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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): March 8, 2022

 

The AZEK Company Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-39322

90-1017663

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

1330 W Fulton Street 350

Chicago, Illinois

 

60607

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (877) 275-2935

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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 Instructions 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 240.14d-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

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

 

AZEK

 

The New York Stock Exchange

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 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information set forth under Item 5.03 below is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

At the Annual Meeting (as defined below), the stockholders of The AZEK Company Inc. (the “Company”) approved the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), which had been previously approved by the Company’s Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and the Company’s Board of Directors, in each case, subject to stockholder approval. The ESPP became effective as of the date of stockholder approval.

The material features of the ESPP are described in the section entitled “Proposal No. 6: Adoption of 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan” of the Company’s definitive proxy statement as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2022, which pages are incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the ESPP, as approved by the Company’s stockholders and adopted by the Company, is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

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

At the Annual Meeting (as defined below), upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors, the stockholders of the Company approved amendments to the Company’s certificate of incorporation (the “Charter Amendments”) to (i) remove supermajority voting requirements to amend the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws and (ii) declassify the Company’s Board of Directors and phase in annual director elections over a period of three years, so that beginning with the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, the declassification of the Board of Directors will be complete and all directors will be subject to annual election for one-year terms. As a result, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment setting forth the Charter Amendments (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 9, 2022. The Certificate of Amendment became effective upon filing. Following the filing of the Certificate of Amendment, the Company filed the Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Restated Certificate”), which restated and integrated, but did not further amend, the certificate of incorporation, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 9, 2022. The Restated Certificate became effective upon filing.

In addition, the Board of Directors approved conforming amendments to the Company’s bylaws (the “Bylaw Amendments”, and such bylaws, as amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), subject to stockholder approval of the Charter Amendments and the filing and effectiveness of the Certificate of Amendment.  Accordingly, the Bylaw Amendments took effect upon filing of the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

The foregoing summaries of the Charter Amendments and the Bylaw Amendments do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to (i) the descriptions of the Charter Amendments and the Bylaw Amendments set forth under the headings “Proposal No. 4: Approval of Amendments to our Certificate of Incorporation to Remove Supermajority Voting Requirements to Amend the Company’s Certificate and Bylaws” and “Proposal No. 5: Approval of Amendments to our Certificate of Incorporation to Declassify our Board of Directors and Phase-in Annual Director Elections” of the Company’s definitive proxy statement as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2022 and (ii) the Certificate of Amendment, the Restated Certificate and the Amended and Restated Bylaws, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

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

On March 8, 2022, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). A total of 147,394,687 shares of the Company’s common stock were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing approximately 95% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, thus providing a quorum.

The final voting results are as follows:


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Proposal No. 1: Election of Fumbi Chima and Brian Spaly to the Company’s Board of Directors

The Company’s stockholders elected Ms. Chima and Mr. Spaly to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors as Class II directors for a three-year term expiring at the Company’s annual meeting in 2025 by the votes indicated below.

Director Nominee

Votes For

Votes Withheld

Broker Non-Votes

Fumbi Chima

140,985,942

880,346

5,528,299

Brian Spaly

140,820,734

1,045,554

5,528,299

Proposal No. 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 was approved by the votes indicated below. There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

147,157,017

209,346

28,324

0

Proposal No. 3: Advisory Resolution on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes to Approve Executive Compensation

The Company’s stockholders have recommended that the Company hold advisory votes to approve executive compensation each year.

One Year

Two Years

Three Years

Abstentions

141,468,095

8,239

353,006

37,048

In light of these voting results, the Company plans to hold future advisory votes to approve executive compensation annually until the next required vote on the frequency of such advisory votes, or until the Board of Directors otherwise determines that a different frequency is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.

Proposal No. 4: Approval of Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation to Remove Supermajority Voting Requirements to Amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

The Company’s stockholders have approved amendments to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to remove supermajority voting requirements to amend the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws. The amendments are described in Item 5.03 of this Form 8-K and such descriptions are incorporated herein by reference.

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

141,831,722

21,659

13,007

5,528,299

Proposal No. 5: Approval of Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation to Declassify the Company’s Board of Directors and Phase In Annual Director Elections

The Company’s stockholders have approved amendments to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to declassify the Company’s Board of Directors and phase in annual director elections. The amendments are described in Item 5.03 of this Form 8-K and such descriptions are incorporated herein by reference.

Class A common stock and Class B common stock voting together:

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

141,841,204

16,218

8,966

5,528,299

Class A common stock voting as a separate class:

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

141,841,104

16,218

8,966

5,528,299


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Proposal No. 6: Approval of Adoption of 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Company’s stockholders have approved the Company’s adoption of the ESPP. The ESPP is described in Item 5.02 of this Form 8-K and such description is incorporated herein by reference.

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

141,801,415

55,433

9,540

5,528,299

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

3.1

 

Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of The AZEK Company Inc.

3.2

 

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The AZEK Company Inc. dated March 9, 2022

3.3

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of The AZEK Company Inc.

10.1

 

2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of The AZEK Company Inc.

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

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.

 

 

 

The AZEK Company Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date: March 10, 2022

 

By:

/s/ Paul J. Kardish

 

 

 

Paul J. Kardish

 

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
THE AZEK COMPANY INC.

The AZEK Company Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify:

FIRST: That the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate”) is hereby amended as follows:

 

A.

Article SEVENTH is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

SEVENTH.  The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.  By affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, stockholders may adopt, amend, alter or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.  Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, and in addition to any other vote required by law or the express terms of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, this Certificate of Incorporation may be amended, altered, repealed or rescinded, in whole or in part, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

B.Subsections (b) through (d) of Article NINTH are hereby amended to read in their entirety as follows:

(b)Subject to the rights granted to holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock then outstanding or the rights granted pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement, dated on or about the date of this Certificate of Incorporation (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Stockholders Agreement”), by and among the Corporation, Ares and OTPP, the Board of Directors shall consist of not less than three nor more than thirteen members.  Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation’s bylaws and the Stockholders Agreement, the exact number of directors of the corporation shall be fixed from time to time pursuant to resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors.  Subject to:  (i) the previous sentence, (ii) the rights of the holders of any series of stock with respect to such series of stock and (iii) the rights granted to the Sponsors pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement, except as otherwise required by law and unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled only by a majority vote of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and not by the stockholders.  Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same remaining term as that of his or her predecessor, and any director elected to a newly created directorship shall serve for a term expiring at the annual meeting at


 

which the term of the class to which he or she has been elected expires; provided in each case that (subject to the rights of any class or series of Preferred Stock to elect and remove directors) each director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship after the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders shall serve for a term expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders.

(c)The directors of the Corporation shall be and are divided into three classes, with the terms of the class designated as the “third class” of directors in the initial certificate of incorporation of the Corporation expiring at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders, and the terms of the classes elected at the annual meeting of stockholders held in 2021 and 2022, respectively, expiring at the 2024 and 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, respectively; provided that such division of directors into classes shall terminate at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, each director elected by the stockholders after the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders shall serve for a term expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders.  Directors shall hold office until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office.  In no event shall a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director.  Subject to the rights of any class or series of Preferred Stock to elect and remove directors:  (i) any director serving in a class of directors expiring at the 2023, 2024 or 2025 annual meeting of stockholders shall be removable only for cause, and all other directors shall be removable with or without cause, and (ii) the removal of any director, whether with or without cause, shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the shares then outstanding and entitled to vote thereon.  

(d)In the event that the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation shall be entitled, voting separately as a class, to elect any directors of the Corporation, then the number of directors that may be elected by such holders shall be in addition to the number fixed pursuant to the bylaws.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in the terms of such class or series, the terms of the directors elected by such holders shall expire at the annual meeting of stockholders next succeeding their election.

C.Subsection (a) of Article TENTH is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

(a)Prior to such date when the Sponsors cease to collectively own at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (such date, the “Trigger Date”), any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders, including but not limited to the election of directors, may be taken by written consent or consents of the stockholders.  Stockholders may only take action by written consent if:  (i) such consent or consents are signed by or on behalf of the holders of outstanding shares of stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote on the action were present and voted; and (ii) such consent or consents are delivered to the Corporation in accordance with the DGCL.  Following the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of the holders of any series of

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Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders.

D.Article SIXTEENTH and Article SEVENTEENTH are hereby deleted in their entirety.

SECOND: That the foregoing amendments to the Certificate were duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

[Signature Page Follows]


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on the date set forth below.

 

The AZEK Company Inc.

By: /s/ Paul Kardish

Name: Paul Kardish

Title: Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary and Senior Vice President

 

Dated: March 9, 2022

 

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Exhibit 3.2

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
THE AZEK COMPANY INC.

(Originally incorporated on June 11, 2020
under the name The AZEK Company Inc.)

FIRST

. The name of the corporation is The AZEK Company Inc. (the “Corporation”).

SECOND

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

THIRD

. The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

FOURTH

. The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,201,000,000, of which 1,100,000,000 shares of the par value of $0.001 per share shall be designated as Class A Common Stock, 100,000,000 shares of the par value of $0.001 per share shall be designated as Class B Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares of the par value of $0.001 per share shall be designated as Preferred Stock. The Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock are collectively referred to as Common Stock.

FIFTH

. The following is a statement of the designations, preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and the special or relative rights granted to or imposed upon the shares of each class of Common Stock. Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, all shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be identical and shall entitle the holders of the shares to the same rights and privileges. The terms of the Common Stock set forth below shall be subject to the express terms of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding.

(a)Dividends. Subject to the prior rights of all classes or series of stock at the time outstanding having prior rights as to dividends or other distributions, or as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive ratably on a per share basis such dividends (payable in cash, shares of stock of the Corporation, property or assets of the Corporation or otherwise) as may be declared by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”). If dividends are declared that are payable in shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, such dividends shall be declared payable at the same rate on each class of Common Stock, with dividends payable in shares of Class A Common Stock payable to holders of Class A Common Stock, and dividends payable in shares of Class B Common Stock payable to holders of Class B Common Stock.

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(b)Conversion.

 

(A)Shares of Class A Common Stock shall be convertible at any time into an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock at the option of the holder of such shares of Class A Common Stock, but only at such time that such holder is, without giving effect to the applicable conversion in question, the record owner of shares of Class B Common Stock. Shares of Class B Common Stock shall be convertible at any time into an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock at the option of the holder of such shares of Class B Common Stock.

(B)Upon any transfer (excluding the grant of a pledge, lien, charge or grant of a security interest, except as provided in the next succeeding sentence) of shares of Class B Common Stock by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (“OTPP”) to any person other than OTPP, unless OTPP shall otherwise elect with respect to a specific transfer by written notice delivered to the Corporation at its principal office prior to such transfer, such shares of Class B Common Stock shall automatically convert into shares of Class A Common Stock, effective immediately after such transfer to the transferee thereof. OTPP may elect for the automatic transfer provisions of this subsection (B) to apply to:  (i) any pledge, lien, charge or grant of a security interest; or (ii) any transfer to a person included in the definition of OTPP as provided for in Article THIRTEENTH

(C). subsection (C)(xi), in each case by written notice delivered to the Corporation at its principal office prior to such pledge, lien, charge, grant of a security interest or transfer, as applicable.

(ii)In the case of certificated shares, each conversion of shares pursuant to subsection (b)(i)(A) shall be effected by the surrender of the certificate or certificates representing the shares to be converted at the principal office of the Corporation at any time during normal business hours, and, in the case of both certificated and uncertificated shares, by delivery to the Corporation at its principal office, of a written notice by the holder of such shares stating the number of shares that any such holder desires to so convert. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as of the close of business on the date on which such certificate or certificates, if applicable, have been surrendered and such notice has been received by the Corporation, and at such time the rights of any such holder with respect to the converted class of Common Stock shall cease. In the case of any conversion pursuant to subsection (b)(i)(B), such conversion shall be deemed to occur automatically, and without any further action by the holder of the shares of Class B Common Stock effecting such transfer, such transferee or the Corporation, immediately following the transfer of the relevant shares of Class B Common Stock to the transferee thereof. Simultaneously with the conversion, the person or persons in whose name or names the new shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of such new shares.

(iii)In the case of certificated shares, promptly after such surrender and the receipt by the Corporation of the written notice from such holder, the Corporation shall issue and deliver, in accordance with the surrendering holder’s instructions, the certificate or certificates for the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion and a certificate representing any shares of Common Stock that were represented by the certificate or certificates delivered to the Corporation in connection with such conversion but that were not converted. The issuance of

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certificates for the Common Stock upon conversion shall be made without charge to the holder or holders of such shares. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the holder shall pay (or reimburse the Corporation for) any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes in respect of the conversion or other cost incurred by the Corporation or the holder in connection with such conversion.

(iv)Notwithstanding anything contained in this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, this subsection (b) of this Article FIFTH may be amended, altered, repealed or rescinded, in whole or in part, or any provision inconsistent with this subsection (b) of this Article FIFTH may be adopted, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the shares of Class B Common Stock then outstanding.

(c)Transfers. The Corporation shall not close its books against the transfer of any share of Common Stock, or of any share of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of shares of Common Stock, in any manner that would interfere with the timely conversion of such shares of Common Stock.

(d)Subdivisions and Combinations of Shares. If the Corporation in any manner subdivides or combines the outstanding shares of any class of Common Stock, the outstanding shares of the other classes of Common Stock shall be proportionately subdivided or combined.

(e)Distribution of Assets. Upon the occurrence of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, holders of all classes of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation available after payments to creditors and to the holders of any Preferred Stock of the Corporation having prior rights as to distributions upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation that may at the time be outstanding, in proportion to the number of shares held by them.

(f)Voting Rights.

(i)Generally. The holders of Class A Common Stock shall have the general right to vote for all purposes, including the election, removal or replacement of directors, as provided by law. The holders of Class B Common Stock shall have the general right to vote for all purposes except, solely with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by them, the election, removal or replacement of directors. Subject to the foregoing limitation on the voting rights attaching to the Class B Common Stock, each holder of Class A Common Stock and each holder of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Class B Common Stock then outstanding, voting separately as a class, shall be required to make any amendments or alterations to the Certificate of Incorporation that adversely affect the rights and preferences of the Class B Common Stock as compared to the Class A Common Stock. There shall be no cumulative voting.

(ii)Class Voting. Except as required by the DGCL or as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, including, but not limited to, the limitation on the voting rights attaching to the Class B Common Stock pursuant to clause (i) of this subsection (f) of this Article FIFTH:

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(A)holders of shares of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to vote on all matters submitted for a vote or the consent of Class A Common Stock, whether pursuant to law or otherwise;

(B)holders of shares of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to vote on all matters submitted for a vote or the consent of Class B Common Stock, whether pursuant to law or otherwise; and

(C)the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock shall vote together as a single class, and not separately as multiple classes, at any annual meeting or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, or in connection with any action taken by written consent.

(g)Merger, etc. In connection with any merger, consolidation or recapitalization, holders of Class A Common Stock and holders of Class B Common Stock shall receive or be given the opportunity to receive the same form of consideration for their shares in the same amount per share.

(h)No Preemptive or Subscription Rights. No holder of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to preemptive or subscription rights.

SIXTH

. Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to fix by resolution or resolutions the designations and the powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such powers, preferences and rights, of the shares of each series of Preferred Stock, including without limitation the following:

(a)the distinctive serial designation of such series which shall distinguish it from other series;

(b)the number of shares included in such series;

(c)the dividend rate (or method of determining such rate) payable to the holders of the shares of such series, any conditions upon which such dividends shall be paid and the date or dates upon which such dividends shall be payable;

(d)whether dividends on the shares of such series shall be cumulative and, in the case of shares of any series having cumulative dividend rights, the date or dates or method of determining the date or dates from which dividends on the shares of such series shall be cumulative;

(e)the amount or amounts which shall be payable out of the assets of the corporation to the holders of the shares of such series upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up the corporation, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of the shares of such series;

(f)the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which the shares of such series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the

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option of the corporation or at the option of the holder or holders of the shares of Preferred Stock or upon the happening of a specified event or events;

(g)the obligation, if any, of the corporation to purchase or redeem shares of such series pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which the shares of such series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(h)whether or not the shares of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, at any time or times at the option of the holder or holders of the shares of Preferred Stock or at the option of the corporation or upon the happening of a specified event or events, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of Preferred Stock or any other class or classes of stock of the corporation, and the price or prices or rate or rates of exchange or conversion and any adjustments applicable to such exchange or conversion;

(i)whether or not the holders of the shares of such series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights; and

(j)any other powers, preferences and rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions not inconsistent with the DGCL.

Unless otherwise provided in the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors establishing the terms of a series of Preferred Stock, no holder of any share of Preferred Stock shall be entitled as of right to vote on:  (i) any amendment or alteration of the Certificate of Incorporation to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any other class or series of Preferred Stock; or (ii) any alteration, amendment or repeal of any provision of any other series of Preferred Stock that does not adversely affect in any material respect the rights of the series of Preferred Stock held by such holder.

Except as otherwise required by the DGCL or provided in the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors establishing the terms of a series of Preferred Stock, no holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to vote on any amendment or alteration of the Certificate of Incorporation that exclusively alters, amends or changes the powers, preferences, rights or other terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other series of Preferred Stock, to vote on the applicable amendment or alteration pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation or pursuant to the DGCL.

Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, the number of authorized shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares of the applicable class or series then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or series, voting together as a single class, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL or any corresponding provision enacted after the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation.

SEVENTH

. The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation. By affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of

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the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, stockholders may adopt, amend, alter or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation. Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, and in addition to any other vote required by law or the express terms of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, this Certificate of Incorporation may be amended, altered, repealed or rescinded, in whole or in part, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

EIGHTH

. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot except and to the extent provided in the bylaws of the Corporation.

NINTH

.

(a)The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

(b)Subject to the rights granted to holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock then outstanding or the rights granted pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement, dated on or about the date of this Certificate of Incorporation (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Stockholders Agreement”), by and among the Corporation, Ares and OTPP, the Board of Directors shall consist of not less than three nor more than thirteen members. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation’s bylaws and the Stockholders Agreement, the exact number of directors of the corporation shall be fixed from time to time pursuant to resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors. Subject to:  (i) the previous sentence, (ii) the rights of the holders of any series of stock with respect to such series of stock and (iii) the rights granted to the Sponsors pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement, except as otherwise required by law and unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled only by a majority vote of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and not by the stockholders. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same remaining term as that of his or her predecessor, and any director elected to a newly created directorship shall serve for a term expiring at the annual meeting at which the term of the class to which he or she has been elected expires; provided in each case that (subject to the rights of any class or series of Preferred Stock to elect and remove directors) each director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship after the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders shall serve for a term expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders.

(c)The directors of the Corporation shall be and are divided into three classes, with the terms of the class designated as the “third class” of directors in the initial certificate of incorporation of the Corporation expiring at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders, and the terms of the classes elected at the annual meeting of stockholders held in 2021 and 2022, respectively, expiring at the 2024 and 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, respectively; provided that such division of directors into classes shall terminate at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, each director elected by the stockholders after the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders shall serve for a term expiring at the next

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succeeding annual meeting of stockholders.  Directors shall hold office until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. In no event shall a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director. Subject to the rights of any class or series of Preferred Stock to elect and remove directors: (i) any director serving in a class of directors expiring at the 2023, 2024 or 2025 annual meeting of stockholders shall be removable only for cause, and all other directors shall be removable with or without cause, and (ii) the removal of any director, whether with or without cause, shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the shares then outstanding and entitled to vote thereon.

(d)In the event that the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation shall be entitled, voting separately as a class, to elect any directors of the Corporation, then the number of directors that may be elected by such holders shall be in addition to the number fixed pursuant to the bylaws. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the terms of such class or series, the terms of the directors elected by such holders shall expire at the annual meeting of stockholders next succeeding their election.

(e)Definitions. Solely for purposes of Articles NINTH and TWELFTH:

(i)“Affiliate” shall mean:  (a) with respect to Ares, any person or entity that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by Ares, controls Ares or is under common control with Ares, and (b) with respect to OTPP, any person or entity that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by OTPP, controls OTPP or is under common control with OTPP. With respect to each of Ares and OTPP, “Affiliate” shall exclude (x) the Corporation and (y) any entity that is controlled by the Corporation (including its direct and indirect subsidiaries). “Affiliate” shall also mean, with respect to the Corporation, any person or entity that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Corporation.

(ii)“Ares” shall mean Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund IV, L.P.

(iii)“OTPP” shall mean Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board.

(iv)“Sponsors” shall mean (a) Ares and OTPP, (b) each of their respective Affiliates, and (c) any successor by operation of law (including, without limitation, by merger or otherwise) of each of the foregoing or any such successor.

TENTH

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(a)Prior to such date when the Sponsors cease to collectively own at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (such date, the “Trigger Date”), any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders, including but not limited to the election of directors, may be taken by written consent or consents of the stockholders. Stockholders may only take action by written consent if:  (i) such consent or consents are signed by or on behalf of the holders of outstanding shares of stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote on the action were present and voted; and (ii) such consent or consents are delivered to the Corporation in accordance with the DGCL. Following the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders.

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(b)Prior to the Trigger Date, special meetings of stockholders shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation at the written request of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding. Following the Trigger Date, except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of stockholders may be called only by:  (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors; or (ii) the Secretary of the Corporation at the direction of a majority of the directors then in office; and (iii) special meetings of stockholders may not be called by any other person or persons.

ELEVENTH

. A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent that such exemption from liability or limitation is not permitted under the DGCL as currently in effect or as the same may be amended after the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation. If the DGCL is amended after the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as so amended. No amendment, modification or repeal of this Article ELEVENTH or the adoption of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article ELEVENTH shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director that exists at the time of such amendment, modification, repeal or adoption.

TWELFTH

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(a)Recognition of Corporate Opportunities. The Corporation recognizes and anticipates that:  (i) certain directors, officers, principals, partners, members, managers, employees, agents and/or other representatives of the Sponsors may serve as directors, officers or agents of the Corporation and its Affiliates; and (ii) the Sponsors may now engage and may continue to engage in (x) the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation and its Affiliates, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or (y) other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation and its Affiliates, directly or indirectly, may engage. The provisions of this Article TWELFTH are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation and its Affiliates with respect to certain classes or categories of business opportunities as they may involve the Sponsors and any person or entity who, while a stockholder, director, officer or agent of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, is a director, officer, principal, partner, member, manager, employee, agent and/or other representative of any of the Sponsors (each, an “Identified Person”), on the one hand, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its Affiliates and its and their respective stockholders, directors, officers, and agents, on the other. To the fullest extent permitted by law (including, without limitation, the DGCL), and notwithstanding any other duty (contractual, fiduciary or otherwise, whether at law or in equity), each Identified Person shall have the right to directly or indirectly, engage in and possess interests in other business ventures of every type and description, including those engaged in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Corporation or any of its Affiliates or deemed to be competing with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates. In addition, no Identified Person shall have any duty, whether contractual, fiduciary or otherwise, whether at law or in equity, not to engage in any of the foregoing activities, interests, ventures or opportunities, whether competitive or otherwise. The scope of activities permitted or otherwise authorized by this ARTICLE TWELFTH shall apply without regard to whether the Identified Person pursues

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such activities, interests, ventures or opportunities on its own account, or in partnership with, or as a direct or indirect equity holder, controlling person, stockholder, director, officer, employee, agent, Affiliate (including any portfolio company), member, financing source, investor, director or indirect manager, general or limited partner or assignee of any other person or entity. Under no circumstances shall any Identified Person have an obligation to offer to the Corporation or its subsidiaries or other Affiliates the right to participate in any of the activities, interests, ventures or opportunities described in this subsection (a). Each Identified Person shall also have the right to invest in, or provide services to, any person that is engaged in the same or similar business activities as the Corporation or its Affiliates or directly or indirectly competes with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates.

(b)Competitive Opportunities. In the event that any Identified Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may be an investment, corporate or business opportunity or prospective economic or competitive advantage in which the Corporation or its Affiliates could have an interest or expectancy (contractual, equitable or otherwise) (a “Competitive Opportunity”) or otherwise is then exploiting any Competitive Opportunity, to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL and notwithstanding any other duty existing at law or in equity, the Corporation and its Affiliates will have no interest in, and no expectation (contractual, equitable or otherwise) that such Competitive Opportunity be offered to it. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any such interest or expectation (contractual, equitable or otherwise) is renounced so that such Identified Person shall:

(i)have no duty to communicate or present such Competitive Opportunity to the Corporation or its Affiliates;

(ii)have the right to either hold any such Competitive Opportunity for such Identified Person’s own account and benefit or the account of the former, current or future direct or indirect equity holders, controlling persons, stockholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates, members, financing sources, investors, direct or indirect managers, general or limited partners or assignees of any Identified Person or to direct, recommend, assign or otherwise transfer such Competitive Opportunity to persons or entities other than the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, Affiliates or direct or indirect equity holders; and

(iii)notwithstanding any provision in the Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, not be obligated or liable to the Corporation, any stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation or any other person or entity by reason of the fact that such Identified Person, directly or indirectly, took any of the actions noted in the immediately preceding clause (ii), pursued or acquired such Competitive Opportunity for itself or any other person or entity or failed to communicate or present such Competitive Opportunity to the Corporation or its Affiliates.

(c)Acknowledgement. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation or any other interest in the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article TWELFTH.

(d)Interpretation; Duties. In the event of a conflict or other inconsistency between this Article TWELFTH and any other Article or provision of the Certificate of

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Incorporation, this Article TWELFTH shall prevail under all circumstances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Incorporation, under no circumstances shall the provisions of this Article TWELFTH limit or eliminate any duty (contractual, fiduciary or otherwise, whether at law or in equity) owed by any employee of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates to the Corporation, even if such employee is an Identified Person. Further, under no circumstances shall the Corporation be deemed to have renounced any Competitive Opportunity as to any employee of the Corporation or its Affiliates. The Corporation does not renounce its interest in any Competitive Opportunity offered to any non-employee director (including any non-employee director who serves as an officer of the Corporation) if such opportunity is expressly offered in writing to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation, and the provisions of subsection (b) of this Article TWELFTH shall not apply to any such Competitive Opportunity.

(e)Section 122(17) of the DGCL. For the avoidance of doubt, subject to subsection (d) of this Article TWELFTH, this Article TWELFTH is intended to constitute, with respect to the Identified Persons, a disclaimer and renunciation, to the fullest extent permitted under Section 122(17) of the DGCL, of any right of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates with respect to the matters set forth in this Article TWELFTH. This Article TWELFTH shall be construed to effect such disclaimer and renunciation to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL.

(f)Business Ventures. The Corporation and its Affiliates do not have any rights in and to the business ventures of any Identified Person, or the income or profits derived from those business ventures. The Corporation agrees that each of the Identified Persons may do business with any potential or actual customer or supplier of the Corporation or may employ or otherwise engage any officer or employee of the Corporation.

(g)No Competitive Opportunity. In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article TWELFTH, an investment, corporate or business opportunity shall not be deemed to be a Competitive Opportunity for the Corporation if it is an investment, corporate or business opportunity that:  (i) the Corporation is neither financially or legally able, nor contractually permitted to undertake; (ii) from its nature, is not in the line of the Corporation’s business or is of no practical advantage to the Corporation; or (iii) is one in which the Corporation has no interest or reasonable expectancy.

(h)Amendments. For so long as either of the Sponsors own any shares of Common Stock, this Article TWELFTH may not be amended, modified or repealed, except with the written consent of each of the Sponsors that owns shares of Common Stock at such time.

THIRTEENTH

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(a)Section 203 of the DGCL. The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

(b)Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not engage in any business combination (as defined below), at any point in time at which the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the

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Exchange Act”), with any interested stockholder (as defined below) for a period of three (3) years following the time that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:

(i)prior to such time, the Board of Directors approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

(ii)upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock (as defined below) 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 interested stockholder) those shares owned (a) by persons who are directors and also officers of the Corporation and (b) employee stock plans of the Corporation in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

(iii)at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

(c)Definitions. For the purposes of this Article THIRTEENTH only, references to:

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

(ii)“Ares” means Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund IV, L.P. and its affiliates.

(iii)“Ares Direct Transferee” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering) directly from Ares or any of its affiliates or successors or any “group”, or any member of any such group, of which such persons are a party under Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act, beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the then outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.

(iv)“Ares Indirect Transferee” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering) directly from any Ares Direct Transferee or any other Ares Indirect Transferee beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the then outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.

(v)“ associate”, when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means:  (i) any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity of which such person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock; (ii) any trust or other estate in which such person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (iii) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same residence as such person.

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(vi)business combination”, when used in reference to the Corporation and any interested stockholder of the Corporation, means:

(A)any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (a) with the interested stockholder, or (b) with any other corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity if the merger or consolidation is caused by the interested stockholder, and, as a result of such merger or consolidation, this Article THIRTEENTH is not applicable to the surviving entity;

(B)any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation, to or with the interested stockholder, whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which assets have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding stock of the Corporation;

(C)any transaction which results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or by any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation of any stock of the Corporation or of such subsidiary to the interested stockholder, except:  (a) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the interested stockholder became such; (b) pursuant to a merger under Section 251(g) of the DGCL; (c) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which security is distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of stock of the Corporation subsequent to the time the interested stockholder became such; (d) pursuant to an exchange offer by the Corporation to purchase stock made on the same terms to all holders of said stock; or (e) any issuance or transfer of stock by the Corporation. In no case under items (c)-(e) of the preceding sentence shall there be an increase in the interested stockholder’s proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the Corporation or of the voting stock of the Corporation (except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments);

(D)any transaction involving the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series, or securities convertible into the stock of any class or series, of the Corporation or of any such subsidiary which is owned by the interested stockholder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any shares of stock not caused, directly or indirectly, by the interested stockholder; or

(E)any receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in subsections (A)-(D) above) provided by or through the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary.

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(vii)“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 20% 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 THIRTEENTH, 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.

(viii)“controlled portfolio company” means any portfolio company that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by or is under common control with:  (A) Ares, an Ares Direct Transferee or an Ares Indirect Transferee or (B) OTPP, an OTPP Direct Transferee or an OTPP Indirect Transferee, as applicable.

(ix)“interested 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 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, or (ii) is an affiliate or associate of the Corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an interested stockholder; and the affiliates and associates of such person. “Interested stockholder” shall not include (a) Ares, any Ares Direct Transferee, any Ares Indirect Transferee or any of their respective affiliates, controlled portfolio companies or successors or any “group”, or any member of any such group, to which such persons are a party under Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act, (b) OTPP, any OTPP Direct Transferee, any OTPP Indirect Transferee or any of their respective affiliates, controlled portfolio companies or successors or any “group”, or any member of any such group, to which such persons are a party under Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Actor, or (c) any person whose ownership of shares in excess of the 15% limitation set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation is the result of any action taken solely by the Corporation, but such person shall be an interested stockholder if such person then 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 interested 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.

(x)“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:

(A)beneficially owns such stock, directly or indirectly;

(B)has the right to acquire such stock (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement,

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arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, except that a person shall not be deemed the owner of stock tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such person or any of such person’s affiliates or associates until such tendered stock is accepted for purchase or exchange;

(C)has the right to vote such stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, except that a person shall not be deemed the owner of any stock because of such person’s right to vote such stock if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such stock arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to ten (10) or more persons; or

(D)has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in subsection (C) above), or disposing of such stock with any other person that beneficially owns, or whose affiliates or associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, such stock.

(xi)“OTPP” means Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and its affiliates.

(xii)“OTPP Direct Transferee” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering) directly from OTPP or any of its affiliates or successors or any “group”, or any member of any such group, of which such persons are a party under Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act, beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the then outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.

(xiii)“OTPP Indirect Transferee” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering) directly from any OTPP Direct Transferee or any other OTPP Indirect Transferee beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the then outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.

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

(xv)“stock” means, with respect to any corporation, capital stock and, with respect to any other entity, any equity interest.

(xvi)“voting stock” means stock of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

FOURTEENTH

, Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for:

(a)any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation;

(b)any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or its stockholders;

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(c)any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation (in each case, as they may be amended from time to time);

(d)any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine;

(e)any action or proceeding to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of this Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation (including any right, obligation or remedy under this Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation); or

(f)any action or proceeding as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

This Article FOURTEENTH shall not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, subject to and contingent upon a final adjudication in the State of Delaware of the enforceability of this provision. Any person or entity that acquires 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 FOURTEENTH.

FIFTEENTH

, The Corporation shall indemnify its directors to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by Delaware law, as now or in effect after the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation. Such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part of a proceeding) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part of such proceeding) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article FIFTEENTH shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition. To the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Corporation may provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to officers, employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article FIFTEENTH to the Board of Directors. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article FIFTEENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or acquire under the Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws of the Corporation, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Any repeal or modification of this Article FIFTEENTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which restates and integrates, but does not further amend, the provisions of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation as heretofore amended, there being no discrepancy between those provisions and the provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, has been duly adopted in accordance with Section 245 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and executed by a duly authorized officer on the date set forth below.

The AZEK Company Inc.

By: /s/ Paul Kardish

Name: Paul Kardish

Title: Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary and Senior Vice President

 

Dated: March 9, 2022

 

 

Exhibit 3.3

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

THE AZEK COMPANY INC.

(Adopted as of March 9, 2022)

Article I

Offices

Section 1.1Registered Office

. The registered office of The AZEK Company Inc. (the “Corporation”) in the State of Delaware, and the name of its registered agent at such address, shall be as set forth in the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time (the “certificate of incorporation”).

Section 1.2Other Offices

. The Corporation may have a principal or other office or offices at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) may from time to time determine or as shall be necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the business of the Corporation.

Article II

Stockholders

Section 2.1Annual Meetings

. An annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors at such date, time and place either within or without the State of Delaware. Alternatively, the annual meeting may not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication, as may be designated by the Board of Directors from time to time. Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting.

Section 2.2Special Meetings

. Special meetings of stockholders may only be called in the manner provided in the certificate of incorporation. Special meetings of stockholders shall be held at such date, time and place either within or without the State of Delaware. Alternatively, the special meeting may not be held at any place, but may instead be held by means of remote communication, as may be stated in the notice of the meeting. At a special meeting of stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement to the notice of meeting). Except in the case of a special meeting of stockholders called at the request of the stockholders pursuant to the express terms of the certificate of incorporation, the Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders.

Section 2.3Notice of Meetings

. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given. The written notice shall state:  (i) the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting; (ii) the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present

 


 

in person and vote at such meeting; (iii) the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting; and (iv) in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. In addition, if stockholders have consented to receive notices by a form of electronic transmission, then such notice, by facsimile telecommunication, or by electronic mail, shall be deemed to be given when directed to a number or an electronic mail address, respectively, at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice. If such notice is transmitted by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, such notice shall be deemed to be given upon the later of (i) such posting, and (ii) the giving of such separate notice. If such notice is transmitted by any other form of electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed to be given when directed to the stockholder. Notice shall be deemed to have been given to all stockholders of record who share an address if notice is given in accordance with the “householding” rules set forth in the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and Section 233 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. For purposes of these by laws, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient of the communication, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form through an automated process.

Section 2.4Adjournments

. Subject to ‎Section 2.2, any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time, to reconvene at the same or some other place. In such event, notice of the adjournment need not be given if the time, place, if any, and the means of remote communications, if any, of the adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

Section 2.5Quorum

. Except where otherwise provided by law or the certificate of incorporation or these amended and restated bylaws, as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time (the “bylaws”), at each meeting of stockholders, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on a matter at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum. For purposes of the foregoing, where a separate vote by class or classes is required for any matter, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum to take action with respect to that vote on that matter. Two or more classes or series of stock shall be considered a single class if the holders of the classes or series of stock are entitled to vote together as a single class at the meeting. In the absence of a quorum of the holders of any class of stock entitled to vote on a matter, either:  (i) by majority vote, the holders of such class so present or represented may adjourn the meeting of such class from time to time

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in the manner provided by Section 2.4 of these bylaws until a quorum of such class shall be so present or represented; or (ii) the Chairperson of the meeting may on his or her own motion adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided by Section 2.4 of these bylaws until a quorum of such class shall be so present and represented without the approval of the stockholders who are present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote. If the Chairperson adjourns the meeting in accordance with clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, no notice of the adjournment need be given other than announcement at the meeting. If either:  (i) the Corporation; or (ii) another corporation of which the Corporation owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of such other corporation’s directors owns shares of the Corporation’s capital stock on the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, those shares shall not be entitled to vote or counted for quorum purposes. The previous sentence shall not limit the right of the Corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

Section 2.6Organization

. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, if any. In the absence of the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by a chairperson designated by the Board of Directors. In the absence of such chairperson or of such designation, meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by a chairperson chosen at the meeting by the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy. The Secretary, or in the absence of the Secretary an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of the meeting. In the absence of the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary, the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution or resolutions such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the order of business at each such meeting shall be as determined by the chairperson of the meeting. The chairperson of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts and things as are necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of the meeting. Without limitation with respect to other rules, regulations, procedures, actions or things with respect to the conduct of any stockholder meeting, the chairperson shall have the authority to:  (i) establish procedures for the maintenance of order and safety; (ii) limit the time allotted to questions or comments on the affairs of the Corporation; and (iii) restrict entry to such meeting after the time prescribed for the commencement of the meeting and the opening and closing of the voting polls for each item on which a vote is to be taken. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairperson presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

Section 2.7Inspectors

. Prior to any meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer:  (i) shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at such meeting and make a written report of such meeting; and (ii) may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate inspector is able to act, the person presiding at the stockholders meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, each inspector shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict

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impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall:  (i) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each; (ii) determine the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots; (iii) count all votes and ballots; (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors; and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons to assist them in the performance of their duties.

The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting. No ballot, proxy or vote, nor any revocation of or change to a ballot, proxy or vote, shall be accepted by the inspectors after the closing of the polls. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots, the inspectors shall be limited to:  (i) an examination of the proxies, and any envelopes submitted with such proxies; (ii) any information provided by a stockholder who submits a proxy by telegram, cablegram, or other electronic transmission from which it can be determined that the proxy was authorized by the stockholder; (iii) any written ballot or, if authorized by the Board, a ballot submitted by electronic transmission together with any information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder; (iv) any information provided in a record of a vote if such vote was taken at the meeting by means of remote communication along with any information used to verify that any person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder; and (v) the regular books and records of the Corporation. The inspectors may also consider other reliable information for the limited purpose of reconciling proxies and ballots submitted by or on behalf of banks, brokers, their nominees or similar persons which represent more votes than the holder of a proxy is authorized by the record owner to cast or more votes than the stockholder holds of record. If the inspectors consider other reliable information for such purpose, at the time they make their certification, the inspectors shall specify (i) the precise information considered by them, including the person or persons from whom they obtained the information; (ii) when the information was obtained; (iii) the means by which the information was obtained; and (iv) the basis for the inspectors’ belief that such information is accurate and reliable.

Section 2.8Voting; Proxies

. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question. If the certificate of incorporation provides for more or less than one vote for any share on any matter, every reference in these bylaws to a majority or other proportion of stock shall refer to such majority or other proportion of the votes of such stock. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable but only if the proxy is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. Any such interest may be in the stock itself or an interest in the Corporation generally. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing a written instrument revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with

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the Secretary of the Corporation. Voting at stockholders meetings need not be by written ballot unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of all classes of stock entitled to vote thereon present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting shall so determine. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. In all other matters, unless otherwise provided by law or by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Where a separate vote by class or classes is required, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class or classes, except as otherwise provided by law or by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws. For purposes of this Section 2.8, votes cast “for” or “against” and “abstentions” with respect to such matter shall be counted as shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote on such matter, while “broker non-votes” (or other shares of stock of the Corporation similarly not entitled to vote) shall not be counted as shares entitled to vote on such matter.

Section 2.9Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations

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(a)Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

(i)At any annual meeting of the stockholders, only such nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and only other business shall be considered or conducted, as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. For nominations to be properly made at an annual meeting, and proposals of other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting, nominations and proposals of other business must be:  (A) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement to the notice of meeting) delivered pursuant to ‎Section 2.3 of these bylaws; (B) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors; or (C) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (x) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these bylaws and at the time of the annual meeting, (y) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (z) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this bylaw as to such business or nomination. Subject to the Stockholders Agreement, dated June 11, 2020, by and among the Company, Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Ares”), and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (“OTPP”, and, together with Ares, the “Sponsors”) (such agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Stockholders Agreement”), clause (C) of this ‎Section 2.9(a)(i) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting) before an annual meeting of stockholders.

(ii)Without qualification or limitation, for any nominations or any other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)(C) of this bylaw, the stockholder must have given timely notice of the nominations or other business in writing to the Secretary, 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 earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth day and not later than the close of business on the ninetieth day prior to the

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first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty days before or more than sixty days after such anniversary date, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the opening of business on the one hundred twentieth day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth day prior to the date of such annual meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than one hundred days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement of any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. In addition, to be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall further be updated and supplemented, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. Such update and supplement shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five 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 eight business days prior to the date for the meeting, any adjournment or postponement of the meeting in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting. Whether given pursuant to this paragraph (a)(ii) or paragraph (b), to be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth, as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made:  (A) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books and records, of such beneficial owner, if any, and of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith; (B) 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 of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith; (C) 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 directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder, the beneficial owner, if any, or any affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith; (D) any derivative or synthetic arrangement having the characteristics of a long position in any class or series of shares of the Corporation directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder, the beneficial owner, if any, or any affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith; (E) any contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions designed to produce economic benefits and risks that correspond substantially to the ownership of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, including due to the fact that the value of such contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions is determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument, contract or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or otherwise, through the delivery of cash or other property, or otherwise, and without regard of whether the stockholder of record, the beneficial owner, if any, or any affiliates or associates or others acting

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in concert therewith, may have entered into transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such instrument, contract or right, or 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 (any of the foregoing, a “Derivative Instrument”) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder, the beneficial owner, if any, or any affiliates or associates or others acting in concert therewith; (F) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation; (G) any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, including any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such stockholder, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk (of ownership or otherwise) of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation by, manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder with respect to any class or series of the shares of the Corporation, or which provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the price or value of any security of the Corporation (any of the foregoing, a “Short Interest”); (H) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation; (I) 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 is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner of such general or limited partnership; (J) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder is directly or indirectly entitled to 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 such stockholder’s immediate family sharing the same household; (K) any significant equity interests or any Derivative Instruments or Short Interests in any principal competitor of the Corporation held by such stockholder; and (L) any direct or indirect interest of such stockholder in any contract with the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement). The notice described in the preceding sentence shall also set forth, as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board of Directors (i) all information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the Corporation’s proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected) and (ii) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert with them, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert the proposed nominee, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate of them, or person acting in concert with them, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and

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the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant. In addition, with respect to each nominee for election or reelection to the Board of Directors, each such nomination must include, at the time made, a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 2.10 of these bylaws. At its sole discretion, the Corporation may also require any proposed nominee to furnish such information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine:  (x) the qualifications of such proposed nominee; (y) the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation; or (z) that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the qualifications and independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee. The Corporation may also require any proposed nominee to furnish such information as may reasonably be required, pursuant to applicable law, to be disclosed in the proxy materials concerning all persons nominated (by the Corporation or otherwise) for election as a director of the Corporation, whether or not the nominee is to be included in the Corporation’s proxy statement. The proposed nominee shall furnish to the Corporation the requested information pursuant to the preceding two sentences within ten days after receipt of any such request.

(iii)If the notice described in ‎Section 2.9(a)(ii) relates to any business other than a nomination of a director or directors that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, then, to be in proper form, the notice shall set forth:  (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting; (ii) the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, in such business; (iii) 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, the text of such proposed amendment); and (iv) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder. For the avoidance of doubt, if the notice described in ‎Section 2.9(a)(ii) relates to both a nomination of a director or directors and other business, the notice shall set forth all of the required information pursuant to this paragraph and the immediately preceding paragraph.

(iv)Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(ii) of this bylaw to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least one hundred days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this bylaw shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(b)Special Meetings of Stockholders. The only business that shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders shall be as set forth in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, delivered prior to the special meeting in accordance with these bylaws. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting:  (A) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors; or (B) as provided in the Stockholders Agreement. In

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addition, nominations for election of directors at a special meeting may be made by any stockholder of the Corporation who:  (i) is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this bylaw and at the time of the special meeting; (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this bylaw as to such nomination. With respect to the immediately preceding sentence, however, such nominations by stockholders shall only be made where the Board of Directors or the Sponsors pursuant to Article TENTH subsection (b) of the certificate of incorporation have determined that directors will be elected at the meeting. The immediately preceding two sentences shall be the exclusive means by which a stockholder may make nominations before a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected or appointed. In the event that the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, other than with respect to any nomination made in the manner provided in the Stockholders Agreement, any stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting only if the stockholder’s notice required by paragraph (a)(ii) of this bylaw with respect to any nomination shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth day prior to the date of such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth day prior to the date of such special meeting. For the avoidance of doubt, the stockholder’s notice so delivered shall include the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 2.10 of these bylaws. If the first public announcement of the date of such special meeting is less than one hundred days prior to the date of such special meeting, such notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the tenth day following the day on which the Corporation first makes a public announcement of the date of the special meeting at which directors are to be elected. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of a special meeting or the announcement of any adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described in the immediately preceding sentence.

(c)General.

(i)Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this bylaw or in the Stockholders Agreement shall be eligible to be elected as directors. 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 bylaw. Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the chairperson 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 or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this bylaw. In the event any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this bylaw, the chairperson shall declare the defective proposal or nomination to be invalid. Unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the Corporation’s annual or special meeting of stockholders to make a nomination or present a proposal of other 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. For purposes of this bylaw, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic

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transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders. Such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

(ii)For purposes of this bylaw, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed or furnished by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(iii)Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this bylaw, 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 bylaw. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, any references in these bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)(C) or paragraph (b) of this bylaw. Nothing in this bylaw shall be deemed to affect any rights:  (i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act; or (ii) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, if and to the extent provided for under law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws. Subject to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, nothing in these bylaws shall be construed to permit any stockholder, or give any stockholder the right, to include or have disseminated or described in the Corporation’s proxy statement any nomination of director or directors or any other business proposal.

(iv)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this ‎Section 2.9 or in ‎Section 2.10, at any time when the Stockholders Agreement remains in effect, the requirements of this ‎Section 2.9 and of ‎Section 2.10 shall not apply to the exercise by a Sponsor of its rights to designate persons for nomination for election to the Board of Directors pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement.

Section 2.10Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement

. To be eligible to be a nominee of any stockholder for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation and qualified to serve as a director, a person must deliver to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other persons or entities on whose behalf the nomination is being made pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)(C) or paragraph (b) of ‎Section 2.9 of these bylaws. In the case of a person nominated for election as a director of the Corporation, such delivery shall be made, pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)(C) or paragraph (b) of ‎Section 2.9 of these bylaws, in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under ‎Section 2.9 of these bylaws. The questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary to the proposed nominee upon written request by the proposed nominee or the nominating stockholder on such person’s behalf. To be eligible to be a nominee of a stockholder for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation and qualified to serve as a director, a person must also deliver a written representation and agreement that such person:  (A) is not and will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, 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 (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere

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with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’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 in the questionnaire; and (C) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation. The form of written representation and agreement shall also be provided by the Secretary to the proposed nominee upon written request by the proposed nominee or the nominating stockholder on such person’s behalf.

Section 2.11Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record

. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment of a meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors may fix a record date. The record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and the record date shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the meeting date. If the Board fixes a date, that date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Board may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting. In such case, the Board shall also fix the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting as the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting in accordance with this ‎Section 2.11.

In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date. The record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and the record date shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board. If no record date has been fixed by the Board and when no prior action by the Board is required by law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board and prior action by the Board is required by law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to

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corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date. The record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and the record date shall be not more than sixty days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating to that purpose.

Section 2.12List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote

. At least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, the Secretary shall prepare and make a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date. The list shall be arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Nothing in this Section shall require the Corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic content information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting:  (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting; or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the entire meeting and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then such list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the entire meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network. The information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.

Article III

Board of Directors

Section 3.1Powers; Number; Qualifications

. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by law or in the certificate of incorporation. The Board shall consist of one or more members, each of whom shall be a natural person. From time to time, the Board shall determine the number of members.

Section 3.2Election; Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies

. Each director shall hold office as provided in the certificate of incorporation. Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors or to the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall be

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effective upon delivery, unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events. Unless otherwise specified in the resignation, no acceptance of such resignation shall be necessary to make the resignation effective. Any director or the entire Board may be removed in accordance with the certificate of incorporation. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class or from any other cause may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director. Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series of stock are entitled to elect one or more directors by the certificate of incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series then in office, or by the sole remaining director so elected. Any director elected or appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office as provided in the certificate of incorporation.

Section 3.3Regular Meetings

. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places within or without the State of Delaware and at such times as the Board may from time to time determine, and, if so determined, notice of the meetings need not be given.

Section 3.4Special Meetings

. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairperson of the Board, if any, the Chief Executive Officer or by any two or more directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be also called by the Sponsors at any time when the Sponsors, together with their affiliates, beneficially own, in the aggregate, at least 35% of the common stock of the Corporation. Reasonable notice of special meetings shall be given by the person or persons calling the meeting.

Section 3.5Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone Permitted

. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board or of 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. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this bylaw shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 3.6Quorum; Vote Required for Action

. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board unless the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws shall require a vote of a greater number. If, at any meeting of the Board a quorum shall not be present, the members of the Board present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present.

Section 3.7Organization

. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board, if any. In the absence of the Chairperson of the Board, meetings of the Board shall be presided over by the Chief Executive Officer, or, in his or her absence, by a chairperson chosen at the meeting. The Secretary, or in the absence of the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of the meeting. In the absence of the

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Secretary and all Assistant Secretaries, the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 3.8Action by Directors Without a Meeting

. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee of the Board of Directors, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or of such committee consent in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

Section 3.9Compensation of Directors

. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees, reimbursement of expenses and equity compensation, of directors for services to the Corporation in any capacity, including for attendance of meetings of the Board or participation on any committees. Directors who are officers or employees of the Corporation may receive, if the Board desires, compensation for service as directors. Nothing in these bylaws shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation for such service.

Article IV

Committees

Section 4.1Committees

. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or members of the committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution of the Board establishing such committee or in these bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. No committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters:  (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by law to be submitted to stockholders for approval; (ii) adopting, amending or repealing these bylaws; or (iii) indemnifying directors.

Section 4.2Committee Rules

. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board may adopt, amend and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of a provision by the Board or a provision in the rules of such committee to the contrary, a majority of the entire authorized number of members of such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of a majority of

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the members present at a meeting at the time of such vote if a quorum is then present shall be the act of such committee. In other respects, each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board conducts its business pursuant to Article III of these bylaws.

Section 4.3Audit Committee

. The Board of Directors shall have an Audit Committee composed of three (3) or more directors, each of whom shall satisfy any securities exchange independence requirements then in effect and applicable to the Corporation. The responsibilities of the Audit Committee shall be stated in the Audit Committee’s charter, as approved by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.4Compensation Committee

. The Board of Directors shall have a Compensation Committee composed of three (3) or more directors, each of whom shall satisfy any securities exchange independence requirements then in effect and applicable to the Corporation. The responsibilities of the Compensation Committee shall be stated in the Compensation Committee’s charter, as approved by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.5Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

. The Board of Directors shall have a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee composed of three (3) or more directors, each of whom shall satisfy any securities exchange independence requirements then in effect and applicable to the Corporation. The responsibilities of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be stated in the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s charter, as approved by the Board of Directors.

Article V

Officers

Section 5.1Officers; Election

. As soon as practicable after the annual meeting of stockholders in each year, the Board of Directors shall elect a Chief Executive Officer and a Secretary, and it may, if it so determines, elect from among its members a Chairperson of the Board and a Vice Chairperson of the Board. The Board may also elect one or more Presidents, one or more Senior Vice Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, a Chief Financial Officer, a Chief Legal Officer, a Chief Human Resource Officer, a Chief Marketing Officer, a Treasurer and one or more Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as the Board may deem desirable or appropriate and may give any of them such further designations or alternate titles as it considers desirable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person unless prohibited by law or the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws otherwise provide.

Section 5.2Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies

. Unless otherwise provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors electing any officer, each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice or electronic transmission to the Board or to the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall be effective upon delivery, unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events. Unless otherwise specified in the resignation, no acceptance of such resignation shall be necessary to make it effective. The Board may remove any officer with or without cause at any time. Any such

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removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the Corporation. The election of an officer shall not of itself create contractual rights. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, may be filled by the Board at any regular or special meeting.

Section 5.3Chairperson of the Board

. The Chairperson of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which he or she is present. The Chairperson of the Board shall have and may exercise such powers as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the Board or as may be provided by law.

Section 5.4Vice Chairperson of the Board

. In the absence of the Chairperson of the Board, the Vice Chairperson of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which he or she is present. The Vice Chairperson shall have and may exercise such powers as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the Board or as may be provided by law.

Section 5.5Chief Executive Officer

. In the absence of the Chairperson of the Board and Vice Chairperson of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which he or she is present. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer and shall have general charge and supervision of the business of the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall perform all duties incident to the office of president of a corporation and such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the Board or as may be provided by law.

Section 5.6President

. Each President shall have such general powers and duties of supervision and management as shall be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.7Vice Presidents

. Each Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.8Chief Financial Officer

. The Board of Directors shall appoint a Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation shall:  (a) have the custody of the corporate funds and securities, except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors; (b) keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation; (c) deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors; (d) disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements; and (e) render to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, whenever they may require it, an account of all his or her transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

Section 5.9Secretary

. The Secretary shall have the duty to record the proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors and any committees in a book to be kept for that purpose. The Secretary (a) shall see that all notices are given in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws or as required by law; (b) shall be custodian of the records of the Corporation; and (c) may affix the corporate seal to any document, the execution of which, on behalf of the Corporation, is duly authorized, and when so affixed may

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attest to that authorization. The Secretary shall perform all other duties incident to the office of secretary of a corporation and such other duties as may, from time to time, be assigned to him or her by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or as may be provided by law.

Section 5.10Other Officers

. The Corporation’s other officers shall have such powers and duties in the management of the Corporation as shall be stated in a resolution of the Board of Directors. Any such resolution shall not be inconsistent with these bylaws and, to the extent not so stated, such other officers shall have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices and shall be subject to the Board’s control. The Board may require any officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his or her duties.

Section 5.11Salaries

. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors appointed for such purpose.

Article VI

Stock

Section 6.1Stock Certificates and Uncertificated Shares

. The shares of stock in the Corporation may be represented by certificates. The Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the Corporation’s stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate previously issued until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson of the Board, if any, the Chief Executive Officer, or a President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, if any, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Corporation, representing the number of shares of stock registered in certificate form owned by such holder. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The Corporation may not issue stock certificates in bearer form.

If the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class or series of stock and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock. Except as otherwise provided by law, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate, which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series of stock and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares, the Corporation shall send to the registered owner of the shares a written notice containing the information required by law to be set forth or stated on certificates or a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder

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who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series of stock and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.

Section 6.2Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates

. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate previously issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. The Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

Section 6.3Transfer

. The shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in these bylaws. In the case of certificated shares of stock, transfers shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of the shares or by such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender for cancellation of certificate(s) for at least the same number of shares, with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed on or attached to the certificate, duly executed, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its agents may reasonably require. In the case of uncertificated shares of stock, transfers shall be made on the books of the Corporation only upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of the shares or by such person’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and upon compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these bylaws, at all times that the Corporation’s stock is listed on a stock exchange, the shares of the stock of the Corporation shall comply with all direct registration system eligibility requirements established by such exchange, including any requirement that shares of the Corporation’s stock be eligible for issue in uncertificated or book-entry form. All issuances and transfers of shares of the Corporation’s stock shall be entered on the books of the Corporation with all information necessary to comply with such direct registration system eligibility requirements, including the name and address of the person to whom the shares of stock are issued, the number of shares of stock issued and the date of issue. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or proper concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of stock of the Corporation in both the certificated and uncertificated form.

Section 6.4Record Owners

. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders of the Corporation. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its stock ledger as the owner of shares to receive dividends, to vote and to receive notice, and otherwise to exercise all of the rights and powers of an owner of such shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice of the claim, except as otherwise required by law.

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Article VII

Indemnification

Section 7.1Right to Indemnification

. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to 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 she is or was a director or an 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, agent or trustee of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, as the same exists or may be amended. In the case of any such amendment, the amendment shall, if permitted, be limited to the Corporation providing broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment. The right to indemnification shall cover any expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this ‎Section 7.1, except as provided in ‎Section 7.3 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses or with respect to any compulsory counterclaim brought by such indemnitee, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part of a proceeding) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part of such proceeding) was authorized by the Board of Directors.

Section 7.2Right to Advancement of Expenses

. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in ‎Section 7.1, an indemnitee shall also have the right to be paid by the Corporation for the expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred in appearing at, participating in or defending any such proceeding referred to in ‎Section 7.1 in advance of its final disposition or in connection with a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this ‎Article VII which shall be governed by ‎Section 7.3 (an “advancement of expenses”). Notwithstanding the previous sentence, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer shall be made solely upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, if:  (i) the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) requires; or (ii), in the case of an advance made in a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement. The undertaking required by the previous sentence shall not be required with respect to an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in any capacity other than as a director or officer. The indemnitee shall undertake to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified or entitled to advancement of expenses under ‎Section 7.1 and ‎Section 7.2 or otherwise.

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Section 7.3Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit

. If a claim under ‎Section 7.1 or ‎Section 7.2 is not paid in full by the Corporation within (a) sixty days after a written claim for indemnification has been received by the Corporation or (b) twenty days after a claim for an advancement of expenses has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim or to obtain advancement of expenses, as applicable. To the fullest extent permitted by law, if the indemnitee is successful in whole or in part in:  (i) any suit to enforce his or her indemnification rights under these bylaws; or (ii) any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all of the costs and expenses incurred in prosecuting or defending such suit, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification under these bylaws it shall be a defense that the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. No such defense shall apply, however, with respect to a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses. In any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. For the avoidance of doubt, such expenses shall include, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees. Neither:  (i) the failure of the Corporation to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL; nor (ii) an actual determination by the Corporation that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct, or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. For the avoidance of doubt, the term Corporation as used in the immediately preceding sentence shall include the Corporation’s directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or the Corporation’s stockholders. Whether in an action brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses under these bylaws, or in an action brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this ‎Article VII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

Section 7.4Indemnification Not Exclusive

.

(a)The provision of indemnification to or the advancement of expenses and costs to any indemnitee under this ‎Article VII, or the entitlement of any indemnitee to indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs under this ‎Article VII, shall not limit or restrict in any way the power of the Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses and costs to such indemnitee in any other way permitted by law. Nor shall the provision of such indemnification or advancement be deemed exclusive of, or invalidate, any right to which any indemnitee seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs may be entitled under any law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such indemnitee’s capacity as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Corporation and as to action in any other capacity.

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(b)Given that certain jointly indemnifiable claims (as defined below) may arise due to the service of the indemnitee as a director and/or officer of the Corporation at the request of the indemnitee-related entities (as defined below), the Corporation shall be fully and primarily responsible for the payment to the indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws of the Corporation (or any other agreement between the Corporation and such persons, including the Stockholders Agreement) in connection with any such jointly indemnifiable claims, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Article VII, irrespective of any right of recovery the indemnitee may have from the indemnitee-related entities. Any obligation on the part of any indemnitee-related entities to indemnify or advance expenses to any indemnitee shall be secondary to the Corporation’s obligation and shall be reduced by any amount that the indemnitee may collect as indemnification or advancement from the Corporation. The Corporation irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the indemnitee-related entities from any and all claims it may have against the indemnitee-related entities for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect of contribution or subrogation. Under no circumstance shall the Corporation be entitled to any right of subrogation or contribution by the indemnitee-related entities. No right of advancement or recovery the indemnitee may have from the indemnitee-related entities shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of the indemnitee or the obligations of the Corporation regardless of source. In the event that any of the indemnitee-related entities shall make any payment to the indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to any jointly indemnifiable claim, the indemnitee-related entity making such payment shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee against the Corporation. The indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as may be necessary to enable the indemnitee-related entities effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. Each of the indemnitee-related entities shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Section 7.4(b), entitled to enforce this Section 7.4(b).

For purposes of this ‎Section 7.4(b), the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1)The term “indemnitee-related entities” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Corporation or any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for which the indemnitee has agreed, on behalf of the Corporation or at the Corporation’s request, to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent and which service is covered by the indemnity described in these bylaws) from whom an indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Corporation may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation. For the avoidance of doubt, the Sponsors and their respective affiliates shall be indemnitee-related entities.

(2)The term “jointly indemnifiable claims” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding for which the indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses from both the indemnitee-related entities

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and the Corporation pursuant to Delaware law, any agreement or certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or comparable organizational documents of the Corporation or the indemnitee-related entities, as applicable.

Section 7.5Corporate Obligations; Reliance

. The rights granted pursuant to the provisions of this ‎Article VII shall vest at the time a person becomes a director or officer of the Corporation. Such vested rights shall be deemed to create a binding contractual obligation on the part of the Corporation to the persons who from time to time are elected as officers or directors of the Corporation. Persons acting in their capacities as officers or directors of the Corporation or any subsidiary shall be entitled to rely on such provisions of this ‎Article VII without giving notice of their reliance to the Corporation. Such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this ‎Article VII that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only. Any such amendment, alteration or repeal shall not limit, eliminate or impair any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.

Section 7.6Insurance

. At its expense, the Corporation may maintain insurance to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.

Section 7.7Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation

. To the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Corporation may grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this ‎Article VII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

Article VIII

Miscellaneous

Section 8.1Fiscal Year

. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by the Board of Directors.

Section 8.2Seal

. The Corporation may have a corporate seal which shall have the name of the Corporation inscribed thereon. The seal shall be in such form as approved from time to time by the Board of Directors. The corporate seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile of the seal to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

Section 8.3Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees

. Whenever notice is required to be given by law or under any provision of the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, a written waiver of the notice, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time that the notice is given or required to be given, shall be deemed

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equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.

Section 8.4Interested Directors; Quorum

. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee of the Board of Directors which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because such director’s or officer’s votes are counted for such purpose, if:  (1) the material facts as to director’s or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board or the committee, and the Board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (2) the material facts as to director’s or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (3) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board, a committee of the Board of Directors or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

Section 8.5Form of Records

. Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account and minute books, may be kept on, or by means of, or be in the form of, any information storage device, or method. Records so kept must be convertible into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time. The Corporation shall so convert any records so kept upon the request of any person entitled to inspect such records in accordance with law.

Section 8.6Amendment of Bylaws

. These bylaws may be amended, altered or repealed, and new bylaws adopted, only in the manner set forth in the certificate of incorporation.

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Exhibit 10.1

 

THE AZEK COMPANY INC.

2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(As approved by shareholders on March 8, 2022)

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

1.

Purpose.

The purpose of the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of The AZEK Company Inc. (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”) is to promote the financial interests of The AZEK Company Inc. (the “Company”), including its growth and performance, by providing eligible employees of the Company and its subsidiaries the opportunity to purchase an ownership position in the Company.  This Plan is not intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” as defined in Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

2.

Shares Available for Purchase.

Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 17, eligible employees may purchase in the aggregate up to a maximum of 3,500,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Shares”).  Shares issued under the Plan may consist of newly issued Shares acquired from the Company, Shares acquired on the open market or a combination of the foregoing.  If the total number of Shares specified in elections to be purchased under any Offering (as defined below) plus the number of Shares purchased under previous Offerings under this Plan exceeds the maximum number of Shares issuable under this Plan, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) will allot the Shares then available on a pro-rata basis.

3.

Administration.

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee.  A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and the acts of a majority shall be the acts of the Committee.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant awards or administer the Plan.  In any such case, the Board will have all of the authority and responsibility granted to the Committee herein.

The Committee shall have the authority to interpret the Plan, to establish, amend, and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to determine the terms and provisions of any agreements entered into hereunder, and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan, based on, among other things, information made available to the Committee by the management of the Company.  The Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable to carry it into effect.  The determinations of the Committee in its administration of the Plan, as described herein, shall be final and conclusive.

4.

Eligibility.

All active employees of the Company and all active employees of any subsidiary of the Company, other than Excluded Employees, are eligible to participate in any one or more of the offerings of Options to purchase Shares under the Plan, provided that:

(a)they are customarily employed by the Company or a Designated Subsidiary for at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis; and

(b)they are employees of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary on the first day of the applicable Offering Period (as defined below).

 

 


 

For purposes of this Plan, “Excluded Employee” shall mean those employees or individuals which are temporary or leased employees, interns, officers subject to the disclosure requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, employees on leave of absence which are not being compensated through regular payroll and such other individuals who shall, from time to time, be deemed ineligible to participate in the Plan, as determined by the Company in its discretion.  For the avoidance of doubt, non-employee directors and independent contractors shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan.

An employee of the Company or a Designated Subsidiary who meets the requirements set forth above is eligible to participate in any offerings of Options that commence after the month in which the employee commences employment with the Company or a Designated Subsidiary.  No employee may be granted an Option hereunder if such employee, immediately after the Option is granted, owns 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of shares of the Company or any subsidiary.

5.

Offerings.

The Committee may from time to time make one or more offerings (“Offerings”) to eligible employees to purchase Shares under this Plan beginning on the date or dates selected by the Committee (the “Offering Commencement Dates”).  The provisions of separate Offerings need not be identical, but the period during which the Offering will be effective (each, an “Offering Period”) may not exceed 12 months, beginning with the Offering Commencement Date.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, each Offering Period shall be three months, and the Offering Commencement Date shall be the first day of a calendar quarter.  The first Offering Period shall commence on a date to be determined by the Committee.

6.

Participation.

An employee eligible to participate in the Plan on the Offering Commencement Date of any Offering may participate in such Offering by completing an electronic payroll deduction authorization form at least 14 days prior to the applicable Offering Commencement Date, or such other form or period determined and specified by the Committee.  The form will authorize a regular payroll deduction from the Compensation (as defined below) received by the employee during the Offering Period in accordance with Section 7.  Unless an employee completes a new form or withdraws from the Plan in accordance with Section 8, the employee’s deductions and purchases will continue at the same rate for future Offerings under the Plan as long as the Plan remains in effect.  The term “Compensation” means the employee’s base salary or wages that are actually paid to the employee and that are subject to withholding for Federal income tax purposes, and does not include overtime pay, shift differentials, premium pay, bonuses, commissions, compensatory equity awards, profit-sharing awards, other incentive pay or awards, fringe benefits, credits received under plans pursuant to Section 125 of the Code or similar items.

7.

Deductions; Employer Contributions.

(a)Deductions.  The Company will maintain payroll deduction accounts for all participating employees. With respect to any Offering made under this Plan, an employee may authorize a payroll deduction from 1% to up to a maximum of 15% of the Compensation the employee receives during the Offering Period (such deductions to be in whole percentages),

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provided that, in any calendar year, such deductions shall not exceed $25,000 in the aggregate.  The Committee may, at its discretion, designate a lower maximum contribution rate for any Offering.

(b)Employer Contributions.  As and when a payroll deduction and/or a contribution is made by the employee to his or her account, such employee shall receive a matching contribution to his or her account equal to 10% of such deductions and/or contributions by the employee, provided that, in any calendar year, such matching contributions by the Company shall not exceed $2,500 in the aggregate.  The Company may, with 60 days’ notice to participating employees, change the percentage for the Company’s matching contribution.

8.

Deduction Changes.

An employee may decrease or increase such employee’s payroll deduction by filing either a new written or electronic payroll deduction authorization form.  Any such change will only be effective for the immediately succeeding Offering Period; provided that an employee may elect to decrease their payroll deduction no more than one time effective during the Offering Period then outstanding.  Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the Committee may, at its discretion, provide that changes to payroll deductions will be effective during the Offering Period then outstanding.  Any employee may discontinue his payroll deductions at any time by filing either a new written or electronic payroll deduction authorization form.  If an employee elects to discontinue his payroll deductions during an Offering Period, but does not elect to withdraw such employee’s funds pursuant to Section 10 hereof, funds deducted prior to such employee’s election to discontinue will be applied to the purchase of Shares on the Exercise Date (as defined below).

9.

Interest.

Interest will not be paid on any employee accounts, except to the extent that the Committee, in its sole discretion, elects to credit employee accounts with interest at such rate as it may from time to time determine.

10.

Withdrawal of Funds.

An employee may, at any time at least 14 calendar days prior to the close of business on the last business day in an Offering Period, and for any reason, permanently draw out the balance accumulated in the employee’s account and thereby withdraw from participation in an Offering. Partial withdrawals are not permitted.  The employee may not begin participation again during the remainder of the Offering Period during which the employee withdrew the employee’s balance.  The employee may participate in any subsequent Offering in accordance with terms and conditions established by the Committee.

11.

Purchase of Shares.

(a)Number of Shares.  On the Offering Commencement Date of each Offering Period, the Company will grant to each eligible employee who is then a participant in the Plan an option (an “Option”) to purchase on the last business day of such Offering Period (the “Exercise Date”) at the applicable purchase price (the “Option Price”) up to a maximum number of Shares to be determined by the Committee.

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(b)Option Price.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Option Price will be the average price of the Shares actually purchased in connection with the applicable Offering Period. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, otherwise determine the Option Price for an Offering Period, including whether such Option Price shall be determined based on the lesser of the closing price of the Shares on (i) the first business day of the Offering Period or (ii) the Exercise Date, or shall be based solely on the closing price of the Shares on the Exercise Date.  If the Committee bases the Option Price on the closing price of the Shares on the Exercise Date, the closing price shall be (a) the closing price (for the primary trading session) on any national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or (b) the average of the closing bid and asked prices in the over-the-counter market, whichever is applicable, as published in The Wall Street Journal or another source selected by the Committee.  If no sales of Shares were made on such a day, the price of the Shares shall be the reported price for the next preceding day on which sales were made.

(c)Exercise of Option.  Each employee who continues to be a participant in the Plan on the Exercise Date shall be deemed to have exercised his Option at the Option Price on such date and shall be deemed to have purchased the number of Shares that his accumulated payroll deductions on such date will pay for, but not in excess of the maximum numbers determined in the manner set forth above.

(d)Purchased Shares; Reinvestment.  As soon as practicable following the Exercise Date, the number of Shares purchased by each participating employee shall be deposited into such employee’s account.  Unless otherwise permitted by the Committee in its sole discretion, dividends that are declared on the Shares held in such account shall be reinvested in whole or fractional Shares.

(e)Return of Unused Payroll Deductions.  Any balance remaining in an employee’s payroll deduction account at the end of an Offering Period will be automatically refunded to the employee, except that any balance that is less than the purchase price of one Share will be carried forward into the employee’s payroll deduction account for the following Offering, unless the employee elects not to participate in the following Offering under the Plan, in which case the balance in the employee’s account shall be refunded.

12.

Issuance of Certificates.

Certificates representing Shares purchased under the Plan may be issued only in the name of the employee, in the name of the employee and another person of legal age as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, or (in the Company’s sole discretion) in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee holder designated by the employee.  The Company may, in its sole discretion and in compliance with applicable laws, authorize the use of book entry registration of Shares in lieu of issuing stock certificates.

13.

Rights on Retirement, Death or Termination of Employment.

If a participating employee’s employment ends before the last business day of an Offering Period for any reason, including death, any balance remaining in the employee’s payroll deduction account will be refunded in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices.  

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For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of termination, the employee will forfeit any matching employer contribution pursuant to Section 7(b) for the applicable Offering Period.

14.

Optionees Not Stockholders.

Neither the granting of an Option to an employee nor the deductions from the employee’s pay shall make such employee a stockholder of the Shares covered by an Option under this Plan until the employee has purchased and received such Shares.

15.

Options Not Transferable; Holding Period; Notification of Sale of Shares.

Options under this Plan are not transferable by a participating employee other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and are exercisable during the employee’s lifetime only by the employee.  Each employee agrees, by participating in the Plan, that Shares purchased under the Plan must be held for at least six months from the applicable Exercise Date.  For the avoidance of doubt, Shares purchased under the Plan by any employee shall be subject to all policies of the Company or any of its subsidiaries applicable to such employee as in effect from time to time, including any insider trading policy.

16.

Application of Funds.

All funds received or held by the Company under this Plan may be combined with other corporate funds and may be used for any corporate purpose.

17.

Adjustment for Changes in Shares and Certain Other Events.

(a)Changes in Capitalization.  In the event of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, reclassification of shares, spin-off or other similar change in capitalization or event, or any dividend or distribution to holders of Shares other than an ordinary cash dividend, (i) the number and class of securities available under this Plan, (ii) the share limitations set forth in Section 11, and (iii) the Option Price shall be equitably adjusted to the extent determined by the Committee.

(b)Reorganization Events.

(1)Definition.  A “Reorganization Event” shall mean a Change in Control as defined in the Company’s 2020 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.

(2)Consequences of a Reorganization Event on the Plan.  In connection with a Reorganization Event, the Committee may take such actions with respect to the Plan as the Committee deems appropriate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Committee may take such actions without the consent of any employee, and the Committee’s determination shall be conclusive and binding on all persons for all purposes.

18.

Amendment and Termination of the Plan.

The Committee may at any time, and from time to time, amend or suspend this Plan or any portion thereof, except that, if the amendment would increase the maximum number of shares issuable under the Plan, such amendment shall not be effected without such shareholder

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approval.  This Plan may be terminated at any time by the Committee.  Upon termination of this Plan all amounts in the accounts of participating employees shall be promptly refunded.

19.

Governmental Regulations.

The Company’s obligation to sell and deliver Shares under this Plan is subject to listing on a national stock exchange (to the extent the Shares are then so listed or quoted) and the approval of all governmental authorities required in connection with the authorization, issuance or sale of such stock.

20.

Governing Law.

The Plan shall be governed by Delaware law except to the extent that such law is preempted by federal law.

21.

Authorization of Sub-Plans.

The Committee may from time to time establish one or more sub-plans under the Plan with respect to one or more Designated Subsidiaries.

22.

Withholding.

By electing to participate in the Plan, such participating employee authorizes the Company to, in the Company’s sole discretion, withhold from the employee’s compensation the amounts necessary to satisfy any applicable tax withholding obligation.  

23.

Effective Date and Approval of Shareholders.

The Plan was approved on November 16, 2021 by the Committee, subject to the approval of the Company’s shareholders of the Company, and shall be effective as of the date of approval by the shareholders.

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