect of reducing the amount of proceeds ultimately paid to you. If new debt is added to the Issuer’s current debt levels, the related risks that the Issuer, the Company and their subsidiaries now face, as described further herein, could intensify and the Issuer may not be able to meet all its debt obligations, including the repayment of the Exchange Notes.

The Exchange Notes are not secured by any of the Issuer’s assets and are effectively subordinated to the Issuer’s secured debt. The Senior Credit Facilities are secured and, therefore, the related lenders have a prior claim on substantially all of the Issuer’s assets and those of the guarantors of the Exchange Notes.

The Exchange Notes are not secured by any of the Issuer’s assets, or those of any guarantor. The Senior Credit Facilities, however, are secured by a perfected security interest in substantially all of our assets and the assets of the Issuer and its subsidiary guarantors. The lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities also could accelerate all obligations thereunder and exercise any other remedies available under applicable laws if the Issuer, we, any subsidiary guarantor or any material subsidiary becomes insolvent or is liquidated or any of the Issuer, we, any subsidiary guarantor or any restricted subsidiary otherwise defaults on any of the Issuer’s obligations and agreements under the Senior Credit Facilities. Accordingly, the lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities have a prior claim on the Issuer’s assets (and those of the guarantors under the Senior Credit Facilities). In that event, because the Exchange Notes are not secured by any of the Issuer’s or the guarantors’ assets, it is possible that the Issuer’s and the guarantors’ remaining assets might be insufficient to satisfy your claims in full. Any such exercise of the lenders’ remedies under the Senior Credit Facilities could impede or preclude the Issuer’s or the guarantors’ ability to continue to operate as a going concern.

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unused capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility as of September 30, 2016. Any borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility will be secured, and as a result, would be effectively senior to the Exchange Notes and the guarantees to the extent of the value of the assets securing that indebtedness. We may incur additional secured indebtedness as permitted under the Indenture and the Senior Credit Facilities.

The Exchange Notes are structurally subordinated to the liabilities of the Issuer’s non-guarantor subsidiaries.

Payments on the Exchange Notes are required to be made only by the Issuer and the guarantors. The Exchange Notes are guaranteed only by us and the Issuer’s subsidiaries that guarantee its obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities. Accordingly, holders of the Exchange Notes are structurally subordinated to the claims of creditors of non-guarantor subsidiaries, including trade creditors. All obligations of the Issuer’s non-guarantor subsidiaries, including trade payables, will have to be satisfied before any of the assets of those subsidiaries would be available for distribution, upon liquidation or otherwise, to the Issuer or a guarantor of the Exchange Notes. The non-guarantor subsidiaries are permitted to incur additional debt in the future under the Indenture and the Senior Credit Facilities.

If the Issuer defaults on its obligations to pay its other indebtedness, it may not be able to make payments on the Exchange Notes.

Any default under the agreements governing the Issuer’s indebtedness, including a default under the Senior Credit Facilities that is not waived by the required lenders, and any remedies sought by the lenders of that debt, could prevent the Issuer from paying principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Exchange Notes and substantially decrease the market value of the Exchange Notes. If the Issuer is unable to generate sufficient cash flow and is otherwise unable to obtain the funds necessary to meet required payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Issuer’s indebtedness, or if the Issuer otherwise fails to comply with the various covenants, including financial and operating covenants, in the instruments governing its indebtedness, including covenants in its Senior Credit Facilities, it could be in default under the terms of those agreements. In the event of a default, the holders of the related indebtedness may be able to cause all of the Issuer’s available cash flow to be used to pay that indebtedness and, in any event, could elect to declare all the funds borrowed thereunder to be immediately due and payable, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

Upon any bankruptcy filing, the Issuer would be stayed from making any ongoing payments on the Exchange Notes, and the holders of the Exchange Notes would not be entitled to receive post-petition interest or applicable fees, costs or charges, or any “adequate protection” under Title 11 of the United States Code, or the Bankruptcy Code. In addition, any payment by the Issuer on the Exchange Notes made at a time it was found to be insolvent could be voided and required to be returned to the Issuer or to a fund for the benefit of the Issuer’s creditors if such payment were made to an insider within a one-year period prior to a bankruptcy filing or within 90 days for any non-insider party if such payment would give the insider or non-insider party more than that creditor would have received in a distribution under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, and certain applicable statutory defenses did not apply. Also, in the event that the Issuer were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case seeking reorganization or other relief under the Bankruptcy Code, a delay and/or substantial reduction in payments under the Exchange Notes could occur. If the Issuer’s operating performance declines, the Issuer may in the future need to obtain waivers from the required lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities to avoid being in default thereunder. If the Issuer breaches its covenants under the Senior Credit Facilities and seeks a waiver, it may not be able to obtain a waiver from the required lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities, in which case the Issuer would be in default under the Senior Credit Facilities, the lenders could exercise their rights, as described above, and the Issuer could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation. See “Description of Notes.”

The Issuer may not be able to repurchase the Exchange Notes upon a change of control or pursuant to an asset sale offer, which would cause a default under the Indenture and the Senior Credit Facilities.

Upon the occurrence of specific kinds of change of control events, the Issuer is required under the Indenture to offer to repurchase all outstanding Notes at 101% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, unless the Notes have been previously called for redemption. The source of funds for any such purchase of

 

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the Exchange Notes will be the Issuer’s available cash or cash generated from its subsidiaries’ operations or other sources, including borrowings, sales of assets or sales of equity. The Issuer may not be able to repurchase the Exchange Notes upon a change of control because it may not have sufficient financial resources to purchase all of the Exchange Notes that are tendered upon a change of control. Further, the Issuer may be contractually restricted under the terms of the Senior Credit Facilities from repurchasing all of the Exchange Notes tendered by holders upon a change of control. Accordingly, the Issuer may not be able to satisfy its obligations to purchase the Exchange Notes unless it is able to refinance or obtain waivers under the Senior Credit Facilities. The Issuer’s failure to repurchase the Exchange Notes upon a change of control would cause a default under the Indenture and a cross default under the Senior Credit Facilities. See “Description of Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control.” The Senior Credit Facilities also provide that a change of control is a default that permits lenders to accelerate the maturity of borrowings thereunder. Any of the Issuer’s future debt agreements may contain similar provisions.

In addition, in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to commence an asset sale offer, as defined under the Indenture, pursuant to which it will be obligated to offer to purchase the applicable Notes at a price equal to 100% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Issuer’s other debt may contain restrictions that would limit or prohibit the Issuer from completing any such asset sale offer. The Issuer’s failure to purchase any such Exchange Notes when required under the Indenture would be an event of default. See “Description of Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

Courts interpreting change of control provisions under New York law (which is the governing law of the Indenture) have not provided clear and consistent meanings of change of control provisions, which means that we and others are unable to accurately predict the outcome of any judicial interpretation. In addition, a court case in Delaware has questioned whether a change of control provision contained in an indenture would be unenforceable on public policy grounds. No assurances can be given that courts would enforce the change of control provisions in the Indenture as written for the benefit of the holders, or as to how these change of control provisions would be impacted if the Issuer were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case.

The Exchange Notes will be treated as issued with original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The Exchange Notes will be treated as issued with original issue discount, or OID, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, because the stated redemption price at maturity of the Exchange Notes exceeds the issue price of the Exchange Notes. Because the OID is greater than a de minimis amount, certain holders of Exchange Notes will be required to include such OID in gross income on a constant yield to maturity basis, in advance of the receipt of cash attributable to such income (regardless of such holder’s method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes). See “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Certain United States federal income tax consequences.”

Federal and state fraudulent transfer and similar laws may permit a court to void the Exchange Notes and the guarantees, subordinate claims in respect of the Exchange Notes and the guarantees and require note holders to return payments received, and if that occurs, you may not receive any payments on the Exchange Notes.

The Company and certain of the Issuer’s existing subsidiaries have guaranteed, and certain of the Issuer’s future subsidiaries may guarantee, the Exchange Notes. Federal and state fraudulent transfer and conveyance statutes may apply to the issuance of the Exchange Notes and the incurrence of the guarantees of such Exchange Notes. Under the Bankruptcy Code and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer or conveyance laws, which may vary from state to state, the Exchange Notes or any of the guarantees thereof could be voided as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance if the Issuer or the relevant guarantors (1) issued the Exchange Notes or incurred the guarantee with the intent of hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors, or (2) received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration in return for issuing the Exchange Notes or incurring the guarantee and any of the following three conditions apply:

 

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    the Issuer or the guarantor, as applicable, was engaged in business or a transaction, or was about to engage in business or a transaction, for which any property remaining with the Issuer or the guarantor was an unreasonably small capital; or

 

    the Issuer or the guarantor, as applicable, intended to, or believed that it would, incur debts beyond its ability to pay as they mature.

As a general matter, value is given for a transfer or an obligation if, in exchange for the transfer or obligation, property is transferred or a valid antecedent debt is secured or satisfied. A court would likely find that a guarantor did not receive reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for its guarantee, to the extent the guarantor did not obtain a reasonably equivalent benefit directly or indirectly from the issuance of the Exchange Notes.

We cannot be certain as to the standards a court would use to determine whether or not the Issuer or any guarantor was insolvent at the relevant time or, regardless of the standard that a court uses, whether the Exchange Notes or the guarantee, as applicable, would be subordinated to the Issuer’s or that guarantor’s other debt. In general, however, a court may deem an entity insolvent if:

 

    the sum of its debts, including contingent and unliquidated liabilities, were greater than the fair saleable value of all of its assets;

 

    the present fair saleable value of its assets were less than the amount that would be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts, including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature; or

 

    it could not pay its debts as they became due.

If a court were to find that the issuance of the Exchange Notes or the incurrence of a guarantee was a fraudulent transfer or conveyance, the court could void the payment obligations under the Exchange Notes or that guarantee or subordinate the Exchange Notes or that guarantee to presently existing and future indebtedness of the Issuer or of the guarantor, as applicable, or require the holders of the Exchange Notes to repay any amounts received with respect to that guarantee. In the event of a finding that a fraudulent transfer or conveyance occurred, you may not receive any repayment on the Exchange Notes. Further, the voidance of the Exchange Notes could result in an event of default with respect to the Issuer’s and the guarantors’ other debt that could result in acceleration of that debt.

The Indenture includes a “savings clause” intended to limit each guarantor’s liability under its guarantee to the maximum amount that it could incur without causing the guarantee to be a fraudulent transfer under applicable law. There can be no assurance that this provision will be upheld as intended. Courts have found “savings clauses” to be ineffective in the past and other courts may find them to be ineffective in the future. If a court were to find the “savings clause” in our Indenture ineffective, the guarantees could be considered fraudulent transfers and voided in their entirety or reduced to an amount that effectively makes the guarantees worthless.

As a court of equity, a bankruptcy court may subordinate claims in respect of the Exchange Notes to other claims against the Issuer under the principle of equitable subordination, if the court determines that: (a) the holder of Exchange Notes engaged in some type of inequitable conduct; (b) inequitable conduct resulted in injury to the Issuer’s other creditors or conferred an unfair advantage upon the holders of Exchange Notes; and (c) equitable subordination is not inconsistent with the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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Your ability to transfer the Exchange Notes may be limited by the absence of an active trading market, a downgrade suspension or withdrawal of the rating assigned by a rating agency to the Exchange Notes, if any, or a change in price.

The Exchange Notes are a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We have not applied, and do not intend to apply, for the Exchange Notes to be listed on any securities exchange or to arrange for quotation on any automated dealer quotation system. We have been advised by Goldman, Sachs & Co. that it intends to make a market in the Exchange Notes but is not obligated to do so and may discontinue market making at any time without notice. Therefore, an active trading market for the Exchange Notes may not develop or, if developed, may not continue. If an active trading market does not develop or is not maintained, you may not be able to sell the Exchange Notes at a particular time or at favorable prices. As a result, we cannot assure you as to the liquidity of any trading market for the Exchange Notes. Accordingly, you may be required to bear the financial risk of your investment in the Exchange Notes indefinitely. A liquid trading market may not develop for the Exchange Notes and if it does, the liquidity of any market for the Exchange Notes will depend upon:

 

    the number of holders of the Exchange Notes,

 

    our performance,

 

    the trading market for similar securities,

 

    the interest of securities dealers in making a market in the Exchange Notes and other factors.

Historically, the trading market for non-investment grade debt has been subject to disruptions that have caused substantial volatility in the prices of securities similar to the Exchange Notes. The trading market, if any, for the Exchange Notes may experience similar disruptions and any such disruptions may adversely affect the prices at which you may sell your Exchange Notes. In addition, the Exchange Notes may trade at a discount from their value on the date you acquired the Exchange Notes, depending upon prevailing interest rates, the trading market for similar Exchange Notes, our performance and other factors.

The trading prices for the Exchange Notes will be directly affected by many factors, including our credit rating.

The Exchange Notes have been rated by rating agencies. A rating is not a recommendation to purchase, sell or hold the Exchange Notes. Credit rating agencies continually revise their ratings for companies they follow, including us. We cannot assure you that any rating assigned will remain for any given period of time or that a rating will not be lowered or withdrawn entirely by a rating agency if, in that rating agency’s judgment, circumstances relating to the basis of the rating, such as adverse changes in our business, so warrant. A ratings downgrade could adversely affect the trading prices of the Exchange Notes, or the trading market for the Exchange Notes, to the extent a trading market for the Exchange Notes develops.

During any period in which the Exchange Notes are rated investment grade, certain covenants contained in the Indenture will not be applicable; however, there is no assurance that the Exchange Notes will be rated investment grade.

The Indenture provides that certain covenants will not apply to the Issuer or the restricted subsidiaries during any period in which the Exchange Notes are rated investment grade by each of Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services and no default or event of default has otherwise occurred and is continuing under the Indenture. The covenants that would be suspended include, among others, limitations on our and our restricted subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends, make restricted payments, incur indebtedness, sell certain assets and enter into certain other transactions. Any related actions that we take while these covenants are not in force will be permitted and will not constitute an event of default even if the Exchange Notes are subsequently downgraded below investment grade and those covenants are subsequently reinstated. There can be no assurance that the Exchange Notes will ever be rated investment grade, or that if they are rated investment grade, that the Exchange Notes will maintain such ratings. See “Description of Notes—Certain Covenants—Covenant Suspension.”

 

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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

Our ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2015 is set forth below. You should read this table in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes incorporated by reference in this prospectus. For the purpose of computing these ratios, “earnings” consists of the amount resulting from adding pre-tax income from continuing operations before adjustment for income or loss from equity investees, fixed charges and distributed income of equity investees, and “fixed charges” consists of interest expensed and an estimate of the interest within rental expense.

 

    Years ended December 31,     Nine months ended
September 30, 2016
 
    2015     2014     2013     2012     2011    

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

    1.0x        —          —          —          —          —     

Deficiency of earnings to fixed charges (in millions)

    —        $ (44.4   $ (161.4   $ (216.5   $ (80.9   $ (169.1
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

None of the Issuer or any of the guarantors will receive any proceeds from the issuance of the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer. In consideration for issuing the Exchange Notes, the Issuer will receive the Original Notes in like principal amount. The Original Notes surrendered in exchange for the Exchange Notes will be retired and canceled. The Issuer and the guarantors have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer other than underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any.

 

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THE EXCHANGE OFFER

Purpose of the Exchange Offer

In connection with the offer and sale of the Original Notes, the Issuer and the guarantors entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the initial purchasers of the Original Notes. The Issuer is making the Exchange Offer to satisfy its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.

Terms of the Exchange Offer

The Issuer is offering to exchange, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the accompanying letter of transmittal, Exchange Notes for an equal principal amount of Original Notes. The terms of the Exchange Notes are substantially identical to the terms of the Original Notes, except that the Exchange Notes will be registered under the Securities Act and the transfer restrictions and registration rights and related additional interest provisions applicable to the Original Notes will not apply to the Exchange Notes. The Exchange Notes will be of the same class as the Original Notes. The Exchange Notes will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. See “Description of Notes.”

The Exchange Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum aggregate principal amount of Original Notes being tendered or accepted for exchange. As of the date of this prospectus, $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Original Notes was outstanding. Original Notes tendered in the Exchange Offer must be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Based on certain interpretive letters issued by the staff of the SEC to third parties in unrelated transactions, holders of Original Notes, except any holder who is an “affiliate” of the Issuer or any guarantor within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act or any broker-dealer who acquired the Original Notes directly from the Issuer, who exchange their Original Notes for Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer generally may offer the Exchange Notes for resale, resell the Exchange Notes and otherwise transfer the Exchange Notes without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that the Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of the holders’ business and such holders are not participating in, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes.

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Original Notes, where the Original Notes were acquired by the broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act (including, but not limited to, the prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities Act). In addition, to comply with the securities laws of individual jurisdictions, if applicable, the Exchange Notes may not be offered or sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the jurisdiction or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and complied with. The Issuer and the guarantors have agreed, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, to file with the SEC a registration statement (of which this prospectus forms a part) with respect to the Exchange Notes. If you do not exchange Original Notes for Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, your Original Notes will continue to be subject to restrictions on transfer.

If any holder of the Original Notes is an affiliate of the Issuer or any guarantor, is engaged in or intends to engage in or has any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be acquired in the Exchange Offer, the holder would not be able to rely on the applicable interpretations of the SEC and would be required to comply with the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and be identified as an underwriter in the prospectus, except for resales made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

 

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Expiration Date; Extensions; Termination; Amendments

The Exchange Offer expires on the Expiration Date, which is 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                 , 2017 unless the Issuer, in its sole discretion, extends the period during which the Exchange Offer is open.

The Issuer reserves the right to extend the Exchange Offer at any time and from time to time prior to the Expiration Date by giving written notice to Wilmington Trust, National Association, the exchange agent, and by public announcement communicated by no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day following the previously scheduled Expiration Date, unless otherwise required by applicable law or regulation, by making a release to PR Newswire or any other wire service. During any extension of the Exchange Offer, all Original Notes previously tendered and not validly withdrawn will remain subject to the Exchange Offer and may be accepted for exchange by the Issuer or withdrawn on or prior to such extended Expiration Date if done so validly.

The exchange date will promptly follow the Expiration Date. The Issuer expressly reserves the right to:

 

    terminate the Exchange Offer and not accept for exchange any Original Notes for any reason, including if any of the events set forth under “—Conditions to the Exchange Offer” have occurred and have not been waived by the Issuer; and

 

    amend the terms of the Exchange Offer in any manner, whether before or after any tender of the Original Notes.

If any termination or material amendment occurs, the Issuer will notify the exchange agent in writing and will either issue a press release or give written notice to the holders of the Original Notes as promptly as practicable. Additionally, if the Exchange Offer is amended in a manner determined by the Issuer to constitute a material change, the Issuer will extend the Exchange Offer for a period of two to ten business days, depending on the significance of the amendment and the manner of disclosure to such holders, if the Exchange Offer would otherwise have expired during such two to ten business day period.

Unless the Issuer terminates the Exchange Offer prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, the Issuer will exchange the Exchange Notes for the tendered Original Notes promptly after the Expiration Date, and will issue to the exchange agent Exchange Notes for Original Notes validly tendered, not withdrawn and accepted for exchange. Any Original Notes not accepted for exchange for any reason will be returned without expense to the tendering holder promptly after expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer. See “—Acceptance of Original Notes for Exchange; Delivery of Exchange Notes.”

This prospectus and the accompanying letter of transmittal and other relevant materials will be mailed by the Issuer to record holders of Original Notes and will be furnished to brokers, banks and similar persons whose names, or the names of whose nominees, appear on the lists of holders for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of Original Notes.

Procedures for Tendering Original Notes

To participate in the Exchange Offer, you must properly tender your Original Notes to the exchange agent as described below. The Issuer will only issue the Exchange Notes in exchange for the Original Notes that you timely and properly tender and do not validly withdraw. Therefore, you should allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery of the Original Notes, and you should follow carefully the instructions on how to tender your Original Notes. It is your responsibility to properly tender your Original Notes. No letter of transmittal or other document should be sent to the Issuer or the guarantors. Beneficial owners may request their respective brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or nominees to effect the above transactions for them.

If you have any questions or need help in exchanging your Original Notes, please contact the exchange agent at the address or telephone numbers set forth below.

 

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All of the Original Notes were issued in book-entry form, and all of the Original Notes are currently represented by global certificates registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC. You may tender your Original Notes using ATOP. The exchange agent will make a request to establish an account with respect to the Original Notes at DTC for purposes of the Exchange Offer within two business days after this prospectus is mailed to holders, and any financial institution that is a participant in DTC may make book-entry delivery of Original Notes by causing DTC to transfer the Original Notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedures for transfer. In connection with the transfer, DTC will send an “agent’s message” to the exchange agent. The agent’s message will state that DTC has received instructions from the participant to tender the Original Notes and that the participant agrees to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal.

By using the ATOP procedures to exchange the Original Notes, you will not be required to deliver a letter of transmittal to the exchange agent. However, you will be bound by its terms just as if you had signed it. The tender of Original Notes by you pursuant to the procedures set forth in this prospectus will constitute an agreement between you, the Issuer and the guarantors in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal.

All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility, including time of receipt, and acceptance for exchange of any tender of Original Notes will be determined by the Issuer and will be final and binding. The Issuer reserves the absolute right to reject any or all tenders not in proper form or the acceptances for exchange of which may, upon advice of our counsel, be unlawful. The Issuer also reserves the right to waive any defect, irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular Original Notes. The Issuer’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer, including the instructions in the letter of transmittal, will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, all defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of the Original Notes must be cured within such time as the Issuer shall determine. Although the Issuer intends to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of the Original Notes, neither the Issuer, the exchange agent nor any other person will incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of the Original Notes will not be deemed made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Original Notes received by the exchange agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned to the tendering holder as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date of the Exchange Offer.

In all cases, the Issuer will issue the Exchange Notes for the Original Notes that it has accepted for exchange under the Exchange Offer only after the exchange agent receives, prior to the Expiration Date, a book-entry confirmation of such number of the Original Notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC and a properly transmitted agent’s message.

If the Issuer does not accept any tendered Original Notes for exchange or if the Original Notes are submitted for a greater principal amount than the holder desires to exchange, the unaccepted or non-exchanged Original Notes will be returned without expense to their tendering holder. Such non-exchanged Original Notes will be credited to an account maintained with DTC. These actions will occur as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer.

Each broker-dealer that receives the Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for the Original Notes, where those Original Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act (including, but not limited to, the prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities Act). See “Plan of Distribution.”

Terms and Conditions Contained in the Letter of Transmittal

The accompanying letter of transmittal contains, among other things, the following terms and conditions, which are part of the Exchange Offer.

 

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The transferring party tendering Original Notes for exchange will be deemed to have exchanged, assigned and transferred the Original Notes to the Issuer and irrevocably constituted and appointed the exchange agent as the transferor’s agent and attorney-in-fact to cause the Original Notes to be assigned, transferred and exchanged. The transferor will be required to represent and warrant that it has full power and authority to tender, exchange, assign and transfer the Original Notes and to acquire Exchange Notes issuable upon the exchange of the tendered Original Notes and that, when the same are accepted for exchange, the Issuer will acquire good and unencumbered title to the tendered Original Notes, free and clear of all liens, restrictions (other than restrictions on transfer), charges and encumbrances and that the tendered Original Notes are not and will not be subject to any adverse claim. The transferor will be required to also agree that it will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the exchange agent or the Issuer to be necessary or desirable to complete the exchange, assignment and transfer of tendered Original Notes. The transferor will be required to agree that acceptance of any tendered Original Notes by the Issuer and the issuance of Exchange Notes, as guaranteed by the guarantors, in exchange for tendered Original Notes will constitute performance in full by the Issuer and the guarantors of their obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement and that the Issuer and the guarantors will have no further obligations or liabilities under the Registration Rights Agreement, except in certain limited circumstances. All authority conferred by the transferor will survive the death, bankruptcy or incapacity of the transferor and every obligation of the transferor will be binding upon the heirs, legal representatives, successors, assigns, executors, administrators and trustees in bankruptcy of the transferor.

Upon agreement to the terms of the letter of transmittal pursuant to an agent’s message, a holder, or beneficial holder of the Original Notes on behalf of which the holder has tendered, will, subject to that holder’s ability to withdraw its tender, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer generally, thereby certify that:

 

    it has received the prospectus;

 

    it is the beneficial owner of, or a duly authorized representative of one or more beneficial owners of, the Original Notes tendered hereby, and it has full power and authority to execute the letter of transmittal;

 

    the Original Notes being tendered hereby were owned as of the date of tender, free and clear of any liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, interests and restrictions of any kind, and the Issuer will acquire good, indefeasible and unencumbered title to such Original Notes, free and clear of all liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, interests and restrictions of any kind, when the Issuer accepts the same;

 

    it will not sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise encumber or transfer any Original Notes tendered hereby from the date of the letter of transmittal, and any purported sale, pledge, hypothecation or other encumbrance or transfer will be void and of no effect;

 

    in evaluating the Exchange Offer and in making its decision whether to participate in the Exchange Offer by tendering its Original Notes, the undersigned has made its own independent appraisal of the matters referred to in the prospectus and the letter of transmittal and in any related communications and it is not relying on any statement, representation or warranty, express or implied, made to such holder by the Issuer or the exchange agent, other than those contained in the prospectus, as amended or supplemented through the Expiration Date;

 

    the execution and delivery of the letter of transmittal shall constitute an undertaking to execute any further documents and give any further assurances that may be required in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case on and subject to the terms and conditions described or referred to in the prospectus;

 

   

the agreement to the terms of the letter of transmittal pursuant to an agent’s message shall, subject to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer, constitute the irrevocable appointment of the exchange agent as its attorney and agent and an irrevocable instruction to such attorney and agent to complete and execute all or any forms of transfer and other documents at the discretion of that attorney and agent in relation to the Original Notes tendered hereby in favor of the Issuer or any other person or persons as

 

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the Issuer may direct and to deliver such forms of transfer and other documents in the attorney’s and agent’s discretion and the certificates and other documents of title relating to the registration of such Original Notes and to execute all other documents and to do all other acts and things as may be in the opinion of that attorney or agent necessary or expedient for the purpose of, or in connection with, the acceptance of the Exchange Offer, and to vest in the Issuer or their nominees such Original Notes;

 

    the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and form a part of, the letter of transmittal, which shall be read and construed accordingly;

 

    it is acquiring the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of its business;

 

    at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and it has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act;

 

    it is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Issuer or any guarantor;

 

    if it is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Original Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Original Notes acquired directly from the Issuer or any of its affiliates), then it will comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act (including, but not limited to, the prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities Act); and

 

    it is not acting on behalf of any person who could not truthfully and completely make the four foregoing certifications.

Withdrawal Rights

Original Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be withdrawn at any time on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.

For a withdrawal to be effective, a notice, telegram, facsimile transmission or letter of withdrawal must be received by the exchange agent at its address set forth in the accompanying letter of transmittal not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. Any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with withdrawn Original Notes and otherwise comply with the ATOP procedures. The exchange agent will return properly withdrawn Original Notes promptly following receipt of notice of withdrawal. Properly withdrawn Original Notes may be retendered by following the procedures described under “—Procedures for Tendering Original Notes” at any time on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. All questions as to the validity of notices of withdrawals, including time of receipt, will be determined by the Issuer, and will be final and binding on all parties.

Acceptance of Original Notes for Exchange; Delivery of Exchange Notes

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer, the acceptance for exchange of Original Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn and the issuance of the Exchange Notes will be made as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date. For purposes of the Exchange Offer, the Issuer will be deemed to have accepted for exchange validly tendered Original Notes when and if the Issuer has given written notice to the exchange agent. The Original Notes surrendered in exchange for the Exchange Notes will be retired and cannot be reissued.

The exchange agent will act as agent for the tendering holders of the Original Notes for the purposes of receiving Exchange Notes from the Issuer and causing the Original Notes to be assigned, transferred, exchanged and canceled. Original Notes tendered by book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at DTC pursuant to the procedures described above will be credited to an account maintained by the holder with DTC for the Original Notes, promptly after valid withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the Exchange Offer.

 

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Conditions to the Exchange Offer

The Exchange Offer is not subject to any conditions, except that neither the Issuer or the guarantors are required to conduct the Exchange Offer if (i) doing so would violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the SEC, (ii) any action or proceeding is instituted in or threatened in any court or by or before any governmental agency with respect to the Exchange Offer that, in the reasonable judgment of the Issuer and the guarantors, might materially impair the ability of the Issuer and the guarantors to proceed with the Exchange Offer or (iii) any government or regulatory approval to conduct the Exchange Offer has not been obtained that, in the reasonable judgment of the Issuer and the guarantors, is necessary for the consummation of the Exchange Offer.

These conditions are for the sole benefit of the Issuer and the guarantors and may be asserted by the Issuer or the guarantors with respect to all or any portion of the Exchange Offer regardless of the circumstances, including any action or inaction by the Issuer or the guarantors, giving rise to the condition or may be waived by the Issuer in whole or in part at any time or from time to time in the Issuer’s sole discretion. The failure by the Issuer or the guarantors at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights will not be deemed a waiver of any right, and each right will be deemed an ongoing right that may be asserted at any time or from time to time. The Issuer reserves the right, notwithstanding the satisfaction of these conditions, to terminate or amend the Exchange Offer.

Any determination by the Issuer and the guarantors concerning the fulfillment or non-fulfillment of any conditions will be final and binding upon all parties.

In addition, the Issuer will not accept for exchange any Original Notes tendered, and no Exchange Notes will be issued in exchange for any Original Notes, if at such time, any stop order has been issued or is threatened with respect to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, or with respect to the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or the TIA.

Exchange Agent

Wilmington Trust, National Association has been appointed as the exchange agent for the Exchange Offer. Questions relating to the procedure for tendering, as well as requests for additional copies of this prospectus or the accompanying letter of transmittal, should be directed to the exchange agent addressed as follows:

Wilmington Trust, National Association

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, DE 19890-1626

E-mail: DTC2@WilmingtonTrust.com

Facsimile: (302) 636-4139

Attention: Workflow Management, 5 th Floor

Originals of all documents sent by facsimile should be promptly sent to the exchange agent by mail, by hand or by overnight delivery service.

Solicitation of Tenders; Expenses

Neither the Issuer nor the guarantors have retained any dealer-manager or similar agent in connection with the Exchange Offer, and they will not make any payments to brokers, dealers or others for soliciting acceptances of the Exchange Offer. The Issuer and the guarantors will, however, pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and will reimburse it for actual and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. The expenses to be incurred in connection with the Exchange Offer, including the fees and expenses of the exchange agent and printing, accounting and legal fees, will be paid by the Issuer and the guarantors.

 

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No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations in connection with the Exchange Offer other than those contained in this prospectus. If given or made, the information or representations should not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Issuer or the guarantors. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor any exchange made in the Exchange Offer may be relied on, under any circumstances, to create any implication of the absence of a change in the affairs of the Issuer or the guarantors since the date of this prospectus or any earlier date as of which information is given in this prospectus.

The Exchange Offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of, holders of Original Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making of the Exchange Offer or the acceptance would not be in compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction. However, the Issuer may, at its discretion, take any action as it may deem necessary to make the Exchange Offer in any jurisdiction.

Appraisal or Dissenters’ Rights

Holders of Original Notes will not have appraisal or dissenters’ rights in connection with the Exchange Offer.

Transfer Taxes

If you tender your Original Notes, you will not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in connection with the Exchange Offer.

Income Tax Considerations

We advise you to consult your own tax advisers as to your particular circumstances and the effects of any state, local or non-U.S. tax laws to which you may be subject.

The discussion in this prospectus is based upon the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, and regulations, rulings and judicial decisions thereunder, in each case as in effect on the date of this prospectus, all of which are subject to change, perhaps retroactively.

The exchange of an Original Note for an Exchange Note will not constitute a taxable exchange. The exchange will not result in taxable income, gain or loss being recognized by you or by us. Immediately after the exchange, you will have the same adjusted basis and holding period in each Exchange Note received as you had immediately prior to the exchange in the corresponding Original Note surrendered. See “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” for more information.

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

As a consequence of the offer or sale of the Original Notes pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, holders of Original Notes who do not exchange Original Notes for Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer of the Original Notes. In general, the Original Notes may not be offered or sold unless such offers and sales are registered under the Securities Act, or are exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

UPON COMPLETION OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER, DUE TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THE ORIGINAL NOTES AND THE ABSENCE OF SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO THE EXCHANGE NOTES, IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THE MARKET, IF ANY, FOR ORIGINAL NOTES WILL BE LESS LIQUID THAN THE MARKET FOR EXCHANGE NOTES. CONSEQUENTLY, HOLDERS OF ORIGINAL NOTES WHO DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER COULD EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT DIMINUTION IN THE VALUE OF THEIR ORIGINAL NOTES COMPARED TO THE VALUE OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES.

 

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Resale Registration Statement

Under the Registration Rights Agreement, in the event that:

 

  (1) the Issuer and the guarantors determine that the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part is not available or the Exchange Offer may not be completed as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date because it would violate an applicable law or applicable interpretations of the SEC;

 

  (2) the Exchange Offer, for any other reason, is not completed by the 365th day after February 9, 2016;

 

  (3) upon receipt of a written request, or a Shelf Request, within 30 days after the consummation date of the Exchange Offer from any initial purchaser representing that it holds Original Notes that are or were ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer; or

 

  (4) any holder is not eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer or, in the case of a holder who does participate in the Exchange Offer, does not receive freely tradable Exchange Notes and so notifies the Issuer within 30 days after such holder first becomes aware of such restrictions;

then, the Issuer and the guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC as soon as practicable after such determination, notification or Shelf Request, as the case may be, a shelf registration statement on an appropriate form under Rule 415 of the Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, in either event, the Shelf Registration Statement, providing for the sale of all the Original Notes by the holders thereof and use their commercially reasonable efforts to have such Shelf Registration Statement become effective.

The Issuer and the guarantors will use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of the Exchange Notes by the holders, until the earlier of the (i) one-year anniversary of the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement and (ii) date when (w) a registration statement with respect to the Original Notes has been declared effective by the SEC and the Original Notes have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant to such registration statement, (x) the Original Notes cease to be outstanding, (y) except for Original Notes that are held by an initial purchaser and that are ineligible to be exchanged in an exchange offer, when the Exchange Offer is consummated or (z) the Original Notes may be resold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 (as amended or replaced) under the Securities Act.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF NOTES

General

Certain terms used in this description are defined under the subheading “—Certain Definitions.” In this description, (i) the terms “we,” “our” and “us” each refer to EIG Investors Corp. and its consolidated Subsidiaries, (ii) the term “Issuer” refers only to EIG Investors Corp. and not any of its Subsidiaries and (iii) the term “Notes” refers to both the Exchange Notes (defined below) and the Original Notes (defined below) together.

On February 9, 2016, the Issuer issued $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 10.875% senior notes due 2024 (the “Original Notes”) under an indenture dated as of February 9, 2016 (the “Indenture”) among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Original Notes were issued in a private transaction that was not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

The Issuer will issue up to $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of new 10.875% senior notes due 2024 (the “Exchange Notes”) under the Indenture in exchange for the Original Notes. The terms of the Exchange Notes are substantially identical to the terms of the Original Notes, except that the Exchange Notes will be registered under the Securities Act, and the transfer restrictions and registration rights and related additional interest provisions applicable to the Original Notes will not apply to the Exchange Notes. The Exchange Notes and any Original Notes not tendered pursuant to the terms hereof will be treated as a single class under the Indenture, including for purposes of determining whether the required percentage of holders have given approval or consent to an amendment or waiver or joined in directing the Trustee to take certain actions on behalf of all holders.

The following description is only a summary of the material provisions of the Notes and the Indenture, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of the Indenture and the Notes, including the definitions therein of certain terms used below and those made part thereof by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”). We urge you to read the Indenture because it, not this description, defines your rights as Holders of the Notes. You may request copies of the Indenture at our address set forth under the heading “Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference.”

Brief Description of Notes

The Exchange Notes will be:

 

    unsecured senior obligations of the Issuer;

 

    pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future Senior Indebtedness (including the Senior Credit Facilities) of the Issuer;

 

    effectively subordinated to all secured Indebtedness of the Issuer (including the Senior Credit Facilities) to the extent of the value of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

 

    structurally subordinated to all existing and future Indebtedness, claims of holders of Preferred Stock and other liabilities of Subsidiaries of the Issuer that do not guarantee the Notes;

 

    senior in right of payment to any future Subordinated Indebtedness (as defined with respect to the Notes) of the Issuer; and

 

    initially guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Holdings and each Restricted Subsidiary that guarantees the Senior Credit Facilities.

Guarantees

The Guarantors, as primary obligors and not merely as sureties, will initially jointly and severally irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee, on an unsecured senior basis, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the

 

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Exchange Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on or in respect of the Exchange Notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, on the terms set forth in the Indenture.

Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries that guarantee the Senior Credit Facilities will initially guarantee the Exchange Notes. In addition, each future direct and indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) that guarantees Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities or any capital markets debt securities of the Issuer or a Guarantor, will Guarantee the Notes.

Each of the Guarantees of the Exchange Notes will be a general unsecured obligation of each Guarantor and will rank pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of each such entity, will be effectively subordinated to all secured Indebtedness of each such entity to the extent of the value of the assets securing such Indebtedness and will be senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of each such entity. The Exchange Notes will be structurally subordinated to all existing and future Indebtedness and other liabilities of Subsidiaries of the Issuer that do not Guarantee the Notes.

Not all of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries will Guarantee the Exchange Notes. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization or similar proceeding, of any of these non-guarantor Subsidiaries, the non-guarantor Subsidiaries will pay the holders of their debt and their trade creditors before they will be able to distribute any of their assets to the Issuer or a Guarantor.

The obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantees will be limited as necessary to prevent the Guarantees from constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law.

Any entity that makes a payment under its Guarantee will be entitled, upon payment in full of all guaranteed obligations under the Indenture, to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

If a Guarantee were rendered voidable, it could be subordinated by a court to all other indebtedness (including guarantees and other contingent liabilities) of the Guarantor, and, depending on the amount of such indebtedness, a Guarantor’s liability on its Guarantee could be reduced to zero. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Indebtedness and this Offering—Federal and state fraudulent transfer laws may permit a court to void the Exchange Notes and the guarantees, subordinate claims in respect of the Exchange Notes and the guarantees and require note holders to return payments received, and if that occurs, you may not receive any payments on the Exchange Notes.”

A Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor shall provide by its terms that it shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon:

(1) (a) any sale, exchange or transfer (by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or otherwise) of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including any sale, exchange or transfer), after which the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, or any sale, exchange or transfer of all or substantially all the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor, in either case which sale, exchange or transfer is made in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture;

(b) the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Subsidiary Guarantor of the Senior Credit Facilities or the guarantee which resulted in the creation of such Guarantee, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such guarantee;

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(d) the Issuer’s exercising its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option as described under the caption “Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” or the satisfaction and discharge of the Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; and

(2) delivery by the Issuer to the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.

Ranking

The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Exchange Notes and the payment of any Guarantee will rank pari passu in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or the relevant Guarantor, as the case may be, including the obligations of the Issuer and such Guarantor under the Senior Credit Facilities.

The Exchange Notes will be effectively subordinated in right of payment to all of the Issuer’s and any Guarantor’s existing and future secured Indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such Indebtedness. As of September 30, 2016, the Issuer and the Guarantors had secured Indebtedness of approximately $1,752.1 million outstanding and an additional $131.5 million of unused revolving credit loan capacity under the Senior Credit Facilities, without giving effect to approximately $2.6 million of outstanding letters of credit at September 30, 2016.

Although the Indenture contains limitations on the amount of additional Indebtedness that the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors may incur, under certain circumstances the amount of such Indebtedness could be substantial and, in any case, such Indebtedness may be Senior Indebtedness. See “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.”

Paying Agent and Registrar For The Exchange Notes

The Issuer will maintain one or more paying agents for the Exchange Notes. The initial paying agent for the Exchange Notes will be the Trustee. The Issuer will also maintain a registrar. The initial registrar will be the Trustee. The registrar will maintain a register reflecting ownership of the Exchange Notes outstanding from time to time and will facilitate transfer of Exchange Notes on behalf of the Issuer. Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Exchange Notes will be payable through the paying agent at the office or agency designated by the Issuer or, at the option of the Issuer, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their respective addresses set forth in the register of Holders. Until otherwise designated by the Issuer, the Issuer’s office or agency maintained for such purpose will be the office of the Trustee.

The Issuer may change the paying agents or the registrars without prior notice to the Holders. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act as a paying agent or registrar.

Transfer and Exchange

A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. The registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a transfer of Notes. Holders will be required to pay all taxes due on transfer. The Issuer is not required to transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption or tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer, an Asset Sale Offer or other tender offer. Also, the Issuer is not required to transfer or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.

 

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Principal, Maturity and Interest

The Issuer issued an aggregate principal amount of $350.0 million of Original Notes on February 9, 2016. The Notes will mature on February 1, 2024. Subject to compliance with the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock,” the Issuer may issue additional Notes from time to time after this offering under the Indenture (any such notes, the “Additional Notes”). The Notes offered by the Issuer and any Additional Notes subsequently issued under the Indenture will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, including in respect of waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Unless the context requires otherwise, references to “Notes” for all purposes under the Indenture and this “Description of Notes” include any Additional Notes that are actually issued. The Original Notes were, and the Exchange Notes will be, issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Interest on the Exchange Notes will accrue at the rate of 10.875% per annum and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1, commencing on February 1, 2017, to the Holders of Notes of record on the immediately preceding January 15 and July 15. Interest on the Exchange Notes will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Original Note surrendered in exchange for the Exchange Note. Interest on the Exchange Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday and interest shall not accrue for the intervening period.

Mandatory Redemption; Offers to Purchase; Open Market Purchases

The Issuer is not required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. However, under certain circumstances, the Issuer may be required to offer to purchase Notes as described under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders.” The Issuer may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise.

Optional Redemption

Except as set forth below, the Issuer will not be entitled to redeem Notes at its option prior to February 1, 2019.

At any time prior to February 1, 2019, the Issuer may redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon such notice as is described under the caption “Selection and Notice,” at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling prior to or on the redemption date.

On and after February 1, 2019, the Issuer may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon notice as described under the caption “Selection and Notice,” at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but not including, the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of Notes of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling prior to or on the redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on February 1 of each of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2019

     108.156

2020

     105.438

2021

     102.719

2022 and thereafter

     100.000

 

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In addition, prior to February 1, 2019, the Issuer may, at its option, on one or more occasions redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture (including the principal amount of any Additional Notes issued under the Indenture) at a redemption price equal to 110.875% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to but not including, the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of Notes of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling prior to or on the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds received by the Issuer from one or more Equity Offerings; provided that (a) at least 50% of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes issued under the Indenture after the Issue Date (other than Notes or Additional Notes held by the Issuer or any of its Affiliates) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption and (b) each such redemption occurs within 120 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering.

Any notice of any redemption may be given prior to the redemption thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, without limitation, the consummation of an incurrence or issuance of debt or equity or a Change of Control or other transaction. If such redemption is so subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Issuer’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption or purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption date, or by the redemption date as so delayed. In addition, the Issuer may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person.

The Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee in accordance with its procedures in the manner described under the caption “Selection and Notice.”

Selection and Notice

If the Issuer is redeeming less than all of the Notes issued under the Indenture at any time, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed (1) if the Notes are listed on an exchange, in compliance with the requirements of such exchange or in accordance with and subject to customary Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) procedures or (2) on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable, or, if the pro rata basis is not practicable for any reason, by lot or by such other method as most nearly approximates a pro rata basis subject to customary DTC procedures. No Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part and all Notes after such selection shall be in an authorized denomination.

Notices of purchase or redemption shall be delivered electronically or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes (with a copy to the Trustee) at such Holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, except that redemption notices may be delivered more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture. If any Note is to be purchased or redeemed in part only, any notice of purchase or redemption that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased or redeemed. If the Issuer requests the Trustee to give notice of purchase or redemption on the Issuer’s behalf, the Issuer will give written notice to the Trustee at least 35 days prior to the redemption date (or such shorter period as agreed by the Trustee).

With respect to Notes represented by certificated notes, the Issuer will issue a new Note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note in the name of the Holder upon cancellation of the original Note. Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the Redemption Date, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of them called for redemption.

 

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Repurchase at the Option of Holders

Change of Control

The Indenture provides that if a Change of Control occurs, unless the Issuer has previously or substantially concurrently therewith delivered a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described under the caption “—Optional Redemption,” the Issuer will make an offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the “Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of the Notes of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling prior to or on the purchase date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuer will send notice of such Change of Control Offer by electronic delivery in accordance with the procedures of DTC or first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the applicable procedures, with the following information:

(1) that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this covenant, and that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment by the Issuer;

(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which will be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is delivered (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);

(3) that any Note not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;

(4) that unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;

(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes completed, to the paying agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;

(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Issuer to purchase such Notes; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day prior to the expiration date of the Change of Control Offer, a facsimile transmission, electronic transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased;

(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes and such new Notes will be equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that the unpurchased portion of the Notes must be equal to at least $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;

(8) if such notice is delivered prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control; and

(9) the other instructions, as determined by the Issuer, consistent with the covenant described hereunder, that a Holder must follow.

The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of the Indenture, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in the Indenture by virtue thereof.

 

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On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer will, to the extent permitted by law,

(1) accept for payment all Notes issued by it or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer,

(2) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered, and

(3) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that such Notes or portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by the Issuer.

The Senior Credit Facilities, and future credit agreements or other agreements relating to Indebtedness to which the Issuer becomes a party may, provide that certain change of control events with respect to the Issuer would constitute a default thereunder (including a Change of Control). If we experience a change of control that triggers a default under the Senior Credit Facilities or such other indebtedness, we could seek a waiver of such default or seek to refinance the Senior Credit Facilities or such other indebtedness. In the event we do not obtain such a waiver or refinance the Senior Credit Facilities or such other indebtedness, such default could result in amounts outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities or such other indebtedness being declared due and payable.

Our ability to pay cash to the Holders of Notes following the occurrence of a Change of Control may be limited by our then-existing financial resources. Therefore, sufficient funds may not be available when necessary to make any required repurchases. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Indebtedness and this Offering—The Issuer may not be able to repurchase the Exchange Notes upon a change of control or pursuant to an asset sale offer.”

The Change of Control purchase feature of the Notes may in certain circumstances make more difficult or discourage a sale or takeover of us and, thus, the removal of incumbent management. The Change of Control purchase feature is a result of negotiations between the Initial Purchasers and us. After the Issue Date, we have no present intention to engage in a transaction involving a Change of Control, although it is possible that we could decide to do so in the future. Subject to the limitations discussed below, we could, in the future, enter into certain transactions, including acquisitions, refinancings or other recapitalizations, that would not constitute a Change of Control under the Indenture, but that could increase the amount of indebtedness outstanding at such time or otherwise affect our capital structure or credit ratings. Restrictions on our ability to incur additional Indebtedness are contained in the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” and “—Certain Covenants—Liens.” Such restrictions in the Indenture can be waived only with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Except for the limitations contained in such covenants, however, the Indenture will not contain any covenants or provisions that may afford Holders of the Notes protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction.

The Issuer will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

The definition of “Change of Control” includes a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person. Although there is a limited body of case law interpreting the phrase “substantially all,” there is no precise established definition of the phrase under applicable

 

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law. Accordingly, in certain circumstances there may be a degree of uncertainty as to whether a particular transaction would involve a disposition of “all or substantially all” of the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. As a result, it may be unclear as to whether a Change of Control has occurred and whether a Holder of Notes may require the Issuer to make an offer to repurchase the Notes as described above.

The provisions under the Indenture relating to the Issuer’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Notes as a result of a Change of Control, including the definition of Change of Control, may be waived or modified with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

Asset Sales

The Indenture provides that from and after the Issue Date, the Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to consummate, directly or indirectly, an Asset Sale, unless:

(1) the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as determined by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer in good faith at the time of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and

(2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

(a) any liabilities (as reflected on the Issuer’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto, or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been shown on the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary’s balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or that are owed to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that (x) are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or (y) are otherwise canceled or terminated in connection with the transaction with such transferee (other than intercompany debt owed to the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries) and, in each case, for which the Issuer and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all creditors in writing,

(b) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale,

(c) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale (other than intercompany debt owed to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary), to the extent that the Issuer and each other Restricted Subsidiary are released from any guarantee of payment of the principal amount of such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Sale in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, and

(d) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, as determined by the Issuer in good faith, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (d) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed 3% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the fair market value (as determined by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer in good faith) of each such item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured pursuant to this clause (d) at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for purposes of this provision and for no other purpose.

 

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Within 450 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale (the “Asset Sale Proceeds Period”), the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale as follows:

(1) to permanently reduce:

(a) Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;

(b) Obligations under Senior Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien, which Lien is permitted by the Indenture, and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;

(c) Obligations under other Senior Indebtedness (and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto), provided that, to the extent the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary reduces Obligations under such Senior Indebtedness (other than the Notes), the Issuer shall equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes as provided under the caption “—Optional Redemption,” through open-market purchases (to the extent such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth herein for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their Notes at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes so redeemed or purchased; or

(d) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary;

(2) to make (a) an Investment in any one or more businesses, provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock that results in the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that such business constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary or increases the Issuer’s direct or indirect percentage ownership of the Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) capital expenditures or (c) acquisitions of other assets, in the case of each of (a), (b) and (c), used or useful in a Similar Business, or

(3) to make an Investment in (a) any one or more businesses; provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock that results in the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary or increases the Issuer’s direct or indirect percentage ownership of the Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) properties or (c) acquisitions of other assets that, in the case of each of (a), (b) and (c), replace the businesses, properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale;

provided that, in the case of clauses (2) and (3) above, a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment, so long as the Issuer, or such other Restricted Subsidiary, enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of the Asset Sale Proceeds Period (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later canceled or terminated for any reason before the Net Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Commitment (a “Second Commitment”) within 180 days of such cancellation or termination; provided further that if any Second Commitment is later canceled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are applied, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds on the date of such cancellation or termination.

Any Net Proceeds from the Asset Sale that are not invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the preceding paragraph will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $80 million, the Issuer shall make an offer to all Holders of the Notes and, if required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), to the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (an “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum

 

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aggregate principal amount of the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that is in an amount equal to at least $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or accreted value thereof, if less), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. The Issuer will commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed $80 million by delivering the notice required pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee. The Issuer may, at its option, satisfy the foregoing obligations with respect to any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer with respect to such Net Proceeds prior to the expiration of the relevant 450 days (or such longer period provided above) or with respect to Excess Proceeds of $80 million or less.

To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuer may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to the other covenants contained in the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes (in the manner described under the heading Selection and Notice above) and the Issuer shall select such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset to zero. Additionally, the Issuer may, at its option, make an Asset Sale Offer using proceeds from any Asset Sale at any time after consummation of such Asset Sale. Upon consummation of such Asset Sale Offer, any Net Proceeds not required to be used to purchase Notes shall not be deemed Excess Proceeds.

Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds pursuant to this covenant, the holder of such Net Proceeds may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise use such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by the Indenture.

The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of the Indenture, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in the Indenture by virtue thereof.

The provisions under the Indenture relative to the Issuer’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Notes as a result of an Asset Sale may be waived or modified with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

Certain Covenants

Set forth below are summaries of certain covenants contained in the Indenture.

Covenant Suspension

If on any date following the Issue Date (i) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from two Rating Agencies, and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to the following covenants (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”):

(1) “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders;”

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(3) “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock;”

(4) clause (4) of the first paragraph of “—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets;”

(5) “—Transactions with Affiliates;”

(6) “—Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries;” and

(7) “—Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries.”

In the event that the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants under the Indenture for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the “Reversion Date”) two or more Rating Agencies have withdrawn their Investment Grade Rating or assigned to the Notes a rating below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants under the Indenture with respect to future events.

The period of time between the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event and the Reversion Date is referred to in this description as the “Suspension Period.” Additionally, upon the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event, the amount of Excess Proceeds from Net Proceeds shall be reset to zero.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any such reinstatement, no action taken or omitted to be taken by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or events occurring prior to such reinstatement will give rise to a Default or Event of Default under the Indenture with respect to the Notes; provided that (1) with respect to Restricted Payments made after any such reinstatement, the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments will be calculated as though the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” had been in effect prior to, but not during the Suspension Period, provided that any Subsidiaries designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period shall automatically become Restricted Subsidiaries on the Reversion Date (subject to the Issuer’s right to subsequently designate them as Unrestricted Subsidiaries in compliance with the covenants set forth below), (2) all Indebtedness incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be classified as having been incurred or issued pursuant to clause (3) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock,” (3) any Affiliate Transaction entered into after the Reversion Date pursuant to an agreement entered into during any Suspension Period shall be deemed to be permitted pursuant to clause (6) of the covenant described under the caption “—Transactions with Affiliates,” (4) any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to take any action described in clauses (1) through (3) of the covenant described under the caption “—Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries” that becomes effective during any Suspension Period shall be deemed to be permitted pursuant to clause (a) of the covenant described under the caption “—Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries” and (5) no Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer shall be required to comply with the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries” after such reinstatement with respect to any guarantee entered into by such Restricted Subsidiary during any Suspension Period except that such Restricted Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture to the Indenture providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the provisions of such covenant to the extent required and to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary has not already provided a Guarantee.

On and after each Reversion Date, the Issuer and its Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate the transactions contemplated by any contract entered into during the Suspension Period, so long as such contract and such consummation would have been permitted during such Suspension Period.

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The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the ratings of the Notes, determine whether a Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date has occurred or notify Holders of the same. The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee of the occurrence of any Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date.

Limitation on Restricted Payments

The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(I) declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of the Issuer’s, or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation other than:

(a) dividends or distributions by the Issuer payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer; or

(b) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Issuer, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;

(II) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer, including in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation;

(III) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness, other than:

(a) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (7) and (8) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock;” and

(b) prepayments, redemptions, repurchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of Subordinated Indebtedness prior to their scheduled maturity purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition;

(IV) make any Restricted Investment

(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (I) through (IV) (other than any exception thereto) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:

(1) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Issuer could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under the provisions of the first paragraph of the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” (the “Ratio Test”); and

(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries under this clause (3) after the Issue Date (and including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (1), (2) (with respect to the payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below) pursuant to clause (b) thereof only), (6)(c), (9) and (14) of the next succeeding paragraph, but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by the next succeeding paragraph), is less than the sum of (without duplication):

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ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit (which amount shall not be less than zero); plus

(b) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer, of marketable securities or other property received by the Issuer since immediately after the Issue Date (other than net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (12)(a) of the second paragraph of the covenant under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”) from the issue or sale of:

(i) (A) Equity Interests of the Issuer, including Treasury Capital Stock (as defined below), but excluding cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer, of marketable securities or other property received from the sale of:

(x) Equity Interests to any future, present or former employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Issuer, any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries after the Issue Date to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of the next succeeding paragraph; and

(y) Designated Preferred Stock; and

(B) to the extent such net cash proceeds or other property are actually contributed to the capital of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (without the issuance of additional Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary), Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer (excluding Contributed Holdings Investments (as defined below) and contributions of the proceeds from the sale of Designated Preferred Stock of such companies or contributions to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of the next succeeding paragraph); or

(ii) debt securities of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Issuer or a direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer;

provided, however , that this clause (b) shall not include the proceeds from (W) Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below), (X) Equity Interests or convertible debt securities of the Issuer sold to a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, (Y) Disqualified Stock or debt securities that have been converted into Disqualified Stock or (Z) Excluded Contributions; plus

(c) 100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer, of marketable securities or other property contributed to the capital of the Issuer after the Issue Date (other than net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds (i) have been used to incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (12)(a) of the second paragraph of the covenant under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock,” (ii) are contributed by a Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) constitute Excluded Contributions and Contributed Holdings Investments); plus

(d) 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer, of marketable securities or other property received by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary by means of:

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redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) and repayments of loans or advances and releases of guarantees that constitute Restricted Investments made by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case after the Issue Date; or

(ii) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than, in each case, to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) or (11) of the next succeeding paragraph or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment) or a dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date; plus

(e) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, the fair market value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary, as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, other than to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary was made by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to clause (7) or (11) of the next succeeding paragraph or to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment; plus

(f) $50 million.

The foregoing provisions will not prohibit:

(1) the payment of any dividend or other distribution or the consummation of any redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration of such dividend or other distribution or giving of the redemption notice with respect to such redemption, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the payment of such dividend or other distribution or in respect of such redemption, as the case may be, would have complied with the provisions of the Indenture;

(2) (a) the redemption, repurchase, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of any (i) Equity Interests (“Treasury Capital Stock”) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor or (ii) Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer to the extent contributed to the capital of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (“Refunding Capital Stock”), (b) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Treasury Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Refunding Capital Stock and (c) if immediately prior to the retirement of Treasury Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under clause (6) of this paragraph, the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were declarable and payable on such Treasury Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;

 

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(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase, exchange or other acquisition or retirement for value of (i) Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor or (ii) Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor, that, in each case, is incurred in compliance with the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” so long as:

(a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Subordinated Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of such new Disqualified Stock does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Subordinated Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends on, the Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired, defeasance costs and any fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock;

(b) such new Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the applicable Guarantee at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;

(c) such new Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired; and

(d) such new Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so defeased, redeemed, repurchased, exchanged, acquired or retired;

(4) Restricted Payments to the Issuer or direct or indirect parent companies of the Issuer, the proceeds of which are, or will be, promptly used to redeem, acquire, retire, repurchase or settle its Equity Interests (or any options, warrants, restricted stock or stock appreciation rights or similar securities issued with respect to any such Equity Interests) (in each case, other than Disqualified Stock) or Indebtedness or to service Indebtedness incurred by direct or indirect parent companies of the Issuer to finance the redemption, acquisition, retirement, repurchase or settlement of such Equity Interest or Indebtedness (or make Restricted Payments to allow any of the Issuer’s direct or indirect parent companies to so redeem, retire, acquire or repurchase their Equity Interests or their Indebtedness or to service Indebtedness incurred by direct or indirect parent companies of the Issuer to finance the redemption, acquisition, retirement, repurchase or settlement of such Equity Interests or Indebtedness or to service Indebtedness incurred to finance the redemption, retirement, acquisition or repurchase of such Equity Interests or Indebtedness), in each case held directly or indirectly by current or former officers, managers, consultants, members of the board of directors, employees or independent contractors (or their respective spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees) of direct or indirect parent companies of the Issuer, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person or otherwise in accordance with any stock option or stock appreciation rights plan, any management, director and/or employee stock ownership or incentive plan, stock subscription plan, employment termination agreement or any other employment agreements or equity holders’ agreement in an aggregate amount after the Issue Date not to exceed $60 million in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum of $120 million in any calendar year), in each case, without giving effect to the following proviso; provided that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by:

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parent companies, in each case to any future, present or former employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Issuer, any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries after the Issue Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of clause (3) of the preceding paragraph; plus

(b) an amount not to exceed the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Issuer (or by direct or indirect parent companies of the Issuer and contributed to the Issuer) or the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date; plus

(c) the amount of any bona fide cash bonuses otherwise payable to members of the board of directors, consultants, officers, employees, managers or independent contractors of direct or indirect parent companies of the Issuer, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that are foregone in return for the receipt of Equity Interests, the fair market value of which is equal to or less than the amount of such cash bonuses, which, if not used in any year, may be carried forward to any subsequent fiscal year; less

(d) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made with the cash proceeds described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this clause (4);

provided further that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from members of the board of directors, consultants, officers, employees, managers or independent contractors (or their respective spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees) of direct or indirect parent companies of the Issuer, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent companies of the Issuer will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of the Indenture;

(5) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any class or series of Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case issued in accordance with the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of “Fixed Charges;”

(6) (a) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date;

(b) the declaration and payment of dividends to any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such parent company issued after the Issue Date; provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to this clause (b) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the capital of the Issuer from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock; or

(c) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to clause (2) of this paragraph;

provided, however, in the case of each of (a) and (c) of this clause (6), that for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock or the declaration of such dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such issuance or declaration on a pro forma basis, the Issuer could incur at least $1.00 of additional indebtedness pursuant to the Ratio Test;

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(8) the declaration and payment of dividends or the payment of other distributions by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to, or the making of loans or advances to, any of their respective direct or indirect parent companies to allow payments by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable in connection with any grant or vesting of an Equity Interest to or by, or repurchase, or dividend or other distribution to facilitate a repurchase, of an Equity Interest from, any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates, Immediate Family Members or permitted transferees), or in connection with any repurchases of Equity Interests in consideration of such payments, including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options, warrants or other incentive interests and the vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units or any deemed repurchases of Equity Interests representing a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants or other incentive interest;

(9) the declaration and payment of dividends by the Issuer on the common stock or Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer following a public offering of such common stock or Equity Interests, in an aggregate amount per annum not to exceed 6.0% in any fiscal year of the aggregate proceeds received by or contributed to the Issuer in or from all such public offerings;

(10) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;

(11) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate outstanding amount taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (11) not to exceed the greater of 20% of LTM EBITDA and $80 million at the time made;

(12) distributions or payments of Receivables Fees;

(13) Restricted Payments made as part of or to consummate the Transactions;

(14) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness in accordance with the provisions similar to those described under the captions “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control” and “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales;” provided that all Notes validly tendered by Holders in connection with such Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired for value;

(15) the declaration and payment of dividends or the payment of other distributions by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to, or the making of loans or advances to, any of their respective direct or indirect parent companies in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent companies to pay, in each case without duplication,

(a) franchise, excise and similar taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain their corporate existence;

(b) with respect to any taxable period in which the Issuer and/or any of its Subsidiaries is a member of a consolidated, combined, unitary or similar tax group (a “Tax Group”) of which such direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer is the common parent, foreign, federal, state and local income taxes that are attributable to the Issuer and/or its Subsidiaries; provided that, for each taxable period, the amount of such payments made in respect of such taxable period in the aggregate shall not exceed the amount of such taxes that the Issuer and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay if they were a stand-alone Tax Group with the Issuer as the corporate common parent of such stand-alone Tax Group;

(c) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to employees, directors, officers and managers of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

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(e) fees and expenses other than to Affiliates of the Issuer related to any equity or debt offering of such parent entity (whether or not successful);

(f) reasonable and customary indemnification claims made by members of the board of directors or officers, employees, directors, managers, consultants or independent contractors of such parent entity attributable to the ownership or operations of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(g) fees and expenses (x) due and payable by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries related to the Transactions and (y) otherwise permitted to be paid by the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiaries under the Indenture;

(h) to the extent constituting a Restricted Payment, amounts due and payable pursuant to the Sponsor Management Agreement or any other investor management agreement entered into with the Investors after the Issue Date, which agreement shall be on terms not materially less favorable to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries than the terms of the Sponsor Management Agreement in effect on the Issue Date;

(i) to finance any Investment that, if made by the Issuer, would be permitted by the Indenture; provided that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B) such direct or indirect parent company shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests but not including any loans or advances made pursuant to clause (16) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”) to be contributed to the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries or (2) the Person formed or acquired to merge into or amalgamate or consolidate with the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such merger, amalgamation or consolidation is permitted under the covenant described under the caption “—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets” in order to consummate such Investment (any such property or assets so contributed, merged or amalgamated shall constitute “Contributed Holdings Investments” and shall be disregarded for purposes of determining any amount calculated under the Indenture with respect to contributions to the capital of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); and

(j) amounts that would otherwise be permitted to be paid pursuant to clauses (4), (7), (11), (12), (15) and (18) of the covenant described under the caption “—Transactions with Affiliates”;

(16) [Reserved];

(17) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Equity Interests of, or Indebtedness owed to direct and indirect parent companies of the Issuer, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary by Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);

(18) any Restricted Payment; provided that on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the Consolidated Total Net Debt Ratio would be equal to or less than 4.25 to 1.00;

(19) redemptions in whole or in part of any of its Equity Interests for another class of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Equity Interests; and

(20) payments to the Issuer or direct and indirect parent companies of the Issuer to permit such Person to (a) pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Investment permitted under the Indenture and (b) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;

(21) payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, merger or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that complies with the covenant described under the caption “—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets”; and

 

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(22) the conversion of any Subordinated Indebtedness to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies, and any payment that is intended to prevent any Subordinated Indebtedness from being treated as an “applicable high yield discount obligation” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code;

For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that a proposed Restricted Payment (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of clauses (1) through (22) above or is entitled to be made pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant and/or one or more of the clauses contained in the definition of “Permitted Investments,” the Issuer will be entitled to classify or later reclassify (based on circumstances existing on the date of such reclassification) such Restricted Payment or Investment (or portion thereof) between such clauses (1) through (22) and such first paragraph and/or one or more of the clauses contained in the definition of “Permitted Investments,” in a manner that otherwise complies with this covenant.

Currently, all of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries (other than DPF, LLC and Domain Pro, LLC) are Restricted Subsidiaries. The Issuer will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of “Investment.” Such designation is permitted only if a Restricted Payment and/or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time, whether pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant or under clause (10), (11), (17) or (18) of the second paragraph of this covenant, or pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments,” and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries are not subject to any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Indenture.

Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock

The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Issuer will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; provided, however , that the Issuer may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of Preferred Stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as determined on a consolidated basis for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom but without giving effect to any simultaneous incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (1)(b)), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period; provided further, however , that, on a pro forma basis, together with any amounts incurred or issued, as applicable, and outstanding by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to clauses (12)(b) and (14) of the following paragraph, no more than the greater of 100% of LTM EBITDA and $400 million of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock at any one time outstanding and incurred pursuant to this paragraph shall be incurred or issued, as applicable, by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors; provided, however that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition or any other Investment not prohibited by the provisions of the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) if such Indebtedness is outstanding prior to such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and to the extent such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or Investment.

 

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The foregoing limitations will not apply to:

(1) (a) the incurrence of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof); provided that, immediately after giving effect to any such incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (1)(a) and outstanding at any one time does not exceed $2,000 million ( plus the amount of any original issue discount, premiums, defeasance costs and fees paid in connection with any Refinancing Credit Facility incurred under this clause (1)(a)), less the aggregate amount of all voluntary prepayments actually made by the borrower in respect of Indebtedness incurred under this clause 1(a);

(b) the incurrence of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof); provided that, immediately after giving effect to any such incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (1)(b) and outstanding at any one time does not exceed $300 million plus (y) the aggregate amount of all voluntary prepayments actually made by the borrower in respect of Indebtedness incurred under clause (1)(a) or this clause (1)(b)  plus (z) the aggregate amount of all reductions of revolving commitments under Credit Facilities of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

(c) the incurrence of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof) if the Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio would be (x) less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 or (y) in the case of any such Indebtedness incurred to finance any investment or acquisition or incurred as a result of Person being acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated with the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, equal to or less than it was immediately prior to such acquisition or merger, in each case as of the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom but without giving effect to any simultaneous incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to clause 1(b)); provided that for the purposes of determining the amount that may be incurred under this clause (1)(c), all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (1)(c) shall be deemed to be secured by Liens;

provided that any Refinancing Credit Facility in respect of any such Credit Facility incurred under this clause (1) in an amount not to exceed the amount of such Credit Facility incurred under this clause (1), as the case may be, ( plus the amount of any original issue discount, premiums, defeasance costs and fees paid in connection with the incurrence of such Refinancing Credit Facility) may be incurred under this clause (1), as the case may be, even if such incurrence is not otherwise permitted by this clause (1) at such time of incurrence of such Refinancing Credit Facility (and any new Refinancing Credit Facility in respect of any earlier Refinancing Credit Facility incurred under this proviso in an amount not to exceed the amount of such earlier Refinancing Credit Facility ( plus the amount of any original issue discount, premiums, defeasance costs and fees paid in connection with the incurrence of such new Refinancing Credit Facility) may also be incurred under this clause (1) even if such incurrence is not otherwise permitted by this clause (1) at the time of incurrence of such new Refinancing Credit Facility);

(2) the incurrence by the Issuer and any Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness represented by the Notes issued on the Issue Date and any replacement Notes therefor (including any Guarantee thereof) (other than any Additional Notes) and any Exchange Notes in respect thereof (including any Guarantee thereof);

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(4) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal), equipment or other assets that, in each case, are used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets, so long as such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock exists at the date of such purchase, lease or improvement or is created within 270 days thereafter; provided that, at the time of any such incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (and after giving pro forma effect thereto), the aggregate amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (4), when aggregated with the outstanding amount of Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness initially incurred in reliance on this clause (4), does not exceed the greater of 20% of LTM EBITDA and $80 million;

(5) Indebtedness incurred by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, banker’s acceptances, warehouse receipts, or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;

(6) Indebtedness consisting of obligations under deferred compensation (including indemnification obligations, obligations in respect of purchase price adjustments, earn-outs, incentive non-competes and other contingent obligations) or other similar arrangements incurred or assumed in connection with the Acquisition, any acquisition or other investment or any disposition, in each case, not prohibited under the Indenture;

(7) Indebtedness of the Issuer owing to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes (but only to the extent permitted by applicable law and not giving rise to adverse tax consequences); provided further , that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (7);

(8) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Subsidiary Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of the Notes of such Subsidiary Guarantor (but only to the extent permitted by applicable law and not giving rise to adverse tax consequences); provided further , that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (8);

(9) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary, provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Issuer or another of its Restricted Subsidiaries) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (9);

(10) Hedging Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(11) obligations in respect of self-insurance and obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds, performance and completion guarantees, statutory, export or import indemnities, customs and completion guarantees (not for borrowed money) and similar obligations provided by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

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(12) (a) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer and Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary equal to 100.0% of the net cash proceeds received by the Issuer since immediately after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer or cash contributed to the capital of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (in each case, other than Excluded Contributions or proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with clauses (3)(b) and (3)(c) of the first paragraph of the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to the second paragraph of the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (1) and (3) of the definition thereof) and (b) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer and Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(b) and the outstanding amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary which serves to refinance any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred as permitted under this clause (12)(b) or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, does not, at the time of any such incurrence of Indebtedness (and after giving pro forma effect thereto), exceed the greater of 85% of LTM EBITDA and $330 million; provided, however , that, on a pro forma basis, together with any amounts incurred or issued, as applicable, and outstanding by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the second proviso to the first paragraph of this covenant and clause (14), no more than the greater of 100% of LTM EBITDA and $400 million of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock at any one time outstanding and incurred or issued, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (12)(b) shall be incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors; provided further, however, that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition or any other Investment not prohibited by the provisions of the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) if such Indebtedness is outstanding prior to such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and to the extent such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or Investment (it being understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(b) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (12)(b) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (12)(b));

(13) the incurrence by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or issuance by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, of the Issuer of Indebtedness Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary which serves to refund, refinance, replace, renew, extend or defease (collectively, “refinance” and “refinances,” with “refinanced” and “refinancing” having a correlative meaning) any Indebtedness, incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under the first paragraph of this covenant and clauses (2), (3), (4) and (12)(a) above, this clause (13) and clauses (14) or (19) below or any Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued to so extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock including additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred to pay premiums (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance costs and fees in connection therewith (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided, however , that such Refinancing Indebtedness:

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(b) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness extends, replaces, refunds, refinances, renews or defeases (i) Indebtedness subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or any Guarantee thereof, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or the Guarantee thereof at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased or (ii) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, respectively, and

(c) shall not include:

(i) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer;

(ii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor; or

(iii) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

provided, further , that subclause (a) of this clause (13) will not apply to any refunding or refinancing of any outstanding Secured Indebtedness;

(14) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance any investment or acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated with the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; provided that, after giving effect to such acquisition, investment, merger, amalgamation or consolidation either:

(a) (i) the Issuer would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Ratio Test or (ii) the Consolidated Total Net Debt Ratio would be equal to or less than 5.75 to 1.00; or

(b) (i) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than it was immediately prior to such acquisition, investment or merger or (ii) the Consolidated Total Net Debt Ratio would be equal to or less than it was immediately prior to such acquisition or merger, in each case, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom) but without giving effect to any simultaneous incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to clause 1(b);

provided, however , that, on a pro forma basis, together with any amounts incurred or issued, as applicable, and outstanding by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the second proviso to the first paragraph of this covenant and clause (12)(b), no more than the greater of 100% of LTM EBITDA and $400 million of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock at any one time outstanding and incurred or issued, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (14) shall be incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors; provided further , however that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition or any other Investment not prohibited by the provisions of the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) if such Indebtedness is outstanding prior to such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and to the extent such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or Investment;

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protections and similar arrangements, in each case, in connection with deposit accounts or from the honoring of a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;

(16) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to Credit Facilities, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

(17) (a) any guarantee by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of the Indenture, and

(b) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Issuer; provided that such guarantee is incurred in accordance with the covenant described below under the caption “—Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries;”

(18) [Reserved];

(19) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance or assumed in connection with an acquisition in a principal amount; provided that, at the time of any such incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (and after giving pro forma effect thereto), the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred under this clause (19)), when aggregated with the outstanding amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary which serves to refinance any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred as permitted under this clause (19) or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, does not exceed the greater of 20% of LTM EBITDA and $80 million in the aggregate (it being understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (19) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (19) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (19));

(20) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements;

(21) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to current or former officers, directors and employees thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer to the extent described in the second paragraph of the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”

(22) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that, at the time of any such incurrence of Indebtedness (and after giving pro forma effect thereto), the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred under this clause (22), when aggregated with the outstanding amount of Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor which serves to refinance any Indebtedness incurred as permitted under this clause (22) or any Indebtedness issued to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, does not exceed the greater of 12.5% of LTM EBITDA and $50 million in the aggregate (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (22) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (22) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance on this clause (22)); provided further , that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Investment not prohibited the Indenture (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) if such Indebtedness is outstanding prior to such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and to the extent such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such Investment;

 

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(23) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation or stock-based compensation owed to employees of direct or indirect parent companies of the Issuer, the Issuer or the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

(24) Settlement Indebtedness;

(25) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods purchased in the ordinary course of business;

(26) Indebtedness incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with bankers’ acceptances, discounted bills of exchange or the discounting or factoring of receivables for credit management purposes, in each case incurred or undertaken in the ordinary course of business on arm’s length commercial terms on a recourse basis; and

(27) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (1) through (26).

For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant:

(1) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in clauses (1) through (27) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, the Issuer, in its sole discretion, will classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in one of the above clauses or under the first paragraph of this covenant; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities on the Issue Date will be treated as incurred on the Issue Date under clause (1) of the preceding paragraph;

(2) at the time of incurrence or reclassification, the Issuer will be entitled to divide and classify or reclassify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in the first and second paragraphs above;

(3) in the event that the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary enters into or increases commitments under a revolving credit facility, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio or the Consolidated Total Net Debt Ratio, as applicable, for borrowings and reborrowings thereunder (and including issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder) will be determined on the date of such revolving credit facility or such increase in commitments (assuming that the full amount thereof has been borrowed as of such date), and, if such Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio or the Consolidated Total Net Debt Ratio, as applicable, test is satisfied with respect thereto at such time, any borrowing or reborrowing thereunder (and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder) will be permitted under this covenant irrespective of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio or the Consolidated Total Net Debt Ratio, as applicable, at the time of any borrowing or reborrowing (or issuance or creation of letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances thereunder) (the committed amount permitted to be borrowed or reborrowed (and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances) on a date pursuant to the operation of this paragraph shall be the “Reserved Indebtedness Amount” as of such date for purposes of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio or the Consolidated Total Net Debt Ratio, as applicable);

(4) in the event that the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary (x) incurs Indebtedness to finance an acquisition or (y) assumes Indebtedness of Persons that are acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the date of determination of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio or the Consolidated Total Net Debt Ratio, as applicable, shall, at the option of the Issuer, be the date that a definitive agreement for such acquisition is entered into and the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio or the Consolidated Total Net Debt Ratio, as applicable, shall be

 

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calculated giving pro forma effect to such acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) consistent with the definition of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio or the Consolidated Total Net Debt Ratio, as applicable, and, for the avoidance of doubt, (A) if any such ratios are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in such ratio (including due to fluctuations in the EBITDA of the Issuer or the target company) at or prior to the consummation of the relevant acquisition, such ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations solely for purposes of determining whether such acquisition and any related transactions are permitted hereunder and (B) such ratios shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such acquisition or related transactions; provided further , that if the Issuer elects to have such determinations occur at the time of entry into such definitive agreement, (i) any such transaction shall be deemed to have occurred on the date the definitive agreement is entered into and to be outstanding thereafter for purposes of calculating any ratios under the Indenture after the date of such agreement and before the earlier of the date of consummation of such acquisition or the date such agreement is terminated or expires without consummation of such acquisition and (ii) to the extent any covenant baskets were utilized in satisfying any covenants, such baskets shall be deemed utilized, but any calculation of EBITDA for purposes of other incurrences of Indebtedness or Liens or making of Restricted Payments (not related to such acquisition) shall not reflect such acquisition until it has been consummated;

(5) accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, of the same class will not be deemed to be an incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this covenant;

(6) for purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing;

(7) the principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated by the Issuer based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing;

(8) in the case of any refinancing of any Indebtedness permitted under clauses (1), (4), (12)(b), (19) and (22) of the second paragraph of this covenant or any portion thereof, the amount of Indebtedness being incurred to finance the aggregate amount of premiums (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance costs and fees in connection with such refinancing will not be deemed to be an incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness for purposes of this covenant;

(9) notwithstanding anything in this covenant to the contrary, in the case of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness initially incurred in reliance on clauses (1)(b), (4), (12)(b), (19) or (22) of the second paragraph of this covenant, measured by reference to a percentage of LTM EBITDA at the time of Incurrence, and such refinancing would cause the percentage of LTM EBITDA restriction to be exceeded if calculated based on the percentage of LTM EBITDA on the date of such refinancing, such percentage of LTM EBITDA restriction shall not be deemed to be exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced, plus premiums (including reasonable tender premiums), defeasance, costs and fees in connection with such refinancing; and

 

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(10) the Indenture will not treat (x) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (y) Senior Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other Senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.

The Indenture provides that the Issuer will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) that is subordinated or junior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee to the extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to other Indebtedness of the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be.

For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the second proviso of the first paragraph of this covenant and clauses (12)(b) and (14) shall not exceed the greater of 100% of LTM EBITDA and $400 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; provided, however , that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition or any other Investment not prohibited by the provisions of the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” (or of any Person not previously a Restricted Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with or into the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) if such Indebtedness is outstanding prior to such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and to the extent such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition or Investment.

Liens

The Issuer will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) that secures Obligations under any Indebtedness or any related Guarantee, on any asset or property of the Issuer or any such Subsidiary Guarantor, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or convey any right to receive income therefrom, unless:

(1) in the case of Liens securing Subordinated Indebtedness, the Notes and related Guarantees are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to such Liens; or

(2) in all other cases, the Notes or the Guarantees are equally and ratably secured, except that the foregoing shall not apply to Liens securing the Notes and the related Guarantees.

Any Lien created for the benefit of holders of the Notes on any property or assets pursuant to this covenant shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of each of the Liens on such property or assets described in clauses (1) and (2) above.

With respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness. The “Increased Amount” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness.

Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets

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conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of the Issuer or the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”), provided that in the case where the Successor Company is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation;

(2) the Successor Company, if other than the Issuer, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments and assumes by written agreement all obligations of the Issuer, if applicable, under the Registration Rights Agreement;

(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists;

(4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period,

(a) the Successor Company or the Issuer would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Ratio Test, or

(b) (i) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Successor Company or the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Issuer immediately prior to such transaction or (ii) the Consolidated Total Net Debt Ratio would be equal to or less than it was immediately prior to such transaction;

(5) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, in which case clause (b) of the second succeeding paragraph shall apply, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes and, if applicable, that its obligation under the Registration Rights Agreement shall continue to be in effect; and

(6) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with the Indenture.

The Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes.

Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture governing release of a Guarantee upon the sale, disposition or transfer of a Subsidiary Guarantor, no Subsidiary Guarantor will, and the Issuer will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person (other than the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor) unless:

(1) (a) any Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, or the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such surviving Subsidiary Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Person”);

(b) the Successor Person, if other than a Subsidiary Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture and such Subsidiary Guarantor’s related Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments and, if applicable, all the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to a written agreement;

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(d) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with the Indenture; or

(2) with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantors, the transaction is not prohibited by the first paragraph of the covenant described under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture, the Successor Person will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture and such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee.

Notwithstanding the foregoing,

(1) the Issuer may transfer all or part of its property or assets to a Subsidiary Guarantor;

(2) the Issuer may merge with an Affiliate of the Issuer solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Issuer in the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby;

(3) any Subsidiary Guarantor may (i) consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into, wind up into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor (or to a Restricted Subsidiary if that Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor), (ii) merge with an Affiliate of the Issuer solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing the Subsidiary Guarantor in the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (iii) convert into a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability corporation or trust organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of such Subsidiary Guarantor or (iv) consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor so long as (A) to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment is otherwise permitted under the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” or (B) to the extent constituting an Asset Sale, such Asset Sale is for fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) and any promissory note or other non-cash consideration received in respect thereof is a permitted Investment in a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments”;

(4) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(5) Holdings may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into the Issuer; provided that (i) Holdings or the Issuer is the surviving Person and (ii) if the Issuer has a new direct holding company parent following such consolidation, amalgamation, or merger that guarantees the Senior Credit Facilities, such parent company will, within 30 days of such guarantee, become a guarantor of the Notes on the same terms as Holdings; and

(6) the Transactions will be permitted without compliance with this “Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets” covenant.

Transactions with Affiliates

The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Issuer (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $25 million, unless:

(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Issuer or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis; and

 

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(2) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $50 million, a resolution adopted by the majority of the board of directors of the Issuer approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (1) above.

The foregoing provisions will not apply to the following:

(1) transactions between or among the Issuer, any Restricted Subsidiary and/or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction;

(2) Restricted Payments permitted by the provisions of the Indenture described above under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” and the definition of “Permitted Investments;”

(3) the payment of management, consulting, monitoring, advisory and other fees and related expenses to the Investors or management companies of the Investors (including indemnification and other similar amounts) pursuant to the Sponsor Management Agreement or any other investor management agreement entered into with the Investors after the Issue Date, which agreement shall be on terms not materially less favorable to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries than the terms of the Sponsor Management Agreement in effect on the Issue Date ( plus any unpaid management, consulting, monitoring and advisory fees and related expenses within such amount accrued in any prior year) and the termination fees pursuant to the Sponsor Management Agreement, in each case as in effect on the Issue Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous, in the good faith judgment of the board of directors of the Issuer, to the Holders when taken as a whole as compared to the Sponsor Management Agreement in effect on the Issue Date);

(4) the payment of reasonable and customary fees, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and compensation paid to, and indemnities and reimbursements and employment and severance arrangements provided on behalf of or for the benefit of, members of the board of directors, current or former employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors or consultants of the Issuer, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(5) transactions in which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or stating that the terms are not materially less favorable to the Issuer or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis;

(6) any agreement or arrangement as in effect as of the Issue Date, or any amendment thereto or replacement thereof (so long as any such amendment or replacement is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Issue Date);

(7) the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders agreement or the equivalent (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any similar agreements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however , that the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (7) to the extent that the terms of any such existing agreement together with all amendments thereto are not otherwise disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders when taken as a whole;

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(9) the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer to any Permitted Holder or to any director, officer, employee or consultant (or their respective estates, investment funds, investment vehicles, spouses or former spouses) of the Issuer, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any of its Subsidiaries and issuances of Equity Interests of the Issuer to the extent otherwise permitted by the Indenture;

(10) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, Receivables Assets or related assets in connection with any Receivables Facility;

(11) payments by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any of the Investors made for any financial advisory, consulting, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, (including, without limitation, in connection with acquisitions, divestitures or financing) which payments are approved by a majority of the board of directors of the Issuer in good faith or a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Issuer in good faith;

(12) payments, Indebtedness and Disqualified Stock (and cancellation of any thereof) of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries and Preferred Stock (and cancellation of any thereof) of any Restricted Subsidiary to any future, current or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; and any employment agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements (and any successor plans thereto) and any supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements with any such employees, directors, officers, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) that are, in each case, approved by the board of directors of the Issuer in good faith;

(13) investments by any of the Investors in securities of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and payment of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Investors in connection therewith) so long as (i) the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (ii) the investment constitutes less than 5% of the proposed or outstanding issue amount of such class of securities;

(14) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) that is an Affiliate of the Issuer solely because the Issuer owns, directly or indirectly through an Unrestricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in or controls such Person;

(15) the Transactions, the offering of Notes and payments made in connection with the Transactions (including the offering of Notes), including the payment of fees and expenses;

(16) employment and severance arrangements between the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business or otherwise in connection with the Transactions (including loans and advances pursuant to clause (16) of the definition of Permitted Investments);

(17) (a) tax sharing agreements among direct and indirect parent companies of the Issuer, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries and payments thereunder on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by the Issuer in an Officer’s Certificate) for the purposes of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries;

(18) payments to or from, and transactions with, any joint venture in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, any cash management activities related thereto);

(19) any lease or sublease entered into between the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as lessee or sublessee and any Affiliate of the Issuer, as lessor or sublessor, which is approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Issuer in good faith;

 

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(20) intellectual property licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under an open source license) in the ordinary course of business; and

(21) any transition services arrangement, supply arrangement or similar arrangement entered into in connection with or in contemplation of the disposition of assets or Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales” or entered into with any Business Successor, in each case, that the Issuer determines in good faith is either fair to the Issuer or otherwise on customary terms for such type of arrangements in connection with similar transactions.

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries

The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:

(1) (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or

(b) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantors;

(2) make loans or advances to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantors:

except (in each case) for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(a) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date;

(b) contractual encumbrances or restrictions included in the Senior Credit Facilities and the related documentation and related Hedging Obligations;

(c) the Indenture, the Notes, the Exchange Notes and the guarantees thereof;

(d) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (3) above on the property so acquired;

(e) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;

(f) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence at the time of such acquisition or at the time it merges with or into the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person (but, in any such case, not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction or condition set forth in such agreement is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired or the property or assets assumed;

(g) contracts for the sale of assets or the sale of a Subsidiary, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary;

(h) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to the covenants described under the captions “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” and “—Liens” that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

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(j) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to the provisions of the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock;”

(k) customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements relating to such joint venture;

(l) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses, asset sale agreements or similar agreements, including with respect to intellectual property and other agreements, in each case, (i) entered into in the ordinary course of business or (ii) otherwise permitted under the Indenture so long as such restrictions relate only to the assets subject thereto;

(m) restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of the Issuer, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility;

(n) [Reserved];

(o) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of direct or indirect parent companies of the Issuer, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(p) customary net worth provisions contained in real property leases entered into by Subsidiaries, so long as the Issuer has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions could not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations;

(q) restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase, sale or other agreement to which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary that are the subject of such agreement, the payment rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend to any other asset or property of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets or property of another Restricted Subsidiary;

(r) any encumbrance or restriction arising pursuant to an agreement or instrument which, if it relates to any Indebtedness, shall only be permitted if such Indebtedness is permitted to be Incurred pursuant to of the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole (i) are not materially less favorable to the Holders than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Senior Credit Facilities, together with the security documents associated therewith as in effect on the Issue Date (as determined by the Issuer) or (ii) either (A) the Issuer determines at the time of entry into such agreement or instrument that such encumbrances or restrictions will not adversely affect, in any material respect, the Issuer’s ability to make principal or interest payments on the Notes or (B) such encumbrance or restriction applies only during the continuance of a default relating to such agreement or instrument;

(s) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary that was previously an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to or by reason of an agreement that such Subsidiary is a party to or entered into before the date on which such Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such agreement was not entered into in anticipation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and any such encumbrance or restriction does not extend to any assets or property of the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets and property of such Subsidiary; and

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restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

Limitation On Guarantees Of Indebtedness By Restricted Subsidiaries

The Issuer will not permit any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries (and non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries if such non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries guarantee other capital markets debt securities), other than a Subsidiary Guarantor, a Receivables Subsidiary or a Foreign Subsidiary, to guarantee the payment of any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any other Subsidiary Guarantor unless such Restricted Subsidiary within 30 days executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to the Indenture providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary, except that with respect to a guarantee of Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor (x) if the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee are subordinated in right of payment to such Indebtedness, the Guarantee under the supplemental indenture shall be subordinated to such Restricted Subsidiary’s guarantee with respect to such Indebtedness substantially to the same extent as the Notes are subordinated to such Indebtedness and (y) if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee, any such guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantee substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes; provided that this covenant shall not be applicable to (i) any guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) guarantees of any Receivables Facility by any Receivables Subsidiary. The Issuer may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause any Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, in which case such Subsidiary shall not be required to comply with the 30 day period described above.

Reports and Other Information

The Indenture provides that so long as any Notes are outstanding, Holdings shall furnish to the Trustee:

(i) within the time periods specified by the Exchange Act (including all applicable extension periods), an annual report on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form);

(ii) within the time periods specified by the Exchange Act (including all applicable extension periods), a quarterly report on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form); and

(iii) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form).

With respect to the foregoing, (i) the availability of the reports referred to in paragraphs (i) through (iii) above on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) system (or any successor system, including the SEC’s Interactive Data Electronic Application system) and Holdings’ public website within the time periods specified above will be deemed to satisfy the above delivery obligation and (ii) prior to the filing of a registration statement for the Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, Holdings shall not be required to prepare or file any financial statements or other information or disclosure required pursuant to Rule 3-10 or 3-16 of Regulation S-X (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act.

In the event that Holdings is not required to file such reports with the SEC, the Issuer or Holdings will furnish to the Trustee:

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GAAP, together with a report thereon by Holdings’ independent auditors, and a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” with respect to such financial statements substantially similar to that which would be included in an annual report on Form 10-K (as in effect on the Issue Date) filed with the SEC by the Issuer or Holdings (if the Issuer or Holdings were required to prepare and file such form);

(ii) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters in each fiscal year of the Issuer or Holdings, beginning with the first such fiscal quarter ending after the Issue Date, the condensed consolidated financial statements of Holdings for such quarter prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” with respect to such financial statements substantially similar to that which would be included in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (as in effect on the Issue Date) filed with the SEC by the Issuer or Holdings (if the Issuer or Holdings were required to prepare and file such form); and

(iii) information substantially similar to the information that would be required to be included in a Current Report on Form 8-K (as in effect on the Issue Date) filed with the SEC by Holdings (if Holdings were required to prepare and file such form) pursuant to Item 1.01 (Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement), Item 1.02 (Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement), Item 1.03 (Bankruptcy or Receivership), Item 2.01 (Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets), Item 2.05 (Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities), Item 2.06 (Material Impairments), Item 4.01 (Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountants), Item 4.02 (Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review), Item 5.01 (Changes in Control of Registrant) or Items 5.02(b) and (c) (Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers) of such form, within 15 days after the date of filing that would have been required for a current report on Form 8-K; provided , however , that no report shall be required to include (1) any exhibits or (2) a summary of the terms of, any employment or compensatory arrangement, agreement, plan or understanding between the Issuer (or any of its Subsidiaries) and any director, manager or executive officer of the Issuer (or any of its Subsidiaries).

With respect to the information referenced in clauses (i) and (ii) of the preceding paragraph, it is understood that (x) neither the Issuer nor Holdings shall be required to include any consolidating financial information with respect to the Issuer, any Guarantor or any other affiliate of the Issuer, or any separate financial statements or information for the Issuer, any Guarantor or any other Affiliate of the Issuer and (y), if applicable, the Issuer or Holdings shall provide guarantor/non-guarantor financial data consistent with the guarantor/non-guarantor financial data presented in the “Summary—The Offering” section of the Initial Offering Memorandum. None of the information referenced in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the preceding paragraph will be required to comply with Section 302 or Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or related Items 307 and 308 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC, or Item 302 of Regulation S-K or Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K (with respect to any non-GAAP financial measures contained therein) or Item 601 of Regulation S-K (with respect to exhibits), in each case, as in effect on the Issue Date. The requirements set forth in the preceding paragraph may be satisfied by (i) delivering such information electronically to the Trustee and (ii) posting copies of such information on a website (which may be nonpublic and may be maintained by the Issuer, Holdings or a third party) to which access will be given to Holders and prospective purchasers of the Notes (which prospective purchasers will be limited to “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A of the Securities Act or non-U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) that certify their status as such to the reasonable satisfaction of the Issuer and who acknowledge the confidentiality of the information.

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financial statements of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, except for those directly related to the ownership of the Equity Interests of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries. If the Issuer has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries taken together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by this covenant shall include a report summarizing the financial condition and results of operations of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

In addition, Holdings has agreed that it will make available to the holders and to prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act so long as the Notes are not freely transferable under the Securities Act. For purposes of this covenant Holdings will be deemed to have furnished the reports to the Trustee and the holders of Notes as required by this covenant if it has filed such reports with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system and such reports are publicly available. The Trustee has no duty to monitor Holdings’ compliance with this covenant. Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and its receipt of such reports shall not constitute actual or constructive notice or knowledge of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants under the Indenture or the Notes (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

The Indenture permits Holdings to satisfy its obligations in this covenant with respect to the financial information relating to Holdings by furnishing financial information relating to the Issuer or any other direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer; provided that, if financial information is furnished with respect to another parent company, such parent company (x) guarantees the Notes (which shall be permitted, subject to compliance with the Indenture, at any time, at the Issuer’s sole discretion) or (y) delivers the reports specified in the first paragraph or third paragraph of this covenant, as applicable, and in either case, as applicable, such financial information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such parent, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand. The obligations under this covenant may be satisfied by having the Issuer or such parent file reports containing the information contemplated hereby within the timeframes contemplated hereunder with the SEC, if applicable.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Issuer will not be deemed to have failed to comply with any of its obligations hereunder for purposes of clause (3) under the caption “Events of Default and Remedies” until 120 days after the date any report hereunder is due.

Events of Default and Remedies

The Indenture provides that each of the following is an Event of Default:

(1) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;

(2) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest or Additional Interest (as required by the Registration Rights Agreement) on or with respect to the Notes;

(3) failure by the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor for 60 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 30% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (with a copy to the Trustee if given by the Holders) to comply with any of its obligations, covenants or agreements (other than a default referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above) contained in the Indenture or the Notes;

 

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(4) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the issuance of the Notes, if both:

(a) such default either results from the failure to pay any principal of such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) or relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay principal of any such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and results in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; and

(b) the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregate $100 million or more at any one time outstanding;

(5) failure by the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Reports and Other Information”) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay final non-appealable judgments aggregating in excess of $100 million (net of amounts covered by insurance policies issued by reputable insurance companies), which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed;

(6) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Reports and Other Information”) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary); or

(7) the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary (or the responsible officers of any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (as of the most recent consolidated financial statement of the Issuer for a fiscal quarter end) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), as the case may be, denies in writing that it has any further liability under its Guarantee or gives written notice to such effect, other than by reason of the termination of the Indenture or the release of any such Guarantee in accordance with the Indenture.

If any Event of Default (other than of a type specified in clause (6) above) occurs and is continuing under the Indenture, the Trustee by written notice to the Issuer or the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes by written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee may declare the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately. Upon the effectiveness of such declaration, such principal and interest will be due and payable immediately.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising under clause (6) of the first paragraph of this section, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. The Indenture provides that the Trustee may withhold from the Holders notice of any continuing Default, except a Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. In addition, the Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the Notes.

The Indenture provides that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default and its consequences under the Indenture (except a continuing Default in the payment of interest on, premium, if

 

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any, or the principal of any Note held by a non-consenting Holder) and rescind any acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences, provided such rescission would not conflict with any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (4) above, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within 30 days after such Event of Default arose:

(1) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged; or

(2) the requisite number of holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default; or

(3) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.

In case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of the Notes unless the Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless:

(1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

(2) Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the total outstanding Notes have requested in writing the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(3) Holders of the Notes have offered and, if requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt thereof and the offer of security or indemnity; and

(5) Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the total outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a written direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

Subject to certain restrictions, under the Indenture the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the total outstanding Notes are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of a Note or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

The Indenture provides that the Issuer is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Issuer is required, within five Business Days, upon becoming aware of any Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default, its status and what actions the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Issuer or any Guarantor or any of their direct or indirect parent companies (other than the Issuer and the Guarantors) shall have any liability, for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Guarantees or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.

 

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Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

The obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors under the Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees will terminate (other than certain obligations) and will be released upon payment in full of all of the Notes. The Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have all of its obligations discharged with respect to the Notes and have the Issuer and each Guarantor’s obligation discharged with respect to its Guarantee (“Legal Defeasance”) and cure all then existing Events of Default except for:

(1) the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when such payments are due solely out of the trust created pursuant to the Indenture;

(2) the Issuer’s obligations with respect to Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of such Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;

(3) the rights, powers, trusts, indemnities, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and

(4) the Legal Defeasance provisions of the Indenture.

In addition, the Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have its obligations and those of each Guarantor released with respect to certain covenants that are described in the Indenture (“Covenant Defeasance”) and thereafter any omission to comply with such obligations shall not constitute a Default with respect to the Notes. In the event Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation and insolvency events pertaining to the Issuer) described under the caption “Events of Default and Remedies” will no longer constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to the Notes:

(1) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of reinvestment, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes on the stated maturity date or on the redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal, premium, if any, or interest on such Notes and the Issuer must specify whether such Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions,

(a) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or

(b) since the issuance of the Notes, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law,

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as applicable, as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to such tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

 

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(4) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under the Senior Credit Facilities or any other material agreement or instrument (other than the Indenture) to which, the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or any Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);

(5) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuer with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Issuer or any Guarantor or others; and

(6) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.

Satisfaction and Discharge

The Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes, when either:

(1) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(2)(a) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, will become due and payable within one year or may be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer and the Issuer or any Guarantor have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

(b) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under the Indenture; and

(c) the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.

In addition, the Issuer must deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Amendment, Supplement And Waiver

Except as provided in the next two succeeding paragraphs, the Indenture, any Guarantee and the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes, and any existing Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Notes issued thereunder or any Guarantee may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, other than Notes beneficially owned by the Issuer or its Affiliates (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes).

The Indenture provides that, without the consent of each affected Holder of Notes, an amendment or waiver may not, with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder:

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(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed final maturity of any such Note or alter or waive the provisions with respect to the redemption of such Notes (other than provisions relating to the covenants described above under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders”);

(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;

(4) waive a Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in the Indenture or any Guarantee which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all Holders;

(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated therein;

(6) make any change in the provisions of the Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders to receive payments of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes;

(7) make any change in these amendment and waiver provisions;

(8) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, or interest on such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes;

(9) make any change to or modify the ranking of the Notes that would adversely affect the Holders; or

(10) except as expressly permitted by the Indenture, modify the Guarantees of any Significant Subsidiary in any manner materially adverse to the Holders of the Notes.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer, any Guarantor (with respect to a Guarantee or the Indenture to which it is a party) and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture and any Guarantee or the Notes without the consent of any Holder;

(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;

(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes of such series in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

(3) to comply with the covenant relating to mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and sales of assets;

(4) to provide for the assumption of the Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders;

(5) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not materially and adversely affect the legal rights of any such Holder under the Indenture;

(6) to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer or any Guarantor;

(7) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under the Indenture of a successor Trustee thereunder pursuant to the requirements thereof;

(9) to provide for the issuance of exchange notes or private exchange notes, which are identical to exchange notes except that they are not freely transferable;

(10) to add a Guarantor or a co-obligor of the Notes under the Indenture;

(11) to conform the text of the Indenture, Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of this “Description of Notes” to the extent that such provision in this “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, Guarantee or the Notes, as determined by the Issuer and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee;

 

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(12) to make any amendment to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes as permitted by the Indenture, including, without limitation to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes; provided, however , that (i) compliance with the Indenture as so amended would not result in Notes being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities law and (ii) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes; or

(13) to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant any other Lien in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, as additional security for the payment and performance of all or any portion of the Obligations, in any property or assets, including any which are required to be mortgaged, pledged or hypothecated, or in which a Lien is required to be granted to or for the benefit of the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture or otherwise.

The consent of the Holders is not necessary under the Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment.

Notices

Notices given by publication or electronic delivery will be deemed given on the first date on which publication is made and notices given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, will be deemed given five calendar days after mailing. So long as the Notes are held in global form, notices shall be given in accordance with the applicable procedures of DTC.

Concerning the Trustee

Wilmington Trust, National Association is the Trustee under the Indenture and has been appointed by the Issuer as registrar and paying agent with regard to the Notes.

The Indenture contains certain limitations on the rights of the Trustee thereunder, should it become a creditor of the Issuer, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The Trustee is permitted to engage in other transactions; provided, however , if it acquires any conflicting interest (as provided in the Indenture) it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as Trustee or resign.

The Indenture provides that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee, subject to certain exceptions. The Indenture provides that in case an Event of Default shall occur (which shall not be cured), the Trustee will be required, in the exercise of its rights and powers vested in it by the Indenture, to use the degree of care of a prudent person in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. The Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of any Holder of the Notes, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense.

Governing Law

The Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Certain Definitions

Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the Indenture. For purposes of the Indenture, unless otherwise specifically indicated, the term “consolidated” with respect to any Person refers to such Person on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding from such consolidation any Unrestricted Subsidiary as if such Unrestricted Subsidiary were not an Affiliate of such Person.

 

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“Acquired Company” means Constant Contact, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person,

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging, consolidating or amalgamating with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and

(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

“Acquisition” means the acquisition pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement.

“Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (together with all exhibits, schedules, annexes and disclosure schedules thereto) dated as of October 30, 2015 among the Acquired Company, Holdings and Paintbrush Acquisition Corporation.

“Acquisition Documents” means the Acquisition Agreement, all other agreements entered into between or among the Acquired Company or its Affiliates and Holdings or its Affiliates in connection with the Acquisition and all schedules, exhibits and annexes to each of the foregoing and all side letters, instruments and agreements affecting the terms of the foregoing or entered into in connection therewith.

“Additional Interest” means the additional interest payable as a consequence of the failure to effectuate in a timely manner the exchange offer and/or shelf registration procedures set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement as notified in writing by the Issuer to the Trustee at least 5 days prior to the applicable interest payment date.

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note being redeemed on any Redemption Date, the greater of:

(1) 1.00% of the principal amount of such Note; and

(2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the redemption price of such Note at February 1, 2019 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing above under the caption “—Optional Redemption”), plus (ii) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on such Note through February 1, 2019 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Note.

The Issuer shall calculate or cause to be calculated the Applicable Premium and the Trustee shall have no duty to calculate or verify the Issuer’s calculation of the Applicable Premium.

“Asset Sale” means:

(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); or

 

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(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” or the issuance of directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions; in each case, other than:

(a) any disposition of (i) Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities, (ii) obsolete, damaged, used, surplus or worn out property or equipment, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business and dispositions of property no longer used or useful, or economically practicable to maintain, in the conduct of the business of the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary (including by ceasing to enforce, allowing the lapse, abandonment or invalidation of or discontinuing the use or maintenance of or putting into the public domain any intellectual property that is, in the reasonable judgment of the Issuer or the Restricted Subsidiaries, no longer used or useful, or economically practicable to maintain, or in respect of which the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary determines in its reasonable business judgment that such action or inaction is desirable) or (iii) any disposition of inventory, goods and other assets (including Settlement Assets) in the ordinary course of business or no longer used in the ordinary course of business and immaterial assets (considered in the aggregate) in the ordinary course of business;

(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in a manner permitted pursuant to the provisions in the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets” or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to the Indenture;

(c) the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments;”

(d) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate fair market value of less than $40 million;

(e) any disposition (i) of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to the Issuer or by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to another Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer or (ii) to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary constituting debt forgiveness;

(f) dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) an amount equal to net proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

(g) leases, subleases, service agreements, product sales, licenses or sublicenses (including licenses and sublicenses of intellectual property or other intangible assets), in each case that do not materially interfere with the business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(h) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(i) foreclosures, condemnation, expropriation or any similar action with respect to assets, other transfers of property subject to casualty events or the granting of Liens not prohibited by the Indenture;

(j) (i) any disposition of accounts receivable, any participations thereof, Receivables Assets or related assets, in connection with any Receivables Facility, (ii) dispositions or forgiveness of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof (including sales to factors or other third parties) or (iii) the sale or discount of inventory, accounts receivable or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable;

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dispositions of property acquired by the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date pursuant to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions) and asset securitizations permitted by the Indenture;

(l) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contractual rights or other litigation claims in the ordinary course of business;

(m) the unwinding or voluntary termination of any Hedging Obligations;

(n) dispositions of any assets (including Equity Interests) (A) acquired in connection with any acquisition or other Investment not prohibited by the Indenture, which assets are not used or useful to the core or principal business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) made to obtain the approval of any applicable antitrust authority in connection with an acquisition;

(o) sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements; and

(p) failing to pursue or allowing any registrations or any applications for registration of any intellectual property rights to lapse or go abandoned in the ordinary course of business if, in the reasonable determination of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

“Asset Sale Offer” has the meaning set forth in the fourth paragraph under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

“Bank Products” means any facilities or services related to cash management, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, purchase card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.

“Business Day” means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.

“Business Successor” means (a) any former Subsidiary of the Issuer and (b) any Person that, after the Issue Date, has acquired, merged or consolidated with a Subsidiary of the Issuer (that results in such Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary of the Issuer), or acquired (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of a Subsidiary or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of a Subsidiary of the Issuer.

“Capital Stock” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares in the capital of such corporation;

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

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“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Issue Date, recorded as capitalized leases; provided that for all purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability in accordance with GAAP.

“Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by a Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of a Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Cash Equivalents” means:

(1) United States dollars;

(2) (a) Canadian dollars, Yen, pounds sterling, euros or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU or (b) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

(3) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, Canada, Switzerland, a member of the European Union rated “A” (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P and A2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding 24 months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic or foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $250 million in the case of U.S. banks or $100 million (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks (any such bank being an “Approved Bank”);

(5) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3), (4) or (7) entered into with any financial institution or recognized securities dealer meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;

(6) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes rated at least P-2 by Moody’s or at least A-2 by S&P (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof;

(7) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof;

(8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or any instrumentality thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from either Moody’s or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(9) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

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Moody’s or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(11) Investments with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);

(12) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with an Approved Bank, a bank or trust company or recognized securities dealer, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of $250 million or its equivalent for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i) the United States, (ii) Canada, (iii) Switzerland or (iv) any member nation of the European Union rated A (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P and A2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) or title to which shall have been transferred to such Person and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations;

(13) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (1) through (12) above denominated in euros or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction;

(14) investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the Issuer or any Subsidiary, in money market investment programs that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or that are administered by financial institutions having capital of at least $250 million or its equivalent, and, in either case, the portfolios of which are limited such that substantially all of such investments are of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (1) through (13) of this definition;

(15) with respect to any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State, commonwealth or territory thereof or the District of Columbia: (i) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business; provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within one year after the date of investment therein, (ii) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business; provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least “A-2” or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least “P-2” or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Foreign Bank”), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition and (iii) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank; and

(16) investment funds investing at least 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (15) above.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) or (2) above or the immediately preceding paragraph; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency set forth in clauses (1) or (2) above or the immediately preceding paragraph as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

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comparable foreign rating agencies and (b) other short term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (1) through (16) and in this paragraph.

For purposes of determining the maximum permissible maturity of any investments described in this definition, the maturity of any obligation is deemed to be the shortest of the following: (i) the stated maturity date; (ii) the weighted average life (for amortizing securities); (iii) the next interest rate reset for variable rate and auction-rate obligations; or (iv) the next put exercise date (for obligations with put features).

“Cash Management Obligations” means (a) obligations of direct or indirect parent companies of the Issuer, the Issuer or any Subsidiary in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository, cash pooling arrangements and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds and (b) other obligations in respect of netting services, employee credit or purchase card programs and similar arrangements.

“Cash Revenue to GAAP Revenue Adjustment” means, for any period of determination, net operating cash receipts for the period minus GAAP revenue for such period minus decreases or plus increases in accounts receivable with respect to the prior period.

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) the Issuer shall cease to be a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings; provided that Holdings may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into the Issuer so long as (i) Holdings or the Issuer is the surviving Person and (ii) if the Issuer has a new direct holding company parent following such consolidation, amalgamation, or merger that guarantees the Senior Credit Facilities, such parent company will, within 30 days of such guarantee, become a guarantor of the Notes on the same terms as Holdings;

(2) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than Issuer, a Restricted Subsidiary or one or more Permitted Holders; or

(3) Holdings becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), other than one or more Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings other than in connection with any transaction or series of transactions in which Holdings shall become a wholly owned Subsidiary of a parent entity of which no person or group, as noted above, holds 50% or more of the total voting power (other than a Permitted Holder),

provided that (i) any holding company whose only significant asset is Capital Stock of Holdings, a new parent of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings, as applicable, shall not itself be considered a “person” or “group” for purposes of this definition and (ii) the term “Change of Control” shall not include a merger or consolidation of Holdings with or the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of Holdings’ assets to, an Affiliate incorporated or organized solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing Holdings in another U.S. jurisdiction and/or for the sole purpose of forming or collapsing a holding company structure.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor thereto.

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financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and Capitalized Software Expenditures of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (including such expense attributable to held-for-sale discontinued operations) determined on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication,

(1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (i) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, other than with respect to Indebtedness borrowed under the Senior Credit Facilities in connection with the Transactions, (ii) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (iii) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (iv) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and (v) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (o) all non-recurring cash interest expense consisting of liquidated damages for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, (p) any interest expense attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto and with respect to any Investment, (q) any prepayment premium or penalty, (r) costs associated with obtaining Hedging Obligations and breakage costs in respect of Hedging Obligations related to interest rates, (s) any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities (other than Indebtedness except to the extent arising from the application of purchase accounting), (t) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (u) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, (v) any expense resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting, (w) any “additional interest” with respect to debt securities, (x) amortization or expensing of deferred financing fees, amendment and consent fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, and original issue discount with respect to Indebtedness borrowed under Credit Facilities in connection with the Transactions, (y) any amortization or expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility; plus

(2) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less

(3) interest income for such period.

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however , that, without duplication,

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consolidation of facilities, internal costs in respect of strategic initiatives and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities) shall be excluded;

(2) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period shall be excluded,

(3) any income (loss) from disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations and any gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations shall be excluded (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of),

(4) any gains or losses ( less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions, disposals or abandonments other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Issuer, shall be excluded,

(5) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Person that is not a Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of such other Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents to such other Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such other Person by such Person in such period;

(6) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3)(a) of the first paragraph of “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments,” the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, is otherwise restricted by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders other than (a) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released, (b) restrictions pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities, the Notes or the Indenture and (c) restrictions specified in clause (r) of the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries”; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) or Cash Equivalents to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein;

(7) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, other intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue, debt line items and other non-cash charges in such Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements resulting from the application of recapitalization, purchase or acquisition method accounting in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition or Investment or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded;

(8) any income (loss) from the early extinguishment or conversion of (a) Indebtedness, (b) Hedging Obligations or (c) other derivative instruments shall be excluded;

(9) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to goodwill and other intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;

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Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with the Transactions and (iv) the amount of any expense required to be recorded as compensation expense related to contingent transaction consideration shall be excluded;

(11) any fees, expenses (including any transaction or retention bonus or similar payment) or charges incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, non-recurring costs to acquire equipment to the extent not capitalized in accordance with GAAP, Investment, recapitalization, asset disposition, non-competition agreement, issuance, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (including such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes and the Senior Credit Facilities), issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of or waiver or consent relating to any debt instrument (including the Notes and the Senior Credit Facilities) and including, in each case, without limitation, the Transaction Costs and any such transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed and any charges or non-recurring merger or amalgamation costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful (including, for avoidance of doubt, the effects of expensing all transaction-related expenses in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Codification No. 805 and gains or losses associated with Financial Accounting Standards Codification No. 460), shall be excluded;

(12) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions or an Investment permitted under the Indenture in accordance with GAAP (including any adjustment of estimated payouts on earn-outs) or changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period shall be excluded;

(13) any expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any investment, acquisition or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under the Indenture, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Issuer has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is (i) not denied by the applicable carrier (without any right of appeal thereof) within 180 days and (ii) in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days), shall be excluded;

(14) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Issuer has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 day period), expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded;

(15) any net pension costs or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 712 “Compensation—Nonretirement Postemployment Benefits” and Financial Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715 “Compensation—Retirement Benefits,” and any other non-cash items of a similar nature, shall be excluded;

(16) any Transaction Costs shall be excluded;

(17) any income (loss) from Investments recorded using the equity method of accounting (but including any cash dividends or distributions actually received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such investment) shall be excluded;

(18) the following items shall be excluded:

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Standards Codification No. 815—Derivatives and Hedging or mark to market movement of other financial instruments pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Codification No. 825—Financial Instruments shall be excluded; provided that any cash payments or receipts relating to transactions realized in a given period shall be taken into account in such period,

(b) any non-cash gain or loss (after any offset) from currency translation and transaction gains or losses including those related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net gain or loss resulting from hedging agreements for currency exchange risk and revaluations of intercompany balances) any other monetary assets and liabilities; and

(19) any non-cash expenses, accruals or reserves related to adjustments to historical tax exposures ( provided , in each case, that the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Net Income for the period in which such cash payment was made) shall be excluded.

Consolidated Net Income for any period shall be adjusted by an amount (which may be positive or negative) equal to the difference, if any, between (x) GAAP expense during such period in respect of domain registration fees and expenses less (y) the amount of registration fees and expenses (whether paid during such period or in another period, but without duplication) relating to domain names that are actually registered during such period (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any unused deposits).

In addition, to the extent not already included in Consolidated Net Income, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of proceeds received or due from business interruption insurance or reimbursement of expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification and other reimbursement provisions in connection with any acquisition or other Investment or any disposition of any asset permitted under the Indenture.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments” only (other than clause (3)(d) of the first paragraph thereof), there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which constitute Restricted Investments by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any sale or other disposition of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under such covenant pursuant to clause (3)(d) thereof.

“Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) the sum of (a) (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date and (ii) the Reserved Indebtedness Amount with respect to commitments first obtained as of such date but not utilized as of such date (but only to the extent such commitments are being obtained in reliance on a test based on such ratio), in each case that is secured by a lien, less (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents as of such date, including proceeds of any Indebtedness incurred as of such date that are not promptly applied in connection with any related transaction, other than cash and Cash Equivalents that are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date to (2) the Issuer’s EBITDA for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such event for which such calculation is being made shall occur, with such ratio being calculated on a pro forma basis in a manner consistent with the pro forma provisions set forth in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio,” to the extent appropriate.

“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting only of Indebtedness for borrowed money, drawn but unreimbursed obligations under letters of credit, Obligations in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations and debt obligations evidenced by

 

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promissory notes or similar instruments (but excluding (i) the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of the acquisition method of accounting in connection with the Transactions or any Investment permitted under the Indentures, (ii) obligations relating to Receivables Facilities and (iii) obligations under Hedging Obligations) and (2) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Disqualified Stock of the Issuer and all Preferred Stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, with the amount of such Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock equal to the greater of their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences and maximum fixed repurchase prices, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as if such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock were purchased on any date on which Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to the Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such fair market value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer.

“Consolidated Total Net Debt Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) the sum of (a)(i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date and (ii) the Reserved Indebtedness Amount with respect to commitments first obtained as of such date but not utilized as of such date (but only to the extent such commitments are being obtained in reliance on a test based on such ratio) less (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents as of such date, including proceeds of any Indebtedness incurred as of such date that are not promptly applied in connection with any related transaction, other than cash and Cash Equivalents that are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date to (2) the Issuer’s EBITDA for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such event for which such calculation is being made shall occur, with such ratio being calculated on a pro forma basis in a manner consistent with the pro forma provisions set forth in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”, to the extent appropriate.

“Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent,

(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor,

(2) to advance or supply funds:

(a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation, or

(b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or

(3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.

“Controlled Investment Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person, other than any Investor, which directly or indirectly is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity or debt investments in the Issuer and/or other companies.

“Credit Facilities” means, with respect to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (a) one or more debt facilities or securities, including the Senior Credit Facilities, or other financing arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper facilities or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans,

 

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letters of credit or other long-term indebtedness, including any notes, securities, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and (b) any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture (including Additional Notes under the Indenture) that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof ( provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”) or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders (any Indebtedness under any of the Credit Facilities described in clause (b), a “Refinancing Credit Facility”).

“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

“Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by a financial officer of the Issuer, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale, redemption or repurchase of or collection or payment on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

“Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company thereof (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee executed by the principal financial officer of the Issuer or the applicable parent corporation thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of the first paragraph of covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”

“Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided, however , that any Capital Stock held by any future, current or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates (excluding the Investors (but not excluding any future, current or former employee, director, officer, manager or consultant)) or Immediate Family Members), of the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any other entity in which the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary has an Investment and is designated in good faith as an “affiliate” by the board of directors of the Issuer (or the compensation committee thereof), in each case pursuant to any stock subscription or shareholders’ agreement, management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock (and all such securities into which it is convertible or for which it is ratable or exchangeable) provide that the Issuer may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock (and all such securities into which it is convertible or for which it is ratable or exchangeable) pursuant to such

 

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provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with the terms of the Indenture. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of the Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.

“EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:

(1) increased (without duplication) by the following, in each case, to the extent deducted (and not added back) in arriving at Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:

(a) provision for taxes based on income, profits, revenue or capital, including, without limitation, federal, foreign and state income, franchise, excise and similar taxes based on income, profits, revenue or capital and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period, including in respect of repatriated funds, any future taxes or other levies which replace or are intended to be in lieu of such taxes and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations and the net tax expense associated with any adjustments made pursuant to clauses (1) through (19) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”; plus

(b) Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (1) premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses incurred in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, (2) the portion of rent expense with respect to such period under Capitalized Lease Obligations that is treated as interest expense in accordance with GAAP, (3) the implied interest component of synthetic leases with respect to such period, (4) net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains with respect to such obligations plus bank fees, (5) bank and letter of credit fees and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities and (6) any commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility, in each case, to the extent included in Fixed Charges), together with items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses 1(o) through 1(z) thereof; plus

(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period; plus

(d) any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness (and any amendment or modification to any such transaction) permitted to be incurred by the Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes and the Senior Credit Facilities and (ii) any amendment or other modification of the Notes; plus

(e) restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions and adjustments to existing reserves), integration and facilities opening costs or other business optimization expenses, one-time restructuring costs incurred in connection with acquisitions made after the Issue Date, project startup costs and costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities, in each case, whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements; plus

(f) any other non-cash charges, including, without limitation, any write offs or write downs, reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period; provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period; plus

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(h) the amount of board of directors fees and management, monitoring, consulting, advisory fees and other fees (including termination and transaction fees), indemnities and related expenses paid or accrued in such period under the Sponsor Management Agreement or otherwise to (or on behalf of) the Investors (including any termination fees payable in connection with the early termination of management and monitoring agreements) to the extent otherwise permitted under the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Transactions with Affiliates;” plus

(i) the amount of “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies related to any Specified Transaction, any restructuring or cost saving initiative or other initiative projected by the Issuer in good faith to be realized as a result of actions (including the Acquisition) taken, committed to be taken or planned to be taken, in each case on or prior to the date that is 24 months after the end of such period (including actions initiated prior to the Issue Date), including any cost savings, expenses and charges (including restructuring and integration charges) in connection with, or incurred by or on behalf of, any joint venture of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (whether accounted for on the financial statements of any such joint venture or the Issuer) with respect to any Specified Transaction and any restructuring, cost saving initiative or other initiative, which cost savings shall be added to EBITDA until fully realized and calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of the relevant period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions; provided that (A) such cost savings are reasonably identifiable and quantifiable and factually supportable and (B) no cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements or synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (i) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such cost savings, operating expense reductions or synergies that are included in any other clause of this definition (it being understood and agreed that “run rate” shall mean the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken) (which adjustments may be incremental to pro forma cost savings, operating improvements, synergies and operating expense reductions made pursuant to the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”); plus

(j) the amount of loss or discount on sale of receivables, Receivables Assets and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility; plus

(k) any costs or expense incurred by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, any severance agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Issuer or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interest of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of the first paragraph of the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments;” plus

(l) any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification No. 715, and any other items of a similar nature; plus

(m) operating expenses incurred on or prior to the Issue Date attributable to (A) salary obligations paid to employees terminated prior to the Issue Date and (B) wages paid to executives in excess of the amounts the Acquired Company and its Subsidiaries are required to pay pursuant to any employment agreements; plus

(n) any net loss from discontinued operations; plus

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(p) any loss relating to amounts paid in cash prior to the stated settlement date of any hedging obligation that has been reflected in Consolidated Net Income for such period; plus

(q) Cash Revenue to GAAP Revenue Adjustments; plus

(r) any gain relating to Hedging Obligations associated with transactions realized in the current period that has been reflected in Consolidated Net Income in prior periods and excluded from EBITDA pursuant to clauses (2)(c) and (2)(d) below; and

(s) the amount of expenses relating to payments made to option holders of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of such Person or its direct or indirect parent companies, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted under the Indenture;

(2) decreased (without duplication) by the following, in each case, to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:

(a) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced EBITDA in any prior period; plus

(b) the amount of any non-controlling interest consisting of loss attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries added (and not deducted) in such period in calculating Consolidated Net Income; plus

(c) any gain relating to amounts received in cash prior to the stated settlement date of any Hedging Obligation that has been reflected in Consolidated Net Income in such period; and

(d) any loss relating to Hedging Obligations associated with transactions realized in the current period that has been reflected in Consolidated Net Income in prior periods and excluded from EBITDA pursuant to clauses (1)(p) and (1)(r) above;

(3) increased by any income from investments recorded using the equity method of accounting or the cost method of accounting, without duplication and to the extent not included in arriving at Consolidated Net Income, except to the extent such income was attributable to income that would be deducted pursuant to clause (2) above if it were income of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(4) decreased by any losses from investments recorded using the equity method of accounting or the cost method of accounting, without duplication and to the extent not deducted in arriving at Consolidated Net Income, except to the extent such loss was attributable to losses that would be added back pursuant to clause (1) above if it were a loss of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(5) increased by an amount, with respect to investments recorded using the equity method of accounting or the cost method of accounting and without duplication of any amounts added pursuant to clause (3) above, equal to the amount attributable to each such investment that would be added to EBITDA pursuant to clause (1) above if instead attributable to the Issuer or a Subsidiary, pro-rated according to the Issuer’s or the applicable Subsidiary’s percentage ownership in such investment;

(6) decreased by an amount, with respect to investments recorded using the equity method of accounting or the cost method of accounting and without duplication of any amounts deducted pursuant to clause (4) above, equal to the amount attributable to each such investment that would be deducted from EBITDA pursuant to clause (2) above if instead attributable to the Issuer or a Subsidiary, pro-rated according to the Issuer’s or the applicable Subsidiary’s percentage ownership in such investment;

 

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in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis for such Person in accordance with GAAP; provided that:

(I) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining EBITDA currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of assets or liabilities (including the net loss or gain resulting from hedging agreements for currency exchange risk and revaluations of intercompany balances),

(II) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining EBITDA for any period any adjustments resulting from the application of Financial Accounting Standards Codification No. 815, and

(III) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining EBITDA any expense (or income) as a result of adjustments recorded to contingent consideration liabilities relating to the Transactions or Investment permitted under the Indenture.

For the purposes of determining the Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or the Consolidated Total Net Debt Ratio for any Test Period, EBITDA shall be deemed to equal (a) $102,129,000 for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2015, (b) $93,785,000 for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2015, (c) $100,194,000 for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2015 and (d) $95,411,000 for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2014 (it being understood that such amounts are subject to adjustments, as and to the extent otherwise contemplated herein, in connection with any calculation on a pro forma basis); provided that such amounts of EBITDA for any such fiscal quarter shall be adjusted to include, without duplication, any cost savings that would otherwise be included pursuant to clause (1)(i) of this definition.

“EMU” means economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.

“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.

“Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than:

(1) public offerings with respect to the Issuer’s or any direct or indirect parent company’s common stock registered on Form S-8;

(2) issuances to any Subsidiary of the Issuer; and

(3) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution or a Contributed Holdings Investment.

“euro” means the single currency of participating member states of the EMU.

“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth under “Events of Default and Remedies.”

“Excess Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in the third paragraph under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

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“Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, marketable securities or Qualified Proceeds received by the Issuer from:

(1) contributions to its common equity capital, and

(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Issuer) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Issuer,

in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an officer’s certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Issuer on the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of the first paragraph of the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”

“fair market value” means, with respect to any asset or liability, the fair market value of such asset or liability as determined by the Issuer in good faith.

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc., or any successor to its rating agency business.

“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems (or gives irrevocable notice of redemption for), repays, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred or repaid under any revolving credit facility, unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption (including as contemplated by any such irrevocable notice of redemption), repayment, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.

For purposes of making the computation referred to in the paragraph above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) that have been made by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period; provided that, at the election of the Issuer, no such pro forma adjustment to EBITDA shall be required in respect of any such transaction to the extent the aggregate consideration in connection therewith was less than $50 million for the reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (subject to the threshold specified in the previous sentence).

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improvements, synergies and operating expense reductions resulting from such transactions that have been or are expected to be realized). If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period except as set forth in the first paragraph of this definition. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Issuer may designate.

“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period;

(2) all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary during such period; and

(3) all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock during such period.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof and any Restricted Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time, except for any change occurring after the Issue Date in GAAP, in the event the Issuer delivers notice to the Trustee within 30 days of entry into effect of such change that such change will not apply for any determinations under the Indenture.

“Government Securities” means securities that are:

(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or

(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,

which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt.

“guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other monetary obligations.

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“Guarantor” means, Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, commodity swap agreement, commodity cap agreement, commodity collar agreement, foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or similar agreement providing for the transfer or mitigation of interest rate or currency risks either generally or under specific contingencies.

“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the registrar’s books.

“Holdings” means Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc., the direct parent of the Issuer.

“Immediate Family Members” means, with respect to any individual, such individual’s child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:

(1) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(a) in respect of borrowed money;

(b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

(c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), except (i) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any earn-out obligations until, after 30 days of becoming due and payable, has not been paid and such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and any purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller; or

(d) representing any Hedging Obligations;

if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;

(2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; provided that the amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of this clause (2) shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith; and

(3) to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such first Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person;

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Receivables Facilities, (c) Indebtedness of any parent of the Issuer appearing on the balance sheet of the Issuer, or solely by reason of push down accounting under GAAP, (d) intercompany liabilities arising from their cash management, tax, and accounting operations or (e) intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business.

“Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

“Initial Offering Memorandum” means the Offering Memorandum dated February 8, 2016 relating to the offering of the Original Notes.

“Initial Purchasers” means the persons named as initial purchasers in the Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2016.

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than (x) Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s, (y) BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P or (z) a rating of BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch, as applicable, or if the Notes are not then rated by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

“Investment Grade Securities” means:

(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);

(2) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Issuer and its Subsidiaries;

(3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution; and

(4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States of America customarily utilized for high quality investments.

“Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, credit card and debit card receivables, trade credit, advances to customers and distributors, commission, travel and similar advances to employees, directors, officers, managers, distributors and consultants in each case made in the ordinary course of business and excluding, in the case of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the Issuer in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property; provided that endorsements of negotiable instruments and documents in the ordinary course of business will not be deemed to be an Investment.

For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments:”

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of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:

(a) the Issuer “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less

(b) the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and

(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer.

The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost (or as required hereunder, the fair market value) of such Investment, reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount received in cash or other property by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment.

“Investors” means Warburg Pincus LLC and GS Capital Partners VI Fund, L.P., and, if applicable, each of their respective Affiliates, including the funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by them or each of their respective Affiliates but not including, however, any portfolio companies of any of the foregoing.

“Issue Date” means February 9, 2016.

“Issuer” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph under “—General” and its permitted successors.

“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York or with respect to a payment, at the place of payment.

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge or other security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

“LTM EBITDA” means EBITDA of the Issuer for the most recently completed Test Period.

“Management Investors” means the members of the board of directors, officers and employees of Holdings, the Issuer and/or its Subsidiaries who are (directly or indirectly through one or more investment vehicles) investors in Holdings or any direct or indirect parent companies of Holdings.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.

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taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on Senior Indebtedness required (other than required by clause (1) of the second paragraph of the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”) to be paid as a result of such transaction and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction and of a pro rata portion of the Net Proceeds attributable to minority interests in a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a disposition by, or of Capital Stock of, a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary to the extent such Net Proceeds are not available for application by the Issuer.

“New Project” shall mean (1) each facility which is either a new facility, branch or office or an expansion, relocation, remodeling or substantial modernization of an existing facility, branch or office owned by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries which in fact commences operations and (2) each creation (in one or a series of related transactions) of a business unit to the extent such business unit commences operations or each expansion (in one or a series of related transactions) of business into a new market.

“Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, or other similar officer, manager or member of the Board of Directors of the Issuer or any other Person, as the case may be, and with respect to certain limited liability companies or partnerships that do not have officers, any manager, sole member, managing member or general partner thereof.

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuer by an Officer of the Issuer or on behalf of any other Person, as the case may be, that meets the requirements set forth in the Indenture.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel, which counsel is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Such counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or the Trustee.

“Permitted Asset Swap” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with the covenant under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”.

“Permitted Holders” means (1) (a) each of the Investors, (b) the Management Investors and their respective Affiliates, (c) any Person who is acting solely as an underwriter in connection with a public or private offering of Capital Stock of any parent entity of Holdings or Holdings, acting in such capacity, (d) any investor who is a holder of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any of its direct or indirect parent companies) on the Issue Date and (e) any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) of which any of the foregoing are members, provided that, in the case of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, the Investors, the Management Investors and other beneficial owners who were members of such group as of the Issue Date, collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings or any of its direct or

 

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indirect parent companies held by such group or (2) any Permitted Parent. Any Person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of the Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.

“Permitted Investments” means:

(1) any Investment in the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(2) any Investment in cash and Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;

(3) any Investment in a Person (including, to the extent constituting an Investment, in assets of a Person that represent substantially all of its assets or a division, business unit or product line or line of business, including research and development and related assets in respect of any product) that is engaged directly or through entities that will be Restricted Subsidiaries in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment:

(a) such Person, upon the consummation of such purchase or acquisition, will be a Restricted Subsidiary (including as a result of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation between any Subsidiary and such Person); or

(b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is amalgamated, merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets (or a division, business unit or product line, including any research and development and related assets in respect of any product), or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary,

and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided , that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or transfer;

(4) any Investment in securities, promissory notes or other assets not constituting cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of the covenant under the caption “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales” or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

(5) (i) any Investment existing or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any such Investment and (ii) any Investment existing on the Issue Date by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any such Investment; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased in such extension, modification or renewal only (a) as required by the terms of such Investment or binding commitment as in existence on the Issue Date (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities) or (b) as otherwise permitted under the Indenture;

(6) any Investment (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) acquired by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:

(a) consisting of extensions of trade credit and accommodation guarantees in the ordinary course of business including extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit;

(b) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable (including any trade creditor or customer);

(c) in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons;

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(e) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;

(7) Hedging Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(8) any Investment in a Similar Business having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (8) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of 25% of LTM EBITDA and $100 million at the time of such Investment (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(9) Investments and other acquisitions the payment for which consists of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer, or any of its direct or indirect parent companies;

(10) Indebtedness and guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”; the creation of Liens on the assets of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Liens” and Restricted Payments permitted under the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments” (other than by reference to this clause (10);

(11) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Transactions with Affiliates” (except transactions described in clauses (2) and (5) of such paragraph) or the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets”;

(12) to the extent that they constitute Investments, purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials or equipment or purchases, acquisitions, licenses or leases of other assets, intellectual property, receivables owing to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or other rights, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(13) additional Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (13) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or have not been subsequently sold or transferred for cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of 50% of LTM EBITDA and $200 million at the time of such Investment (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(14) Investments relating to a Receivables Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the Issuer are necessary or advisable to effect any Receivables Facility, distributions or payments of Receivables Fees or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith including, without limitation, Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Receivables Facilities or any related Indebtedness;

(15) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees not in excess of $50 million outstanding at any one time, in the aggregate;

(16) loans and advances to officers, members of the board of directors and employees of direct and indirect parent companies of the Issuer, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) for business-related travel expenses, entertainment, moving expenses and other similar expenses for ordinary business purposes, (ii) to fund such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company thereof and (iii) for payroll payments;

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are at the time outstanding, without giving effect to the sale of a joint venture or similar entity or Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities, not to exceed the greater of 20% of LTM EBITDA and $80 million at the time of such Investment (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(18) contributions to a “rabbi” trust for the benefit of employees, directors, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Issuer;

(19) any other Investment; provided that on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Investment the Consolidated Total Net Debt Ratio would be equal to or less than 5.50 to 1.00;

(20) the Transactions;

(21) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of UCC Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and UCC Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers in the ordinary course of business;

(22) loans and advances to direct and indirect parent companies of the Issuer (x) in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of (after giving effect to any other loans, advances or Restricted Payments in respect thereof), Restricted Payments to the extent permitted to be made to such companies in accordance with the first and second paragraphs of the covenant described under the caption “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” and (y) to the extent the proceeds thereof are contributed or loaned or advanced to another Restricted Subsidiary;

(23) Investments (A) for utilities, security deposits, leases and similar prepaid expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and (B) trade accounts created, or prepaid expenses accrued, in the ordinary course of business;

(24) non-cash Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities;

(25) any Investment in any Subsidiary or any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business;

(26) Investments by an Unrestricted Subsidiary entered into prior to the day such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”;

(27) Investments in the ordinary course of business in connection with Settlements; and

(28) Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client contacts and loans or advances made to distributors in the ordinary course of business.

“Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) Liens incurred or pledges, deposits or security (a) in connection with workers’ or workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax, social security, retirement and other similar legislation, or other insurance-related obligations (including, but not limited to, in respect of deductibles, self-insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereto), (b) securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instrument for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise supporting the payment of items set forth in the foregoing clause (a) or (c) good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

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Liens and other similar Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days, not yet payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

(4) Liens incurred or deposits made to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts and leases, statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bankers acceptance facilities and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) and obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments that have been posted to support the same, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices;

(5) (a) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements, ground leases, covenants, conditions, rights-of-way, licenses, servitudes, restrictions, encroachments, protrusions, by-law, reservations of, or rights of others for sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, zoning or other restrictions (including defects and irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) and other similar encumbrances and title defects or irregularities affecting real property, that, in the aggregate, do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) rights of recapture of unused real property in favor of the seller of property set forth in customary purchase agreements and related arrangements with any governmental authority, (c) Liens arising from the right of distress enjoyed by landlords or Liens otherwise granted to landlords, in either case, to secure the payment of arrears of rent in respect of leased properties, so long as such Liens are not exercised, (d) servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements and other agreements with any governmental authority pertaining to the use or development of any of the assets of the Person, provided that the same are complied with in all material respects and do not materially reduce the value of the assets of the Person or materially interfere with the use of such assets in the operation of the business of such Person, (e) the reservations in any original grants from the crown of any land or interest therein and statutory exceptions to title and (f) other Liens on real property (including ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries are located);

(6) Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (4), (12), (13), (14) or (19) of the second paragraph of the covenant under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock;” provided that (x) in the case of Secured Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (14), Liens securing such Indebtedness are permitted to the extent the Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio would be equal to or less than it was immediately prior to such acquisition, investment or merger and (y) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (19) are solely on acquired property or the assets of the acquired entity, as the case may be;

(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than in respect of the Senior Credit Facilities);

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Indenture that require or include, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition);

(9) Liens (a) on cash advances or escrow deposits in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted under the Indenture to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or otherwise in connection with any escrow arrangements with respect to any such Investment or any Asset Sale permitted under the Indenture (including any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to such Investment or Asset Sale), (b) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property in an Asset Sale permitted under the Indenture, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or Asset Sale, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien and (c) solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under the Indenture;

(10) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock;”

(11) (a) Liens securing Hedging Obligations or on cash or Cash Equivalents securing Hedging Obligations; provided that, with respect to Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is permitted under the Indenture, (b) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents used to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided such satisfaction or discharge is permitted under the Indenture and (c) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents or other marketable securities securing letters of credit of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor (which indebtedness represented by such letters of credit is permitted to be incurred under the indenture) that are cash collateralized in an amount of cash, Cash Equivalents or other marketable securities with a fair market value of up to 105% of the face amount of such letters of credit being secured;

(12) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s accounts payable or obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or trade letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

(13) (a) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice that do not materially interfere with the operation of the business of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) any interest or title of a lessor or licensee under any lease or license entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business or consistent with past practice and (c) Liens arising from grants of non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses of intellectual property made in the ordinary course of business;

(14) Liens arising from UCC (or equivalent statute) financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and other Liens arising solely from precautionary UCC financing statements or similar filings;

(15) Liens in favor of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

(16) Liens on equipment of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business to the Issuer’s clients;

(17) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility;

(18) Liens to secure any modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8), this clause (18), and clause (28) below; provided, however , that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property subject to the original Lien (plus improvements on such property) and the proceeds and products thereof, and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater

 

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than the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8) and (28) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under the Indenture, and (ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and accrued and unpaid interest, related to such modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;

(19) (a) deposits made or other security provided in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers and (b) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

(20) other Liens; provided that at the time of the granting thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the lesser of (x) the aggregate outstanding face amount of obligations secured by Liens existing in reliance on this clause (20) and (y) the fair market value of the assets securing such obligations shall not exceed the greater of (A) $80 million and (B) 20% of LTM EBITDA determined as of the date of incurrence;

(21) Liens securing, or otherwise arising from, judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under clause (5) under the caption “Events of Default and Remedies;”

(22) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

(23) Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under applicable law, including Section 4-210 of the UCC, or any comparable or successor provision, on items in the course of collection; (b) attaching to pooling, commodity or securities trading accounts or other commodity or securities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business; or (c) in favor of a banking or other financial institution or entity, or electronic payment service provider, arising as a matter of law or under customary terms and conditions encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of setoff) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking or finance industry or arising pursuant to such banking or financial institution’s general terms and conditions (including Liens in favor of deposit banks or securities intermediaries securing customary fees, expenses or charges in connection with the establishment, operation or maintenance of deposit accounts or securities accounts);

(24) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock,” including Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements under clause (12) of the definition of the term “Cash Equivalents;” provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

(25) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(26) Liens that are contractual rights of setoff, banker’s lien, netting agreements and other Liens (a) relating to deposit accounts, securities accounts, cash management arrangements or in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, including letters of credit, bank guarantees or other similar instruments, (b) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(27) Liens securing (a) Indebtedness and other Obligations permitted to be incurred under Credit Facilities, including any letter of credit facility relating thereto, that was permitted by the terms of the Indenture to be incurred pursuant to clause (1) of the second paragraph of the covenant under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” and (b) obligations of the Issuer or any Subsidiary in respect of any Bank Products

 

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provided by any lender party to any Senior Credit Facilities or any Affiliate of such lender (or any Person that was a lender or an Affiliate of a lender at the time the applicable agreements pursuant to which such Bank Products are provided were entered into);

(28) Liens incurred to secure Obligations in respect of any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to the covenant under the caption “ Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock;” provided that, with respect to Liens securing Obligations permitted under this clause (28), at the time of incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds from such Indebtedness), (i) the Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio would be (x) no greater than 4.50 to 1.00 or (y) at the Issuer’s election, in the case of Liens incurred to secure Obligations in respect of any Indebtedness incurred to finance any investment or acquisition or incurred as a result of a Person being acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated with the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, equal to or less than it was immediately prior to such acquisition or merger, in each case as of the date on which such Lien is incurred and (ii) the Issuer could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Ratio Test;

(29) Settlement Liens;

(30) Liens on goods the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit issued for the account of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or Liens on bills of lading, drafts or other documents of title arising by operation of law or pursuant to the standard terms of agreements relating to letters of credit, bank guarantees and other similar instruments; provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Issuer or such Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit to the extent such obligations are permitted by the covenant under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock;”

(31) Liens on Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(32) Receipt of progress payments and advances from customers in the ordinary course of business to the extent the same creates a Lien on the related inventory and proceeds thereof;

(33) Liens on Equity Interests of any joint venture (a) securing obligations of such joint venture or (b) pursuant to the relevant joint venture agreement or arrangement;

(34) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale or purchase of goods entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; and

(35) the rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof.

For purposes of this definition, the term “Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest on such Indebtedness.

“Permitted Parent” means any direct or indirect parent entity of Holdings (other than a Person formed in connection with, or in contemplation of, a Change of Control transaction that results in a modification of the beneficial ownership of Holdings) that beneficially owns 100% of the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings, provided that the ultimate beneficial ownership of Holdings has not been modified by the transaction by which such parent entity became the beneficial owner of 100% of the Voting Stock of Holdings.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

 

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“Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

“Qualifying Equity Interests” means Equity Interests of the Issuer other than Disqualified Stock.

“Qualified Proceeds” means assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business; provided that the fair market value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer in good faith.

“Rating Agencies” means Moody’s, S&P and Fitch or if Moody’s, S&P or Fitch (or any combination thereof) shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Issuer which shall be substituted for Moody’s, S&P or Fitch (or such combination thereof), as the case may be.

“Receivables Assets” means accounts receivable, royalty and other similar rights to payment and any other assets related thereto subject to a Receivables Facility that are customarily sold or pledged in connection with receivables transactions and the proceeds thereof.

“Receivables Facility” means any of one or more receivables securitization financing facilities as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, the Obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries sells or grants a security interest in its accounts receivable or assets related thereto that are customarily sold or pledged in connection with securitization transactions to either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn sells its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary.

“Receivables Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest therein issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.

“Receivables Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages only in one or more Receivables Facilities and other activities reasonably related or incidental thereto.

“Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth under “—Optional Redemption.”

“Refunding Capital Stock” has the meaning set forth in clause (2)(a) of the second paragraph under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”

“Registration Rights Agreement” means, with respect to the Original Notes, the Registration Rights Agreement in respect of the Original Notes, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Initial Purchasers of the Original Notes, the Issuer and the Guarantors, and, with respect to any Additional Notes, if applicable, one or more registration rights agreements among the Issuer and the other parties thereto, as such agreements may be amended from time to time.

“Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business, provided that any assets received by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.

“Reserved Indebtedness Amount” has the meaning set forth in the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.”

 

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“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer, or other similar officer, manager or a member of the board of directors of the Issuer. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of the Issuer and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of the Issuer.

“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

“Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however , that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary.” Unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, a reference to a “Restricted Subsidiary” shall be a reference to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

“Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement providing for the leasing by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to a third Person in contemplation of such leasing.

“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

“Senior Credit Facilities” means, collectively, the term and revolving credit facilities under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 25, 2013, as amended by (i) the Revolving Facility Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and (ii) the Incremental Term Loan Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, each entered into on the Issue Date by and among the Issuer, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder and Credit Suisse AG as administrative agent, including any guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures, guarantees, credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund, exchange or refinance (or successively replace, refund, exchange or refinance) any part of the loans, notes, guarantees, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture (or successive replacement, refunding, exchange or refinancing facility or indenture) that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof; provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” above.

“Senior Indebtedness” means:

(1) all Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities or Notes and related Guarantees (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for reorganization of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor (at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, regardless of whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings)), and any and all other fees, expense reimbursement obligations,

 

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indemnification amounts, penalties, and other amounts (whether existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created or incurred) and all obligations of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments;

(2) all Hedging Obligations (and guarantees thereof) owing to a Lender (as defined in the Senior Credit Facilities) or any Affiliate of such Lender (or any Person that was a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender at the time the applicable agreement giving rise to such Hedging Obligation was entered into), provided that such Hedging Obligations are permitted to be incurred under the terms of the Indenture;

(3) any other Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of the Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any related Guarantee; and

(4) all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3);

provided, however , that Senior Indebtedness shall not include:

(a) any obligation of such Person to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;

(b) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person;

(c) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business;

(d) any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in any respect to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person; or

(e) that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of incurrence is incurred in violation of the Indenture.

“Settlement” means the transfer of cash or other property with respect to any credit or debit card charge, check or other instrument, electronic funds transfer, or other type of paper-based or electronic payment, transfer, or charge transaction for which a Person acts as a processor, remitter, funds recipient or funds transmitter in the ordinary course of its business.

“Settlement Asset” means any cash, receivable or other property, including a Settlement Receivable, due or conveyed to a Person in consideration for a Settlement made or arranged, or to be made or arranged, by such Person or an Affiliate of such Person.

“Settlement Indebtedness” means any payment or reimbursement obligation in respect of a Settlement Payment.

“Settlement Lien” means any Lien relating to any Settlement or Settlement Indebtedness (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, the grant of a Lien in or other assignment of a Settlement Asset in consideration of a Settlement Payment, Liens securing intraday and overnight overdraft and automated clearing house exposure, and similar Liens).

“Settlement Payment” means the transfer, or contractual undertaking (including by automated clearing house transaction) to effect a transfer, of cash or other property to effect a Settlement.

“Settlement Receivable” means any general intangible, payment intangible, or instrument representing or reflecting an obligation to make payments to or for the benefit of a Person in consideration for a Settlement made or arranged, or to be made or arranged, by such Person.

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.

 

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“Similar Business” means (1) any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or (2) any business or other activities that are reasonably similar, incidental, ancillary, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the businesses in which the Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries were engaged on the Issue Date.

“Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any period, any Investment, sale, transfer or other disposition of assets, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, subsidiary designation, New Project or other event that by the terms of the Indenture requires such covenant to be calculated on a pro forma basis after giving pro forma effect thereto.

“Sponsor Management Agreement” means the transactions and management fee agreement between certain of the management companies associated with the Investors and the Issuer.

“Subordinated Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Notes,

(1) any Indebtedness (other than (i) any permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to direct and indirect parent companies of the Issuer, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $25 million) of the Issuer which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and

(2) any Indebtedness (other than (i) any permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to direct and indirect parent companies of the Issuer, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) any Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $25 million) of any Subsidiary Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such entity of the Notes.

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; and

(2) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which:

(x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and

(y) such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.

“Subsidiary Guarantors” means, each Restricted Subsidiary that Guarantees the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

“Test Period” means, as of any date of determination, the most recently completed four fiscal quarters of the Issuer ending on or prior to such date for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date of determination.

“Total Assets” means the total assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Issuer or such other Person as may be expressly stated.

“Transactions” means (1) the funding of the loans under the Senior Credit Facilities and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Senior Credit Facilities, (2) the issuance of the Notes, (3) the Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Documents, and (4) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

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“Transaction Costs” means all fees, costs and expenses incurred or payable by the Issuer or any other Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions.

“Treasury Rate” means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to February 1, 2019; provided, however , that if the period from the Redemption Date to such date is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

“Treasury Capital Stock” has the meaning set forth in clause (2)(a) of the second paragraph under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code.

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

(1) any Subsidiary of the Issuer which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Issuer, as provided below); and

(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

The Issuer may designate any Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer (other than solely any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated); provided that:

(1) such designation is not prohibited by the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments”; and

(2) each of:

(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated; and

(b) its Subsidiaries

has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary except for guarantees by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture.

The Issuer may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and either:

(1) the Issuer would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Ratio Test; or

(2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than it was immediately prior to such designation, on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation.

 

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Any such designation by the Issuer shall be notified by the Issuer to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the Issuer or any committee thereof giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

“Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing:

(1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment; by

(2) the sum of all such payments.

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

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BOOK-ENTRY; SETTLEMENT AND CLEARANCE

Global Notes

The Exchange Notes will be issued in fully registered global form. The Exchange Notes initially will be represented by one or more global certificates without interest coupons, or the global notes.

Upon issuance, the global notes will be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC.

The global notes will be deposited on behalf of the acquirers of the Exchange Notes for credit to the respective accounts of the acquirers or to such other accounts as they may direct. Except as described below, the global notes may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee. Beneficial interests in the global notes may not be exchanged for the Exchange Notes in certificated form except in the limited circumstances described below under “—Exchange of Book-Entry Notes for Certificated Notes.”

Transfers of beneficial interests in the global notes will be subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC and its direct or indirect participants, which may change from time to time.

Depositary Procedures

The following description of the operations and procedures of DTC is provided solely as a matter of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within the control of the respective settlement systems and are subject to changes by them. We take no responsibility for these operations and procedures and urge investors to contact the systems or their participants directly to discuss these matters.

DTC has advised the Issuer that it is:

 

    a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York;

 

    a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law;

 

    a member of the Federal Reserve System;

 

    a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code; and

 

    a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

DTC was created to hold securities for its participating organizations, or, collectively, the participants, and facilitate the clearance and settlement of transactions in those securities between participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its participants. The participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other organizations. Access to DTC’s system is also available to other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, either directly or indirectly, or, collectively, the indirect participants. Persons who are not participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through participants or indirect participants. DTC has no knowledge of the identity of beneficial owners of securities held by or on behalf of DTC. DTC’s records reflect only the identity of participants to whose accounts securities are credited. The ownership interests and transfer of ownership interests of each beneficial owner of each security held by or on behalf of DTC are recorded on the records of the participants and indirect participants.

DTC has also advised the Issuer that, pursuant to procedures established by DTC, ownership of interests in the global notes will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership of such interest will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to the participants) or by the participants and the indirect participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial interests in the global notes).

 

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Investors in the global notes may hold their interests therein directly through DTC if they are participants or indirectly through organizations that are participants or indirect participants. All interests in the global notes will be subject to the procedures and requirements of DTC. The laws of some states require that certain persons take physical delivery of certificates evidencing securities they own. Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial interests in the global notes to these persons will be limited to that extent. Because DTC can act only on behalf of participants, which in turn act on behalf of indirect participants, the ability of beneficial owners of interests in the global notes to pledge such interests to persons or entities that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of such interests, may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate evidencing such interests.

Except as described below, owners of beneficial interests in the global notes will not have Exchange Notes registered in their names, will not receive physical delivery of the Exchange Notes in certificated form and will not be considered the registered owners or holders thereof under the Indenture for any purpose.

Payments in respect of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the global notes registered in the name of DTC or its nominee will be payable by the Trustee (or the paying agents if other than the Trustee) to the extent funded by the Issuer or the guarantors to DTC in its capacity as the registered holder under the Indenture. We and the Trustee will treat the persons in whose names the Exchange Notes, including the global notes, are registered as the owners thereof for the purpose of receiving such payments and for any and all other purposes whatsoever. Consequently, none of us, the Issuer, the other guarantors, the Trustee or any agent of them or the Trustee has or will have any responsibility or liability for:

 

    any aspect of DTC’s records or any participant’s or indirect participant’s records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in the global notes, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any of DTC’s records or any participant’s or indirect participant’s records relating to the beneficial ownership interests in the global notes; or

 

    any other matter relating to the actions and practices of DTC or any of its participants or indirect participants.

DTC has advised the Issuer that its current practice, upon receipt of any payment in respect of securities such as the Exchange Notes (including principal and interest), is to credit the accounts of the relevant participants with the payment on the payment date in amounts proportionate to their respective holdings in the principal amount of the relevant security as shown on the records of DTC, unless DTC has reason to believe it will not receive payment on such payment date. Payments by the participants and the indirect participants to the beneficial owners of Exchange Notes will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of the participants or the indirect participants and will not be the responsibility of DTC, the Trustee, the Issuer, the guarantors or any of their respective agents. None of the Issuer, the guarantors, the Trustee or any of their respective agents will be liable for any delay by DTC or any of its participants in identifying the beneficial owners of the Exchange Notes, and the Issuer, the guarantors and the Trustee may conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its nominee for all purposes.

Interests in the global notes are expected to be eligible to trade in DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System and secondary market trading activity in such interests will therefore settle in immediately available funds, subject in all cases to the rules and procedures of DTC and its participants.

DTC has advised the Issuer that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of Exchange Notes only at the direction of one or more participants to whose account with DTC interests in the global notes are credited and only in respect of such portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Notes as to which such participant or participants has or have given such direction.

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the procedures may be discontinued at any time. None of the Issuer, the guarantors, the Trustee or any of their respective agents will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC or its participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

The information in this section concerning DTC and its book-entry system has been obtained from sources that we believe to be reliable, but we take no responsibility for the accuracy thereof.

Exchange of Book-Entry Notes for Certificated Notes

Notes in physical, certificated form will be issued and delivered to each person that DTC identifies as a beneficial owner of the related Notes only if:

 

    DTC notifies the Issuer at any time that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the global notes and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days;

 

    DTC ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days;

 

    the Issuer, at the Issuer’s option, notifies the applicable Trustee that it elects to cause the issuance of certificated notes; or

 

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CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The following is a summary of certain United States federal income tax considerations of the Exchange Offer and the ownership and disposition of the Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

Except where noted, this summary deals only with notes that are subject to the Exchange Offer and are held as capital assets. This summary does not represent a detailed description of all the United States federal income tax consequences applicable to you in light of your particular circumstances or if you are subject to special treatment under the United States federal income tax laws, including if you are:

 

    a broker or dealer in securities or currencies;

 

    a financial institution;

 

    a regulated investment company;

 

    a real estate investment trust;

 

    a tax-exempt entity;

 

    an insurance company;

 

    a person holding the notes as part of a hedge, straddle or other risk reduction strategy or as part of a conversion transaction or other integrated investment;

 

    a trader in securities that has elected the mark-to-market method of accounting for your securities;

 

    a person liable for alternative minimum tax;

 

    a pass-through entity or a person who is an investor in a pass-through entity;

 

    a U.S. Holder (as defined below) whose “functional currency” is not the U.S. dollar; or

 

    a U.S. expatriate.

The discussion below is based upon the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, and regulations, rulings and judicial decisions as of the date hereof. Those authorities may be changed, perhaps retroactively, so as to result in United States federal income tax consequences different from those discussed below.

This summary does not address the effects of any state, local or non-United States tax laws or any U.S. federal tax laws other than income tax laws, such as the gift tax or the Medicare tax on certain investment income. It is not intended to be, and should not be construed to be, legal or tax advice to any particular purchaser of Notes. If you are considering the purchase of Notes, you should consult your own tax advisors concerning the particular United States federal income tax consequences to you of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Notes, as well as any consequences to you arising under the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.

“U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of a note that is an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation (or any other entity treated as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes) created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or any other person that is subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis in respect of a note.

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U.S. Holders

The following is a summary of certain United States federal income tax consequences that will apply to you if you are a U.S. Holder of the Notes.

Participating in the Exchange Offer

Neither the registration of the Exchange Offer pursuant to our obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement nor your receipt of the Exchange Notes in exchange for the Original Notes will constitute a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. U.S. Holders will retain the tax basis in the Exchange Notes that the U.S. Holder had in the Original Notes, and the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Exchange Notes will include the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Original Notes before such Original Notes were registered.

Issue Price of the Notes

We intend to take the position, and the following discussion assumes, that for U.S. federal income tax purposes the Notes were originally issued on February 9, 2016 at a price of 98.065%. This matter, however, is not free from doubt, and the IRS could take a different position. Under our position, the “issue price” of the Notes is equal to 98.065%, the price at which the Original Notes were issued on February 9, 2016. A U.S. Holder’s initial tax basis in the Notes should be equal to the price paid by the holder (excluding any amounts attributable to interest that accrued prior to the date the U.S. Holder acquired the Notes).

Payments of Interest; Original Issue Discount

Payments of stated interest on the Notes received by a U.S. Holder (other than the amount representing interest that accrued prior to the date the U.S. Holder acquired the Notes, which will be a non-taxable return of capital) generally will be taxable to a U.S. Holder as ordinary income at the time they are received or accrued in accordance with the U.S. Holder’s regular method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

We believe the Notes were issued with more than a de minimis amount of OID. The amount of OID is equal to the excess of the Notes’ stated redemption price at maturity over their issue price. The “issue price” of the Notes is the first price at which a substantial amount of the Notes is (or was) sold to the public (in other words, excluding sales of Notes to underwriters, placement agents, wholesalers, or similar persons), which we believe occurred on February 9, 2016, and the “stated redemption price at maturity” will include all payments under the Notes other than payments of “qualified stated interest” (as defined below). We intend to take the position that the issue price of the Notes is 98.065%, as discussed above.

Because the Notes were issued with more than a de minimis amount of OID, in general, and regardless of whether a U.S. Holder uses the cash or the accrual method of tax accounting, such holder will be required to include in ordinary gross income the sum of the “daily portions” of OID on a note for all days during the taxable year that the U.S. Holder owns such note. The daily portions of OID on a note will be determined by allocating to each day in any accrual period a ratable portion of the OID allocable to that period. Accrual periods may be any length and may vary in length over the term of a note, so long as no accrual period is longer than one year and each scheduled payment of principal or interest occurs on the first day or final day of an accrual period. The amount of OID allocable to each accrual period will be determined by: multiplying the “adjusted issue price” (as defined below) of the note at the beginning of the accrual period by the yield to maturity of such note (appropriately adjusted to reflect the length of the accrual period) and (b) subtracting from that product the amount (if any) of qualified stated interest (as defined below) allocable to that accrual period.

The “adjusted issue price” of a note at the beginning of any accrual period generally will be the sum of its issue price and the amount of OID allocable to all prior accrual periods, reduced by the amount of all payments other than payments of qualified stated interest (if any) on the note in all prior accrual periods. The term “qualified stated interest” generally means stated interest that is unconditionally payable in cash or property (other than debt instruments of the issuer) at least annually during the entire term of a note at a single fixed rate

 

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of interest or, subject to certain conditions, based on one or more interest indices. Payments of stated interest on the Notes should be qualified stated interest. All payments on a note, other than payments of qualified stated interest, will generally be viewed first as payments of previously accrued OID, to the extent of the previously accrued discount, and then as a payment of principal. The “yield to maturity” of a note is the discount rate that causes the present value of all payments on the note as of its original issue date to equal the issue price of such note. As a result of this “constant yield” method of including OID income, the amounts includable in income by a U.S. Holder in respect of a note generally will be less in the early years, and greater in the later years, than amounts that would be includible on a straight-line basis.

If a U.S. Holder’s initial tax basis in the Notes (determined as described above in “—Issue Price of the Notes”) exceeds the Notes’ adjusted issue price as of the purchase date, but is less than or equal to the face amount of the Notes, such U.S. Holder will be considered to have purchased the Notes with “acquisition premium” equal to such excess. Under the acquisition premium rules, the amount of OID that such holder must include in its gross income with respect to such Notes for any taxable year (or portion thereof in which the U.S. Holder holds the Notes) will be reduced by the portion of the acquisition premium allocable to that year (or portion thereof). Acquisition premium will be allocated proportionately to the inclusions of OID.

A U.S. Holder may make an election, which may not be revoked without the consent of the IRS, to include in its income its entire return on a note (i.e., the excess of all remaining payments to be received on the note, including payments of qualified stated interest, over the amount paid by such U.S. Holder for the note) under the constant yield method described above.

The rules governing instruments with OID are complex, and prospective investors should consult with their own tax advisors about the application of such rules to the Notes.

Bond Premium

If a U.S. Holder’s initial tax basis in a note (determined as described above in “—Issue Price of the Notes”) is greater than its stated principal amount, the U.S. Holder will be considered to have purchased the note at a premium, and may elect to amortize such premium (as an offset to interest income), using a constant-yield method, over the remaining term of the note. Such election, once made, generally applies to all bonds held or subsequently acquired by the U.S. Holder on or after the first taxable year to which the election applies and may not be revoked without the consent of the IRS. A U.S. Holder that elects to amortize such premium must reduce its tax basis in the note by the amount of the premium amortized during its holding period. Notes purchased at a premium will not be subject to the OID rules described above. With respect to a U.S. Holder that does not elect to amortize bond premium, the amount of bond premium will be included in the U.S. Holder’s tax basis when the note matures or is disposed of by the United States holder. Therefore, a U.S. Holder that does not elect to amortize such premium and that holds the note to maturity generally will be required to treat the premium as capital loss when the note matures.

Market Discount

If a U.S. Holder’s initial tax basis in a note (determined as described above in “—Issue Price of the Notes”) is lower than its adjusted issue price, by at least 0.25% of its remaining redemption amount multiplied by the number of remaining whole years to maturity, the note will be considered to have “market discount” in the hands of such U.S. Holder. In such case, gains realized by the U.S. Holder on the disposition of the note generally will be treated as ordinary income to the extent of the market discount that accrued on the note while held by the U.S. Holder. In addition, the U.S. Holder could be required to defer the deduction of a portion of the interest paid on any indebtedness incurred or maintained to purchase or carry the note. In general terms, market discount on a note will be treated as accruing ratably over the term of the note, or, at the election of the holder, under a constant-yield method.

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income. If a U.S. Holder elects to include market discount on a current basis, the interest deduction deferral rule described above will not apply. Any such election, if made, applies to all market discount bonds acquired by the taxpayer on or after the first day of the first taxable year to which such election applies and is revocable only with the consent of the IRS.

Sale, exchange, retirement, redemption or other disposition of Exchange Notes

Upon the sale, exchange, retirement, redemption or other disposition of an Exchange Note received pursuant to the Exchange Offer, you will generally recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized upon the sale, exchange, retirement, redemption or other disposition (less an amount equal to any accrued but unpaid interest, which will be taxable as ordinary income for U.S. federal income tax purposes to the extent not previously included in income) and the adjusted tax basis of the note. Your adjusted tax basis in a note will, in general, be your initial tax basis in the note (determined as described above in “— Issue Price of the Notes ”) reduced by any cash payments on the note other than stated interest and increased by the amount of any OID or market discount included in your income with respect to the note. Any gain or loss will be capital gain or loss (except to the extent treated as ordinary income pursuant to the market discount rules discussed above). Capital gains of non-corporate U.S. Holders derived in respect of capital assets held for more than one year are eligible for reduced rates of taxation. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations.

Non-U.S. Holders

The following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences that will apply to you if you are a “non-U.S. Holder” of the Notes.

Participating in the Exchange Offer

Neither the registration of the Exchange Offer pursuant to our obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement nor your receipt of the Exchange Notes in exchange for the Original Notes will constitute a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Non-U.S. Holders will recognize income in respect of the Exchange Notes at the same time and in the same amounts as the Non-U.S. Holder would have recognized such income in respect of the Original Notes had the Exchange Offer not occurred.

Payments of stated interest

Subject to the discussion below concerning backup withholding and FATCA, U.S. federal withholding tax generally will not apply to any payment of interest made to you, provided that:

 

    you do not actually or constructively own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of our voting stock within the meaning of the Code and applicable U.S. Treasury regulations;

 

    you are not a controlled foreign corporation that is related to us through stock ownership; and

 

    either (a) you provide your name and address on an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or other applicable form), and certify, under penalties of perjury, that you are not a United States person as defined under the Code or (b) you hold your Notes through certain financial intermediaries and satisfy the certification requirements of applicable U.S. Treasury regulations.

If you cannot satisfy the requirements described above, payments of interest made to you will be subject to a 30% United States federal withholding tax unless you provide us or our paying agent, as the case may be, with a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or other applicable form) claiming an exemption from or reduction in withholding under the benefit of an applicable income tax treaty.

 

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Sale, exchange, retirement, redemption or other disposition of Exchange Notes

Subject to the discussion below concerning FATCA, any gain realized by you on the sale, exchange, retirement, redemption or other disposition of an Exchange Note generally will not be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

In general, if you are a U.S. Holder, information reporting requirements will apply to certain payments of interest paid on Notes (including original issue discount includable in income) and to the proceeds of a sale or other disposition (including a retirement or redemption) of a note paid to you (unless you are an exempt recipient). A backup withholding tax may apply to such payments and proceeds if you fail to provide a taxpayer identification number or a certification that you are not subject to backup withholding.

If you are a non-U.S. Holder, you may be required to comply with applicable certification procedures to establish that you are not a U.S. Holder in order to avoid the application of such information reporting requirements and backup withholding tax.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax and any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a refund or a credit against your United States federal income tax liability provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

FATCA

Under the U.S. tax rules known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, a holder of the Notes will generally be subject to 30% U.S. withholding tax on payments made on (and, after December 31, 2018, gross proceeds from the sale or other taxable disposition of) the Notes if such holder (i) is, or holds its Notes through, a foreign financial institution that has not entered into an agreement with the U.S. government to report, on an annual basis, certain information regarding accounts with or interests in the institution held by certain United States persons and by certain non-U.S. entities that are wholly or partially owned by United States persons, or that has failed to comply with the terms of an applicable intergovernmental agreement between the United States and a foreign country, or (ii) fails to provide certain documentation (usually an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E) containing information about its identity, its FATCA status, and if required, its direct and indirect U.S. owners. The future adoption of, or implementation of, an intergovernmental agreement between the United States and an applicable foreign country, or future U.S. Treasury regulations, may modify these requirements. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding how these rules may apply to their investment in the Notes.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act (including, but not limited to, the prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities Act). This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Original Notes, where the Original Notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale.

None of the Issuer or any of the guarantors will receive any proceeds from any sale of the Exchange Notes by broker-dealers. The Exchange Notes received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange Notes or a combination of these methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any applicable broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any applicable Exchange Notes. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of Exchange Notes may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit of any resale of Exchange Notes by any person deemed to be an “underwriter” and any commissions or concessions received by any person deemed to be an “underwriter” may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The letter of transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

The Issuer and the guarantors have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holders of the Notes) other than underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, and will indemnify the holders of the Notes (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the Exchange Notes will be passed upon for us by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP , New York, New York. Certain matters with respect to Delaware law will be passed upon for us by Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, certain matters with respect to Utah law will be passed upon for us by Durham, Jones & Pinegar P.C., certain matters with respect to Florida law will be passed upon for us by Locke Lord LLP and certain matters with respect to Georgia law will be passed upon for us by Troutman Sanders LLP.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. as of December 31, 2014 and 2015, and for each of the three years ended December 31, 2015 and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, incorporated by reference in this prospectus have been so incorporated in reliance on the reports of BDO USA, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

The financial statements of WZ (UK) Limited as of December 31, 2015, and for the year then ended incorporated by reference in this prospectus, have been audited by BDO LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report incorporated by reference herein, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting. BDO LLP, United Kingdom, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

The audited consolidated historical financial statements of Constant Contact, Inc. included on Exhibit 99.1 of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated May 13, 2016 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The following summarizes the general effect of the relevant statutes, charter provisions, bylaws, contracts or other arrangements under which any controlling persons, directors or officers of the registrants are insured or indemnified in any manner against liability which they may incur in their capacity as such. These summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the relevant statutes referred to below and the charters, bylaws or similar organizational documents of the registrants.

Delaware

Delaware Corporations:

CardStar, Inc., Constant Contact, Inc., Domain Name Holding Company, Inc., EIG Investors Corp., Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc., Endurance International Group- West, Inc. and The Endurance International Group, Inc. (the “Delaware Corporation Registrants”) are incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware.

Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Delaware Corporation Registrants’ certificates of incorporation provide that no director of the Delaware Corporation Registrants shall be personally liable to it or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability, except to the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or a person serving at the request of the corporation for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding to which he was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, ending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

The Company’s restated certificate of incorporation provides that it will indemnify each person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the Company’s request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (all such persons being referred to as an “Indemnitee”), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees),

 

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judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if such Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The Company’s restated certificate of incorporation provides that it will indemnify any Indemnitee who was or is a party to an action or suit by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in our favor by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the Company’s request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and, to the extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal therefrom, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the Company’s best interests, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company, unless a court determines that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the circumstances, he or she is entitled to indemnification of such expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, he or she will be indemnified by the Company against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith. Expenses must be advanced to an Indemnitee under certain circumstances.

The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. These indemnification agreements require the Company, among other things, to indemnify each such director and executive officer for some expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by such director or executive officer in any action or proceeding arising out of his or her service as one of the Company’s directors or executive officers. In addition, the Company’s employment agreements with Mr. Ravichandran, its chief executive officer, and Mr. Montagner, its chief financial officer, require the Company to indemnify Messrs. Ravichandran and Montagner to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, other than in connection with their gross negligence or willful misconduct, for liability with regard to their activities on the Company’s behalf. Although directors designated for election to the Company’s board of directors by investment funds and entities affiliated with either Warburg Pincus LLC (“Warburg Pincus”) or Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman Sachs”) may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses or insurance provided or obtained by investment funds and entities affiliated with either Warburg Pincus or Goldman Sachs, respectively, the Company has agreed in its stockholders agreement that it will be the indemnitor of first resort, will advance the full amount of expenses incurred by each such director and, to the extent that investment funds and entities affiliated with either Warburg Pincus or Goldman Sachs or their insurers make any payment to, or advance any expenses to, any such director, the Company will reimburse those investment funds and entities and their insurers for such amounts.

The Company maintains a general liability insurance policy that covers certain liabilities of directors and officers of the Company arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.

Delaware Limited Liability Companies:

SinglePlatform, LLC is organized under the laws of the state of Delaware.

Pursuant to Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “DLLCA”), a Delaware limited liability company may indemnify and hold harmless any member, manager or other person from any claims and demands, subject to any restrictions set forth in such limited liability company’s limited liability company agreement. Further, pursuant to Section 18-1101 of the DLLCA, unless otherwise authorized in the limited liability company agreement, a member, manager or other person is not liable to the limited liability company for a breach of a fiduciary duty for such person’s good faith reliance on the provisions of such limited liability company agreement.

 

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District of Columbia

District of Columbia Limited Liability Companies:

CardStar Publishing, LLC is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the District of Columbia.

Pursuant to Section 29-804.08 of the Uniform Liability Company Act (the “D.C. LLCA”), a limited liability company shall indemnify a member or manager for any debt, obligation, or liability incurred in the course of that person’s activities on behalf of the limited liability company; provided that the member or manager complied with the limitations on distribution and the standards of conduct for members and managers sections of the D.C. LLCA.

Florida

Florida Limited Liability Companies:

HostGator.com LLC is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the state of Florida.

Pursuant to Section 605.0408 of the Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act (the “FRLLCA”), a limited liability company may indemnify and hold harmless a person against a debt, obligation, or liability incurred because of the person’s capacity as a member or manager of the company; provided that a limited liability company shall not have the power to indemnify any member or manager for liability that resulted from that person’s bad faith, willful or intentional misconduct, knowing violation of any law, breach of fiduciary duties, or breach of other sections of the FRLLCA.

Georgia

Georgia Limited Liability Companies:

A Small Orange, LLC is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the state of Georgia.

Section 14-11-306 of the Georgia Limited Liability Company Act provides that subject to the standards and restrictions, if any, set forth in the article of organization or written operating agreement, a limited liability company may indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever arising in connection with the limited liability company; provided that a limited liability company shall not have the power to indemnify any member or manager for (i) for his or her intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law or (ii) for any transaction for which the person received a personal benefit in violation of any provision of a written operating agreement.

Utah

Utah Corporations:

Bluehost Inc. and FastDomain Inc. (the “Utah Corporation Registrants”) are incorporated under the laws of the state of Utah.

Pursuant to Section 902 of the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act (“URBCA”), a Utah corporation may indemnify a person who is or was a party in any proceeding because the person is or was a director of the corporation against liability incurred with respect to a proceeding if: (i) the conduct of the person was in good faith; (ii) the person reasonably believed that such conduct was in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation; and (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the person had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful. Section 902 of the URBCA provides that indemnification of a director in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation is limited to reasonable expenses incurred in the proceeding. In addition, the corporation may not indemnify a director in connection with a proceeding in which the director was adjudged liable to the corporation. Pursuant to Section 903 of the URBCA, a Utah

 

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corporation, unless limited by its articles of incorporation, must indemnify a director who was successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding against reasonable expenses incurred by such person in connection with the proceeding. Pursuant to Section 907 of the URBCA, unless a corporation’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise, an officer of the corporation is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 903 to the same extent as a director, and a Utah corporation may indemnify an officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the corporation to the same extent as a director.

Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

A list of exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement is set forth in the Exhibit Index which immediately precedes such exhibits and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

Item 22. Undertakings.

The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

(a) (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrants under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use; and

 

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(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrants under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:

The undersigned registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrants pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrants will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrants relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants or used or referred to by the undersigned registrants;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrants or their securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrants to the purchaser.

(b) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of each registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, each registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by each registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of each registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, each registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(d) To respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of Form S-4, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request.

(e) To supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Burlington, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on November 17, 2016.

 

ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
By:      

/s/ Hari Ravichandran

  Hari Ravichandran
  Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. hereby severally constitute and appoint Hari Ravichandran, Marc Montagner and David Bryson, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to any of them, and to each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed herewith and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement, and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with said Registration Statement, and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all such things in our name and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

/s/    Hari Ravichandran        

Hari Ravichandran

  

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  November 17, 2016

/s/    Marc Montagner        

Marc Montagner

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

  November 17, 2016

/s/    Timothy Mathews        

Timothy Mathews

  

Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

  November 17, 2016

/s/    James C. Neary        

James C. Neary

   Chairman of the Board of Directors   November 17, 2016

/s/    Dale Crandall        

Dale Crandall

   Director   November 17, 2016

/s/    Joseph P. DiSabato        

Joseph P. DiSabato

   Director   November 17, 2016

 

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Signature    Title   Date

/s/    Tomas Gorny        

Tomas Gorny

   Director   November 17, 2016

/s/    Michael Hayford        

Michael Hayford

   Director   November 17, 2016

/s/    Peter J. Perrone        

Peter J. Perrone

   Director   November 17, 2016

/s/    Chandler J. Reedy        

Chandler J. Reedy

   Director   November 17, 2016

/s/    Justin L. Sadrian        

Justin L. Sadrian

   Director   November 17, 2016

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Burlington, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on November 17, 2016.

 

BLUEHOST INC.

CARDSTAR, INC.

CONSTANT CONTACT, INC.

DOMAIN NAME HOLDING COMPANY, INC.

EIG INVESTORS CORP.

ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP—WEST, INC.

FASTDOMAIN INC.

SINGLEPLATFORM, LLC

THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.

By:  

/s/    Hari Ravichandran        

 

Hari Ravichandran

Chief Executive Officer and President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Hari Ravichandran, Marc Montagner and David Bryson, and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorneys with full power to any of them, and to each of them singly, to sign for him or her and in his or her name in the capacities indicated below the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed herewith and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement, and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with said Registration Statement, and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all such things in his or her name and on his or her behalf in her or her capacity as officer and/or director to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

/s/    Hari Ravichandran        

Hari Ravichandran

  

Chief Executive Officer, President and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  November 17, 2016

/s/    Marc Montagner        

Marc Montagner

  

Chief Financial Officer and Director

(Principal Financial Officer)

  November 17, 2016

/s/    Timothy Mathews        

Timothy Mathews

  

Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

  November 17, 2016

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Burlington, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on November 17, 2016.

 

A SMALL ORANGE, LLC

HOSTGATOR.COM LLC

By:  

/s/    Hari Ravichandran        

 

Hari Ravichandran

Chief Executive Officer and President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Hari Ravichandran, Marc Montagner and David Bryson, and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorneys with full power to any of them, and to each of them singly, to sign for him or her and in his or her name in the capacities indicated below the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed herewith and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement, and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with said Registration Statement, and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all such things in his or her name and on his or her behalf in her or her capacity as officer and/or director to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

/s/    Hari Ravichandran        

Hari Ravichandran

  

Chief Executive Officer and President of A Small Orange, LLC and HostGator.com LLC and Chief Executive Officer and President of The Endurance International Group, Inc., Sole Member of A Small Orange, LLC and HostGator.com LLC

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

November 17, 2016

 

/s/    Marc Montagner        

Marc Montagner

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

November 17, 2016

 

/s/    Timothy Mathews        

Timothy Mathews

  

Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

November 17, 2016

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Burlington, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on November 17, 2016.

 

CARDSTAR PUBLISHING, LLC

By:  

/s/    Hari Ravichandran        

 

Hari Ravichandran

Chief Executive Officer and President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Hari Ravichandran, Marc Montagner and David Bryson, and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorneys with full power to any of them, and to each of them singly, to sign for him or her and in his or her name in the capacities indicated below the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed herewith and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement, and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with said Registration Statement, and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all such things in his or her name and on his or her behalf in her or her capacity as officer and/or director to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

/s/    Hari Ravichandran        

Hari Ravichandran

  

Chief Executive Officer and President of CardStar Publishing, LLC and Chief Executive Officer and President of CardStar, Inc., Sole Member of CardStar Publishing, LLC

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

November 17, 2016

 

/s/    Marc Montagner        

Marc Montagner

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

November 17, 2016

 

/s/    Timothy Mathews        

Timothy Mathews

  

Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

November 17, 2016

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibits

  2.1#    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 30, 2015, by and among Constant Contact, Inc., the Company, and Paintbrush Acquisition Corporation (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (File No. 001-36131) on November 2, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference).
  3.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Form S-1/A (File No. 333-191061) on October 23, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
  3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (filed as Exhibit 3.5 to the Company’s Form S-1/A (File No. 333-191061) on October 23, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
  3.3*    Certificate of Merger of WP Expedition Merger Sub, Inc. with and into the Issuer, dated as of December 22, 2011.
  3.4*    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Issuer, dated as of November 21, 2013.
  3.5*    Articles of Organization of A Small Orange, LLC, dated as of February 10, 2010.
  3.6*    Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of A Small Orange, LLC, dated as of July 23, 2012.
  3.7*    Articles of Incorporation of Bluehost Inc., dated as of June 29, 2004.
  3.8*    Bylaws of Bluehost Inc., dated as of October 11, 2010.
  3.9*    Articles of Organization of CardStar Publishing, LLC (f/k/a Mesa Dynamics, LLC), dated as of October 23, 2003.
  3.10*    Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of CardStar Publishing, LLC, dated as of February 24, 2011.
  3.11*    Certificate of Merger of Boomerang Acquisition Corp. with and into CardStar, Inc., dated as of January 13, 2012.
  3.12*    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CardStar, Inc., dated as of January 13, 2012.
  3.13*    Bylaws of Boomerang Acquisition Corp.
  3.14*    Restated Certificate of Constant Contact, Inc., dated as of October 9, 2007.
  3.15*    Second Amended and Restated By-laws of Constant Contact, Inc., dated as of October 9, 2007.
  3.16*    Certificate of Incorporation of Domain Name Holding Company, Inc., dated as of August 5, 2004.
  3.17*    By-laws of Domain Name Holding Company, Inc.
  3.18*    Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Endurance International Group—West, Inc. (f/k/a Dotster, Inc.), dated as of July 22, 2011.
  3.19*    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Endurance International Group—West, Inc. (f/k/a Dotster, Inc.).
  3.20*    Articles of Incorporation of FastDomain Inc., dated as of March 15, 2006.
  3.21*    Bylaws of FastDomain Inc., dated as of October 11, 2010.
  3.22*    Electronic Articles of Organization of HostGator.com LLC, dated as of September 2, 2004.
  3.23*    Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of HostGator.com LLC, dated as of July 13, 2012.
  3.24*    Certificate of Formation of SinglePlatform, LLC, dated as of October 1, 2012.
  3.25*    Limited Liability Company Agreement of SinglePlatform, LLC, dated as of October 31, 2012.

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibits

  3.26*    Certificate of Ownership and Merger of IPOWER, Inc. with and into The Endurance International Group, Inc., dated as of December 13, 2011.
  3.27*    By-laws of The Endurance International Group, Inc., dated as of May 5, 2003.
  4.1    Indenture (including form of Note), dated as of February 9, 2016, among the Issuer, the Company, the Endurance Guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (File No. 001-36131) on February 10, 2016 and incorporated herein by reference).
  4.2*    First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 9, 2016, among the Constant Contact Guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.
  4.3    Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2016, by and among the Issuer, the Company, the Endurance Guarantors party thereto and Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Jefferies LLC (filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36131) on May 9, 2016 and incorporated herein by reference).
  4.4*    Joinder Agreement to Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2016, by and among the Constant Contact Guarantors party thereto.
  5.1*    Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.
  5.2*    Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP.
  5.3*    Opinion of Durham, Jones & Pinegar P.C.
  5.4*    Opinion of Locke Lord LLP.
  5.5*    Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP.
12.1*    Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
21.1*    List of Subsidiaries.
23.1*    Consent of BDO USA, LLP.
23.2*    Consent of BDO LLP.
23.3*    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.4*    Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.5*    Consent of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2).
23.6*    Consent of Durham, Jones & Pinegar P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.3).
23.7*    Consent of Locke Lord LLP (included in Exhibit 5.4).
23.8*    Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP (included in Exhibit 5.5).
24.1*    Power of Attorney of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. (included on signature page).
24.2*    Power of Attorney of EIG Investors Corp. (included on signature page).
24.3*    Power of Attorney of A Small Orange, LLC (included on signature page).
24.4*    Power of Attorney of Bluehost Inc. (included on signature page).
24.5*    Power of Attorney of CardStar Publishing, LLC (included on signature page).
24.6*    Power of Attorney of CardStar, Inc. (included on signature page).
24.7*    Power of Attorney of Constant Contact, Inc. (included on signature page).
24.8*    Power of Attorney of Domain Name Holding Company, Inc. (included on signature page).

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibits

24.9*    Power of Attorney of Endurance International Group—West, Inc. (included on signature page).
24.10*    Power of Attorney of FastDomain Inc. (included on signature page).
24.11*    Power of Attorney of HostGator.com LLC (included on signature page).
24.12*    Power of Attorney of SinglePlatform, LLC (included on signature page).
24.13*    Power of Attorney of The Endurance International Group, Inc. (included on signature page).
25.1*    Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee under the Indenture.
99.1*    Form of Letter of Transmittal.

 

* Filed herewith.
# Schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit upon request.

 

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Exhibit 3.3

 

State of Delaware    
Secretary of State    
Division of Corporations    
Delivered 10:12 AM 12/22/2011    
FILED 10:12 AM 12/22/2011    
SRV 111326206 – 4340245 FILE    

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

OF

WP EXPEDITION MERGER SUB, INC.

WITH AND INTO

EIG INVESTORS CORP.

EIG Investors Corp., a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Corporation ”), desiring to merge WP Expedition Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Merger Sub ”), with and into the Corporation (the “ Merger ”), pursuant to Section 251 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”), hereby certifies as follows:

FIRST : The name and state of incorporation of each of the constituent corporations to the Merger (the “ Constituent Corporations ”) are as follows:

 

Name

  

State of Incorporation

WP Expedition Merger Sub, Inc.    Delaware
EIG Investors Corp.    Delaware

SECOND : An Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 2, 2011, as amended on December 21, 2011 (the “ Agreement and Plan of Merger ”), by and among each of the Constituent Corporations, WP Expedition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Endurance International Group Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the Significant Holders identified therein, was approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the Constituent Corporations in accordance with Section 251 of the DGCL (and by the written consent of their respective stockholders in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL).

THIRD : The Corporation will continue as the corporation surviving the Merger (the “ Surviving Corporation ”) and the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be EIG Investors Corp. upon the effectiveness of the Merger in accordance with Section 251 of the DGCL and Section 103 of the DGCL (the “ Effective Time ”).

FOURTH : At the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be amended and restated as set forth in Annex 1 hereto and, as so amended and restated, shall be the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended pursuant to the DGCL.

FIFTH : An executed copy of the Agreement and Plan of Merger is on file at the offices of the Surviving Corporation at 70 Blanchard Road, Burlington, MA 01803, and a copy thereof will be furnished by the Surviving Corporation, on request and without cost, to any stockholder of either of the Constituent Corporations.

SIXTH : This Certificate of Merger, and the Merger, shall become effective at the time this Certificate of Merger is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Merger to be executed as of the 22nd day of December , 2011 .

 

EIG INVESTORS CORP.
By:  

/s/ Hari Ravichandran

  Name:  

Hari Ravichandran

  Title:  

President and CEO

Signature Page to Certificate of Merger


Annex I

[Please see attached.]


AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

EIG INVESTORS CORP.

Article I

Name

The name of the corporation is EIG Investors Corp. (hereinafter referred to as the “ Corporation ”).

Article II

Registered Office

The registered office of the Corporation is to be located at Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, in the County of New Castle, in the State of Delaware, 19801. The name of the registered agent for service of process for the Corporation in the State of Delaware at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.

Article III

Business Purpose

The purpose of the 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 (“ Delaware General Corporation Law ”).

Article IV

Authorized Capital Stock

Section 4.01. The total number of authorized shares of capital stock is 151,500, consisting of:

(a) 1,500 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and

(b) 150,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”), of which 150,000 shares are hereby designated as Series E Preferred Stock (the “ Series E Preferred Stock ”) with a Liquidation Preference of $1,000.

The Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby authorized from time to time to provide by resolution for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series not exceeding the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock authorized by this Certificate of Incorporation (“ Certificate of Incorporation ”), as amended from time to time; and to determine with respect to each such series the voting powers, if any (which voting powers, if granted, may


be full or limited), designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions relating thereto; including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the voting rights relating to shares of Preferred Stock of any series (which may be one or more votes per share or a fraction of a vote per share, which may vary over time and which may be applicable generally or only upon the happening and continuance of stated events or conditions), the rate of dividend to which holders of Preferred Stock of any series may be entitled (which may be cumulative or noncumulative), the rights of holders of Preferred Stock of any series in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, the rights, if any, of holders of Preferred Stock of any series to convert or exchange such shares of Preferred Stock of such series for shares of any other class or series of capital stock or for any other securities, property or assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (including the determination of the price or prices or the rate or rates applicable to such rights to convert or exchange and the adjustment thereof, the time or times during which the right to convert or exchange shall be applicable and the time or times during which a particular price or rate shall be applicable), whether or not the shares of that series shall be redeemable, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates, and whether any shares of that series shall be redeemed pursuant to a retirement or sinking fund or otherwise and the terms and conditions of such obligation.

Article V

Preferences and Special Rights of the Series E Preferred Stock

Section 5.01. Ranking . The Series E Preferred Stock shall, with respect to dividend rights and distributions upon the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation, rank (i) senior to all classes of Common Stock of the Corporation and to each other class of Capital Stock or series of preferred stock established before or after the Issue Date by the Board of Directors, the terms of which do not expressly provide that it ranks senior to or on a parity with the Series E Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions and distributions upon the liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively referred to with the Common Stock of the Corporation as “ Junior Securities ”); (ii) subject to Section 5.06(c) hereof on a parity with any additional shares of Series E Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation in the future in accordance with Section 5.02 hereof and any other class of Capital Stock or series of preferred stock established after the Issue Date by the Board of Directors, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank on a parity with the Series E Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions and distributions upon the liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively referred to as “ Parity Securities ”) and (iii) subject to Section 5.06(c) hereof, any other class of Capital Stock or series of preferred stock established after the Issue Date by the Board of Directors, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to the Series E Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions and distributions upon the liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively referred to as “ Senior Securities ”).

 

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Section 5.02. Dividends .

(a) Holders of shares of the Series E Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if dividends are declared by the Board of Directors out of funds of the Corporation legally available therefor, cumulative preferential dividends, accruing from the Closing Date at the Dividend Rate on the Liquidation Preference of outstanding Series E Preferred Stock plus all unpaid cumulative Accrued Dividend Amounts, quarterly in arrears on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 or, if any such date is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each a “ Dividend Accrual Date ”), to the Holders of record as of the next preceding March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 (each, a “ Record Date ”). Dividends shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and shall be deemed to accumulate on a daily basis. For the avoidance of doubt, dividends will compound quarterly.

(b) Dividends on the Series E Preferred Stock shall accumulate, whether or not there are funds legally available for the payment of such dividends and whether or not dividends are declared.

(c) Holders of the Series E Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, property or stock, in excess of the full cumulative dividends as herein described. Unless all outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock have been redeemed or converted, then: (i) no dividend (other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Securities) shall be declared or paid upon, or any sum set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any shares of Junior Securities; (ii) no other distribution shall be declared or made upon, or any sum set apart for the payment of any distribution upon, any shares of Junior Securities, other than a distribution consisting solely of Junior Securities; (iii) no shares of Junior Securities shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired or retired for value (excluding an exchange or conversion for shares of other Junior Securities) by the Corporation; and (iv) no monies shall be paid into or set apart or made available for a sinking or other like fund for the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any shares of Junior Securities by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Corporation shall be permitted to distribute to the holders of Junior Securities (i) any amount that may be necessary for the repurchases of equity interests, options, warrants or other interests from employees, officers, or directors of Topco and its Subsidiaries or any of their authorized representatives upon the death, disability or termination of employment or directorship of the employees, officers, or directors; (ii) amounts with respect to franchise taxes and taxes arising directly as a result of any dividends required to be made to provide Topco and its Subsidiaries with sufficient funds to make the repurchases contemplated by clause (i) hereof; and (iii) reasonable administrative expenses; provided that the amounts in clauses (ii) and (iii) of this sentence shall in no event exceed $4,000,000 in the aggregate in any given fiscal year.

(d) In the case of shares of Series E Preferred Stock issued on the Issue Date, dividends shall accrue and be cumulative from the Closing Date.

(e) Each fractional share of Series E Preferred Stock outstanding shall be entitled to a ratably proportionate amount of all dividends accruing with respect to each outstanding or due to be issued and outstanding share of Series E Preferred Stock pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 5.02, and all such dividends with respect to such outstanding fractional shares shall be cumulative and shall accrue (whether or not declared), and shall be payable in the same manner

 

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and at such times as provided for in paragraph (a) of this Section 5.02 with respect to dividends on each outstanding or due to be issued and outstanding share of Series E Preferred Stock. Each fractional share of Series E Preferred Stock outstanding shall also be entitled to a ratably proportionate amount of any other distributions made with respect to each outstanding or due to be issued and outstanding share of Series E Preferred Stock, and all such distributions shall be payable in the same manner and at the same time as distributions on each outstanding or due to be issued and outstanding share of Series E Preferred Stock.

(f) Accrued but unpaid dividends for any past dividend periods may be declared by the Board of Directors on any date fixed by the Board of Directors, whether or not a regular Dividend Accrual Date, to Holders of record on the books of the Corporation on such record date as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, which record date shall be no more than 60 days prior to the payment date thereof.

Section 5.03. Distributions Upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up .

Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation or reduction or decrease in its Capital Stock resulting in a distribution of assets to the holders of any class or series of the Corporation’s Capital Stock (the date of such occurrence, the “ Liquidation Date ”), the Corporation shall, out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution, make the following payments in respect of its Capital Stock:

(a) first , payments due in connection with the Senior Securities on the Liquidation Date, including any accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, on such Senior Securities, to the Liquidation Date;

(b) second , on a pro rata basis, payments on shares of the Series E Preferred Stock equal to the Liquidation Preference per share of Series E Preferred Stock held by or due to (as of such date pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof) such Holder, plus all unpaid Accrued Dividend Amounts and all Partial Dividend Period Amounts, if any, thereon to the Liquidation Date; and

(c) third , payments on any Junior Securities, including, without limitation, the Common Stock.

After payment in full in cash of the Liquidation Preference and all accumulated dividends, if any, to which Holders of Series E Preferred Stock are entitled, such Holders shall not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets of the Corporation.

Section 5.04. Redemption by the Corporation .

(a) The Corporation shall have the option to redeem (subject to the legal availability of funds therefor) all, or any part of, the outstanding (and due to be issued and outstanding as of such date pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof) shares of the Series E Preferred Stock at a price equal to the Liquidation Preference), plus all unpaid Accrued Dividend Amounts and Partial Dividend Period Amounts, if any, to the applicable Redemption Date (together, the “ Optional Redemption Price ”), provided that on any single Redemption Date, the Corporation shall not redeem shares of the Series E Preferred Stock unless the aggregate Liquidation Preference therefor is at least $5,000,000.

 

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(b) In case of redemption of less than all of such shares of Series E Preferred Stock, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected pro rata or, subject to the consent of the holders of Series E Preferred Stock (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), by other appropriate means.

(c) Notice of any redemption shall be sent by or on behalf of the Corporation not less than 5 nor more than 45 Business Days prior to the date specified for redemption in such notice (the “ Redemption Date ”) to all Holders of record of the Series E Preferred Stock at their last addresses as they shall appear on the books of the Corporation; provided, however , that no failure to give such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any shares of Series E Preferred Stock except as to the holder to whom the Corporation has failed to give notice. In addition to any information required by law, such notice shall state: (i) the Redemption Date; (ii) the Optional Redemption Price; (iii) the number of shares of Series E Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than all shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed; (iv) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the Optional Redemption Price; and (v) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accumulate on the Redemption Date. Upon the delivery of any such notice of redemption, the Corporation shall become obligated to redeem at the time of redemption specified thereon all shares called for redemption, provided that such notice of redemption may state that such notice is conditional upon the effectiveness of specified credit facilities or the receipt of the proceeds from the issuance of other indebtedness or the occurrence of some other identifiable event or condition, in which case such notice of prepayment may be revoked by the Company (by notice to the holders of Series E Preferred Stock on or prior to the specified date of redemption) if such condition is not satisfied.

(d) If notice has been delivered in accordance with Section 5.04(c) above and provided that on or before the Redemption Date specified in such notice, all funds necessary for such redemption shall have been set aside by the Corporation, separate and apart from its other funds in trust for the pro rata benefit of the Holders of the shares so called for redemption, so as to be, and to continue to be available therefor, then, from and after the Redemption Date, dividends on the shares of the Series E Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall cease to accumulate, and said shares shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and shall not have the status of shares of Series E Preferred Stock, and all rights of the Holders thereof as stockholders of the Corporation (except the right to receive from the Corporation the Optional Redemption Price) shall cease. Upon surrender, in accordance with said notice, of the certificates for any shares so redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Corporation shall so require and the notice shall so state), such shares shall be redeemed by the Corporation at the Optional Redemption Price.

(e) Any deposit of funds with a bank or trust company for the purpose of redeeming Series E Preferred Stock shall be irrevocable except that any balance of monies so deposited by the Corporation and unclaimed by the Holders of the Series E Preferred Stock entitled thereto at the expiration of two years from the applicable Redemption Date shall be repaid, together with any interest or other earnings earned thereon, to the Corporation, and after any such repayment, the Holders of the shares entitled to the funds so repaid to the Corporation shall look only to the Corporation for payment without interest or other earnings.

 

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Section 5.05. Conversion .

(a) Upon six (6) months prior written notice (the “ Conversion Notice ”) (or such shorter notice as otherwise agreed by all of the holders of the Common Stock and the Series E Preferred Stock), which may be delivered to the Corporation at any time after (i) eighteen (18) months from the Closing Date, or (ii) an Initial Public Offering (provided that in the case of an Initial Public Offering, the notice period shall not be longer than the period between the time when the Series E Preferred Stock holders are notified by the Corporation of the planned offering and the time of such offering), holders of a majority of the shares of Series E Preferred Stock shall have the right to cause to be converted, in whole but not in part, all of the shares of Series E Preferred Stock which have not been previously redeemed or cancelled into fully paid, nonassessable shares of Common Stock (the “ Converted Common Stock ”). For the purpose of any conversion hereunder, each share of Series E Preferred Stock shall be valued at the Liquidation Preference, which shall be divided by the Conversion Price in effect on the conversion date to determine the number of shares issuable upon conversion. For the avoidance of doubt, all accrued and unpaid dividends with respect to any share of Series E Preferred Stock shall be forfeited in connection with any conversion thereof under this Section 5.05(a). In case any shares of Series E Preferred Stock are to be redeemed pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof, such right of conversion shall cease and terminate as to the shares of Series E Preferred Stock to be redeemed at the close of business on the fifth (5 th ) Business Day preceding the date fixed for redemption, as the case may be.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 5.05(a) above, in the event that (i) the Effective Time of the Merger occurs after December 31, 2011 and on or before December 31, 2012 and (ii) (x) prior to such Effective Time (but after December 31, 2011), there has been a change in U.S. federal income tax law pursuant to which there is a material change in the tax rate applicable to individuals with respect to long-term capital gains, or there is a material change in the taxation of a distributive share of long-term capital gains allocated by a partnership to an individual attributable to services (i.e., “carried interest” legislation), and (y) such change of law is effective after December 31, 2011 and on or prior to the Effective Time of the Merger (and without grandfathering or other transitional rules that would exclude the Merger from the effect of the change of law), then within 10 days of delivery of the Conversion Notice, the Corporation shall convert at the Conversion Price, the Series E Preferred Stock with a Liquidation Preference in the aggregate amount of $25,000,000 and shall convert any remaining amount of outstanding Series E Preferred Stock six (6) months from the date of the delivery of the Conversion Notice in accordance with Section 6(a); provided that in no event shall any conversion (including the initial $25,000,000 million conversion) occur prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, all accrued and unpaid dividends with respect to any share of Series E Preferred Stock shall be forfeited in connection with any conversion thereof under this Section 5.05(b). For the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation may redeem any outstanding Series E Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 5.04 (other than, if applicable, the $25,000,000 of Series E Preferred Stock referred to above) at any time prior to the conversion thereof. The rights of the holders of Series E Preferred Stock under this Section 5.05(b) may only be exercised if Series E Preferred Stock with a Liquidation Preference in excess of $37,500,000 is outstanding on the second anniversary of the Closing Date.

 

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(c) Any holder of shares of Series E Preferred Stock desiring to convert such shares into Common Stock shall surrender the certificate or certificates (unless such certificates have not yet been issued by the Corporation but are otherwise due such holder pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof) evidencing such shares of Series E Preferred Stock at the office of the transfer agent (which may be the Corporation) for the Series E Preferred Stock, which certificate or certificates, if the Corporation shall so require, shall be duly endorsed to the Corporation or in blank, or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer to the Corporation or in blank, accompanied by (i) an irrevocable written notice to the Corporation that the holder elects so to convert such shares of Series E Preferred Stock and specifying the name or names (with address or addresses) in which a certificate or certificates evidencing shares of Common Stock are to be issued, and (ii) if required pursuant to Section 5.05(g), an amount sufficient to pay any transfer or similar tax (or evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation demonstrating that such taxes have been paid). For the avoidance of doubt, each holder may convert, all but not less than all, shares of Series E Preferred Stock held by such Holder. Except as provided for above, no payments or adjustments in respect of dividends on shares of Series E Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion or on account of any dividend on the Common Stock issued upon conversion shall be made upon the conversion of any shares of Series E Preferred Stock.

The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after such deposit of certificates (to the extent required above) evidencing shares of Series E Preferred Stock accompanied by the written notice and compliance with any other conditions herein contained, deliver at such office of such transfer agent to the person for whose account such shares of Series E Preferred Stock were so surrendered, or to the nominee or nominees of such person, certificates evidencing the number of full shares of Common Stock to which such person shall be entitled as aforesaid, together with a cash adjustment in respect of any fraction of a share of Common Stock as hereinafter provided. Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the date on which the certificates for shares of Series E Preferred Stock to be converted shall have been surrendered (to the extent required above) together with the irrevocable written notice and payment of taxes (if applicable) as provided for in clauses (i) and (ii) above, and the person or persons entitled to receive the Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of such Series E Preferred Stock shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Stock at such time on such date, unless the stock transfer books of the Corporation shall be closed on such date, in which event such person or persons shall be deemed to have become such holder or holders of record at the close of business on the next succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are open, but such conversion shall be at the Conversion Price in effect on the date on which such shares shall have been surrendered and such notice (and, if applicable, payment) received by the Corporation. Immediately following such conversion, the rights of the holders of converted Series E Preferred Stock shall cease.

(d) Adjustment of Conversion Price . The Conversion Price at which shares of Series E Preferred Stock are convertible into Common Stock shall be subject to adjustment from time to time, as follows:

(i) In case at any time after the date hereof, all or any portion of the Common Stock outstanding shall be subdivided into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day

 

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upon which such subdivision becomes effective shall be proportionately reduced, and, conversely in case at any time after the date hereof, all or any portion of the shares of Common Stock outstanding shall each be combined into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such combination becomes effective shall be proportionately increased, such reduction or increase, as the case may be, to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision or combination becomes effective.

(ii) In case at any time after the date hereof, the Corporation shall issue Common Stock or rights or warrants to any person entitling them to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock at a price per share less than the Conversion Price (such price, the “ Below Conversion Price ”) that would be payable on any Record Date that such Common Stock is subscribed for or purchased, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following such Record Date shall be adjusted to a price obtained by multiplying such Below Conversion Price by a fraction of which (x) the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on such Record Date plus the number of shares of Common Stock that the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock so to be offered would purchase at the Conversion Price and (y) the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on such Record Date plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock so to be offered for subscription or purchase, such adjustment to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following such Record Date. The notice pursuant to this subsection shall be sent by or on behalf of the Corporation not less than 5 nor more than 45 Business Days prior to the date of any issuance at the Below Conversion Price, to all Holders of record of the Series E Preferred Stock at their last addresses as they shall appear on the books of the Corporation, provided, however , that no failure to give such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall affect the validity of any such issuance of shares.

(iii) The Corporation may make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by subparagraphs (i) and (ii), of this Section 5.05(d), as it considers to be advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock (or rights to acquire stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes. The Corporation from time to time may reduce the Conversion Price by any amount for any period of time if the period is at least twenty (20) days, the reduction is irrevocable during the period and the Board of Directors (or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, a duly authorized committee thereof) shall have made a determination that such reduction would be in the best interests of the Corporation, which determination shall be conclusive. Whenever the Conversion Price is reduced pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Corporation shall deliver to Holders of record of the Series E Preferred Stock a notice of the reduction at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date the reduced Conversion Price takes effect, and such notice shall state the reduced Conversion Price and the period it will be in effect.

 

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(iv) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.05, no adjustment to the Conversion Price shall reduce the Conversion Price below the then par value per share of the Common Stock, and any such purported adjustment shall instead reduce the Conversion Price to such par value. The Corporation hereby covenants not to take any action (1) to increase the par value per share of the Common Stock or (2) that would or does result in any adjustment in the Conversion Price that would cause the Conversion Price to be less than the then par value per share of the Common Stock.

(v) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided:

 

  1) the Corporation shall compute the adjusted conversion price and shall prepare a certificate signed by the Treasurer of the Corporation setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, and such certificate shall forthwith be filed with the transfer agent for the Series E Preferred Stock; and

 

  2) a notice stating that the Conversion Price has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price shall as soon as practicable be delivered by the Corporation to all record Holders of shares of Series E Preferred Stock at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

(vi) In any case in which this Section 5.05(d) provides that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record date for an event, the Corporation may defer until the occurrence of such event (x) issuing to the holder of any share of Series E Preferred Stock converted after such record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such event over and above the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion before giving effect to such adjustment and (y) paying to such holder any amount in cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock pursuant to Section 5.05(e).

(e) The Corporation shall not issue fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Series E Preferred Stock. Instead the Corporation shall pay a cash adjustment based upon the Conversion Price of the Common Stock on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of conversion. If more than one certificate evidencing shares of Series E Preferred Stock shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of shares issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of Series E Preferred Stock so surrendered.

(f) In the event that the Corporation shall be a party to any transaction, including without limitation any (i) recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination of the Common Stock), (ii) any consolidation of the Corporation with, or merger of the Corporation into, any other Person, any merger of another Person into the Corporation (other than a merger which does not result in a reclassification,

 

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conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation), (iii) any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation or (iv) any compulsory share exchange, pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted into the right to receive other securities, cash or other property, then lawful provision shall be made as part of the terms of such transaction whereby the holder of each share of Series E Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have the right thereafter, to convert such share into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such share of Series E Preferred Stock might have been converted immediately prior to such recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange. The Corporation or the person formed by such consolidation or resulting from such merger or which acquires such assets or which acquires the Corporation’s shares, as the case may be, shall make provisions in its certificate or articles of incorporation or other constituent document to establish such right. Such certificate or articles of incorporation or other constituent document shall provide for adjustments which, for events subsequent to the effective date of such certificate or articles of incorporation or other constituent document, shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 5.05. The above provisions shall similarly apply to successive recapitalization, reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or share exchanges.

(g) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available, out of its authorized and unissued stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series E Preferred Stock, such number of shares of its Common Stock, free of preemptive rights, as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all shares of Series E Preferred Stock from time to time outstanding. The Corporation shall from time to time, in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, use its best efforts to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock if at any time the number of shares of authorized and unissued Common Stock shall not be sufficient to permit the conversion of all the then outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock.

The Corporation shall pay any and all issue or other taxes that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of the Series E Preferred Stock. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of Common Stock (or other securities or assets) in a name other than that in which the shares of Series E Preferred Stock so converted were registered, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue has paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Corporation, that such tax has been paid.

(h) There shall also be no adjustment of the Conversion Price in case of the issuance of any stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock) of the Corporation except as specifically described in this Section 5.05. If any action would require adjustment of the Conversion Price pursuant to more than one of the provisions described above, only one adjustment shall be made and such adjustment shall be the amount of adjustment which has the greatest absolute value.

(i) For purposes of this Section 5.05, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include any shares of Common Stock then owned or held by or for the account of the Corporation.

 

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Section 5.06. Voting Rights .

(a) Holders of Series E Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights, except as required by law and as hereinafter provided in this Section 5.06.

(b) The Holders of Series E Preferred Stock shall be entitled to notice of all stockholders meetings in accordance with the Corporation’s bylaws and the Delaware General Corporation Law.

(c) Without limiting the rights of the holders under any other contracts or otherwise in this Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the Holders of a majority of the shares of Series E Preferred Stock then outstanding:

(i) authorize, create (by way of reclassification or otherwise) or issue any Parity Securities or Senior Securities or any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any Parity Securities or Senior Securities;

(ii) amend or otherwise alter this Certificate of Incorporation in any manner that adversely affects the rights, privileges and preferences of the Series E Preferred Stock set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation;

(iii) take any action prohibited by Section 5.2(c) above;

(iv) commence any voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law; or

(v) require any additional capital to be contributed by the holders of the Series E Preferred Stock.

Section 5.07. Cancellation .

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, the outstanding Series E Preferred Stock shall be adjustable as follows:

(a) On the Business Day following each Loss Date, the Corporation shall cancel outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock with a value (as determined pursuant to the Merger Agreement) equal to the corresponding Base Loss Amount. All accrued and unpaid dividends with respect to each share of cancelled Series E Preferred Stock shall be forfeited and shall have no further value or effect; and

(b) On the Business Day following the Section 3.7 Adjustment Date, if any, the Corporation shall cancel outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock with a value (as determined pursuant to the Merger Agreement) equal to the corresponding Section 3.7 Adjustment Amount. All accrued and unpaid dividends with respect to each share of cancelled Series E Preferred Stock shall be forfeited and shall have no further value or effect.

 

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Section 5.08. Payment .

(a) All amounts payable in cash with respect to the Series E Preferred Stock shall be payable in United States dollars at the principal executive office of the Corporation or, at the option of the holder, payment of dividends (if any) may be made by check mailed to such Holder of the Series E Preferred Stock at its address set forth in the register of Holders of Series E Preferred Stock maintained by the Corporation.

(b) Any payment on the Series E Preferred Stock due on any day that is not a Business Day need not be made on such day, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such due date.

(c) Dividends payable on the Series E Preferred Stock on any Redemption Date that is a Dividend Accrual Date shall be paid to the Holders of record as of the immediately preceding Record Date.

Section 5.09. Exclusion of Other Rights . Except as may otherwise be required by law, the shares of Series E Preferred Stock shall not have any voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, other than those specifically set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 5.10. Reissuance of Series E Preferred Stock . Shares of Series E Preferred Stock that have been issued and reacquired in any manner, including shares purchased, redeemed, exchanged or converted, shall (upon, compliance with any applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law) have the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation undesignated as to series and may be designated or redesignated and issued or reissued, as the case may be, as part of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation, provided that any issue of such shares as Series E Preferred Stock must be in compliance with the terms hereof.

Section 5.11. Registration of Transfer . The Corporation shall keep at its principal office a register for the registration of Series E Preferred Stock. Upon the surrender of any certificate representing Series E Preferred Stock at such place, the Corporation shall, at the request of the record holder of such certificate, execute and deliver (at the Corporation’s expense) a new certificate or certificates in exchange therefor representing in the aggregate the number of shares represented by the surrendered certificate. Each such new certificate shall be registered in such name and shall represent such number of shares as is requested by the holder of the surrendered certificate and shall be substantially identical in form to the surrendered certificate, and dividends shall accrue on the Series E Preferred Stock represented by such new certificate from the date to which dividends have been fully paid on such Series E Preferred Stock represented by the surrendered certificate.

Section 5.12. Replacement . Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation (an affidavit of the registered holder shall be satisfactory) of the ownership and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificate evidencing shares of Series E Preferred

 

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Stock, as the case may be, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation (provided that if the holder is a financial institution or other institutional investor that is financially responsible, its own agreement shall be satisfactory), or, in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender of such certificate, the Corporation shall (at its expense) execute and deliver in lieu of such certificate a new certificate of like kind representing the number of shares of such class represented by such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate and dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate, and dividends shall accrue on the Series E Preferred Stock represented by such new certificate from the date to which dividends have been fully paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate.

Article VI

Common Stock

Section 6.01. General . Except as otherwise provided in this Article VI or as otherwise required by applicable law, all shares of Common Stock shall be identical in all respects and shall entitle the holders thereof to the same rights and privileges, subject to the same qualifications, limitations and restrictions.

Section 6.02. Voting Rights . Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation or as otherwise required by applicable law, all holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted on by the Corporation’s stockholders.

Section 6.03. Dividends . As and when dividends are declared or paid with respect to shares of Common Stock, whether in cash, property or securities of the Corporation, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends pro rata at the same rate per share. The rights of the holders of Common Stock to receive dividends are subject to the provisions with respect to the Series E Preferred Stock.

Section 6.04. Liquidation . Subject to the provisions with respect to the Series E Preferred Stock, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to participate pro rata at the same rate per share in all distributions to the holders of Common Stock in any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

Section 6.05. Registration of Transfer . The Corporation shall keep at its principal office (or such other place as the Corporation reasonably designates) a register for the registration of shares of Common Stock. Upon the surrender of any certificate representing shares of any class of Common Stock at such place, the Corporation shall, at the request of the record holder of such certificate, execute and deliver (at the Corporation’s expense) a new certificate or certificates in exchange therefor representing in the aggregate the number of shares of such class represented by the surrendered certificate and the Corporation shall forthwith cancel such surrendered certificate. Each such new certificate shall be registered in such name and shall represent such number of shares of Common Stock as is requested by the holder of the surrendered certificate and shall be substantially identical in form to the surrendered certificate. The issuance of new certificates shall be made without charge to the holders of the surrendered certificates for any issuance tax in respect thereof or other cost incurred by the Corporation in connection with such issuance.

 

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Section 6.06. Replacement . Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation (provided that an affidavit of the registered holder will be satisfactory) of the ownership and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificate evidencing one or more shares of any class of Common Stock, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation (provided that if the holder is a financial institution or other institutional investor that is financially responsible, its own agreement will be satisfactory), or, in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender of such certificate, the Corporation shall (at its expense) execute and deliver in lieu of such certificate a new certificate of like kind representing the number of shares of such class represented by such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate and dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate.

Section 6.07. Amendment and Waiver . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article VI shall be effective without the prior consent of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock, voting as a single class. Any such amendment or waiver so approved by the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock in accordance with the foregoing sentence shall be binding on all holders of shares of Common Stock.

Article VII

Management of Business

Section 7.01. General . The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and for 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) The number of directors of the Corporation shall be such as from time to time shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the by-laws. Election of directors need not be by ballot unless the by-laws so provide.

(b) The Board of Directors shall have powers without the assent or vote of the stockholders to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the by-laws of the Corporation; to fix and vary the amount to be reserved for any proper purpose; to authorize and cause to be executed mortgages and liens upon all or any part of the property of the Corporation; to determine the use and disposition of any surplus or net profits; and to fix the times for the declaration and payment of dividends.

(c) The directors in their discretion may submit any contract or act for approval or ratification at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any meeting of the stockholders called for the purpose of considering any such act or contract, and any contract or act that shall be approved or be ratified by the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation which is represented in person or by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote thereat (provided that a lawful quorum of stockholders be there represented in person or by proxy) shall be as valid

 

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and as binding upon the Corporation and upon all the stockholders as though it had been approved or ratified by every stockholder of the Corporation, whether or not the contract or act would otherwise be open to legal attack because of directors’ interest, or for any other reason.

(d) In addition to the powers and authorities hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, 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; subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, of this Certificate of Incorporation, and to any by-laws from time to time made by the stockholders; provided, however, that no by-laws so made shall invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such by-law had not been made.

Article VIII

Liability and Indemnification

Section 8.01. Limitation of Liability . To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law as it now exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior thereto), and except as otherwise provided in the by-laws of the Corporation, no director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages arising from a breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Corporation or its stockholders. Any repeal or modification of this paragraph by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

Section 8.02. Right to Indemnification . Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved (including involvement as a witness) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, manager, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior thereto), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, manager, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 8.03 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred in this Section 8.02 shall be a

 

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contract right and shall include the obligation of the Corporation to pay the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (an “advance of expenses”); provided, however, that, if and to the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law requires an advance of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director, manager or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) such advance shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 8.02 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same or lesser scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The Corporation hereby acknowledges that certain directors and officers affiliated with institutional investors may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by such institutional investors or certain of their affiliates (collectively, the “ Institutional Indemnitors ”). The Corporation hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to the indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Institutional Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by the indemnitee are secondary), (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by the indemnitee in accordance with this Article VIII without regard to any rights the indemnitee may have against the Institutional Indemnitors and (iii) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Institutional Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Institutional Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Corporation further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Institutional Indemnitors on behalf of the indemnitee with respect to any claim for which the indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Corporation shall affect the foregoing and the Institutional Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee against the Corporation.

Section 8.03. Procedure of Indemnification . Any indemnification of a director or officer of the Corporation or advance of expenses under Section 8.02 shall be made promptly, and in any event within forty-five (45) days (or, in the case of an advance of expenses, twenty days), upon the written request of the director or officer. If a determination by the Corporation that the director or officer is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article VIII is required, and the Corporation fails to respond within sixty days to a written request for indemnity, the Corporation shall be deemed to have approved the request. If the Corporation denies a written request for indemnification or advance of expenses, in whole or in part, or if payment in full pursuant to such request is not made within forty-five days (or, in the case of an advance of expenses, twenty days), the right to indemnification or advances as granted by this Article VIII shall be enforceable by the director or officer in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such person’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing his or her right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be indemnified by the Corporation. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advance of expenses where the undertaking required pursuant to Section 8.02, if any, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the Corporation to

 

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indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counselor its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. The procedure for indemnification of other employees and agents for whom indemnification is provided pursuant to Section 8.02 shall be the same procedure set forth in this Section 8.03 for directors or officers, unless otherwise set forth in the action of the Board of Directors providing indemnification for such employee or agent.

Section 8.04. Insurance . The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on its own behalf and on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, manager, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expenses, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Section 8.05. Service for Subsidiaries . Any person serving as a director, manager, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other enterprise, at least 50% of whose equity interests are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation shall be conclusively presumed to be serving in such capacity at the request of the Corporation.

Section 8.06. Reliance . Persons who, after the date of the adoption of this provision, become or remain directors or officers of the Corporation or who, while a director or officer of the Corporation, become or remain a director, manager, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary, shall be conclusively presumed to have relied on the rights to indemnity, advance of expenses and other rights contained in this Article VIII in entering into or continuing such service. The rights to indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this Article VIII shall apply to claims made against an indemnitee arising out of acts or omissions which occurred or occur both prior and subsequent to the adoption hereof.

Section 8.07. Non-exclusivity of Rights . The rights to indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under this Certificate of Incorporation or under any statute, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section 8.08. Merger or Consolidation . For purposes of this Article VIII, references to the “Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting Corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to

 

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indemnify its directors, officers and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, manager, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this Article VIII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

Article IX

Meetings of Stockholders

Meetings of stockholders may be held within or outside of the State of Delaware, as the by-laws of the Corporation may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept 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. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the Corporation so provide.

Article X

Miscellaneous

Section 10.01. Notices . All notices referred to herein shall be in writing, and shall be delivered by electronic, registered or certified mail and shall be deemed to have been delivered when so mailed (i) to the Corporation at its principal executive offices and (ii) to any stockholder at such holder’s address as it appears in the stock records of the Corporation (unless otherwise specified in a written notice to the Corporation by such holder).

Section 10.02. Heading of Subdivisions . The headings of the various subdivisions hereof are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof.

Section 10.03. Severability of Provisions . If any voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of the Series E Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation (as it may be amended from time to time) is invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, all other voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of Series E Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation (as so amended) which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of Series E Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof shall, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of Series E Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof herein set forth shall be deemed dependent upon any other such voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of Series E Preferred Stock and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof unless so expressed herein.

 

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Section 10.04. Creditors . Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between the Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between the 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 the Corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for the 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 the 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 the 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 the Corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization of the 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 the Corporation, as the case may be, and also on the Corporation.

Section 10.05. Amendment . 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 law, and all rights and powers conferred herein on stockholders, directors and officers are subject to this reserved power.

Section 10.06. Personal Liability . The personal liability of the directors of the Corporation is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by paragraph (7) of subsection (b) of Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same may be amended or supplemented.

Article XI

Definitions

Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Article XI shall have, for all purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation, the meanings herein specified (with terms defined in the singular having comparable meanings when used in the plural).

Accrued Dividend Amount ” means, as of any applicable date, with respect to any Series E Preferred Stock, an amount equal to the amount of any dividends accrued at the Dividend Rate on the Liquidation Preference of such Series E Preferred Stock with respect to any preceding Dividend Accrual Date.

Base Loss Amount ” means the amount of any Losses awarded to Parent Indemnitees (as defined in the Merger Agreement) on a Loss Date, whether by final judgment or pursuant to a settlement agreement.

Below Conversion Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(d)(ii).

 

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Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any authorized committee of the Board of Directors.

Business Day ” means any day of the year on which national banking institutions in New York, New York are open to the public for conducting business and are not required or authorized to close.

Capital Stock ” means (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

Certificate of Incorporation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01.

Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Common Stock ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).

Conversion Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(a).

Conversion Price ” means $508,309.791.

Corporation ” has the meaning set forth in Article I.

Delaware General Corporation Law ” has the meaning set forth in Article III.

Debt Financing ” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Dividend Accrual Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a).

Dividend Rate ” means 12.00% per annum, provided that if an Event of Default has occurred under the definitive credit agreement for the Debt Financing, from the date of such Event of Default and until such Event of Default is deemed cured in accordance with the terms of the Debt Financing, the applicable dividend rate shall be 14.00% per annum.

Event of Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in any definitive credit agreement for the Debt Financing.

Holder ” means the record holder of one or more shares of Series E Preferred Stock, as shown on the books and records of the Corporation.

Initial Public Offering ” means the initial public offering to the general public by the Corporation of equity securities issued by the Corporation, which are registered under the Securities Act and listed on the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq and on any other recognized international securities exchange designated by the Corporation.

Institutional Indemnitors ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02.

 

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Issue Date ” means the first date on which any shares of Series E Preferred Stock are issued.

Junior Securities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

Liquidation Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03.

Liquidation Preference ” means, as of any date and subject to adjustment based on stock splits, subdivisions or combinations with respect to the Preferred Stock, $1000.

Losses ” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Loss Date ” means the date on which a final judgment is rendered in favor of any Parent Indemnitee (as defined in the Merger Agreement) in respect of any claim made by such Parent Indemnitee pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Merger Agreement, or the date on which a settlement agreement is executed with respect to any such claim.

Merger Agreement ” means Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 2, 2011, as may be amended from time to time, by and among WP Expedition Holdings LLC, WP Expedition Merger Sub, Inc., EIG Investors Corp., Endurance International Group Holdings, LLC and certain holders of equity interests of Endurance International Group Holdings, LLC;

Optional Redemption Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(a).

Parent Payment ” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Parity Securities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

Partial Dividend Period Amount ” means, as of any applicable date, with respect to any Series E Preferred Stock, an amount equal to the amount of dividends that would accrue at the Dividend Rate on the Liquidation Preference of such Series E Preferred Stock on a daily basis from the last Dividend Accrual Date to and including such applicable date.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint- stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or agency or political subdivision thereof (including any subdivision or ongoing business of any such entity or substantially all of the assets of any such entity, subdivision or business).

Preferred Stock ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b).

Record Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a).

Redemption Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(c).

Section 3.7 Adjustment Amount ” means the amount of any Parent Payment required to be effected pursuant to Section 3.7 of the Merger Agreement.

Section 3.7 Adjustment Date ” means the date on which any Parent Payment is required to be effected pursuant to Section 3.7 of the Merger Agreement.

 

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Seller Payment ” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Senior Securities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

Series E Preferred Stock ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b).

Subsidiary ” of any Person means any Person (i) of which a majority of the outstanding voting securities or other voting equity interests are owned, directly or indirectly, by such first Person or (ii) with respect to which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner or managing member.

Topco ” means WP Expedition Topco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

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Exhibit 3.4

ADOPTED AS OF NOVEMBER 21, 2013

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

OF

EIG INVESTORS CORP.

ARTICLE I

Offices

SECTION 1. REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office shall be established and maintained at the office of Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, in the State of Delaware, and said corporation shall be the registered agent of this corporation in charge thereof.

SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICES. The corporation may have other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such place or places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 1. ANNUAL MEETINGS. Annual meetings of stockholders for the election of directors and for such other business as may be stated in the notice of the meeting, shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors, by resolution, shall determine and as set forth in the notice of the meeting. In the event the Board of Directors fails to so determine the time, date and place of meeting, the annual meeting of stockholders shall be held at the offices of the corporation in Massachusetts on the first Tuesday of April at 11:30 A.M.

If the date of the annual meeting shall fall upon a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next business day. At each annual meeting, the stockholders entitled to vote shall elect a Board of Directors and they may transact such other corporate business as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.

SECTION 2. OTHER MEETINGS. Meetings of stockholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of meeting.

SECTION 3. VOTING. Each stockholder entitled to vote in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation and in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws shall be entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of stock entitled to vote held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted after three years from its date unless

 

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such proxy provides for a longer period. Upon the demand of any stockholder, the vote for directors and the vote upon any question before the meeting shall be by ballot. All elections for directors shall be decided by plurality vote; all questions shall be decided by majority vote except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or the laws of the State of Delaware.

A complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the ensuing election, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of each, and the number of shares held by each, shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the meeting and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

SECTION 4. QUORUM. Except as otherwise required by Law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of stockholders holding a majority of the stock of the corporation entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders. In case a quorum shall not be present at any meeting, a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until the requisite amount of stock entitled to vote shall be present. At any such adjourned meeting at which the requisite amount of stock entitled to vote shall be represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed; but only those stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting as originally noticed shall be entitled to vote at any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

SECTION 5. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by the Chief Executive Officer or Secretary, or by resolution of the directors.

SECTION 6. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Written notice, stating the place, date and time of the meeting, and the general nature of the business to be considered, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting. No business other than that stated in the notice shall be transacted at any meeting without the unanimous consent of all the stockholders entitled to vote thereat.

SECTION 7. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding 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 entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

 

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ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. NUMBER AND TERM. The number of directors shall initially be two (2) and thereafter be determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders and each director shall be elected to serve until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify. Directors need not be stockholders.

SECTION 2. RESIGNATIONS. Any director, member of a committee or other officer may resign at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing, and shall take effect at the time specified therein, and if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the Chief Executive Officer or Secretary. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

SECTION 3. VACANCIES. If the office of any director, member of a committee or other officer becomes vacant, the remaining directors in office, though less than a quorum, by a majority vote, may appoint any qualified person to fill such vacancy, who shall hold office for the unexpired term and until his successor shall be duly chosen.

SECTION 4. REMOVAL. Except as hereinafter provided, any director or directors may be removed either for or without cause at any time by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of all the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote, at a special meeting of the stockholders called for the purpose and the vacancies thus created may be filled, at the meeting held for the purpose of removal, by the affirmative vote of a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote.

SECTION 5. INCREASE OF NUMBER. The number of directors may be increased by amendment of these By-Laws by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors, though less than a quorum, or, by the affirmative vote of a majority interest of the stockholders, at the annual meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose, and by like vote the additional directors may be chosen at such meeting to hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are elected and qualify.

SECTION 6. POWERS. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation or by these By-Laws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders.

SECTION 7. COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two or more directors of the corporation. The board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of such committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

 

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Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, or in these By-Laws, 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 Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation’s property and assets, 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, these By-Laws, or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock.

SECTION 8. MEETINGS. The newly elected directors may hold their first meeting for the purpose of organization and the transaction of business, if a quorum be present, immediately after the annual meeting of the stockholders; or the time and place of such meeting may be fixed by consent in writing of all the directors.

Regular meetings of the directors may be held without notice at such places and times as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the directors.

Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chief Executive Officer or by the Secretary on the written request of any two directors on at least two day’s notice to each director and shall be held at such place or places as may be determined by the directors, or shall be stated in the call of the meeting.

Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of telephone conference or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

SECTION 9. QUORUM. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is obtained, and no further notice thereof need be given other than by announcement at the meeting which shall be so adjourned.

SECTION 10. COMPENSATION. Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors or as members of committees, but by resolution of the Board of Directors a fixed fee and expenses of attendance may be allowed for attendance at each meeting. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent or otherwise, and receiving compensation therefor.

SECTION 11. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting, if prior to such action a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board of Directors, or of such committee as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.

 

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ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer, Secretary, and Chief Accounting Officer each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors and who shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation, or removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the Board of Directors. In addition, the Board of Directors may elect a Chairman and such Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers as they may deem proper. None of the officers of the corporation need be directors. The officers shall be elected at the first meeting of the Board of Directors after each annual meeting. More than two offices may be held by the same person. Should any vacancy occur among the officers, the position shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by appointment made by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICERS AND AGENTS. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it may deem advisable, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. CHAIRMAN. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one be elected, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and he shall have and perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The Chief Executive Officer shall have the general powers and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of Chief Executive Officer of a corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders if present thereat, and in the absence or nonelection of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall have general supervision, direction and control of the business of the corporation. Except as the Board of Directors shall authorize the execution thereof in some other manner, he shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts on behalf of the corporation, and shall cause the seal to be affixed to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed the seal shall be attested by the signature of the Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer.

SECTION 5. CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER. The Chief Accounting Officer shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the directors.

 

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SECTION 6. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate account of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation. He shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositaries as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, or the Chief Executive Officer, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements. He shall render to the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may request it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such amount and with such surety as the board shall prescribe.

SECTION 7. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and directors, and all other notices required by law or by these By-Laws, and in case of his absence or refusal or neglect so to do, any such notice may be given by any person thereunto directed by the Chief Executive Officer, or by the directors, or stockholders, upon whose requisition the meeting is called as provided in these By-Laws. He shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the directors in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the directors or the Chief Executive Officer. He shall have the custody of the seal of the corporation and shall affix the same to all instruments requiring it, when authorized by the directors or the Chief Executive Officer, and attest the same.

SECTION 8. ASSISTANT TREASURERS AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries, if any, shall be elected and shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them, respectively, by the directors.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 1. CERTIFICATES OF STOCK. Certificates of stock, signed by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, if they be elected, Chief Executive Officer, and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer, or Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, shall be issued to each stockholder certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. Any of or all the signatures may be facsimiles.

SECTION 2. LOST CERTIFICATES. A new certificate of stock may be issued in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation, alleged to have been lost or destroyed, and the directors may, in their discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate, or his legal representatives, to give the corporation a bond, in such sum as they may direct, not exceeding double the value of the stock, to indemnify the corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss of any such certificate, or the issuance of any such new certificate.

 

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SECTION 3. TRANSFER OF SHARES. The shares of stock of the corporation shall be transferable only upon its books by the holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives. A record shall be made of each transfer and whenever a transfer shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer.

SECTION 4. STOCKHOLDERS RECORD DATE. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

SECTION 5. DIVIDENDS. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may, out of funds legally available therefor at any regular or special meeting, declare dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation as and when they deem expedient. Before declaring any dividend there may be set apart out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the directors from time to time in their discretion deem proper for working capital or as a reserve fund to meet contingencies or for equalizing dividends or for such other purposes as the directors shall deem conducive to the interests of the company.

SECTION 6. SEAL. The corporate seal shall be circular in form and shall contain the name of the corporation, the year of its creation and the words “CORPORATE SEAL OF DELAWARE”. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

SECTION 7. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 8. CHECKS. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation, and in such manner as shall be determined from time to time by resolutions of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 9. NOTICE AND WAIVER OF NOTICE. Whenever any notice is required by these By-Laws to be given, personal notice is not meant unless expressly so stated, and any notice so required shall be deemed to be sufficient if given by depositing the same in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the person entitled thereto at his address as it

 

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appears on the records of the corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the day of such mailing. Stockholders not entitled to vote shall not be entitled to receive notice of any meetings except as otherwise provided by Statute.

Whenever any notice whatsoever is required to be given under the provisions of any law, or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.

ARTICLE VI

AMENDMENTS

These By-Laws may be altered or repealed and By-Laws may be made (i) at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting thereof if notice of the proposed alteration or repeal or By-Law or By-Laws to be made be contained in the notice of such special meeting, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or (ii) at any special meeting of the Board of Directors, if notice of the proposed alteration or repeal, or By-Law or By-Laws to be made, be contained in the notice of such special meeting, or (iii) by the action of the stockholders or the Board of Directors without a meeting as permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation and these By-Laws.

ARTICLE VII

FREEDOM TO PURSUE OPPORTUNITIES

The corporation expressly acknowledges and agrees that: (a) each director and officer of the corporation has the right to, and shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) not to, directly or indirectly engage in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the corporation including those deemed to be competing with the corporation; and (b) in the event that a director or officer of the corporation acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for the corporation, such director or officer of the corporation shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present such corporate opportunity to the corporation, and, notwithstanding any provision of these By-Laws or the Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, shall not be liable to the corporation (and its respective affiliates) for breach of any duty (contractual or otherwise) by reason of the fact that such director or officer, directly or indirectly, pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, directs such opportunity to another person, or does not present such opportunity to the corporation.

 

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Exhibit 3.5

Control Number : 10010435

STATE OF GEORGIA

Secretary of State

Corporations Division

313 West Tower

2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr.

Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1530

CERTIFICATE OF CERTIFIED COPY

I, Brian P. Kemp, the Secretary of State of the State of Georgia, do hereby certify under the seal of my office that the attached documents are true and correct copies of documents filed with the Corporations Division of the Office of the Secretary of State of Georgia under the name of

A SMALL ORANGE, LLC

a Domestic Limited Liability Company

This certificate is issued pursuant to Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated and is prima-facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts stated herein.

 

  Docket Number    :92583
  Date Inc/Auth/Filed    :02/10/2010
  Jurisdiction    :Georgia
  Print Date    :1/4/2016
  Form Number    :215

 

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/s/ Brian P. Kemp

Brian P. Kemp

Secretary of State


EXHIBIT “A SMALL ORANGE, LLC” TO CERTIFICATE OF CERTIFIED COPY

 

Filing Description

  

Filed Date

Name Reservation    May 26, 2009
Business Formation    Feb 10, 2010
Annual Registration    Nov 01, 2011
Survivor    Dec 31, 2012
Annual Registration    Jan 28, 2011
Annual Registration    Apr 08, 2013
Annual Registration    Jan 30, 2012
Annual Registration    Jan 12, 2012
Survivor    Dec 26, 2012
Annual Registration    Aug 30, 2012
Annual Registration    Apr 22, 2014
Annual Registration    Mar 06, 2015
Certified Copies    Jan 04, 2016

 

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/s/ Brian P. Kemp

Brian P. Kemp

Secretary of State


Control No. 10010435

STATE OF GEORGIA

Secretary of State

Corporations Division

315 West Tower

#2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr.

Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1530

CERTIFICATE

OF

ORGANIZATION

I, Brian P. Kemp, the Secretary of State and the Corporations Commissioner of the State of Georgia, hereby certify under the seal of my office that

A SMALL ORANGE, LLC

a Domestic Limited Liability Company

has been duly organized under the laws of the State of Georgia on  02/10/2010 by the filing of articles of organization in the Office of the Secretary of State and by the paying of fees as provided by Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

WITNESS my hand and official seal in the City of Atlanta and the State of Georgia on February 10, 2010

 

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/s/ Brian P. Kemp

Brian P. Kemp

Secretary of State

  
  


 

Control No: 10010435

Date Filed: 02/10/2010 10:37 AM Brian P. Kemp

Secretary of State

February 10, 2010

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION

FOR GEORGIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

The name of the Limited Liability Company is:

A Small Orange, LLC

The principal mailing address of the Limited Liability Company is:

650 Hamilton Ave SE, Suite D

Atlanta, GA 30312

The Registered Agent is:

Timothy Dorr

1478 Brooklyn Ave NW

Atlanta, GA 30309

County:

The name and address of each organizer(s) are:

Timothy Dorr

1478 Brooklyn Ave NW

Atlanta, GA 30309

The optional provisions are:

No optional provisions.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Organization on the date set forth below.

 

Signature(s):   Date:
Organizer, Timothy Dorr   February 10, 2010

Exhibit 3.6

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

A SMALL ORANGE, LLC

This Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) of A Small Orange, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (the “ Company ”), dated as of July 23, 2012, is entered into by The Endurance International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Member ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, on February 10, 2010, Timothy Dorr formed the Company as a limited liability company pursuant to the provisions of the Georgia Limited Liability Company Act, as amended (the “ Act ”);

WHEREAS, Timothy Dorr sold the entire membership interests in the Company to Brent Oxley (Brent Oxley, together with Douglas Hanna, the “ Withdrawing Members ”), effective as of February 26, 2010;

WHEREAS, the Withdrawing Members, as the members of the Company, entered into the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Operating Agreement of the Company, dated as of July 23, 2012 (the “ Existing Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, on July 23, 2012, the Member entered into the certain Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, by and among the Member, the Withdrawing Members and the Company (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), pursuant to which, the Withdrawing Members agreed to sell, assign, transfer and convey to the Member free and clear of any and all Liens all of their right, title and interest in, and with respect to, all of the equity interests of the Company (the “ Membership Interests ”), and the Member agreed to purchase and acquire from the Withdrawing Members, all right, title and interest in and to all of the Membership Interests effective July 23, 2012;

WHEREAS, immediately following the sale pursuant to the Purchase Agreement the Member is the owner of all of the Membership Interests in the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Member desires to amend and restate the Existing Agreement in its entirety;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Existing Agreement is amended and restated as follows:


ARTICLE I

ORGANIZATION

1.01. Formation of the Company . Timothy Dorr executed and caused to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Georgia the Articles of Organization (the “ Articles ”) of the Company on February 10, 2010 in order to form the Company pursuant to the Act.

1.02. Registered Office and Registered Agent . The Company shall have its registered office in the State of Georgia at CT Corporation System, 1201 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, GA, 30361. The name of its registered agent at such address is CT Corporation System.

1.03. Purposes of the Company . The purposes of the Company shall be to engage in any lawful purpose or purposes the Company may undertake.

1.04. Term of the Company . The existence of the Company commenced on February 10, 2010 and shall continue until dissolution thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Articles or this Agreement.

1.05 Principal Office . The principal office and place of business of the Company shall be located at: 131 Orange Street, Durham, NC 2770I (the “ Principal Office ”).

ARTICLE II

MANAGEMENT OF COMPANY

2.01. Management . Management rights are vested in the Member and all decisions will be made in the sole discretion of the Member.

2.02. Officers . (a) The Member may, from time to time, designate one or more persons to be officers of the Company. No officer need be a resident of the State of Georgia. Any officers so designated shall have such authority and perform such duties as the Member may, from time to time, delegate to them. The Member may assign titles to particular officers. Unless the Member decides otherwise, if the title is one commonly used for officers of a business corporation formed under the Act, the assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation to such officer of the authority and duties that are normally associated with that office, subject to any restrictions on such authority imposed by the Member. Without regard to the general delegation to the officers as set forth above, each officer with the title “President”, “Senior Vice-President” or “Vice President” is hereby designated as an authorized person and, acting alone, shall have the power, and is hereby authorized, to make, enter into, sign and perform all contracts, agreements, reports and undertakings of the Company that have been authorized by the Member in accordance with Section 2.01. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Any delegation pursuant to this Section 2.02 may be revoked at any time by the Member.

(b) Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall be duly designated and qualified or until his or her death or until he or she shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.


(c) Any officer may resign as such at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing and shall take effect at the time specified therein, or if no time is specified, at the time of its receipt by the Member. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective, unless expressly so provided in the resignation.

(d) Any officer may be removed as such, either with or without cause, by the Member at any time. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may be filled by the Member.

(e) The following persons are hereby appointed officers of the Company:

Hari Ravichandran – Chief Executive Officer

Christina Lane – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

David C. Bryson - Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

2.03. Certain Transactions . The fact that a Member or any affiliate of a Member is directly or indirectly interested in or connected with any person, firm or corporation employed by the Company to render or perform a service, or from which or to whom the Company may buy or sell any property, shall not prohibit the Company from employing or dealing with such person, firm or corporation.

2.04. Duties of Members . The Member hereby agrees, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any other agreement or at law or in equity, that when the Member takes any action under this Agreement to give or withhold its consent, such Member shall, to the extent permitted by law, have no duty (fiduciary or other) to consider the interests of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other Members and may act exclusively in its own interest and shall have only the duty to act in good faith.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; RESIGNATION; DISTRIBUTIONS

3.01. Membership Interests . The Member shall hold all of the Membership Units in the Company.

3.02. Capital Contributions . The Member shall not be obligated to make any contribution to the capital of the Company (such contribution, a “ Capital Contribution ”). If Capital Contributions are called for, the Member shall make Capital Contributions at such times and in such amounts as may be determined by the Member. The Member will make Capital Contributions from time to time as appropriate in respect of reasonable administrative and other reasonable expenses of the Company. Except as a result of the transfer of all or a portion of the Membership Interest that is expressly permitted by this Agreement, no person other than the Member shall become a member of the Company.

3.03. Capital Accounts . The Company shall maintain a separate capital account (the “ Capital Account ”) for the Member that shall consist of (a) the sum of (i) the Member’s Capital Contributions paid to the Company as of any given time, (ii) the portion of the Company’s net income allocated to the Member pursuant to Section 4.02, and (iii) the amount of any Company liabilities assumed by such Member, less (b) the sum of (i) the portion of the


Company’s net loss allocated to the Member pursuant to Section 4.02, (ii) all distributions made by the Company to the Member pursuant to Sections 3.06 and 5.03, and (iii) the amount of any Member liabilities assumed or paid by the Company by action of the Member.

The foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Treasury Regulations under Section 704(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “ Code ”), and to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Treasury Regulations.

3.04. Return of Capital . Except upon the dissolution of the Company as provided in Section 5.01 herein, the Member shall not have the right to withdraw from the Company or to demand or to receive the return of all or any part of its Capital Account or its Capital Contributions to the Company.

3.05. No Interest on Capital Contribution . The Member shall not be paid interest on any of its Capital Contributions or on its Capital Account.

3.06. Distributions . Distributions shall be made at such times as the Member shall determine. Distributions may be made in cash or in-kind. 1 he Member may reserve amounts for anticipated expenses or contingent liabilities of the Company.

ARTICLE IV

ALLOCATIONS

4.01. Calculation of Profits and Losses . The profits and losses of the Company shall be determined for each fiscal year in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

4.02. Allocation of Profits and Losses . (a) Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 4.02, for Capital Account purposes, all items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be allocated to the Member in a manner such that if the Company were dissolved, its affairs wound up and its assets distributed to the Member in accordance with its Capital Account balance immediately after making such allocation, such distribution would, as nearly as possible, be equal to the distributions that would be made pursuant to Section 5.03.

(b) For federal, state and local income tax purposes, items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit shall be allocated to the Member in accordance with the allocations of the corresponding items for Capital Account purposes under this Section 4.02, except that items with respect to which there is a difference between tax and book basis will be allocated in accordance with Section 704(c) of the Code, the Treasury Regulations thereunder, and Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(i).

(c) Notwithstanding any provision set forth in this Section 4.02, no item of deduction or loss shall be allocated to the Member to the extent the allocation would cause a negative balance in the Member’s Capital Account (after taking into account the adjustments, allocations and distributions described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6)) that exceeds the amount that the Member would be required to reimburse the Company pursuant to this Agreement or under applicable law.


(d) In the event the Member unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations, or distributions described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6), items of the Company’s income and gain shall be specially allocated to the Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate as quickly as possible any deficit balance in its Capital Account in excess of that permitted under Section 4.02(c) created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions. Any special allocations of items of income or gain pursuant to this Section 4.02(d) shall be taken into account in computing subsequent allocations pursuant to this Section 4.02 so that the net amount of any items so allocated and all other items allocated to the Member pursuant to this Section 4.02 shall, to the extent possible, be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to the Member pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.02 if such unexpected adjustments, allocations or distributions had not occurred.

ARTICLE V

DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF THE COMPANY

5.01. Events Causing Termination . The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up upon the first occurrence of either of the following:

(i) termination hereof by the Member; or

(ii) the occurrence of any of the events set forth in Section 11.051 of the Act that affects the Member and thereby results in the dissolution of the Company.

5.02. Winding Up . Upon dissolution of the Company, the Member shall proceed diligently to wind up the affairs of the Company and distribute its assets.

5.03. Liquidation and Termination . Upon dissolution of the Company, as expeditiously as is reasonable, the Member shall pay the liabilities of the Company and make distributions in the following manner and order:

(a) to creditors, including the Member if a creditor, to the extent otherwise permitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the Company (whether by payment or by establishment of reserves); and

(b) to the Member.

At such time as the distributions provided for in (i) and (ii) above have been made, the Company shall terminate.

5.04. Accounting on Liquidation . Upon liquidation, a proper accounting shall be made by the Company’s accountants of the Company’s assets, liabilities and results of operations through the last day of the month in which the Company is terminated.


ARTICLE VI

COMPANY EXPENSES, BOOKS AND RECORDS

6.01. Operating Expenses . The Member may, acting in its sole discretion, (i) charge to the Member amounts to pay the Company’s contingent liabilities, if any, or (ii) reserve amounts to pay the Company’s operating expenses, including administrative expenses and fees, before any allocations arc made to the Member.

6.02. Fiscal Year and Method of Accounting . The Member shall select the appropriate method of accounting and the beginning and end of its fiscal year (except for the first fiscal year of the Company, which shall begin on the date of this Agreement).

6.03. Records . The books and records of the Company shall be maintained at a location to be determined by the Member, in its sole discretion.

6.04. Financial Statements and Reports . The Member shall oversee the accounting, tax and record keeping matters of the Company.

6.05 Certificates . Membership Units will be uncertificated unless otherwise determined by the Member.

ARTICLE VII

LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

7.01. Liability . (a) No Member, manager or officer of the Company, or any employee, director, officer, agent, shareholder, limited partner or general partner of the Member, shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Company or the other members by reason of acts, omissions or errors in judgment, except for acts, omissions or errors in judgment that are found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be the result of such person’s fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 7.01 shall not be construed so as to relieve (or attempt to relieve) a person of any liability, to the extent (but only to the extent) that such liability may not be waived, modified or limited under applicable law, but shall be construed so as to effectuate the provisions of this Section 7.01 to the fullest extent permitted by law.

(b) No Member, manager or officer shall be subject in such capacity to any personal liability whatsoever to any person in connection with the Company assets or the acts, obligations or affairs of the Company. The Member shall have the same limitation of personal liability as is extended to stockholders of a private corporation for profit incorporated under the Act. The rights accruing to the Member under this Section 7.01 shall not exclude any other right to which the Member may be lawfully entitled, nor shall anything herein contained restrict the right of the Company to indemnify or reimburse the Member in any appropriate situation even though not specifically provided herein.

(c) Except as provided in this Section 7.01, no Member, manager or officer of the Company, or any employee, director, officer, agent, shareholder, limited partner or general partner of the Member in his or her capacity as such shall be liable under a judgment, decree, or order of a court, or in any other manner, for any debt, obligation or liability of the Company.


7.02. Indemnification . To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Member, each manager and each officer of the Company and each employee, director, officer, agent, shareholder, limited partner and general partner of the Member (each, an “ Indemnified Person ”) from and against any loss, liability, damages, cost or expense (including legal fees and expenses and any amounts paid in settlement) (each a “ Loss ” and collectively “ Losses ”) resulting from a claim, demand, lawsuit, action or proceeding by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person on behalf of the Company in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Agreement; provided that such acts or omissions of such Indemnified Person are not found by a court of competent jurisdiction to constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. Expenses, including legal fees, inclined by an Indemnified Person and relating to any claim, demand, lawsuit, action or proceeding for which indemnification is sought under this Section 7.02 shall be paid by the Company upon demand by the Indemnified Person; provided that the Indemnified Person shall reimburse the Company for such expenses if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to indemnification hereunder.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

8.01. Amendments to this Agreement . The terms and provisions of this Agreement may be modified or amended at any time and from time to time by the written consent of the Member.

8.02. Entire Agreement . This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof. This instrument contains the entire agreement with respect to such subject matter. This instrument may not be amended, supplemented or discharged, and no provision hereof may be modified or waived, except expressly by an instrument in writing signed by the Member. No waiver of any provision hereof shall be deemed a waiver of any other provision nor shall any such waiver by any party be deemed a continuing waiver of any matter. No amendment, modification, supplement, discharge, or waiver hereof or hereunder shall require the consent of any person not a party to this Agreement.

8.03. Notices . Unless otherwise specified herein, all notices, consents, approvals, reports, designations, requests, waivers, elections and other communications (collectively, “ Notices ”) authorized or required to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be given in writing, shall be either personally delivered to the Member or delivered by an established delivery service by which receipts are given or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or sent by facsimile or electronic mail, addressed to the Member at the address listed on Schedule A (or at such other address for the Member as shall be specified by like notice).

All notices, other communications or documents shall be deemed to have been duly given: (i) at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; (ii) when receipt is acknowledged in writing by addressee, if by facsimile transmission or electronic mail, (iii) five (5) business days after having been deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed by first class mail; and (iv) on the first business day with respect to which a reputable air courier guarantees delivery; provided, however, that notices of a change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.


8.04. GOVERNING LAW; VENUE . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

8.05. Future Actions . The Company and the Member shall execute and deliver all such future instruments and take such other and further action as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.

8.06. Limitation on Rights of Others . None of the provisions of this Agreement, including Section 3.02, shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditor of the Company. Furthermore, the Member shall not have any duty or obligation to any creditor of the Company to make any contribution to the Company or to issue any call for capital pursuant to this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in any person not a party hereto (other than an Indemnified Person).

8.07. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Member and its successors and permitted assigns.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

By: A SMALL ORANGE, LLC
By:  

/s/ Hari Ravichandran

  Name:   Hari Ravichandran
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Amended & Restated LLC Operating Agreement of A Small Orange LLC]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Member has executed this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

By: THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
By:  

/s/ Hari Ravichandran

  Name:   Hari Ravichandran
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Amended & Restated LLC Operating Agreement of A Small Orange LLC]


SCHEDULE A

NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE MEMBER

 

Name

  

Address

The Endurance International Group, Inc.   

70 Blanchard Road

Burlington, MA 01803

Attention: CEO

Facsimile: (781) 272-2915

E-mail: hravichandran@maileig.com

Exhibit 3.7

 

LOGO   Utah Department of Commerce   
 

Division of Corporations & Commercial Code

160 East 300 South, 2nd Floor, S.M. Box 146705

  
  Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6705   
  Phone: (801) 530-4849   
  Toll Free: (877)526-3994 Utah Residents   
 

Fax: (801) 530-6438

Web Site: http://www.commerce.utah.gov

  

 

Registration Number:   5678861-0142    January 5, 2016
Business Name:   BLUEHOST INC.   
Registered Date:   JUNE 29, 2004   

 

 

 

CERTIFIED COPY OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

AND MERGERS

THE UTAH DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS AND COMMERCIAL CODE (“DIVISION”) HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT THE ATTACHED IS TRUE, CORRECT, AND COMPLETE COPY OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND MERGERS OF

BLUEHOST INC.

AS APPEARS OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE DIVISION.

 

LOGO  

/s/ Kathy Berg

Kathy Berg

Director

Division of Corporations and Commercial Code

 

 

 

Dept. of Professional Licensing    Real Estate    Public Utilities    Securities    Consumer Protection
(801)530-6628    (801)530-6747    (801)530-6651    (801)530-6600    (801)530-6601


File Number: 5678861

Profit Corporation

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

Bluehost Inc.

We, the undersigned, persons acting as incorporators under the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act, adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for such Corporation:

Article I

The name of the corporation is Bluehost Inc.

Article II

The Purpose or Purposes for which the corporation is organized

Web Hosting

The corporation shall further have unlimited power to engage in and do any lawful act concerning any and all lawful business for which corporations may be organized under the Utah Business Corporation Act and any amendments thereto.

Article III

 

Class of Shares

   Number of Shares  

Common

     10000   

Preferred

     0   

Article IV

The address of the corporation’s initial registered office shall be:

 

906 South 1540 East
Provo, UT, 84606

The corporation’s initial registered agent at such address shall be:

 

Daniel Ashworth

I hereby acknowledge and accept appointment as corporation registered agent:

 

Daniel Wilson Ashworth

signature


Article V

The names and addresses of the incorporators are:

 

Incorporator #1
Matthew Martin Heaton
2777 North Foothill Drive
Provo, UT, 84604
Matthew Martin Heaton
Signature
Incorporator #2
Daniel Wilson Ashworth
906 South 1540 East
Provo, UT, 84606
Daniel Wilson Ashworth
Signature

In Witness Whereof I / We have executed these Articles of incorporation on 29 June, 2004 and say:

That they are all incorporators herein; that they have read the above and foregoing Articles of Incorporation; know the contents thereof and that the same is true to the best of their knowledge and belief, excepting as to matters herein alleged upon information and belief and as to those matters they believe to be true.

Article VI

The name(s) and address(es) of each officer and director:

 

Officer #1
Daniel Wilson Ashworth
906 South 1540 East
Provo, UT, 84606
Daniel Wilson Ashworth
Signature
President #1
Matthew Martin Heaton
2777 North Foothill Drive
Provo, UT, 84604
Matthew Martin Heaton
Signature
Director #1
Matthew Martin Heaton
2777 North Foothill Drive
Provo, UT, 84604
Matthew Martin Heaton
Signature


Article VII

The street address of the principal place of the business is:

 

1548 North Technology Way
Orem, UT, 84097

Article VIII

The duration of the corporation shall be perpetual

Additional Articles/Provisions

 

LOGO    State of Utah
   Department of Commerce
   Division of Corporations & Commercial Code
  

 

This certifies that this registration has been filed and approved on 29 June, 2004 in the office of the Division and hereby issues this Certification thereof.

  

 

/s/ KATHY BERG

   KATHY BERG     
   Division Director   

Under GRAMA {63-2-201}, all registration information maintained by the Division is classified as public record. For confidentiality purposes, the business entity physical address may be provided rather than the residential or private address of any individual affiliated with the entity.

Exhibit 3.8

BYLAWS

OF

BLUEHOST INC.

a Utah corporation

October 11, 2010


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1 OFFICES

     1   

Section 1.1.

 

Business Offices

     1   

Section 1.2.

 

Registered Office

     1   

ARTICLE 2 SHAREHOLDERS

     1   

Section 2.1.

 

Annual Shareholder Meeting

     1   

Section 2.2.

 

Special Shareholder Meetings

     1   

Section 2.3.

 

Place of Shareholder Meeting

     1   

Section 2.4.

 

Notice of Shareholder Meeting

     2   

Section 2.5.

 

Fixing of Record Date

     3   

Section 2.6.

 

Shareholder List

     4   

Section 2.7.

 

Shareholder Quorum and Voting Requirements

     4   

Section 2.8.

 

Proxies

     4   

Section 2.9.

 

Voting of Shares

     5   

Section 2.10.

 

Corporation’s Acceptance of Votes

     5   

Section 2.11.

 

Informal Action by Shareholders

     6   

Section 2.12.

 

Voting for Directors

     7   

Section 2.13.

 

Shareholder’s Rights to Inspect Corporate Records

     8   

Section 2.14.

 

Furnishing Financial Statements to a Shareholder

     9   

Section 2.15.

 

Information Respecting Shares

     9   

ARTICLE 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     9   

Section 3.1.

 

General Powers

     9   

Section 3.2.

 

Number, Tenure, and Qualifications of Directors

     10   

Section 3.3.

 

Regular Meetings of the Board of Directors

     10   

Section 3.4.

 

Special Meetings of the Board of Directors

     10   

Section 3.5.

 

Notice and Waiver of Notice of Special Director Meetings

     10   

Section 3.6.

 

Director Quorum

     11   

Section 3.7.

 

Manner of Acting

     11   

Section 3.8.

 

Director Action Without a Meeting

     11   

Section 3.9.

 

Removal of Directors

     12   

Section 3.10.

 

Board of Director Vacancies

     12   

Section 3.11.

 

Director Compensation

     12   

Section 3.12.

 

Director Committees

     13   

Section 3.13.

 

Director’s Rights to Inspect Corporate Records

     13   

ARTICLE 4 OFFICERS

     14   

Section 4.1.

 

Number of Officers

     14   

Section 4.2.

 

Appointment and Term of Office

     15   

Section 4.3.

 

Removal of Officers

     15   

Section 4.4.

 

President

     15   

Section 4.5.

 

Vice Presidents

     15   

Section 4.6.

 

Secretary

     15   

Section 4.7.

 

Treasurer

     16   

Section 4.8.

 

Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers

     16   

Section 4.9.

 

Salaries

     16   

 

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ARTICLE 5 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, FIDUCIARIES, AND AGENTS

     17   

Section 5.1.

 

Indemnification of Directors

     17   

Section 5.2.

 

Advance of Expenses for Directors

     17   

Section 5.3.

 

Indemnification of Officers, Employees, Fiduciaries, and Agents

     18   

ARTICLE 6 CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

     18   

Section 6.1.

 

Certificates for Shares

     18   

Section 6.2.

 

Shares Without Certificates

     19   

Section 6.3.

 

Registration of Transfer of Shares

     19   

Section 6.4.

 

Restrictions on Transfer of Shares Permitted

     19   

Section 6.5.

 

Acquisition of Shares

     20   

ARTICLE 7 DISTRIBUTIONS

     21   

Section 7.1.

 

Distributions

     21   

ARTICLE 8 CORPORATE SEAL

     21   

Section 8.1.

 

Corporate Seal

     21   

ARTICLE 9 FISCAL YEAR

     21   

Section 9.1.

 

Fiscal Year

     21   

ARTICLE 10 AMENDMENTS

     21   

Section 10.1.

 

Amendments

     21   

 

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BYLAWS

OF

BLUEHOST INC.

ARTICLE 1

OFFICES

Section 1.1. Business Offices . The principal office of the Corporation shall be located at any place either within or outside the State of Utah, as designated in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or the Corporation’s most recent annual report on file with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code providing such information. The Corporation may have such other offices, either within or outside the State of Utah as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the Corporation may require from time to time. The Corporation shall maintain at its principal office a copy of those records specified in Section 2.13 of these Bylaws. (16-10a-102(24)) 1

Section 1.2. Registered Office . The registered office of the Corporation required by the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act, as amended (the “ Act ”) shall be located within the State of Utah. The address of the registered office may be changed from time to time. (16-10a-501 and 16-10a-502)

ARTICLE 2

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 2.1. Annual Shareholder Meeting . The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the first Wednesday in August in each year, beginning with the year 2011, or on such other day and at such time as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting is a legal holiday in the State of Utah, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. (16-10a-701)

Section 2.2. Special Shareholder Meetings . Special meetings of the shareholders may be called, for any purposes described in the notice of the meeting, by the president, or by the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the president at the request of the holders of not less than one tenth (1/10 th ) of all outstanding votes of the Corporation entitled to be cast on any issue at the meeting. (16-10a-702)

Section 2.3. Place of Shareholder Meeting . The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or outside the State of Utah, as the place for any annual meeting of the shareholders and for any special meeting of the shareholders called by the Board of Directors. The president of the Corporation or any group of shareholders of the Corporation may designate any place, within or outside the State of Utah, as the place for any special meeting of the shareholders called by the president or the group of shareholders. If no designation is made by the Board of Directors, the president, or the group of shareholders, as the case may be, the place of the meeting shall be the principal office of the Corporation. (16-10a-701(2) and 16 10a 702(3))

 

1   Citations in parentheses are to Utah Code Annotated. These citations are for reference only and shall not constitute a part of these Bylaws.

 

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Section 2.4. Notice of Shareholder Meeting .

(a) Required Notice. Written notice stating the place, day, and hour of any annual or special shareholder meeting shall be delivered not less than twenty (20) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, the president, or other persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, and to any other shareholder entitled by the Act or the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation to receive notice of the meeting. Notice shall be deemed to be effective when mailed.

Notice shall not be required to be given to any shareholder to whom:

(1) A notice of two consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings or of the taking of action by written consent without a meeting during the period between the two (2) consecutive annual meetings, have been mailed, addressed to the shareholder at the shareholder’s address as shown on the records of the Corporation, and have been returned undeliverable; or

(2) at least two (2) payments, if sent by first class mail, of dividends or interest on securities during a twelve (12) month period, have been mailed, addressed to the shareholder at the shareholder’s address as shown on the records of the Corporation, and have been returned undeliverable.

If a shareholder to whom notice is not required delivers to the Corporation a written notice setting forth the shareholder’s current address, or if another address for the shareholder is otherwise made known to the Corporation, the requirement that notice be given to the shareholder is reinstated. (16-10a-103 and 16-10a-705)

(b) Adjourned Meeting . If any shareholder meeting is adjourned to a different date, time, or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time, or place, if the new date, time, or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. However, if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date for the adjourned meeting is or must be fixed (see Section 2.5 of these Bylaws), then notice must be given pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (a) of this Section 2.4 to shareholders of record who are entitled to vote at the meeting. (16-10a-705(4))

(c) Waiver of Notice . Any shareholder may waive notice of a meeting (or any notice required by the Act, the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws), by a writing signed by the shareholder, which is delivered to the Corporation (either before or after the date and time stated in the notice as the date or time when any action will occur or has occurred) for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the Corporation’s records.

 

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A shareholder’s attendance at a meeting:

(1) Waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting;

(2) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented. (16-10a-706)

(d) Contents of Notice . Notice of any special meeting of the shareholders shall include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except as provided in this Section 2.4(d) , in the Articles of Incorporation, or in the Act, notice of an annual meeting of the shareholders need not include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. (16-10a-705(2) and (3))

Section 2.5. Fixing of Record Date . For the purpose of determining shareholders of any voting group entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting or to demand a special meeting, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any distribution or dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date. Such record date shall not be more than seventy days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. If no record date is so fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date shall be at the close of business:

(a) With respect to an annual meeting of the shareholders or any special meeting of the shareholders called by the Board of Directors or any person or group specifically authorized by these Bylaws to call a meeting of the shareholders, as of the close of business on the day before the first notice is delivered to shareholders; (16-10a-707(1))

(b) with respect to a special shareholder meeting demanded by the shareholders, on (i) the earliest date of any of the demands pursuant to which the meeting is called, or (ii) the date that is sixty (60) days prior to the date the first of the written demands is received by the Corporation, whichever is later; (16-10a-702(2))

(c) with respect to actions taken in writing without a meeting (pursuant to Section 2.11 of these Bylaws), on the date the first shareholder delivers to the Corporation a signed written consent upon which the action is taken; (16-10a-704(6))

(d) with respect to a distribution to shareholders (other than one involving a repurchase or reacquisition of shares), on the date the Board of Directors authorizes the distribution; and (16-10a-40(2))

(e) with respect to the payment of a share dividend, on the date the Board of Directors authorizes the share dividend. (16-10a-623(3))

When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this Section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date, which it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date fixed for the original meeting. (16-10a-707)

 

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Section 2.6. Shareholder List . The secretary shall make a complete record of the shareholders entitled to vote at each meeting of shareholders, arranged in alphabetical order within each class or series, with the address of and the number of shares held by each. The list must be arranged by voting group (if such exists; see Section 2.7 of these Bylaws) and within each voting group by class or series of shares. The shareholder list must be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning on the earlier of ten days before the meeting for which the list was prepared or two business days after notice of the meeting is given and continuing through the meeting and any adjournments. The list shall be available at the Corporation’s principal office or at a place identified in the notice of the meeting in the city where the meeting is to be held. A shareholder, his agent, or attorney is entitled on written demand to inspect and, subject to the requirements of Section 2.13 of these Bylaws, to inspect and copy the list during regular business hours and during the period it is available for inspection. The Corporation shall maintain the shareholder list in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time. (16-10a-720)

Section 2.7. Shareholder Quorum and Voting Requirements . If the Articles of Incorporation or the Act provide for voting by a single voting group on a matter, action on that matter is taken when voted upon by that voting group.

Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on a matter at a meeting only if a quorum of those shares exists with respect to that matter. Unless the Articles of Incorporation, a Bylaw adopted by the shareholders pursuant to the Act, or the Act provide otherwise, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter by the voting group constitutes a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter.

If the Articles of Incorporation or the Act provide for voting by two or more voting groups on a matter, action on that matter is taken only when voted upon by each of those voting groups counted separately. One voting group may vote on a matter even though another voting group entitled to vote on the matter has not voted.

Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, including the purpose of determining that a quorum exists, it is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting, unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting.

If a quorum exists, action on a matter (other than the election of directors) by a voting group is approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the Articles of Incorporation, a Bylaw adopted by the shareholders pursuant to the Act, or the Act require a greater number of affirmative votes. (16 10a-725 and 16-10a-726)

Section 2.8. Proxies . At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote in person or by a proxy executed in any lawful manner. Such proxy shall be filed with the Corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy. (16-10a-722)

 

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Section 2.9. Voting of Shares . Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each outstanding share entitled to vote shall be entitled to one (1) vote, and each fractional share shall be entitled to a corresponding fractional vote, upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders.

Except as provided by specific court order, no shares of the Corporation held by another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote for the election of directors of such other corporation are held by the Corporation, shall be voted at any meeting of the Corporation or counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time for purposes of any meeting. However, the power of the Corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity is not hereby limited.

Redeemable shares are not entitled to be voted after notice of redemption is mailed to the holders thereof and a sum sufficient to redeem the shares has been deposited with a bank, trust company, or other financial institution under an irrevocable obligation to pay the holders the redemption price on surrender of the shares. (16-10a-721)

Section 2.10. Corporation’s Acceptance of Votes .

(a) If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation corresponds to the name of a shareholder, the Corporation, if acting in good faith, is entitled to accept the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation and give it effect as the act of the shareholder.

(b) If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver, proxy, appointment, or proxy appointment revocation does not correspond to the name of a shareholder, the Corporation, if acting in good faith, is nevertheless entitled to accept the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation and give it effect as the act of the shareholder if:

(1) The shareholder is an entity as defined in the Act and the name signed purports to be that of an officer or agent of the entity;

(2) the name signed purports to be that of an administrator, executor, guardian, or conservator representing the shareholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence of fiduciary status acceptable to the Corporation has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation;

(3) the name signed purports to be that of a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of the shareholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence of this status acceptable to the Corporation has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation;

(4) the name signed purports to be that of a pledgee, beneficial owner, or attorney in fact of the shareholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence acceptable to the Corporation of the signatory’s authority to sign for the shareholder has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation;

 

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(5) two or more persons are the shareholder as cotenants or fiduciaries and the name signed purports to be the name of at least one of the cotenants or fiduciaries and the person signing appears to be acting on behalf of all the cotenants or fiduciaries; or

(6) the acceptance of the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation is otherwise proper under rules established by the Corporation that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 2.10 .

(c) If shares of the Corporation are registered in the names of two or more persons, or if two or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the secretary is given written notice to the contrary and furnished with a copy of the instrument creating the relationship, their acts with respect to voting shall have the following effect:

(1) If only one votes, the act binds all;

(2) if more than one vote, the act of the majority so voting binds all;

(3) if more than one vote, but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in question proportionately; and

(4) if the instrument so filed or the registration of the shares shows that any tenancy is held in unequal interests, a majority or even split for the purpose of this Section 2.10 shall be a majority or even split in interest.

(d) The Corporation is entitled to reject a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation if the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes, acting in good faith, has reasonable basis for doubt about the validity of the signature on it or about the signatory’s authority to sign for the shareholder.

(e) The Corporation and its officer or agent who accepts or rejects a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation in good faith and in accordance with the standards of this Section 2.10 are not liable in damages to the shareholder for the consequences of the acceptance or rejection.

(f) Corporate action based on the acceptance or rejection of a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation under this Section 2.10 is valid unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines otherwise. (16-10a-724)

Section 2.11. Informal Action by Shareholders .

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if one or more consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.

 

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(b) Unless written consents of all shareholders entitled to vote have been obtained, the Corporation shall give notice of any shareholder approval without a meeting at least ten days before the consummation of the action authorized by the approval to:

(1) Those shareholders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing; and

(2) those shareholders not entitled to vote and to whom the Act requires notice be given.

Such notice shall contain or be accompanied by the same material that would have been required if a formal meeting had been called to consider the action.

(c) Any shareholder giving a written consent, or the shareholders’ proxyholder, or a transferee of the shares or a personal representative of the shareholder or their respective proxyholder, may revoke the consent by a signed writing describing the action and stating that the shareholder’s prior consent is revoked, if the writing is received by the Corporation prior to the effectiveness of the action.

(d) Action taken pursuant to this Section 2.11 is not effective unless all written consents on which the Corporation relies for the taking of action are received by the Corporation within a sixty (60) day period and are not revoked. Action thus taken is effective as of the date the last written consent necessary to effect the action is received by the Corporation, unless all the written consents necessary to effect the action specify a later date as the effective date of action. If the Corporation has received written consents signed by all shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the action, the effective date of the action may be any date that is specified in all the written consents as the effective date of the action. The writing may be received by the Corporation by electronically transmitted facsimile or other form of communication providing the Corporation with a complete copy thereof, including a copy of the signature.

(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this Section 2.11 , directors may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.

(f) Action taken under this Section 2.11 has the same effect as action taken at a meeting of shareholders and may be so described in any document. (16-10a-704)

Section 2.12. Voting for Directors . At each election of directors, each shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall be entitled to one vote per share for each of the directors to be elected. Shareholders do not have a right to cumulate their votes for the election of directors unless the articles of incorporation so provide. (16-10a-728)

 

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Section 2.13. Shareholder’s Rights to Inspect Corporate Records .

(a) Minutes and Accounting Records . The Corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its shareholders and Board of Directors, a record of all actions taken by its shareholders or Board of Directors without a meeting, a record of all actions taken on behalf of the Corporation by a committee of the Board of Directors in place of the Board of Directors, and a record of all waivers of notices of meetings of its shareholders, meetings of the Board of Directors, or any meetings of committees of the Board of Directors. The Corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records. (16-10a-1601(1) and (2))

(b) Absolute Inspection Rights of Records Required at Principal Office . If a shareholder gives the Corporation written notice of the shareholder’s demand at least five business days before the date on which the shareholder wishes to inspect and copy, a shareholder (or the shareholder’s agent or attorney) has the right to inspect and copy, during regular business hours, any of the following records, all of which the Corporation is required to keep at its principal office:

(1) The Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation currently in effect;

(2) the Corporation’s Bylaws currently in effect;

(3) the minutes of all shareholders’ meetings, and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting, for the past three years;

(4) all written communications within the past three (3) years to shareholders as a group or to the holders of any class or series of shares as a group;

(5) a list of the names and business addresses of the Corporation’s current officers and directors;

(6) the Corporation’s most recent annual report delivered to the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code; and

(7) all financial statements prepared for periods ending during the last three years that a shareholder could request pursuant to Section 16-10a-1605 of the Act. (16 10a-1601(5) and 16-10a-1602(1))

(c) Conditional Inspection Right . If a shareholder gives the Corporation a written demand made in good faith and for a proper purpose at least five business days before the date on which the shareholder wishes to inspect and copy, the shareholder describes with reasonable particularity the shareholder’s purpose and the records the shareholder desires to inspect, and the records are directly connected with the shareholder’s purpose, the shareholder (or the shareholder’s agent or attorney) is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at a reasonable location specified by the Corporation, any of the following records of the Corporation:

(1) Excerpts from:

(i) Minutes of any meeting of the Board of Directors, records of any action of a committee of the Board of Directors while acting on behalf of the Corporation in place of the Board of Directors;

 

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(ii) minutes of any meeting of the shareholders;

(iii) records of action taken by the shareholders without a meeting; and

(iv) waivers of notices of any meeting of the shareholders, of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors;

(2) accounting records of the Corporation; and

(3) the record of the Corporation’s shareholders referred to in Section 16-10a-1601(3) of the Act. (16-10a-1602(2))

(d) Copy Costs . The right to copy records includes, if reasonable, the right to receive copies made by photographic, xerographic, or other means. The Corporation may impose a reasonable charge, payable in advance, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of any documents provided to a shareholder. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production or reproduction of the records. (16-10a-1603)

(e) Shareholder Includes Beneficial Owner . For purposes of this Section 2.14 , the term “shareholder” shall include a beneficial owner whose shares are held in a voting trust and any other beneficial owner who establishes beneficial ownership. (16 10a 1602(4)(b))

Section 2.14. Furnishing Financial Statements to a Shareholder . Upon the written request of any shareholder, the Corporation shall mail to the shareholder its most recent annual or quarterly financial statements showing in reasonable detail its assets and liabilities and the results of its operations. (16-10a-1605)

Section 2.15. Information Respecting Shares . Upon the written request of any shareholder, the Corporation, at its own expense, shall mail to the shareholder information respecting the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights applicable to each class of shares, the variations determined for each series, and the authority of the Board of Directors to determine variations for any existing or future class or series. The Corporation may comply by mailing the shareholder a copy of its Articles of Incorporation containing such information. (16 10a-1606)

ARTICLE 3

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.1. General Powers . All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation managed under, the direction of the Board of Directors, subject to any limitation set forth in the Articles of Incorporation or in any agreement authorized by Section 16-10a-732 of the Act. (16-10a-801)

 

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Section 3.2. Number, Tenure, and Qualifications of Directors . At all times when there are three (3) or less shareholders, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be not less than the number of shareholders of the Corporation. The number of directors of the corporation shall not be less than one (1) nor more than five (5). The number of directors may be fixed or changed within the range by the shareholders or the Board of Directors, but no decrease shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until removed. However, if a director’s term expires, the director shall continue to serve until the director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified, or until there is a decrease in the number of directors.

Directors need not be residents of the State of Utah or shareholders of the Corporation unless the Articles of Incorporation so prescribe. (16-10a-802, 16-10a-803 and 16-10a-805)

Section 3.3. Regular Meetings of the Board of Directors . A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than provided by this Section 3.3 immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.

Section 3.4. Special Meetings of the Board of Directors . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the president or any one director, who may fix any place within the county where the Corporation has its principal office as the place for holding the meeting.

Section 3.5. Notice and Waiver of Notice of Special Director Meetings . Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide for a longer or shorter period, special meetings of the Board of Directors must be preceded by at least two (2) days notice, either orally or in writing, of the date, time, and place of the meeting.

Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors shall be deemed to be effective at the earliest of: (a) when received; (b) five (5) days after it is mailed; or (c) the date shown on the return receipt if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the director.

A director may waive notice of any meeting. Except as provided in this Section 3.5 , the waiver must be in writing and signed by the director entitled to the notice. The waiver shall be delivered to the Corporation for filing with the corporate records, but delivery and filing are not conditions to its effectiveness.

The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business and at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon arrival, the director objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting because of lack of notice or defective notice, and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

 

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A director who attends a special meeting to object to lack of notice shall not be deemed to be present for quorum purposes. (16-10a-822 and 16-10a-823)

Section 3.6. Director Quorum . A majority of the number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, unless the Articles of Incorporation require a greater number.

A majority of the number of directors prescribed by resolution (or if no number is prescribed, the number in office immediately before the meeting begins) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, unless the Articles of Incorporation require a greater number.

Section 3.7. Manner of Acting . The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present when the vote is taken shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the Articles of Incorporation require a greater percentage.

Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, any or all directors may participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

A director who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors when corporate action is taken is considered to have assented to the action taken, unless:

(a) The director objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon arrival, to holding it or transacting business at the meeting;

(b) the director contemporaneously requests his dissent or abstention as to any specific action to be entered into the minutes of the meeting; or

(c) the director causes written notice of a dissent or abstention as to any specific action to be received by the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or by the Corporation promptly after adjournment of the meeting.

The right of dissent or abstention as to a specific action is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken. (16-10a-824)

Section 3.8. Director Action Without a Meeting . Unless the Articles of Incorporation or the Act provide otherwise, any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent to the action in writing. Action is taken by consents at the time the last director signs a writing describing the action taken, unless, prior to that time, any director has revoked a consent by a writing signed by the director and received by the secretary. Action taken by consents is effective when the last director signs the consent, unless the Board of Directors establishes a different effective date. Action taken by consents has the same effect as action taken at a meeting of directors and may be described as such in any document. (16-10a-821)

 

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Section 3.9. Removal of Directors . The shareholders may remove one or more directors at a meeting called for that purpose if notice has been given that a purpose of the meeting is such removal. The removal may be with or without cause, unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that directors may only be removed with cause. If a director is elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the shareholders of that voting group may participate in the vote to remove the director. If cumulative voting is in effect (as set forth in Section 2.12 of these Bylaws), a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against the director’s removal. If cumulative voting is not in effect, a director may be removed only if the number of votes cast to remove the director exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove the director. A director may be removed for cause by the action of a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors. (16-10a-808)

Section 3.10. Board of Director Vacancies .

(a) Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors:

(1) The shareholders may fill the vacancy;

(2) the Board of Directors may fill the vacancy; or

(3) if the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the Board of Directors, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office.

(b) Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, if the vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of shareholders:

(1) If one or more directors were elected by the same voting group, only they are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the directors; and

(2) only the holders of shares of that voting group are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the shareholders.

A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date, because of a resignation effective at a later date, may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

If a director’s term expires, the director shall continue to serve until the director’s successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of directors. The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected. (16-10a-810 and 16-10a-805(5))

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any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, and may be paid a stated salary as a director, or a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, or both. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

Section 3.12. Director Committees .

(a) Creation of Committees . Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, the Board of Directors may create one or more committees and appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. Each committee must have two (2) or more members, who serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

(b) Selection of Members . The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it must be approved by the greater of:

(1) A majority of all the directors in office when the action is taken; or

(2) the number of directors required by the Articles of Incorporation to take such action, or if not specified in the Articles of Incorporation the number required by Section 3.7 of these Bylaws to take action.

(c) Required Procedures . Sections 3.4 through 3.9 of these Bylaws, which govern meetings, action without a meeting, notice, waiver of notice, and quorum and voting requirements of the Board of Directors, apply to committees and their members as well.

(d) Authority . Unless limited by the Articles of Incorporation, each committee may exercise those aspects of the authority of the Board of Directors which the Board of Directors confers upon such committee in the resolution creating the committee. (16-10a-825)

Section 3.13. Director’s Rights to Inspect Corporate Records .

(a) Absolute Inspection Rights of Records Required at Principal Office . If a director gives the Corporation written notice of the director’s demand at least five (5) business days before the date on which the director wishes to inspect and copy, the director (or the director’s agent or attorney) has the right to inspect and copy, during regular business hours, any of the following records, all of which the Corporation is required to keep at its principal office:

(1) The Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation currently in effect;

(2) the Corporation’s Bylaws currently in effect;

(3) the minutes of all shareholders’ meetings, and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting, for the past three years;

(4) all written communications within the past three years to shareholders as a group or to the holders of any class or series of shares as a group;

 

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(5) a list of the names and business addresses of the Corporation’s current officers and directors;

(6) the Corporation’s most recent annual report delivered to the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code; and

(7) all financial statements prepared for periods ending during the last three (3) years that a shareholder could request. (16-10a-1601(5) and 16-10a-1602(1))

(b) Conditional Inspection Right . In addition, if a director gives the Corporation a written demand made in good faith and for a proper purpose at least five (5) business days before the date on which the director wishes to inspect and copy, the director describes with reasonable particularity the director’s purpose and the records the director desires to inspect, and the records are directly connected with the director’s purpose, the director (or the director’s agent or attorney) is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at a reasonable location specified by the Corporation, any of the following records of the Corporation:

(1) Excerpts from:

(i) Minutes of any meeting of the Board of Directors, records of any action of a committee of the Board of Directors while acting on behalf of the Corporation in place of the Board of Directors;

(ii) minutes of any meeting of the shareholders;

(iii) records of action taken by the shareholders without a meeting; and

(iv) waivers of notices of any meeting of the shareholders, of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors;

(2) accounting records of the Corporation; and

(3) the record of the Corporation’s shareholders referred to in Section 16-10a-1601(3) of the Act. (16-10a-1602(2))

(c) Copy Costs . The right to copy records includes, if reasonable, the right to receive copies made by photographic, xerographic, or other means. The Corporation may impose a reasonable charge, payable in advance, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of any documents provided to the director. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production or reproduction of the records. (16-10a-1603)

ARTICLE 4

OFFICERS

Section 4.1. Number of Officers . The officers of the Corporation shall be a president and secretary, to be appointed by the Board of Directors, and such other officers and assistant

 

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officers as may be deemed necessary, including a treasurer, one or more vice presidents, etc., each of whom may be appointed by the Board of Directors. If specifically authorized by the Board of Directors, an officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in the Corporation. (16-10a-830)

Section 4.2. Appointment and Term of Office . The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the Board of Directors for such term as is determined by the Board of Directors. The designation of a specified term does not grant to the officer any contract rights, and the Board of Directors can remove the officer at any time prior to the end of such term. If no term is specified, each officer shall hold office until the officer resigns, dies, or until removed in the manner provided in Section 4.3 of these Bylaws. (16-10a-832 and 16-10a-833)

Section 4.3. Removal of Officers . Any officer or agent may be removed by the Board of Directors at any time, with or without cause. Such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights. (16-10a-832)

Section 4.4. President . The president shall be the principal executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall, in general, supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Corporation. The president shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, in the absence of a Chairman of the Board of Directors, at all meetings of the Board of Directors. The president may sign, with the secretary or any other proper officer of the Corporation authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of the Corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors, and deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time. (16-10a-831)

Section 4.5. Vice Presidents . If appointed, in the absence of the president or in the event of his death, inability, or refusal to act, the vice president (or in the event there be more than one vice president, the vice presidents in the order designated at the time of their election, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their appointment) shall perform the duties of the president, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. If there is no vice president, then the treasurer shall perform such duties of the president. Any vice president may sign, with the secretary or an assistant secretary, certificates for shares of the Corporation the issuance of which have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the president or by the Board of Directors. (16-10a-831)

Section 4.6. Secretary . The secretary shall:

(a) Keep the minutes of the proceedings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors and the other records and information of the Corporation required to be kept, in one or more books provided for that purpose;

 

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(b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law;

(c) be custodian of the corporate records and of any seal of the Corporation;

(d) when requested or required, authenticate any records of the Corporation;

(e) keep a register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the secretary by such shareholder;

(f) sign with the president, or a vice president, certificates for shares of the Corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors;

(g) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation; and

(h) in general perform all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the president or by the Board of Directors. (16-10a-830 and 16-10a-831)

Section 4.7. Treasurer . If appointed, the treasurer shall:

(a) Have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation;

(b) receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the Corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors; and

(c) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the president or by the Board of Directors. (16-10a-831)

If required by the Board of Directors, the treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine.

Section 4.8. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers . The assistant secretaries, when authorized by the Board of Directors, may sign, with the president or a vice president, certificates for shares of the Corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. The assistant treasurers shall, if required by the Board of Directors, give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in such sums and with such sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine. The assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the secretary or the treasurer, respectively, or by the president or the Board of Directors. (16-10a-831)

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ARTICLE 5

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS,

OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, FIDUCIARIES, AND AGENTS

Section 5.1. Indemnification of Directors . Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation shall indemnify any individual made a party to a proceeding because the individual is or was a director of the Corporation, against liability incurred in the proceeding, but only if the Corporation has authorized the payment in accordance with Section 16-10a-906(4) of the Act and a determination has been made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 16-10a-906(2) of the Act that the individual has met the standards of conduct set forth in Subsections (a), (b), and (c) below.

(a) Standard of Conduct . The Corporation shall indemnify the individual if the Corporation determines that:

(1) The individual’s conduct was in good faith; and

(2) the individual reasonably believed that the individual’s conduct was in, or not opposed to, the Corporation’s best interests; and

(3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the individual had no reasonable cause to believe the individual’s conduct was unlawful.

(b) No Indemnification Permitted in Certain Circumstances . The Corporation shall not indemnify an individual under this Section 5.1 :

(1) In connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation in which the individual was adjudged liable to the Corporation; or

(2) in connection with any other proceeding charging that the individual derived an improper personal benefit, whether or not involving action in the individual’s official capacity, in which proceeding he or she was adjudged liable on the basis that he or she derived an improper personal benefit.

(c) Indemnification in Derivative Actions Limited . Indemnification permitted under this Section 5.1 in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation is limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding. (16-10a-902)

Section 5.2. Advance of Expenses for Directors . If a determination is made, following the procedures of Section 16-10a-906(2) of the Act, that the individual has met the following requirements; and if an authorization of payment is made, following the procedures and standards set forth in Section 16-10a-906(4) of the Act, then unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation shall pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by an individual who is a party to a proceeding because he is or was a director of the Corporation in advance of final disposition of the proceeding, if:

(a) The individual furnishes to the Corporation a written affirmation of the individual’s good faith belief that the individual has met the standard of conduct described in Section 5.1 of these Bylaws;

 

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(b) the individual furnishes to the Corporation a written undertaking, executed personally or on the individual’s behalf, to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that the individual did not meet the standard of conduct (which undertaking must be an unlimited general obligation of the individual but need not be secured and may be accepted without reference to financial ability to make repayment); and

(c) a determination is made that the facts then known to those making the determination would not preclude indemnification under Section 5.1 of these Bylaws or Part 9 of the Act. (16-10a-904)

Section 5.3. Indemnification of Officers, Employees, Fiduciaries, and Agents . Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to any individual made a party to a proceeding because the individual is or was an officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of the Corporation to the same extent as to an individual made a party to a proceeding because the individual is or was a director of the Corporation, or to a greater extent, if not inconsistent with public policy, if provided for by general or specific action of the Board of Directors. (16-10a-907)

ARTICLE 6

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND

THEIR TRANSFER

Section 6.1. Certificates for Shares .

(a) Content . Certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall, at a minimum, state on their face the name of the Corporation and that the Corporation is organized under the laws of the State of Utah; the name of the person to whom issued; and the number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, the certificate represents; and be in such form as is determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary and may be sealed with the corporate seal or a facsimile thereof. The signatures of the officers may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the Corporation itself or an employee of the Corporation. Each certificate for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The certificates may contain any other information the Corporation considers necessary or appropriate. (16-10a-625)

(b) Legend as to Class or Series . If the Corporation is authorized to issue different classes of shares or different series within a class, the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights applicable to each class, the variations in preferences, limitations, and relative rights determined for each series, and the authority of the Board of Directors to determine variations for any existing or future class or series must be summarized on the front or back of each certificate. Alternatively, each certificate may state conspicuously on its front or back that the Corporation will furnish the shareholder this information on request in writing and without charge. (16-10a-625)

(c) Shareholder List . The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

(d) Transferring Shares . All certificates surrendered to the Corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed, or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the Corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

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Section 6.2. Shares Without Certificates .

(a) Issuing Shares Without Certificates . Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, the Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of some or all of the shares of any or all classes or series without certificates. The authorization does not affect shares already represented by certificates until they are surrendered to the Corporation.

(b) Information Statement Required . Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of shares without certificates, the Corporation shall send the shareholder a written statement containing, at a minimum, the name of the Corporation and that it is organized under the laws of the State of Utah; the name of the person to whom issued; and the number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, of the issued shares. If the Corporation is authorized to issue different classes of shares or different series within a class, the written statement shall describe the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights applicable to each class, the variations in preferences, limitations, and relative rights determined for each series, and the authority of the Board of Directors to determine variations for any existing or future class or series. (16-10a-626)

Section 6.3. Registration of Transfer of Shares . Registration of the transfer of shares of the Corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. In order to register a transfer, the record owner shall surrender the shares to the Corporation for cancellation, properly endorsed by the appropriate person or persons with reasonable assurances that the endorsements are genuine and effective. Unless the Corporation has established a procedure by which a beneficial owner of shares held by a nominee is to be recognized by the Corporation as the owner, the person in whose name shares stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed by the Corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.

Section 6.4. Restrictions on Transfer of Shares Permitted . The Board of Directors or the shareholders may impose restrictions on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares (including any security convertible into, or carrying a right to subscribe for or acquire shares). A restriction does not affect shares issued before the restriction was adopted unless the holders of the shares are parties to the restriction agreement or voted in favor of the registration or otherwise consented to the restriction.

(a) A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares may be authorized:

(1) To maintain the Corporation’s status when it is dependent on the number or identity of its shareholders;

(2) to preserve entitlements, benefits, or exemptions under federal, state, or local laws; and

(3) for any other reasonable purpose.

 

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(b) A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares may:

(1) Obligate the shareholder first to offer the Corporation or other persons, separately, consecutively, or simultaneously, an opportunity to acquire the restricted shares;

(2) obligate the Corporation or other persons, separately, consecutively, or simultaneously, to acquire the restricted shares;

(3) require, as a condition to a transfer or registration, that any one or more persons, including the Corporation or any of its shareholders, approve the transfer or registration, if the requirement is not manifestly unreasonable; or

(4) prohibit the transfer or the registration of a transfer of the restricted shares to designated persons or classes of persons, if the prohibition is not manifestly unreasonable.

A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares is valid and enforceable against the holder or a transferee of the holder if the restriction is authorized by this Section 6.4 and its existence is noted conspicuously on the front or back of the certificate, or if the restriction is contained in the information statement required by Section 6.2 of these Bylaws with regard to shares issued without certificates. Unless so noted, a restriction is not enforceable against a person without knowledge of the restriction. (16-10a-627)

Section 6.5. Acquisition of Shares . The Corporation may acquire its own shares, and, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the shares so acquired constitute authorized but unissued shares.

If the Articles of Incorporation prohibit the reissuance of acquired shares, the number of authorized shares shall be reduced by the number of shares acquired, effective upon amendment of the Articles of Incorporation, which amendment shall be adopted by the shareholders or the Board of Directors without shareholder action. Appropriate Articles of Amendment must be delivered to the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code and must set forth:

(a) The name of the Corporation;

(b) the reduction in the number of authorized shares, itemized by class and series;

(c) the total number of authorized shares, itemized by class and series, remaining after reduction of the shares; and

(d) a statement that the amendment was adopted by the Board of Directors without shareholder action and that shareholder action was not required if such be the case. (16-10a-631)

 

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ARTICLE 7

DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 7.1. Distributions . The Board of Directors may authorize, and the Corporation may make, distributions (including dividends on its outstanding shares) in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and in the Articles of Incorporation.

ARTICLE 8

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 8.1. Corporate Seal . The Board of Directors may provide a corporate seal which may be circular in form and have inscribed thereon any designation including the name of the Corporation, Utah as the state of incorporation, and the words “Corporate Seal.”

ARTICLE 9

FISCAL YEAR

Section 9.1. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE 10

AMENDMENTS

Section 10.1. Amendments . The Corporation’s Board of Directors may amend these Bylaws, except to the extent that the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the Act reserve this power exclusively to the shareholders in whole or in part. However, the Board of Directors may not adopt, amend, or repeal a Bylaw that fixes a shareholder quorum or voting requirement that is greater than required by the Act.

If authorized by the Articles of Incorporation, the shareholders may adopt, amend, or repeal a Bylaw that fixes a greater quorum or voting requirement for shareholders, or voting groups of shareholders, than is required by the Act. Any such action shall comply with the provisions of the Act.

The Corporation’s shareholders may amend or repeal these Bylaws even though these Bylaws may also be amended or repealed by the Corporation’s Board of Directors, and despite the fact that these Bylaws may have been amended or repealed by the Corporation’s Board of Directors. (16-10a-1020 to 16-10a-1022)

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CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY

The undersigned, being the duly appointed and authorized Secretary of Bluehost Inc., a Utah corporation, hereby certifies that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the Bylaws of said corporation, together with all amendments as of the date of this Certificate of Secretary.

WITNESS the signature of the undersigned this 11 th day of October, 2010.

 

/s/ Daniel W. Ashworth

Daniel W. Ashworth, Secretary

Exhibit 3.9

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

CORPORATIONS DIVISION

 

LOGO

C E R T I F I C A T E

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the attached is a true and correct copy of the documents for this entity as shown by the records of this office.

CARDSTAR PUBLISHING, LLC

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of this office to be affixed as of 1/6/2016 12:13 PM

 

LOGO    

Business and Professional Licensing Administration

 

/s/ PATRICIA E. GRAYS

PATRICIA E. GRAYS

Superintendent of Corporations

Corporations Division

   
   
   
   

Muriel Bowser

Mayor

Tracking #: QV4dlYMS


GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA    L16532
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS   

 

LOGO

C E R T I F I C A T E

THIS IS TO CERTIFY  that all applicable provisions of the District of Columbia Limited Liability Company Act have been complied with and accordingly, this

CERTIFICATE OF ORGANIZATION is hereby issued to:

MESA DYNAMICS, LLC

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of this office to be affixed as of the 23rd day of October, 2003.

 

David Clark
DIRECTOR
John T. Drann
Acting Administrator
Business Regulation Administration

/s/ Patricia E. Grays

Patricia E. Grays
Superintendent of Corporations
Corporations Division

Anthony A. Williams

Mayor


A RTICLES OF O RGANIZATION

OF

M ESA D YNAMICS , LLC

Pursuant to Title 29, Chapter 10 of the District of Columbia Code (the D.C. Limited Liability Company Act of 1994, referred to herein as the “ Act ”) , the organizer named below adopts the following Articles of Organization:

F IRST : The name of this limited liability company (which is hereinafter called the “ Company ”) is:

Mesa Dynamics, LLC

S ECOND : The effective date of these Articles shall be October 23, 2003.

T HIRD : The period of duration of this limited liability company shall be perpetual.

F OURTH : (a) The purposes for which the Company is formed are:

(i) To develop software and related products;

(ii) To do and perform all acts necessary or desirable to carry out any of the foregoing purposes; and

(iii) To engage in any one or more businesses or transactions, or to acquire all or any portion of any entity engaged in any one or more businesses or transactions which the Members may from time to time authorize or approve, whether or not related to the business described elsewhere in this Article FOURTH or to any other business at the time or theretofore engaged in by the Company.

(b) The foregoing enumerated purposes and objects shall be in no way limited or restricted by reference to, or inference from, the terms of any other clause of this or any other Article of these Articles of Organization, and each shall be regarded as independent; and they are intended to be and shall be construed as powers as well as purposes and objects of the Company and shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, the general powers of limited liability companies under the Act.

F IFTH : The address of the Company’s registered office in the District of Columbia 3151 Tennyson Street NW, Washington, DC 20015.

S IXTH : The name of the resident agent of the Company in the District of Columbia is Danny Espinoza. The agent’s consent to act as resident agent for the Company is evidenced in the attached executed “Written Consent to Act As Registered Agent.”


S EVENTH : The Company’s principal place of business is 3151 Tennyson Street NW, Washington, DC 20015.

E IGHTH : The number of organizers of the Company is one. The name and address of the organizer is:

Danny Espinoza                 3151 Tennyson Street NW, Washington, DC 20015.

I N W ITNESS W HEREOF , the undersigned has signed these Articles of Organization, acknowledging the same to be his act on the 23rd day of October, 2003.

 

AUTHORIZED PERSON:

/s/ Danny Espinoza

Danny Espinoza

 

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GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

CORPORATIONS DIVISION

 

LOGO

C E R T I F I C A T E

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the attached is a true and correct copy of the documents for this entity as shown by the records of this office.

CARDSTAR PUBLISHING, LLC

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of this office to be affixed as of 1/6/2016 12:13 PM

 

LOGO    

Business and Professional Licensing Administration

 

/s/ PATRICIA E. GRAYS

PATRICIA E. GRAYS

Superintendent of Corporations

Corporations Division

Muriel Bowser

Mayor

Tracking #: QV4dlYMS


File #: L16532

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

CORPORATIONS DIVISION

 

LOGO

C E R T I F I C A T E

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that all applicable provisions of the District of Columbia Limited Liability Company Act have been complied with and accordingly, this CERTIFICATE OF NAME CHANGE is hereby issued to:

MESA DYNAMICS, LLC

Name Changed To

CARDSTAR PUBLISHING, LLC

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of this office to be affixed as of 03/03/2011

 

LOGO    

Business and Professional Licensing Administration

 

/s/ PATRICIA E. GRAYS

PATRICIA E. GRAYS

Superintendent of Corporations

Corporations Division

Vincent C. Gray

Mayor

Tracking #: UWRBYY7SWF


LOGO

L16532
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER & REGULATORY AFFAIRS
District of Columbia Government
Corporations Division
Articles of Amendment of Domestic Limited Liability Company
Form DLC-2, Version 2, July 2010.
Pursuant to provisions of Title 29, Chapter 10 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia, which governs the formation of limited liability companies, the undersigned limited liability company adopts the following Articles of Amendment:
1. Name the limited liability company.
Mesa Dynamics, LLC
2. The following amendment to the Articles of Organization was duly adopted on behalf of the company on the following in accordance with the Operating Agreement and all applicable laws of the District of Columbia.
Article First is being amended and the new name of the company is CardStar Publishing, LLC
3. The effective date of this amendment
Upon filing
4. Amendment has been adopted in the following manner:
☒ (A) The amendment received was approved by those members with voting rights holding at least a majority of the interest in profits of the Limited liability company.
☐ (B) In accordance with the company’s Articles of Organization and/or Operating Agreement, the amendment was approved by (insert specific method of approval other than by those members with voting rights holding at least a majority of the interest in profits of the Company).
If you sign this form, you agree that you understand that anyone who makes a false statement anywhere on it can be punished by criminal penalties of a fine up to $1000, imprisonment up to 180 days, or both, under DCOC § 22-2405.
Managing Member or Authorized Person
CardStar, Inc., its sole member and manager
By Michael Pratt, Chief Operating Officer
Date 2/24/2011
Signature
Mail all forms and required payment to:
Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
Corporations Division
PO Box 92300
Washington DC 20090
Phone: (202) 442-4400
RECEIVED MAR – 3 2011
Please check dcra dc.gov to view organizations required to register, to search business names, to get step-by-step guidelines to register an organization, to search registered organizations, and to download forms and documents. Just click on “Corporate Registrations.”

Exhibit 3.10

CARDSTAR PUBLISHING, LLC

AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT

This Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of C ARD S TAR P UBLISHING , LLC , a District of Columbia limited liability company (the “ Company ”), is entered as of February 24, 2011, by C ARD S TAR , I NC . , a Delaware corporation (the “ Sole Member ”), pursuant to the provisions of the District of Columbia Limited Liability Company Act (the “ Act ”) as follows:

1. Name. The name of the Company is “CardStar Publishing, LLC.”

2. Purposes and Powers. The Company is organized for the purpose of engaging in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be organized under the laws of the District of Columbia. The Company shall have the power to make and perform all contracts and to engage in all activities and transactions necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of the Company, and all other powers available to it as a limited liability company under the laws of the District of Columbia.

3. Member. The business address of the Sole Member is set forth on Exhibit A . The membership interest and capital contribution of the Sole Member are set forth in Exhibit A . Exhibit A may be amended from time to time to admit additional members to the Company upon the consent or approval of the Sole Member.

4. Principal Office. The principal office of the Company shall be at 1616 Anderson Road, Suite 229, McLean, VA 22102, or such other place as the Sole Member may from time to time designate.

5. Registered Agent and Office. The name and address of the registered agent and office for service of process of the Company in the District of Columbia shall be Danny Espinoza, 3151 Tennyson Street, NW, Washington, DC 20015, or such other agent or office in the District of Columbia as the Sole Member may from time to time designate.

6. Term. The Company commenced upon the filing of the Company’s Articles of Organization with the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs of the District of Columbia and shall continue unless the Company is earlier dissolved by the Sole Member.

7. Capital Contributions. The Sole Member has made a capital contribution to the Company, and shall initially have the membership percentage listed beside the Sole Member’s name in Exhibit A .

8. Allocations. All income, gains and losses will be allocated to the account of the Sole Member.

9. Distributions. The Sole Member may receive distributions if, upon the winding up of the Company, the assets or proceeds available would exceed the amount required for the payment and discharge of all of the Company’s debts and liabilities. Other than as stated above, the Sole Member may, in its discretion, cause the Company to make distributions to the Sole Member, which may include a return of all or any part of the Sole Member’s contribution.


10. Management. The management and operation of the Company are vested exclusively in the Sole Member. The Sole Member shall have the power on behalf and in the name of the Company to carry out and implement any and all of the objects and purposes of the Company.

11. Amendment. The terms and provisions of this Agreement may be modified or amended at any time and from time to time by the Sole Member.

12. Amendment and Restatement of Prior Operating Agreement. This Agreement amends and restates in all respects that certain Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of the Company dated as of February 26, 2010.

13. Binding Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors of the Sole Member.

14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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I N W ITNESS W HEREOF , the undersigned has signed this A MENDED AND R ESTATED O PERATING A GREEMENT as of the day and year first above written.

 

SOLE MEMBER:
C ARD S TAR , I NC .
By:  

/s/ MICHAEL R. PRATT

Name:  

MICHAEL R. PRATT

Title:  

COO

 

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E XHIBIT A

S CHEDULE OF M EMBERS

 

Name and Address

   Capital Contributions      Membership
Interest
 

C ARD S TAR , I NC .

1616 Anderson Road

Suite 229

McLean, VA 22102

   $ 1,000.00         100.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

T OTAL :

   $ 1,000.00         100.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.11

 

 

State of Delaware

Secretary of State

Division of Corporations

Delivered 07:31 PM 01/13/2012

FILED 07:31 PM 01/13/2012

SRV 120049225 - 4628190 FILE

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

MERGING

BOOMERANG ACQUISITION CORPORATION,

a Delaware corporation

WITH AND INTO

CARDSTAR, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

CardStar, Inc., a Delaware corporation, pursuant to Section 251(c) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

FIRST: That the name and the state of incorporation of each of the constituent entities to the merger are as follows:

 

Name

  

State of Incorporation

Boomerang Acquisition Corporation    Delaware
CardStar, Inc.    Delaware

SECOND: An Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 13, 2012 (the “Merger Agreement” ) by and among Constant Contact, Inc., Boomerang Acquisition Corporation, CardStar, Inc. and Brookside Stockholder Representative, LLC, as stockholder representative, has been approved, adopted, executed and acknowledged by each of Boomerang Acquisition Corporation and CardStar, Inc. in accordance with the requirements of Section 251 of the DGCL and, with respect to Boomerang Acquisition Corporation, by the written consent of its sole stockholder in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL, and, with respect to CardStar, Inc., by the written consent of the holders of a majority of its outstanding capital stock in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.

THIRD: In accordance with the Merger Agreement, Boomerang Acquisition Corporation will merge with and into CardStar, Inc. (the “Merger” ). Following the Merger, CardStar, Inc. will continue its existence as the surviving corporation and the separate corporate existence of Boomerang Acquisition Corporation will cease. The name of the surviving corporation shall be CardStar, Inc.

FOURTH: That, upon the effectiveness of the Merger, the Certificate of Incorporation of the surviving corporation shall be amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.

FIFTH: The executed Merger Agreement is on file at the principal place of business of CardStar, Inc., located at 1601 Trapelo Road, Waltham, MA 02451.

SIXTH: A copy of the Merger Agreement will be furnished by CardStar, Inc. on request, without cost, to any stockholder of CardStar, Inc. or Boomerang Acquisition Corporation.


SEVENTH: That this Certificate of Merger shall be effective upon the filing hereof with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CardStar, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Merger to be signed by an authorized officer as of January 13, 2012.

 

CARDSTAR, INC.
a Delaware corporation
By:  

/s/ Andrew Miller

  Andrew Miller
  President and Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Certificate of Merger]


EXHIBIT A

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

CARDSTAR, INC.

FIRST : The name of the corporation is:

CardStar, Inc.

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

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

FOURTH : The total number of shares of capital stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is five thousand (5,000), and the par value of each of such shares is one cent ($0.01), amounting in the aggregate to fifty dollars ($50.00) of capital stock.

FIFTH : The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the corporation and for defining and regulating the powers of the corporation and its directors and stockholders and are in furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon the corporation by statute:

 

  (a) The election of directors need not be by written ballot.

 

  (b) The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority:

 

  (1) to adopt, amend or repeal by-laws of the corporation, subject only to such limitation, if any, as may be from time to time imposed by law or by the by-laws; and

 

  (2) to the full extent permitted or not prohibited by law, and without the consent of or other action by the stockholders, to authorize or create mortgages, pledges or other liens or encumbrances upon any or all of the assets, real, personal or mixed, and franchises of the corporation, including after-acquired property, and to exercise all of the powers of the corporation in connection therewith; and

 

  (3) subject to any provision of the by-laws of the corporation, to determine whether, to what extent, at what times and places and under what conditions and regulations the accounts, books and papers of the corporation (other than the stock ledger), or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders, and no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any account, book or paper of the corporation except as conferred by statute or authorized by the by-laws of the corporation or by the Board of Directors.

SIXTH : No current or former director of the corporation or any predecessor corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or to any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of


fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability; provided, however, that to the extent required from time to time by applicable law, this Article Sixth shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director, to the extent such liability is 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 Title 8 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 Sixth shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any current or former director for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such current or former director occurring prior to the effective date of such amendment or repeal.

*            *             *

Exhibit 3.12

 

  

State of Delaware

Secretary of State

Division of Corporations

Delivered 06:18 PM 01/13/2012

FILED 06:16 PM 01/13/2012

SRV 120048979 - 4628190 FILE

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

CARDSTAR, INC.

C ARD S TAR , I NC ., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ Corporation ”), does hereby certify as of January 13, 2012:

F IRST : The name of the Corporation is C ARD S TAR , I NC .

S ECOND : The original Certificate of Incorporation of CardStar, Inc. was filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 29, 2009. This Certificate of Amendment amends the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CardStar, Inc. filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of Delaware on February 11, 2011 (the “ Current Certificate ”).

T HIRD : The Board of Directors of the Corporation, acting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 141 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, adopted resolutions amending the Current Certificate as follows:

1. The following new Section D.3(d) of Article IV of the Current Certificate is hereby inserted immediately following Section D.3(c) of Article IV of the Current Certificate:

“(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation if the Company consummates the merger contemplated by, and pursuant to, that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 13, 2012 (as amended from time to time, the “ Merger Agreement ”) by and among the Corporation, that certain corporation identified as the “Parent” in the Merger Agreement (“ Parent ”), Boomerang Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Sub ”), and the Brookside Stockholder Representative, LLC as the “Stockholder Representative” (such transaction, the “ Merger ”), then (1) the consideration payable to the holders of Preferred Stock and Common Stock in connection with the Merger shall be paid to the holders of Preferred Stock and Common Stock in the manner and amount provided in the Merger Agreement without giving effect to the foregoing provisions of Section D.3 of this Article IV and (2) neither Section D.4(j) of this Article IV nor any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation requiring notice to the holders of Preferred Stock or Common Stock in connection with the Merger shall apply to the Merger.

F OURTH : Thereafter, pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, this Certificate of Amendment was submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for their approval, and was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 228 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

[S IGNATURE P AGE F OLLOWS ]


I N W ITNESS W HEREOF , C ARD S TAR , I NC . has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be executed by its President as of the date first written above.

 

C ARD S TAR , I NC .
By:  

/s/ Andrew Miller

  Andrew Miller
  President and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 3.13

BYLAWS

OF

BOOMERANG ACQUISITION CORPORATION


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

ARTICLE I

  

STOCKHOLDERS

     1   

1.1

 

Place of Meetings

     1   

1.2

 

Annual Meeting

     1   

1.3

 

Special Meetings

     1   

1.4

 

Notice of Meetings

     1   

1.5

 

Voting List

     1   

1.6

 

Quorum

     2   

1.7

 

Adjournments

     2   

1.8

 

Voting and Proxies

     2   

1.9

 

Action at Meeting

     3   

1.10

 

Conduct of Meetings

     3   

1.11

 

Action without Meeting

     4   

ARTICLE II

  

DIRECTORS

     5   

2.1

 

General Powers

     5   

2.2

 

Number, Election and Qualification

     5   

2.3

 

Chairman of the Board; Vice Chairman of the Board

     5   

2.4

 

Tenure

     5   

2.5

 

Quorum

     5   

2.6

 

Action at Meeting

     5   

2.7

 

Removal

     5   

2.8

 

Vacancies

     6   

2.9

 

Resignation

     6   

2.10

 

Regular Meetings

     6   

2.11

 

Special Meetings

     6   

2.12

 

Notice of Special Meetings

     6   

2.13

 

Meetings by Conference Communications Equipment

     6   

2.14

 

Action by Consent

     7   

2.15

 

Committees

     7   

2.16

 

Compensation of Directors

     7   

ARTICLE III

  

OFFICERS

     7   

3.1

 

Titles

     7   

3.2

 

Election

     8   

3.3

 

Qualification

     8   

3.4

 

Tenure

     8   

3.5

 

Resignation and Removal

     8   


3.6

 

Vacancies

     8   

3.7

 

President; Chief Executive Officer

     8   

3.8

 

Vice Presidents

     8   

3.9

 

Secretary and Assistant Secretaries

     9   

3.10

 

Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers

     9   

3.11

 

Salaries

     9   

3.12

 

Delegation of Authority

     9   

ARTICLE IV

  

CAPITAL STOCK

     10   

4.1

 

Issuance of Stock

     10   

4.2

 

Stock Certificates; Uncertificated Shares

     10   

4.3

 

Transfers

     11   

4.4

 

Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates

     11   

4.5

 

Record Date

     11   

4.6

 

Regulations

     11   

ARTICLE V

  

GENERAL PROVISIONS

     12   

5.1

 

Fiscal Year

     12   

5.2

 

Corporate Seal

     12   

5.3

 

Waiver of Notice

     12   

5.4

 

Voting of Securities

     12   

5.5

 

Evidence of Authority

     12   

5.6

 

Certificate of Incorporation

     12   

5.7

 

Severability

     12   

5.8

 

Pronouns

     12   

ARTICLE VI

  

AMENDMENTS

     13   

6.1

 

By the Board of Directors

     13   

6.2

 

By the Stockholders

     13   

 

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ARTICLE I

STOCKHOLDERS

1.1 Place of Meetings . All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or, if not so designated, at the principal office of the corporation. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication in a manner consistent with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

1.2 Annual Meeting . The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting shall be held on a date and at a time designated by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President (which date shall not be a legal holiday in the place where the meeting is to be held).

1.3 Special Meetings . Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by only the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, and may not be called by any other person or persons. The Board of Directors may postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.

1.4 Notice of Meetings . Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given to stockholders, any notice shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to (in a manner consistent with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. The notices of all meetings shall state the place, if any, date and time of the meeting and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting. The notice of a special meeting shall state, in addition, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. If notice is given by mail, such notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the corporation. If notice is given by electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed given at the time specified in Section 232 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

1.5 Voting List . The Secretary shall prepare, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (b) during


ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a physical location (and not solely by means of remote communication), then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. The list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.

1.6 Quorum . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of the capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person, present by means of remote communication in a manner, if any, authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; provided, however, that where a separate vote by a class or classes or series of capital stock is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of such class or classes or series of the capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on such matter, present in person, present by means of remote communication in a manner, if any, authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to the vote on such matter. A quorum, once established at a meeting, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum.

1.7 Adjournments . Any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned from time to time to any other time and to any other place at which a meeting of stockholders may be held under these Bylaws by the chairman of the meeting or by the stockholders present or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote, although less than a quorum. It shall not be necessary to notify any stockholder of any adjournment of less than 30 days if the time and place, if any, of the adjourned meeting, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting, are announced at the meeting at which adjournment is taken, unless after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.

1.8 Voting and Proxies . Each stockholder shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote held of record by such stockholder and a proportionate vote for each fractional share so held, unless otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation. Each stockholder of record entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, or to express consent or dissent to corporate action without a meeting, may vote or express such consent or dissent in person (including by means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting) or may authorize another person or persons to vote or act for such stockholder by a proxy executed or transmitted in a manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware by the stockholder or such stockholder’s authorized agent and delivered (including by electronic transmission) to the Secretary of the corporation. No such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from the date of its execution, unless the proxy expressly provides for a longer period.

 

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1.9 Action at Meeting . When a quorum is present at any meeting, any matter other than the election of directors to be voted upon by the stockholders at such meeting shall be decided by the vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority in voting power of the votes cast by the holders of all of the shares of stock present or represented at the meeting and voting affirmatively or negatively on such matter (or if there are two or more classes or series of stock entitled to vote as separate classes, then in the case of each such class or series, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of that class or series present or represented at the meeting and voting affirmatively or negatively on such matter), except when a different vote is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. When a quorum is present at any meeting, any election by stockholders of directors shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast by the stockholders entitled to vote on the election.

1.10 Conduct of Meetings .

(a) Chairman of Meeting . Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the Chairman’s absence by the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the Vice Chairman’s absence by the Chief Executive Officer, or in the Chief Executive Officer’s absence, by the President, or in the President’s absence by a Vice President, or in the absence of all of the foregoing persons by a chairman designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence of such designation by a chairman chosen by vote of the stockholders at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the Secretary’s absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

(b) Rules, Regulations and Procedures . The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules, regulations and procedures for the conduct of any meeting of stockholders of the corporation as it shall deem appropriate including, without limitation, such guidelines and procedures as it may deem appropriate regarding the participation by means of remote communication of stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules, regulations and procedures as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as shall be determined; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

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1.11 Action without Meeting .

(a) Taking of Action by Consent . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding 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 entitled to vote on such action were present and voted. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, stockholders may act by written consent to elect directors; provided, however, that, if such consent is less than unanimous, such action by written consent may be in lieu of holding an annual meeting only if all of the directorships to which directors could be elected at an annual meeting held at the effective time of such action are vacant and are filled by such action.

(b) Electronic Transmission of Consents . A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of this section, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the corporation can determine (i) that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder or proxyholder and (ii) the date on which such stockholder or proxyholder or authorized person or persons transmitted such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission. The date on which such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent was signed. No consent given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper form 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. Delivery made to a corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on delivery, consents given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission may be otherwise delivered to the principal place of business of the corporation or to an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded if, to the extent and in the manner provided by resolution of the Board of Directors. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.

(c) Notice of Taking of Corporate Action . 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 and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the corporation.

 

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ARTICLE II

DIRECTORS

2.1 General Powers . The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors, who may exercise all of the powers of the corporation except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation.

2.2 Number, Election and Qualification . Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the number of directors of the corporation shall be established from time to time by the stockholders or the Board of Directors. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders by such stockholders as have the right to vote on such election. Election of directors need not be by written ballot. Directors need not be stockholders of the corporation.

2.3 Chairman of the Board; Vice Chairman of the Board . The Board of Directors may appoint from its members a Chairman of the Board and a Vice Chairman of the Board, neither of whom need be an employee or officer of the corporation. If the Board of Directors appoints a Chairman of the Board, such Chairman shall perform such duties and possess such powers as are assigned by the Board of Directors and, if the Chairman of the Board is also designated as the corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, shall have the powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer prescribed in Section 3.7 of these Bylaws. If the Board of Directors appoints a Vice Chairman of the Board, such Vice Chairman shall perform such duties and possess such powers as are assigned by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or, in the Chairman’s absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors.

2.4 Tenure . Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until a successor is elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

2.5 Quorum . The greater of (a) a majority of the directors at any time in office and (b) one-third of the number of directors fixed pursuant to Section 2.2 of these Bylaws shall constitute a quorum of the Board of Directors. If at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be less than such a quorum, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

2.6 Action at Meeting . Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting of the Board of Directors duly held at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the Board of Directors, unless a greater number is required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation.

2.7 Removal . Except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, any one or more or all of the directors of the corporation may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, except that the directors elected by the holders of a particular class or series of stock may be removed without cause only by vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or series.

 

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2.8 Vacancies . Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, unless and until filled by the stockholders, any vacancy or newly-created directorship on the Board of Directors, however occurring, may be filled by vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of such director’s predecessor in office, and a director chosen to fill a position resulting from a newly-created directorship shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until a successor is elected and qualified, or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

2.9 Resignation . Any director may resign by delivering a resignation in writing or by electronic transmission to the corporation at its principal office or to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall be effective upon delivery unless it is specified to be effective at some later time or upon the happening of some later event.

2.10 Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided that any director who is absent when such a determination is made shall be given notice of the determination. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors may be held without notice immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders.

2.11 Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and place designated in a call by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, two or more directors, or by one director in the event that there is only a single director in office.

2.12 Notice of Special Meetings . Notice of the date, place, if any, and time of any special meeting of directors shall be given to each director by the Secretary or by the officer or one of the directors calling the meeting. Notice shall be duly given to each director (a) in person or by telephone at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, (b) by sending written notice by reputable overnight courier, telecopy, facsimile or electronic transmission, or delivering written notice by hand, to such director’s last known business, home or electronic transmission address at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting, or (c) by sending written notice by first-class mail to such director’s last known business or home address at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting. A notice or waiver of notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not specify the purposes of the meeting.

2.13 Meetings by Conference Communications Equipment . Directors may participate in meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

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2.14 Action by Consent . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent to the action in writing or by electronic transmission, and the written consents or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

2.15 Committees . The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation with such lawfully delegable powers and duties as the Board of Directors thereby confers, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members of the committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors and subject to the provisions of law, 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. Each such committee shall keep minutes and make such reports as the Board of Directors may from time to time request. Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise determine, any committee may make rules for the conduct of its business, but unless otherwise provided by the directors or in such rules, its business shall be conducted as nearly as possible in the same manner as is provided in these Bylaws for the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the resolution of the Board of Directors designating the committee, a committee may create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee.

2.16 Compensation of Directors . Directors may be paid such compensation for their services and such reimbursement for expenses of attendance at meetings as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation or any of its parent or subsidiary entities in any other capacity and receiving compensation for such service.

ARTICLE III

OFFICERS

3.1 Titles . The officers of the corporation shall consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers with such other titles as the Board of Directors shall determine, including one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it may deem appropriate.

 

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3.2 Election . The Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Secretary shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual meeting of stockholders. Other officers may be appointed by the Board of Directors at such meeting or at any other meeting.

3.3 Qualification . No officer need be a stockholder. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

3.4 Tenure . Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, each officer shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified, unless a different term is specified in the resolution electing or appointing such officer, or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

3.5 Resignation and Removal . Any officer may resign by delivering a written resignation to the corporation at its principal office or to the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some later time or upon the happening of some later event. Any officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by vote of a majority of the directors then in office. Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise determine, no officer who resigns or is removed shall have any right to any compensation as an officer for any period following such officer’s resignation or removal, or any right to damages on account of such removal, whether such officer’s compensation be by the month or by the year or otherwise, unless such compensation is expressly provided for in a duly authorized written agreement with the corporation.

3.6 Vacancies . The Board of Directors may fill any vacancy occurring in any office for any reason and may, in its discretion, leave unfilled for such period as it may determine any offices other than those of Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Secretary. Each such successor shall hold office for the unexpired term of such officer’s predecessor and until a successor is elected and qualified, or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

3.7 President; Chief Executive Officer . Unless the Board of Directors has designated another person as the corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general charge and supervision of the business of the corporation subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, and shall perform all duties and have all powers that are commonly incident to the office of chief executive or that are delegated to such officer by the Board of Directors. The President shall perform such other duties and shall have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer (if the President is not the Chief Executive Officer) may from time to time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Chief Executive Officer or the President (if the President is not the Chief Executive Officer), the Vice President (or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer and when so performing such duties shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chief Executive Officer.

3.8 Vice Presidents . Each Vice President shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe. The Board of Directors may assign to any Vice President the title of Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or any other title selected by the Board of Directors.

 

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3.9 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries . The Secretary shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe. In addition, the Secretary shall perform such duties and have such powers as are incident to the office of the secretary, including without limitation the duty and power to give notices of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, to attend all meetings of stockholders and the Board of Directors and keep a record of the proceedings, to maintain a stock ledger and prepare lists of stockholders and their addresses as required, to be custodian of corporate records and the corporate seal and to affix and attest to the same on documents.

Any Assistant Secretary shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary may from time to time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary (or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.

In the absence of the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary at any meeting of stockholders or directors, the chairman of the meeting shall designate a temporary secretary to keep a record of the meeting.

3.10 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers . The Treasurer shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. In addition, the Treasurer shall perform such duties and have such powers as are incident to the office of treasurer, including without limitation the duty and power to keep and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation, to deposit funds of the corporation in depositories selected in accordance with these Bylaws, to disburse such funds as ordered by the Board of Directors, to make proper accounts of such funds, and to render as required by the Board of Directors statements of all such transactions and of the financial condition of the corporation.

The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Treasurer may from time to time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer (or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer.

3.11 Salaries . Officers of the corporation shall be entitled to such salaries, compensation or reimbursement as shall be fixed or allowed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

3.12 Delegation of Authority . The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

 

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ARTICLE IV

CAPITAL STOCK

4.1 Issuance of Stock . Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the whole or any part of any unissued balance of the authorized capital stock of the corporation or the whole or any part of any shares of the authorized capital stock of the corporation held in the corporation’s treasury may be issued, sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by vote of the Board of Directors in such manner, for such lawful consideration and on such terms as the Board of Directors may determine.

4.2 Stock Certificates; Uncertificated Shares . The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the corporation’s stock shall be uncertificated shares. Every holder of stock of the corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate, in such form as may be prescribed by law and by the Board of Directors, representing the number of shares held by such holder registered in certificate form. Each such certificate shall be signed in a manner that complies with Section 158 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Each certificate for shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable securities laws or any agreement among any number of stockholders or among such holders and the corporation shall have conspicuously noted on the face or back of the certificate either the full text of the restriction or a statement of the existence of such restriction.

If the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of each certificate representing shares of such class or series of stock, provided that in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of each certificate representing shares of such class or series of stock a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests a copy of the full text of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to Sections 151, 202(a) or 218(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or, with respect to Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

 

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4.3 Transfers . Shares of stock of the corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in these Bylaws. Transfers of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only on the books of the corporation or by transfer agents designated to transfer shares of stock of the corporation. Subject to applicable law, shares of stock represented by certificates shall be transferred only on the books of the corporation by the surrender to the corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate representing such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, and with such proof of authority or the authenticity of signature as the corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require. Except as may be otherwise required by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, the corporation shall be entitled to treat the record holder of stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right to vote with respect to such stock, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such stock until the shares have been transferred on the books of the corporation in accordance with the requirements of these Bylaws.

4.4 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any previously issued certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may prescribe, including the presentation of reasonable evidence of such loss, theft or destruction and the giving of such indemnity and posting of such bond as the Board of Directors may require for the protection of the corporation or any transfer agent or registrar.

4.5 Record Date . The Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or to express consent (or dissent) to corporate action without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action. Such record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and such record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 10 days after the date of adoption of a record date for a consent without a meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action to which such record date relates.

If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day before the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day before the day on which the meeting is held. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first consent is properly delivered to the corporation. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating to such purpose.

A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

4.6 Regulations . The issue, transfer, conversion and registration of shares of stock of the corporation shall be governed by such other regulations as the Board of Directors may establish.

 

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ARTICLE V

GENERAL PROVISIONS

5.1 Fiscal Year . Except as from time to time otherwise designated by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of January of each year and end on the last day of December in each year.

5.2 Corporate Seal . The corporate seal shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Directors.

5.3 Waiver of Notice . Whenever notice is required to be given by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before, at or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice required to be given to such person. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in any such waiver. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

5.4 Voting of Securities . Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise designate, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Treasurer may waive notice of, vote, or appoint any person or persons to vote, on behalf of the corporation at, and act as, or appoint any person or persons to act as, proxy or attorney-in-fact for this corporation (with or without power of substitution) at, any meeting of stockholders or securityholders of any other entity, the securities of which may be held by this corporation.

5.5 Evidence of Authority . A certificate by the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, or a temporary Secretary, as to any action taken by the stockholders, directors, a committee or any officer or representative of the corporation shall as to all persons who rely on the certificate in good faith be conclusive evidence of such action.

5.6 Certificate of Incorporation . All references in these Bylaws to the Certificate of Incorporation shall be deemed to refer to the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation, as amended and in effect from time to time.

5.7 Severability . Any determination that any provision of these Bylaws is for any reason inapplicable, illegal or ineffective shall not affect or invalidate any other provision of these Bylaws.

5.8 Pronouns . All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons may require.

 

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ARTICLE VI

AMENDMENTS

6.1 By the Board of Directors . These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new Bylaws may be adopted by the Board of Directors.

6.2 By the Stockholders . These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new Bylaws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at any annual meeting of stockholders, or at any special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new Bylaws shall have been stated in the notice of such special meeting.

 

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Exhibit 3.14

 

  Delaware    PAGE 1
  The First State   

I, HARRIET SMITH WINDSOR, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF “CONSTANT CONTACT, INC.”, FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE NINTH DAY OF OCTOBER, A.D. 2007, AT 8:05 O’CLOCK A.M.

A FILED COPY OF THIS CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS.

 

   LOGO  

/s/    Harriet Smith Windsor        

     Harriet Smith Windsor, Secretary of State
3264502    8100      AUTHENTICATION: 6056782
071093542      DATE: 10-09-07                    


RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

CONSTANT CONTACT, INC.

(originally incorporated on July 25, 2000 under the name Roving Software Incorporated.)

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Constant Contact, Inc.

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

THIRD: The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

FOURTH: The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 105,000,000 shares, consisting of (i) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Preferred Stock”).

The following is a statement of the designations and the powers, privileges and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof in respect of each class of capital stock of the Corporation.

 

A COMMON STOCK .

1. General . The voting, dividend and liquidation rights of the holders of the Common Stock are subject to and qualified by the rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock of any series as may be designated by the Board of Directors upon any issuance of the Preferred Stock of any series.

2. Voting . The holders of the Common Stock shall have voting rights at all meetings of stockholders, each such holder being entitled to one vote for each share thereof held by such holder; provided , however , that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (which, as used herein, shall mean the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as amended from time to time, including the terms of any certificate of designations of any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together as a class with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation. There shall be no cumulative voting.

The number of authorized shares of 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 stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.


3. Dividends . Dividends may be declared and paid on the Common Stock from funds lawfully available therefor as and when determined by the Board of Directors and subject to any preferential dividend or other rights of any then outstanding Preferred Stock.

4. Liquidation . Upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Common Stock will be entitled to receive all assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, subject to any preferential or other rights of any then outstanding Preferred Stock.

 

B PREFERRED STOCK .

Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series, each of such series to have such terms as stated or expressed herein and in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as hereinafter provided. Any shares of Preferred Stock which may be redeemed, purchased or acquired by the Corporation may be reissued except as otherwise provided by law.

Authority is hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors from time to time to issue the Preferred Stock in one or more series, and in connection with the creation of any such series, by adopting a resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of the shares thereof and by filing a certificate of designations relating thereto in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, to determine and fix the number of shares of such series and such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including without limitation thereof, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, as shall be stated and expressed in such resolutions, all to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the resolutions providing for issuance of any series of Preferred Stock may provide that such series shall be superior or rank equally or be junior to any other series of Preferred Stock to the extent permitted by law.

The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting as a single class, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

FIFTH: Except as otherwise provided herein, 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 and this Certificate of Incorporation, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

SIXTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and subject to the terms of any series of

 

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Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the By-laws of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present. The stockholders may not adopt, amend, alter or repeal the By-laws of the Corporation, or adopt any provision inconsistent therewith, unless such action is approved, in addition to any other vote required by the Certificate of Incorporation, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two- thirds of the votes which all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors or class of directors. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, this Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws of the Corporation, and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the votes that all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors or class of directors shall be required to amend or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with, this Article SIXTH.

SEVENTH: Except to the extent that the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability. No amendment to or repeal of this provision 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. If the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware is amended to permit further elimination or limitation of 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 General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as so amended.

EIGHTH: The Corporation shall provide indemnification as follows:

1. Actions, Suits and Proceedings Other than by or in the Right of the Corporation . The Corporation shall indemnify each person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including any employee benefit plan) (all such persons being referred to hereafter as an “Indemnitee”), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), liabilities, losses, judgments, fines, excise taxes and penalties arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself,

 

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create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

2. Actions or Suits by or in the Right of the Corporation . The Corporation shall indemnify any Indemnitee who was or is a party to or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including any employee benefit plan), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and, to the extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made under this Section 2 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation, unless, and only to the extent, that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of such liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) which the Court of Chancery of Delaware or such other court shall deem proper.

3. Indemnification for Expenses of Successful Party . Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article EIGHTH, to the extent that an Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article EIGHTH, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, or on appeal from any such action, suit or proceeding, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection therewith. Without limiting the foregoing, if any action, suit or proceeding is disposed of, on the merits or otherwise (including a disposition without prejudice), without (i) the disposition being adverse to Indemnitee, (ii) an adjudication that Indemnitee was liable to the Corporation, (iii) a plea of guilty or nolo contendere by Indemnitee, (iv) an adjudication that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and (v) with respect to any criminal proceeding, an adjudication that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, Indemnitee shall be considered for the purposes hereof to have been wholly successful with respect thereto.

4. Notification and Defense of Claim . As a condition precedent to an Indemnitee’s right to be indemnified, such Indemnitee must notify the Corporation in writing as soon as practicable of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation involving such Indemnitee for which indemnity will or could be sought. With respect to any action, suit, proceeding or investigation of which the Corporation is so notified, the Corporation will be entitled to participate therein at its own expense and/or to assume the defense thereof at its own expense, with legal counsel

 

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reasonably acceptable to Indemnitee. After notice from the Corporation to Indemnitee of its election so to assume such defense, the Corporation shall not be liable to Indemnitee for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit, proceeding or investigation, other than as provided below in this Section 4. Indemnitee shall have the right to employ his or her own counsel in connection with such action, suit, proceeding or investigation, but the fees and expenses of such counsel incurred after notice from the Corporation of its assumption of the defense thereof shall be at the expense of Indemnitee unless (i) the employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been authorized by the Corporation, (ii) counsel to Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest or position on any significant issue between the Corporation and Indemnitee in the conduct of the defense of such action, suit, proceeding or investigation or (iii) the Corporation shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such action, suit, proceeding or investigation, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel for Indemnitee shall be at the expense of the Corporation, except as otherwise expressly provided by this Article EIGHTH. The Corporation shall not be entitled, without the consent of Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim brought by or in the right of the Corporation or as to which counsel for Indemnitee shall have reasonably made the conclusion provided for in clause (ii) above. The Corporation shall not be required to indemnify Indemnitee under this Article EIGHTH for any amounts paid in settlement of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation effected without its written consent. The Corporation shall not settle any action, suit, proceeding or investigation in any manner which would impose any penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s written consent. Neither the Corporation nor Indemnitee will unreasonably withhold or delay its consent to any proposed settlement.

5. Advance of Expenses . Subject to the provisions of Section 6 of this Article EIGHTH, in the event of any threatened or pending action, suit, proceeding or investigation of which the Corporation receives notice under this Article EIGHTH, any expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in defending an action, suit, proceeding or investigation or any appeal therefrom shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such matter; provided , however , that the payment of such expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in advance of the final disposition of such matter shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay all amounts so advanced in the event that it shall ultimately be determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article; and provided further that no such advancement of expenses shall be made under this Article EIGHTH if it is determined (in the manner described in Section 6) that (i) Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, or (ii) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Such undertaking shall be accepted without reference to the financial ability of Indemnitee to make such repayment.

6. Procedure for Indemnification and Advancement . In order to obtain indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to Section 1, 2, 3 or 5 of this Article EIGHTH, an Indemnitee shall submit to the Corporation a written request. Any such advancement of expenses shall be made promptly, and in any event within 60 days after receipt by the Corporation of the written request of Indemnitee, unless (i) the Corporation has assumed

 

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the defense pursuant to Section 4 of this Article EIGHTH (and none of the circumstances described in Section 4 of this Article EIGHTH that would nonetheless entitle the Indemnitee to indemnification for the fees and expenses of separate counsel have occurred) or (ii) the Corporation determines within such 60-day period that Indemnitee did not meet the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1, 2 or 5 of this Article EIGHTH, as the case may be. Any such indemnification, unless ordered by a court, shall be made with respect to requests under Section 1 or 2 only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination by the Corporation that the indemnification of Indemnitee is proper because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or 2, as the case may be. Such determination shall be made in each instance (a) by a majority vote of the directors of the Corporation consisting of persons who are not at that time parties to the action, suit or proceeding in question (“disinterested directors”), whether or not a quorum, (b) by a committee of disinterested directors designated by majority vote of disinterested directors, whether or not a quorum, (c) if there are no disinterested directors, or if the disinterested directors so direct, by independent legal counsel (who may, to the extent permitted by law, be regular legal counsel to the Corporation) in a written opinion, or (d) by the stockholders of the Corporation.

7. Remedies . The right to indemnification or advancement of expenses as granted by this Article shall be enforceable by Indemnitee in any court of competent jurisdiction. Neither the failure of the Corporation to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Corporation pursuant to Section 6 of this Article EIGHTH that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. Indemnitee’s expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred in connection with successfully establishing Indemnitee’s right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such proceeding shall also be indemnified by the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any suit brought by Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder it shall be a defense that the Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

8. Limitations . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article EIGHTH, except as set forth in Section 7 of this Article EIGHTH, the Corporation shall not indemnify an Indemnitee pursuant to this Article EIGHTH in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnitee unless the initiation thereof was approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article EIGHTH, the Corporation shall not indemnify an Indemnitee to the extent such Indemnitee is reimbursed from the proceeds of insurance, and in the event the Corporation makes any indemnification payments to an Indemnitee and such Indemnitee is subsequently reimbursed from the proceeds of insurance, such Indemnitee shall promptly refund indemnification payments to the Corporation to the extent of such insurance reimbursement.

9. Subsequent Amendment . No amendment, termination or repeal of this Article EIGHTH or of the relevant provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any other applicable laws shall adversely affect or diminish in any way the rights of any Indemnitee to indemnification under the provisions hereof with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or investigation arising out of or relating to any actions, transactions or facts occurring prior to the final adoption of such amendment, termination or repeal.

 

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10. Other Rights . The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article EIGHTH shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which an Indemnitee seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in Indemnitee’s official capacity and as to action in any other capacity while holding office for the Corporation, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer, and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administrators of Indemnitee. Nothing contained in this Article EIGHTH shall be deemed to prohibit, and the Corporation is specifically authorized to enter into, agreements with officers and directors providing indemnification rights and procedures different from those set forth in this Article EIGHTH. In addition, the Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by its Board of Directors, grant indemnification rights to other employees or agents of the Corporation or other persons serving the Corporation and such rights may be equivalent to, or greater or less than, those set forth in this Article EIGHTH.

11. Partial Indemnification . If an Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Article EIGHTH to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a portion of the expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any action, suit, proceeding or investigation and any appeal therefrom but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlement to which Indemnitee is entitled.

12. Insurance . The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including any employee benefit plan) against any expense, liability or loss incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

13. Savings Clause . If this Article EIGHTH or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each Indemnitee as to any expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal or administrative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article EIGHTH that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

14. Definitions . Terms used herein and defined in Section 145(h) and Section 145(i) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in such Section 145(h) and Section 145(i).

 

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NINTH: This Article NINTH is inserted for the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation.

1. General Powers . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

2. Number of Directors; Election of Directors . Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be established by the Board of Directors. Election of directors need not be by written ballot, except as and to the extent provided in the By-laws of the Corporation.

3. Classes of Directors . Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the Board of Directors shall be and is divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is authorized to assign members of the Board of Directors already in office to Class I, Class II of Class III at the time such classification becomes effective.

4. Terms of Office . Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the third annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting of stockholders at which such director was elected; provided that each director initially assigned to Class I shall serve for a term expiring at the Corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders held after the effectiveness of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation; each director initially assigned to Class II shall serve for a term expiring at the Corporation’s second annual meeting of stockholders held after the effectiveness of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation; and each director initially assigned to Class III shall serve for a term expiring at the Corporation’s third annual meeting of stockholders held after the effectiveness of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation; provided further, that the term of each director shall continue until the election and qualification of his or her successor and be subject to his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

5. Quorum . The greater of (a) a majority of the directors at any time in office and (b) one-third of the number of directors fixed pursuant to Section 2 of this Article NINTH shall constitute a quorum of the Board of Directors. If at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be less than such a quorum, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

6. Action at Meeting . Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the Board of Directors unless a greater number is required by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation.

7. Removal . Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, directors of the Corporation may be removed only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the votes that all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors or class of directors.

 

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8. Vacancies . Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any vacancy or newly created directorship in the Board of Directors, however occurring, shall be filled only by vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director and shall not be filled by the stockholders. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen, subject to the election and qualification of a successor and to such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

9. Stockholder Nominations and Introduction of Business, Etc . Advance notice of stockholder nominations for election of directors and other business to be brought by stockholders before a meeting of stockholders shall be given in the manner provided by the By-laws of the Corporation.

10. Amendments to Article . Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, this Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws of the Corporation, and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the votes that all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors or class of directors shall be required to amend or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with, this Article NINTH.

TENTH: Stockholders of the Corporation may not take any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, this Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws of the Corporation, and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the votes that all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors or class of directors shall be required to amend or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with, this Article TENTH.

ELEVENTH: Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time only by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, and may not be called by any other person or persons. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws of the Corporation, and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two- thirds of the votes that all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors or class of directors shall be required to amend or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with, this Article ELEVENTH.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which restates, integrates and amends the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, and which has been duly adopted in accordance with Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, has been executed by its duly authorized officer this 9th day of October, 2007.

 

CONSTANT CONTACT, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gail F. Goodman

  Gail F. Goodman
  President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.15

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

OF

CONSTANT CONTACT, INC.

(Effective as of October 9, 2007)


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I

  

STOCKHOLDERS

  

1.1

  Place of Meetings      1   

1.2

  Annual Meeting      1   

1.3

  Special Meetings      1   

1.4

  Notice of Meetings      1   

1.5

  Voting List      1   

1.6

  Quorum      2   

1.7

  Adjournments      2   

1.8

  Voting and Proxies      2   

1.9

  Action at Meeting      2   

1.10

  Nomination of Directors      3   

1.11

  Notice of Business at Annual Meetings      5   

1.12

  Conduct of Meetings      7   

1.13

  No Action by Consent in Lieu of a Meeting      8   

ARTICLE II

  

DIRECTORS

  

2.1

  General Powers      8   

2.2

  Number, Election and Qualification      8   

2.3

  Chairman of the Board; Vice Chairman of the Board      8   

2.4

  Classes of Directors      8   

2.5

  Terms of Office      8   

2.6

  Quorum      9   

2.7

  Action at Meeting      9   

2.8

  Removal      9   

2.9

  Vacancies      9   

2.10

  Resignation      9   

2.11

  Regular Meetings      9   

2.12

  Special Meetings      10   

2.13

  Notice of Special Meetings      10   

2.14

  Meetings by Conference Communications Equipment      10   

2.15

  Action by Consent      10   

2.16

  Committees      10   

2.17

  Compensation of Directors      11   

ARTICLE III

  

OFFICERS

  

3.1

  Titles      11   

3.2

  Election      11   

 

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3.3

  Qualification      11   

3.4

  Tenure      11   

3.5

  Resignation and Removal      11   

3.6

  Vacancies      11   

3.7

  President; Chief Executive Officer      12   

3.8

  Vice Presidents      12   

3.9

  Secretary and Assistant Secretaries      12   

3.10

  Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers      12   

3.11

  Salaries      13   

3.12

  Delegation of Authority      13   

ARTICLE IV

  

CAPITAL STOCK

  

4.1

  Issuance of Stock      13   

4.2

  Stock Certificates; Uncertificated Shares      13   

4.3

  Transfers      14   

4.4

  Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates      14   

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  Record Date      14   

4.6

  Regulations      15   

ARTICLE V

  

GENERAL PROVISIONS

  

5.1

  Fiscal Year      15   

5.2

  Corporate Seal      15   

5.3

  Waiver of Notice      15   

5.4

  Voting of Securities      15   

5.5

  Evidence of Authority      16   

5.6

  Certificate of Incorporation      16   

5.7

  Severability      16   

5.8

  Pronouns      16   

ARTICLE VI

  

AMENDMENTS

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ARTICLE I

STOCKHOLDERS

1.1 Place of Meetings . All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or, if not so designated, at the principal office of the corporation.

1.2 Annual Meeting . The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting shall be held on a date and at a time designated by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President (which date shall not be a legal holiday in the place where the meeting is to be held).

1.3 Special Meetings . Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by only the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, and may not be called by any other person or persons. The Board of Directors may postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.

1.4 Notice of Meetings . Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given to stockholders, any notice shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to (in a manner consistent with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. The notices of all meetings shall state the place, date and time of the meeting and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting. The notice of a special meeting shall state, in addition, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. If notice is given by mail, such notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the corporation. If notice is given by electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed given at the time specified in Section 232 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

1.5 Voting List . The Secretary shall prepare, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.


1.6 Quorum . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of the capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person, present by means of remote communication in a manner, if any, authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; provided, however, that where a separate vote by a class or classes or series of capital stock is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of such class or classes or series of the capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on such matter, present in person, present by means of remote communication in a manner, if any, authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to the vote on such matter. A quorum, once established at a meeting, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum.

1.7 Adjournments . Any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned from time to time to any other time and to any other place at which a meeting of stockholders may be held under these By-laws by the chairman of the meeting or by the stockholders present or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote, although less than a quorum. It shall not be necessary to notify any stockholder of any adjournment of less than 30 days if the time and place of the adjourned meeting, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting, are announced at the meeting at which adjournment is taken, unless after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.

1.8 Voting and Proxies . Each stockholder shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote held of record by such stockholder and a proportionate vote for each fractional share so held, unless otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation. Each stockholder of record entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may vote in person (including by means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting) or may authorize another person or persons to vote for such stockholder by a proxy executed or transmitted in a manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware by the stockholder or such stockholder’s authorized agent and delivered (including by electronic transmission) to the Secretary of the corporation. No such proxy shall be voted upon after three years from the date of its execution, unless the proxy expressly provides for a longer period.

1.9 Action at Meeting . When a quorum is present at any meeting, any matter other than the election of directors to be voted upon by the stockholders at such meeting shall be decided by the vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority in voting power of the votes cast by the holders of all of the shares of stock present or represented at the meeting and voting affirmatively or negatively on such matter (or if there are two or more classes or series of stock entitled to vote as separate classes, then in the case of each such class or series, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of that class or series present or represented

 

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at the meeting and voting affirmatively or negatively on such matter), except when a different vote is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws. When a quorum is present at any meeting, any election by stockholders of directors shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast by the stockholders entitled to vote on the election.

1.10 Nomination of Directors .

(a) Except for (1) any directors entitled to be elected by the holders of preferred stock, (2) any directors elected in accordance with Section 2.9 hereof by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy or newly-created directorship or (3) as otherwise required by applicable law or stock market regulation, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures in this Section 1.10 shall be eligible for election as directors. Nomination for election to the Board of Directors at a meeting of stockholders may be made (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the corporation who (x) complies with the notice procedures set forth in Section 1.10(b) and (y) is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of such notice and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting.

(b) To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be received in writing by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation as follows: (i) in the case of an election of directors at an annual meeting of stockholders, not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that (x) in the case of the annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation to be held in 2008 or (y) in the event that the date of the annual meeting in any other year is advanced by more than 20 days, or delayed by more than 60 days, from the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice must be so received not earlier than the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (A) the 90th day prior to such annual meeting and (B) the tenth day following the day on which notice of the date of such annual meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs; or (ii) in the case of an election of directors at a special meeting of stockholders, provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, not earlier than the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (x) the 90th day prior to such special meeting and (y) the tenth day following the day on which notice of the date of such special meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such special meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting (or the public announcement thereof) commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice.

The stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth: (A) as to each proposed nominee (1) such person’s name, age, business address and, if known, residence address, (2) such person’s principal occupation or employment, (3) the class and number of shares of stock of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such person, and (4) any other information concerning such person that must be disclosed as to nominees in proxy solicitations pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”); (B) as to the stockholder giving the notice (1) such stockholder’s name and address, as they appear on the corporation’s books, (2) the class and number of shares of stock of the corporation

 

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which are owned, beneficially and of record, by such stockholder, (3) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (4) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person(s) named in its notice and (5) a representation whether the stockholder intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s outstanding capital stock reasonably believed by such stockholder to be sufficient to elect the nominee (and such representation shall be included in any such proxy statement and form of proxy) and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such nomination (and such representation shall be included in any such solicitation materials); and (C) as to the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made (1) such beneficial owner’s name and address, (2) the class and number of shares of stock of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such beneficial owner, (3) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such beneficial owner and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made and (4) a representation whether the beneficial owner intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy (and such representation shall be included in any such proxy statement and form of proxy) to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s outstanding capital stock reasonably believed by such stockholder or beneficial owner to be sufficient to elect the nominee and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such nomination (and such representation shall be included in any such solicitation materials). In addition, to be effective, the stockholder’s notice must be accompanied by the written consent of the proposed nominee to serve as a director if elected. The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the corporation. A stockholder shall not have complied with this Section 1.10(b) if the stockholder (or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made) solicits or does not solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s nominee in contravention of the representations with respect thereto required by this Section 1.10.

(c) The chairman of any meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination was made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.10 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s nominee in compliance with the representations with respect thereto required by this Section 1.10), and if the chairman should determine that a nomination was not made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.10, the chairman shall so declare to the meeting and such nomination shall be disregarded.

(d) Except as otherwise required by law, nothing in this Section 1.10 shall obligate the corporation or the Board of Directors to include in any proxy statement or other stockholder communication distributed on behalf of the corporation or the Board of Directors information with respect to any nominee for director submitted by a stockholder.

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special meeting of stockholders of the corporation to present a nomination, such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the corporation. For purposes of this Section 1.10, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a written instrument executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such written instrument or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the written instrument or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

(f) For purposes of this Section 1.10, “public disclosure” shall include disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones New Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

1.11 Notice of Business at Annual Meetings .

(a) At any annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (1) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (2) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (3) properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, (i) if such business relates to the nomination of a person for election as a director of the corporation, the procedures in Section 1.10 must be complied with and (ii) if such business relates to any other matter, the business must constitute a proper matter under Delaware law for stockholder action and the stockholder must (x) have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 1.11(b) and (y) be a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of such notice and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting.

(b) To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be received in writing by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that (x) in the case of the annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation to be held in 2008 or (y) in the event that the date of the annual meeting in any other year is advanced by more than 20 days, or delayed by more than 60 days, from the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice must be so received not earlier than the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (A) the 90th day prior to such annual meeting and (B) the tenth day following the day on which notice of the date of such annual meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting (or the public announcement thereof) commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice.

The stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (1) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the text relating to the business (including the text of any

 

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resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the By-laws, the language of the proposed amendment), and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (2) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation’s books, of the stockholder proposing such business, and the name and address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (3) the class and number of shares of stock of the corporation which are owned, of record and beneficially, by the stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, (4) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder or such beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of the stockholder or such beneficial owner, if any, in such business, (5) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting and (6) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy (and such representation shall be included in any such proxy statement and form of proxy) to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal (and such representation shall be included in any such solicitation materials). Notwithstanding anything in these By-laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any annual meeting of stockholders except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.11; provided that any stockholder proposal which complies with Rule 14a-8 of the proxy rules (or any successor provision) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is to be included in the corporation’s proxy statement for an annual meeting of stockholders shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of this Section 1.11. A stockholder shall not have complied with this Section 1.11(b) if the stockholder (or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made) solicits or does not solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s proposal in contravention of the representations with respect thereto required by this Section 1.11.

(c) The chairman of any meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether business was properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.11 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s proposal in compliance with the representation with respect thereto required by this Section 1.11), and if the chairman should determine that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.11, the chairman shall so declare to the meeting and such business shall not be brought before the meeting.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.11, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation to present business, such business shall not be considered, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the corporation. For purposes of this Section 1.11, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a written instrument executed by the such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as a proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such written instrument or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the written instrument or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

(e) For purposes of this Section 1.11, “public disclosure” shall include disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones New Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

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1.12 Conduct of Meetings .

(a) Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the Chairman’s absence by the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the Vice Chairman’s absence by the Chief Executive Officer, or in the Chief Executive Officer’s absence, by the President, or in the President’s absence by a Vice President, or in the absence of all of the foregoing persons by a chairman designated by the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the Secretary’s absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

(b) The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules, regulations and procedures for the conduct of any meeting of stockholders of the corporation as it shall deem appropriate including, without limitation, such guidelines and procedures as it may deem appropriate regarding the participation by means of remote communication of stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules, regulations and procedures as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as shall be determined; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

(c) The chairman of the meeting shall announce at the meeting when the polls for each matter to be voted upon at the meeting will be opened and closed. After the polls close, no ballots, proxies or votes or any revocations or changes thereto may be accepted.

(d) In advance of any meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President shall appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One or more other persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is present, ready and willing to act at a meeting of stockholders, the

 

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chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Unless otherwise required by law, inspectors may be officers, employees or agents of the corporation. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of such inspector’s duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability. The inspector shall have the duties prescribed by law and shall take charge of the polls and, when the vote is completed, shall make a certificate of the result of the vote taken and of such other facts as may be required by law. Every vote taken by ballots shall be counted by a duly appointed inspector or duly appointed inspectors.

1.13 No Action by Consent in Lieu of a Meeting . Stockholders of the corporation may not take any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting.

ARTICLE II

DIRECTORS

2.1 General Powers . The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors, who may exercise all of the powers of the corporation except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation.

2.2 Number, Election and Qualification . Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the number of directors of the corporation shall be established by the Board of Directors. Election of directors need not be by written ballot. Directors need not be stockholders of the corporation.

2.3 Chairman of the Board; Vice Chairman of the Board . The Board of Directors may appoint from its members a Chairman of the Board and a Vice Chairman of the Board, neither of whom need be an employee or officer of the corporation. If the Board of Directors appoints a Chairman of the Board, such Chairman shall perform such duties and possess such powers as are assigned by the Board of Directors and, if the Chairman of the Board is also designated as the corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, shall have the powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer prescribed in Section 3.7 of these By-laws. If the Board of Directors appoints a Vice Chairman of the Board, such Vice Chairman shall perform such duties and possess such powers as are assigned by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or, in the Chairman’s absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors.

2.4 Classes of Directors . Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the Board of Directors shall be and is divided into three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. The allocation of directors among classes shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

2.5 Terms of Office . Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the third annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting of stockholders at which such director was elected; provided that each director initially assigned to Class I shall serve for a term expiring at

 

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the corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders held after the effectiveness of these Second Amended and Restated By-laws; each director initially assigned to Class II shall serve for a term expiring at the corporation’s second annual meeting of stockholders held after the effectiveness of these Second Amended and Restated By-laws; and each director initially assigned to Class III shall serve for a term expiring at the corporation’s third annual meeting of stockholders held after the effectiveness of these Second Amended and Restated By-laws; provided further, that the term of each director shall continue until the election and qualification of his or her successor and be subject to his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

2.6 Quorum . The greater of (a) a majority of the directors at any time in office and (b) one-third of the number of directors established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 2.2 of these By-laws shall constitute a quorum of the Board of Directors. If at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be less than such a quorum, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

2.7 Action at Meeting . Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the Board of Directors, unless a greater number is required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation.

2.8 Removal . Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, directors of the corporation may be removed only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the votes that all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors or class of directors.

2.9 Vacancies . Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any vacancy or newly-created directorship on the Board of Directors, however occurring, shall be filled only by vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director and shall not be filled by the stockholders. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen, subject to the election and qualification of a successor or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

2.10 Resignation . Any director may resign by delivering a resignation in writing or by electronic transmission to the corporation at its principal office or to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall be effective upon delivery unless it is specified to be effective at some later time or upon the happening of some later event.

2.11 Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided that any director who is absent when such a determination is made shall be given notice of the determination. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors may be held without notice immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders.

 

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2.12 Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and place designated in a call by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, two or more directors, or by one director in the event that there is only a single director in office.

2.13 Notice of Special Meetings . Notice of the date, place and time of any special meeting of directors shall be given to each director by the Secretary or by the officer or one of the directors calling the meeting. Notice shall be duly given to each director (a) in person or by telephone at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, (b) by sending written notice by reputable overnight courier, telecopy, facsimile or electronic transmission, or delivering written notice by hand, to such director’s last known business, home or electronic transmission address at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting, or (c) by sending written notice by first-class mail to such director’s last known business or home address at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting. A notice or waiver of notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not specify the purposes of the meeting.

2.14 Meetings by Conference Communications Equipment . Directors may participate in meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

2.15 Action by Consent . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent to the action in writing or by electronic transmission, and the written consents or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

2.16 Committees . The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation with such lawfully delegable powers and duties as the Board of Directors thereby confers, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members of the committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors and subject to the provisions of law, 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. Each such committee shall keep minutes and make such reports as the Board of Directors may from time to time request. Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise determine, any committee may make rules for the conduct of its business, but unless otherwise provided by the directors or in such rules, its business shall be conducted as nearly as possible in the same manner as is

 

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provided in these By-laws for the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-laws, or the resolution of the Board of Directors designating the committee, a committee may create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee.

2.17 Compensation of Directors . Directors may be paid such compensation for their services and such reimbursement for expenses of attendance at meetings as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation or any of its parent or subsidiary entities in any other capacity and receiving compensation for such service.

ARTICLE III

OFFICERS

3.1 Titles . The officers of the corporation shall consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers with such other titles as the Board of Directors shall determine, including one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it may deem appropriate.

3.2 Election . The Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Secretary shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual meeting of stockholders. Other officers may be appointed by the Board of Directors at such meeting or at any other meeting.

3.3 Qualification . No officer need be a stockholder. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

3.4 Tenure . Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-laws, each officer shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified, unless a different term is specified in the resolution electing or appointing such officer, or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

3.5 Resignation and Removal . Any officer may resign by delivering a written resignation to the corporation at its principal office or to the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some later time or upon the happening of some later event. Any officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by vote of a majority of the directors then in office. Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise determine, no officer who resigns or is removed shall have any right to any compensation as an officer for any period following such officer’s resignation or removal, or any right to damages on account of such removal, whether such officer’s compensation be by the month or by the year or otherwise, unless such compensation is expressly provided for in a duly authorized written agreement with the corporation.

3.6 Vacancies . The Board of Directors may fill any vacancy occurring in any office for any reason and may, in its discretion, leave unfilled for such period as it may determine any

 

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offices other than those of Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Secretary. Each such successor shall hold office for the unexpired term of such officer’s predecessor and until a successor is elected and qualified, or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

3.7 President; Chief Executive Officer . Unless the Board of Directors has designated another person as the corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general charge and supervision of the business of the corporation subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, and shall perform all duties and have all powers that are commonly incident to the office of chief executive or that are delegated to such officer by the Board of Directors. The President shall perform such other duties and shall have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer (if the President is not the Chief Executive Officer) may from time to time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Chief Executive Officer or the President (if the President is not the Chief Executive Officer), the Vice President (or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer and when so performing such duties shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chief Executive Officer.

3.8 Vice Presidents . Each Vice President shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe. The Board of Directors may assign to any Vice President the title of Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or any other title selected by the Board of Directors.

3.9 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries . The Secretary shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe. In addition, the Secretary shall perform such duties and have such powers as are incident to the office of the secretary, including without limitation the duty and power to give notices of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, to attend all meetings of stockholders and the Board of Directors and keep a record of the proceedings, to maintain a stock ledger and prepare lists of stockholders and their addresses as required, to be custodian of corporate records and the corporate seal and to affix and attest to the same on documents.

Any Assistant Secretary shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary may from time to time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary (or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.

In the absence of the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary at any meeting of stockholders or directors, the chairman of the meeting shall designate a temporary secretary to keep a record of the meeting.

3.10 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers . The Treasurer shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. In addition, the Treasurer shall perform such duties and have such

 

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powers as are incident to the office of treasurer, including without limitation the duty and power to keep and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation, to deposit funds of the corporation in depositories selected in accordance with these By-laws, to disburse such funds as ordered by the Board of Directors, to make proper accounts of such funds, and to render as required by the Board of Directors statements of all such transactions and of the financial condition of the corporation.

The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Treasurer may from time to time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer (or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer.

3.11 Salaries . Officers of the corporation shall be entitled to such salaries, compensation or reimbursement as shall be fixed or allowed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

3.12 Delegation of Authority . The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

ARTICLE IV

CAPITAL STOCK

4.1 Issuance of Stock . Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the whole or any part of any unissued balance of the authorized capital stock of the corporation or the whole or any part of any shares of the authorized capital stock of the corporation held in the corporation’s treasury may be issued, sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by vote of the Board of Directors in such manner, for such lawful consideration and on such terms as the Board of Directors may determine.

4.2 Stock Certificates: Uncertificated Shares . The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Every holder of stock of the corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate, in such form as may be prescribed by law and by the Board of Directors, representing the number of shares held by such holder registered in certificate form. Each such certificate shall be signed in a manner that complies with Section 158 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Each certificate for shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-laws, applicable securities laws or any agreement among any number of stockholders or among such holders and the corporation shall have conspicuously noted on the face or back of the certificate either the full text of the restriction or a statement of the existence of such restriction.

 

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If the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of each certificate representing shares of such class or series of stock, provided that in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of each certificate representing shares of such class or series of stock a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests a copy of the full text of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to Sections 151, 202(a) or 218(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or, with respect to Section 151 of General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

4.3 Transfers . Shares of stock of the corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in these By-laws. Transfers of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only on the books of the corporation or by transfer agents designated to transfer shares of stock of the corporation. Subject to applicable law, shares of stock represented by certificates shall be transferred only on the books of the corporation by the surrender to the corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate representing such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, and with such proof of authority or the authenticity of signature as the corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require. Except as may be otherwise required by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-laws, the corporation shall be entitled to treat the record holder of stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right to vote with respect to such stock, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such stock until the shares have been transferred on the books of the corporation in accordance with the requirements of these By-laws.

4.4 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any previously issued certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may prescribe, including the presentation of reasonable evidence of such loss, theft or destruction and the giving of such indemnity and posting of such bond as the Board of Directors may require for the protection of the corporation or any transfer agent or registrar.

4.5 Record Date . The Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any

 

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other lawful action. Such record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and such record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action to which such record date relates.

If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day before the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day before the day on which the meeting is held. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating to such purpose.

A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

4.6 Regulations . The issue, transfer, conversion and registration of shares of stock of the corporation shall be governed by such other regulations as the Board of Directors may establish.

ARTICLE V

GENERAL PROVISIONS

5.1 Fiscal Year . Except as from time to time otherwise designated by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of January of each year and end on the last day of December in each year.

5.2 Corporate Seal . The corporate seal shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Directors.

5.3 Waiver of Notice . Whenever notice is required to be given by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-laws, a written waiver signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before, at or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice required to be given to such person. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in any such waiver. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

5.4 Voting of Securities . Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise designate, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Treasurer may waive notice of, vote, or appoint any person or persons to vote, on behalf of the corporation at, and act as, or appoint any person or persons to act as, proxy or attorney-in-fact for this corporation (with or without power of substitution) at, any meeting of stockholders or securityholders of any other entity, the securities of which may be held by this corporation.

 

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5.5 Evidence of Authority . A certificate by the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, or a temporary Secretary, as to any action taken by the stockholders, directors, a committee or any officer or representative of the corporation shall as to all persons who rely on the certificate in good faith be conclusive evidence of such action.

5.6 Certificate of Incorporation . All references in these By-laws to the Certificate of Incorporation shall be deemed to refer to the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation, as amended and in effect from time to time.

5.7 Severability . Any determination that any provision of these By-laws is for any reason inapplicable, illegal or ineffective shall not affect or invalidate any other provision of these By-laws.

5.8 Pronouns . All pronouns used in these By-laws shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons may require.

ARTICLE VI

AMENDMENTS

These By-laws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new By-laws may be adopted by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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Exhibit 3.16

 

State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 06:32 PM 08/05/2004 FILED 06:16 PM 08/05/2004 SRV 040576004 - 3838906 FILE   

STATE of DELAWARE

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

DOMAIN NAME HOLDING COMPANY, INC.

1. Name . The name of this corporation is Domain Name Holding Company, Inc.

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

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

4. Stock . The total number of shares of stock that this corporation shall have authority to issue is 3,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share. Each share of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote.

5. Incorporator . The name and mailing address of the incorporator is: Daniel P. Ricciardi, Ropes & Gray LLP, One International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624.

6. Change in Number of Shares Authorized . Except as otherwise provided in the provisions establishing a class of stock, the number of authorized shares of any class or series of 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 the corporation entitled to vote irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

7. Election of Directors . The election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws shall so require.

8. Authority of Directors . In furtherance and not in limitation of the power conferred upon the board of directors by law, the board of directors shall have power to make, adopt, alter, amend and repeal from time to time by-laws of this corporation, subject to the right of the stockholders entitled to vote with respect thereto to alter and repeal by-laws made by the board of directors.

9. Liability of Directors . A director of this corporation shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,


except to the extent that exculpation from liability is not permitted under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as in effect at the time such liability is determined. No amendment or repeal of this paragraph 9 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.

10. Indemnification . This corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted from time to time under the law of the State of Delaware, indemnify and upon request advance expenses to any person who is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding or claim, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was or has agreed to be a director or officer of this corporation or while a director or officer is or was serving at the request of this corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorney’s fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred (and not otherwise recovered) in connection with the investigation, preparation to defend or defense of such action, suit, proceeding or claim; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not require this corporation to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on behalf of such person. Such indemnification shall not be exclusive of other indemnification rights arising under any by-law, agreement, vote of directors or stockholders or otherwise and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of such person. Any person seeking indemnification under this paragraph 10 shall be deemed to have met the standard of conduct required for such indemnification unless the contrary shall be established. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 10 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of this corporation with respect to any acts or omissions of such director or officer occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

11. Records . The books of this corporation may (subject to any statutory requirements) be kept outside the State of Delaware as may be designated by the board of directors or in the by-laws of this corporation.

12. Meeting of Stockholders of Certain Classes . If at any time this corporation shall have a class of stock registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, for so long as such class is so registered, any action by the stockholders of such class must be taken at an annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be taken by written consent.

THE UNDERSIGNED, the sole incorporator named above, hereby certifies that the facts stated above are true as of this 5 th day of August, 2004.

 

/s/ Daniel P. Ricciardi

Daniel P. Ricciardi
Sole Incorporator

 

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Exhibit 3.17

BY-LAWS

of

Domain Name Holding Company, Inc.

Section 1. LAW, CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS

1.1. These by-laws are subject to the certificate of incorporation of the corporation. In these by-laws, references to law, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws mean the law, the provisions of the certificate of incorporation and the by-laws as from time to time in effect.

Section 2. STOCKHOLDERS

2.1. Annual Meeting . The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held at a place and time designated by the board of directors, unless that day be a legal holiday at the place where the meeting is to be held, in which case the meeting shall be held at the same hour on the next succeeding day not a legal holiday, or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect a board of directors and transact such other business as may be required by law or these by-laws or as may properly come before the meeting.

2.2. Special Meetings . A special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time by the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock, the chairman of the board, if any, the president or the board of directors. A special meeting of the stockholders shall be called by the secretary, or in the case of the death, absence, incapacity or refusal of the secretary, by an assistant secretary or some other officer, upon application of a majority of the directors. Any such application shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Any such call shall state the place, date, hour, and purposes of the meeting.

2.3. Place of Meeting . All meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, or, if so determined by the board of directors in its sole discretion, at no place (but rather by means of remote communication), as may be determined from time to time by the chairman of the board, if any, the president or the board of directors. Any adjourned session of any meeting of the stockholders shall be held at the place designated in the vote of adjournment.

2.4. Notice of Meetings . Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of stockholders stating the place, if any, the day, the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and hour thereof and, in the case of a special meeting, the purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat, and to each stockholder who, by law, by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws, is entitled to notice, by leaving such notice with him or at his residence or usual place of business, or by depositing it in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to such stockholder at his address as it appears in the records of the


corporation. Such notice shall be given by the secretary, or by an officer or person designated by the board of directors, or in the case of a special meeting by the officer calling the meeting. As to any adjourned session of any meeting of stockholders, notice of the adjourned meeting need not be given if the time and place hereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment was taken except that if the adjournment is for more than thirty days or if after the adjournment a new record date is set for the adjourned session, notice of any such adjourned session of the meeting shall be given in the manner heretofore described. No notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjourned session thereof need be given to a stockholder if a written waiver of notice, executed before or after the meeting or such adjourned session by such stockholder, is filed with the records of the meeting or if the stockholder attends such meeting without objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of the stockholders or any adjourned session thereof need be specified in any written waiver of notice.

2.5. Quorum of Stockholders . At any meeting of the stockholders a quorum as to any matter shall consist of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, except where a larger quorum is required by law by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the votes properly cast upon the question, whether or not a quorum is present. If a quorum is present at an original meeting, a quorum need not be present at an adjourned session of that meeting. Shares of its own stock belonging to the corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of any corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

2.6. Action by Vote . When a quorum is present at any meeting, a plurality of the votes properly cast for election to any office shall elect to such office and a majority of the votes properly cast upon any question other than an election to an office shall decide the question, except when a larger vote is required by law, by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot and may be by electronic means, as determined by the board of directors in its sole discretion.

2.7. Action without Meetings . Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders for or in connection with any corporate action 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 outstanding 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 entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware by hand or certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to its principal place of business or to an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Each such written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent. No written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless written consents signed by a number of stockholders sufficient to take such action are delivered to the corporation in the manner specified in this paragraph within sixty days of the earliest dated consent so delivered.

 

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If action is taken by consent of stockholders and in accordance with the foregoing, there shall be filed with the records of the meetings of stockholders the writing or writings comprising such consent.

If action is taken by less than unanimous consent of stockholders, prompt notice of the taking of such action without a meeting shall be given to those who have not consented in writing and a certificate signed and attested to by the secretary that such notice was given shall be filed with the records of the meetings of stockholders.

In the event that the action which is consented to is such as would have required the filing, of a certificate under any provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, if such action had been voted upon by the stockholders at a meeting thereof, the certificate filed under such provision shall state, in lieu of any statement required by such provision concerning a vote of stockholders, that written consent has been given under Section 228 of said General Corporation Law and that written notice has been given as provided in such Section 228.

2.8. Proxy Representation . Every stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy in all matters in which a stockholder is entitled to participate, whether by waiving notice of any meeting, objecting to or voting or participating at a meeting, or expressing consent or dissent without a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the stockholder or by his attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and, if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. The authorization of a proxy may but need not be limited to specified action, provided, however, that if a proxy limits its authorization to a meeting or meetings of stockholders, unless otherwise specifically provided such proxy shall entitle the holder thereof to vote at any adjourned session but shall not be valid after the final adjournment thereof.

2.9. Inspectors . The directors or the person presiding at the meeting may, and shall if required by applicable law, appoint one or more inspectors of election and any substitute inspectors to act at the meeting of any adjournment thereof. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspectors shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by them and execute a certificate of any fact found by them.

 

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2.10. List of Stockholders . At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in his or her name shall be prepared by the officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books and shall be open to examination by any stockholder on either a reasonably accessible electronic network (for which such information required to access the electronic network shall be provided with the notice of the meeting) or at the corporation’s principal place of business during ordinary hours. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for the purpose germane to the meeting, as required by applicable law. If the meeting is to be held at a place, such list shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and shall be subject to the inspection of any stockholder who may be present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are stockholders entitled to examine such list or to vote in person or by proxy at such meeting.

Section 3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

3.1. Number . The corporation shall have one or more directors, the number of directors to be determined from time to time by vote of a majority of the directors then in office. Except in connection with the election of directors at the annual meeting of stockholders, the number of directors may be decreased only to eliminate vacancies by reason of death, resignation or removal of one or more directors. No director need be a stockholder.

3.2. Tenure . Except as otherwise provided by law, by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws, each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until he sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified.

3.3. Powers . The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the board of directors who shall have and may exercise all the powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law, the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

3.4. Vacancies . Vacancies and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors may be filled by vote of the holders of the particular class or series of stock entitled to elect such director at a meeting called for the purpose, or by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, in each case elected by the particular class or series of stock entitled to elect such directors. When one or more directors shall resign from the board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have resigned, who were elected by the particular class or series of stock entitled to elect such resigning director or directors shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, he vote or action by writing thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective. The directors shall have and may exercise all their powers notwithstanding the existence of one or more vacancies in their number, subject to any requirements of law or of the certificate of incorporation or of these by-laws as to the number of directors required for a quorum or for any vote or other actions.

 

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3.5. Committees . The board of directors may, by vote of a majority of the whole board, (a) designate, change the membership of or terminate the existence of any committee or committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors; (b) designate one or more directors as alternate members of my such committee who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee; and (c) determine the extent to which each such committee shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, including the power to authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which require it and the power and authority to declare dividends or to authorize the issuance of stock; excepting, however, such powers which by law, by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws they are prohibited from so delegating. In the absence or disqualification of any member of such committee and his alternate, if any, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not constituting a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Except as the board of directors may otherwise determine, any committee may make rules for the conduct of its business, but unless otherwise provided by the board or such rules, its business shall be conducted as nearly as may be in the same manner as is provided by these by-laws for the conduct of business by the board of directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors upon request.

3.6. Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without call or notice at such places within or without the State of Delaware and at such times as the board may from time to time determine, provided that notice of the first regular meeting following any such determination shall be given to absent directors. A regular meeting of the directors may be held without call or notice immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders.

3.7. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the board of directors may be held at any time and at any place within or without the State of Delaware designated in the notice of the meeting, when called by the chairman of the board, if any, the president, or by one-third or more in number of the directors, reasonable notice thereof being given to each director by the secretary or by the chairman of the board, if any, the president or any one of the directors calling the meeting.

3.8. Notice . It shall be reasonable and sufficient notice to a director to send notice by mail at least forty-eight hours or by telegram at least twenty-four hours before the meeting addressed to him at his usual or last known business or residence address or to give notice to him in person or by telephone at least twenty-four hours before the meeting. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director if a written waiver of notice, executed by him before or after the meeting, is filed with the records of the meeting, or to any director who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice to him. Neither notice of a meeting nor a waiver of a notice need specify the purposes of the meeting.

 

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3.9. Quorum . Except as may be otherwise provided by law, by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws at any meeting of the directors a majority of the directors then in office shall constitute a quorum; a quorum shall not in any case be less than one-third of the total number of directors constituting the whole board. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the votes cast upon the question, whether or not a quorum is present, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.

3.10. Action by Vote . Except as maybe otherwise provided by law, by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws, when a quorum is present at any meeting the vote of a majority of the directors present shall be the act of the board of directors.

3.11. Action Without a Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors or a committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the board or of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or electronic transmission, and such writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the records of the meetings of the board or of such committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. Such consent shall be treated for all purposes as the act of the board or of such committee, as the case may be.

3.12. Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone . Members of the board of directors, or any committee designated by such board, may participate in a meeting of such board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other or by any other means permitted by law. Such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

3.13. Compensation . In the discretion of the board of directors, each director may be paid such fees for his services as director and be reimbursed for his reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of his duties as director as the board of directors from time to time may determine. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving reasonable compensation therefor.

3.14. Interested Directors and Officers .

(a) No contract or transaction between the corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of the corporation’s directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the board or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:

(1) The material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the board of directors or the committee, and the board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

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(2) The material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or

(3) The contract or transaction is fair as to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the board of directors, a committee thereof, or the stockholders.

(b) Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

Section 4. OFFICERS AND AGENTS

4.1. Enumeration; Qualification . The officers of the corporation shall be a president, a treasurer, a secretary and such other officers, if any, as the board of directors from time to time may in its discretion elect or appoint including without limitation a chairman of the board, one or more vice presidents and a controller. The corporation may also have such agents, if any, as the board of directors from time to time may in its discretion choose. Any officer may be but none need be a director or stockholder. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. Any officer may be required by the board of directors to secure the faithful performance of his duties to the corporation by giving bond in such amount and with sureties or otherwise as the board of directors may determine.

4.2. Powers . Subject to law, to the certificate of incorporation and to the other provisions of these by-laws, each officer shall have, in addition to the duties and powers herein set forth, such duties and powers as are commonly incident to his office and such additional duties and powers as the board of directors may from time to time designate.

4.3. Election . The officers may be elected by the board of directors at their first meeting following the annual meeting of the stockholders or at any other time. At any time or from time to time the directors may delegate to any officer their power to elect or appoint any other officer or any agents.

4.4. Tenure . Each officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the board of directors following the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until his respective successor is chosen and qualified unless a shorter period shall have been specified by the terms of his election or appointment, or in each case until he sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each agent shall retain his authority at the pleasure of the directors, or the officer by whom he was appointed or by the officer who then holds agent appointive power.

4.5. Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Vice President . The chairman of the board, if any, shall have such duties and powers as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors. Unless the board of directors otherwise specifies, the chairman of the board, or if there is none the chief executive officer, shall preside, or designate the person who shall preside, at all meetings of the stockholders and of the board of directors.

 

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Unless the board of directors otherwise specifies, the president shall be the chief executive officer and shall have direct charge of all business operations of the corporation and, subject to the control of the directors, shall have general charge and supervision of the business of the corporation.

Any vice presidents shall have such duties and powers as shall be set forth in these by-laws or as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors or by the president.

4.6. Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers . Unless the board of directors otherwise specifies, the treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the corporation and shall be in charge of its funds and valuable papers, and shall have such other duties and powers as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or by the president. If no controller is elected, the treasurer shall, unless the board of directors otherwise specifies, also have the duties and powers of the controller.

Any assistant treasurers shall have such duties and powers as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors, the president or the treasurer.

4.7. Controller and Assistant Controllers . If a controller is elected, he shall, unless the board of directors otherwise specifies, be the chief accounting officer of the corporation and be in charge of its books of account and accounting records, and of its accounting procedures. He shall have such other duties and powers as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors, the president or the treasurer.

Any assistant controller shall have such duties and powers as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors, the president, the treasurer or the controller.

4.8. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries . The secretary shall record all proceedings of the stockholders, of the board of directors and of committees of the board of directors in a book or series of books to be kept therefor and shall file therein all actions by written consent of stockholders or directors. In the absence of the secretary from any meeting, an assistant secretary, or if there be none or he is absent, a temporary secretary chosen at the meeting, shall record the proceedings thereof. Unless a transfer agent has been appointed the secretary shall keep or cause to be kept the stock and transfer records of the corporation, which shall contain the names and record addresses of all stockholders and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. He shall have such other duties and powers as may from time to time be designated by the board of directors or the president.

Any assistant secretaries shall have such duties and powers as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors, the president or the secretary.

Section 5. RESIGNATIONS AND REMOVALS

5.1. Any director or officer may resign at any time by delivering his resignation in writing to the chairman of the board, if any, the president, or the secretary or to a meeting of the board of directors. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless specified to be effective at some other time, and without in either case the necessity of its being accepted unless the resignation shall so state. Except as may be otherwise provided by law, by the certificate of

 

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incorporation or by these by-laws, a director (including persons elected by stockholders or directors to fill vacancies in the board) may be removed from office with or without cause by the vote of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the particular class or series entitled to vote in the election of such directors. The board of directors may at any time remove any officer either with or without cause. The board of directors may at any time terminate or modify the authority of any agent.

Section 6. VACANCIES

6.1. If the office of the president or the treasurer or the secretary becomes vacant, the directors may elect a successor by vote of a majority of the directors then in office. If the office of any other officer becomes vacant, any person or body empowered to elect or appoint that officer may choose a successor. Each such successor shall hold office for the unexpired term, and in the case of the president, the treasurer and the secretary until his successor is chosen and qualified or in each case until he sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Any vacancy of a directorship shall be filled as specified in Section 3.4 of these by-laws.

Section 7. CAPITAL STOCK

7.1. Stock Certificates . Each stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate stating the number and the class and the designation of the series, if any, of the shares held by him, in such form as shall, in conformity to law, the certificate of incorporation and the by-laws, be prescribed from time to time by the board of directors. Such certificate shall be signed by the chairman or vice chairman of the board, if any, or the president or a vice president and by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer or by the secretary or an assistant secretary. Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case an officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed on such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the time of its issue.

7.2. Loss of Certificates . In the case of the alleged theft, loss, destruction or mutilation of a certificate of stock, a duplicate certificate may be issued in place thereof, upon such terms, including receipt of a bond sufficient to indemnify the corporation against any claim on account thereof, as the board of directors may prescribe.

Section 8. TRANSFER OF SHARES OF STOCK

8.1. Transfer on Books . Subject to the restrictions, if any, stated or noted on the stock certificate, shares of stock may be transferred on the books of the corporation by the surrender to the corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate therefor properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment and power of attorney properly executed, with necessary transfer stamps affixed, and with such proof of the authenticity of signature as the board of directors or the transfer agent of the corporation may reasonably require. Except as may be otherwise required by law, by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws, the corporation shall be entitled to treat the record holder of stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right to receive notice and to vote or to

 

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give any consent with respect thereto and to be held liable for such calls and assessments, if any, as may lawfully be made thereon, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such stock until the shares have been properly transferred on the books of the corporation.

It shall be the duty of each stockholder to notify the corporation of his post office address.

8.2. Record Date . In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting. If no such record date is fixed by the board of directors, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

In order that the corporal on may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors, and which date shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors. If no such record date has been fixed by the board of directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the board of directors is required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware by hand or certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to its principal place of business or to an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. If no record date has been fixed by the board of directors and prior action by the board of directors s required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty days prior to such payment, exercise or other action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

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Section 9. CORPORATE SEAL

9.1. Subject to alteration by the directors, the seal of the corporation shall consist of a flat-faced circular die with the word “Delaware” and the name of the corporation cut or engraved thereon, together with such other words, dates or images as may be approved from time to time by the directors.

Section 10. EXECUTION OF PAPERS

10.1. Except as the board of directors may generally or in particular cases authorize the execution thereof in some other manner, all deeds, leases, transfers, contracts, bonds, notes, checks, drafts or other obligations made, accepted or endorsed by the corporation shall be signed by the chairman of the board, if any, the president, a vice president or the treasurer.

Section 11. FISCAL YEAR

11.1. The fiscal year of the corporation shall end on the 31 st of December in each year.

Section 12. AMENDMENTS

12.1. These by-laws may be adopted, amended or repealed by vote of a majority of the directors then in office or by vote of a majority of the voting power of the stock outstanding and entitled to vote. Any by-law, whether adopted, amended or repealed by the stockholders or directors, may be amended or reinstated by the stockholders or the directors.

 

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Exhibit 3.18

 

      State of Delaware
      Secretary of State
      Division of Corporations
      Delivered 03:10 PM 07/22/2011
      FILED 02:47 PM 07/22/2011
      SRV 110849650 - 3884288 FILE

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

DOTSTER, INC.

Dotster, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ Corporation ”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

FIRST: The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, which was originally known as DSTR Holdings, Inc., was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on November 19, 2004.

SECOND: An Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on December 21, 2004, and subsequently amended on December 28, 2004.

THIRD: A Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on April 8, 2005, and subsequently amended on December 14, 2005.

THIRD: The Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 245 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware by the directors and stockholders of the Corporation.

FOURTH: The Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation so adopted reads in full as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and is hereby incorporated herein by this reference.

[Signature on Following Page]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by a duly authorized officer this 22nd day of July, 2011.

 

DOTSTER, INC.
By:  

/s/ Hari Ravichandran

Name:   Hari Ravichandran
Title:   President and CEO


THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

DOTSTER, INC.

FIRST : The name of the corporation is:

Dotster, Inc.

SECOND : The registered office of the corporation is to be located at 1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

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

FOURTH : The corporation shall have the authority to issue 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

FIFTH : Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between the corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between the corporation and its stock holders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of the corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for the corporation under the provisions of §291 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for the corporation under the provisions of §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 the 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 the corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization of the corporation as a 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 the corporation, as the case may be, and also on the corporation.

SIXTH : A director of this corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for the breach of any fiduciary duty as a director, except in the case of (a) any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or


a knowing violation of law, (c) under section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or (d) for any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended after the effective date of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation 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 General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Any repeal or modification of this Article by the stockholders of the corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

SEVENTH : The corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as the same is now or may hereafter be in effect, indemnify each person (including the heirs, executors, administrators and other personal representatives of such person) against expenses including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed suit, action or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature or otherwise) in which such person may be involved by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving any other incorporated or unincorporated enterprise in such capacity at the request of the corporation.

EIGHTH : Unless, and except to the extent that, the bylaws of the corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the corporation need not be by written ballot.

NINTH : In further of and not in limitation of powers conferred by statute, the corporation hereby confers the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws of the corporation upon the directors.

TENTH : Meetings of the stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the bylaws of the corporation may provide.

ELEVENTH : To the extent permitted by law, the books of the corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated in the bylaws of the corporation or from time to time by its directors.

TWELFTH : In accordance with the provisions of Section 122(17) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the corporation renounces any interest or expectancy of the corporation in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any Excluded Opportunity. An “Excluded Opportunity” is any matter, transaction or interest that is presented to, or acquired, created or developed by, or which otherwise comes into the possession of any director or officer of the corporation who is not an employee of the corporation or any of its subsidiaries (collectively, “Covered Persons”), unless such matter, transaction or interest is presented to, or acquired, created or developed by, or otherwise comes into the possession of, a Covered Person expressly and solely in such Covered Person’s capacity as a director or officer of the corporation.


THIRTEENTH : Except as otherwise be provided herein, the corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal any provision contained in this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon a stockholder herein are granted subject to this reservation.

Exhibit 3.19

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

DOTSTER, INC.

 

1. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS.

1.1 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing directors and the transaction of such other business as may come before it shall be held each year at such date, time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be determined by the board of directors (the “Board”).

1.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be held at any time called by the Chairman of the Board or by resolution of the Board or shall be called by the president or secretary upon receipt of a written request stating the purpose or purposes of the meeting from a majority of the directors then in office or the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. Only business related to the purposes set forth in the notice of the meeting may be transacted at a special meeting.

1.3 Place and Time of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders may be held in or outside the State of Delaware at the place and time specified by the Board or the directors or stockholders requesting the meeting.

1.4 Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice. Prior written notice of each meeting of stockholders shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, except that (a) it shall not be necessary to give notice to any stockholder who submits a signed waiver of notice before or after the meeting, and (b) no notice of an adjourned meeting need be given, except when required under section 1.5 below or by law. Each notice of a meeting shall be given, personally or by mail (including electronic mail), not fewer than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the meeting and shall state the time and place of the meeting, and, unless it is the annual meeting, shall state at whose direction or request the meeting is called and the purposes for which it is called. If mailed, notice shall be considered given when mailed to a stockholder at his address (including electronic mail address, if applicable) on the corporation’s records. The attendance of any stockholder at a meeting, without protesting at the beginning of the meeting that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, shall constitute a waiver of notice by him.

1.5 Quorum. At any meeting of stockholders, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. In the absence of a quorum, a majority in voting interest of those present or, if no stockholders are present, any officer entitled to preside at or to act as secretary of the meeting, may adjourn the meeting until a quorum is present. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any action may be taken that might have been taken at the meeting as originally called. No notice of an adjourned meeting need be given, if the time and place are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, except that, if adjournment is for more than 30 days or if, after the adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given pursuant to section 1.4.

1.6 Voting; Proxies. Except as may be otherwise provided in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder of record shall be entitled to one vote for each share registered in his name. Corporate action to be taken by stockholder vote, other than the election of

 

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directors, shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, by section 1.8 or as specified in the Certificate of Incorporation (as may be amended from time to time). Directors shall be elected in the manner provided in section 2.1. Voting need not be by written ballot, unless requested by a majority of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting or ordered by the chairman of the meeting. Each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders or to express consent to or dissent from corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person to act for him by proxy. No proxy shall be valid after three years from its date, unless it provides otherwise.

1.7 List of Stockholders. Not fewer than ten (10) days prior to the date of any meeting of stockholders, the secretary of the corporation shall prepare a complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in his name. For a period of not fewer than ten (10) days prior to the meeting, the list shall be made available during ordinary business hours for inspection by any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting. During this period, the list shall be kept either (a) at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, if that place shall have been specified in the notice of the meeting, or (b) if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be available for inspection by stockholders at the time and place of the meeting.

1.8 Action by Consent Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing (including via electronic transmission), setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not fewer than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice of the taking of any such action shall be given to those stockholders who did not consent in writing.

An electronic transmission (as defined in section 7.1) consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxy holder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxy holder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for purposes of this section, provided , that any such electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the Company can determine (i) that the electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxy holder and (ii) the date on which such stockholder or authorized person or persons transmitted such electronic transmission.

In the event that the Board shall have instructed the officers of the Company to solicit the vote or written consent of the stockholders of the Company, an electronic transmission of a stockholder written consent given pursuant to such solicitation may be delivered to the secretary or the president of the Company or a designee of the secretary or the president. The secretary or the president of the Company or a designee of the secretary or the president shall cause any such written consent by electronic transmission to be reproduced in paper form and inserted into the corporate records.

 

2. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

2.1 Number, Qualification, Election and Term of Directors. The business of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board consisting of at least one (1) director. The number of directors may be set or changed by resolution of a majority of the Board or by the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote, unless otherwise specified in the Certificate of Incorporation, but no decrease may shorten the term of any incumbent director. Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders by a plurality of the votes cast and shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until the election and qualification of their respective successors, subject to the provisions of section 2.9. As used in these bylaws, the term “entire Board” means the total number of directors the corporation would have, if there were no vacancies on the Board.

 

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2.2 Quorum and Manner of Acting. A majority of the directors on the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting. Action of the Board shall be authorized by the vote of the majority of the directors present at the time of the vote, if there is a quorum, unless otherwise provided by law or these bylaws. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors present may adjourn any meeting from time to time until a quorum is present.

2.3 Place of Meetings. Meetings of the Board may be held in or outside the State of Delaware.

2.4 Annual and Regular Meetings. Annual meetings of the Board, for the election of officers and consideration of other matters, shall be held either (a) without notice immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders and at the same place, or (b) as soon as practicable after the annual meeting of stockholders, on notice as provided in section 2.6. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such times and places as the Board determines. If the day fixed for a regular meeting is a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next business day.

2.5 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman of the Board or by a majority of the directors.

2.6 Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice. Notice of the time and place of each special meeting of the Board, and of each annual meeting not held immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders and at the same place, shall be given to each director by mailing it to him at his residence or usual place of business at least three days prior to the meeting, or by delivering (including via electronic mail) or telephoning or telegraphing it to him at least two days before the meeting. Notice of a special meeting also shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Notice need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice before or after the meeting or who attends the meeting without protesting at the beginning of the meeting the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. Notice of any adjourned meeting need not be given, other than by announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.

2.7 Board or Committee Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board or by any committee of the Board may be taken without a meeting, if all the members of the Board or the committee consent in writing or electronic transmission to the adoption of a resolution authorizing the action. The resolution, the written consents, and the electronic transmissions by the members of the Board or the committee shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or the committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

2.8 Participation in Board or Committee Meetings Telephonically. Any or all members of the Board or any committee of the Board may participate in a meeting of the Board or any committee telephonically or by similar communications equipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

2.9 Resignation and Removal of Directors. Any director may resign at any time by delivering his resignation in writing to the Chairman of the Board, president or secretary of the corporation, to take effect at the time specified in the resignation; the acceptance of a resignation, unless required by its terms, shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any director may be removed at any time, either with or without cause, by vote of the stockholders entitled to elect such director.

 

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2.10 Vacancies. Any vacancy in the Board, including one created by an increase in the number of directors, may be filled for the unexpired term by a majority vote of the stockholders entitled to elect such director.

2.11 Compensation. Directors shall receive such compensation as the Board determines, together with reimbursement of their reasonable expenses in connection with the performance of their duties. A director also may be paid for serving the corporation or its affiliates or subsidiaries in other capacities.

 

3. COMMITTEES.

3.1 Executive Committee. The Board, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may designate an executive committee of one or more directors, which shall have all the powers and authority of the Board, except as otherwise provided in the resolution, section 141(c) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware or any other applicable law. The members of the executive committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. All action of the executive committee shall be reported to the Board at its next meeting.

3.2 Other Committees. The Board, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may designate other committees of one or more directors, which shall serve at the Board’s pleasure and have such powers and duties as the Board determines.

3.3 Rules Applicable to Committees. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Each committee shall adopt rules of procedure and shall meet as provided by those rules or by resolutions of the Board.

 

4. OFFICERS.

4.1 Number; Security. The executive officers of the corporation shall be a president, a secretary and such other officers that the Board may appoint from time to time including a chairman, a chief executive officer, one or more vice presidents (including an executive vice president, if the Board so determines) and a treasurer. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. The board may require any officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his duties.

4.2 Election; Term of Office. The executive officers of the corporation shall be elected annually by the Board, and each such officer shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the Board and until the election of his successor, subject to the provisions of section 4.4.

4.3 Subordinate Officers. The Board may appoint subordinate officers (including assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers), agents or employees, each of whom shall hold office for such period and have such powers and duties as the Board determines. The Board may delegate to any executive officer or committee the power to appoint and define the powers and duties of any subordinate officers, agents or employees.

4.4 Resignation and Removal of Officers. Any officer may resign at any time by delivering his resignation in writing to the chairman of the Board, president or secretary of the

 

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corporation, to take effect at the time specified in the resignation; the acceptance of a resignation, unless required by its terms, shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board or appointed by an executive officer or by a committee may be removed by the Board either with or without cause, and in the case of an officer appointed by an executive officer or by a committee, by the officer or committee that appointed him or by the chairman.

4.5 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office may be filled for the unexpired term in the manner prescribed in sections 4.2 and 4.3 for election or appointment to the office.

4.6 The Chairman. The chairman of the Board shall preside over all meetings of the board at which he is present, and shall have such other powers and duties as chairmen of the boards of corporations usually have or the Board assigns to him.

4.7 The Chief Executive Officer. Subject to the control of the Board, the chief executive officer of the corporation shall manage and direct the daily business and affairs of the corporation and shall communicate to the Board and any Committee thereof reports, proposals and recommendations for their respective consideration or action. He may do and perform all acts on behalf of the Corporation and shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders if present thereat, and in the absence of the chairman of the Board have such powers and perform such duties as the Board or the chairman may from time to time prescribe or as may be prescribed in these Bylaws, and in the event of the absence, incapacity or inability to act of the chairman, then the chief executive officer shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the chairman.

4.8 President. The president shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board or the chairman may from time to time prescribe or as may be prescribed in these bylaws and in the event of the absence, incapacity or inability to act of the chief executive officer, then the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the chief executive officer.

4.9 Vice President. Each vice president shall have such powers and duties as the Board or the chairman assigns to him.

4.10 The Treasurer. The treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the corporation and shall have custody of the corporation’s funds and securities, shall keep full and accurate account of receipts and disbursements, shall deposit all monies and valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depository or depositories as may be designated by the Board. Subject to the control of the Board, he shall have such other powers and duties as the Board or the president assigns to him.

4.11 The Secretary. The secretary shall be the secretary of, and keep the minutes of, all meetings of the Board and the stockholders, shall be responsible for giving notice of all meetings of stockholders and the Board, shall have charge of the certificate books, transfer books, and stock papers as the Board may direct, and shall keep the seal (if any) and, when authorized by the Board, apply it to any instrument requiring it. Subject to the control of the Board, he shall have such powers and duties as the Board or the president assigns to him. He shall in general perform all duties incident to the office of the secretary, subject to the control of the Board, the chairman of the Board and the president. In the absence of the secretary from any meeting, the minutes shall be kept by the person appointed for that purpose by the presiding officer.

4.12 Salaries. The Board may fix the officers’ salaries, if any, or it may authorize the chairman to fix the salary of any other officer.

 

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5. SHARES.

5.1 Certificates. The corporation’s shares shall be represented by certificates in the form approved by the Board. Each certificate shall be signed by the chairman, chief executive officer, president or a vice president, and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and, if the Board has adopted a seal, shall be sealed with the corporation’s seal or a facsimile of the seal. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile so long as the certificate is original.

5.2 Transfers. Transfers of shares of stock of the Company shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by an attorney duly authorized, and, if such stock is certificated, upon the surrender of a certificate or certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer.

5.3 Determination of Stockholders of Record. The Board may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of the stockholders, or to express consent to or dissent from any proposal without a meeting, or to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action. The record date may not be more than sixty (60) or fewer than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting or more than sixty (60) days before any other action.

 

6. INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE .

6.1 Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he, or a person of whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action or inaction in an official capacity or in any other capacity while serving as director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as amended from time to time, against all costs, charges, expenses, liabilities and losses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, and that indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in section 6.2, the corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by that person, only if that proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board. The right to indemnification conferred in these bylaws shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as amended from time to time, requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by that person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced, if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under these bylaws or otherwise. The corporation may, by action of its Board, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers.

 

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6.2 Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under section 6.1 is not paid in full by the corporation within thirty (30) days after a written claim has been received by the corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant also shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting that claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, where the required undertaking, if any, is required and has been tendered to the corporation) that the claimant has failed to meet a standard of conduct that makes it permissible under Delaware law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board, its independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is permissible in the circumstances because he has met that standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board, its independent counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met that standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has failed to meet that standard of conduct.

6.3 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this section 6 shall not be exclusive of any other right any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

6.4 Insurance. The corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against that expense, liability or loss under Delaware law.

6.5 Expenses as a Witness. To the extent any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation is by reason of such position, or a position with another entity at the request of the corporation, a witness in any action, suit or proceeding, he shall be indemnified against all costs and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith.

6.6 Indemnity Agreements. The corporation may enter into an agreement with any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation providing for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.

 

7. MISCELLANEOUS.

7.1 Electronic Transmission. An electronic transmission means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that my be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

7.2 Seal. The Board may adopt a corporate seal, which, if adopted, shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the corporation’s name and the year and state in which it was incorporated.

7.3 Fiscal Year. The Board may determine the corporation’s fiscal year. Until changed by the Board, the last day of the corporation’s fiscal year shall be December 31.

 

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7.4 Voting of Shares in Other Corporations. Shares in other corporations held by the corporation may be represented and voted by an officer of this corporation or by proxy or proxies appointed by one of them. The Board may, however, appoint some other person to vote the shares.

7.5 Amendments. These bylaws may be amended, repealed or adopted by the Board or stockholders.

 

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Exhibit 3.20

 

LOGO    Utah Department of Commerce   
   Division of Corporations & Commercial Code   
   160 East 300 South, 2nd Floor, S.M. Box 146705   
   Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6705   
   Phone: (801) 530-4849   
   Toll Free: (877)526-3994 Utah Residents   
   Fax: (801) 530-6438   
   Web Site: http://www.commerce.utah.gov   

 

Registration Number:   6146767-0142    January 5, 2016
Business Name:   FASTDOMAIN INC.   
Registered Date:   MARCH 15, 2006   

 

 

 

CERTIFIED COPY OF

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

THE UTAH DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS AND COMMERCIAL CODE (“DIVISION”) HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT THE ATTACHED IS TRUE, CORRECT, AND COMPLETE COPY OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

FASTDOMAIN INC.

AS APPEARS OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE DIVISION.

 

LOGO   

 

 

/s/ Kathy Berg

 

Kathy Berg

Director

Division of Corporations and Commercial Code

  
  
  

 

 

 

Dept. of Professional Licensing    Real Estate    Public Utilities    Securities    Consumer Protection
(801)530-6628    (801)530-6747    (801)530-6651    (801)530-6600    (801)530-6601


File Number 6146767

Profit Corporation

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

FastDomain Inc.

We, the undersigned, persons acting as incorporators under the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act, adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for such Corporation:

Article I

The name of the corporation is FastDomain Inc

Article II

The Purpose or Purposes for which the corporation is organized

This company will be a domain registrar We will sell domain names to individuals

The corporation shall further have unlimited power to engage in and do any lawful act concerning any and all lawful business for which corporations may be organized under the Utah Business Corporation Act and any amendments thereto

Article III

 

Class of Shares

   Number of Shares  

Common

     10000   

Preferred

     0   

Article IV

The address of the corporation’s initial registered office shall be:

 

2777 North Foothill Drive

Provo, UT, 84604

The corporation’s initial registered agent at such address shall be:

 

Matthew Heaton

I hereby acknowledge and accept appointment as corporation registered agent:

 

Matthew Martin Heaton

signature


Article V

The names and addressess of the incorporators are:

 

Incorporator #1

Daniel Wilson Ashworth

6192 West Valley View Drive

Highland, UT, 84003

Daniel Wilson Ashworth

Signature

In Witness Whereof I / We have executed these Articles of Incorporation on 15 March, 2006 and say:

That they are all incorporators herein; that they have read the above and foregoing Articles of Incorporation; know the contents thereof and that the same is true to the best of their knowledge and belief, excepting as to matters herein alleged upon information and belief and as to those matters they believe to be true.

Article VI

The name(s)and address(es)of each officer and director:

 

Officer #1

Daniel Wilson Ashworth

6192 West Valley View Drive

Highland, UT, 84003

Daniel Wilson Ashworth

Signature

 

Director #1

Matthew Martin Heaton

2777 North Foothill Drive

Provo, UT, 84604

Matthew Martin Heaton

Signature

Article VII

The street address of the principal place of the business is:

 

1548 North Technology Way

Orem, UT, 84097

Article VIII

The duration of the corporation shall be Perpetual


LOGO  

State of Utah

Department of Commerce

Division of Corporations & Commercial Code

 
 

 

This certifies that this registration has been filed and approved on 15 March, 2006 in the office of the Division and hereby issues this Certification thereof

 
 

 

/s/ Kathy Berg

 

 
  KATHY BERG  
  Division Director  

Under GRAMA (63-2-201), all registration information maintained by the Division is classified as public record For confidentiality purposes, the business entity physical address may be provided rather than the residential or private address of any individual affiliated with the entity

Exhibit 3.21

BYLAWS

OF

FASTDOMAIN INC.

a Utah corporation

October 11, 2010


T A B L E    O F    C O N T E N T S

 

ARTICLE 1 OFFICES

     1   

Section 1.1.

  Business Offices      1   

Section 1.2.

  Registered Office      1   

ARTICLE 2 SHAREHOLDERS

     1   

Section 2.1.

  Annual Shareholder Meeting      1   

Section 2.2.

  Special Shareholder Meetings      1   

Section 2.3.

  Place of Shareholder Meeting      1   

Section 2.4.

  Notice of Shareholder Meeting      2   

Section 2.5.

  Fixing of Record Date      3   

Section 2.6.

  Shareholder List      4   

Section 2.7.

  Shareholder Quorum and Voting Requirements      4   

Section 2.8.

  Proxies      4   

Section 2.9.

  Voting of Shares      5   

Section 2.10.

  Corporation’s Acceptance of Votes      5   

Section 2.11.

  Informal Action by Shareholders      6   

Section 2.12.

  Voting for Directors      7   

Section 2.13.

  Shareholder’s Rights to Inspect Corporate Records      8   

Section 2.14.

  Furnishing Financial Statements to a Shareholder      9   

Section 2.15.

  Information Respecting Shares      9   

ARTICLE 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     9   

Section 3.1.

  General Powers      9   

Section 3.2.

  Number, Tenure, and Qualifications of Directors      10   

Section 3.3.

  Regular Meetings of the Board of Directors      10   

Section 3.4.

  Special Meetings of the Board of Directors      10   

Section 3.5.

  Notice and Waiver of Notice of Special Director Meetings      10   

Section 3.6.

  Director Quorum      11   

Section 3.7.

  Manner of Acting      11   

Section 3.8.

  Director Action Without a Meeting      11   

Section 3.9.

  Removal of Directors      12   

Section 3.10.

  Board of Director Vacancies      12   

Section 3.11.

  Director Compensation      12   

Section 3.12.

  Director Committees      13   

Section 3.13.

  Director’s Rights to Inspect Corporate Records      13   

ARTICLE 4 OFFICERS

     14   

Section 4.1.

  Number of Officers      14   

Section 4.2.

  Appointment and Term of Office      15   

Section 4.3.

  Removal of Officers      15   

Section 4.4.

  President      15   

Section 4.5.

  Vice Presidents      15   

Section 4.6.

  Secretary      15   

Section 4.7.

  Treasurer      16   

Section 4.8.

  Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers      16   

Section 4.9.

  Salaries      16   

 

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ARTICLE 5 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, FIDUCIARIES, AND AGENTS

     17   

Section 5.1.

  Indemnification of Directors      17   

Section 5.2.

  Advance of Expenses for Directors      17   

Section 5.3.

  Indemnification of Officers, Employees, Fiduciaries, and Agents      18   

ARTICLE 6 CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

     18   

Section 6.1.

  Certificates for Shares      18   

Section 6.2.

  Shares Without Certificates      .19   

Section 6.3.

  Registration of Transfer of Shares      19   

Section 6.4.

  Restrictions on Transfer of Shares Permitted      19   

Section 6.5.

  Acquisition of Shares      20   

ARTICLE 7 DISTRIBUTIONS

     21   

Section 7.1.

  Distributions      21   

ARTICLE 8 CORPORATE SEAL

     21   

Section 8.1.

  Corporate Seal      21   

ARTICLE 9 FISCAL YEAR

     21   

Section 9.1.

  Fiscal Year      21   

ARTICLE 10 AMENDMENTS

     21   

Section 10.1.

  Amendments      21   

 

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BYLAWS

OF

FASTDOMAIN INC.

ARTICLE 1

OFFICES

Section 1.1. Business Offices . The principal office of the Corporation shall be located at any place either within or outside the State of Utah, as designated in the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or the Corporation’s most recent annual report on file with the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code providing such information. The Corporation may have such other offices, either within or outside the State of Utah as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the Corporation may require from time to time. The Corporation shall maintain at its principal office a copy of those records specified in Section 2.13 of these Bylaws. (16-10a-102(24)) 1

Section 1.2. Registered Office . The registered office of the Corporation required by the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act, as amended (the “ Act ”) shall be located within the State of Utah. The address of the registered office may be changed from time to time. (16-10a-501 and 16-10a-502)

ARTICLE 2

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 2.1. Annual Shareholder Meeting . The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the first Wednesday in August in each year, beginning with the year 2011, or on such other day and at such time as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting is a legal holiday in the State of Utah, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. (16-10a-701)

Section 2.2. Special Shareholder Meetings . Special meetings of the shareholders may be called, for any purposes described in the notice of the meeting, by the president, or by the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the president at the request of the holders of not less than one tenth (1/10 th ) of all outstanding votes of the Corporation entitled to be cast on any issue at the meeting. (16-10a-702)

Section 2.3. Place of Shareholder Meeting . The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or outside the State of Utah, as the place for any annual meeting of the shareholders and for any special meeting of the shareholders called by the Board of Directors. The president of the Corporation or any group of shareholders of the Corporation may designate any place, within or outside the State of Utah, as the place for any special meeting of the shareholders called by the president or the group of shareholders. If no designation is made by the Board of Directors, the president, or the group of shareholders, as the case may be, the place of the meeting shall be the principal office of the Corporation. (16-10a-701(2) and 16 10a 702(3))

 

1   Citations in parentheses are to Utah Code Annotated. These citations are for reference only and shall not constitute a part of these Bylaws.

 

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Section 2.4. Notice of Shareholder Meeting .

(a) Required Notice. Written notice stating the place, day, and hour of any annual or special shareholder meeting shall be delivered not less than twenty (20) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, the president, or other persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, and to any other shareholder entitled by the Act or the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation to receive notice of the meeting. Notice shall be deemed to be effective when mailed.

Notice shall not be required to be given to any shareholder to whom:

(1) A notice of two consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings or of the taking of action by written consent without a meeting during the period between the two (2) consecutive annual meetings, have been mailed, addressed to the shareholder at the shareholder’s address as shown on the records of the Corporation, and have been returned undeliverable; or

(2) at least two (2) payments, if sent by first class mail, of dividends or interest on securities during a twelve (12) month period, have been mailed, addressed to the shareholder at the shareholder’s address as shown on the records of the Corporation, and have been returned undeliverable.

If a shareholder to whom notice is not required delivers to the Corporation a written notice setting forth the shareholder’s current address, or if another address for the shareholder is otherwise made known to the Corporation, the requirement that notice be given to the shareholder is reinstated. (16-10a-103 and 16-10a-705)

(b) Adjourned Meeting . If any shareholder meeting is adjourned to a different date, time, or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time, or place, if the new date, time, or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. However, if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date for the adjourned meeting is or must be fixed (see Section 2.5 of these Bylaws), then notice must be given pursuant to the requirements of paragraph (a) of this Section 2.4 to shareholders of record who are entitled to vote at the meeting. (16-10a-705(4))

(c) Waiver of Notice . Any shareholder may waive notice of a meeting (or any notice required by the Act, the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws), by a writing signed by the shareholder, which is delivered to the Corporation (either before or after the date and time stated in the notice as the date or time when any action will occur or has occurred) for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the Corporation’s records.

 

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A shareholder’s attendance at a meeting:

(1) Waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting;

(2) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented. (16-10a-706)

(d) Contents of Notice . Notice of any special meeting of the shareholders shall include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except as provided in this Section 2.4(d), in the Articles of Incorporation, or in the Act, notice of an annual meeting of the shareholders need not include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. (16-10a-705(2) and (3))

Section 2.5. Fixing of Record Date . For the purpose of determining shareholders of any voting group entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting or to demand a special meeting, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any distribution or dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date. Such record date shall not be more than seventy days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. If no record date is so fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date shall be at the close of business:

(a) With respect to an annual meeting of the shareholders or any special meeting of the shareholders called by the Board of Directors or any person or group specifically authorized by these Bylaws to call a meeting of the shareholders, as of the close of business on the day before the first notice is delivered to shareholders; (16-10a-707(1))

(b) with respect to a special shareholder meeting demanded by the shareholders, on (i) the earliest date of any of the demands pursuant to which the meeting is called, or (ii) the date that is sixty (60) days prior to the date the first of the written demands is received by the Corporation, whichever is later; (16-10a-702(2))

(c) with respect to actions taken in writing without a meeting (pursuant to Section 2.11 of these Bylaws), on the date the first shareholder delivers to the Corporation a signed written consent upon which the action is taken; (16-10a-704(6))

(d) with respect to a distribution to shareholders (other than one involving a repurchase or reacquisition of shares), on the date the Board of Directors authorizes the distribution; and (16-10a-40(2))

(e) with respect to the payment of a share dividend, on the date the Board of Directors authorizes the share dividend. (16-10a-623(3))

When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this Section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date, which it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date fixed for the original meeting. (16-10a-707)

 

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Section 2.6. Shareholder List . The secretary shall make a complete record of the shareholders entitled to vote at each meeting of shareholders, arranged in alphabetical order within each class or series, with the address of and the number of shares held by each. The list must be arranged by voting group (if such exists; see Section 2.7 of these Bylaws) and within each voting group by class or series of shares. The shareholder list must be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning on the earlier of ten days before the meeting for which the list was prepared or two business days after notice of the meeting is given and continuing through the meeting and any adjournments. The list shall be available at the Corporation’s principal office or at a place identified in the notice of the meeting in the city where the meeting is to be held. A shareholder, his agent, or attorney is entitled on written demand to inspect and, subject to the requirements of Section 2.13 of these Bylaws, to inspect and copy the list during regular business hours and during the period it is available for inspection. The Corporation shall maintain the shareholder list in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time. (16-10a-720)

Section 2.7. Shareholder Quorum and Voting Requirements . If the Articles of Incorporation or the Act provide for voting by a single voting group on a matter, action on that matter is taken when voted upon by that voting group.

Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on a matter at a meeting only if a quorum of those shares exists with respect to that matter. Unless the Articles of Incorporation, a Bylaw adopted by the shareholders pursuant to the Act, or the Act provide otherwise, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter by the voting group constitutes a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter.

If the Articles of Incorporation or the Act provide for voting by two or more voting groups on a matter, action on that matter is taken only when voted upon by each of those voting groups counted separately. One voting group may vote on a matter even though another voting group entitled to vote on the matter has not voted.

Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, including the purpose of determining that a quorum exists, it is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting, unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting.

If a quorum exists, action on a matter (other than the election of directors) by a voting group is approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the Articles of Incorporation, a Bylaw adopted by the shareholders pursuant to the Act, or the Act require a greater number of affirmative votes. (16 10a-725 and 16-10a-726)

Section 2.8. Proxies . At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote in person or by a proxy executed in any lawful manner. Such proxy shall be filed with the Corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy. (16-10a-722)

 

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Section 2.9. Voting of Shares . Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each outstanding share entitled to vote shall be entitled to one (1) vote, and each fractional share shall be entitled to a corresponding fractional vote, upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders.

Except as provided by specific court order, no shares of the Corporation held by another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote for the election of directors of such other corporation are held by the Corporation, shall be voted at any meeting of the Corporation or counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time for purposes of any meeting. However, the power of the Corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity is not hereby limited.

Redeemable shares are not entitled to be voted after notice of redemption is mailed to the holders thereof and a sum sufficient to redeem the shares has been deposited with a bank, trust company, or other financial institution under an irrevocable obligation to pay the holders the redemption price on surrender of the shares. (16-10a-721)

Section 2.10. Corporation’s Acceptance of Votes .

(a) If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation corresponds to the name of a shareholder, the Corporation, if acting in good faith, is entitled to accept the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation and give it effect as the act of the shareholder.

(b) If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation does not correspond to the name of a shareholder, the Corporation, if acting in good faith, is nevertheless entitled to accept the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation and give it effect as the act of the shareholder if:

(1) The shareholder is an entity as defined in the Act and the name signed purports to be that of an officer or agent of the entity;

(2) the name signed purports to be that of an administrator, executor, guardian, or conservator representing the shareholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence of fiduciary status acceptable to the Corporation has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation;

(3) the name signed purports to be that of a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of the shareholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence of this status acceptable to the Corporation has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation;

(4) the name signed purports to be that of a pledgee, beneficial owner, or attorney in fact of the shareholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence acceptable to the Corporation of the signatory’s authority to sign for the shareholder has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation;

 

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(5) two or more persons are the shareholder as cotenants or fiduciaries and the name signed purports to be the name of at least one of the cotenants or fiduciaries and the person signing appears to be acting on behalf of all the cotenants or fiduciaries; or

(6) the acceptance of the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation is otherwise proper under rules established by the Corporation that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 2.10 .

(c) If shares of the Corporation are registered in the names of two or more persons, or if two or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the secretary is given written notice to the contrary and furnished with a copy of the instrument creating the relationship, their acts with respect to voting shall have the following effect:

(1) If only one votes, the act binds all;

(2) if more than one vote, the act of the majority so voting binds all;

(3) if more than one vote, but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in question proportionately; and

(4) if the instrument so filed or the registration of the shares shows that any tenancy is held in unequal interests, a majority or even split for the purpose of this Section 2.10 shall be a majority or even split in interest.

(d) The Corporation is entitled to reject a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation if the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes, acting in good faith, has reasonable basis for doubt about the validity of the signature on it or about the signatory’s authority to sign for the shareholder.

(e) The Corporation and its officer or agent who accepts or rejects a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation in good faith and in accordance with the standards of this Section 2.10 are not liable in damages to the shareholder for the consequences of the acceptance or rejection.

(f) Corporate action based on the acceptance or rejection of a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment, or proxy appointment revocation under this Section 2.10 is valid unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines otherwise. (16-10a-724)

Section 2.11. Informal Action by Shareholders .

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if one or more consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.

 

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(b) Unless written consents of all shareholders entitled to vote have been obtained, the Corporation shall give notice of any shareholder approval without a meeting at least ten days before the consummation of the action authorized by the approval to:

(1) Those shareholders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing; and

(2) those shareholders not entitled to vote and to whom the Act requires notice be given.

Such notice shall contain or be accompanied by the same material that would have been required if a formal meeting had been called to consider the action.

(c) Any shareholder giving a written consent, or the shareholders’ proxyholder, or a transferee of the shares or a personal representative of the shareholder or their respective proxyholder, may revoke the consent by a signed writing describing the action and stating that the shareholder’s prior consent is revoked, if the writing is received by the Corporation prior to the effectiveness of the action.

(d) Action taken pursuant to this Section 2.11 is not effective unless all written consents on which the Corporation relies for the taking of action are received by the Corporation within a sixty (60) day period and are not revoked. Action thus taken is effective as of the date the last written consent necessary to effect the action is received by the Corporation, unless all the written consents necessary to effect the action specify a later date as the effective date of action. If the Corporation has received written consents signed by all shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the action, the effective date of the action may be any date that is specified in all the written consents as the effective date of the action. The writing may be received by the Corporation by electronically transmitted facsimile or other form of communication providing the Corporation with a complete copy thereof, including a copy of the signature.

(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this Section 2.11 , directors may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.

(f) Action taken under this Section 2.11 has the same effect as action taken at a meeting of shareholders and may be so described in any document. (16-10a-704)

Section 2.12. Voting for Directors . At each election of directors, each shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall be entitled to one vote per share for each of the directors to be elected. Shareholders do not have a right to cumulate their votes for the election of directors unless the articles of incorporation so provide. (16-10a-728)

 

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Section 2.13. Shareholder’s Rights to Inspect Corporate Records .

(a) Minutes and Accounting Records . The Corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its shareholders and Board of Directors, a record of all actions taken by its shareholders or Board of Directors without a meeting, a record of all actions taken on behalf of the Corporation by a committee of the Board of Directors in place of the Board of Directors, and a record of all waivers of notices of meetings of its shareholders, meetings of the Board of Directors, or any meetings of committees of the Board of Directors. The Corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records. (16-10a-1601(1) and (2))

(b) Absolute Inspection Rights of Records Required at Principal Office . If a shareholder gives the Corporation written notice of the shareholder’s demand at least five business days before the date on which the shareholder wishes to inspect and copy, a shareholder (or the shareholder’s agent or attorney) has the right to inspect and copy, during regular business hours, any of the following records, all of which the Corporation is required to keep at its principal office:

(1) The Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation currently in effect;

(2) the Corporation’s Bylaws currently in effect;

(3) the minutes of all shareholders’ meetings, and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting, for the past three years;

(4) all written communications within the past three (3) years to shareholders as a group or to the holders of any class or series of shares as a group;

(5) a list of the names and business addresses of the Corporation’s current officers and directors;

(6) the Corporation’s most recent annual report delivered to the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code; and

(7) all financial statements prepared for periods ending during the last three years that a shareholder could request pursuant to Section 16-10a-1605 of the Act. (16 10a-1601(5) and 16-10a-1602(1))

(c) Conditional Inspection Right . If a shareholder gives the Corporation a written demand made in good faith and for a proper purpose at least five business days before the date on which the shareholder wishes to inspect and copy, the shareholder describes with reasonable particularity the shareholder’s purpose and the records the shareholder desires to inspect, and the records are directly connected with the shareholder’s purpose, the shareholder (or the shareholder’s agent or attorney) is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at a reasonable location specified by the Corporation, any of the following records of the Corporation:

(1) Excerpts from:

(i) Minutes of any meeting of the Board of Directors, records of any action of a committee of the Board of Directors while acting on behalf of the Corporation in place of the Board of Directors;

 

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(ii) minutes of any meeting of the shareholders;

(iii) records of action taken by the shareholders without a meeting; and

(iv) waivers of notices of any meeting of the shareholders, of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors;

(2) accounting records of the Corporation; and

(3) the record of the Corporation’s shareholders referred to in Section 16-10a-1601(3) of the Act. (16-10a-1602(2))

(d) Copy Costs . The right to copy records includes, if reasonable, the right to receive copies made by photographic, xerographic, or other means. The Corporation may impose a reasonable charge, payable in advance, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of any documents provided to a shareholder. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production or reproduction of the records. (16-10a-1603)

(e) Shareholder Includes Beneficial Owner . For purposes of this Section 2.14 , the term “shareholder” shall include a beneficial owner whose shares are held in a voting trust and any other beneficial owner who establishes beneficial ownership. (16 10a 1602(4)(b))

Section 2.14. Furnishing Financial Statements to a Shareholder . Upon the written request of any shareholder, the Corporation shall mail to the shareholder its most recent annual or quarterly financial statements showing in reasonable detail its assets and liabilities and the results of its operations. (16-10a-1605)

Section 2.15. Information Respecting Shares . Upon the written request of any shareholder, the Corporation, at its own expense, shall mail to the shareholder information respecting the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights applicable to each class of shares, the variations determined for each series, and the authority of the Board of Directors to determine variations for any existing or future class or series. The Corporation may comply by mailing the shareholder a copy of its Articles of Incorporation containing such information. (16 10a-1606)

ARTICLE 3

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.1. General Powers . All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation managed under, the direction of the Board of Directors, subject to any limitation set forth in the Articles of Incorporation or in any agreement authorized by Section 16-10a-732 of the Act. (16-10a-801)

 

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Section 3.2. Number, Tenure, and Qualifications of Directors . At all times when there are three (3) or less shareholders, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be not less than the number of shareholders of the Corporation. The number of directors of the corporation shall not be less than one (1) nor more than five (5). The number of directors may be fixed or changed within the range by the shareholders or the Board of Directors, but no decrease shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until removed. However, if a director’s term expires, the director shall continue to serve until the director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified, or until there is a decrease in the number of directors.

Directors need not be residents of the State of Utah or shareholders of the Corporation unless the Articles of Incorporation so prescribe. (16-10a-802, 16-10a-803 and 16-10a-805)

Section 3.3. Regular Meetings of the Board of Directors . A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than provided by this Section 3.3 immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.

Section 3.4. Special Meetings of the Board of Directors . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the president or any one director, who may fix any place within the county where the Corporation has its principal office as the place for holding the meeting.

Section 3.5. Notice and Waiver of Notice of Special Director Meetings . Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide for a longer or shorter period, special meetings of the Board of Directors must be preceded by at least two (2) days notice, either orally or in writing, of the date, time, and place of the meeting.

Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors shall be deemed to be effective at the earliest of: (a) when received; (b) five (5) days after it is mailed; or (c) the date shown on the return receipt if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the director.

A director may waive notice of any meeting. Except as provided in this Section 3.5 , the waiver must be in writing and signed by the director entitled to the notice. The waiver shall be delivered to the Corporation for filing with the corporate records, but delivery and filing are not conditions to its effectiveness.

The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business and at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon arrival, the director objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting because of lack of notice or defective notice, and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

 

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A director who attends a special meeting to object to lack of notice shall not be deemed to be present for quorum purposes. (16-10a-822 and 16-10a-823)

Section 3.6. Director Quorum . A majority of the number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, unless the Articles of Incorporation require a greater number.

A majority of the number of directors prescribed by resolution (or if no number is prescribed, the number in office immediately before the meeting begins) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, unless the Articles of Incorporation require a greater number.

Section 3.7. Manner of Acting . The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present when the vote is taken shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the Articles of Incorporation require a greater percentage.

Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, any or all directors may participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

A director who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors when corporate action is taken is considered to have assented to the action taken, unless:

(a) The director objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon arrival, to holding it or transacting business at the meeting;

(b) the director contemporaneously requests his dissent or abstention as to any specific action to be entered into the minutes of the meeting; or

(c) the director causes written notice of a dissent or abstention as to any specific action to be received by the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or by the Corporation promptly after adjournment of the meeting.

The right of dissent or abstention as to a specific action is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken. (16-10a-824)

Section 3.8. Director Action Without a Meeting . Unless the Articles of Incorporation or the Act provide otherwise, any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent to the action in writing. Action is taken by consents at the time the last director signs a writing describing the action taken, unless, prior to that time, any director has revoked a consent by a writing signed by the director and received by the secretary. Action taken by consents is effective when the last director signs the consent, unless the Board of Directors establishes a different effective date. Action taken by consents has the same effect as action taken at a meeting of directors and may be described as such in any document. (16-10a-821)

 

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Section 3.9. Removal of Directors . The shareholders may remove one or more directors at a meeting called for that purpose if notice has been given that a purpose of the meeting is such removal. The removal may be with or without cause, unless the Articles of Incorporation provide that directors may only be removed with cause. If a director is elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the shareholders of that voting group may participate in the vote to remove the director. If cumulative voting is in effect (as set forth in Section 2.12 of these Bylaws), a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against the director’s removal. If cumulative voting is not in effect, a director may be removed only if the number of votes cast to remove the director exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove the director. A director may be removed for cause by the action of a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors. (16-10a-808)

Section 3.10. Board of Director Vacancies .

(a) Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors:

(1) The shareholders may fill the vacancy;

(2) the Board of Directors may fill the vacancy; or

(3) if the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the Board of Directors, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office.

(b) Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, if the vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of shareholders:

(1) If one or more directors were elected by the same voting group, only they are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the directors; and

(2) only the holders of shares of that voting group are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the shareholders.

A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date, because of a resignation effective at a later date, may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

If a director’s term expires, the director shall continue to serve until the director’s successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of directors. The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected. (16-10a-810 and 16-10a-805(5))

Section 3.11.   Director Compensation . Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, by resolution of the Board of Directors, each director may be paid his expenses, if

 

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any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, and may be paid a stated salary as a director, or a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, or both. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

Section 3.12. Director Committees .

(a) Creation of Committees . Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, the Board of Directors may create one or more committees and appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. Each committee must have two (2) or more members, who serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

(b) Selection of Members . The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it must be approved by the greater of:

(1) A majority of all the directors in office when the action is taken; or

(2) the number of directors required by the Articles of Incorporation to take such action, or if not specified in the Articles of Incorporation the number required by Section 3.7 of these Bylaws to take action.

(c) Required Procedures Sections 3.4 through 3.9 of these Bylaws, which govern meetings, action without a meeting, notice, waiver of notice, and quorum and voting requirements of the Board of Directors, apply to committees and their members as well.

(d) Authority . Unless limited by the Articles of Incorporation, each committee may exercise those aspects of the authority of the Board of Directors which the Board of Directors confers upon such committee in the resolution creating the committee. (16-10a-825)

Section 3.13. Director’s Rights to Inspect Corporate Records .

(a) Absolute Inspection Rights of Records Required at Principal Office . If a director gives the Corporation written notice of the director’s demand at least five (5) business days before the date on which the director wishes to inspect and copy, the director (or the director’s agent or attorney) has the right to inspect and copy, during regular business hours, any of the following records, all of which the Corporation is required to keep at its principal office:

(1) The Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation currently in effect;

(2) the Corporation’s Bylaws currently in effect;

(3) the minutes of all shareholders’ meetings, and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting, for the past three years;

(4) all written communications within the past three years to shareholders as a group or to the holders of any class or series of shares as a group;

 

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(5) a list of the names and business addresses of the Corporation’s current officers and directors;

(6) the Corporation’s most recent annual report delivered to the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code; and

(7) all financial statements prepared for periods ending during the last three (3) years that a shareholder could request. (16-10a-1601(5) and 16-10a-1602(1))

(b) Conditional Inspection Right . In addition, if a director gives the Corporation a written demand made in good faith and for a proper purpose at least five (5) business days before the date on which the director wishes to inspect and copy, the director describes with reasonable particularity the director’s purpose and the records the director desires to inspect, and the records are directly connected with the director’s purpose, the director (or the director’s agent or attorney) is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at a reasonable location specified by the Corporation, any of the following records of the Corporation:

(1) Excerpts from:

(i) Minutes of any meeting of the Board of Directors, records of any action of a committee of the Board of Directors while acting on behalf of the Corporation in place of the Board of Directors;

(ii) minutes of any meeting of the shareholders;

(iii) records of action taken by the shareholders without a meeting; and

(iv) waivers of notices of any meeting of the shareholders, of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors;

(2) accounting records of the Corporation; and

(3) the record of the Corporation’s shareholders referred to in Section 16-10a-1601(3) of the Act. (16-10a-1602(2))

(c) Copy Costs . The right to copy records includes, if reasonable, the right to receive copies made by photographic, xerographic, or other means. The Corporation may impose a reasonable charge, payable in advance, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of any documents provided to the director. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production or reproduction of the records. (16-10a-1603)

ARTICLE 4

OFFICERS

Section 4.1. Number of Officers . The officers of the Corporation shall be a president and secretary, to be appointed by the Board of Directors, and such other officers and assistant

 

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officers as may be deemed necessary, including a treasurer, one or more vice presidents, etc., each of whom may be appointed by the Board of Directors. If specifically authorized by the Board of Directors, an officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in the Corporation. (16-10a-830)

Section 4.2. Appointment and Term of Office . The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the Board of Directors for such term as is determined by the Board of Directors. The designation of a specified term does not grant to the officer any contract rights, and the Board of Directors can remove the officer at any time prior to the end of such term. If no term is specified, each officer shall hold office until the officer resigns, dies, or until removed in the manner provided in Section 4.3 of these Bylaws. (16-10a-832 and 16-10a-833)

Section 4.3. Removal of Officers . Any officer or agent may be removed by the Board of Directors at any time, with or without cause. Such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights. (16-10a-832)

Section 4.4. President . The president shall be the principal executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall, in general, supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Corporation. The president shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, in the absence of a Chairman of the Board of Directors, at all meetings of the Board of Directors. The president may sign, with the secretary or any other proper officer of the Corporation authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of the Corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors, and deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time. (16-10a-831)

Section 4.5. Vice Presidents . If appointed, in the absence of the president or in the event of his death, inability, or refusal to act, the vice president (or in the event there be more than one vice president, the vice presidents in the order designated at the time of their election, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their appointment) shall perform the duties of the president, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. If there is no vice president, then the treasurer shall perform such duties of the president. Any vice president may sign, with the secretary or an assistant secretary, certificates for shares of the Corporation the issuance of which have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the president or by the Board of Directors. (16-10a-831)

Section 4.6. Secretary . The secretary shall:

(a) Keep the minutes of the proceedings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors and the other records and information of the Corporation required to be kept, in one or more books provided for that purpose;

 

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(b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law;

(c) be custodian of the corporate records and of any seal of the Corporation;

(d) when requested or required, authenticate any records of the Corporation;

(e) keep a register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the secretary by such shareholder;

(f) sign with the president, or a vice president, certificates for shares of the Corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors;

(g) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation; and

(h) in general perform all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the president or by the Board of Directors. (16-10a-830 and 16-10a-831)

Section 4.7. Treasurer . If appointed, the treasurer shall:

(a) Have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation;

(b) receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the Corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors; and

(c) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the president or by the Board of Directors. (16-10a-831)

If required by the Board of Directors, the treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine.

Section 4.8. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers . The assistant secretaries, when authorized by the Board of Directors, may sign, with the president or a vice president, certificates for shares of the Corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. The assistant treasurers shall, if required by the Board of Directors, give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in such sums and with such sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine. The assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the secretary or the treasurer, respectively, or by the president or the Board of Directors. (16-10a-831)

Section 4.9. Salaries . The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

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ARTICLE 5

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS,

OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, FIDUCIARIES, AND AGENTS

Section 5.1. Indemnification of Directors . Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation shall indemnify any individual made a party to a proceeding because the individual is or was a director of the Corporation, against liability incurred in the proceeding, but only if the Corporation has authorized the payment in accordance with Section 16-10a-906(4) of the Act and a determination has been made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 16-10a-906(2) of the Act that the individual has met the standards of conduct set forth in Subsections (a), (b), and (c) below.

(a) Standard of Conduct . The Corporation shall indemnify the individual if the Corporation determines that:

(1) The individual’s conduct was in good faith; and

(2) the individual reasonably believed that the individual’s conduct was in, or not opposed to, the Corporation’s best interests; and

(3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the individual had no reasonable cause to believe the individual’s conduct was unlawful.

(b) No Indemnification Permitted in Certain Circumstances . The Corporation shall not indemnify an individual under this Section 5.1 :

(1) In connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation in which the individual was adjudged liable to the Corporation; or

(2) in connection with any other proceeding charging that the individual derived an improper personal benefit, whether or not involving action in the individual’s official capacity, in which proceeding he or she was adjudged liable on the basis that he or she derived an improper personal benefit.

(c) Indemnification in Derivative Actions Limited . Indemnification permitted under this Section 5.1 in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation is limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding. (16-10a-902)

Section 5.2. Advance of Expenses for Directors . If a determination is made, following the procedures of Section 16-10a-906(2) of the Act, that the individual has met the following requirements; and if an authorization of payment is made, following the procedures and standards set forth in Section 16-10a-906(4) of the Act, then unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation shall pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by an individual who is a party to a proceeding because he is or was a director of the Corporation in advance of final disposition of the proceeding, if:

(a) The individual furnishes to the Corporation a written affirmation of the individual’s good faith belief that the individual has met the standard of conduct described in Section 5.1 of these Bylaws;

 

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(b) the individual furnishes to the Corporation a written undertaking, executed personally or on the individual’s behalf, to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that the individual did not meet the standard of conduct (which undertaking must be an unlimited general obligation of the individual but need not be secured and may be accepted without reference to financial ability to make repayment); and

(c) a determination is made that the facts then known to those making the determination would not preclude indemnification under Section 5.1 of these Bylaws or Part 9 of the Act. (16-10a-904)

Section 5.3. Indemnification of Officers, Employees, Fiduciaries, and Agents . Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to any individual made a party to a proceeding because the individual is or was an officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of the Corporation to the same extent as to an individual made a party to a proceeding because the individual is or was a director of the Corporation, or to a greater extent, if not inconsistent with public policy, if provided for by general or specific action of the Board of Directors. (16-10a-907)

ARTICLE 6

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND

THEIR TRANSFER

Section 6.1. Certificates for Shares .

(a) Content . Certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall, at a minimum, state on their face the name of the Corporation and that the Corporation is organized under the laws of the State of Utah; the name of the person to whom issued; and the number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, the certificate represents; and be in such form as is determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary and may be sealed with the corporate seal or a facsimile thereof. The signatures of the officers may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, or registered by a registrar, other than the Corporation itself or an employee of the Corporation. Each certificate for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The certificates may contain any other information the Corporation considers necessary or appropriate. (16-10a-625)

(b) Legend as to Class or Series . If the Corporation is authorized to issue different classes of shares or different series within a class, the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights applicable to each class, the variations in preferences, limitations, and relative rights determined for each series, and the authority of the Board of Directors to determine variations for any existing or future class or series must be summarized on the front or back of each certificate. Alternatively, each certificate may state conspicuously on its front or back that the Corporation will furnish the shareholder this information on request in writing and without charge. (16-10a-625)

(c) Shareholder List . The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

(d) Transferring Shares . All certificates surrendered to the Corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed, or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the Corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

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Section 6.2. Shares Without Certificates .

(a) Issuing Shares Without Certificates . Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, the Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of some or all of the shares of any or all classes or series without certificates. The authorization does not affect shares already represented by certificates until they are surrendered to the Corporation.

(b) Information Statement Required . Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of shares without certificates, the Corporation shall send the shareholder a written statement containing, at a minimum, the name of the Corporation and that it is organized under the laws of the State of Utah; the name of the person to whom issued; and the number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, of the issued shares. If the Corporation is authorized to issue different classes of shares or different-series within a class, the written statement shall describe the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights applicable to each class, the variations in preferences, limitations, and relative rights determined for each series, and the authority of the Board of Directors to determine variations for any existing or future class or series. (16-10a-626)

Section 6.3. Registration of Transfer of Shares . Registration of the transfer of shares of the Corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. In order to register a transfer, the record owner shall surrender the shares to the Corporation for cancellation, properly endorsed by the appropriate person or persons with reasonable assurances that the endorsements are genuine and effective. Unless the Corporation has established a procedure by which a beneficial owner of shares held by a nominee is to be recognized by the Corporation as the owner, the person in whose name shares stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed by the Corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.

Section 6.4. Restrictions on Transfer of Shares Permitted . The Board of Directors or the shareholders may impose restrictions on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares (including any security convertible into, or carrying a right to subscribe for or acquire shares). A restriction does not affect shares issued before the restriction was adopted unless the holders of the shares are parties to the restriction agreement or voted in favor of the registration or otherwise consented to the restriction.

(a) A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares may be authorized:

(1) To maintain the Corporation’s status when it is dependent on the number or identity of its shareholders;

(2) to preserve entitlements, benefits, or exemptions under federal, state, or local laws; and

(3) for any other reasonable purpose.

 

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(b) A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares may:

(1) Obligate the shareholder first to offer the Corporation or other persons, separately, consecutively, or simultaneously, an opportunity to acquire the restricted shares;

(2) obligate the Corporation or other persons, separately, consecutively, or simultaneously, to acquire the restricted shares;

(3) require, as a condition to a transfer or registration, that any one or more persons, including the Corporation or any of its shareholders, approve the transfer or registration, if the requirement is not manifestly unreasonable; or

(4) prohibit the transfer or the registration of a transfer of the restricted shares to designated persons or classes of persons, if the prohibition is not manifestly unreasonable.

A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares is valid and enforceable against the holder or a transferee of the holder if the restriction is authorized by this Section 6.4 and its existence is noted conspicuously on the front or back of the certificate, or if the restriction is contained in the information statement required by Section 6.2 of these Bylaws with regard to shares issued without certificates. Unless so noted, a restriction is not enforceable against a person without knowledge of the restriction. (16-10a-627)

Section 6.5. Acquisition of Shares . The Corporation may acquire its own shares, and, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the shares so acquired constitute authorized but unissued shares.

If the Articles of Incorporation prohibit the reissuance of acquired shares, the number of authorized shares shall be reduced by the number of shares acquired, effective upon amendment of the Articles of Incorporation, which amendment shall be adopted by the shareholders or the Board of Directors without shareholder action. Appropriate Articles of Amendment must be delivered to the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code and must set forth:

(a) The name of the Corporation;

(b) the reduction in the number of authorized shares, itemized by class and series;

(c) the total number of authorized shares, itemized by class and series, remaining after reduction of the shares; and

(d) a statement that the amendment was adopted by the Board of Directors without shareholder action and that shareholder action was not required if such be the case. (16-10a-631)

 

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ARTICLE 7

DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 7.1. Distributions . The Board of Directors may authorize, and the Corporation may make, distributions (including dividends on its outstanding shares) in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and in the Articles of Incorporation.

ARTICLE 8

CORPORATE SEAL

Section 8.1. Corporate Seal . The Board of Directors may provide a corporate seal which may be circular in form and have inscribed thereon any designation including the name of the Corporation, Utah as the state of incorporation, and the words “Corporate Seal.”

ARTICLE 9

FISCAL YEAR

Section 9.1. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE 10

AMENDMENTS

Section 10.1.   Amendments . The Corporation’s Board of Directors may amend these Bylaws, except to the extent that the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the Act reserve this power exclusively to the shareholders in whole or in part. However, the Board of Directors may not adopt, amend, or repeal a Bylaw that fixes a shareholder quorum or voting requirement that is greater than required by the Act.

If authorized by the Articles of Incorporation, the shareholders may adopt, amend, or repeal a Bylaw that fixes a greater quorum or voting requirement for shareholders, or voting groups of shareholders, than is required by the Act. Any such action shall comply with the provisions of the Act.

The Corporation’s shareholders may amend or repeal these Bylaws even though these Bylaws may also be amended or repealed by the Corporation’s Board of Directors, and despite the fact that these Bylaws may have been amended or repealed by the Corporation’s Board of Directors. (16-10a-1020 to 16-10a-1022)

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CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY

The undersigned, being the duly appointed and authorized Secretary of FastDomain Inc., a Utah corporation, hereby certifies that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the Bylaws of said corporation, together with all amendments as of the date of this Certificate of Secretary.

WITNESS the signature of the undersigned this 11 th day of October, 2010.

 

/s/ Daniel W. Ashworth

Daniel W. Ashworth, Secretary

Exhibit 3.22

 

LOGO

State of Florida
IN GOD WE TRUST
Department of State
I certify the attached is a true and correct copy of Articles of Organization of HOSTGATOR.COM LLC, a limited liability company, organized under the laws of the State of Florida, filed on September 2, 2004, effective September 2, 2004, as shown by the records of this office.
The document number of this company is L04000065545.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State of Florida at Tallahassee, the Capital, this the Third day of July, 2012
Ken Detzuer
Secretary of State
GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
IN GOD WE TRUST
CR2E022 (1-11)


Electronic Articles of Organization

For

Florida Limited Liability Company

 

Article I

 

L04000065545

FILED 8:00 AM

September 02, 2004

Sec. Of State

jbryan

 

The name of the Limited Liability Company is:

 

HOSTGATOR.COM LLC

 

Article II

 

The street address of the principal office of the Limited Liability Company is:

 

9964 ROBIN’S NEST ROAD

BOCA RATON, FL. 33496

 

The mailing address of the Limited Liability Company is:

 

9964 ROBIN’S NEST ROAD

BOCA RATON, FL. 33496

 

Article III

 

The purpose for which this Limited Liability Company is organized is:

 

ANY AND ALL LAWFUL BUSINESS.

 

Article IV

 

The name and Florida street address of the registered agent is:

 

WILLIAM M SHAHEEN

3351 NW BOCA RATON BLVD.

BOCA RATON, FL. 33431

 
Having been named as registered agent and to accept service of process for the above stated limited liability company at the place designated in this certificate, I hereby accept the appointment as registered agent and agree to act in this capacity. I further agree to comply with the provisions of all statutes relating to the proper and complete performance of my duties, and I am familiar with and accept the obligations of my position as registered agent.
Registered Agent Signature: WILLIAM M. SHAHEEN  


Article V

 

The name and address of managing members/managers are:

 

Title: MGRM

BRENT C OXLEY

9964 ROBIN’S NEST ROAD

BOCA RATON, FL. 33496

  

L04000065545

FILED 8:00 AM

September 02, 2004

Sec. Of State

jbryan

 

Article VI

 

The effective date for this Limited Liability Company shall be:

 

09/02/2004

 

Signature of member or an authorized representative of a member

 

Signature: WILLIAM M. SHAHEEN

  

Exhibit 3.23

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

HOSTGATOR.COM LLC

This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) of HostGator.com LLC, a Florida limited liability company (the “ Company ”), dated as of July 13, 2012, is entered into by The Endurance International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Member ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, on September 2, 2004, Brent Oxley (the “ Withdrawing Member ”) formed the Company as a limited liability company pursuant to the provisions of the Florida Limited Liability Company Act (FL Stat § 608.401 et seq .) as amended (the “ Act ”) and was thereafter the sole owner of the membership interests of the Company;

WHEREAS, the Withdrawing Member, as the sole member of the Company, entered into the Limited Liability Operating Agreement of the Company, dated as of July 12, 2012 (the “ Existing Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, on June 12, 2012, the Member entered into the certain Membership Units Purchase Agreement, by and among the Member, the Withdrawing Member, the Company, WelcomeDomain.com LLC, a Texas limited liability company, LaunchPad.com Inc., a Delaware corporation, and WP Expedition Topco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (as amended on July 13, 2012, the “ Purchase Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Withdrawing Member agreed to sell, assign, transfer and convey to the Member free and clear of any and all Liens all right, title and interest of the Withdrawing Member in, and with respect to, all of the equity interests of the Company (the “ Membership Units ”), and the Member agreed to purchase and acquire from the Withdrawing Member, all right, title and interest in and to all of the Membership Units at the Closing;

WHEREAS, immediately following the Closing on July 13, 2012, the Member is the owner of all of the Membership Units in the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Member desires to amend and restate the Existing Agreement in its entirety;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Existing Agreement is amended and restated as follows:


ARTICLE I

ORGANIZATION

1.01. Formation of the Company . The Withdrawing Member executed and caused to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida the Certificate of Formation (the “ Certificate ”) of the Company on September 2, 2004 in order to form the Company pursuant to the Act.

1.02. Registered Office and Registered Agent . The Company shall have its registered office in the State of Florida at Corporation Trust Center, 1200 South Pine Island Road, Plantation, Florida 33324. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Trust Center.

1.03. Purposes of the Company . The purposes of the Company shall be to engage in any lawful business the Company may undertake.

1.04. Term of the Company . The existence of the Company commenced on September 2, 2004 and shall continue until dissolution thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate or this Agreement.

1.05 Principal Office . The principal office and place of business of the Company shall be located at: 11251 Northwest Freeway, Suite 400, Houston, Texas 77092 (the “ Principal Office ”).

ARTICLE II

MANAGEMENT OF COMPANY

2.01. Management . Management rights are vested in the Member and all decisions will be made in the sole discretion of the Member.

2.02. Officers . (a) The Member may, from time to time, designate one or more persons to be officers of the Company. No officer need be a resident of the State of Florida. Any officers so designated shall have such authority and perform such duties as the Member may, from time to time, delegate to them. The Member may assign titles to particular officers. Unless the Member decides otherwise, if the title is one commonly used for officers of a business corporation formed under the Florida Business Corporation Act (the “ FBCA ”), the assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation to such officer of the authority and duties that are normally associated with that office, subject to any restrictions on such authority imposed by the Member. Without regard to the general delegation to the officers as set forth above, each officer with the title “Chief Executive Officer”, “President”, “Executive Vice President”, “Senior Vice President”, “Vice President”, “Secretary”, “Assistant Secretary”, “Chief Financial Officer” or “Treasurer” is hereby designated as an authorized person and, acting alone, shall have the power, and is hereby authorized, to make, enter into, sign and perform all contracts, agreements, reports and undertakings of the Company that have been authorized by the Member in accordance with Section 2.01. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Any delegation pursuant to this Section 2.02 may be revoked at any time by the Member.


(b) Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall be duly designated and qualified or until his or her death or until he or she shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

(c) Any officer may resign as such at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing and shall take effect at the time specified therein, or if no time is specified, at the time of its receipt by the Member. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective, unless expressly so provided in the resignation.

(d) Any officer may be removed as such, either with or without cause, by the Member at any time. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may be filled by the Member.

(e) The following persons are hereby appointed officers of the Company:

Hari Ravichandran – Chief Executive Officer

Christina Lane – Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

David C. Bryson - Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

2.03. Certain Transactions . The fact that a Member or any affiliate of a Member is directly or indirectly interested in or connected with any person, firm or corporation employed by the Company to render or perform a service, or from which or to whom the Company may buy or sell any property, shall not prohibit the Company from employing or dealing with such person, firm or corporation.

2.04. Duties of Members . The Member hereby agrees, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any other agreement or at law or in equity, that when the Member takes any action under this Agreement to give or withhold its consent, such Member shall, to the extent permitted by law, have no duty (fiduciary or other) to consider the interests of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other members and may act exclusively in its own interest and shall have only the duty to act in good faith.

ARTICLE III

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; RESIGNATION; DISTRIBUTIONS

3.01. Membership Interests . The Member shall hold all of the Membership Units in the Company.

3.02. Capital Contributions . The Member shall not be obligated to make any contribution to the capital of the Company (such contribution, a “ Capital Contribution ”). If Capital Contributions are called for, the Member shall make Capital Contributions at such times and in such amounts as may be determined by the Member. The Member will make Capital Contributions from time to time as appropriate in respect of reasonable administrative and other reasonable expenses of the Company. Except as a result of the transfer of all or a portion of the Membership Interest that is expressly permitted by this Agreement, no person other than the Member shall become a member of the Company.


3.03. Capital Accounts . The Company shall maintain a separate capital account (the “ Capital Account ”) for the Member that shall consist of (a) the sum of (i) the Member’s Capital Contributions paid to the Company as of any given time, (ii) the portion of the Company’s net income allocated to the Member pursuant to Section 4.02, and (iii) the amount of any Company liabilities assumed by such Member, less (b) the sum of (i) the portion of the Company’s net loss allocated to the Member pursuant to Section 4.02, (ii) all distributions made by the Company to the Member pursuant to Sections 3.06 and 5.03, and (iii) the amount of any Member liabilities assumed or paid by the Company by action of the Member.

The foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Treasury Regulations under Section 704(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “ Code ”), and to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Treasury Regulations.

3.04. Return of Capital . Except upon the dissolution of the Company as provided in Section 5.01 herein, the Member shall not have the right to withdraw from the Company or to demand or to receive the return of all or any part of its Capital Account or its Capital Contributions to the Company.

3.05. No Interest on Capital Contribution . The Member shall not be paid interest on any of its Capital Contributions or on its Capital Account.

3.06. Distributions . Distributions shall be made at such times as the Member shall determine. Distributions may be made in cash or in-kind. The Member may reserve amounts for anticipated expenses or contingent liabilities of the Company.

ARTICLE IV

ALLOCATIONS

4.01. Calculation of Profits and Losses . The profits and losses of the Company shall be determined for each fiscal year in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

4.02. Allocation of Profits and Losses . (a) Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 4.02, for Capital Account purposes, all items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be allocated to the Member in a manner such that if the Company were dissolved, its affairs wound up and its assets distributed to the Member in accordance with its Capital Account balance immediately after making such allocation, such distribution would, as nearly as possible, be equal to the distributions that would be made pursuant to Section 5.03.

(b) For federal, state and local income tax purposes, items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit shall be allocated to the Member in accordance with the allocations of the corresponding items for Capital Account purposes under this Section 4.02, except that items with respect to which there is a difference between tax and book basis will be allocated in accordance with Section 704(c) of the Code, the Treasury Regulations thereunder, and Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(i).


(c) Notwithstanding any provision set forth in this Section 4.02, no item of deduction or loss shall be allocated to the Member to the extent the allocation would cause a negative balance in the Member’s Capital Account (after taking into account the adjustments, allocations and distributions described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6)) that exceeds the amount that the Member would be required to reimburse the Company pursuant to this Agreement or under applicable law.

(d) In the event the Member unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations, or distributions described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6), items of the Company’s income and gain shall be specially allocated to the Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate as quickly as possible any deficit balance in its Capital Account in excess of that permitted under Section 4.02(c) created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions. Any special allocations of items of income or gain pursuant to this Section 4.02(d) shall be taken into account in computing subsequent allocations pursuant to this Section 4.02 so that the net amount of any items so allocated and all other items allocated to the Member pursuant to this Section 4.02 shall, to the extent possible, be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to the Member pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.02 if such unexpected adjustments, allocations or distributions had not occurred.

ARTICLE V

DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF THE COMPANY

5.01. Events Causing Termination . The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up upon the first occurrence of either of the following:

(i) termination hereof by the Member; or

(ii) the occurrence of any of the events set forth in Section 11.051 of the Act that affects the Member and thereby results in the dissolution of the Company.

5.02. Winding Up . Upon dissolution of the Company, the Member shall proceed diligently to wind up the affairs of the Company and distribute its assets.

5.03. Liquidation and Termination . Upon dissolution of the Company, as expeditiously as is reasonable, the Member shall pay the liabilities of the Company and make distributions in the following manner and order:

(a) to creditors, including the Member if a creditor, to the extent otherwise permitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the Company (whether by payment or by establishment of reserves); and

(b) to the Member.

At such time as the distributions provided for in (i) and (ii) above have been made, the Company shall terminate.

5.04. Accounting on Liquidation . Upon liquidation, a proper accounting shall be made by the Company’s accountants of the Company’s assets, liabilities and results of operations through the last day of the month in which the Company is terminated.


ARTICLE VI

COMPANY EXPENSES, BOOKS AND RECORDS

6.01. Operating Expenses . The Member may, acting in its sole discretion, (i) charge to the Member amounts to pay the Company’s contingent liabilities, if any, or (ii) reserve amounts to pay the Company’s operating expenses, including administrative expenses and fees, before any allocations are made to the Member.

6.02. Fiscal Year and Method of Accounting . The Member shall select the appropriate method of accounting and the beginning and end of its fiscal year (except for the first fiscal year of the Company, which shall begin on the date of this Agreement).

6.03. Records . The books and records of the Company shall be maintained at a location to be determined by the Member, in its sole discretion.

6.04. Financial Statements and Reports . The Member shall oversee the accounting, tax and record keeping matters of the Company.

6.05 Certificates . Membership Units will be certificated unless otherwise determined by the Member. The Company hereby elects, pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 678.1031(3), that each limited liability company interest in the Company shall constitute a ‘security’ governed by Fla. Stat. § 678, and that any certificate evidencing its limited liability interest in the Company is a ‘certificated security’ within the meaning of Fla. Stat. § 678.1021(1)(d).

ARTICLE VII

LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

7.01. Liability . (a) No Member, manager or officer of the Company, or any employee, director, officer, agent, shareholder, limited partner or general partner of the Member, shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Company or the other members by reason of acts, omissions or errors in judgment, except for acts, omissions or errors in judgment that are found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be the result of such person’s fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 7.01 shall not be construed so as to relieve (or attempt to relieve) a person of any liability, to the extent (but only to the extent) that such liability may not be waived, modified or limited under applicable law, but shall be construed so as to effectuate the provisions of this Section 7.01 to the fullest extent permitted by law.

(b) No Member, manager or officer shall be subject in such capacity to any personal liability whatsoever to any person in connection with the Company assets or the acts, obligations or affairs of the Company. The Member shall have the same limitation of personal liability as is extended to stockholders of a private corporation for profit incorporated under the Act. The rights accruing to the Member under this Section 7.01 shall not exclude any other right to which the Member may be lawfully entitled, nor shall anything herein contained restrict the right of the Company to indemnify or reimburse the Member in any appropriate situation even though not specifically provided herein.

(c) Except as provided in this Section 7.01, no Member, manager or officer of the Company, or any employee, director, officer, agent, shareholder, limited partner or general partner of the Member in his or her capacity as such shall be liable under a judgment, decree, or order of a court, or in any other manner, for any debt, obligation or liability of the Company.


7.02. Indemnification . To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Member, each manager and each officer of the Company and each employee, director, officer, agent, shareholder, limited partner and general partner of the Member (each, an “ Indemnified Person ”) from and against any loss, liability, damages, cost or expense (including legal fees and expenses and any amounts paid in settlement) (each a “ Loss ” and collectively “ Losses ”) resulting from a claim, demand, lawsuit, action or proceeding by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person on behalf of the Company in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Agreement; provided that such acts or omissions of such Indemnified Person are not found by a court of competent jurisdiction to constitute fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. Expenses, including legal fees, incurred by an Indemnified Person and relating to any claim, demand, lawsuit, action or proceeding for which indemnification is sought under this Section 7.02 shall be paid by the Company upon demand by the Indemnified Person; provided that the Indemnified Person shall reimburse the Company for such expenses if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to indemnification hereunder.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

8.01. Amendments to this Agreement . The terms and provisions of this Agreement may be modified or amended at any time and from time to time by the written consent of the Member.

8.02. Entire Agreement . This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof. This instrument contains the entire agreement with respect to such subject matter. This instrument may not be amended, supplemented or discharged, and no provision hereof may be modified or waived, except expressly by an instrument in writing signed by the Member. No waiver of any provision hereof shall be deemed a waiver of any other provision nor shall any such waiver by any party be deemed a continuing waiver of any matter. No amendment, modification, supplement, discharge, or waiver hereof or hereunder shall require the consent of any person not a party to this Agreement.


8.03. Notices . Unless otherwise specified herein, all notices, consents, approvals, reports, designations, requests, waivers, elections and other communications (collectively, “ Notices ”) authorized or required to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be given in writing, shall be either personally delivered to the Member or delivered by an established delivery service by which receipts are given or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or sent by facsimile or electronic mail, addressed to the Member at the address listed on Schedule A (or at such other address for the Member as shall be specified by like notice).

All notices, other communications or documents shall be deemed to have been duly given: (i) at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; (ii) when receipt is acknowledged in writing by addressee, if by facsimile transmission or electronic mail; (iii) five (5) business days after having been deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed by first class mail; and (iv) on the first business day with respect to which a reputable air courier guarantees delivery; provided , however , that notices of a change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

8.04. GOVERNING LAW; VENUE . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

8.05. Future Actions . The Company and the Member shall execute and deliver all such future instruments and take such other and further action as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.

8.06. Limitation on Rights of Others . None of the provisions of this Agreement, including Section 3.02, shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditor of the Company. Furthermore, the Member shall not have any duty or obligation to any creditor of the Company to make any contribution to the Company or to issue any call for capital pursuant to this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in any person not a party hereto (other than an Indemnified Person).

8.07. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Member and its successors and permitted assigns.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Member has executed this Amended & Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

By: THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
By:  

/s/ Hari Ravichandran

  Name:   Hari Ravichandran
  Title:   CEO

[Signature Page to Amended & Restated LLC Operating Agreement of HostGator.com LLC]


SCHEDULE A

NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE MEMBER

 

Name

      

Address

The Endurance International Group, Inc.      70 Blanchard Road
     Burlington, MA 01803
     Attention: CEO
     Facsimile: (781) 272-2915
     E-mail: hravichandran@maileig.com

Exhibit 3.24

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

SINGLEPLATFORM, LLC

This Certificate of Formation of SinglePlatform, LLC (the “LLC”), dated as of October 1, 2012, has been duly executed and is being filed by the undersigned, as an authorized person, to form a limited liability company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. § 18-101, et seq .).

FIRST. The name of the limited liability company is SinglePlatform, LLC.

SECOND. The address of the registered office of the LLC in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

THIRD. The name and address of the registered agent for service of process on the LLC in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation as of the date first above written.

 

/s/ Gail F. Goodman

Name:   Gail F. Goodman
Title:   Authorized Person

Exhibit 3.25

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

SINGLEPLATFORM, LLC

This Limited Liability Company Agreement (together with the schedules attached hereto, this “Agreement”) of SinglePlatform, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), dated as of October 31, 2012, is entered into by Constant Contact, Inc., as the sole member (the “Member”).

WHEREAS, SinglePlatform, Corp. (the “Corporation”) was organized as a Delaware corporation on September 29, 2009, under the name “Ipiary, Corp.”;

WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Corporation adopted a resolution adopting and approving the conversion of the Corporation to a limited liability company and the adoption of this Agreement, and recommending the adoption of such conversion and this Agreement to the sole stockholder of the Corporation, pursuant to Section 266 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “GCL”);

WHEREAS, by written consent, the sole stockholder of the Corporation adopted and approved the conversion of the Corporation to a limited liability company and the adoption of this Agreement pursuant to Section 266 of the GCL;

WHEREAS, the Corporation was converted to a limited liability company pursuant to Section 18-214 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. § 18-101, et seq .), as amended from time to time (the “Act”) and Section 266 of the GCL by causing the filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of a Certificate of Conversion to Limited Liability Company and a Certificate of Formation (the “Conversion”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to this Agreement and the Conversion, the sole stockholder of the Corporation became the sole member of the Company, the shares of capital stock in the Corporation were converted into the limited liability company interests in the Company, and the sole stockholder of the Corporation became the owner of all of the limited liability company interests in the Company.

NOW THEREFORE, the Member, by its execution of this Agreement, hereby agrees as follows:

 

Section 1. Formation of the LLC; Conversion of the Corporation.

Effective as of the time of the Conversion, (i) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and the By-Laws of the Corporation, each in effect on the date hereof, are replaced and superseded in their entirety by this Agreement in respect of all periods beginning on or after the Conversion, (ii) the sole stockholder of the Corporation immediately prior to the Conversion is automatically admitted to the Company as a member of the Company upon its execution of this Agreement, (iii) all of the shares of stock in the Corporation issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Conversion are converted to all the limited liability company interests in the Company, (iv) the sole stockholder of the Corporation immediately

 

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prior to the Conversion is the owner of all the limited liability company interests in the Company, and (v) all certificates evidencing shares of capital stock in the Corporation issued by the Corporation and outstanding immediately prior to the Conversion shall be surrendered to the Company and shall be canceled on the books and records of the Corporation.

 

Section 2. Principal Business Office.

The principal business office of the Company shall be located at such location as may hereafter be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3. Registered Office.

The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

Section 4. Registered Agent.

The name and address of the registered agent of the Company for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

Section 5. Member.

The mailing address of the Member is set forth on Schedule A attached hereto. The Member was admitted to the Company as a member of the Company upon its execution of a counterpart signature page to this Agreement.

 

Section 6. Certificates.

Gail F. Goodman as an “authorized person” within the meaning of the Act, has executed, delivered and filed the Certificate of Formation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Upon the filing of the Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, her powers as an “authorized person” ceased, and the Member, each Director and each Officer thereupon became a designated “authorized person” and shall continue as a designated “authorized person” within the meaning of the Act. The Member, any Director or any Officer, as an authorized person, within the meaning of the Act, shall execute, deliver and file, or cause the execution, delivery and filing of, all certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) required or permitted by the Act to be filed in with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Member, any Director or any Officer shall execute, deliver and file, or cause the execution, delivery and filing of any certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any other jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business.

The existence of the Company as a separate legal entity shall continue until cancellation of the Certificate of Formation as provided in the Act.

 

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Section 7. Purposes.

The Company is formed for the object and purpose of, and the nature of the business to be conducted and promoted by the Company is, engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

 

Section 8. Powers.

In furtherance of its purposes, but subject to all of the provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall have and exercise all of the powers and rights conferred upon limited liability companies formed pursuant to the Act.

 

Section 9. Management.

(a) Board of Directors . The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of a committee of the Company (the “Board” or “Board of Directors”) consisting of one or more natural persons designated and appointed by the Member as directors of the Company as provided below (each a “Director” and collectively, the “Directors”). The Member may determine at any time in its sole and absolute discretion the number of Directors to constitute the Board. The authorized number of Directors may be increased or decreased by the Member at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, upon notice to all Directors. The initial Directors shall be the directors of the Corporation immediately prior to the Conversion. The initial number of Directors shall be three. Each Director elected, designated or appointed by the Member shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Director’s earlier death, resignation, expulsion or removal. Each Director shall execute and deliver the Management Agreement. Directors need not be a Member. The initial Directors designated by the Member are listed on Schedule C hereto. A Director is hereby designated as a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of Section 18-101(10) of the Act. Each Director shall execute a counterpart signature page to a Management Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto on Schedule B .

(b) Powers . The Board of Directors shall have the power to do any and all acts necessary, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purposes described herein, including all powers, statutory or otherwise. The Board of Directors has the authority to bind the Company.

(c) Meeting of the Board of Directors . The Board of Directors of the Company may hold meetings, both regular and special, within or outside the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President on not less than one day’s notice to each Director by telephone, facsimile, mail, telegram or any other means of communication, and special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and with like notice upon the written request of any one or more of the Directors.

 

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(d) Quorum: Acts of the Board . At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and, except as otherwise provided in any other provision of this Agreement, the act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board, the Directors present at such meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if written consents, setting forth the action so taken, are executed by the members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, representing the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or to take such action at a meeting at which all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, permitted to vote were present and voted.

(e) Electronic Communications . Members of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in meetings of the Board, or any committee, by means of telephone conference or other communications equipment that allows all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. If all the participants are participating by telephone conference or other communications equipment, the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the principal place of business of the Company.

(f) Committees of Directors .

(i) The Board may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the Company. The Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.

(ii) In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

(iii) Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board, and shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Company. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board when required.

(g) Compensation of Directors; Expenses . The Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation of Directors. The Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at meetings of the Board, which may be a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board or a stated salary as Director. No such payment shall preclude any Director from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

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(h) Removal of Directors . Unless otherwise restricted by law, any Director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed or expelled, with or without cause, at any time by the Member, and any vacancy caused by any such removal or expulsion may be filled by action of the Member.

(i) Directors as Agents . To the extent of their powers set forth in this Agreement, the Directors are agents of the Company for the purpose of the Company’s business, and the actions of the Directors taken in accordance with such powers set forth in this Agreement shall bind the Company. Notwithstanding the last sentence of Section 18-402 of the Act, except as provided in this Agreement or in a resolution of the Directors, a Director may not bind the Company.

 

Section 10. Officers.

(a) The initial Officers of the Company are listed on Schedule D hereto. The additional or successor Officers of the Company shall be chosen by the Board and may consist of a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, as well as one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. The Board may appoint such other Officers and agents as it shall deem necessary or advisable who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board. The salaries of all Officers and agents of the Company shall be fixed by or in the manner prescribed by the Board. The Officers of the Company shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified. Any Officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company shall be filled by the Board.

(b) President . The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Company, shall preside at all meetings of the Board, shall be responsible for the general and active management of the business of the Company and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. The President or any other Officer authorized by the President or the Board shall execute all bonds, mortgages and other contracts, except: (i) where required or permitted by law or this Agreement to be otherwise signed and executed; (ii) where signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board to some other Officer or agent of the Company, and (iii) as otherwise permitted in Section 10(c) .

(c) Vice President . In the absence of the President or in the event of the President’s inability to act, the Vice President, if any (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election), shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice Presidents, if any, shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

 

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(d) Secretary and Assistant Secretary . The Secretary shall be responsible for filing legal documents and maintaining records for the Company. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Company and of the Board in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or shall cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Member, if any, and special meetings of the Board, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or the President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall serve. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board (or if there be no such determination, then in order of their election), shall, in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

(e) Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer . The Treasurer shall have the custody of the Company funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Company and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Company in such depositories as may be designated by the Board. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and to the Board, at its regular meetings or when the Board so requires, an account of all of the Treasurer’s transactions and of the financial condition of the Company. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election), shall, in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

(f) Officers as Agents . The Officers, to the extent of their powers set forth in this Agreement or otherwise vested in them by action of the Board not inconsistent with this Agreement, are agents of the Company for the purpose of the Company’s business and the actions of the Officers taken in accordance with such powers shall bind the Company.

(g) Duties of Board and Officers . Except to the extent otherwise modified herein, each Director and Officer shall have a fiduciary duty of loyalty and care similar to that of directors and officers of business corporations organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

Section 11. Limited Liability.

Except as otherwise expressly provided by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be the debts, obligations and liabilities solely of the Company, and neither the Member nor any Director shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Member or Director of the Company.

 

Section 12. Capital Contributions.

The capital contributions of the Member to the Company shall be deemed to be the cost basis of the Member’s shares of the Corporation.

 

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Section 13. Additional Contributions.

The Member is not required to make any additional capital contribution to the Company. However, the Member may make additional capital contributions to the Company at any time in its sole discretion. The provisions of this Agreement, including this Section 13, are intended to benefit the Member and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be construed as conferring any benefit upon any creditor of the Company (and no such creditor of the Company shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement) and the Member shall not have any duty or obligation to any creditor of the Company to make any contribution to the Company or to issue any call for capital pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Section 14. Allocation of Profits and Losses.

The Company’s profits and losses shall be allocated to the Member.

 

Section 15. Distributions.

Distributions shall be made to the Member at the times and in the aggregate amounts determined by the Board. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to make a distribution to the Member on account of its interest in the Company if such distribution would violate the Act or any other applicable.

 

Section 16. Books and Records.

The Board shall keep or cause to be kept complete and accurate books of account and records with respect to the Company’s business. The books of the Company shall at all times be maintained by the Board. The Member and its duly authorized representatives shall have the right to examine the Company books, records and documents during normal business hours. The Company, and the Board on behalf of the Company, shall not have the right to keep confidential from the Member any information that the Board would otherwise be permitted to keep confidential from the Member pursuant to Section 18-305(c) of the Act. The Company’s books of account shall be kept using the method of accounting determined by the Member. The Company’s independent auditor, if any, shall be an independent public accounting firm selected by the Member.

 

Section 17. Reports.

The Board shall, after the end of each fiscal year, use reasonable efforts to cause the Company’s independent accountants, if any, to prepare and transmit to the Member as promptly as possible any such tax information as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Member to prepare its federal, state and local income tax returns relating to such fiscal year.

 

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Section 18. Other Business.

Any Covered Person (as defined below) may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Company, and the Company and the Member shall have no rights by virtue of this Agreement in and to such independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the business of the Company, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. No Covered Person shall be obligated to present any particular investment opportunity to the Company even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Company, could be taken by the Company, and any Covered Person shall have the right to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular investment opportunity.

 

Section 19. Exculpation and Indemnification.

(a) Neither the Member nor any Officer, Director, employee or agent of the Company nor any employee, representative, agent or affiliate of the Member (collectively, the “ Covered Persons ”) shall be liable to the Company or any other person or entity who is bound by this Agreement for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a Covered Person shall be entitled to indemnification from the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that no Covered Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions; provided, however, that any indemnity under this Section 19 by the Company shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and the Member shall not have personal liability on account thereof;

(c) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including reasonable legal fees) incurred by a Covered Person defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section 19 .

(d) A Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any person or entity as to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other person’s or entity’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Company, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

 

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(e) To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company or to any other Covered Person, a Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or to any other Covered Person who is bound by this Agreement for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement or any approval or authorization granted by the Company or any other Covered Person. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, is agreed by the Member to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Covered Person.

(f) The foregoing provisions of this Section 19 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 20. Assignments.

The Member may assign in whole or in part its limited liability company interest in the Company. The transferee shall be admitted to the Company as a member of the Company upon its execution of an instrument signifying its agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which instrument may be a counterpart signature page to this Agreement. If the Member transfers all of its limited liability company interest in the Company pursuant to this Section 20, such admission shall be deemed effective immediately prior to the transfer and, immediately following such admission, the transferor Member shall cease to be a member of the Company. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any successor to the Member by merger or consolidation shall, without further act, be the Member hereunder, and such merger or consolidation shall not constitute an assignment for purposes of this Agreement and the Company shall continue without dissolution.

 

Section 21. Resignation.

The Member may resign at any time. If the Member is permitted to resign pursuant to this Section 21, an additional member of the Company shall be admitted to the Company, upon its execution of an instrument signifying its agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which instrument may be a counterpart signature page to this Agreement. Such admission shall be deemed effective immediately prior to the resignation and, immediately following such admission, the resigning Member shall cease to be a member of the Company.

 

Section 22. Admission of Additional Members.

One or more additional members of the Company may be admitted to the Company with the written consent of the Member.

 

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Section 23. Dissolution.

(a) The Company shall be dissolved, and its affairs shall be wound up upon the first to occur of the following: (i) upon the consent of the Member, (ii) at any time there are no members of the Company unless the Company is continued in accordance with the Act, or (iii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 18-802 of the Act.

(b) The bankruptcy (within the meaning of Sections 18-101(1) and 18-304 of the Act) of the Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the business of the Company shall continue without dissolution.

(c) In the event of dissolution, the Company shall conduct only such activities as are necessary to wind up its affairs (including the sale of the assets of the Company in an orderly manner), and the assets of the Company shall be applied in the manner, and in the order of priority, set forth in Section 18-804 of the Act.

(d) The Company shall terminate when (i) all of the assets of the Company, after payment of or due provision for all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company shall have been distributed to the Member in the manner provided for in this Agreement and (ii) the Certificate of Formation shall have been canceled in the manner required by the Act.

 

Section 24. Benefits of Agreement; No Third-Party Rights.

None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditor of the Company or by any creditor of the Member. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create any right in any person or entity (other than Covered Persons) not a party hereto, and this Agreement shall not be construed in any respect to be a contract in whole or in part for the benefit of any third person.

 

Section 25. Severability of Provisions.

Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered severable and if for any reason any provision or provisions herein are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal under any existing or future law, such invalidity, unenforceability or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement which are valid, enforceable and legal.

 

Section 26. Entire Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

Section 27. Binding Agreement.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Member agrees that this Agreement, constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Member, and is enforceable against the Member, in accordance with its terms.

 

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Section 28. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict of laws principles), all rights and remedies being governed by said laws.

 

Section 29. Amendments.

This Agreement may be modified, altered, supplemented or amended pursuant to a written agreement executed and delivered by the Member.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, has duly executed this Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

MEMBER: CONSTANT CONTACT, INC.
By:  

/s/ ROBERT P. NAULT

  Name:   ROBERT P. NAULT
  Title:   SECRETARY

 

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SCHEDULE A

Member

 

Name

 

Mailing Address

  Agreed Value
of
Capital
Contribution
    Limited
Liability
Company
Interest
 

Constant Contact, Inc.

  1601 Trapelo Road, Waltham, MA 02451   $ 75,200,204        100

 

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SCHEDULE B

MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

October    , 2012

SinglePlatform, LLC

17 Battery Place, Suite 232

New York, NY 10004

Re: Management Agreement — SinglePlatform, LLC

Ladies and Gentlemen:

For good and valuable consideration, the undersigned person, who has been designated as a director of SinglePlatform, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), in accordance with the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of October    , 2012, as it may be amended or restated from time to time (the “ LLC Agreement ”), hereby agrees as follows:

1. The undersigned accepts such person’s rights and authority as a Director under the LLC Agreement and agrees to perform and discharge such person’s duties and obligations as a Director under the LLC Agreement, and further agrees that such rights, authorities, duties and obligations under the LLC Agreement shall continue until such person’s successor as a Director is designated or until such person’s resignation or removal as a Director in accordance with the LLC Agreement. The undersigned agrees and acknowledges that he has been designated as a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

2. THIS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, AND ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.

Initially capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the LLC Agreement. This Management Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Management Agreement and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Management Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

/s/ Gail F. Goodman

Name:   Gail F. Goodman

/s/ Harpreet S. Grewal

Name:   Harpreet S. Grewal

/s/ Robert P. Nault

Name:   Robert P. Nault

 

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SCHEDULE C

DIRECTORS

1. Gail F. Goodman

2. Harpreet S. Grewal

3. Robert P. Nault

 

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SCHEDULE D

 

OFFICERS

  

TITLE

Gail F. Goodman    President
Joel Hughes    Vice President
Harpreet S. Grewal    Treasurer
Robert P. Nault    Secretary
Wiley Cerilli    Vice President and General Manager

 

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Exhibit 3.26

 

 

State of Delaware

Secretary of State

Division of Corporations

Delivered 08:15 AM 12/14/2011

FILED 08:30 AM 12/14/2011

SRV 111289310 - 2739803 FILE

CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND MERGER

MERGING

IPOWER, INC.

(an Arizona corporation)

WITH AND INTO

THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

* * * * * * * * * *

In accordance with the provisions of §253 of the

General Corporation Law of the

State of Delaware

* * * * * * * * * *

The undersigned, on behalf of The Endurance International Group, Inc., a corporation incorporated on the 15 th day of April, 1997, duly organized and existing under the virtue of the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Corporation ”), desiring to merge IPOWER, Inc., an Arizona corporation, incorporated on the 5th day of December, 2005 (the “ Subsidiary ”) with and into the Corporation pursuant to the provisions of Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

FIRST : That the Corporation owns 100% of the capital stock of the Subsidiary, pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and

SECOND : That the Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted resolutions on the 13th day of December, 2011, as set forth below approving the merger of the Subsidiary with and into the Corporation (the “ Merger ”):

WHEREAS, the Corporation lawfully owns 100% of the outstanding stock of IPOWER, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of State of Arizona (the “ Subsidiary ”),

WHEREAS, the sole stockholder of the Corporation (the “ Corporation’s Parent ”) has approved the Merger, as defined below, and

WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to merge the Subsidiary with and into the Corporation.

RESOLVED, that the Corporation desires the Subsidiary to merge with and into the Corporation, and to be possessed of all the estate, property, rights, privileges and franchises of the Subsidiary (the “ Merger ”).


FURTHER RESOLVED, the Board of Directors hereby approves the Agreement and Plan of Merger between the Corporation and the Subsidiary (the “ Plan of Merger ”), including, without limitation, the cancellation of the Subsidiary’s stock owned by the Corporation.

FURTHER RESOLVED, that any of the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer or any such other officer as maybe designated by the Board of Directors (collectively referred to herein as the “ Authorized Officers ”) be, and each hereby is, directed to make and execute a Certificate of Ownership and Merger to be filed with the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware and the office of the Secretary of State of Arizona with such change therein or modification thereto as such Authorized Officers shall in their sole discretion deem necessary, proper or advisable.

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to do all acts and things whatsoever, whether within or without the State of Delaware, which may be in any way necessary or proper to effect the Merger.

THIRD : That anything herein or elsewhere to the contrary notwithstanding, the Merger may be amended or terminated and abandoned by the Board of Directors of the Corporation at any time prior to the time that this merger filed with the Secretary of State becomes effective.

FOURTH : The sole stockholder of the Corporation has approved the Merger on December 13, 2011.

FIFTH : that the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation as in effect immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger shall be the certificate of incorporation of the surviving corporation.

SIXTH : The Merger shall have a future effective date and shall be deemed effective December 31, 2011.

* * * * * * *

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by an authorized officer this 13th day of December, 2011.

 

THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
By:  

/s/ Hari Ravichandran

Name:   Hari Ravichandran
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 3.27

REVISED AS OF 5/5/03

BY-LAWS

of

THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.


Table of Contents

 

         Page  

ARTICLE 1. OFFICES

     1   

1.1.

  Registered Office      1   

1.2.

  Other Offices      1   

ARTICLE 2. SEAL

     1   

ARTICLE 3. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

     1   

3.1.

  Place of Meeting      1   

3.2.

  Annual Meetings      1   

3.3.

  Special Meetings      1   

3.4.

  Notice      1   

3.5.

  Quorum and Adjournments      2   

3.6.

  Votes; Proxies      2   

3.7.

  Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting      3   

ARTICLE 4. DIRECTORS

     4   

4.1.

  Number      4   

4.2.

  Term of Office      4   

4.3.

  Vacancies      4   

4.4.

  Removal by Stockholders      5   

4.5.

  Meetings      5   

4.6.

  Votes      5   

4.7.

  Quorum and Adjournment      5   

4.8.

  Compensation      5   

4.9.

  Action by Consent of Directors      6   

ARTICLE 5. COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

     6   

5.1.

  Executive Committee      6   

5.2.

  Audit Committee      6   

5.3.

  Other Committees      6   

5.4.

  General Provisions Applicable to All Committees      7   

ARTICLE 6. OFFICERS

     7   

6.1.

  Officers      7   

6.2.

  Vacancies      7   

6.3.

  Chairman of the Board      8   

6.4.

  President      8   

6.5.

  Executive Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents      8   

6.6.

  Secretary      8   

6.7.

  Assistant Secretaries      8   

6.8.

  Treasurer      8   

6.9.

  Assistant Treasurers      9   

6.10.

  Controller      9   

6.11.

  Assistant Controller      9   

6.12.

  Subordinate Officers      9   

6.13.

  Compensation      9   

6.14.

  Removal      9   

6.15.

  Bonds      9   

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

         Page  

ARTICLE 7. CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

     9   

7.1.

  Form and Execution of Certificates      9   

7.2.

  Transfer of Shares      10   

7.3.

  Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record      11   

7.4.

  Lost or Destroyed Certificates      11   

7.5.

  Uncertified Shares      12   

ARTICLE 8. EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS

     12   

8.1.

  Execution of Checks, Notes, etc      12   

8.2.

  Execution of Contracts, Assignments, etc      12   

8.3.

  Execution of Proxies      12   

ARTICLE 9. INSPECTION OF BOOKS

     13   

ARTICLE 10. FISCAL YEAR

     13   

ARTICLE 11. INTERESTED DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

     13   

ARTICLE 12. AMENDMENTS

     14   

 

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THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.

BY-LAWS

ARTICLE 1. OFFICES

1.1. Registered Office . The registered office of the Corporation shall be located in Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware, and the name of the resident agent in charge thereof shall be CT Corporation System.

1.2. Other Offices . The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE 1. SEAL

The seal of the Corporation shall, subject to alteration by the Board of Directors, consist of a flat-faced circular die with the word “Delaware,” together with the name of the Corporation and the year of incorporation, cut or engraved thereon.

ARTICLE 1. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

1.3. Place of Meeting . Meetings of the stockholders shall be held either within or without the State of Delaware at such place as the Board of Directors may fix from time to time.

1.4. Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors on such date and at such time as the Board of Directors may fix from time to time. Any other business as may be required by law or these By-Laws or as may properly come before the meeting may be transacted at the annual meeting.

1.5. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, the President or by the directors (either by written instrument signed by a majority or by resolution adopted by a vote of the majority), and special meetings shall be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, the President or the Secretary whenever stockholders owning at least a majority of the capital stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote so request in writing. Such request of stockholders shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.

1.6. Notice . Written or printed notice of every meeting of stockholders, annual or special, stating the hour, date and place thereof and the purpose or purposes in general terms for which the meeting is called shall, not less than ten (10) days, or such longer period as shall be provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, or otherwise, and not more than sixty (60) days before such meeting, be served upon or mailed to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat, at the address of such stockholder as it appears upon the stock records of the Corporation or, if such stockholder shall have filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices be mailed to some other address, then to the address designated in such request.

 

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Notice of the hour, date, place and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be dispensed with if every stockholder entitled to vote thereat shall attend either in person or by proxy and shall not, at the beginning of the meeting, object to the holding of such meeting because the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened, or if every absent stockholder entitled to such notice shall in writing, filed with the records of the meeting, either before or after the holding thereof, waive such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of the stockholders or any adjourned session thereof need be specified in any written waiver of notice.

1.7. Quorum and Adjournments . Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, (a) the presence in person or by proxy at any stockholders’ meeting of the holders of fifty percent (50%) of the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, shall be requisite and shall constitute a quorum, and (b) if two or more classes or series of stock are entitled to vote as separate classes upon any question, then, in the case of each such class or series, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of fifty percent (50%) of the shares of that class or series issued, outstanding and entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the consideration of such question. If a quorum for each class and series of shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat shall not be present at any meeting of the stockholders regularly called, the vote of stockholders entitled to cast fifty percent (50%) of the votes that may be cast by the stockholders present in person or by proxy shall be requisite to adjourn the meeting to another time, or to another time and place, without notice other than announcement thereat of the time and place to which the meeting is adjourned, and there may be successive adjournments for like cause and in like manner until holders of the requisite number of shares of each class and series entitled to vote thereat shall be present or represented by proxy; provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, notice of the hour, date and place of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat. Subject to the requirements of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, on any issue on which two or more classes or series of stock are entitled to vote separately, no adjournment shall be taken with respect to any class or series for which a quorum is present unless the chairman of the meeting otherwise directs. If, at any subsequent session of a meeting previously adjourned for want of a quorum, holders of the requisite number of shares of each class and series entitled to vote thereat shall be present in person or by proxy, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. If a quorum is present at an original meeting, a quorum need not be present at an adjourned session of that meeting.

1.8. Votes; Proxies . Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, at each meeting of stockholders, every stockholder of record on the date set by the Board of Directors for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote which is registered in such stockholder’s name on the books of the Corporation and, in the election of directors, may vote cumulatively to the extent, if any, and in the manner authorized in the Certificate of Incorporation.

At each such meeting every stockholder entitled to vote shall be entitled to do so in person, or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing or as otherwise permitted by law subscribed by such stockholder. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is

 

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irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or any interest in the Corporation generally. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing with the Secretary of the Corporation an instrument in writing or as otherwise permitted by law revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date.

Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot. The directors or the person presiding at the meeting may, and shall if required by applicable law, appoint one or more inspectors of election and any substitute inspectors to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspectors shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by them and execute a certificate of any fact found by them.

At any meeting at which a quorum is present, a plurality of the votes properly cast for election to fill any vacancy on the Board of Directors shall be sufficient to elect a candidate to fill such vacancy, and a majority of the votes properly cast upon any other question shall decide the question, except in any case where a larger vote is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, or otherwise.

Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of any corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

1.9. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of 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 outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, to its principal place of business, or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the books in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

 

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Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered to the Corporation in the manner required by this section, written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take such action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, to its principal place of business, or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the books in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

ARTICLE 1. DIRECTORS

1.10. Number . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted and managed by a Board of Directors consisting of one or more directors, none of whom needs to be a stockholder. The number of directors for each year shall be fixed at each annual meeting of stockholders, but if the number is not so fixed, the number shall remain as it stood immediately prior to such meeting.

At each annual meeting of stockholders, the stockholders shall elect directors. Each director so elected shall hold office, subject to the provisions of law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, or otherwise, until the next annual meeting of stockholders, or until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified.

At any time during any year, except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, or otherwise, the number of directors may be increased or reduced, in each case by vote of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote for the election of directors or a majority of the directors in office at the time of such increase or decrease, regardless of whether such majority constitutes a quorum.

1.11. Term of Office . Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, removal or disqualification, subject to the right of the stockholders at any time to remove any director or directors as provided in Section 4 of this Article 4.

1.12. Vacancies . If any vacancy shall occur among the directors, or if the number of directors shall at any time be increased, the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, by a majority vote may fill the vacancies or newly-created directorships, or any such vacancies or newly-created directorships may be filed by the stockholders at any meeting.

 

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1.13. Removal by Stockholders . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise, the holders of record of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors may, by a majority vote, remove any director or directors, with or without cause, and, in their discretion, elect a new director or directors in place thereof.

1.14. Meetings . Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board, if there be one, or by the President, and as may be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of any meeting. Meetings may be held at any time upon the call of the Chairman of the Board, if there be one, or the President or any two (2) of the directors in office by oral, telegraphic, telex, telecopy or other form of electronic transmission, or written notice, duly served or sent or mailed to each director not less than twenty-four (24) hours before such meeting, except that, if mailed, not less than seventy-two (72) hours before such meeting.

Meetings may be held at any time and place without notice if all the directors are present and do not object to the holding of such meeting for lack of property notice or if those not present shall, in writing or by telegram, telex, telecopy or other form of electronic transmission, waive notice thereof. A regular meeting of the Board may be held without notice immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders at the place where such meeting is held. Regular meetings of the Board may also be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof need be specified in any written waiver of notice.

Members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and participation in a meeting pursuant to the foregoing provisions shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

1.15. Votes . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise, the vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

1.16. Quorum and Adjournment . Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If at any meeting of the Board there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement of the adjournment at the meeting, and at such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.

1.17. Compensation . In the discretion of the Board of Directors, each director may be paid such fees for his services as director and be reimbursed for his reasonable expenses

 

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incurred in the performance of his duties as director as the board of directors from time to time may determine. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving reasonable compensation therefor.

1.18. Action by Consent of Directors . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such consent shall be treated as a vote adopted at a meeting for all purposes. Such consents may be executed in one or more counterparts and not every Director or committee member need sign the same counterpart.

ARTICLE 1. COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

1.19. Executive Committee . The Board of Directors may appoint an Executive Committee of two (2) or more members, to serve during the pleasure of the Board, to consist of such directors as the Board may from time to time designate. The Board of Directors shall designate the Chairman of the Executive Committee.

During the intervals between the meetings of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in establishing such Committee or otherwise, the Executive Committee shall possess and may exercise all the powers of the Board in the management and direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation; provided, however, that the Executive Committee shall not have the power:

 

  (    ) to adopt, amend or repeal any By-Law of the Corporation, or

 

  (    ) to approve or adopt, or to recommend to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the Delaware General Corporation Law to be submitted to the stockholders for approval.

1.20. Audit Committee . The Board of Directors may appoint from its own number an Audit Committee of two (2) or more members to serve during the pleasure of the Board. The Board of Directors shall designate the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

The Audit Committee shall review the annual financial statements of the Corporation prior to their submission to the Board of Directors, shall consult with the Corporation’s independent auditors, and may examine and consider such other matters in relation to the internal and external audit of the Corporation’s accounts and in relation to the financial affairs of the Corporation and its accounts, including the selection and retention of independent auditors, as the Audit Committee may, in its discretion, determine to be desirable.

1.21. Other Committees . The Board of Directors may at any time appoint one or more other committees from its own number. The Board may from time to time designate or alter, within the limits permitted by law, the Certificate of Incorporation and this Article 5, if applicable, the duties, powers and number of members of such other committees or change their membership, and may at any time abolish such other committees or any of them.

 

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1.22. General Provisions Applicable to All Committees . The following provisions shall apply to all committees appointed pursuant to this Article 5:

 

  (a) Procedure . Each such committee shall, by a vote of a majority of its members, fix its own times and places of meeting, determine the number of its own rules of procedure, no change in which shall be made save by a majority vote of its members.

 

  (b) Reports . Each such committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, and all action by such committee shall, from time to time, be reported to the Board of Directors as the Board shall direct. Such action shall be subject to review, amendment and repeal by the Board, provided that no rights of third parties shall be adversely affected by such review, amendment or repeal.

 

  (c) Appointment of Additional Members . In the absence or disqualification of any member of any such committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not constituting a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

 

  (d) Term of Office . The members of any such committee shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the annual meeting of stockholders (or until such other time as the Board of Directors may determine, either in the vote establishing the committee or at the election of such member or otherwise) and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed, is replaced by change of membership or becomes disqualified by ceasing to be a director, or until the committee is sooner abolished by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE 1. OFFICERS

1.23. Officers . The Board of Directors shall elect a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and, in their discretion, may elect a Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice Chairman, a Controller, and one or more Executive Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Controllers, as they deem necessary or appropriate. Such officers shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual meeting of stockholders (or at such other meeting as the Board of Directors determines), and each shall hold office for the term provided by the vote of the Board, except that each will be subject to removal from office in the discretion of the Board as provided herein. The powers and duties of more than one office may be exercised and performed by the same person.

1.24. Vacancies . Any vacancy in any office may be filed for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors, at any regular or special meeting.

 

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1.25. Chairman of the Board . The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if elected, shall be a member of the Board of Directors and shall preside, or designate the person who shall preside, at its meetings. The Chairman, if other than the President, shall advise and counsel with the President, and shall perform such duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

1.26. President . The President shall be the chief executive office of the Corporation. Subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, the President shall have and exercise direct charge of and general supervision over the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall perform all duties incident to the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors. The President may but need not be a member of the Board of Directors.

1.27. Executive Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents . Each Executive Vice President and Vice President shall have and exercise such powers and shall perform such duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors or by the chief executive officer.

1.28. Secretary . The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors in books provided for the purpose; shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of law and these By-Laws; the Secretary shall be custodian of the records and of the corporate seal or seals of the Corporation; shall see that the corporate seal is affixed to all documents the execution of which, on behalf of the Corporation under its seal, is duly authorized, and, when the seal is so affixed, he or she may attest the same; the Secretary may sign, with the Chairman, if any shall be elected, any Vice Chairman, the President, an Executive Vice President or a Vice President, certificates of stock of the Corporation; and, in general, the Secretary shall perform all duties incident to the office of secretary of a corporation, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors or by the chief executive officer.

1.29. Assistant Secretaries . The Assistant Secretaries in order of their seniority shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe or as from time to time may be assigned by the Secretary or by the chief executive officer.

1.30. Treasurer . Unless the Board of Directors otherwise specifies, the Treasurer shall have charge of and be responsible for all funds, securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, and shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, in the name of the Corporation, all monies or other valuable effects in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as shall, from time to time, be selected by the Board of Directors; may endorse for collection on behalf of the Corporation checks, notes and other obligations; may sign receipts and vouchers for payments made to the Corporation; may sign checks of the Corporation, singly or jointly with another person as the Board of Directors may authorize, and pay out and dispose of the proceeds under the direction of the Board; the Treasurer shall render to the chief executive officer and to the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of the financial condition of the Corporation; the Treasurer may sign, with the Chairman, if any shall be elected, any Vice Chairman, the President, or an Executive Vice President or a Vice President,

 

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certificates of stock of the Corporation; and in general, shall perform all the duties incident to the office of treasurer of a corporation, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors or by the chief executive officer. Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise determine, the Treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the Corporation.

1.31. Assistant Treasurers . The Assistant Treasurers in order of their seniority shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe or as from time to time may be assigned by the Treasurer or by the chief executive officer.

1.32. Controller . The Controller, if elected, shall be the chief accounting officer of the Corporation and shall perform all duties incident to the office of a controller of a corporation, and, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe or as from time to time may be assigned by the President or the Treasurer or by the chief executive officer.

1.33. Assistant Controller . The Assistant Controllers in order of their seniority shall, in the absence or disability of the Controller, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Controller and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe or as from time to time may be assigned by the Controller or by the chief executive officer.

1.34. Subordinate Officers . The Board of Directors may appoint such subordinate officers as it may deem desirable. Each such officer shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, authorize any officer to appoint and remove subordinate officers and to prescribe the powers and duties thereof.

1.35. Compensation . The Board of Directors, or a committee thereof designated for such purpose, shall fix the compensation of all officers of the Corporation. It may authorize any officer, upon whom the power of appointing subordinate officers may have been conferred, to fix the compensation of such subordinate officers.

1.36. Removal . Any officer of the Corporation may be removed, with or without cause, by action of the Board of Directors.

1.37. Bonds . The Board of Directors may require any officer of the Corporation to give a bond to the Corporation, conditional upon the faithful performance of his or her duties, with one or more sureties and in such amount as may be satisfactory to the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE 1. CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

1.38. Form and Execution of Certificates . The interest of each stockholder of the Corporation shall be evidenced by a certificate or certificates for shares of stock in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. The certificates of stock of each class shall be consecutively numbered and signed by the Chairman of the Board, if any shall be elected, or any Vice Chairmen, the President, and Executive Vice President or a Vice

 

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President and by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, and may be countersigned and registered in such manner as the Board of Directors may be resolution prescribe, and shall bear the corporate seal or a printed or engraved facsimile thereof. Where any such certificate is signed by a transfer agent or transfer clerk acting on behalf of the Corporation, the signature or signatures of any such Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman, President, Executive Vice President, Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary and/or Assistant Secretary may be facsimiles, engraved or printed. In case any officer or officers, who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used on, any such certificate or certificates, shall cease to be such officer or officers, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates shall have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered by the Corporation as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers.

In case the corporate seal which has been affixed to, impressed on, or reproduced in any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be the seal of the Corporation before such certificate or certificates have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered by the Corporation as though the seal affixed thereto, impressed thereon or reproduced therein had not ceased to be the seal of the Corporation.

Every certificate for shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer pursuant to law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, or any agreement to which the Corporation is a party, shall have the restriction noted conspicuously on the certificate, and shall also set forth, on the face or back, either the full text of the restriction or a statement of the existence of such restriction and (except if such restriction is imposed by law) a statement that the Corporation will furnish a copy thereof to the holder of such certificate upon written request and without charge.

Every certificate issued when the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class or series of stock shall set forth on its face or back either the full text of the preferences, powers, qualifications, and special and relative rights of the shares of each class and series authorized to be issued, or a statement of the existence of such preferences, powers, qualifications and rights, and a statement that the Corporation will furnish a copy thereof to the holder of such certificate upon written request and without charge.

1.39. Transfer of Shares . Subject to the restrictions, if any, stated or noted on the stock certificate, the shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof in person or by his or her attorney lawfully constituted, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for the same number of shares, with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, with such proof or guaranty of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its agents may reasonably require. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, save as expressly provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation. It shall be the duty of each stockholder to notify the Corporation of his, her or its post office address.

 

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1.40. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record . In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of directors and which record date: (a) in the case of determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders or adjournment thereof, shall, unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting; (b) in the case of determination of stockholders entitled to express consent to Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise, not be prior to nor more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors; and (c) in the case of any other action, shall not precede the date on which the record date is fixed, nor be more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of such other action. If no record date is fixed: (a) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held; (b) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law, or, if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action; and (c) the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

1.41. Lost or Destroyed Certificates . In case of the loss or destruction of any certificate of stock, a new certificate may be issued under the following conditions:

 

  (    )

The owner of said certificate shall file with the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation an affidavit giving the facts in relation to the ownership, and in relation to the loss or destruction of said certificate, stating its number and the number of shares represented thereby; such affidavit shall be in such form and contain such statements as shall satisfy the Chairman of the Board, if any shall be elected, any Vice Chairman, the President, any Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, that said certificate has been accidentally destroyed or lost, and that a new certificate ought to be issued in lieu thereof. Upon being so

 

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  satisfied, any such officer may require such owner to furnish the Corporation a bond in such penal sum and in such form as such officer may deem advisable, and with a surety or sureties approved by him or her, to indemnify and save harmless the Corporation from any claim, loss, damage or liability which may be occasioned by the issuance of a new certificate in lieu thereof. Upon such bond being so filed, if so required, a new certificate for the same number of shares shall be issued to the owner of the certificate so lost or destroyed; and the transfer agent and registrar, if any, of stock shall countersign and register such new certificate upon receipt of a written order signed by any such officer, and thereupon the Corporation will save harmless said transfer agent and registrar in the premises. In the case of the surrender of the original certificate, in lieu of which a new certificate has been issued, or the surrender of such new certificate, for cancellation, the bond of indemnity given as a condition of the issue of such new certificate may be surrendered; or

 

  (    ) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may be resolution authorize and direct any transfer agent or registrar of stock of the Corporation to issue and register respectively from time to time without further action or approval by or on behalf of the Corporation new certificates of stock to replace certificates reported lost, stolen or destroyed upon receipt of an affidavit of loss and bond of indemnity in form and amount and with surety satisfactory to such transfer agent or registrar in each instance or upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may determine.

1.42. Uncertified Shares . The Board of Directors of the Corporation may by resolution provide that one or more of any or all classes or series of the stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated shares, subject to the provisions of Section 158 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

ARTICLE 1. EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS

1.43. Execution of Checks, Notes, etc . All checks and drafts on the Corporation’s bank accounts and all bills of exchange and promissory notes, and all acceptances, obligations and other instruments for the payment of money, shall be signed by such officer or officers, or agents or agents, as shall be thereunto authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, which may in its discretion authorize any such signatures to be facsimile.

1.44. Execution of Contracts, Assignments, etc . Unless the Board of Directors shall have otherwise provided generally or in a specific instance, all contracts, agreements, endorsements, assignments, transfers, stock powers, or other instruments shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, if any shall be elected, any Vice Chairman, the President, any Executive Vice President, any Vice President , the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer. The Board of Directors may, however, in its discretion, require any or all such instruments to be signed by any two or more of such officers, or may permit any or all of such instruments to be signed by such other officer or officers, agents or agents, as it shall be thereunto authorize from time to time.

1.45. Execution of Proxies . The Chairman of the Board, if any shall be elected, any Vice Chairman, the President, any Executive Vice President or any Vice President, and the Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Secretary or any Assistant Treasurer, or any other officer designated by the Board of Directors, may sign on behalf of the Corporation proxies to vote upon shares of stock of other companies standing in the name of the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE 1. INSPECTION OF BOOKS

The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time whether, and if allowed, to what extent and at what time and places and under what conditions and regulations, the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may by law be specifically open to inspection) or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders, and no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any account or book or document of the Corporation, except as conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, unless and until authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors or of the stockholders of the Corporation.

ARTICLE 1. FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined from time to time by vote of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE 1. INTERESTED DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

1.0. No contract or transaction between the corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of the corporation’s directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the board or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:

 

  (    ) The material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the board of directors or the committee, and the board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

  (    ) The material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or

 

  (    ) The contract or transaction is fair as to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the board of directors, a committee thereof, or the stockholders.

1.45. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

 

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ARTICLE 1. AMENDMENTS

These By-Laws may be altered, amended, changed or repealed and new By-Laws adopted by the stockholders or, to the extent provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, by the Board of Directors, in either case at any meeting called for that purpose at which a quorum shall be present. Any by-law, whether made, altered, amended, changed or repealed by the stockholders or the Board of Directors may be repealed, amended, changed, further amended, changed, repealed or reinstated, as the case may be, either by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors, as herein provided; except that this Article 12 may be altered, amended, changed or repealed only by vote of the stockholders.

 

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Exhibit 4.2

Execution Version

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

First Supplemental Indenture (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of February 9, among Constant Contact, Inc., a Delaware corporation, CardStar, Inc., a Delaware corporation, CardStar Publishing, LLC, a District of Columbia limited liability company, and SinglePlatform, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together, the “ Guaranteeing Subsidiaries ”), each a subsidiary of EIG Investors Corp., a Delaware Corporation (the “ Issuer ”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, each of EIG Investors Corp. and the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to below) has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “ Indenture ”), dated as of February 9, 2016, providing for the issuance of an unlimited aggregate principal amount of 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Notes ”);

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which each of the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “ Guarantees ”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture without the consent of Holders.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

(1) Capitalized Terms . Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

(2) Agreement to Guarantee . Each of the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries hereby agrees to be a Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to a Guarantor, including Article 10 thereof.

(3) Execution and Delivery . Each of the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries agrees that its Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

(4) Governing Law . THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(5) Counterparts . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture and signature pages for all purposes.


(6) Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

(7) The Trustee . The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries.

(8) Benefits Acknowledged . Each of the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

CONSTANT CONTACT, INC.

CARDSTAR, INC.

SINGLEPLATFORM, LLC

By:  

/s/ Hari Ravichandran

  Name:   Hari Ravichandran
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President
CARDSTAR PUBLISHING, LLC
By:   CARDSTAR, INC., its sole member
By:  

/s/ Hari Ravichandran

  Name:   Hari Ravichandran
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

[ Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture ]

 

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WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ John T. Needham, Jr.

  Name:   John T. Needham, Jr.
  Title:   Vice President

[ Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture ]

 

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Exhibit 4.4

JOINDER AGREEMENT TO EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

February 9, 2016

Reference is hereby made to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2016 (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), by and among EIG INVESTORS CORP. (the “ Issuer ”), the guarantors listed in Part A of Schedule II to the Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) and GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC and JEFFERIES LLC, as the representatives of the several Initial Purchasers. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Registration Rights Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Registration Rights Agreement.

1. Joinder of the Guarantor . Each other signatory hereto (each, a “ Guarantor ”), hereby agrees to become bound by the terms, conditions and other provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement with all attendant rights, duties and obligations stated therein, with the same force and effect as if originally named as “Guarantor” therein and as if such Guarantor executed the Registration Rights Agreement on the date thereof.

2. Governing Law . This Registration Rights Agreement Joinder, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Registration Rights Agreement Joinder, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

3. Counterparts . This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

4. Amendments . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Registration Rights Agreement Joinder, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

5. Headings . The headings in this Registration Rights Agreement Joinder are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

[Signature Page Follows]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

CONSTANT CONTACT, INC.

CARDSTAR, INC.

SINGLEPLATFORM, LLC

By:  

/s/ Hari Ravichandran

  Name:   Hari Ravichandran
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President
CARDSTAR PUBLISHING, LLC
By:   CARDSTAR, INC., its sole member
By:  

/s/ Hari Ravichandran

  Name:   Hari Ravichandran
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement Joinder]

Exhibit 5.1

 

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CRAIG B. BROD

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NICOLAS GRABAR

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PAUL J. SHIM

STEVEN L. WILNER

ERIKA W. NIJENHUIS

ANDRES DE LA CRUZ

DAVID C. LOPEZ

JAMES L. BROMLEY

MICHAEL A. GERSTENZANG

LEWIS J. LIMAN

LEV L. DASSIN

NEIL Q. WHORISKEY

JORGE U. JUANTORENA

MICHAEL D. WEINBERGER

DAVID LEINWAND

 

DIANA L. WOLLMAN

JEFFREY A. ROSENTHAL

ETHAN A. KLINGSBERG

MICHAEL D. DAYAN

CARMINE D. BOCCUZZI, JR

JEFFREY D. KARPF

KIMBERLY BROWN BLACKLOW

ROBERT J. RAYMOND

SUNG K. KANG

LEONARD C. JACOBY

SANDRA L. FLOW

FRANCISCO L. CESTERO

FRANCESCA L. ODELL

WILLIAM L. MCRAE

JASON FACTOR

MARGARET S. PEPONIS

LISA M. SCHWEITZER

JUAN G. GIRÁLDEZ

DUANE MCLAUGHLIN

BREON S. PEACE

MEREDITH E. KOTLER

CHANTAL E. KORDULA

BENET J. O’REILLY

ADAM E. FLEISHER

SEAN A. O’NEAL

GLENN P. MCGRORY

MATTHEW P. SALERNO

MICHAEL J. ALBANO

VICTOR L. HOU

ROGER A. COOPER

AMY R. SHAPIRO

JENNIFER KENNEDY PARK

ELIZABETH LENAS

LUKE A. BAREFOOT

PAMELA L. MARCOGLIESE

PAUL M. TIGER

JONATHAN S. KOLODNER

DANIEL ILAN

MEYER H. FEDIDA

 

ADRIAN R. LEIPSIC

ELIZABETH VICENS

ADAM J. BRENNEMAN

ARI D. MACKINNON

JAMES E. LANGSTON

JARED GERBER

COLIN D. LLOYD

COREY M. GOODMAN

RISHI ZUTSHI

JANE VANLARE

    RESIDENT PARTNERS

 

SANDRA M. ROCKS

S. DOUGLAS BORISKY

JUDITH KASSEL

DAVID E. WEBB

PENELOPE L. CHRISTOPHOROU

BOAZ S MORAG

MARY E. ALCOCK

DAVID H. HERRINGTON

HEIDE H. ILGENFRITZ

HUGH C. CONROY, JR.

KATHLEEN M. EMBERGER

WALLACE L. LARSON, JR

AVRAM E. LUFT

ANDREW WEAVER

HELENA K. GRANNIS

GRANT M. BINDER

JOHN V. HARRISON

CAROLINE F. HAYDAY

RAHUL MUKHI

NEIL R. MARKEL

HUMAYUN KHALID

    RESIDENT COUNSEL

 

LOUISE M. PARENT

  OF COUNSEL

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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November 17, 2016

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-4

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Holdings ”), EIG Investors Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings (the “ Company ”), and the Guarantors (as defined below) in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), of a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein, the “ Registration Statement ”) relating to the proposed offer to exchange the Company’s outstanding unregistered 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Original Notes ”) for up to $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its new 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Exchange Notes ”). The Exchange Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by (i) Holdings, CardStar, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ CardStar ”), Constant Contact, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Constant Contact ”), Domain Name Holding Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Domain Name Holding ”), Endurance International Group—West, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ EIG West ”), The Endurance International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ EIG ”), and SinglePlatform, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ SinglePlatform ” and together with Holdings, CardStar, Constant Contact, Domain Name Holding, EIG West and EIG, the “ Delaware Guarantors ”); (ii) CardStar Publishing, LLC, a District of Columbia limited liability company (“ the D.C. Guarantor ”); (iii) HostGator.com LLC, a Florida limited liability company (the “ Florida Guarantor ”); (iv) A Small Orange, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (the “ Georgia Guarantor ”); and (v) Bluehost Inc., a Utah corporation (“ Bluehost ”), and FastDomain, Inc., a Utah corporation (“ FastDomain ” and together with Bluehost, the “ Utah Guarantors ,” and together with the Delaware Guarantors, the D.C. Guarantor, the Florida

 

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP or an affiliated entity has an office in each of the cities listed above.


Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc., p. 2

 

Guarantor and the Georgia Guarantor, each a “ Guarantor ,” and, collectively, the “ Guarantors ”). The Guarantors and the Company are herein referred to as the “ Registrants .” The Exchange Notes will be issued under an indenture dated as of February 9, 2016 (the “ Initial Indenture ”) among Holdings, the Company, Domain Name Holding, EIG West, EIG, the Florida Guarantor, the Georgia Guarantor, the Utah Guarantors and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 9, 2016 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Initial Indenture, the “ Indenture ”) among Constant Contact, CardStar, SinglePlatform, the D.C. Guarantor and the Trustee. The Indenture includes the guarantees of the Exchange Notes by the Guarantors (the “ Guarantees ”).

In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have reviewed the following documents:

 

  (a) the Registration Statement and the documents incorporated by reference therein;

 

  (b) executed copies of the Initial Indenture and the Guarantees set forth therein, including the combined form of the Original Notes and the Exchange Notes, and the Supplemental Indenture; and

 

  (c) copies of the Articles of Organization and the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the D.C. Guarantor, dated as of February 24, 2011, certified by the Corporations Division of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs of the District of Columbia and the corporate secretary of CardStar, as the sole member of the D.C. Guarantor.

In addition, we have reviewed the originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of all such limited liability company records of the D.C. Guarantor and such other documents, and we have made such investigations of law, as we have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions expressed below.

In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. In addition, we have assumed and have not verified the accuracy as to factual matters of each document we have reviewed.

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the further assumptions and qualifications set forth below, it is our opinion that when the Exchange Notes have been duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, and duly issued and delivered by the Company in exchange for an equal principal amount of Original Notes, (a) the Exchange Notes will be the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, and (b) the Guarantees will be the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Guarantors, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

Insofar as the foregoing opinions relate to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any agreement or obligation of any of the Registrants, (a) we have assumed that each Registrant and each other party to such agreement or obligation is validly existing, has corporate or limited liability company power to enter into such agreement or obligation and has


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satisfied or, prior to the issuance of the Exchange Notes, will satisfy, those legal requirements that are applicable to it to the extent necessary to make such agreement or obligation enforceable against it (except that no such assumption is made as to any of the Registrants regarding matters of the federal law of the United States of America, the law of the State of New York or in the case of the D.C. Guarantor, the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act of the District of Columbia, that in our experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such agreement or obligation) and (b) such opinions are subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity.

We note that the waiver of defenses contained in Section 10.01 of the Indenture may be ineffective to the extent that any such defense involves a matter of public policy in the State of New York.

In rendering the foregoing opinions, we have further assumed that the Exchange Notes will conform to the form thereof that we have reviewed and will be offered, issued and delivered in accordance with applicable law and any requirements therefor set forth in any corporate action authorizing the Exchange Notes and the Indenture and in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement.

The foregoing opinions are limited to the federal law of the United States of America, the law of the State of New York and the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act of the District of Columbia.

We hereby consent to the use of our name in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement under the heading “Legal Matters” and to the use of this opinion letter as a part (Exhibit 5.1) of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The opinions expressed herein are rendered on and as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you or any other person, or to make any investigations, as to any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof that might affect the opinions expressed herein.

 

Very truly yours,
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP
By:  

/s/    Sandra L. Flow        

  Sandra L. Flow, a Partner

Exhibit 5.2

November 17, 2016

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

 

  Re: Registration Statement on Form S-4

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Delaware counsel to Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Holdings ”), and EIG Investors Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings (the “ Company ”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “ Form S-4 Registration Statement ”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), in connection with the proposed offer to exchange the Company’s outstanding unregistered 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 for up to $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its new 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Exchange Notes ”).

The Exchange Notes will be guaranteed by Holdings, Domain Name Holding Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Domain Name Holding ”), Endurance International Group—West, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ EIG West ”), The Endurance International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ EIG ” and together with Holdings, Domain Name Holding and EIG West, the “ Endurance Delaware Guarantors ”), CardStar, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ CardStar ”), Constant Contact, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Constant Contact ”), and SinglePlatform, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Delaware LLC ” or “ SinglePlatform ” and together with CardStar and Constant Contact, the “ Constant Contact Delaware Guarantors ,” and together with the Company, the Endurance Delaware Guarantors, CardStar and Constant Contact, the “ Delaware Entities ”). The Delaware Entities other than the Delaware LLC are referred to herein as the “ Delaware Corporations .” The Exchange Notes will be issued under an indenture dated as of February 9, 2016 (the “ Initial Indenture ”) among Holdings, the Company, certain guarantors party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of February 9, 2016 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the


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Initial Indenture, the “ Indenture ”) among certain guarantors party thereto and the Trustee. The Indenture includes the guarantees of the Exchange Notes by the Endurance Delaware Guarantors, the Constant Contact Delaware Guarantors and the other guarantors party thereto (the “ Guarantees ”).

In rendering this opinion, we have examined and relied on copies of the following documents in the forms provided to us: (i) the Indenture; (ii) the Form S-4 Registration Statement; (iii) the Governing Documents (as identified and defined in Annex A hereto); (iv) the Authorizing Resolutions (as identified and defined in Annex B hereto); and (v) certifications of good standing of the Delaware Entities obtained as of a recent date from the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “ State Office ”).

In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies or drafts of documents to be executed and the legal capacity of natural persons to complete the execution of documents. We have further assumed for purposes of this opinion: (i) except to the extent addressed by our opinions in paragraphs 1 and 2 below, the due formation or organization, valid existence and good standing of each entity that is a signatory to any of the documents examined by us under the laws of the jurisdiction of its respective formation or organization; (ii) except to the extent addressed by our opinions in paragraphs 3 and 4 below, the due authorization, authentication, adoption, approval, certification, acknowledgement, execution, filing, indexing and delivery, as applicable, of each of the above-referenced documents by each of the signatories thereto; (iii) the payment of consideration for limited liability company interests of the Delaware LLC as provided in the LLC Agreement, and the satisfaction of, or compliance with, all of the other terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in the LLC Agreement in connection with the admission of members to the Delaware LLC and the issuance of limited liability company interests in the Delaware LLC; (iv) that the activities of the Delaware LLC have been and will be conducted in accordance with the terms of the LLC Agreement and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. §§ 18-101 et seq. (the “ Delaware LLC Act ”); (v) that no event or circumstance has occurred as of the date hereof that would cause the dissolution of the Delaware LLC under the LLC Agreement or under Section 18-801 of the Delaware LLC Act; (vi) that the Indenture constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of each of the parties thereto and is enforceable against each of the parties thereto in accordance with its terms; (vii) that the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture by each Delaware Entity are necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business of such Delaware Entity; (viii) that the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Indenture does not constitute a “Business Combination” with an “Interested Stockholder,” as those terms are defined in Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”); and (ix) that each of the documents examined by us is in full force and effect, sets forth the entire understanding of the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and has not been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, except as herein referenced. We have not reviewed any documents other than those identified above in connection with this opinion, and we have assumed that there are no other documents contrary to or inconsistent with


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the opinion expressed herein. No opinion is expressed herein with respect to the requirements of, or compliance with, federal or state securities or blue sky laws, including the Delaware Securities Act, 6 Del. C. § 7301 et seq. , which applies to the sale of securities in the State of Delaware. As to any facts material to our opinion, other than those assumed, we have relied, without independent investigation, on the above-referenced documents and on the accuracy, as of the date hereof, of the matters therein contained. With respect to our opinions below, we note that the Indenture is, by its terms, governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and, for purposes of our opinions, we have assumed that the Indenture will be interpreted in accordance with the plain meaning of the written terms thereof as such terms would be interpreted as a matter of Delaware law and we express no opinion with respect to any matter of the laws of the State of New York or any legal standards or concepts under the laws of the State of New York (or any other law other than Delaware law).

Based on and subject to the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth herein, and limited in all respects to matters of Delaware law, it is our opinion that:

1. Each Delaware Corporation is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

2. The Delaware LLC is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

3. Each Delaware Corporation that is an Endurance Delaware Guarantor had and has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Indenture, including the Guarantees, and to perform its obligations under the Indenture and the Guarantees. Each Delaware Corporation that is a Constant Contact Delaware Guarantor had and has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Supplemental Indenture, causing the Constant Contact Delaware Guarantors to become parties to the Initial Indenture, including the Guarantees, and to perform its obligations under the Indenture and the Guarantees. The execution and delivery of the Indenture, including the Guarantees, by each Delaware Corporation that is an Endurance Delaware Guarantor, the execution and delivery of the Supplemental Indenture, including the Guarantee, by each Delaware Corporation that is a Constant Contact Delaware Guarantor, and the performance by each Delaware Corporation of its obligations under the Indenture and the Guarantees, were duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of such Delaware Corporation.

4. The Delaware LLC had and has the requisite limited liability company power and authority under the Delaware LLC Act and the LLC Agreement to execute and deliver the Supplemental Indenture, causing the Delaware LLC to become party to the Initial Indenture, including the Guarantees, and to perform its obligations under the Indenture and the Guarantees. The execution and delivery by the Delaware LLC of the Supplemental Indenture, including the Guarantees, and the performance of its obligations under the Indenture and the Guarantees, were duly authorized by all requisite limited liability company action on the part of the Delaware LLC.


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5. Each of the Delaware Entities duly executed the Indenture.

The opinions expressed herein are intended solely for the benefit of the addressees hereof in connection with the matters contemplated hereby and may not be relied upon by any other person or entity or for any other purpose without our prior written consent; provided that we hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.2 to the Form S-4 Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm in the Form S-4 Registration Statement and the related prospectus under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are experts with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this Exhibit, within the meaning of the term “expert” as used in the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder. This opinion speaks only as of the date hereof and is based on our understandings and assumptions as to present facts and our review of the above-referenced documents and the application of Delaware law as the same exist on the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or supplement this opinion after the date hereof for the benefit of any person or entity with respect to any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or changes in facts or law that may hereafter occur or take effect.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP


ANNEX A

Governing Documents

The current certificate of incorporation and bylaws of each Delaware Corporation and the current certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement of the Delaware LLC are referred to collectively as the “ Governing Documents .”

Company

A certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed in the State Office on April 24, 2007;

A certified copy of the Certificate of Merger of WP Expedition Sub, Inc. With and Into Company attaching the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed in the State Office on December 22, 2011;

Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, adopted as of November 21, 2013;

Certification of Good Standing from the State Office as of a recent date.

Holdings

A certified copy of the Certificate of Formation of WP Expedition Holdings LLC, filed in the State Office on October 28, 2011;

A certified copy of the Certificate of Conversion Converting WP Expedition Holdings L.P. (formerly named WP Expedition Holdings LLC) to Holdings, filed in the State Office on June 25, 2013;

A certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of Holdings, filed in the State Office on June 25, 2013;

A certified copy of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Holdings, filed in the State Office on October 23, 2013;

Amended and Restated By-Laws of Holdings;

Certification of Good Standing from the State Office as of a recent date.

EIG

A certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of EIG (then named Innovative Marketing Technologies Incorporated), filed in the State Office on April 15, 1997;

A certified copy of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EIG, filed in the State Office on October 3, 2008;

 

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A certified copy of the Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EIG, filed in the State Office on December 31, 2009;

By-Laws of EIG, revised as of May 5, 2003;

Certification of Good Standing from the State Office dated as of a recent date.

Domain Name Holding

A certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of Domain Name Holding, filed in the State Office on August 5, 2004;

By-Laws of Domain Name Holding;

Certification of Good Standing from the State Office dated as of a recent date.

EIG West

A certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of EIG West (then named DSTR Holdings, Inc.), filed in the State Office on November 19, 2004;

A certified copy of the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EIG West (then named Dotster, Inc.), filed in the State Office on July 22, 2011;

A certified copy of the Certificate of Amendment of the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EIG West, filed in the State Office on August 27, 2012;

Amended and Restated Bylaws of EIG West;

Certification of Good Standing from the State Office dated as of a recent date.

Constant Contact

A certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of Constant Contact (then named Roving Software Incorporated), filed in the State Office on July 25, 2000;

A certified copy of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Constant Contact, filed in the State Office on October 9, 2007;

A certified copy of the Certificate of Merger Merging Paintbrush Acquisition Corporation (a Delaware corporation) With and Into Constant Contact, filed in the State Office on February 9, 2016;

Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of Constant Contact, effective as of October 9, 2007;

Certification of Good Standing from the State Office dated as of a recent date.

 

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CardStar

A certified copy of the Certificate of Formation of CardStar (then CarStar LLC), filed in the State Office on December 4, 2008;

A certified copy of the Certificate of Conversion Converting CardStar LLC to CardStar, filed in the State Office on June 29, 2009;

A certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of CardStar, filed in the State Office on June 29, 2009;

A certified copy of the Certificate of Merger Merging Boomerang Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation With and Into CardStar, filed in the State Office on January 13, 2012;

Bylaws of Boomerang Acquisition Corporation (as the Bylaws of CardStar);

Certification of Good Standing from the State Office dated as of a recent date.

SinglePlatform

A certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of Ipiary, Corp., filed in the State Office on September 29, 2009;

A certified copy of the Certificate of Conversion Converting SinglePlatform (formerly named Ipiary, Corp.) to SinglePlatform, filed in the State Office on October 31, 2012;

A certified copy of the Certificate of Formation of SinglePlatform, filed in the State Office on October 31, 2012;

The Limited Liability Company Agreement of SinglePlatform, dated as of October 31, 2012 (the “ LLC Agreement ”);

Certification of Good Standing from the State Office dated as of a recent date.

 

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ANNEX B

Authorizing Resolutions

As the context requires, the following documents are collectively referred to as the “ Authorizing Resolutions ” of the Delaware Entity to which they relate.

Company

The Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Directors of the Company, dated February 7, 2016.

Holdings

The Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Directors of Holdings, dated February 7, 2016;

The Unanimous Written Consent of the Financing Committee of the Board of Directors of Holdings, dated February 7, 2016.

EIG

The Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Directors of EIG, dated February 7, 2016.

Domain Name Holding

The Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Directors of Domain Name Holding, dated February 7, 2016.

EIG West

The Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Directors of EIG West, dated February 7, 2016.

Constant Contact

The Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Directors of Constant Contact, dated February 9, 2016.

CardStar

The Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Directors of CardStar, dated February 9, 2016.

 

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SinglePlatform

The Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Directors of SinglePlatform, dated February 9, 2016.

 

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Exhibit 5.3

 

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D URHAM J ONES & P INEGAR , P.C.

111 East Broadway, Suite 900

P O Box 4050

Salt Lake City, Utah 84110

801.415.3000

801.415.3500 Fax

www.djplaw.com

November 17, 2016

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

 

Re:  

Special Utah Counsel Opinion regarding Utah corporations Bluehost Inc. and FastDomain Inc.

Registration Statement on Form S-4

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Utah counsel to Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Holdings ”), Bluehost Inc., a Utah corporation, and FastDomain Inc., a Utah corporation (each a “ Utah Company ” and collectively, the “ Utah Companies ”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “ Registration Statement ”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), in connection with the proposed offer to exchange the outstanding unregistered 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 of EIG Investors Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings (the “ Company ”), for up to $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its new 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Exchange Notes ”). The Exchange Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Utah Companies, and several additional guarantors identified in that certain indenture dated as of February 9, 2016 pursuant to which the Exchange Notes will be issued (the “ Indenture ”) among Holdings, the Company, the Utah Companies, the other parties named therein, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of February 9, 2016. The Indenture includes the guarantees of the Exchange Notes by the Utah Companies and the other guarantors party thereto (the “ Guarantees ”).

For purposes of giving the opinions hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following:

(i) the Indenture and the Guarantees set forth therein;

(ii) the articles of incorporation of each of the Utah Companies and all amendments thereto (the “ Articles ”);

(iii) the bylaws of each of the Utah Companies and all amendments thereto (the “ Bylaws ,” and together with the Articles, the “ Governing Documents ”); and

(iv) such records, agreements, instruments and other documents as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth.

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For the purposes hereof, we have assumed, with your permission and without independent verification of any kind that: (a) the signatures of persons (other than, solely with respect to the Indenture, the authorized representatives of the Utah Companies) signing all documents in connection with which this opinion is rendered are genuine and authorized; (b) all natural persons executing agreements, documents or instruments examined or relied on by us have the requisite legal capacity to do so; (c) all documents submitted to us as originals or duplicate originals are authentic; (d) all documents submitted to us as copies, whether certified or not, conform to authentic original documents; (e) all parties to the Indenture (other than the Utah Companies) will act in accordance with, and will refrain from taking any action that is forbidden by, the Indenture; and (f) the parties to the Indenture (other than the Utah Companies) and any agent acting for any of them in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Indenture, have acted in good faith and without notice of any defense against the enforcement of any rights created by the Indenture.

As to questions of fact relevant to this opinion, we have relied upon certificates and oral or written statements and other information of representatives of the Utah Companies, public officials or others.

We are opining herein as to the effect on the subject transaction only of the internal laws of the State of Utah with respect to our opinions set forth in this letter. Except as described in the previous sentence, we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws of any other local agencies within any state. In addition, our opinions are based upon our consideration of only those statutes, rules and regulations which, in our experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Indenture.

Furthermore, in rendering the opinions expressed below, we have assumed, with your permission and without any independent investigation or verification of any kind, that: (a) all parties to the Indenture (other than the Utah Companies) are duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they were organized and of each other jurisdiction in which the conduct of their business or the ownership of their property makes such qualification necessary, with the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents and to perform their obligations thereunder; (b) the Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto (other than the Utah Companies); and (c) the Indenture constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the parties thereto (other than the Utah Companies).


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Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

(1) Each of the Utah Companies is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Utah. Each of the Utah Companies had and has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Indenture, including the Guarantees, and perform its obligations under the Indenture and the Guarantees.

(2) The execution and delivery by each of the Utah Companies of the Indenture, including the Guarantees, and performance by each of the Utah Companies of its obligations under the Indenture and the Guarantees, was duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such Utah Company.

(3) The Indenture was duly executed by each of the Utah Companies.

Our opinions as set forth in the numbered paragraphs above are further subject to the following limitations, qualifications and assumptions:

In rendering the opinions expressed in paragraph 1 above as to the good standing of each of the Utah Companies, we have relied solely upon certificates to that effect, issued by the Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations and Commercial Code, dated as of November 10, 2016.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.3 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are experts with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this Exhibit, within the meaning of the term “expert” as used in the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder.

This opinion is rendered only to you and is solely for your benefit in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Indenture. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose, or furnished to, quoted to or relied upon by any other person, firm or corporation for any purpose, without our prior written consent. The opinions set forth herein are limited to those stated and no other legal opinion or opinions should be implied. We express no opinion as to any matter that is affected by any actual fact or circumstance inconsistent with or contrary to any assumption set forth herein. The opinions set forth herein are given as of the date hereof and we shall have no obligation to update this opinion letter to reflect any facts or circumstances which may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in any law, rule or regulation that may hereafter occur.

Very truly yours,

D URHAM , J ONES & P INEGAR , P.C.

/s/ Durham, Jones & Pinegar, P.C.

Exhibit 5.4

 

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Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Florida counsel for HostGator.com LLC, a Florida limited liability company (the “ Company ”), in connection with (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “ Registration Statement ”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), in connection with the proposed offer to exchange the Company’s outstanding unregistered 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Original Notes ”) for up to $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its new 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Exchange Notes ”). The Exchange Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company and several additional guarantors identified in the Indenture (as defined below). The Indenture includes the guarantees of the Exchange Notes by the Company and each other guarantor party thereto. With your permission, all assumptions and statements of reliance herein have been made without any independent investigation or verification on our part except to the extent, if any, otherwise expressly stated, and we express no opinion with respect to the subject matter or accuracy of the assumptions or items upon which we have relied. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.

In connection with the opinions expressed herein, we have examined such documents, records and matters of law as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of such opinions. We have examined, among other items, the following documents dated as of the date hereof unless otherwise specified:

 

  (1) an executed copy of the Indenture dated as of February 9, 2016 (the “ Initial Indenture ”), by and among the Company, EIG Investors Corp, a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”), the other Endurance Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of February 9, 2016 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Initial Indenture, the “ Indenture ”) including all Exhibits thereto;

 

 

 

 

 

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  (2) a copy of the Articles of Organization for the Company, as amended and as certified on a recent date by the Secretary of State of the State of Florida, the Company’s Operating Agreement, as amended, and other consents, resolutions or documentation relevant to the Company or the transactions contemplated by the Credit Document (as defined below), certified to us by a Certificate of the Secretary of the Company as being complete and correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof;

 

  (3) Written Consent Adopted by the Sole Member of the Company, dated February 7, 2016; and

 

  (4) a copy of a certificate, dated November 10, 2016, of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida as to the existence and good standing of the Company as of such date (the “ Good Standing Certificate ”).

The Indenture referred to in item (1) above is sometimes referred to herein as the “ Credit Document .” The organizational documents described in items (2) and (3) above are referred to herein as “ Certified Organizational Documents.

In all such examinations, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons executing documents, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of original and certified documents and the conformity to original or certified copies of all copies submitted to us as conformed or reproduction copies. As to various questions of fact relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied upon, and assume the accuracy of, representations and warranties contained in the Credit Document and certificates and oral or written statements and other information of or from representatives of the Company, including the Officer’s Certificate, and others and assume compliance on the part of the Company with its covenants and agreements contained therein. In connection with the opinions expressed in the first sentence of paragraph (a) below, we have relied solely upon the Good Standing Certificate as to the factual matters and legal conclusions set forth therein.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

(a) The Company is a limited liability company existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida as of November 10, 2016. The Company has the limited liability company power to execute and deliver, and to incur and perform its obligations under, the Credit Document, including the Guarantees.

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of its obligations under the Credit Document and the Guarantees have been authorized by all necessary limited liability company action by the Company.

(c) The Credit Document, including the Guarantee, to which the Company is a signatory has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Company.

The opinions set forth above are subject to the following qualifications and limitations:

(A) We assume the enforceability of the Credit Document as to the Company and to all other Persons and express no opinion as to the foregoing.

(B) For purposes of our opinions above, we have assumed that the Company’s obligations under the Credit Document are, and would be deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be, necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the Company’s business.

(C) To the extent it may be relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have assumed that the parties to the Credit Document (other than the Company) have the power to enter into and perform such documents and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby and that such documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of, such parties.

(D) We express no opinion as to the application of, and our opinions above are subject to the effect, if any, of, any applicable fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent obligation or preferential transfer law.

(E) We have not made any investigation of and do not express an opinion as to (i) the descriptions for or any matters of title pertaining to property (whether real, fixtures, personal or mixed) of the Company, or (ii) the validity, perfection, or priority of liens relevant thereto.

(F) The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of Florida.

(H) We express no opinion with respect to:

(a) any exculpation or indemnification that is against public policy;

(b) any waiver of legal rights to the extent such waiver is against public policy.


Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

November 17, 2016

pg. 4

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.4 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are experts with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this Exhibit, within the meaning of the term “expert” as used in the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder.

Our opinions are limited to those expressly set forth herein, and we express no opinions by implication. The opinions expressed herein are solely for the benefit of the addressees hereof and your assignees and may not be relied on by such addressees or such other persons or entities for any other purpose or in any manner or for any purpose by any other person or entity. With respect to our opinions herein (i) this opinion letter speaks only as of the date hereof, and (ii) we have no responsibility or obligation to update this opinion letter, to consider its applicability or correctness to any person or entity other than its addressees, or to take into account changes in law, facts or any other developments of which we may later become aware.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Locke Lord LLP

Locke Lord LLP


Exhibit A

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

November 17, 2016

The undersigned duly authorized signatory of HOSTGATOR.COM LLC, a Florida limited liability company (the “ Company ”), hereby certifies as follows, as of the date hereof, in connection with (A) the Indenture dated as of February 9, 2016 (the “ Initial Indenture ”), by and among the Company, EIG Investors Corp, a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”), the other Endurance Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of February 9, 2016 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Initial Indenture, the “ Indenture ”); (B) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Indenture, and (C) the Registration Statements on Form S-3 and Form S-4 (collectively, the “ Registration Statements ”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), in connection with the proposed offer to exchange the Company’s outstanding unregistered 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Original Notes ”) for up to $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its new 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Exchange Notes ”), and the delivery of the opinion (the “ Opinion ”) of Locke Lord LLP (“ Locke Lord ”) in connection with the Indenture and Registration Statement (capitalized terms used but not defined in this Officer’s Certificate have the meanings ascribed to them in the Opinions, as applicable):

1. The Company is not engaged in any activity or business, nor does the Company own any properties, not permitted pursuant to those provisions of its Articles of Organization or Operating Agreement, each as amended, specifying the nature of the Company’s business and the purposes of the Company.

2. No proceeding is pending in any jurisdiction for the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, and the Company has not filed any certificate or order of dissolution. No event has occurred that has adversely affected the good standing of the Company under the laws of its state of organization, and the Company has paid all taxes currently due, if any, and taken all other action required by state law to maintain such good standing. No grounds exist for the revocation or forfeiture of the Company’s Articles of Organization or Operating Agreement.

3. Locke Lord may rely upon the accuracy of all factual representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Documents, in this Officer’s Certificate and in all documents and certificates referred to therein or delivered in connection therewith.

 

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Exhibit A

Page 2

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of the date first set forth above.

 

HOSTGATOR.COM LLC, a Florida limited liability company
By:   /s/ Hari Ravichandran
 

Print Name: Hari Ravichandran

Title: Chief Executive Officer

Duly Authorized

 

Exhibit 5.5

 

LOGO

November 17, 2016

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

 

  Re: Registration Statement on Form S-4

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Georgia counsel for A Small Orange, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (the “ Company ”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “ Registration Statement ”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), in connection with the proposed offer to exchange outstanding unregistered 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Original Notes ”) of EIG Investors Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”), for up to $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its new 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Exchange Notes ”). The Exchange Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by (i) Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Holdings ”), CardStar, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ CardStar ”), Constant Contact, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Constant Contact ”), Domain Name Holding Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Domain Name Holding ”), Endurance International Group—West, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ EIG West ”), The Endurance International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ EIG ”), and SinglePlatform, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ SinglePlatform ” and together with Holdings, CardStar, Constant Contact, Domain Name Holding, EIG West and EIG, the “ Delaware Guarantors ”), (ii) CardStar Publishing, LLC, a District of Columbia limited liability company (the “ D.C. Guarantor ”), (iii) HostGator.com LLC, a Florida limited liability company (the “ Florida Guarantor ”), (iv) the Company, and (v) Bluehost Inc., a Utah corporation (“ Bluehost ”), and FastDomain, Inc., a Utah corporation (“ FastDomain ” and together with Bluehost, the “ Utah Guarantors ,” and together with the Delaware Guarantors, the D.C. Guarantor, the Florida Guarantor and the Company, each a “ Guarantor ,” and, collectively, the “ Guarantors ”). The Guarantors and the Issuer are herein referred to as the “ Registrants .” The Exchange Notes will be issued under an indenture dated as of February 9, 2016 (the “ Initial Indenture ”) among Holdings, the Issuer, Domain Name Holding, EIG West, EIG, the Florida Guarantor, the Company, the Utah Guarantors and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of February 9, 2016 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Initial Indenture, the “ Indenture ”) among Constant Contact, CardStar, SinglePlatform, the D.C. Guarantor and the

 

 

 

 

 

LOGO


Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

November 17, 2016

Page 2

Trustee. The Indenture includes the guarantees of the Exchange Notes by the Guarantors (the “ Guarantees ”).

In that connection, we have examined the originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of the following documents:

 

  (i) a certificate of organization for the Company as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Georgia on January 4, 2016 and the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement for the Company dated July 23, 2012 (collectively, the “ Constituent Documents ”);

 

  (ii) a Consent to be Adopted by the Sole Member of A Small Orange, LLC, adopted by The Endurance International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Member ”), as the sole member of the Company, by written consent dated February 7, 2016 (the “ Resolutions ”);

 

  (iii) a certificate of the Secretary of the Company, dated August 12, 2016 (the “ Secretary’s Certificate ”);

 

  (iv) a certificate of an officer of the Company as to certain factual matters relevant to our opinions contained herein;

 

  (v) a Certificate of Existence for the Company, issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Georgia dated November 10, 2016; and

 

  (vi) an executed copy of the Indenture.

The documents listed as items (i) through (vi) above are collectively referred to as the “ Transaction Documents ”.

In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the legal competency of natural persons, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photographic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. We have further assumed that the Indenture has not been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.

We have also assumed, for the purposes of the opinions herein expressed, that each of the Transaction Documents would be enforced as written and would be interpreted as though Georgia law were applicable thereto, regardless of the choice of law provision contained in such Transaction Documents.

 

2


Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

November 17, 2016

Page 3

We have represented the Company as special Georgia counsel solely in connection with this opinion letter and in connection with prior opinion letters relating to the Indenture. We have not otherwise represented the Company in connection with the Indenture or in connection with any other matter in which it seeks legal advice or representation, and we are not privy to any of the details pertaining to the operations and business affairs of the Company. Accordingly, as to the factual matters forming the basis of our opinions, such opinions are based solely upon our review of (1) the Transaction Documents, and (2) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Indenture, which we have assumed to be true and correct. We have not undertaken any independent review or investigation at this time to determine the existence or absence of such facts, and no inference as to our knowledge of such facts should be drawn from the fact of our representation as counsel to the Company.

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications, limitations, exceptions and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. The Company (a) is a limited liability company validly existing under the laws of the State of Georgia; and (b) had, at the appropriate time, and has all requisite limited liability company power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture, including the Guarantees.

2. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of its obligations under the Indenture, including the Guarantees, were duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Company.

In addition to the other limitations, assumptions and qualifications contained herein, the opinions set forth herein are subject to:

(a) the effect of, and we express no opinion with respect to, any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer (including without limitation, the Georgia Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act), moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to possible judicial action giving effect to governmental actions affecting creditors’ rights;

(b) the effect of general principles of equity, including (without limitation) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(c) the limitation that we express no opinion as to (1) the enforceability of the Transaction Documents; (2) the creation, attachment, validity, perfection or priority of any Lien in any collateral described in any Transaction Document; (3) title to any property; (4) the applicability or effect on the Transaction Documents of laws of any county, town, municipality or other political subdivision of the State of Georgia; (5) the applicability or effect of any


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November 17, 2016

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securities laws; (6) the applicability or effect of any tax laws; and (7) the applicability or effect of laws relating to interest and usury, or any provision of the Transaction Documents that purports to charge interest on interest; and

(d) the limitation that we express no opinion as to any documents not included in the Transaction Documents but incorporated by reference into any Transaction Document, or to any schedule or exhibit to any Transaction Document that has not been provided to us.

The opinions hereinabove expressed are limited to the laws of the State of Georgia, to the extent applicable thereto.

The opinions expressed herein represent the judgment of this law firm as to certain legal matters, but they are not guarantees or warranties and should not be construed as such. This opinion speaks as of the date hereof, and by rendering our opinion, we do not undertake to update or supplement this opinion to reflect any facts or circumstances which may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in laws which may hereafter occur. This opinion has been rendered to you solely for your benefit in your capacity as such in connection with the Registration Statement. This opinion letter is not to be relied on by or furnished to any other Person or used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to for any other purpose without our prior written consent in each instance, except that we hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.5 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are experts with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this Exhibit, within the meaning of the term “expert” as used in the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Troutman Sanders LLP

Troutman Sanders LLP

Exhibit 12.1

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(in thousands, except statistics)

 

     Year ended December 31,      Nine months
ended
September 30,
2016
 
     2011     2012     2013     2014     2015     

COMPUTATION OF FIXED CHARGES

             

Interest expense

   $ 51,152      $ 126,165      $ 98,449      $ 57,414      $ 58,828       $ 112,573   

Portion of rental expense which represents interest factor

     514        900        2,958        3,253        2,731         5,081   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total fixed charges

   $ 51,666      $ 127,065      $ 101,407      $ 60,667      $ 61,559       $ 117,654   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS:

             

Pre-tax income (loss)

   $ (80,885   $ (216,478   $ (161,375   $ (44,605   $ 212       $ (169,170

Distributed income of equity investees

     —          —          —          167        —           50   

Fixed charges

     51,666        127,065        101,407        60,667        61,559         117,654   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total earnings

   $ (29,219   $ (89,413   $ (59,968   $ 16,229      $ 61,771       $ (51,466
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

     —          —          —          —          1.00x         —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

DEFICIENCY OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

   $ (80,885   $ (216,478   $ (161,375   $ (44,438     —         $ (169,120
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exhibit 21.1

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

 

Name   

Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or

Organization

  

Names Under Which

Subsidiary Does Business

EIG Investors Corp.    DE   
The Endurance International Group, Inc.    DE   

AccountSupport

ApolloHosting

Arvixe

BizLand

BlueDomino

BuyDomains

Cloud by IX

Domain Privacy Service FBO Registrant

DomainHost

Dot5Hosting

Dotster

EasyCGI

eHost

EntryHost

FatCow

FreeYellow

Globat

Host Excellence

HostCentric

HostClear

HostYourSite

HyperMart

IMOutdoors

IPage

IPower

IX Web Hosting

JustHost

Netfirms

NetWorks/Webhosting

Nexx

PowWeb

PureHost

Re.Vu

ReadyHosting

SEOGears

Spertly

Sprly

Spry

StartLogic

SuperGreenHosting

This Domain For Sale

Worldwide 339 222 5132


     

Typepad

USANetHosting

Verio

ViaVerio

VirtualAve

VPSLink

WebHost4Life

WebstrikeSolutions

Xeran

Yourwebhosting

Bluehost Inc.    UT   

Domain Privacy Service FBO Registrant

HostClear

JustHost

Super Green Hosting

Hostmonster

Unified Layer

HostGator.com LLC    FL   

AptHost

BlueFur

Nodel

Site5

WebHostingSupport

Endurance International Group—West, Inc.    DE   

1ASP Host

Domain DLX

Domain Registrations

Domino

Dotster

EmailBrain

FortuneCity

Homestead Technologies

HotGames

MatchingPointHosting

MyBlogSite

NameWinner

Constant Contact, Inc.    DE   
WZ (UK) Limited    England and Wales   
Pseudio Limited    England and Wales   
Endurance International Group Israel Ltd.    Israel   
WebZai Ltd.    Israel   

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

Burlington, Massachusetts

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. of our report dated February 29, 2016 (except for the matters discussed in Notes 2, 9 and 19, as to which the date is November 17, 2016) relating to the consolidated financial statements appearing in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 17, 2016 and our report dated February 29, 2016 related to the effectiveness of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting appearing in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

We also consent to the reference to us under the caption “Experts” in the Prospectus.

/s/ BDO USA, LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

November 17, 2016

Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.

Burlington, Massachusetts

United States of America

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Registration Statement of our report dated June 28, 2016, relating to the financial statements of WZ (UK) Limited as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015 appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2015.

We also consent to the reference to us under the caption “Experts” in the Prospectus.

/s/ BDO LLP

BDO LLP

Southampton, United Kingdom

November 17, 2016

Exhibit 23.3

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. of our report dated February 9, 2016 relating to the consolidated financial statements of Constant Contact, Inc., which appears in Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated May 13, 2016.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, MA

November 17, 2016

Exhibit 25.1

File No.            

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A

TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

16-1486454

(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, DE 19890

(Address of principal executive offices)

Tara Aiken

Banking Officer

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890

(302) 651-1592

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. 1

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   46-3044956
(State of incorporation)   (I.R.S. employer identification no.)

 

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300  
Burlington, Massachusetts   01803
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

10.875% Senior Notes due 2024

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 

 

1. SEE TABLE OF ADDITIONAL OBLIGORS


TABLE OF ADDITIONAL OBLIGORS

 

Exact Name of Additional

Obligor
As Specified in its Charter*

  

State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization

  

I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.

  

Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Code Number

  

Address, including Zip

Code, and Telephone

Number,
including Area Code, of
Principal Executive Offices

A Small Orange, LLC

   Georgia    27-1874451    7372   

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300,

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803,

(781) 852-3200

Bluehost Inc.

   Utah    20-1303988    7372   

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300,

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803,

(781) 852-3200

CardStar Publishing, LLC

   D.C.    00-0000000    7372   

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300,

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803,

(781) 852-3200

CardStar, Inc.

   Delaware    27-0463505    7372   

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300,

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803,

(781) 852-3200

Constant Contact, Inc.

   Delaware    04-3285398    7331   

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300,

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803,

(781) 852-3200

Domain Name Holding Company, Inc.

   Delaware    33-1113636    7372   

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300,

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803,

(781) 852-3200

EIG Investors Corp.

   Delaware    56-2656057    7372   

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300,

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803,

(781) 852-3200

Endurance International Group – West, Inc.

   Delaware    47-0947329    7372   

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300,

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803,

(781) 852-3200


Exact Name of Additional

Obligor
As Specified in its Charter*

  

State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization

  

I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.

  

Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Code Number

  

Address, including Zip

Code, and Telephone

Number,
including Area Code, of
Principal Executive Offices

FastDomain Inc.

   Utah    20-4496573    7372   

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300,

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803,

(781) 852-3200

HostGator.com LLC

   Florida    20-1641339    7372   

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300,

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803,

(781) 852-3200

SinglePlatform, LLC

   Delaware    27-1101318    7310   

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300,

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803,

(781) 852-3200

The Endurance International Group, Inc.

   Delaware    35-2015980    7372   

10 Corporate Drive, Suite 300,

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803,

(781) 852-3200

 

 

* The name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of the agent for service for each of the additional registrants are the same as those provided above for Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.


Item 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Comptroller of Currency, Washington, D.C.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C.

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

Item 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR . If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each affiliation:

Based upon an examination of the books and records of the trustee and upon information furnished by the obligor, the obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee.

 

Item 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS. Listed below are all exhibits filed as part of this Statement of Eligibility and Qualification.

 

  1. A copy of the Charter for Wilmington Trust, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 of Form T-1.

 

  2. The authority of Wilmington Trust, National Association to commence business was granted under the Charter for Wilmington Trust, National Association, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of Form T-1.

 

  3. The authorization to exercise corporate trust powers was granted under the Charter for Wilmington Trust, National Association, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of Form T - 1.

 

  4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of Trustee, as now in effect, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 of form T-1.

 

  5. Not applicable.

 

  6. The consent of Trustee as required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6 of Form T-1.

 

  7. Current Report of the Condition of Trustee, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7.

 

  8. Not applicable.

 

  9. Not applicable.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Wilmington and State of Delaware on the 17 th day of November, 2016.

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:  

/s/ John T. Needham, Jr.

  Name: John T. Needham, Jr.
  Title: Vice President


EXHIBIT 1

CHARTER OF WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION


ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

For the purpose of organizing an association to perform any lawful activities of national banks, the undersigned do enter into the following articles of association:

FIRST. The title of this association shall be Wilmington Trust, National Association.

SECOND. The main office of the association shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware. The general business of the association shall be conducted at its main office and its branches.

THIRD. The board of directors of this association shall consist of not less than five nor more than twenty-five persons, unless the OCC has exempted the bank from the 25-member limit. The exact number is to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors or by resolution of a majority of the shareholders at any annual or special meeting thereof. Each director shall own common or preferred stock of the association or of a holding company owning the association, with an aggregate par, fair market or equity value $1,000. Determination of these values may be based as of either (i) the date of purchase or (ii) the date the person became a director, whichever value is greater. Any combination of common or preferred stock of the association or holding company may be used.

Any vacancy in the board of directors may be filled by action of a majority of the remaining directors between meetings of shareholders. The board of directors may not increase the number of directors between meetings of shareholders to a number which:

 

  1) exceeds by more than two the number of directors last elected by shareholders where the number was 15 or less; or

 

  2) exceeds by more than four the number of directors last elected by shareholders where the number was 16 or more, but in no event shall the number of directors exceed 25, unless the OCC has exempted the bank from the 25-member limit.

Directors shall be elected for terms of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. Terms of directors, including directors selected to fill vacancies, shall expire at the next regular meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected, unless the directors resign or are removed from office. Despite the expiration of a director’s term, the director shall continue to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until there is a decrease in the number of directors and his or her position is eliminated.

Honorary or advisory members of the board of directors, without voting power or power of final decision in matters concerning the business of the association, may be appointed by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors, or by resolution of shareholders at any annual or special meeting. Honorary or advisory directors shall not be counted to determine the number of directors of the association or the presence of a quorum in connection with any board action, and shall not be required to own qualifying shares.

FOURTH. There shall be an annual meeting of the shareholders to elect directors and transact whatever other business may be brought before the meeting. It shall be held at the main office or any

 

  1. SEE TABLE OF ADDITIONAL OBLIGORS


other convenient place the board of directors may designate, on the day of each year specified therefor in the bylaws, or, if that day falls on a legal holiday in the state in which the association is located, on the next following banking day. If no election is held on the day fixed, or in the event of a legal holiday on the following banking day, an election may be held on any subsequent day within 60 days of the day fixed, to be designated by the board of directors, or, if the directors fail to fix the day, by shareholders representing two-thirds of the shares issued and outstanding. In all cases at least 10 days advance notice of the time, place and purpose of a shareholders’ meeting shall be given to the shareholders by first class mail, unless the OCC determines that an emergency circumstance exists. The sole shareholder of the bank is permitted to waive notice of the shareholders’ meeting.

In all elections of directors, the number of votes each common shareholder may cast will be determined by multiplying the number of shares such shareholder owns by the number of directors to be elected. Those votes may be cumulated and cast for a single candidate or may be distributed among two or more candidates in the manner selected by the shareholder. If, after the first ballot, subsequent ballots are necessary to elect directors, a shareholder may not vote shares that he or she has already fully cumulated and voted in favor of a successful candidate. On all other questions, each common shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by him or her.

Nominations for election to the board of directors may be made by the board of directors or by any stockholder of any outstanding class of capital stock of the association entitled to vote for election of directors. Nominations other than those made by or on behalf of the existing management shall be made in writing and be delivered or mailed to the president of the association not less than 14 days nor more than 50 days prior to any meeting of shareholders called for the election of directors; provided, however, that if less than 21 days notice of the meeting is given to shareholders, such nominations shall be mailed or delivered to the president of the association not later than the close of business on the seventh day following the day on which the notice of meeting was mailed. Such notification shall contain the following information to the extent known to the notifying shareholder:

 

  1) The name and address of each proposed nominee.

 

  2) The principal occupation of each proposed nominee.

 

  3) The total number of shares of capital stock of the association that will be voted for each proposed nominee.

 

  4) The name and residence address of the notifying shareholder.

 

  5) The number of shares of capital stock of the association owned by the notifying shareholder.

Nominations not made in accordance herewith may, in his/her discretion, be disregarded by the chairperson of the meeting, and the vote tellers may disregard all votes cast for each such nominee. No bylaw may unreasonably restrict the nomination of directors by shareholders.

A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the board of directors, its chairperson, or to the association, which resignation shall be effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date.

A director may be removed by shareholders at a meeting called to remove the director, when notice of the meeting stating that the purpose or one of the purposes is to remove the director is provided, if there is a failure to fulfill one of the affirmative requirements for qualification, or for cause; provided, however, that a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against the director’s removal.


FIFTH. The authorized amount of capital stock of this association shall be ten thousand shares of common stock of the par value of one hundred dollars ($100) each; but said capital stock may be increased or decreased from time to time, according to the provisions of the laws of the United States.

No holder of shares of the capital stock of any class of the association shall have any preemptive or preferential right of subscription to any shares of any class of stock of the association, whether now or hereafter authorized, or to any obligations convertible into stock of the association, issued, or sold, nor any right of subscription to any thereof other than such, if any, as the board of directors, in its discretion, may from time to time determine and at such price as the board of directors may from time to time fix. Preemptive rights also must be approved by a vote of holders of two-thirds of the bank’s outstanding voting shares. Unless otherwise specified in these articles of association or required by law, (1) all matters requiring shareholder action, including amendments to the articles of association, must be approved by shareholders owning a majority voting interest in the outstanding voting stock, and (2) each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote per share.

Unless otherwise specified in these articles of association or required by law, all shares of voting stock shall be voted together as a class, on any matters requiring shareholder approval. If a proposed amendment would affect two or more classes or series in the same or a substantially similar way, all the classes or series so affected must vote together as a single voting group on the proposed amendment.

Shares of one class or series may be issued as a dividend for shares of the same class or series on a pro rata basis and without consideration. Shares of one class or series may be issued as share dividends for a different class or series of stock if approved by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the class or series to be issued, unless there are no outstanding shares of the class or series to be issued. Unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a share dividend shall be the date authorized by the board of directors for the share dividend.

Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting is the close of business on the day before the first notice is mailed or otherwise sent to the shareholders, provided that in no event may a record date be more than 70 days before the meeting.

If a shareholder is entitled to fractional shares pursuant to a stock dividend, consolidation or merger, reverse stock split or otherwise, the association may: (a) issue fractional shares; (b) in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares, issue script or warrants entitling the holder to receive a full share upon surrendering enough script or warrants to equal a full share; (c) if there is an established and active market in the association’s stock, make reasonable arrangements to provide the shareholder with an opportunity to realize a fair price through sale of the fraction, or purchase of the additional fraction required for a full share; (d) remit the cash equivalent of the fraction to the shareholder; or (e) sell full shares representing all the fractions at public auction or to the highest bidder after having solicited and received sealed bids from at least three licensed stock brokers; and distribute the proceeds pro rata to shareholders who otherwise would be entitled to the fractional shares. The holder of a fractional share is entitled to exercise the rights for shareholder, including the right to vote, to receive dividends, and to participate in the assets of the association upon liquidation, in proportion to the fractional interest. The holder of script or warrants is not entitled to any of these rights unless the script or warrants explicitly provide for such rights. The script or warrants may be subject to such additional conditions as: (1) that the script or warrants will become void if not exchanged for full shares before a specified date; and (2) that the shares for which the script or warrants are exchangeable may be sold at the option of the association and the proceeds paid to scriptholders.


The association, at any time and from time to time, may authorize and issue debt obligations, whether or not subordinated, without the approval of the shareholders. Obligations classified as debt, whether or not subordinated, which may be issued by the association without the approval of shareholders, do not carry voting rights on any issue, including an increase or decrease in the aggregate number of the securities, or the exchange or reclassification of all or part of securities into securities of another class or series.

SIXTH. The board of directors shall appoint one of its members president of this association, and one of its members chairperson of the board and shall have the power to appoint one or more vice presidents, a secretary who shall keep minutes of the directors’ and shareholders’ meetings and be responsible for authenticating the records of the association, and such other officers and employees as may be required to transact the business of this association.

A duly appointed officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers if authorized by the board of directors in accordance with the bylaws.

The board of directors shall have the power to:

 

  1) Define the duties of the officers, employees, and agents of the association.

 

  2) Delegate the performance of its duties, but not the responsibility for its duties, to the officers, employees, and agents of the association.

 

  3) Fix the compensation and enter into employment contracts with its officers and employees upon reasonable terms and conditions consistent with applicable law.

 

  4) Dismiss officers and employees.

 

  5) Require bonds from officers and employees and to fix the penalty thereof.

 

  6) Ratify written policies authorized by the association’s management or committees of the board.

 

  7) Regulate the manner in which any increase or decrease of the capital of the association shall be made, provided that nothing herein shall restrict the power of shareholders to increase or decrease the capital of the association in accordance with law, and nothing shall raise or lower from two-thirds the percentage required for shareholder approval to increase or reduce the capital.

 

  8) Manage and administer the business and affairs of the association.

 

  9) Adopt initial bylaws, not inconsistent with law or the articles of association, for managing the business and regulating the affairs of the association.

 

  10) Amend or repeal bylaws, except to the extent that the articles of association reserve this power in whole or in part to shareholders.

 

  11) Make contracts.

 

  12) Generally perform all acts that are legal for a board of directors to perform.

SEVENTH. The board of directors shall have the power to change the location of the main office to any other place within the limits of Wilmington, Delaware, without the approval of the shareholders, or with a vote of shareholders owning two-thirds of the stock of such association for a relocation outside such limits and upon receipt of a certificate of approval from the Comptroller of the Currency, to any other location within or outside the limits of Wilmington Delaware, but not more than 30 miles beyond such limits. The board of directors shall have the power to establish or change the location of any branch or branches of the association to any other location permitted under applicable law, without approval of shareholders, subject to approval by the Comptroller of the Currency.


EIGHTH. The corporate existence of this association shall continue until termination according to the laws of the United States.

NINTH. The board of directors of this association, or any one or more shareholders owning, in the aggregate, not less than 50 percent of the stock of this association, may call a special meeting of shareholders at any time. Unless otherwise provided by the bylaws or the laws of the United States, a notice of the time, place, and purpose of every annual and special meeting of the shareholders shall be given at least 10 days prior to the meeting by first-class mail, unless the OCC determines that an emergency circumstance exists. If the association is a wholly-owned subsidiary, the sole shareholder may waive notice of the shareholders’ meeting. Unless otherwise provided by the bylaws or these articles, any action requiring approval of shareholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting.

TENTH. For purposes of this Article Tenth, the term “institution-affiliated party” shall mean any institution-affiliated party of the association as such term is defined in 12 U.S.C. 1813(u).

Any institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) may be indemnified or reimbursed by the association for reasonable expenses actually incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions or proceedings and appeals therein, whether civil, criminal, governmental, administrative or investigative, in accordance with and to the fullest extent permitted by law, as such law now or hereafter exists; provided, however, that when an administrative proceeding or action instituted by a federal banking agency results in a final order or settlement pursuant to which such person: (i) is assessed a civil money penalty, (ii) is removed from office or prohibited from participating in the conduct of the affairs of the association, or (iii) is required to cease and desist from or to take any affirmative action described in 12 U.S.C. 1818(b) with respect to the association, then the association shall require the repayment of all legal fees and expenses advanced pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph and may not indemnify such institution-affiliated parties (or their heirs, executors or administrators) for expenses, including expenses for legal fees, penalties or other payments incurred. The association shall provide indemnification in connection with an action or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by an institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) only if such action or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the board of directors.

Expenses incurred by an institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) in connection with any action or proceeding under 12 U.S.C. 164 or 1818 may be paid by the association in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon (a) a determination by the board of directors acting by a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to such action or proceeding that the institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) has a reasonable basis for prevailing on the merits, (b) a determination that the indemnified individual (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) will have the financial capacity to reimburse the bank in the event he or she does not prevail, (c) a determination that the payment of expenses and fees by the association will not adversely affect the safety and soundness of the association, and (d) receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) to repay such advancement in the event of a final order or settlement pursuant to which such person: (i) is assessed a civil money penalty, (ii) is removed from office or prohibited from participating in the conduct of the affairs of the association, or (iii) is required to cease and desist from or to take any affirmative action described in 12 U.S.C. 1818(b) with respect to the association. In all other instances, expenses incurred by an institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) in connection with any action or proceeding as to which indemnification may be given under these articles of association may be paid by the association in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon (a) receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such institution-affiliated party (or by or on behalf of his or her heirs, executors or administrators) to repay such advancement in the event that


such institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) is ultimately found not to be entitled to indemnification as authorized by these articles of association and (b) approval by the board of directors acting by a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to such action or proceeding or, if such a quorum is not obtainable, then approval by stockholders. To the extent permitted by law, the board of directors or, if applicable, the stockholders, shall not be required to find that the institution-affiliated party has met the applicable standard of conduct provided by law for indemnification in connection with such action or proceeding.

In the event that a majority of the members of the board of directors are named as respondents in an administrative proceeding or civil action and request indemnification, the remaining members of the board may authorize independent legal counsel to review the indemnification request and provide the remaining members of the board with a written opinion of counsel as to whether the conditions delineated in the first four paragraphs of this Article Tenth have been met. If independent legal counsel opines that said conditions have been met, the remaining members of the board of directors may rely on such opinion in authorizing the requested indemnification.

In the event that all of the members of the board of directors are named as respondents in an administrative proceeding or civil action and request indemnification, the board shall authorize independent legal counsel to review the indemnification request and provide the board with a written opinion of counsel as to whether the conditions delineated in the first four paragraphs of this Article Tenth have been met. If legal counsel opines that said conditions have been met, the board of directors may rely on such opinion in authorizing the requested indemnification.

To the extent permitted under applicable law, the rights of indemnification and to the advancement of expenses provided in these articles of association (a) shall be available with respect to events occurring prior to the adoption of these articles of association, (b) shall continue to exist after any restrictive amendment of these articles of association with respect to events occurring prior to such amendment, (c) may be interpreted on the basis of applicable law in effect at the time of the occurrence of the event or events giving rise to the action or proceeding, or on the basis of applicable law in effect at the time such rights are claimed, and (d) are in the nature of contract rights which may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction as if the association and the institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) for whom such rights are sought were parties to a separate written agreement.

The rights of indemnification and to the advancement of expenses provided in these articles of association shall not, to the extent permitted under applicable law, be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any such institution affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) may now or hereafter be otherwise entitled whether contained in these articles of association, the bylaws, a resolution of stockholders, a resolution of the board of directors, or an agreement providing such indemnification, the creation of such other rights being hereby expressly authorized. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the rights of indemnification and to the advancement of expenses provided in these articles of association shall not be deemed exclusive of any rights, pursuant to statute or otherwise, of any such institution-affiliated party (or of his or her heirs, executors or administrators) in any such action or proceeding to have assessed or allowed in his or her favor, against the association or otherwise, his or her costs and expenses incurred therein or in connection therewith or any part thereof.

If this Article Tenth or any part hereof shall be held unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, and the remainder of this Article Tenth shall remain fully enforceable.


The association may, upon affirmative vote of a majority of its board of directors, purchase insurance to indemnify its institution-affiliated parties to the extent that such indemnification is allowed in these articles of association; provided, however, that no such insurance shall include coverage to pay or reimburse any institution-affiliated party for the cost of any judgment or civil money penalty assessed against such person in an administrative proceeding or civil action commenced by any federal banking agency. Such insurance may, but need not, be for the benefit of all institution-affiliated parties.

ELEVENTH. These articles of association may be amended at any regular or special meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of this association, unless the vote of the holders of a greater amount of stock is required by law, and in that case by the vote of the holders of such greater amount. The association’s board of directors may propose one or more amendments to the articles of association for submission to the shareholders.


EXHIBIT 4

BY-LAWS OF WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION


AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(effective as of January 1, 2012)

ARTICLE I

Meetings of Shareholders

Section 1. Annual Meeting . The annual meeting of the shareholders to elect directors and transact whatever other business may properly come before the meeting shall be held at the main office of the association, Rodney Square North, 1100 Market Street, City of Wilmington, State of Delaware, at 1:00 o’clock p.m. on the first Tuesday in March of each year, or at such other place and time as the board of directors may designate, or if that date falls on a legal holiday in Delaware, on the next following banking day. Notice of the meeting shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 10 days and no more than 60 days prior to the date thereof, addressed to each shareholder at his/her address appearing on the books of the association. If, for any cause, an election of directors is not made on that date, or in the event of a legal holiday, on the next following banking day, an election may be held on any subsequent day within 60 days of the date fixed, to be designated by the board of directors, or, if the directors fail to fix the date, by shareholders representing two-thirds of the shares. In these circumstances, at least 10 days’ notice must be given by first class mail to shareholders.

Section 2. Special Meetings . Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, special meetings of the shareholders may be called for any purpose at any time by the board of directors or by any one or more shareholders owning, in the aggregate, not less than fifty percent of the stock of the association. Every such special meeting, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be called by mailing, postage prepaid, not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting, to each shareholder at the address appearing on the books of the association a notice stating the purpose of the meeting.

The board of directors may fix a record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice and to vote at any meeting, in reasonable proximity to the date of giving notice to the shareholders of such meeting. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to demand a special meeting is the date the first shareholder signs a demand for the meeting describing the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held.

A special meeting may be called by shareholders or the board of directors to amend the articles of association or bylaws, whether or not such bylaws may be amended by the board of directors in the absence of shareholder approval.

If an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is adjourned to a different date, time, or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time or place, if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment, unless any additional items of business are to be considered, or the association becomes aware of an intervening event materially affecting any matter to be voted on more than 10 days prior to the date to which the meeting is adjourned. If a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed, however, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given to persons who are shareholders as of the new record date. If, however, the meeting to elect the directors is adjourned before the election takes place, at least ten days’ notice of the new election must be given to the shareholders by first-class mail.


Section 3. Nominations of Directors . Nominations for election to the board of directors may be made by the board of directors or by any stockholder of any outstanding class of capital stock of the association entitled to vote for the election of directors. Nominations, other than those made by or on behalf of the existing management of the association, shall be made in writing and shall be delivered or mailed to the president of the association and the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C., not less than 14 days nor more than 50 days prior to any meeting of shareholders called for the election of directors; provided, however, that if less than 21 days’ notice of the meeting is given to shareholders, such nomination shall be mailed or delivered to the president of the association not later than the close of business on the seventh day following the day on which the notice of meeting was mailed. Such notification shall contain the following information to the extent known to the notifying shareholder:

 

  (1) The name and address of each proposed nominee;

 

  (2) The principal occupation of each proposed nominee;

 

  (3) The total number of shares of capital stock of the association that will be voted for each proposed nominee;

 

  (4) The name and residence of the notifying shareholder; and

 

  (5) The number of shares of capital stock of the association owned by the notifying shareholder.

Nominations not made in accordance herewith may, in his/her discretion, be disregarded by the chairperson of the meeting, and upon his/her instructions, the vote tellers may disregard all votes cast for each such nominee.

Section 4. Proxies . Shareholders may vote at any meeting of the shareholders by proxies duly authorized in writing, but no officer or employee of this association shall act as proxy. Proxies shall be valid only for one meeting, to be specified therein, and any adjournments of such meeting. Proxies shall be dated and filed with the records of the meeting. Proxies with facsimile signatures may be used and unexecuted proxies may be counted upon receipt of a written confirmation from the shareholder. Proxies meeting the above requirements submitted at any time during a meeting shall be accepted.

Section 5. Quorum . A majority of the outstanding capital stock, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of shareholders, unless otherwise provided by law, or by the shareholders or directors pursuant to Article IX, Section 2, but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held, as adjourned, without further notice. A majority of the votes cast shall decide every question or matter submitted to the shareholders at any meeting, unless otherwise provided by law or by the articles of association, or by the shareholders or directors pursuant to Article IX, Section 2. If a meeting for the election of directors is not held on the fixed date, at least 10 days’ notice must be given by first-class mail to the shareholders.


ARTICLE II

Directors

Section 1. Board of Directors . The board of directors shall have the power to manage and administer the business and affairs of the association. Except as expressly limited by law, all corporate powers of the association shall be vested in and may be exercised by the board of directors.

Section 2. Number . The board of directors shall consist of not less than five nor more than twenty-five members, unless the OCC has exempted the bank from the 25-member limit. The exact number within such minimum and maximum limits is to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors or by resolution of a majority of the shareholders at any meeting thereof.

Section 3. Organization Meeting . The secretary or treasurer, upon receiving the certificate of the judges of the result of any election, shall notify the directors-elect of their election and of the time at which they are required to meet at the main office of the association, or at such other place in the cities of Wilmington, Delaware or Buffalo, New York, to organize the new board of directors and elect and appoint officers of the association for the succeeding year. Such meeting shall be held on the day of the election or as soon thereafter as practicable, and, in any event, within 30 days thereof. If, at the time fixed for such meeting, there shall not be a quorum, the directors present may adjourn the meeting, from time to time, until a quorum is obtained.

Section 4. Regular Meetings . The Board of Directors may, at any time and from time to time, by resolution designate the place, date and hour for the holding of a regular meeting, but in the absence of any such designation, regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held, without notice, on the first Tuesday of each March, June and September, and on the second Tuesday of each December at the main office or other such place as the board of directors may designate. When any regular meeting of the board of directors falls upon a holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next banking business day unless the board of directors shall designate another day.

Section 5. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of the association, or at the request of two or more directors. Each member of the board of directors shall be given notice by telegram, first class mail, or in person stating the time and place of each special meeting.

Section 6. Quorum . A majority of the entire board then in office shall constitute a quorum at any meeting, except when otherwise provided by law or these bylaws, but a lesser number may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held, as adjourned, without further notice. If the number of directors present at the meeting is reduced below the number that would constitute a quorum, no business may be transacted, except selecting directors to fill vacancies in conformance with Article II, Section 7. If a quorum is present, the board of directors may take action through the vote of a majority of the directors who are in attendance.

Section 7. Meetings by Conference Telephone. Any one or more members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of such board or committees by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 8. Procedures . The order of business and all other matters of procedure at every meeting of the board of directors may be determined by the person presiding at the meeting.


Section 9. Removal of Directors . Any director may be removed for cause, at any meeting of stockholders notice of which shall have referred to the proposed action, by vote of the stockholders. Any director may be removed without cause, at any meeting of stockholders notice of which shall have referred to the proposed action, by the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote. Any director may be removed for cause, at any meeting of the directors notice of which shall have referred to the proposed action, by vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors.

Section 10. Vacancies . When any vacancy occurs among the directors, a majority of the remaining members of the board of directors, according to the laws of the United States, may appoint a director to fill such vacancy at any regular meeting of the board of directors, or at a special meeting called for that purpose at which a quorum is present, or if the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board of directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office, or by shareholders at a special meeting called for that purpose in conformance with Section 2 of Article I. At any such shareholder meeting, each shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to multiply the number of votes he or she is entitled to cast by the number of vacancies being filled and cast the product for a single candidate or distribute the product among two or more candidates. A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date (by reason of a resignation effective at a later date) may be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

ARTICLE III

Committees of the Board

The board of directors has power over and is solely responsible for the management, supervision, and administration of the association. The board of directors may delegate its power, but none of its responsibilities, to such persons or committees as the board may determine.

The board of directors must formally ratify written policies authorized by committees of the board of directors before such policies become effective. Each committee must have one or more member(s), and who may be an officer of the association or an officer or director of any affiliate of the association, who serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. Provisions of the articles of association and these bylaws governing place of meetings, notice of meeting, quorum and voting requirements of the board of directors, apply to committees and their members as well. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it must be approved by the board of directors.

Section 1. Loan Committee . There shall be a loan committee composed of not less than 2 directors, appointed by the board of directors annually or more often. The loan committee, on behalf of the bank, shall have power to discount and purchase bills, notes and other evidences of debt, to buy and sell bills of exchange, to examine and approve loans and discounts, to exercise authority regarding loans and discounts, and to exercise, when the board of directors is not in session, all other powers of the board of directors that may lawfully be delegated. The loan committee shall keep minutes of its meetings, and such minutes shall be submitted at the next regular meeting of the board of directors at which a quorum is present, and any action taken by the board of directors with respect thereto shall be entered in the minutes of the board of directors.

Section 2. Investment Committee . There shall be an investment committee composed of not less than 2 directors, appointed by the board of directors annually or more often. The investment committee, on behalf of the bank, shall have the power to ensure adherence to the investment policy, to recommend amendments thereto, to purchase and sell securities, to exercise authority regarding


investments and to exercise, when the board of directors is not in session, all other powers of the board of directors regarding investment securities that may be lawfully delegated. The investment committee shall keep minutes of its meetings, and such minutes shall be submitted at the next regular meeting of the board of directors at which a quorum is present, and any action taken by the board of directors with respect thereto shall be entered in the minutes of the board of directors.

Section 3. Examining Committee . There shall be an examining committee composed of not less than 2 directors, exclusive of any active officers, appointed by the board of directors annually or more often. The duty of that committee shall be to examine at least once during each calendar year and within 15 months of the last examination the affairs of the association or cause suitable examinations to be made by auditors responsible only to the board of directors and to report the result of such examination in writing to the board of directors at the next regular meeting thereafter. Such report shall state whether the association is in a sound condition, and whether adequate internal controls and procedures are being maintained and shall recommend to the board of directors such changes in the manner of conducting the affairs of the association as shall be deemed advisable.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of this section 3, the responsibility and authority of the Examining Committee may, if authorized by law, be given over to a duly constituted audit committee of the association’s parent corporation by a resolution duly adopted by the board of directors.

Section 4. Trust Audit Committee. There shall be a trust audit committee in conformance with Section 1 of Article V.

Section 5. Other Committees . The board of directors may appoint, from time to time, from its own members, compensation, special litigation and other committees of one or more persons, for such purposes and with such powers as the board of directors may determine.

However, a committee may not:

 

  (1) Authorize distributions of assets or dividends;

 

  (2) Approve action required to be approved by shareholders;

 

  (3) Fill vacancies on the board of directors or any of its committees;

 

  (4) Amend articles of association;

 

  (5) Adopt, amend or repeal bylaws; or

 

  (6) Authorize or approve issuance or sale or contract for sale of shares, or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences and limitations of a class or series of shares.

Section 6. Committee Members’ Fees . Committee members may receive a fee for their services as committee members and traveling and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending any meeting of a committee of which they are a member. The fee may be a fixed sum to be paid for attending each meeting or a fixed sum to be paid quarterly, or semiannually, irrespective of the number of meetings attended or not attended. The amount of the fee and the basis on which it shall be paid shall be determined by the Board of Directors.


ARTICLE IV

Officers and Employees

Section 1. Chairperson of the Board . The board of directors shall appoint one of its members to be the chairperson of the board to serve at its pleasure. Such person shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors. The chairperson of the board shall supervise the carrying out of the policies adopted or approved by the board of directors; shall have general executive powers, as well as the specific powers conferred by these bylaws; and shall also have and may exercise such further powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned by the board of directors.

Section 2. President . The board of directors shall appoint one of its members to be the president of the association. In the absence of the chairperson, the president shall preside at any meeting of the board of directors. The president shall have general executive powers and shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation, or practice to the office of president, or imposed by these bylaws. The president shall also have and may exercise such further powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred or assigned by the board of directors.

Section 3. Vice President . The board of directors may appoint one or more vice presidents. Each vice president shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned by the board of directors. One vice president shall be designated by the board of directors, in the absence of the president, to perform all the duties of the president.

Section 4. Secretary . The board of directors shall appoint a secretary, treasurer, or other designated officer who shall be secretary of the board of directors and of the association and who shall keep accurate minutes of all meetings. The secretary shall attend to the giving of all notices required by these bylaws; shall be custodian of the corporate seal, records, documents and papers of the association; shall provide for the keeping of proper records of all transactions of the association; shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation or practice to the office of treasurer, or imposed by these bylaws; and shall also perform such other duties as may be assigned from time to time, by the board of directors.

Section 5. Other Officers . The board of directors may appoint one or more assistant vice presidents, one or more trust officers, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers, one or more managers and assistant managers of branches and such other officers and attorneys in fact as from time to time may appear to the board of directors to be required or desirable to transact the business of the association. Such officers shall respectively exercise such powers and perform such duties as pertain to their several offices, or as may be conferred upon or assigned to them by the board of directors, the chairperson of the board, or the president. The board of directors may authorize an officer to appoint one or more officers or assistant officers.

Section 6. Tenure of Office . The president and all other officers shall hold office for the current year for which the board of directors was elected, unless they shall resign, become disqualified, or be removed; and any vacancy occurring in the office of president shall be filled promptly by the board of directors.

Section 7. Resignation . An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice to the association. A resignation is effective when the notice is given unless the notice specifies a later effective date.


ARTICLE V

Fiduciary Activities

Section 1. Trust Audit Committee. There shall be a Trust Audit Committee composed of not less than 2 directors, appointed by the board of directors, which shall, at least once during each calendar year make suitable audits of the association’s fiduciary activities or cause suitable audits to be made by auditors responsible only to the board, and at such time shall ascertain whether fiduciary powers have been administered according to law, Part 9 of the Regulations of the Comptroller of the Currency, and sound fiduciary principles. Such committee: (1) must not include any officers of the bank or an affiliate who participate significantly in the administration of the bank’s fiduciary activities; and (2) must consist of a majority of members who are not also members of any committee to which the board of directors has delegated power to manage and control the fiduciary activities of the bank.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of this section 1, the responsibility and authority of the Trust Audit Committee may, if authorized by law, be given over to a duly constituted audit committee of the association’s parent corporation by a resolution duly adopted by the board of directors.

Section 2. Fiduciary Files. There shall be maintained by the association all fiduciary records necessary to assure that its fiduciary responsibilities have been properly undertaken and discharged.

Section 3. Trust Investments. Funds held in a fiduciary capacity shall be invested according to the instrument establishing the fiduciary relationship and applicable law. Where such instrument does not specify the character and class of investments to be made, but does vest in the association investment discretion, funds held pursuant to such instrument shall be invested in investments in which corporate fiduciaries may invest under applicable law.

ARTICLE VI

Stock and Stock Certificates

Section 1. Transfers . Shares of stock shall be transferable on the books of the association, and a transfer book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall be recorded. Every person becoming a shareholder by such transfer shall in proportion to such shareholder’s shares, succeed to all rights of the prior holder of such shares. The board of directors may impose conditions upon the transfer of the stock reasonably calculated to simplify the work of the association with respect to stock transfers, voting at shareholder meetings and related matters and to protect it against fraudulent transfers.

Section 2. Stock Certificates . Certificates of stock shall bear the signature of the president (which may be engraved, printed or impressed) and shall be signed manually or by facsimile process by the secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, or any other officer appointed by the board of directors for that purpose, to be known as an authorized officer, and the seal of the association shall be engraved thereon. Each certificate shall recite on its face that the stock represented thereby is transferable only upon the books of the association properly endorsed.

The board of directors may adopt or use procedures for replacing lost, stolen, or destroyed stock certificates as permitted by law.


The association may establish a procedure through which the beneficial owner of shares that are registered in the name of a nominee may be recognized by the association as the shareholder. The procedure may set forth:

 

  (1) The types of nominees to which it applies;

 

  (2) The rights or privileges that the association recognizes in a beneficial owner;

 

  (3) How the nominee may request the association to recognize the beneficial owner as the shareholder;

 

  (4) The information that must be provided when the procedure is selected;

 

  (5) The period over which the association will continue to recognize the beneficial owner as the shareholder;

 

  (6) Other aspects of the rights and duties created.

ARTICLE VII

Corporate Seal

Section 1. Seal . The seal of the association shall be in such form as may be determined from time to time by the board of directors. The president, the treasurer, the secretary or any assistant treasurer or assistant secretary, or other officer thereunto designated by the board of directors shall have authority to affix the corporate seal to any document requiring such seal and to attest the same. The seal on any corporate obligation for the payment of money may be facsimile.

ARTICLE VIII

Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 1. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the association shall be the calendar year.

Section 2. Execution of Instruments . All agreements, indentures, mortgages, deeds, conveyances, transfers, certificates, declarations, receipts, discharges, releases, satisfactions, settlements, petitions, schedules, accounts, affidavits, bonds, undertakings, proxies and other instruments or documents may be signed, executed, acknowledged, verified, delivered or accepted on behalf of the association by the chairperson of the board, or the president, or any vice president, or the secretary, or the treasurer, or, if in connection with the exercise of fiduciary powers of the association, by any of those offices or by any trust officer. Any such instruments may also be executed, acknowledged, verified, delivered or accepted on behalf of the association in such other manner and by such other officers as the board of directors may from time to time direct. The provisions of this section 2 are supplementary to any other provision of these bylaws.

Section 3. Records . The articles of association, the bylaws and the proceedings of all meetings of the shareholders, the board of directors, and standing committees of the board of directors shall be recorded in appropriate minute books provided for that purpose. The minutes of each meeting shall be signed by the secretary, treasurer or other officer appointed to act as secretary of the meeting.


Section 4. Corporate Governance Procedures. To the extent not inconsistent with federal banking statutes and regulations, or safe and sound banking practices, the association may follow the Delaware General Corporation Law, Del. Code Ann. tit. 8 (1991, as amended 1994, and as amended thereafter) with respect to matters of corporate governance procedures.

Section 5. Indemnification. For purposes of this Section 5 of Article VIII, the term “institution-affiliated party” shall mean any institution-affiliated party of the association as such term is defined in 12 U.S.C. 1813(u).

Any institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) may be indemnified or reimbursed by the association for reasonable expenses actually incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions or proceedings and appeals therein, whether civil, criminal, governmental, administrative or investigative, in accordance with and to the fullest extent permitted by law, as such law now or hereafter exists; provided, however, that when an administrative proceeding or action instituted by a federal banking agency results in a final order or settlement pursuant to which such person: (i) is assessed a civil money penalty, (ii) is removed from office or prohibited from participating in the conduct of the affairs of the association, or (iii) is required to cease and desist from or to take any affirmative action described in 12 U.S.C. 1818(b) with respect to the association, then the association shall require the repayment of all legal fees and expenses advanced pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph and may not indemnify such institution-affiliated parties (or their heirs, executors or administrators) for expenses, including expenses for legal fees, penalties or other payments incurred. The association shall provide indemnification in connection with an action or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by an institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) only if such action or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the board of directors.

Expenses incurred by an institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) in connection with any action or proceeding under 12 U.S.C. 164 or 1818 may be paid by the association in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon (a) a determination by the board of directors acting by a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to such action or proceeding that the institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) has a reasonable basis for prevailing on the merits, (b) a determination that the indemnified individual (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) will have the financial capacity to reimburse the bank in the event he or she does not prevail, (c) a determination that the payment of expenses and fees by the association will not adversely affect the safety and soundness of the association, and (d) receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) to repay such advancement in the event of a final order or settlement pursuant to which such person: (i) is assessed a civil money penalty, (ii) is removed from office or prohibited from participating in the conduct of the affairs of the association, or (iii) is required to cease and desist from or to take any affirmative action described in 12 U.S.C. 1818(b) with respect to the association. In all other instances, expenses incurred by an institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) in connection with any action or proceeding as to which indemnification may be given under these articles of association may be paid by the association in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon (a) receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such institution-affiliated party (or by or on behalf of his or her heirs, executors or administrators) to repay such advancement in the event that such institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) is ultimately found not to be entitled to indemnification as authorized by these bylaws and (b) approval by the board of directors acting by a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to such action or proceeding or, if such a quorum is not obtainable, then approval by stockholders. To the extent permitted by law, the board of directors or, if applicable, the stockholders, shall not be required to find that the institution-affiliated party has met the applicable standard of conduct provided by law for indemnification in connection with such action or proceeding.


In the event that a majority of the members of the board of directors are named as respondents in an administrative proceeding or civil action and request indemnification, the remaining members of the board may authorize independent legal counsel to review the indemnification request and provide the remaining members of the board with a written opinion of counsel as to whether the conditions delineated in the first four paragraphs of this Section 5 of Article VIII have been met. If independent legal counsel opines that said conditions have been met, the remaining members of the board of directors may rely on such opinion in authorizing the requested indemnification.

In the event that all of the members of the board of directors are named as respondents in an administrative proceeding or civil action and request indemnification, the board shall authorize independent legal counsel to review the indemnification request and provide the board with a written opinion of counsel as to whether the conditions delineated in the first four paragraphs of this Section 5 of Article VIII have been met. If legal counsel opines that said conditions have been met, the board of directors may rely on such opinion in authorizing the requested indemnification.

To the extent permitted under applicable law, the rights of indemnification and to the advancement of expenses provided in these articles of association (a) shall be available with respect to events occurring prior to the adoption of these bylaws, (b) shall continue to exist after any restrictive amendment of these bylaws with respect to events occurring prior to such amendment, (c) may be interpreted on the basis of applicable law in effect at the time of the occurrence of the event or events giving rise to the action or proceeding, or on the basis of applicable law in effect at the time such rights are claimed, and (d) are in the nature of contract rights which may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction as if the association and the institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) for whom such rights are sought were parties to a separate written agreement.

The rights of indemnification and to the advancement of expenses provided in these bylaws shall not, to the extent permitted under applicable law, be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any such institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) may now or hereafter be otherwise entitled whether contained in the association’s articles of association, these bylaws, a resolution of stockholders, a resolution of the board of directors, or an agreement providing such indemnification, the creation of such other rights being hereby expressly authorized. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the rights of indemnification and to the advancement of expenses provided in these bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of any rights, pursuant to statute or otherwise, of any such institution-affiliated party (or of his or her heirs, executors or administrators) in any such action or proceeding to have assessed or allowed in his or her favor, against the association or otherwise, his or her costs and expenses incurred therein or in connection therewith or any part thereof.

If this Section 5 of Article VIII or any part hereof shall be held unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, and the remainder of this Section 5 of Article VIII shall remain fully enforceable.

The association may, upon affirmative vote of a majority of its board of directors, purchase insurance to indemnify its institution-affiliated parties to the extent that such indemnification is allowed in these bylaws; provided, however, that no such insurance shall include coverage for a final order assessing civil money penalties against such persons by a bank regulatory agency. Such insurance may, but need not, be for the benefit of all institution-affiliated parties.


ARTICLE IX

Inspection and Amendments

Section 1. Inspection . A copy of the bylaws of the association, with all amendments, shall at all times be kept in a convenient place at the main office of the association, and shall be open for inspection to all shareholders during banking hours.

Section 2. Amendments . The bylaws of the association may be amended, altered or repealed, at any regular meeting of the board of directors, by a vote of a majority of the total number of the directors except as provided below, and provided that the following language accompany any such change.

I,                , certify that: (1) I am the duly constituted (secretary or treasurer) of and secretary of its board of directors, and as such officer am the official custodian of its records; (2) the foregoing bylaws are the bylaws of the association, and all of them are now lawfully in force and effect.

I have hereunto affixed my official signature on this                 day of                 .

 

 

(Secretary or Treasurer)

 

The association’s shareholders may amend or repeal the bylaws even though the bylaws also may be amended or repealed by the board of directors.


EXHIBIT 6

Section 321(b) Consent

Pursuant to Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, Wilmington Trust, National Association hereby consents that reports of examinations by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon requests therefor.

 

    WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Dated: November 17, 2016     By:  

/s/ John T. Needham, Jr.

      Name: John T. Needham, Jr.
      Title: Vice President


EXHIBIT 7

R E P O R T   O F   C O N D I T I O N

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

As of the close of business on September 30, 2016

 

ASSETS      Thousands of Dollars   

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

     3,755,026   

Securities:

     5,218   

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreement to resell:

     182,000   

Loans and leases held for sale:

     0   

Loans and leases net of unearned income, allowance:

     302,477   

Premises and fixed assets:

     5,360   

Other real estate owned:

     654   

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies:

     0   

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures:

     0   

Intangible assets:

     110   

Other assets:

     43,600   

Total Assets:

     4,294,445   

 

LIABILITIES      Thousands of Dollars   

Deposits

     3,775,254   

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     0   

Other borrowed money:

     0   

Other Liabilities:

     32,103   

Total Liabilities

     3,807,357   

 

EQUITY CAPITAL      Thousands of Dollars   

Common Stock

     1,000   

Surplus

     392,144   

Retained Earnings

     94,402   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     (458

Total Equity Capital

     487,088   

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

     4,294,445   

Exhibit 99.1

 

Annex A

THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt as to the action to be taken, you should immediately consult your broker, bank manager, lawyer, accountant, investment advisor or other professional adviser.

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

Relating to the

EIG Investors Corp.

Offer to Exchange

Any and all of the $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount outstanding of its unregistered 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (CUSIP Nos. 26854X AA7 and U26435 AA2) for an equal principal amount of its new 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (CUSIP No. 26854X AB5) that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)

 

 

fully and unconditionally guaranteed by

A SMALL ORANGE, LLC

(a Georgia limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

BLUEHOST INC.

(a Utah corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

CARDSTAR PUBLISHING, LLC

(a District of Columbia limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

CARDSTAR, INC.

(a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

CONSTANT CONTACT, INC.

(a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

DOMAIN NAME HOLDING COMPANY, INC.

(a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP—WEST, INC.

(a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

FASTDOMAIN, INC.

(a Utah corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

HOSTGATOR.COM LLC

(a Florida limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

SINGLEPLATFORM, LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

and

THE ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.

(a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.)

This document relates to the exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) made by EIG Investors Corp. (the “Issuer”) to exchange any and all of its outstanding unregistered 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Original Notes”) for an equal principal amount of its new 10.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Exchange Notes”) that have been registered under the Securities Act. The Original Notes and the Exchange Notes are collectively referred to herein as the “Notes.” The Exchange Offer is described in the Prospectus dated                     , 2016 (the “Prospectus”) and in this letter of transmittal (this “Letter of Transmittal”). All terms and conditions contained in, or otherwise referred to in, the Prospectus are deemed to be incorporated in, and form a part of, this Letter of Transmittal. Therefore you are urged to


read carefully the Prospectus and the items incorporated by reference therein. The terms and conditions contained in the Prospectus, together with the terms and conditions governing this Letter of Transmittal and the instructions herein, are collectively referred to herein as the “terms and conditions.” Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Prospectus and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Prospectus.

The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                    , 2017, unless extended by the Issuer (such date and time, as they may be extended, the “Expiration Date”). Tendered Original Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date.

Upon the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the acceptance of the Original Notes set forth in the Prospectus under “The Exchange Offer—Conditions to the Exchange Offer,” the Issuer will accept for settlement the Original Notes that have been validly tendered (and not subsequently validly withdrawn). This acceptance date is referred to as the “Acceptance Date.” The Issuer will deliver the Exchange Notes on a date (the “Settlement Date”) as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date.

The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

Wilmington Trust, National Association

Questions relating to the procedure for tendering, as well as requests for additional copies of the Prospectus or this Letter of Transmittal, should be directed to the Exchange Agent addressed as follows:

 

Registered & Certified Mail:   Regular Mail or Courier:   In Person by Hand Only:

Wilmington Trust, N.A.

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890

Attn: Workflow Management,

5th Floor

Telephone: (302) 636-6470

 

Wilmington Trust, N.A.

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890

or

By Facsimile Transmission:

(302) 636-4139

Attention: Workflow Management, 5th Floor

or

By telephone:

302-636-6470

 

Wilmington Trust, N.A.

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890

Attn: Workflow Management,

5th Floor

Telephone: (302) 636-6470

DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE, OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

This Letter of Transmittal is to be used by holders of the Original Notes. Tender of the Original Notes is to be made using the Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering Original Notes.” DTC participants that are accepting the Exchange Offer must transmit their acceptance to DTC, which will verify the acceptance and execute a book-entry delivery to the Exchange Agent’s DTC account. DTC will then send a computer-generated message known as an “agent’s message” to the Exchange Agent for its acceptance. For you to validly tender your Original Notes in the Exchange Offer, the Exchange Agent must receive, prior to the Expiration Date, an agent’s message under the ATOP procedures that confirms that:

 

    DTC has received your instructions to tender your Original Notes; and

 

    You agree to be bound by the terms of this Letter of Transmittal.

By using the ATOP procedures to tender the Original Notes, you will not be required to deliver this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent. However, you will be bound by its terms, and you will be deemed to have made the acknowledgments and the representations and warranties it contains, just as if you had signed it. The tender of Original Notes by you pursuant to the procedures set forth in this Letter of Transmittal and the Prospectus will constitute an agreement between you and us in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Letter of Transmittal and the Prospectus.

The Exchange Notes will be issued in full exchange for the Original Notes in the Exchange Offer, if consummated, on the Settlement Date and will be delivered in book-entry form.


Please read the accompanying instructions carefully.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby tenders to the Issuer the aggregate principal amount of Original Notes credited by the undersigned to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC using ATOP.

The undersigned understands that validly tendered Original Notes (or defectively tendered Original Notes with respect to which the Issuer has waived such defect or caused such defect to be waived) will be deemed to have been accepted by the Issuer if and when the Issuer gives oral or written notice thereof to the Exchange Agent. The undersigned understands that, subject to the terms and conditions, Original Notes properly tendered and accepted (and not validly withdrawn) in accordance with the terms and conditions will be exchanged for Exchange Notes. The undersigned understands that, under certain circumstances, the Issuer may not be required to accept any of the Original Notes tendered (including any Original Notes tendered after the Expiration Date). If any Original Notes are not accepted for exchange for any reason (or if Original Notes are validly withdrawn), such Original Notes will be returned, without expense, to the undersigned’s account at DTC or such other account as designated herein, pursuant to the book-entry transfer procedures described in the Prospectus, as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer.

By tendering Original Notes in the Exchange Offer, the undersigned acknowledges that the Exchange Offer is being made based upon the Issuer’s understanding of an interpretation by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as set forth in no-action letters issued to other parties, including Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation , SEC No-Action Letter (available May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley   & Co. Incorporated , SEC No-Action Letter (available June 5, 1991) and Shearman   & Sterling , SEC No-Action Letter (available July 2, 1993), that Exchange Notes issued in exchange for Original Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by each holder thereof (other than a broker-dealer who acquires such Exchange Notes directly from the Issuer for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other available exemption under the Securities Act or any such holder that is an “affiliate” of the Issuer or any guarantor within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act), without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such holder’s business and such holder is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of such Exchange Notes and has no arrangement with any person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes. If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it acquires the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of its business, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes and it has no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Original Notes, it represents that the Original Notes to be exchanged for the Exchange Notes were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than having been acquired directly from the Issuer or any of its affiliates) and acknowledges that it will comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act (including, but not limited to, the prospectus delivery requirements thereunder) in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

Upon agreement to the terms of this Letter of Transmittal pursuant to an agent’s message, the undersigned, or the beneficial holder of the Original Notes on behalf of which the undersigned has tendered, will, subject to that holder’s ability to withdraw its tender, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer generally, hereby:

 

    irrevocably sell, assign and transfer to or upon the order of the Issuer or its nominee all right, title and interest in and to, and any and all claims in respect of or arising or having arisen as a result of the undersigned’s status as a holder of, all Original Notes tendered hereby, such that thereafter it shall have no contractual or other rights or claims in law or equity against the Issuer or any fiduciary, trustee, fiscal agent or other person connected with the Original Notes arising under, from or in connection with such Original Notes;


    waive any and all rights with respect to the Original Notes tendered hereby, including, without limitation, any existing or past defaults and their consequences in respect of such Original Notes; and

 

    release and discharge the Issuer, the guarantors and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the trustee for the Original Notes from any and all claims the undersigned may have, now or in the future, arising out of or related to the Original Notes tendered hereby, including, without limitation, any claims that the undersigned is entitled to receive additional principal or interest payments with respect to the Original Notes tendered hereby, other than as expressly provided in the Prospectus and in this Letter of Transmittal, or to participate in any redemption or defeasance of the Original Notes tendered hereby.

The undersigned understands that tenders of the Original Notes pursuant to the procedures described in the Prospectus and in this Letter of Transmittal and acceptance of such Original Notes by the Issuer will, following such acceptance, constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and the Issuer upon the terms and conditions.

By tendering the Original Notes in the Exchange Offer, the undersigned represents, warrants and agrees that:

 

    it has received the Prospectus;

 

    it is the beneficial owner (as defined below) of, or a duly authorized representative of one or more beneficial owners of, the Original Notes tendered hereby, and it has full power and authority to execute this Letter of Transmittal;

 

    the Original Notes being tendered hereby were owned as of the date of tender, free and clear of any liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, interests and restrictions of any kind, and the Issuer will acquire good, indefeasible and unencumbered title to such Original Notes, free and clear of all liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, interests and restrictions of any kind, when the Issuer accepts the same;

 

    it will not sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise encumber or transfer any Original Notes tendered hereby from the date of this Letter of Transmittal, and any purported sale, pledge, hypothecation or other encumbrance or transfer will be void and of no effect;

 

    in evaluating the Exchange Offer and in making its decision whether to participate in the Exchange Offer by tendering its Original Notes, the undersigned has made its own independent appraisal of the matters referred to in the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal and in any related communications and it is not relying on any statement, representation or warranty, express or implied, made to such holder by the Issuer or the Exchange Agent, other than those contained in the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented through the Expiration Date;

 

    the execution and delivery of this Letter of Transmittal shall constitute an undertaking to execute any further documents and give any further assurances that may be required in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case on and subject to the terms and conditions described or referred to in the Prospectus;

 

    the agreement to the terms of this Letter of Transmittal pursuant to an agent’s message shall, subject to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer, constitute the irrevocable appointment of the Exchange Agent as its attorney and agent and an irrevocable instruction to such attorney and agent to complete and execute all or any forms of transfer and other documents at the discretion of that attorney and agent in relation to the Original Notes tendered hereby in favor of the Issuer or any other person or persons as the Issuer may direct and to deliver such forms of transfer and other documents in the attorney’s and agent’s discretion and the certificates and other documents of title relating to the registration of such Original Notes and to execute all other documents and to do all other acts and things as may be in the opinion of that attorney or agent necessary or expedient for the purpose of, or in connection with, the acceptance of the Exchange Offer, and to vest in the Issuer or their nominees such Original Notes;

 

    the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and form a part of, this Letter of Transmittal, which shall be read and construed accordingly;


    it is acquiring the Exchange Notes in the ordinary course of its business;

 

    it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and it has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act;

 

    it is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Issuer or any Guarantor;

 

    if such holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Original Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Original Notes acquired directly from the Issuer or any of its affiliates), then such holder will comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act (including, but not limited to, the prospectus delivery requirements thereunder); and

 

    it is not acting on behalf of any person who could not truthfully and completely make the four foregoing representations.

The representations, warranties and agreements of a holder tendering the Original Notes shall be deemed to be repeated and reconfirmed on and as of the Expiration Date and the Settlement Date. For purposes of this Letter of Transmittal, the “beneficial owner” of any Original Notes means any holder that exercises investment discretion with respect to such Original Notes.

The undersigned understands that tenders may not be withdrawn at any time after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, unless the Exchange Offer is amended with changes to the terms and conditions that are, in the reasonable judgment of the Issuer, materially adverse to the tendering holders, in which case tenders may be withdrawn under the conditions described in the extension.

If the Exchange Offer is amended in a manner determined by the Issuer to constitute a material change, the Issuer will extend the Exchange Offer for a period of two to ten business days, depending on the significance of the amendment and the manner of disclosure to such holders, if the Exchange Offer would otherwise have expired during such two to ten business day period.

All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred in this Letter of Transmittal and every obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the undersigned’s successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy and legal representatives of the undersigned and shall not be affected by, and shall survive, the death or incapacity of the undersigned.

Name:

Amount Tendered (if less than all):

Address:

Name of Tendering Institution:

Account Number:

Transaction Code Number:

By crediting the Original Notes to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC using ATOP and by complying with applicable ATOP procedures with respect to the Exchange Offer, the participant in DTC confirms on behalf of itself and the beneficial owners of such Original Notes all provisions of this Letter of Transmittal (including all representations and warranties) applicable to it and such beneficial owner as fully as if it had completed the information required herein and executed and transmitted this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent.


INSTRUCTIONS FORMING PART OF

THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER

1. Book-Entry Confirmations

Any confirmation of a book-entry transfer to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC of the Original Notes tendered by book-entry transfer, as well as an agent’s message, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth on the cover page of this Letter of Transmittal prior to the Expiration Date.

2. Validity of Tenders

The Issuer will determine in its sole discretion all questions as to the validity, form, eligibility, including time of receipt, acceptance for exchange of tendered Original Notes and withdrawal of tendered Original Notes. The Issuer’s determination will be final and binding. The Issuer reserves the absolute right to reject any Original Notes not properly tendered or any acceptance of the Original Notes that would, upon advice of its counsel, be unlawful. The Issuer also reserves the right to waive any defect, irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular Original Notes. The Issuer’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer, including the instructions in this Letter of Transmittal, will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, all defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of the Original Notes must be cured within such time as the Issuer shall determine. Although the Issuer intends to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of the Original Notes, none of the Issuer, the guarantors, the Exchange Agent or any other person will incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of the Original Notes will not be deemed made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Original Notes received by the Exchange Agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned to the tendering holder through the facilities of DTC as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date.

3. Waiver of Conditions

The Issuer reserves the absolute right to waive, in whole or part, at any time or from time to time, any of the conditions to the Exchange Offer set forth in the Prospectus or in this Letter of Transmittal.

4. No Conditional Tender

No alternative, conditional, irregular or contingent tender of the Original Notes will be accepted.

5. Request for Assistance

Requests for assistance regarding the Prospectus or this Letter of Transmittal may be directed to the Exchange Agent at the address or fax number set forth on the cover page of this Letter of Transmittal. Holders may also contact their commercial bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Exchange Offer.

6. Withdrawal

Tenders of the Original Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date. For a withdrawal to be effective, you must comply with the appropriate ATOP procedures. Any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with withdrawn Original Notes and otherwise comply with the ATOP procedures. For more information, see the section of the Prospectus entitled “The Exchange Offer—Withdrawal Rights.”


7. Transfer Taxes

Holders who tender their Original Notes for exchange will not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in connection with that tender or exchange, except that holders who instruct the Issuer to register the Exchange Notes in the name of, or request that the Original Notes not tendered or not accepted in the Exchange Offer be returned to, a person other than the registered tendering holder will be responsible for the payment of any applicable transfer tax on those Original Notes.

IMPORTANT: BY USING THE ATOP PROCEDURES TO TENDER THE ORIGINAL NOTES, YOU WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT. HOWEVER, YOU WILL BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS, AND YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES IT CONTAINS, JUST AS IF YOU HAD SIGNED IT.