UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8–K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 14, 2019

 

 

CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Texas   001-16317   95-4079863

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900, Houston Texas 77002

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(713) 236-7400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, Par Value $0.04

per share

  MCF   NYSE American

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

As further described below, Contango Oil & Gas Company, a Delaware corporation (the “ Predecessor Registrant ”), merged with and into its wholly owned subsidiary, MCF Merger Sub Corp., a Texas corporation (the “ Company ”), on June 14, 2019, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 26, 2019 (the “ Reincorporation Merger Agreement ”), with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation (the “ Reincorporation Merger ”). On June 14, 2019, the effective time of the Reincorporation Merger (the “ Effective Time ”), the Company was renamed “Contango Oil & Gas Company” and succeeded to the assets, continued the business and assumed the rights and obligations of the Predecessor Registrant immediately prior to the Reincorporation Merger. The Reincorporation Merger was consummated by the filing of certificates of merger on June 14, 2019 with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas (the “ Texas Certificate of Merger ”) and the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “ Delaware Certificate of Merger ”). Copies of the Delaware Certificate of Merger and the Texas Certificate of Merger are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, and are each incorporated herein by reference. As disclosed in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Reincorporation Merger Agreement was adopted by the shareholders of Predecessor Registrant at the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Predecessor Registrant held on June 14, 2019.

At the Effective Time, pursuant to the Reincorporation Merger Agreement, each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.04 per share (“ Predecessor Common Stock ”), of the Predecessor Registrant automatically converted into one share of common stock, par value $0.04 per share, of the Company (“ Company Common Stock ”). Similar to the shares of Predecessor Common Stock prior to the Reincorporation Merger, the shares of Company Common Stock now trade on the NYSE American (“ NYSE American ”) under the symbol “MCF”. In accordance with the Reincorporation Merger Agreement, each outstanding certificate previously representing shares of Predecessor Common Stock automatically represents, without any action of the Predecessor Registrant’s shareholders, the same number of shares of Company Common Stock.

Pursuant to the Reincorporation Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the board of directors and officers of the Predecessor Registrant immediately prior to the Reincorporation Merger became the board of directors and officers of the Company. Each continued their directorship or services with the Company on the same terms as their directorship or service with the Predecessor Registrant immediately prior to the Effective Time. In addition, the standing committees of the Company’s Board of Directors (the Compensation Committee, Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Investment Committee) and the members thereof remain unchanged following the Effective Time.

As a result of the Reincorporation, the internal affairs of the Company ceased to be subject to the Delaware General Corporation Law (“ DGCL ”) or governed by the Predecessor Registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Delaware Certificate ”) and its Bylaws (the “ Delaware Bylaws ”). As of the Effective Time, the Company is subject to the Texas Business Organizations Code (“ TBOC ”) and is governed by the Company’s Certificate of Formation (the “ Texas Certificate ”) and Bylaws (the “ Texas Bylaws ”). While the Company sought to maintain the material rights of stockholders, and the Texas Certificate and the Texas Bylaws contain provisions that are similar to the provisions of the Delaware Certificate and Delaware Bylaws, there are also key differences that may impact the rights of stockholders. A description of certain of these differences, as well as certain differences between the DGCL and the TBOC, are included in the proxy statement filed by the Predecessor Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2019 (the “ 2019 Proxy ”), under “Proposal 5”, which is incorporated herein by reference.

The description of the Reincorporation Merger and the Reincorporation Merger Agreement contained in this Item 1.01 does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Reincorporation Merger Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 attached hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference. The descriptions of the Texas Certificate and the Texas Bylaws contained herein, including those incorporated by reference to the 2019 Proxy, do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the full text of the Texas Certificate and the Texas Bylaws filed as Exhibit 3.3 and Exhibit 3.4, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed for the purpose of establishing the Company as the successor issuer to the Predecessor Registrant pursuant to Rule 12g-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”). Pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Exchange Act, the shares of Common Stock of the Company, as successor issuer, are deemed registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

Item 2.03 - Creation of A Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under on Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The disclosures set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K are incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.


As a result of the Reincorporation Merger, as of the Effective Time, the Company assumed and succeeded to by operation of law all of the prior liabilities and obligations of the Predecessor Registrant, and such liabilities and obligations may be enforced against the Company to the same extent as if the Company had itself incurred or contracted all such liabilities and obligations. For more information concerning these liabilities and obligations, see generally the Predecessor Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed during 2019.

Item 3.03 - Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The disclosures set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K are incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.

As reported under Item 5.07 below, at the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Predecessor Registrant held on June 14, 2019, the shareholders of the Predecessor Registrant approved an amendment to the Predecessor Registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock, par value $0.04 per share, from 55,000,000 shares to 105,000,000 shares, consisting of 100,000,000 shares classified as “Common Stock” and 5,000,000 shares classified as “Preferred Stock” (the “ Predecessor Registrant Charter Amendment ”). The Predecessor Registrant Charter Amendment became effective upon the filing by the Predecessor Registrant of a certificate of amendment to certificate of formation with Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 14, 2019. A copy of the Predecessor Registrant Charter Amendment is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.5. The number of authorized shares of capital stock of the Company following the Reincorporation Merger is identical to the number of authorized shares of capital stock of the Predecessor Registrant immediately following the adoption of the Predecessor Registrant Charter Amendment.

Item 5.03 - Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change In Fiscal Year.

The disclosures set forth in Items 1.01 and 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K are incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2019 Annual Meeting of the Predecessor Registrant was held on June 14, 2019, in Houston, Texas. The following are the final voting results and a brief description of each matter submitted to the Predecessor Registrant’s shareholders at that meeting. Each proposal is described in more detail in the 2019 Proxy Statement.

Proposal 1: Election of Directors. The shareholders of the Predecessor Registrant elected each of the six director nominees nominated by the Predecessor Registrant’s Board of Directors, as follows: Joseph J. Romano, Wilkie S. Colyer, Jr., B.A. Berilgen, B. James Ford, Lon McCain and John C. Goff were elected as directors and are eligible to serve a one-year term until the 2020 annual meeting.

The following is a tabulation of the voting results with respect to each director nominee:

 

Director

   Votes For      Voted
Against
     Broker
Non-Votes
     Abstain  

Joseph J. Romano

     15,297,328        7,049,136        9,197,886        65,562  

Wilkie S. Colyer, Jr.

     21,657,542        739,786        9,197,886        14,698  

B.A. Berilgen

     19,534,475        2,810,473        9,197,886        67,078  

B. James Ford

     21,565,341        779,607        9,197,886        67,078  

Lon McCain

     21,490,020        854,928        9,197,886        67,078  

John C. Goff

     21,622,291        774,207        9,197,886        15,528  

Proposal 2: Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Predecessor Registrant ’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019 by the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-Votes

30,832,556

 

711,220

 

66,136

 

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Proposal 3: The Compensation Advisory Vote. The Predecessor Registrant’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Predecessor Registrant’s named executive officers by the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-Votes

21,986,445

 

396,451

 

29,130

 

9,197,886


Proposal 4: Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation. The Predecessor Registrant’s shareholders approved the Predecessor Registrant Charter Amendment by the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-Votes

30,190,424

 

1,251,628

 

167,860

 

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Proposal 5: The Reincorporation Proposal. The Predecessor Registrant’s shareholders approved the Reincorporation Merger by the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker

Non-Votes

22,189,380

 

217,282

 

5,364

 

9,197,886

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

*2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of April 26, 2019, by and between Contango Oil & Gas Company and MCF Merger Sub Corp.
*3.1    Delaware Certificate of Merger, effective as of June 14, 2019
*3.2    Texas Certificate of Merger, effective as of June 14, 2019
*3.3    Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of Contango Oil & Gas Company
*3.4    Bylaws of Contango Oil & Gas Company
*3.5    Predecessor Registrant Charter Amendment, effective as of June 14, 2019

 

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Filed herewith.

SIGNATURE

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

 

Date: June 14, 2019     CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY
    By:   /s/ E. Joseph Grady
      E. Joseph Grady
      Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 2.1

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of April 26, 2019, by and between Contango Oil & Gas Company, a Delaware corporation (“Contango Delaware”), and MCF Merger Sub Corp., a Texas corporation (“Contango Texas”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Contango Delaware owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Contango Texas.

WHEREAS, Contango Delaware desires to reorganize as a Texas corporation by the merger of Contango Delaware with and into Contango Texas (the “Merger”), with Contango Texas continuing as the surviving corporation of the Merger.

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Contango Delaware (the “Contango Delaware Board”) has (i) determined that this Agreement and the Merger are advisable and in the best interests of Contango Delaware and its stockholders, (ii) approved and adopted this Agreement and the Merger, (iii) resolved to submit this Agreement and the Merger to Contango Delaware’s stockholders for their approval, and (iv) resolved to recommend to Contango Delaware’s stockholders that they vote in favor of the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the Merger.

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Contango Texas has (i) determined that this Agreement and the Merger are advisable and in the best interests of Contango Delaware and its stockholder and (ii) approved and adopted this Agreement and the Merger.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Contango Delaware and Contango Texas hereby agree as follows:

1. THE MERGER . In accordance with the Texas Business Organizations Code, as amended (the “TBOC”), and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended (the “DGCL”), and subject to, and upon the terms and conditions of, this Agreement, Contango Delaware shall be merged with and into Contango Texas, the separate corporate existence of Contango Delaware shall cease, and Contango Texas shall continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”). The name of the Surviving Corporation shall be “Contango Oil & Gas Company”. At the Effective Time, the effects of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement and in the applicable provisions of the TBOC and DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, at the Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of Contango Delaware and Contango Texas shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of Contango Delaware and Contango Texas shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation, all as provided in the applicable provisions of the TBOC and DGCL.

2. EFFECTIVE TIME . On the date of the closing of the Merger, Contango Delaware and Contango Texas shall file certificates of merger (the “Certificates of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas and the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such form as required by, and executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of, the TBOC and the DGCL. The Merger shall become effective upon the later filing of the Certificates of Merger or at such later time as specified in the Certificates of Merger (the date and time the Merger becomes effective being referred to herein as the “Effective Time”).

3. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION . At the Effective Time, the certificate of formation of Contango Texas as in force and effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be amended and restated in

 

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its entirety by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, which Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation shall become, at the Effective Time, the certificate of formation of the Surviving Corporation (the “Surviving Corporation Charter”) until thereafter duly amended in accordance with the provisions thereof and applicable law.

4. BYLAWS . At the Effective Time, the bylaws of Contango Texas as in force and effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be amended to change the name of Contango Texas to “Contango Oil & Gas Company”, each reference therein to “MCF Merger Sub Corp.” shall be changed to “Contango Oil & Gas Company” and, as so amended, shall become, at the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation (the “Surviving Corporation Bylaws”) until thereafter duly amended in accordance with the provisions thereof and applicable law.

5. DIRECTORS . The parties shall take all actions necessary so that the directors of Contango Delaware in office immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation at the Effective Time and will continue to hold office from the Effective Time until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in the manner provided in the Surviving Corporation Charter and the Surviving Corporation Bylaws, or as otherwise provided by law.

6. OFFICERS . The parties shall take all actions necessary so that the officers of Contango Delaware in office immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation at the Effective Time and will continue to hold office from the Effective Time until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in the manner provided in the Surviving Corporation Charter and the Surviving Corporation Bylaws, or as otherwise provided by law.

7. ADDITIONAL ACTIONS . If, at any time after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall consider or be advised that any deeds, bills of sale, assignments, assurances or any other actions or things are necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm, of record or otherwise, in the Surviving Corporation its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, properties or assets of either Contango Delaware or Contango Texas acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Corporation as a result of, or in connection with, the Merger or otherwise to carry out this Agreement, the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be authorized to execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of each of Contango Delaware and Contango Texas, all such deeds, bills of sale, assignments and assurances and to take and do, in the name and on behalf of each of Contango Delaware and Contango Texas or otherwise, all such other actions and things as may be necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm any and all right, title and interest in, to and under such rights, properties or assets in the Surviving Corporation or otherwise to carry out this Agreement.

8. CONVERSION OF CAPITAL SECURITIES . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Contango Delaware, Contango Texas or any holder of any securities thereof:

(a) Each share of common stock, par value $0.04 per share, of Contango Delaware (the “Contango Delaware Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.04 per share, of the Surviving Corporation (the “Contango Texas Common Stock”).

(b) Each share of Contango Delaware Common Stock held in the Contango Delaware treasury immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one share of Contango Texas Common Stock held in the Surviving Corporation’s treasury.

(c) Each share of Contango Texas Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and extinguished without any consideration paid therefor.

9. TREATMENT OF CONTANGO DELAWARE OPTIONS AND CONTANGO DELAWARE STOCK-BASED AWARDS .

(a) Effective as of the Effective Time, automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof: (i) each option to purchase shares of Contango Delaware Common Stock granted under the Crimson Exploration Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Incentive Plan or the Contango Oil & Gas Company

 

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Amended and Restated 2009 Incentive Compensation Plan (collectively, the “Contango Delaware Equity Plans”) or otherwise (each option so issued, a “Contango Delaware Option”) that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether or not then vested or exercisable, shall cease to represent a right to acquire shares of Contango Delaware Common Stock and shall be converted into an option to purchase shares of Contango Texas Common Stock, on substantially the same terms and conditions (including exercise price and vesting schedule) as applied to such Contango Delaware Option immediately prior to the Effective Time (each as so converted, a “Contango Texas Option”) and (ii) each right of any kind, vested or unvested, contingent or accrued, to receive shares of Contango Delaware Common Stock or benefits measured in whole or in part by reference to the value of Contango Delaware Common Stock whether granted under the Contango Delaware Equity Plans or otherwise outstanding as of the Effective Time, other than Contango Delaware Options (each, a “Contango Delaware Stock-Based Award”), shall, in each case, be converted into a substantially similar award for, or with respect to, shares of Contango Texas Common Stock on substantially the same terms and conditions (including vesting schedule) as applied to such Contango Delaware Stock-Based Award immediately prior to the Effective Time (each as so converted, a “Contango Texas Stock-Based Award”).

(b) Prior to the Effective Time, Contango Delaware shall take all corporate action necessary to provide for the treatment of the Contango Delaware Options, the Contango Texas Options, the Contango Delaware Stock-Based Awards and the Contango Texas Stock-Based Awards as set forth in this Section  9 .

10. EXCHANGE MECHANICS .

(a) At and after the Effective Time, each share certificate which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of Contango Delaware Common Stock (a “Delaware Certificate”) shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence ownership of, and to represent, the number of shares of Contango Texas Common Stock into which the shares of Contango Delaware Common Stock represented by such Delaware Certificate immediately prior to the Effective Time have been converted pursuant to this Agreement. The registered holder of any Delaware Certificate outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, as such holder appears in the books and records of Contango Delaware (or of the transfer agent in respect of the Contango Delaware Common Stock), immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall, until such Delaware Certificate is surrendered for transfer or exchange, have and be entitled to exercise any voting and other rights with respect to and to receive any dividends or other distributions on the shares of Contango Texas Common Stock into which the shares of Contango Delaware Common Stock represented by any such Delaware Certificate have been converted pursuant to this Agreement.

(b) Each holder of a Delaware Certificate shall, upon the surrender of such Delaware Certificate to the Surviving Corporation (or the transfer agent in respect of the Contango Texas Common Stock) for cancellation after the Effective Time, be entitled to receive from the Surviving Corporation (or the transfer agent in respect of the Contango Texas Common Stock), a certificate (a “Texas Certificate”) representing the number of shares of Contango Texas Common Stock into which the shares of Contango Delaware Common Stock represented by such Delaware Certificate have been converted pursuant to this Agreement. If any such Texas Certificate is to be issued in a name other than that in which the Delaware Certificate surrendered for exchange is registered, such exchange shall be conditioned upon (i) the Delaware Certificate so surrendered being properly endorsed or otherwise in proper form for transfer and (ii) the person requesting such exchange either paying any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the issuance of the Texas Certificate in a name other than that of the registered holder of the Delaware Certificate surrendered, or establishing to the satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation, or the transfer agent in respect of the Contango Texas Common Stock, that such tax has been paid or is not applicable.

(c) Where no Delaware Certificate has been issued in the name of a holder of shares of Contango Delaware Common Stock, a “book entry” (i.e., a computerized or manual entry) shall be made in the shareholder records of the Surviving Corporation to evidence the issuance to such holder of an equal number of shares of Contango Texas Common Stock.

11. STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL . This Agreement will be submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Contango Delaware for their consideration and adoption at a meeting of such stockholders in accordance with the

 

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provisions of Section 252 of the DGCL. In the event that this Agreement shall not be adopted by the requisite vote of the stockholders of Contango Delaware entitled to vote thereon, this Agreement shall thereupon terminate without further action of the parties hereto.

12. STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING . The parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the shares of Contango Texas Common Stock to be issued in the Merger to be approved for listing on the NYSE American exchange, subject to official notice of issuance, prior to the Effective Time.

13. NO APPRAISAL RIGHTS . In accordance with the DGCL, no appraisal rights shall be available to any holder of shares of Contango Texas Common Stock in connection with the Merger.

14. TERMINATION . This Agreement may be terminated, and the Merger and the other transactions provided for herein may be abandoned, at any time prior to the Effective Time, by action of the Contango Delaware Board. In the event of termination of this Agreement, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, and neither Contango Delaware, Contango Texas nor their respective stockholders, directors or officers shall have any liability with respect to such termination or abandonment.

15. AMENDMENTS . Subject to the provisions of applicable law, at any time prior to the Effective Time, the parties hereto may modify, amend or supplement this Agreement, whether before or after the adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of Contango Delaware; provided, however, that after any such adoption, there shall not be made any amendment that by law requires the further approval by the stockholders of Contango Delaware without such further approval.

16. GOVERNING LAW . This Agreement and all claims and causes of action hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Texas, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws, except that the DGCL shall apply to the Merger, and any other provisions set forth herein that are governed by the DGCL.

17. SERVICE OF PROCESS . The Surviving Corporation agrees that it may be served with process in the State of Delaware in any proceeding for enforcement of any obligation of any constituent corporation of the State of Delaware, as well as for enforcement of any obligation of the Surviving Corporation arising from the Merger, and does hereby irrevocably appoint the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as its agent to accept service of process in any such suit or proceeding. The address to which a copy of such process shall be mailed by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware is 717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900, Houston Texas 77002.

18. PLAN OF REORGANIZATION . Each party to this Agreement agrees to treat the Merger for all income tax purposes as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

19. COUNTERPARTS . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.

20. ENTIRE AGREEMENT . This Agreement, including the documents and instruments referred to herein, constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

21. SEVERABILITY . The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and in the event any provision hereof is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not in any way affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Contango Texas and Contango Delaware have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY
By:   /s/ E. Joseph Grady
Name:   E. Joseph Grady
Title:  

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

 

MCF MERGER SUB CORP.
By:   /s/ E. Joseph Grady
Name:   E. Joseph Grady
Title:  

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

STATE OF DELAWARE

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

of

CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY

(a Delaware corporation)

with and into

MCF MERGER SUB CORP.

(a Texas corporation)

June 14, 2019

Pursuant to Title 8, Section 252 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”), the undersigned surviving corporation executed the following Certificate of Merger:

FIRST : The constituent corporations (the “ Constituent Entities ”) participating in the merger herein certified (the “ Merger ”) are:

 

  (i)

Contango Oil & Gas Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Merging Entity ”); and

 

  (ii)

MCF Merger Sub Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Texas (the “ Surviving Entity ”).

SECOND : An Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Agreement and Plan of Merger ”) has been approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the Constituent Entities in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction of formation and the governing documents of each of the Constituent Entities.

THIRD : The Surviving Entity shall be the surviving corporation and, immediately upon the effective time of the Merger, shall change its name to Contango Oil & Gas Company, a Texas corporation.

FOURTH : The Merger shall become effective upon filing.

FIFTH : The executed Agreement and Plan of Merger is on file at the principal place of business of the Surviving Entity, the address of which is as follows: 717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900, Houston, Texas 77002.

SIXTH : A copy of the Agreement and Plan of Merger will furnished by the Surviving Entity, on request and without cost, to any stockholder of either of the Constituent Entities.


SEVENTH : The Surviving Entity agrees that it may be served with process in the State of Delaware in any proceeding for enforcement of any obligation of the Merging Entity, as well as for enforcement of any obligations of the Surviving Entity arising from this merger, including any suit or other proceeding to enforce the rights of any stockholders as determined in appraisal proceedings pursuant to the provisions of Section 262 of the DGCL, and irrevocably appoints the Secretary of State of Delaware as its agent to accept services of process in any such suit or proceeding. The Secretary of State shall mail any such process to the Surviving Entity at 717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900, Houston, Texas 77002.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned entity has caused this Certificate of Merger to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first written above.

 

MCF MERGER SUB CORP.,
a Texas corporation

/s/ E. JOSPEH GRADY

By:   E. Joseph Grady
Its:  

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit 3.2

STATE OF TEXAS

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

of

CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY

(a Delaware corporation)

with and into

MCF MERGER SUB CORP.

(a Texas corporation)

June 14, 2019

Parties to the Merger

Pursuant to Chapter 10 of the Texas Business Organizations Code, and the title applicable to each domestic filing entity identified below, the undersigned parties submit this certificate of merger.

The name, organizational form, state of incorporation or organization, and file number, if any, issued by the Secretary of State for each organization that is a party to the merger are as follows:

 

Party 1:    Contango Oil & Gas Company (the “ Merging Entity ”). The organization is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the file number issued by the Delaware Secretary of State is 3313140. Its principal place of business is 717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900, Houston, Texas 77002. The organization will not survive the merger.
Party 2:    MCF Merger Sub Corp. (the “ Surviving Entity ”). The organization is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Texas, and the file number issued by the Texas Secretary of State is 0803300913. Its principal place of business is 717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900, Houston, Texas 77002. The organization will survive the merger. The Agreement and Plan of Merger amends the name of the organization. The new name of the organization is Contango Oil & Gas Company, a Texas corporation.

Agreement and Plan of Merger

In lieu of providing the Agreement and Plan of Merger, each domestic filing entity certifies that:

1.    A signed Agreement and Plan of Merger is on file at the principal place of business of the Surviving Entity.


2.    On written request, a copy of the Agreement and Plan of Merger will be furnished without cost by the Surviving Entity to any owner or member of any domestic entity that is a party to the Agreement and Plan of Merger.

3.    The Agreement and Plan of Merger effected an amendment and restatement of the certificate of formation of the Surviving Entity, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A .

4.    No new organizations are being created by the merger.

Approval of the Agreement and Plan of Merger

The Agreement and Plan of Merger has been approved as required by the laws of the jurisdiction of formation of each organization that is a party to the merger and by the governing documents of those organizations.

Effectiveness of Filing

This document shall become effective upon filing.

Tax Certificate

In lieu of providing the tax certificate, the Surviving Entity will be liable for the payment of all applicable filing fees and franchise taxes, if any, of the Merging Entity and the Surviving Entity shall be obligated to pay such fees and franchise taxes if the same are not timely paid.

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Execution

As of the date first written above, the undersigned signs this document subject to the penalties imposed by law for the submission of a materially false or fraudulent instrument. The undersigned certifies that the statements contained herein are true and correct, and that the person signing is authorized under the provisions of the Texas Business Organizations Code, or other law applicable to and governing the merging entity, to execute the filing instrument.

 

MERGING ENTITY:
CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY,
a Delaware corporation

/s/ E. JOSPEH GRADY

By:   E. Joseph Grady
Its:   Senior Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer
SURVIVING ENTITY:
MCF MERGER SUB CORP.,
a Texas corporation

/s/ E. JOSPEH GRADY

By:   E. Joseph Grady
Its:   Senior Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit A

Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation

Exhibit 3.3

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY

ARTICLE I

The name of the corporation is Contango Oil & Gas Company (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE II

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Texas is to be located at 717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900, Houston, Texas 77002 and its registered agent at such address is Wilkie S. Colyer, Jr.

ARTICLE III

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Texas Business Organizations Code (the “TBOC”).

ARTICLE IV

A.    This Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of shares of stock to be designated common stock (“Common Stock”) and preferred stock (“Preferred Stock”). The number of shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued is one hundred million (100,000,000), par value $0.04 per share, and the number of shares of Preferred Stock authorized to be issued is five million (5,000,000), par value $0.04 per share; the total number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue is one hundred and five million shares (105,000,000).

B.    All or any of the shares of Preferred Stock shall be issued in one or more series, and consist of such number of shares and have such designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights, including voting rights, as shall be stated in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such series adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”). The Board of Directors is hereby expressly vested with authority, to the full extent now or hereafter provided by law, to adopt any such resolution or resolutions.

ARTICLE V

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Texas, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, alter, amend and repeal the bylaws of the Corporation (the “Bylaws”), in the manner provided in the Bylaws and in this Article V. In addition to any requirements of the TBOC or other applicable law, the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required for shareholders to adopt, amend, alter or repeal any provision of the Bylaws of the Corporation; provided that any amendment of


Article VIII of the Bylaws shall require approval of either (i) the Board of Directors and (ii) the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation not owned by an Affiliated Stockholder (as defined in the Bylaws) or an affiliate or associate of such Affiliated Stockholder; or (i) a majority of the Continuing Directors (as defined in the Bylaws) and (ii) a majority of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VI

To the extent permitted by applicable law, and except as provided herein, the vote of shareholders required for approval of any action that is recommended to shareholders by the Board of Directors and for which applicable law requires a shareholder vote, including without limitation any plan of merger, consolidation or exchange, any disposition of assets, and any amendment to this Certificate of Formation in accordance with Article XI, shall, if a greater vote of shareholders is provided for by the TBOC or other applicable law, instead be the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon, unless any class or series of shares is entitled to vote as a class thereon, in which event the vote required shall be the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares within each class or series of shares entitled to vote thereon as a class and at least a majority of the outstanding shares otherwise entitled to vote thereon. The foregoing shall not apply to any action or shareholder vote authorized or required by any addition, amendment or modification to applicable law that becomes effective after the date of execution of this Certificate of Formation if and to the extent a Bylaw adopted by the Board of Directors so provides. Any repeal, amendment or modification of any such Bylaw so adopted shall require the same vote of shareholders as would be required to approve the action or vote subject to such Bylaw had the first sentence of this Article VI not applied to such action or vote.

ARTICLE VII

Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by or pursuant to the Bylaws of the Corporation or amendment thereof. The number of directors constituting the current Board of Directors is seven (6), and the names and addresses of such persons constituting the Board of Directors as of the date hereof, who are to serve until their successors are elected and qualified, are as follows:

 

Name

  

Street Address

B. A. Berilgen    717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900, Houston, Texas 77002
Wilkie S. Colyer, Jr.    717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900, Houston, Texas 77002
B. James Ford    717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900, Houston, Texas 77002
John C. Goff    717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900, Houston, Texas 77002
Ellis L. McCain, Jr.    717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900, Houston, Texas 77002
Joseph J. Romano    717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900, Houston, Texas 77002

 

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ARTICLE VIII

Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, election of directors need not be by written ballot.

ARTICLE IX

A.    Meetings of shareholders may be held within or without the State of Texas, as the Bylaws of the Corporation may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the laws of the State of Texas) outside of the State of Texas at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

B.    Subject to the provisions of the Bylaws of the Corporation governing special meetings, holders of not less than 50% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of the Corporation and entitled to vote at such meeting may also call a special meeting of shareholders by furnishing the Corporation a written request which states the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting in the manner set forth in the Bylaws.

C.    Subject to Section 2.12 of the Bylaws, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, if one or more written consents setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by the holder or holders of shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take such action at a meeting at which the holders of all shares entitled to vote on the action were present and voted.

ARTICLE X

A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the TBOC as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. If the TBOC is amended after the date of the filing of this Certificate of Formation 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 TBOC as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article X by the shareholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time, or increase the liability of any director of the Corporation with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to, such repeal or modification.

 

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ARTICLE XI

The Corporation shall have the right, subject to any express provisions or restrictions contained in this Certificate of Formation or the Bylaws of the Corporation, from time to time, to amend this Certificate of Formation or any provision hereof in any manner now or hereafter provided by applicable law and this Certificate of Formation, and all rights and powers of any kind conferred upon a director or stockholder of the Corporation by this Certificate of Formation or any amendment hereof are subject to such right of the Corporation; provided that any amendment of the provisions in Article V of this Certificate of Formation altering the requirements to amend Article VIII of the Bylaws (Certain Business Combinations) shall require the approval of either (i) the Board of Directors and the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation not owned by an Affiliated Stockholder (as defined in the Bylaws) or an affiliate or associate of such Affiliated Stockholder; or (ii) a majority of the Continuing Directors (as defined in the Bylaws) and a majority of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.

ARTICLE XII

The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Title 2, Chapter 21, Subchapter M of the TBOC.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation to be executed this 14 th day of June, 2019.

 

/s/ E. JOSPEH GRADY

By:   E. Joseph Grady
Its:   Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.4

BYLAWS

OF

CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY

****

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS

OF THE

STATE OF TEXAS

ON

JUNE 14, 2019


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  

Article I OFFICES AND RECORDS

     1  

Section 1.1

  

Texas Office

     1  

Section 1.2

  

Other Offices

     1  

Section 1.3

  

Books and Records

     1  

Article II STOCKHOLDERS

     1  

Section 2.1

  

Annual Meeting

     1  

Section 2.2

  

Special Meetings

     1  

Section 2.3

  

Place of Meeting

     2  

Section 2.4

  

Notice of Meeting

     2  

Section 2.5

  

Quorum and Adjournment

     2  

Section 2.6

  

Proxies

     2  

Section 2.7

  

Voting List

     3  

Section 2.8

  

Voting of Shares

     3  

Section 2.9

  

Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations

     3  

Section 2.10

  

Procedure for Election of Directors

     7  

Section 2.11

  

Conduct of Business; Inspectors of Elections

     7  

Section 2.12

  

Stockholder Action by Written Consent

     8  

Article III BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     9  

Section 3.1

  

General Powers

     9  

Section 3.2

  

Number, Tenure and Qualifications

     9  

Section 3.3

  

Regular Meetings

     9  

Section 3.4

  

Special Meetings

     9  

Section 3.5

  

Notice

     9  

Section 3.6

  

Conference Telephone Meetings

     10  

Section 3.7

  

Action Without Meeting

     10  

Section 3.8

  

Quorum

     10  

Section 3.9

  

Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies

     10  

Section 3.10

  

Committees

     10  

Section 3.11

  

Removal

     11  

Article IV OFFICERS

     11  

Section 4.1

  

Elected Officers

     11  

Section 4.2

  

Election and Term of Office

     12  

Section 4.3

  

President and Chief Executive Officer

     12  

Section 4.4

  

Chief Financial Officer

     12  

Section 4.5

  

Vice Presidents

     12  

Section 4.6

  

Secretary and Assistant Secretaries

     13  

Section 4.7

  

Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers

     13  

Section 4.8

  

Removal

     13  

Section 4.9

  

Vacancies

     13  

Article V STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS

     13  

Section 5.1

  

Certificates and Transfers

     13  

Article VI INDEMNIFICATION

     14  

Section 6.1

  

Right to Indemnification

     14  

Section 6.2

  

Prepayment of Expenses

     14  

Section 6.3

  

Claims

     14  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

          Page  

Section 6.4

  

Nonexclusivity of Rights

     15  

Section 6.5

  

Other Sources

     15  

Section 6.6

  

Amendment or Repeal

     15  

Section 6.7

  

Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses

     15  

Article VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     15  

Section 7.1

  

Fiscal Year

     15  

Section 7.2

  

Dividends

     15  

Section 7.3

  

Corporate Seal

     15  

Section 7.4

  

Waiver of Notice

     15  

Section 7.5

  

Resignations

     16  

Section 7.6

  

Contracts

     16  

Section 7.7

  

Proxies

     16  

Article VIII CERTAIN BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

     16  

Section 8.1

  

Title 2 of the TBOC

     16  

Section 8.2

  

Business Combinations with Affiliated Stockholders

     17  

Section 8.3

  

Definitions

     17  

Article IX AMENDMENTS

     21  

Section 9.1

  

Amendments

     21  

Article X FORUM FOR ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES

     21  

Section 10.1

  

Forum for Adjudication of Disputes

     21  

Section 10.2

  

Consent to Jurisdiction

     21  

Section 10.3

  

Enforceability

     22  

 

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BYLAWS

OF

CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY

Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Texas

ARTICLE I

OFFICES AND RECORDS

Section  1.1      Texas Office . The principal office of Contango Oil & Gas Company (the “Corporation”) shall be located at its principal place of business or such other place as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may designate. The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation is set forth in the Certificate of Formation and may be altered by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section  1.2      Other Offices . The Corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the state of Texas, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the Corporation may from time to time require.

Section  1.3      Books and Records . The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at the Corporation’s office in Houston, Texas or at such other locations within or outside the state of Texas as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE II

STOCKHOLDERS

Section  2.1      Annual Meeting . The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held at such date, place and time as may be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section  2.2      Special Meetings . Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, except that the Board of Directors shall be required to call a special meeting of stockholders on the written request in proper form of the holder or holders of at least one-half (1/2) of all the shares outstanding and entitled to vote thereat. To be in proper form, such request by the requisite stockholders shall include the information required for business to be properly brought by a stockholder before the annual meeting of stockholders as set forth in Section 2.9(A)(3) with respect to any director nominations or other business proposed to be presented at such special meeting, and as to the stockholder(s) requesting such meeting and any other persons (including any beneficial owner) on whose behalf the stockholder(s) is acting (other than stockholders or beneficial owners who have provided a written request solely in response to any form of public solicitation for such requests). At any special meeting requested by stockholders, the business transacted shall be limited to the purposes stated in the request for meeting, except that the Board of Directors shall have the authority in its discretion to submit additional matters to the stockholders and to cause other business to be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the business that has been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders. The Board of Directors shall fix the date, time and place for each special meeting and shall set a record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote for each special meeting, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the

 

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resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) (or the maximum number permitted by applicable law) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting.

Section  2.3      Place of Meeting . The Board of Directors may designate the place of meeting within or outside of the State of Texas for any meeting of the stockholders. If no designation is made by the Board of Directors, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the Corporation.

Section  2.4      Notice of Meeting . Written notice, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be prepared and delivered by the Corporation not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law (meaning, here and hereinafter, as required from time to time by the Texas Business Organizations Code, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “TBOC”)), either personally, or by mail, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. Such further notice shall be given as may be required by law. The Board of Directors may, at any time prior to the holding of a meeting of stockholders, cancel, postpone or reschedule such meeting upon public notice given prior to the time previously scheduled for such meeting of stockholders.

Section  2.5      Quorum and Adjournment . Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Formation, the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Voting Stock”), represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders, except that when specified business is to be voted on by a class or series voting separately as a class or series, the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such business. At any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, whether or not a quorum is present or represented, the chairman of the meeting shall have power to recess or adjourn the meeting for any reason, without notice other than announcement at the meeting. If directed by the chairman of the meeting, a majority of the shares of Voting Stock so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, whether or not there is such a quorum (or, in the case of specified business to be voted on by a class or series, if directed by the chairman of the meeting, a majority of the shares of such class or series so represented may adjourn the meeting with respect to such specified business). No notice of the time and place of adjourned meetings need be given except as required by law. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

Section  2.6      Proxies . At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the stockholder or as may be permitted by law, or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy must be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or his representative at or before the time of the meeting.

 

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Section  2.7      Voting List . A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order for each class of shares and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares registered in his or her name, shall be open to the examination of any such stockholder for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting in the manner provided by law. The voting list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting as provided by law. This 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. If any stockholders are participating in the meeting by means of remote communication, the list must be open to examination by the stockholders for the duration of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access the list must be provided to stockholders in the meeting notice.

Section  2.8      Voting of Shares . Except as otherwise required by the Certificate of Formation, each outstanding share entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter of an issue submitted to a meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one (1) vote upon each such issue.

Section  2.9      Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations .

(A)     Annual Meetings of Stockholders

(1)    Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (a) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting delivered pursuant to Section 2.4 of these Bylaws, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who complies with the notice procedures hereinafter set forth in this Section 2.9 and who is a stockholder of record at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation and at the time of the annual meeting.

(2)    For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant Section 2.9(C) of these Bylaws, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided , however , that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) days, or delayed by more than sixty (60) days, from such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the ninetieth day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.

(3)    To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice (whether given pursuant to Section 2.2, this Section 2.9(A) or Section 2.9(B)) must set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director: (i) such person’s name, (ii) all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case, pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Exchange Act”), (iii) such person’s written

 

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consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected, (iv) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three (3) years, and any other material relationships between the stockholder giving the notice, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the notice is given, and any of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, his or her respective affiliates and associates and any other persons with whom such proposed nominee (or any of his or her respective affiliates and associates) is acting in concert, on the other hand, (v) a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement as provided in Section 2.9(A)(4); (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal, as applicable, is made: (i) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of such stockholder, such beneficial owner and any of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder, such beneficial owner, and any of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith, (iii) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of stock of the Corporation or otherwise (a “Derivative Instrument”), and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation, in each case directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder, such beneficial owner, and any of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith, (iv) a description of any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder, such beneficial owner, and any of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith has any right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation, (v) any short interest in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of these Bylaws a person shall be deemed to have a “short interest” in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder, such beneficial owner, and any of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith, (vi) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder, such beneficial owner, and any of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (vii) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder, such beneficial owner, and any of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner, (viii) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) to which such stockholder, such beneficial owner, and any of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith is entitled based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of the immediate family sharing the same household as such

 

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stockholder, such beneficial owner, and any of their respective affiliates or associates, (ix) a summary of any material discussions regarding the nomination between such stockholder, such beneficial owner, and any of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith and any other record or beneficial holder of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation (including their names), and (x) a representation that such stockholder is a holder of record of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors, will continue to be a holder of record of shares entitled to vote for the election of directors through the date of the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice; and (c) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, in addition to the items set forth above, (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such stockholder, such beneficial owner, and any of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith in such business, (ii) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), and (iii) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder, such beneficial owner, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder. In no event shall the public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(4)    To be eligible to be a nominee for election as a director of the Corporation, each proposed nominee must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under this Section 2.9, in the case of a nominee proposed by a stockholder under Section 2.2 or this Section 2.9) to the Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such proposed nominee (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such proposed nominee (a) is not and will not become a party to (i) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such proposed nominee, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (ii) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such proposed nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such proposed nominee’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (b) is not, and will not become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed to the Corporation, and (c) in such proposed nominee’s individual capacity and on behalf of the stockholder (or the beneficial owner, if different) on whose behalf the nomination is made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation.

 

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(5)    The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information (a) as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation in accordance with Section 803 of the NYSE American Rules and the Corporation’s corporate governance documents, including the board committee charters and the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics; or (b) that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence or lack of independence of such proposed nominee.

(B)     Special Meetings of Stockholders . Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (1) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (2) to the extent that one or more directors are to be elected at such meeting, but subject to the last sentence of this Section 2.9(B), by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.9 and who is a stockholder of record at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation and at the time of the special meeting or (3) in the case of a stockholder-requested special meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation pursuant to Section 2.2. For nominations to be properly brought before a special meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Section 2.9(B)(2) of these Bylaws, the stockholder must give timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth (60th) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day such notice of the meeting was mailed or on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of a special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. To be in proper form, such stockholder’s notice shall comply with Section 2.9(A)(3). For the avoidance of doubt, any proposed nominee for election as director of the Corporation at a special meeting (including a meeting requested pursuant to Section 2.2) shall comply with paragraphs (4) and (5) of Section 2.9(A). Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws, in the case of a stockholder-requested special meeting, no stockholder may nominate a person for election to the Board of Directors or propose any other business to be considered at the meeting, except pursuant to the written request(s) delivered for such special meeting pursuant to Section 2.2.

(C)     General .

(1)    Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and in accordance with applicable law shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.9 and in accordance with applicable law. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.9 and in accordance with applicable law and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Section 2.9 or in compliance with applicable law, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded.

 

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(2)    A stockholder providing notice of business proposed to be brought before a meeting or of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.9 shall be true and correct (a) as of the record date for the meeting and (b) as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date, and not later than seven (7) business days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof , if practicable (or, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to) in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

(3)    For purposes of this Section 2.9, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News 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.

(4)    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.9, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.9. Nothing in this Section 2.9 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

(5)    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.9, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.

Section  2.10      Procedure for Election of Directors . Election of directors at all meetings of the stockholders at which directors are to be elected shall be by written ballot, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Certificate of Formation with respect to the right of the holders of any series of preferred stock or any other series or class of stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast thereat shall elect directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Formation or these Bylaws, all other matters submitted to the stockholders at any meeting shall be decided by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon.

Section  2.11      Conduct of Business; Inspectors of Elections .

(A)    Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman of the meeting position shall be filled by the Chairman of the Board, or in the Chairman of the Board’s absence, the President and Chief Executive Officer. The

 

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Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the absence of the Secretary of the Corporation, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any other person to act as secretary of the meeting.

(B)    The chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce at the meeting the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to convene and, in accordance with Section 2.5, recess or adjourn the meeting, and prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman of the meeting, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations and 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 entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (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.

Section  2.12      Stockholder Action by Written Consent . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Formation or these Bylaws, 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 of stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, if one or more written consents setting forth the action so taken shall be (i) signed by the holder or holders of shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take such action at a meeting at which the holders of all shares entitled to vote on the action were present and voted and (ii) delivered to the Corporation by delivery to the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation having custody of the book in which minutes of proceedings of shareholders are recorded. The record date for determining stockholders of record entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting of stockholders shall be as fixed by the Board of Directors or otherwise pursuant to this Section 2.12. Any person seeking to have the stockholders of the Corporation authorize, take or express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting of stockholders shall, by written notice delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, request that the Board of Directors fix a record date for such purpose. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for such purpose, which record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors fails to fix a record date for such purpose within ten (10) days after the receipt of the aforesaid written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action without a meeting of stockholders, when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law, shall be the first day on which a signed written consent

 

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setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, 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.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section  3.1      General Powers . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authorities by these Bylaws expressly conferred upon them, the Board of Directors may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law, by the Certificate of Formation or by these Bylaws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

Section  3.2      Number, Tenure and Qualifications . Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the Certificate of Formation, the Board of Directors shall consist of such number of directors as shall be determined from time to time solely by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then authorized, but no reduction of the number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of his term of office. Each director shall hold office until the next election of directors and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

Section  3.3      Regular Meetings . A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without notice immediately after, and at the same place as, each annual meeting of stockholders. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, provide the time and place for the holding of additional regular meetings without notice other than such resolution.

Section  3.4      Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be called at the request of the Chairman of the Board, the President and Chief Executive Officer or a majority of the Board of Directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix the place and time of the meetings.

Section  3.5      Notice . Notice of any special meeting shall be given to each director at his business or residence in writing, by telephone communication or by electronic transmission. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when deposited in the United States mails so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid, at least five (5) days before such meeting. If by facsimile transmission, such notice shall be transmitted at least twenty-four (24) hours before such meeting. If by telephone or other electronic transmission, the notice shall be given at least twelve (12) hours prior to the time set for the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice of such meeting, except for amendments to these Bylaws as provided under Section 9.1 of Article IX hereof. A meeting may be held at any time without notice if all the directors are present (except as otherwise provided by law) or if those not present waive notice of the meeting in writing, either before or after such meeting.

 

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Section  3.6      Conference Telephone Meetings . Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such 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 such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section  3.7      Action Without Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if, before or after the action, a consent in writing or by electronic transmission thereto is signed by all of the members of the Board of Directors or the committee. The written consent or consent by electronic transmission may be signed in counterparts and must be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.

Section  3.8      Quorum . A whole number of directors equal to at least a majority of all of the members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Formation or these Bylaws, the act 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.

Section  3.9      Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies . Subject to the rights of any holders of any series of preferred stock, or any other series or class of stock as set forth in the Certificate of Formation, to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, and unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies of the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other causes shall be filled only by a majority vote of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and directors so chosen shall hold office until the next election of directors and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified. No decrease in the numbers of authorized directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

Section 3.10    Committees.

(A)    The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, with each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. 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 the committee, 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 place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing such committee or as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, 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; but no such committee shall have such power or authority in reference to (a) amending the Certificate of Formation (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board of Directors as provided in Section 21.416(c)(1)

 

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of the TBOC, establish series of shares, increase or decrease the number of shares in a series or eliminate a series of shares as authorized by Section 21.155 of the TBOC), (b) proposing a reduction of stated capital under Sections 21.253 and 21.254 of the TBOC, (c) approving a plan of merger, share exchange or conversion of the Corporation, (d) recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation not made in the usual and regular course of its business, (e) recommending to the stockholders a voluntary winding up and termination or revocation of a voluntary winding up and termination, (f) amending, altering, or repealing these Bylaws or adopting new bylaws, (g) filling vacancies on the Board of Directors, (h) filling vacancies on or designating alternate members of a committee of the Board of Directors, (i) filling a vacancy to be filled because of an increase in the number of directors, (j) electing or removing officers of the Corporation or members or alternate members of a committee of the Board of Directors, (k) setting the compensation of the members or alternate members of a committee of the Board of Directors, or (l) amending or repealing a resolution of the Board of Directors that states that it may not be amended or repealed by a committee of the Board of Directors.

(B)    Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to these Bylaws.

Section 3.11    Removal.

(A)    Any director may be removed with or without cause at any special meeting of stockholders called for such purpose by the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power entitling them to elect directors in place of those to be removed, voting as a single class. The terms of this Section 3.11 are subject to any contractual provisions binding on the Corporation from time to time, and such contractual provisions shall control to the extent they conflict with the terms hereof.

(B)    Except as applicable law otherwise provides, cause for the removal of a director shall be deemed to exist only if the director whose removal is proposed: (i) has been convicted of a felony by a court of competent jurisdiction and that conviction is no longer subject to direct appeal; (ii) has been found to have been negligent or guilty of misconduct in the performance of his duties to the Corporation in any matter of substantial importance to the Corporation by (a) the affirmative vote of at least 80% of the directors then in office at any meeting of the Board of Directors called for that purpose or (b) a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be mentally incompetent, which mental incompetency directly affects his ability to serve as a director of the Corporation.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section  4.1      Elected Officers . The elected officers of the Corporation shall be a President and Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Vice Presidents (who may be further classified by such descriptions as “executive,” “senior,” “assistant” or otherwise, as the Board of Directors shall determine) a Secretary and one or more Assistant Secretaries, a

 

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Treasurer and one or more Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers as the Board of Directors from time to time may deem proper. All officers chosen by the Board of Directors shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the specific provisions of this Article IV. Such officers shall also have powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board of Directors or by any committee thereof.

Section  4.2      Election and Term of Office . The elected officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors held after each annual meeting of the stockholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Subject to Section 4.8 of these Bylaws, each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his death or until he shall resign.

Section  4.3      President and Chief Executive Officer . The President and Chief Executive Officer shall have general supervision, management, direction and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The President and Chief Executive Officer shall be authorized to execute promissory notes, bonds, mortgages, leases and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise executed and except where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the President and Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders. The President and Chief Executive Officer shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of chief executive officer of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and possess such other authority and powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

Section  4.4      Chief Financial Officer . The Chief Financial Officer shall have general financial supervision, management, direction and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall see that all financial orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The Chief Financial Officer shall be authorized to execute promissory notes, bonds, mortgages, leases and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise executed and except where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall have the general financial powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of chief financial officer of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and possess such other authority and powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe.

Section  4.5      Vice Presidents . Each Vice President shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors or the President and Chief Executive Officer. In the absence of the President and Chief Executive Officer, a Vice President shall exercise the powers of the President and Chief Executive Officer with authority to exercise all his or her powers and perform his or her duties.

 

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Section  4.6      Secretary and Assistant Secretaries . 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 Bylaws, 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 Chairman of the Board or the President and Chief Executive Officer, or by the Board of Directors, upon whose request the meeting is called as provided in these Bylaws. He or she shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Board of Directors, any committees thereof and the stockholders of the Corporation in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the President and Chief Executive Officer. The Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have the custody of the seal of the Corporation and shall affix the same to all instruments requiring it, when authorized by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the President and Chief Executive Officer, and attest to the same. The Assistant Secretary shall exercise the powers of the Secretary during such officer’s absence or inability to act.

Section  4.7      Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers . The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer or the President and Chief Executive Officer, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements. The Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer shall render to the President and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. The Assistant Treasurer shall exercise the powers of the Treasurer during such officer’s absence or inability to act.

Section  4.8      Removal . Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever, in their judgment, the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby. No elected officer shall have any contractual rights against the Corporation for compensation by virtue of such election beyond the date of the election of his successor, his death, his resignation or his removal, whichever event shall first occur, except as otherwise provided in an employment contract or an employee plan.

Section  4.9      Vacancies . A newly created office and a vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, or removal may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term at any meeting of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE V

STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS

Section 5.1    Certificates and Transfers.

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Corporation shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof in person or by his attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for at least the same number of shares, with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, and with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its agents may reasonably require.

(B)    Any certificates of stock shall be signed, countersigned and registered in such manner as the Board of Directors may by resolution prescribe, which resolution may permit all or any of the signatures on such certificates to be in facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has 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 date of issue.

ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section  6.1      Right to Indemnification . The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (an “Indemnitee”) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise 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 for whom he is the legal representative, 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, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Indemnitee. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.5, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify an Indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Indemnitee only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the Indemnitee was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

Section  6.2      Prepayment of Expenses . The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an Indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided , however , that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Indemnitee to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VI or otherwise.

Section  6.3      Claims . If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article VI is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the Indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the Indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

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Section  6.4      Nonexclusivity of Rights . The rights conferred on any Indemnitee by this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Indemnitee may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Formation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section  6.5      Other Sources . The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Indemnitee who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Indemnitee may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

Section  6.6      Amendment or Repeal . Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article VI shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any Indemnitee in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

Section  6.7      Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses . This Article VI shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Indemnitees when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section  7.1      Fiscal Year . The fiscal year-end of the Corporation shall be such date as may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section  7.2      Dividends . The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Certificate of Formation.

Section  7.3      Corporate Seal . The corporate seal shall have inscribed the name of the Corporation thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.

Section  7.4      Waiver of Notice .

(A)    Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder or director of the Corporation under the provisions of the TBOC, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual or special meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors need be specified in any waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

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(B)    The attendance of a stockholder at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when a stockholder 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.

Section  7.5      Resignations . Any director or any officer, whether elected or appointed, may resign at any time by serving written notice of such resignation on, or providing electronic transmission of such notice or resignation to, the Chairman of the Board, the President and Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary, and such resignation shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the date said notice is received by the Chairman of the Board, the President and Chief Executive Officer, or the Secretary or at such later date as is stated therein. No formal action shall be required of the Board of Directors or the stockholders to make any such resignation effective.

Section  7.6      Contracts . Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Formation or these Bylaws, any contracts or other instruments may be executed and delivered in the name and on the behalf of the Corporation by such officer or officers of the Corporation as the Board of Directors may from time to time direct. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances as the Board of Directors may determine. The President and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President may execute bonds, contracts, deeds, leases and other instruments to be made or executed for or on behalf of the Corporation. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board, the President and Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President of the Corporation may delegate contractual powers to others under his jurisdiction, it being understood, however, that any such delegation of power shall not relieve such officer of responsibility with respect to the exercise of such delegated power.

Section  7.7      Proxies . Unless otherwise provided by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, the President and Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President may from time to time appoint an attorney or attorneys or agent or agents of the Corporation, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to cast the votes which the Corporation may be entitled to cast as the holder of stock or other securities in any other corporation or other entity, any of whose stock or other securities may be held by the Corporation, at meetings of the holders of the stock or other securities of such other corporation or other entity, or to consent in writing, in the name of the Corporation as such holder, to any action by such other corporation or other entity, and may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such consent, and may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate seal or otherwise, all such written proxies or other instruments as he may deem necessary or proper in the premises.

ARTICLE VIII

CERTAIN BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

Section  8.1      Title 2 of the TBOC . The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Title 2, Chapter 21, Subchapter M of the TBOC.

 

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Section  8.2      Business Combinations with Affiliated Stockholders . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not engage in any Business Combination (as defined below), at any point in time at which Voting Stock of the Corporation is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act or is otherwise qualified for trading on the national securities exchange, with any Affiliated Stockholder (as defined below) or any affiliate (as defined below) or associate (as defined below) of the Affiliated Stockholder for a period of three (3) years following the time that such stockholder became an Affiliated Stockholder, unless: (A) prior to such time, the Board of Directors approved either the Business Combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an Affiliated Stockholder; or (B) upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an Affiliated Stockholder, the Affiliated Stockholder owned at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the Voting Stock of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the Voting Stock outstanding (but not the outstanding Voting Stock owned by the Affiliated Stockholder) those shares owned by (i) persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; (C) at or subsequent to such time, the Business Combination is approved by the affirmative vote of (i) the Board of Directors and (ii) the holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation not owned (as defined below) by the Affiliated Stockholder or an affiliate or associate of the Affiliated Stockholder, at a meeting of stockholders called for that purpose not less than six (6) months after the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an Affiliated Stockholder; or (D) at or subsequent to such time, the Business Combination is approved by (i) a majority of the Continuing Directors and (ii) a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subsections (A), (B), (C) and (D) of this Section 8.2 shall not apply (1) if a stockholder becomes an Affiliated Stockholder inadvertently and (a) as soon as practicable divests itself of ownership of sufficient shares so that the stockholder ceases to be an Affiliated Stockholder and (b) would not, at any time within the three (3) year period immediately prior to a Business Combination between the Corporation and such stockholder, have been an Affiliated Stockholder but for the inadvertent acquisition of ownership, (2) to a Business Combination with an Affiliated Stockholder who became an Affiliated Stockholder through a transfer of shares of the Corporation by will or intestate succession and continuously was an Affiliated Stockholder until the announcement date of the Business Combination, or (3) to a Business Combination of the Corporation with a domestic wholly owned subsidiary if such subsidiary is not an affiliate or associate of the Affiliated Stockholder for a reason other than the Affiliated Stockholder’s ownership of Voting Stock of the Corporation.

Section  8.3      Definitions . For purposes of this Article VIII, references to:

(A)    “affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person.

(B)    “Affiliated Stockholder” means any person (other than the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) that (i) is the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation, or (ii) during the preceding three-year period, was the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Affiliated Stockholder” shall not include (a) Goff

 

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at any time that Goff’s aggregate ownership (including any “group,” or any member of any such group, to which Goff is a party under Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act), on a percentage basis, of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation is less that the Goff Threshold, and (b) any person whose ownership of shares in excess of the 20% limitation set forth herein (or in the case of Goff, in excess of the Goff Threshold) is the result of any action taken solely by the Corporation; provided , further , that in the case of clause (b) such person shall be an Affiliated Stockholder if thereafter such person acquires additional shares of Voting Stock of the Corporation, except as a result of further corporate action not caused, directly or indirectly, by such person. For the purpose of determining whether a person is an Affiliated Stockholder, the Voting Stock of the Corporation deemed to be outstanding shall include stock deemed to be owned by the person through application of the definition of “owner” below but shall not include any other unissued stock of the Corporation which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.

(C)    “associate,” when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means: (i) any domestic or foreign entity or organization of which such person is (a) an officer or Governing Person or (b) directly or indirectly, the owner of 10% or more of any class of Voting Stock; (ii) any trust or other estate in which such person has at least a 10% beneficial interest or to which such person serves as a trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; (iii) any spouse or a relative of the person related by consanguinity or affinity who resides with the person; and (iv) a Governing Person or an affiliate or officer of the person.

(D)    “Business Combination,” when used in reference to the Corporation and any Affiliated Stockholder of the Corporation, means: (i) any merger, share exchange, or conversion of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (a) with the Affiliated Stockholder, (b) with a foreign or domestic corporation or other entity that is, or after the merger, share exchange, or conversion would be, an affiliate or associate of the Affiliated Stockholder, or (c) with another domestic or foreign corporation or other entity, if the merger, share exchange, or conversion is caused by an Affiliated Stockholder, or an affiliate or associate of an affiliated stockholder, and as a result of the merger, share exchange, or conversion the restrictions set forth in Section 8.2 of this Article VIII do not apply to the surviving corporation or other entity; (ii) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition, in one transaction or a series of transactions, including an allocation of assets under a merger, to or with the Affiliated Stockholder, or an affiliate or associate of the Affiliated Stockholder, of assets of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation that (a) have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of the aggregate market value of all of the assets, determined on a consolidated basis, of the Corporation, (b) have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of the aggregate market value of all of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation or (c) represent 10% or more of the earning power or net income, determined on a consolidated basis, of the Corporation; (iii) the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation to an Affiliated Stockholder or an affiliate or associate of the Affiliated Stockholder, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of shares of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, except by the exercise of warrants or rights to purchase shares of the Corporation offered, or a share dividend paid, pro rata to all stockholders of the Corporation after the Affiliated Stockholder’s share acquisition date; (iv) the adoption of a

 

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plan or proposal for the liquidation, winding up, or dissolution of the Corporation proposed by or under any agreement, arrangement, or understanding, regardless of whether in writing, with an Affiliated Stockholder or an affiliate or associate of the Affiliated Stockholder; (v) a reclassification of securities, including a reverse share split or a share split-up, share dividend, or other distribution of shares, a recapitalization of the Corporation, a merger of the Corporation with a or direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation or pursuant to which the assets and liabilities of the Corporation are allocated among two or more surviving or new domestic or foreign corporations or other entities, or any other transaction proposed by or under an agreement, arrangement, or understanding, regardless of whether in writing, with an Affiliated Stockholder or an affiliate or associate of the Affiliated Stockholder that has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate ownership percentage of the outstanding shares of a class or series of voting shares or securities convertible into voting shares of the Corporation that is owned by the Affiliated Stockholder or an affiliate or associate of the Affiliated Stockholder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments; or (vi) a direct or indirect receipt by an Affiliated Stockholder or an affiliate or associate of the Affiliated Stockholder of the benefit of a loan, advance, guarantee, pledge, or other financial assistance or a tax credit or other tax advantage (other than those expressly permitted in subsections (i) through (v) above) provided by or through the Corporation, except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation.

(E)    “Continuing Director” means a director of the Corporation who (i) is not the Affiliated Stockholder or an affiliate or associate thereof, or nominated for election by the Affiliated Stockholder, and (ii) was either (a) a member of the Board of Directors on June 14, 2019 or (b) subsequently became a member of the Board of Directors and whose initial election or initial nomination for election by the Corporation’s stockholders was approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors then on the Board of Directors.

(F)    “control,” including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by contract, or otherwise. A person who is the owner of 10% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of a corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such person holds Voting Stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this Article VIII, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such entity.

(G)    “Goff” means John C. Goff, Goff MCF Partners, LP, Goff Capital, Inc., John C. Goff 2010 Family Trust and their affiliates and respective successors and assigns (other than the Corporation and its subsidiaries), but does not include any direct or indirect transferees thereof.

 

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(H)    “Goff Threshold” initially means 23% of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation, provided that the Board of Directors may approve an increase to the Goff Threshold if, immediately prior to such approval, Goff’s aggregate ownership (including any “group,” or any member of any such group, to which Goff is a party under Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act), on a percentage basis, of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Corporation is less that the Goff Threshold in effect at such time, in which case the Goff Threshold shall be such greater percentage as the Board of Directors approves.

(I)    “Governing Authority” means a person or group of persons who are entitled to manage and direct the affairs of an entity under the TBOC and the governing documents of the entity, except that if the governing documents of the entity or the TBOC divide the authority to manage and direct the affairs of the entity among different persons or groups of persons according to different matters, “Governing Authority” means the person or group of persons entitled to manage and direct the affairs of the entity with respect to a matter under the governing documents of the entity or the TBOC. The term includes (i) the board of directors of a corporation or other persons authorized to perform the functions of the board of directors of a corporation; (ii) the general partners of a general partnership or limited partnership; (iii) the managers of a limited liability company that is managed by managers; (iv) the members of a limited liability company that is managed by members who are entitled to manage the company; (v) the board of directors of a cooperative association; and (vi) the trust managers of a real estate investment trust. The term “Governing Authority” does not include an officer who is acting in the capacity of an officer.

(J)    “Governing Person” means a person serving as part of the Governing Authority of an entity.

(K)    “owner,” including the terms “own” and “owned,” when used with respect to any stock, means a person that individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates: (i) beneficially owns such stock, directly or indirectly; or (ii) has the right to (a) acquire such stock immediately or after the passage of time according to an oral or written agreement, arrangement, or understanding, or on the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants, or options; (b) vote such stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; or (c) acquire, hold or dispose of, or vote such stock or other securities with another person who individually, or through an affiliate or associate, beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, such stock or other securities; provided , however , that a person shall not be deemed a beneficial owner of any stock if (i) such stock is (a) tendered under a tender or exchange offer made by the person or an affiliate or associate of the person before the tendered shares or securities are accepted for purchase or exchange or (b) subject to an agreement, arrangement, or understanding that expressly conditions the acquisition or purchase of such stock on the approval of the acquisition or purchase subject to Section 8.2 of this Article VIII if the person has no direct or indirect rights of ownership or voting with respect to such stock until the time the approval is obtained; or (ii) the agreement or understanding to vote such stock (a) arises solely from an immediately revocable proxy that authorizes the person named in the proxy to vote at a meeting of the stockholders that has been called when the proxy is delivered or at an adjournment of the meeting of the stockholders and (b) would not be reportable on a Schedule 13D under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(L)    “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity.

 

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ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

Section  9.1      Amendments . These Bylaws may be amended, altered, added to, rescinded or repealed at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of the stockholders, provided notice of the proposed change was given in the notice of the meeting and, in the case of a meeting of the Board of Directors, in a notice given no less than twenty-four hours prior to the meeting; provided , however , that, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Certificate of Formation, these Bylaws or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class or series of the capital stock of the Corporation required by law, the Certificate of Formation, any Certificate of Designation for any series of Preferred Stock, or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the Voting Stock of the Corporation, voting together as a single class, shall be required in order for stockholders to alter, amend or repeal any provision of these Bylaws or to adopt any additional bylaws. Any amendment, rescission, addition or alteration of these Bylaws by the Board of Directors shall require the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE X

FORUM FOR ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES

Section  10.1      Forum for Adjudication of Disputes . To the fullest extent permitted by law and subject to applicable jurisdictional requirements, and unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas or, if such court lacks jurisdiction, the state district court of Harris County, Texas, shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought in the name or right of the Corporation or on its behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim for breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or other agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action arising or asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the TBOC or any provision of the Certificate of Formation or these Bylaws or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, including, without limitation, any action to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of the Certificate of Formation or these Bylaws.

Section  10.2      Consent to Jurisdiction . If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of this Article X is filed in a court other than United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (or if such court lacks jurisdiction, the state district court of Harris County, Texas) (a “foreign action”) by any current or former stockholder (including any current or former beneficial owner), such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to: (a) the personal jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (or if such court lacks jurisdiction, the state district court of Harris County, Texas) in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce this Article X; and (b) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the foreign action as agent for such stockholder. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article X.

 

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Section  10.3      Enforceability . If any provision of this Article X shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any person or entity or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Article X (including, without limitation, each portion of any sentence of this Article X containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) and the application of such provision to other persons or entities or circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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Exhibit 3.5

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY

Pursuant to Section 242 of the Delaware

General Corporation Law

CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY as follows:

 

1.

The name of the corporation is Contango Oil & Gas Company

 

2.

The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended by that certain Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of November 8, 2002, is hereby amended to increase the authorized common stock of the Corporation by striking Section A of Article IV of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation in its entirety and inserting the following new Section A of Article IV:

“A. This Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of shares of stock to be designated common stock (“Common Stock”) and preferred stock (“Preferred Stock”). The number of shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued is one hundred million (100,000,000), par value $0.04 per share, and the number of shares of Preferred Stock authorized to be issued is five million (5,000,000), par value $0.04 per share; the total number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue is one hundred and five million shares (105,000,000).”

 

3.

This Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted and approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

[ Signature page follows ]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Formation to be executed this 14 th day of June, 2019.

 

/s/ E. JOSPEH GRADY

By:   E. Joseph Grady
Its:  

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

 

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