UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
 
(Mark One)
  • QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014
OR
  • TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from_____ to_____
Commission File Number: 001-36410
 
Phibro Animal Health Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Delaware
13-1840497
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
Glenpointe Centre East, 3 rd Floor
300 Frank W. Burr Boulevard, Suite 21
Teaneck, New Jersey
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
07666-6712
(Zip Code)
(201) 329-7300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files.)  Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes ☐ No ☒
As of May 13, 2014, there were 17,442,953 shares of the registrant’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 21,348,600 shares of the registrant’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, outstanding.
 
 

PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORPORATION
   
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Page
PART I—
  • FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
  • Financial Statements (unaudited)
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.   Financial Statements
PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
   
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
Three Months
Nine Months
For the Periods Ended March 31
2014
2013
2014
2013
(unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Net sales
$
173,267
$
162,685
$
508,237
$
488,950
Cost of goods sold
120,425
116,929
354,727
358,142
Gross profit
52,842
45,756
153,510
130,808
Selling, general and administrative expenses
35,520
31,295
102,773
88,982
Operating income
17,322
14,461
50,737
41,826
Interest expense
7,805
7,801
23,362
23,516
Interest expense, shareholders
1,005
1,100
3,014
3,247
Interest (income)
(66
)
(26
)
(178
)
(108
)
Foreign currency (gains) losses, net
275
838
2,088
1,132
Other (income) expense, net
482
528
Income before income taxes
8,303
4,266
22,451
13,511
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
1,933
86
7,936
(5,401
)
Net income
$
6,370
$
4,180
$
14,515
$
18,912
Net income per share – basic and diluted (1)
$
0.21
$
0.14
$
0.48
$
0.62
Weighted average number of shares (1) :
basic
30,458
30,458
30,458
30,458
diluted
30,657
30,458
30,525
30,458
Dividends p er share (2)
$
0.3628
$
$
0.3628
$
0.0435
Weighted average number of shares (2)
68,910
68,910
68,910
68,910
 
(1)    after 0.442-for-1 split
(2)    before 0.442-for-1 split

PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
   
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
 
Three Months
Nine Months
For the Periods Ended March 31
2014
2013
2014
2013
(unaudited)
(in thousands)
Net income
$
6,370
$
4,180
$
14,515
$
18,912
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Fair value of derivative instruments
572
274
709
692
Foreign currency translation adjustment
2,373
700
(762
)
232
Unrecognized net pension gains (losses)
249
435
678
1,054
Tax (provision) benefit on other comprehensive income (loss)
221
(287
)
(681
)
Other comprehensive income
3,415
1,122
625
1,297
Comprehensive income
$
9,785
$
5,302
$
15,140
$
20,209

PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
   
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
As of
March 31,
2014
June 30,
2013
(unaudited)
(in thousands)
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
$
10,979
$
27,369
Accounts receivable, net
107,705
99,137
Inventories
142,804
140,032
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
31,159
29,848
Total current assets
292,647
296,386
Property, plant and equipment, net
107,211
104,422
Intangibles, net
31,412
35,155
Other assets
42,007
38,179
Total assets
$
473,277
$
474,142
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Current portion of long-term debt
$
72
$
64
Accounts payable
60,752
57,902
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
54,513
57,438
Total current liabilities
115,337
115,404
Domestic senior credit facility
42,500
34,000
Long-term debt
297,933
297,666
Long-term debt, shareholders
33,961
33,874
Other liabilities
62,271
62,136
Total liabilities
552,002
543,080
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
Common stock, par value $0.0001, 200,000,000 shares authorized; 68,910,000 shares issued and outstanding
7
7
Preferred stock, par value $1.00, 1,000,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding
Paid-in capital
18,021
42,948
Accumulated deficit
(79,606
)
(94,121
)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
(17,147
)
(17,772
)
Total stockholders’ deficit
(78,725
)
(68,938
)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
$
473,277
$
474,142

PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
   
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
Nine Months
For the Periods Ended March 31
2014
2013
(unaudited)
(in thousands)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income
$
14,515
$
18,912
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
15,615
14,277
Amortization of deferred financing costs
798
1,066
Amortization of imputed interest and debt discount
384
336
Deferred income taxes
661
(8,870
)
Foreign currency (gains) losses, net
1,550
518
Other
(374
)
(1,280
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
(8,769
)
3,179
Inventories
(3,802
)
(20,360
)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
(1,168
)
(4,633
)
Other assets
(1,420
)
(535
)
Accounts payable
2,752
(5,506
)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
(4,112
)
(5,549
)
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities
16,630
(8,445
)
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital expenditures
(14,248
)
(14,203
)
Business acquisition
(18,692
)
Sales of assets
110
1,116
Net cash provided (used) by investing activities
(14,138
)
(31,779
)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Borrowings under the domestic senior credit facility
145,000
60,000
Repayments of the domestic senior credit facility
(136,500
)
(37,000
)
Payments of long-term debt, capital leases and other
(2,040
)
(5,174
)
Dividend paid to common shareholders
(25,000
)
(3,000
)
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities
(18,540
)
14,826
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
(342
)
(228
)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
(16,390
)
(25,626
)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
27,369
53,900
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$
10,979
$
28,274
Supplemental cash flow information
Interest paid
$
32,088
$
32,295
Income taxes paid, net
4,923
6,168
Non-cash investing and financing activities
Capital improvements
1,315
Business acquisition
4,550
Capital lease additions
29
103

PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
   
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
 
Common
Stock
Preferred
Stock
Paid-in
Capital
Accumulated Deficit
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
(Loss)
Total
(unaudited)
(in thousands)
As of June 30, 2013
$
7
$
$
42,948
$
(94,121
)
$
(17,772
)
$
(68,938
)
Comprehensive income:
Net income
14,515
14,515
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Fair value of derivative instruments
709
709
Foreign currency translation adjustment
(762
)
(762
)
Unrecognized net pension gains (losses)
678
678
Comprehensive income
15,140
Dividends paid to common stockholders
(25,000
)
(25,000
)
Compensation expense related to share-based compensation plans
73
73
As of March 31, 2014
$
7
$
18,021
$
(79,606
)
$
(17,147
)
$
(78,725
)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
(UNAUDITED)
1.
  • General
Phibro Animal Health Corporation (“PAHC” or “Phibro”) and its subsidiaries (together, the “Company”) is a diversified global developer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of animal health and nutrition products to the poultry, swine, cattle, dairy, aquaculture and ethanol markets. The Company is also a manufacturer and marketer of performance products for use in the personal care, automotive, industrial chemical and chemical catalyst industries. Unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise, references in this report to “we,” “our,” “us,” “the Company” and similar expressions refer to PAHC and its subsidiaries.
The unaudited consolidated financial information for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 is presented on the same basis as the financial statements included in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-194467), which was declared effective on April 10, 2014 (the “Registration Statement”). In the opinion of management, these financial statements include all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods, and the adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature. The financial results for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year. The consolidated balance sheet information as of June 30, 2013 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The unaudited consolidated financial information should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Registration Statement.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of PAHC and all majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year amounts to conform to current year presentation.
Use of Estimates
Preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and related disclosures. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Significant estimates include reserves for bad debts, inventory obsolescence, depreciation and amortization periods of long-lived and intangible assets, recoverability of long-lived and intangible assets and goodwill, realizability of deferred income tax and value-added tax assets, legal and environmental matters and actuarial assumptions related to our pension plans. We regularly evaluate our estimates and assumptions using historical experience and other factors. Our estimates are based on complex judgments, probabilities and assumptions that we believe to be reasonable.
2.
  • Summary of New Accounting Standards and Significant Accounting Policies
The Company has elected to adopt new accounting standards within the specified effective date established for public companies, where applicable, as opposed to a deferred effective date allowed for emerging growth companies.
In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2013-11, Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists . The guidance clarifies when it is appropriate for an unrecognized tax benefit, or portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, to be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset. ASU 2013-11 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2013. Early adoption is permitted. The guidance should be

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

applied prospectively to all unrecognized tax benefits that exist at the effective date; however, retrospective application is also permitted. The Company has elected to early adopt the provisions of this pronouncement, and it did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, Presentation of Financials (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360): Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity , which changes the criteria for reporting a discontinued operation while enhancing disclosures in this area. Under the new guidance, a disposal of a component of an entity or group of components of an entity that represents a strategic shift that has, or will have, a major effect on operations and financial results is a discontinued operation when any of the following occurs: (i) it meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale, (ii) it is disposed of by sale, or (iii) it is disposed of other than by sale. Also, a business that, on acquisition, meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale is reported in discontinued operations. Additionally, the new guidance requires expanded disclosures about discontinued operations, as well as disclosure of the pre-tax profit or loss attributable to a disposal of an individually significant component of an entity that does not qualify for discontinued operations presentation. The guidance is effective prospectively for all disposals (or classifications as held for sale) of components of an entity and all businesses that, on acquisition, are classified as held for sale, that occur within annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014 and interim periods within those years. As this guidance relates to presentation and disclosure, the adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
Our significant accounting policies are described in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in the Registration Statement. As of March 31, 2014, there have been no material changes to any of the significant accounting policies contained therein.
3.
  • Subsequent Event
Initial Public Offering
On April 16, 2014, we completed our initial public offering (“IPO”) of 8,333,333 shares of Class A common stock at a price to the public of $15.00 per share. The proceeds to us from this offering were approximately $114,229, after deducting underwriting discounts of approximately $8,438 and offering expenses payable by us of approximately $2,333 (after giving effect to the reimbursement of certain expenses by the underwriters).
Immediately following the consummation of the IPO, there were 38,791,553 total shares outstanding, consisting of 17,442,953 outstanding shares of Class A common stock and 21,348,600 outstanding shares of Class B common stock, after giving effect to the 0.442-for-1 stock split and reclassification of our common stock which took place immediately prior to the completion of the IPO . The shares of Class B common stock have economic rights identical to the shares of Class A common stock and entitle the holders to 10 votes per share on all matters to be voted on by stockholders generally.
Issuance of 2014 Revolving Credit Facility and Term B Loan
On April 16, 2014, Phibro, together with certain of its subsidiaries acting as guarantors, entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A. (“Bank of America”), as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and L/C Issuer and each lender from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”). Under the Credit Agreement, the Lenders agreed to extend credit to the Company in the form of (i) Term B loan in an aggregate principal amount equal to $290,000 (the “Term B Loan ”) and (ii) revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000 (the “Revolving Credit Facility,” and together with the Term B Loan , the “Credit Facilities”). The Revolving Credit Facility contains a letter of credit facility.
Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at rates based on the ratio of the Company and its subsidiaries’ net consolidated first lien indebtedness to the Company and its subsidiaries’ consolidated EBITDA for applicable periods specified in the Credit Facilities (the “First Lien Net Leverage

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

Ratio”). The interest rate per annum applicable to the loans under the Credit Facilities will be based on a fluctuating rate of interest equal to the sum of an applicable rate and, at the Company’s election from time to time, either (1) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (a) the rate as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate,” (b) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50% and (c) one-month LIBOR plus 1.00%, or (2) a Eurocurrency rate determined by reference to LIBOR with a term as selected by the Company, of one day or one, two, three or six months (or twelve months or any shorter amount of time if consented to by all of the lenders under the applicable loan). The Revolving Credit Facility has applicable rates equal to 1.75%, in the case of base rate loans, and 2.75%, in the case of LIBOR loans, and the Term B Loan has applicable margins equal to 2.00%, in the case of base rate loans, and 3.00%, in the case of LIBOR loans. Interest on the Term B Loan will be subject to a floor of 1.00% in the case of LIBOR loans.
The maturity dates of the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term B Loan are April 15, 2019 and April 15, 2021, respectively. We issued the Term B Loan at 99.75% of par value, with proceeds of $284,740, after deducting $5,260 of original issue discount and costs related to the issuance of these facilities.
Retirement of 9.25% Senior Notes, Mayflower Term Loan, BFI Term Loan and Domestic Senior Credit Facility
On April 16, 2014, we retired $24,000 of term loan payable to Mayflower due December 31, 2016, $10,000 of term loan payable to BFI due August 1, 2014 and outstanding borrowings under our domestic senior credit facility.
On April 16, 2014, we called for redemption on May 16, 2014 of $300,000 of 9.25% senior notes due July 1, 2018 (the “Senior Notes”), and deposited the necessary funds with the trustee for payment of the principal, accrued interest and redemption premium.
Effect of the Transaction
As a result of the retirement of our prior indebtedness , our consolidated statement of operations for the quarter and year ended June 30, 2014 will include a loss on extinguishment of debt as follows:
 
Redemption premium
$
17,184
Write-off of original issue discount related to retired Senior Notes and BFI
2,123
Write-off of capitalized debt issuance costs related to retired Senior Notes, Mayflower term loan, BFI term loan and cancelled domestic senior credit facility and other items
4,391
Loss on extinguishment of debt
$
23,698
Net Income per Share and Weighted Average Shares
For purposes of calculating net income per share, we have adjusted the weighted average number of shares for the 0.442-for-1 stock split. For purposes of calculating diluted net income per share, we have assumed a market value of $15.00 per share.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 
Three Months
Nine Months
For the Periods Ended March 31
2014
2013
2014
2013
Net income
$
6,370
$
4,180
$
14,515
$
18,912
Weighted average number of shares  –  basic
30,458
30,458
30,458
30,458
Dilutive effect of stock options
158
53
Dilutive effect of BFI warrant
41
14
Weighted average number of shares  –  diluted
30,657
30,458
30,525
30,458
Net income per share:
basic
$
0.21
$
0.14
$
0.48
$
0.62
diluted
$
0.21
$
0.14
$
0.48
$
0.62
For the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2014, there were no shares excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share. For the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2013, the stock options and warrants to purchase 2,519 shares of common stock had an exercise price greater than the market price and were excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share because the effect from the assumed exercise of these options and warrants calculated under the treasury stock method would be anti-dilutive.
4.
  • Revision to Prior Period Consolidated Financial Statements
We previously identified errors that should have been recorded in prior period consolidated financial statements. The errors included differences in reconciliations, differences in accruals, reserves and cut-off estimates, income tax provision calculations and various other items. We assessed the materiality of the items and concluded the items were not material individually or in the aggregate to prior annual or interim periods presented in our interim consolidated financial statements. However, we have elected to revise in this report the prior period comparative amounts.
During the quarter ended December 31, 2013, we identified and corrected errors that originated in prior periods. The error corrections increased income before income taxes by $358 in the current year. We have assessed the effects of the corrections and have concluded the items were not material, either individually or in aggregate, to our current year results of operations or any other prior period consolidated financial statements.
5.
  • Statements of Operations—Additional Information
 
Three Months
Nine Months
For the Periods Ended March 31
2014
2013
2014
2013
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
$
3,920
$
3,780
$
11,878
$
11,280
Amortization of intangible assets
1,202
1,179
3,737
2,997
$
5,122
$
4,959
$
15,615
$
14,277
6.
  • Balance Sheets—Additional Information
 
As of
March 31,
2014
June 30,
2013
Inventories
Raw materials
$
36,337
$
35,702
Work-in-process
7,605
7,541
Finished goods
98,862
96,789
$
142,804
$
140,032

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 
As of
March 31,
2014
June 30,
2013
Goodwill roll-forward
Balance at beginning of period
$
12,613
$
1,717
OGR acquisition
10,896
Balance at end of period
$
12,613
$
12,613
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Employee related
$
21,590
$
17,823
Interest
6,937
13,875
Commissions and rebates
3,060
3,196
Insurance related
1,477
1,286
Professional fees
3,670
4,064
Other accrued liabilities
17,779
17,194
$
54,513
$
57,438
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
Derivative instruments
$
70
$
(639
)
Currency translation adjustment
(3,281
)
(2,519
)
Unrecognized net pension gains (losses)
(11,562
)
(12,240
)
Tax (provision) benefit on other comprehensive income (loss)
(2,374
)
(2,374
)
$
(17,147
)
$
(17,772
)
7.
  • Acquisition
On December 20, 2012, Prince Agri Products, Inc. (“Prince Agri”), a subsidiary of Phibro, acquired 100% of the membership interests of OmniGen Research, LLC (“OGR”). This transaction gives the Company all rights to OmniGen-AF ® patents and related intellectual property and ownership of certain property, plant and equipment. OmniGen-AF ® is a proprietary nutritional specialty product that helps maintain a dairy cow’s healthy immune system. Prior to the transaction, Prince Agri had been the exclusive manufacturer and marketer of OmniGen-AF ® for 9 years, under a licensing arrangement with OGR.
OGR’s only revenues were the royalties paid by Prince Agri. The unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations, as if such acquisition had occurred at the beginning of the nine month period ended March 31, 2013 are shown below. Pro forma adjustments included the elimination of royalty expense previously included in cost of sales and the addition of operating expenses related to the acquired research and development activities.
 
For the Period Ended March 31, 2013
Nine Months
Net sales
$
488,950
Operating income
42,949
Net income
20,010
Net income per share  –  basic and diluted
0.66
Depreciation and amortization
15,131
8.
  • Debt
In April 2014, we repaid the domestic senior credit facility and all long term debt, except for capital lease obligations, as described in Subsequent Event .
Domestic Senior Credit Facility
As of March 31, 2014, we had outstanding borrowings of $42,500 and outstanding letters of credit and other commitments of $17,128, leaving $40,372 available for borrowings and letters of credit under the domestic senior credit facility. Interest rate elections under the domestic senior credit facility were

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

dependent on the senior secured funded debt to EBITDA ratio. For a ratio that is less than 1.25:1, the interest rates were LIBOR plus 2.50% or Prime Rate plus 1.50%. For a ratio that is greater than or equal to 1.25:1, the interest rates were LIBOR plus 2.75% or Prime Rate plus 1.75%. The applicable rates of interest on the outstanding borrowings were 2.65% and 2.69% at March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2013, respectively.
The domestic senior credit facility required, among other things, the maintenance of a minimum level of consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio and a maximum senior secured leverage ratio, each calculated on a trailing four quarter basis, and contained an acceleration clause should an event of default (as defined in the agreement) occur. The required minimum level of consolidated Adjusted EBITDA was $58,000; $65,000; $66,000; $75,000; and $78,000 for measurement periods ending on or after September 30, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively. As of March 31, 2014, we were in compliance with the financial covenants of the domestic senior credit facility.
Long-Term Debt
 
As of
March 31,
2014
June 30,
2013
9.25% senior notes due July 1, 2018
$
300,000
$
300,000
Term loan payable to Mayflower due December 31, 2016
24,000
24,000
Term loan payable to BFI due August 1, 2014
10,000
10,000
Capitalized lease obligations
110
132
334,110
334,132
Unamortized imputed interest and debt discount
(2,144
)
(2,528
)
331,966
331,604
Less: current maturities
(72
)
(64
)
$
331,894
$
331,540
9.
  • Employee Benefit Plans
The Company maintains a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan for all domestic nonunion employees who were employed on or prior to December 31, 2013 and who meet certain requirements of age, length of service and hours worked per year.
Net periodic pension expense was:
 
Three Months
Nine Months
For the Periods Ended March 31
2014
2013
2014
2013
Service cost  –  benefits earned during the period
$
535
$
768
$
1,843
$
2,046
Interest cost on benefit obligation
532
537
1,750
1,543
Expected return on plan assets
(476
)
(500
)
(1,751
)
(1,602
)
Amortization of net actuarial (gain) loss and prior service costs
249
436
678
1,054
Net periodic pension expense
$
840
$
1,241
$
2,520
$
3,041
10.
  • Commitments and Contingencies
Environmental
Our operations and properties are subject to extensive federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations, including those governing pollution; protection of the environment; the use, management, and release of hazardous materials, substances and wastes; air emissions; greenhouse gas emissions; water use, supply and discharges; the investigation and remediation of contamination; the manufacture, distribution, and sale of regulated materials, including pesticides; the importing, exporting and transportation of

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

products; and the health and safety of our employees (collectively, “Environmental Laws”). As such, the nature of our current and former operations exposes us to the risk of claims with respect to such matters, including fines, penalties, and remediation obligations that may be imposed by regulatory authorities. Under certain circumstances, we might be required to curtail operations until a particular problem is remedied. Known costs and expenses under Environmental Laws incidental to ongoing operations, including the cost of litigation proceedings relating to environmental matters, are generally included within operating results. Potential costs and expenses may also be incurred in connection with the repair or upgrade of facilities to meet existing or new requirements under Environmental Laws or to investigate or remediate potential or actual contamination and from time to time we establish reserves for such contemplated investigation and remediation costs. In many instances, the ultimate costs under Environmental Laws and the time period during which such costs are likely to be incurred are difficult to predict.
While we believe that our operations are currently in material compliance with Environmental Laws, we have, from time to time, received notices of violation from governmental authorities, and have been involved in civil or criminal action for such violations. Additionally, at various sites, our subsidiaries are engaged in continuing investigation, remediation and/or monitoring efforts to address contamination associated with historic operations of the sites. We devote considerable resources to complying with Environmental Laws and managing environmental liabilities. We have developed programs to identify requirements under, and maintain compliance with Environmental Laws; however, we cannot predict with certainty the impact of increased and more stringent regulation on our operations, future capital expenditure requirements, or the cost of compliance.
The nature of our current and former operations exposes us to the risk of claims with respect to environmental matters and we cannot assure we will not incur material costs and liabilities in connection with such claims. Based upon our experience to date, we believe that the future cost of compliance with existing Environmental Laws, and liabilities for known environmental claims pursuant to such Environmental Laws, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, cash flows or liquidity.
C.P. Chemicals, Inc. (“CP”), a subsidiary of PAHC, PAHC and other defendants have reached a phased settlement with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (“Chevron”), and a Settlement Agreement and Consent Order (the “Consent Order”) has been filed and entered by the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (the “Court”), resolving a 1997 complaint filed by Chevron. The complaint alleged that the operations of CP at its Sewaren, New Jersey plant affected adjoining property owned by Chevron and that PAHC, the parent of CP, was also responsible to Chevron. Pursuant to the Consent Order, CP, PAHC and co-defendant Legacy Vulcan Corp. (“Vulcan”), through an entity known as North Field Extension, LLC (“NFE”), have acquired a portion of the Chevron property, and NFE will proceed with any required investigation and remediation of the acquired property and has also assumed responsibility for certain types of environmental conditions (if they exist) on the portion of the property retained by Chevron. CP/PAHC and Vulcan will each be responsible for 50% of the investigation and remediation costs, which are to be paid by CP/PAHC directly or through NFE. Another defendant has also made a contribution toward the remediation costs to be incurred by NFE in the amount of $175. Chevron retained responsibility for further investigation and remediation of certain identified environmental conditions on the portion of the property retained by it, as well as in one area of the property acquired by NFE. We believe that insurance recoveries will be available to offset some of those costs.
The EPA is investigating and planning for the remediation of offsite contaminated groundwater that has migrated from the Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund Site (“Omega Chemical Site”), which is upgradient of the Santa Fe Springs, California facility operated by our subsidiary Phibro-Tech, Inc. The EPA has named Phibro-Tech and certain other subsidiaries of PAHC as potentially responsible parties (“PRPs”) due to groundwater contamination from Phibro-Tech’s Santa Fe Springs facility that has allegedly commingled with contaminated groundwater from the Omega Chemical Site. In September 2012, the EPA notified approximately 140 PRPs, including Phibro-Tech and the other subsidiaries, that they have been identified as potentially responsible for remedial action for the groundwater plume affected by the Omega

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

Chemical Site and for EPA oversight and response costs. Phibro-Tech contends that groundwater contamination at its site is due to historical operations that pre-date Phibro-Tech and/or contaminated groundwater that has migrated from upgradient properties. In addition, a successor to a prior owner of the Phibro-Tech site has asserted that PAHC and Phibro-Tech are obligated to provide indemnification for its potential liability and defense costs relating to the groundwater plume affected by the Omega Chemical Site. Phibro-Tech has vigorously contested this position and has asserted that the successor to the prior owner is required to indemnify Phibro-Tech for its potential liability and defense costs. Furthermore, a nearby property owner has filed a complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California against many of the PRPs associated with the groundwater plume affected by the Omega Chemical Site for alleged contamination of groundwater underneath its property. Due to the ongoing nature of the EPA’s investigation and Phibro-Tech’s dispute with the prior owner’s successor, at this time we cannot predict with any degree of certainty what, if any, liability Phibro-Tech or the other subsidiaries may ultimately have for investigation, remediation and the EPA oversight and response costs associated with the affected groundwater plume.
Based upon information available, to the extent such costs can be estimated with reasonable certainty, we estimated the cost for complying with the NFE Consent Order and for further investigation and remediation of identified soil and groundwater problems at operating sites, closed sites and third-party sites, and closure costs for closed sites, to be approximately $7,265 and $8,292 at March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2013, respectively, which is included in current and long-term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. However, future events, such as new information, changes in existing Environmental Laws or their interpretation, and more vigorous enforcement policies of regulatory agencies, may give rise to additional expenditures or liabilities that could be material. For all purposes of the discussion under this caption and elsewhere in this report, it should be noted that we take and have taken the position that neither PAHC nor any of our subsidiaries is liable for environmental or other claims made against one or more of our other subsidiaries or for which any of such other subsidiaries may ultimately be responsible.
Claims and Litigation
Certain customers have claimed damages to their poultry resulting from the use of one of our animal health products. We believe we are entitled to coverage for the claimed damages under our insurance policies, above any applicable self-insured retention or deductible. Our insurance carrier thus far has refused to cover the damages claimed and has denied coverage. We have taken actions to enforce our rights under the policies and believe we are likely to prevail. We have accrued a $5,600 liability for the claims presented by our customers and have recorded a $5,350 asset for recovery under these insurance policies. Our judgment that we will be successful in obtaining coverage under our insurance policies for the customers’ claims is based on the policy language and relevant case law precedents.
PAHC and its subsidiaries are party to a number of claims and lawsuits arising out of the normal course of business including product liabilities, payment disputes and governmental regulation. Certain of these actions seek damages in various amounts. In many cases, such claims are covered by insurance. We believe that none of the claims or pending lawsuits, either individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, cash flows or liquidity.
11.
  • Income Taxes
The tax provision is comprised primarily of income taxes relating to profitable foreign jurisdictions and certain withholding taxes , and the Company continues to maintain a full valuation allowance against its net domestic deferred taxes . The tax provision for the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2014 included benefits of $1,593 and $2,891, respectively, from the recognition of certain previously unrecognized tax benefits. The tax benefit for the nine month period ended March 31, 2013 included a benefit of $8,734, resulting from a reversal of a portion of our previously established deferred tax valuation allowance. The reversal was required to offset deferred tax liabilities established as part of the acquisition of OGR and its intangible assets, and changes in other comprehensive income.
Historically, the Company intended to indefinitely reinvest foreign earnings outside of the United States. During fiscal 2014 the Company reviewed the ongoing cash needs of its foreign subsidiaries and

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

determined that $25,000 was not needed for reinvestment in our Israel subsidiaries and could be remitted to the United States. Based on this review, the indefinite reinvestment assertion was changed solely with respect to these earnings , and $3,161 of foreign withholding taxes were recorded . The $25,000 was remitted to the parent company in the form of a dividend in the third quarter . All remaining undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries are expected to be permanently reinvested as they are required to fund needs outside the United States. Provision has not been made for U.S. or additional foreign taxes on the undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries, which continue to be permanently reinvested. It is not practicable at this time to determine the amount of income tax liability that would result should such earnings be repatriated.
Our Israel subsidiaries have been under examination for fiscal years 2009 through 2012. In April 2014, certain of these subsidiaries reached a settlement to pay additional income taxes totaling approximately $2,900. We expect the remaining open examinations to conclude within the next twelve months, the impact of which is not expected to be significant to our consolidated financial statements. As a result of the settlement, we expect our consolidated statement of operations for the quarter and year ended June 30, 2014 will include approximately $600 of certain previously unrecognized tax benefits.
12.
  • Derivatives
The fair value of these derivative instruments is determined based upon pricing models using observable market inputs for these types of financial instruments (level 2 inputs per ASC 820).
At March 31, 2014 , significant outstanding derivatives employed to manage market risk and designated as cash flow hedges were as follows:
 
Instrument
Hedge
Notional
Amount at
March 31,
2014
Fair value as of
March 31,
2014
June 30,
2013
Options
Brazilian Real calls
R$96,000
$
334
$
365
Options
Brazilian Real puts
(R$96,000)
$
(264
)
$
(1,004
)
The unrecognized gains (losses) at March 31, 2014 are unrealized and will fluctuate depending on future exchange rates until the underlying contracts mature. Of the $70 of unrecognized gains (losses) on derivative instruments included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) at March 31, 2014, the Company anticipates approximately $6 of the current fair value would be recorded in earnings within the next twelve months. The Company recognizes gains (losses) on derivative instruments as a component of cost of goods sold when the hedged item is sold. The Company hedges forecasted transactions for periods not exceeding the next twenty-four months.
13.
  • Fair Value Measurements
In assessing the fair value of financial instruments at March 31, 2014, the Company has used a variety of methods and assumptions which were based on estimates of market conditions and risks existing at the time.
Current Assets and Liabilities
The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, trade payables and short-term debt are considered to be representative of their fair value because of the current nature of these investments.
Long Term Debt
The fair values of the Senior Notes are estimated based on quoted broker prices (level 2 inputs per ASC 820) and the fair values of the term loans are estimated based on quoted yields for the Senior Notes which are similar in structure, maturity and interest rate (level 2 inputs per ASC 820).

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 
As of
March 31,
2014
June 30,
2013
Carrying values
9.25% senior notes due July 1, 2018
$
300,000
$
300,000
Less unamortized original issue discount
(2,105
)
(2,402
)
297,895
297,598
Term loan payable to Mayflower due December 31, 2016
24,000
24,000
Term loan payable to BFI due August 1, 2014
10,000
10,000
Less unamortized discount
(39
)
(126
)
9,961
9,874
Fair values
9.25% senior notes due July 1, 2018
$
318,000
$
322,500
Term loan payable to Mayflower due December 31, 2016
27,701
26,968
Term loan payable to BFI due August 1, 2014
10,293
10,644
14.
  • Business Segments
The Animal Health segment manufactures and markets products for the poultry, swine, cattle, dairy, aquaculture and ethanol markets. The business includes net sales of medicated feed additives and other related products, nutritional specialty products and vaccines. The Mineral Nutrition segment manufactures and markets trace minerals for the cattle, swine, poultry and pet food markets. The Performance Products segment manufactures and markets a variety of products for use in the personal care, automotive, industrial chemical and chemical catalyst industries.
We evaluate performance and allocate resources based on the Animal Health, Mineral Nutrition and Performance Products segments. Certain of our costs and assets are not directly attributable to these segments. We do not allocate such items to the principal segments because they are not used to evaluate their operating results or financial position. Corporate costs include the departmental operating costs of the Board of Directors, the Chairman and President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel, the Senior Vice President of Human Resources, the Chief Information Officer and the Business Development function. Costs include the executives and their staffs and include compensation and benefits, outside services, professional fees and office space. Assets include certain cash and cash equivalents, debt issue costs and certain other assets.
We evaluate performance of our segments based on Adjusted EBITDA. We define Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA plus (a) (income) loss from, and disposal of, discontinued operations, (b) other expense or less other income, as separately reported on our consolidated statements of operations , including foreign currency gains and losses and loss on extinguishment of debt, and (c) certain items that we consider to be unusual or non-recurring. We define EBITDA as net income plus (i) interest expense, net, (ii) provision for income taxes or less benefit for income taxes, and (iii) depreciation and amortization.
The accounting policies of our segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies included in the Registration Statement .

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 
Three Months
Nine Months
For the Periods Ended March 31
2014
2013
2014
2013
Net sales
Animal Health
$
107,808
$
93,883
$
316,945
$
284,247
Mineral Nutrition
49,901
51,757
146,720
154,441
Performance Products
15,558
17,045
44,572
50,262
$
173,267
$
162,685
$
508,237
$
488,950
Adjusted EBITDA
Animal Health
$
25,505
$
20,334
$
74,134
$
59,953
Mineral Nutrition
2,807
3,439
8,145
9,304
Performance Products
906
1,577
3,105
4,548
Corporate
(6,774
)
(5,930
)
(19,032
)
(17,702
)
$
22,444
$
19,420
$
66,352
$
56,103
Adjusted EBITDA to income before income taxes
Adjusted EBITDA
$
22,444
$
19,420
$
66,352
$
56,103
Depreciation and amortization
(5,122
)
(4,959
)
(15,615
)
(14,277
)
Interest expense, net
(8,744
)
(8,875
)
(26,198
)
(26,655
)
Foreign currency (gains) losses, net
(275
)
(838
)
(2,088
)
(1,132
)
Other (income) expense, net
(482
)
(528
)
Income before income taxes
$
8,303
$
4,266
$
22,451
$
13,511
 
As of
March 31,
2014
June 30,
2013
Identifiable assets
Animal Health
$
357,104
$
354,422
Mineral Nutrition
58,910
62,933
Performance Products
23,500
21,710
Corporate
33,763
35,077
$
473,277
$
474,142
All goodwill is included in the Animal Health segment.
During our fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013, we reorganized our reportable segments for financial reporting to better align them with how we currently review operating results for purposes of allocating resources and managing performance. We created two new reportable segments, the Animal Health segment and the Mineral Nutrition segment, and eliminated the Animal Health & Nutrition (AH&N) segment. The Animal Heath segment consists of the business units within the former AH&N segment, excluding the Mineral Nutrition business unit, which is now a separate reportable segment. In accordance with ASC No. 280, “ Segment Reporting ” (“ASC 280”), we have reclassified all amounts to conform to our new reportable segment presentation.

Item 2.
  • MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Introduction
Our management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) is provided to assist readers in understanding our performance, as reflected in the results of our operations, our financial condition and our cash flows. The following discussion summarizes the significant factors affecting our consolidated operating results, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows as of and for the periods presented below. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this document.
Overview
Phibro Animal Health Corporation is one of the leading animal health companies in the world and is dedicated to helping meet the growing demand for animal protein. We are a global diversified animal health and mineral nutrition company. For nearly 40 years we have been committed to providing livestock producers with value-based products and solutions to help them maintain and enhance the health and productivity of their animals. We sell more than 1,100 product presentations in over 65 countries to approximately 2,850 customers. We develop, manufacture and market products for a broad range of food animals including poultry, swine, beef and dairy cattle and aquaculture. Our products help prevent, control and treat diseases, enhance nutrition to help improve health and performance and contribute to balanced mineral nutrition. In addition to animal health and mineral nutrition products, we manufacture and market specific ingredients for use in the personal care, automotive, industrial chemical and chemical catalyst industries.
Initial Public Offering and Refinancing
See “Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements— Subsequent Event ” included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for details on the initial public offering (the “IPO”) and refinancing.
Sources and Uses of Proceeds
The following table summarizes the estimated sources and uses of proceeds in connection with the sale of Class A common stock in the IPO , entry into the Revolving Credit Facility and Term B Loan and retirement of our previous indebtedness:
 
Amount
(in millions)
Sources
Term B Loan
$
290.0
Class A common stock
125.0
Total Sources
$
415.0
Uses
Repay 9.25% senior notes due July 1, 2018
$
300.0
Repay term loan payable to Mayflower due December 31, 2016
24.0
Repay term loan payable to BFI due August 1, 2014
10.0
Repay domestic senior credit facility
42.5
Pay call premium and make whole on S enior N otes
17.2
Fees and expenses
15.3
Cash added to the Balance Sheet
6.0
Total Uses
$
415.0

Capitalization
The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents, indebtedness and our capitalization as of March 31, 2014 on:
  • an actual basis; and
  • an adjusted basis to give effect to the following:
i.
  • the 0.442-for-1 split and reclassification of our common stock that took place immediately prior to the completion of the offering;
ii.
  • the sale by us of 8,333,333 shares of our Class A common stock at an initial public offering price of $15.00 per share, after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses payable by us; and
iii.
  • our entry into the Credit Facilities and the application by us of the net proceeds from the offering and the Credit Facilities.
 
As of March 31, 2014
Actual
Adjusted
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Cash and cash equivalents
$
10,979
$
17,017
Debt:
Domestic senior credit facility (1)
$
42,500
$
9.25% senior notes
297,895
Mayflower term loan
24,000
BFI term loan
9,961
Term B Loan
290,000
Capital leases
110
110
Total debt
$
374,466
$
290,110
Stockholders’ Equity:
Common stock, par value $0.0001, 200,000,000 authorized; 68,910,000 shares issues and outstanding, on an as adjusted
basis
7
Preferred stock, par value $0.0001, 16,000,000 authorized; 0 shares issues and outstanding, on an as adjusted
basis
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001, 300,000,000 authorized; 17,442,953 shares issues and outstanding, on an as adjusted
basis
2
Class B common stock, par value $0.0001, 30,000,000 authorized; 21,348,600 shares issues and outstanding, on an as adjusted
basis
2
Additional paid-in-capital (2)
18,021
132,253
Accumulated deficit (3)
(79,606
)
(103,370
)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
(17,147
)
(17,147
)
Total stockholders’ (deficit) equity
(78,725
)
11,740
Total capitalization
$
295,741
$
301,850
 
(1)
  • Does not include $17.1 million of existing letters of credit that will remain outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility.

(2)
  • A reconciliation of actual additional paid-in-capital to adjusted additional paid-in-capital:
 
As of March 31, 2014
Actual additional paid-in-capital
$
18,021
Net proceeds from the offering
114,229
Net effect of conversion from a New York company to a Delaware company and the 0.442 -for- 1 stock split
3
Adjusted additional paid-in-capital
$
132,253
(3)
  • A reconciliation of actual accumulated deficit to adjusted accumulated deficit:
 
As of March 31, 2014
Actual accumulated deficit
$
(79,606
)
Loss on extinguishment of debt
(23,698
)
Amortization of deferred financing fees and original issue
discounts
(66
)
Adjusted accumulated deficit
$
(103,370
)
Our adjusted leverage ratio at March 31, 2014 was 3.4x. The ratio is defined as adjusted total debt of $290.1 million divided by the last twelve months adjusted EBITDA of $86.0 million.
Outstanding Shares of Common Stock
The following table sets forth our outstanding shares of common stock as of March 31, 2014 on:
  • an actual basis; and
  • an adjusted basis to give effect to the following:
i.
  • the 0.442-for-1 split and reclassification of our common stock that took place immediately prior to the completion of the offering;
ii.
  • the sale by us of 8,333,333 shares of our Class A common stock ; and
iii.
  • the sale by Mayflower of 6,323,867 of Class A common stock, including the exercise of the underwriters’ option of 1,911,808 shares .
 
As of
March 31, 2014
After 0.442-for-1
Split
After
Offering
BFI  –  Class B common stock
48,300,000
21,348,600
21,348,600
Mayflower  –  Class A common stock
20,610,000
9,109,620
2,785,753
New investors  –  Class A common stock
14,657,200
Common stock outstanding
68,910,000
30,458,220
38,791,553
In addition, the following stock options and warrant were outstanding as of March 31, 2014:
 
As of March 31, 2014
After 0.442-for-1 Split
Stock options
3,390,000
1,498,380
BFI warrant
875,000
386,750
Total shares outstanding
4,265,000
1,885,130

Analysis of the consolidated statements of operations
 
Three Months
Nine Months
For the Periods Ended March 31
2014
2013
Change
2014
2013
Change
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Net sales
$
173,267
$
162,685
$
10,582
7
%
$
508,237
$
488,950
$
19,287
4
%
Cost of goods sold
120,425
116,929
3,496
3
%
354,727
358,142
(3,415
)
(1
)%
% of net sales
69.5
%
71.9
%
69.8
%
73.2
%
Gross profit
52,842
45,756
7,086
15
%
153,510
130,808
22,702
17
%
% of net sales
30.5
%
28.1
%
30.2
%
26.8
%
Selling, general and administrative
expenses
35,520
31,295
4,225
14
%
102,773
88,982
13,791
15
%
% of net sales
20.5
%
19.2
%
20.2
%
18.2
%
Operating income (loss)
17,322
14,461
2,861
20
%
50,737
41,826
8,911
21
%
% of net sales
10.0
%
8.9
%
10.0
%
8.6
%
Interest expense, net
8,744
8,875
(131
)
(1
)%
26,198
26,655
(457
)
(2
)%
Foreign currency (gains) losses, net
275
838
(563
)
(67
)%
2,088
1,132
956
84
%
Other (income) expense, net
482
(482
)
*
528
(528
)
*
Income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes
8,303
4,266
4,037
95
%
22,451
13,511
8,940
66
%
% of net sales
4.8
%
2.6
%
4.4
%
2.8
%
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
1,933
86
1,847
*
7,936
(5,401
)
13,337
*
Effective tax rate
23.3
%
2.0
%
35.3
%
(40.0
)%
Net income
$
6,370
$
4,180
$
2,190
52
%
$
14,515
$
18,912
$
(4,397
)
(23
)%
% of net sales
3.7
%
2.6
%
2.9
%
3.9
%
Net income per share  –  basic and diluted
$
0.21
$
0.14
$
0.48
$
0.62
Weighted average number of shares:
basic
30,458
30,458
30,458
30,458
diluted
30,657
30,458
30,525
30,458
 
Amounts and percentages may reflect rounding adjustments
*
  • Calculation not meaningful
Adjusted net income
General description of Adjusted Net Income (a non-GAAP financial measure)
Adjusted net income is an alternative view of performance and we believe investors’ understanding of our performance is enhanced by disclosing this performance measure. We report Adjusted Net Income to portray the results of our operations prior to considering certain income statement elements.

We have defined adjusted net income as net income plus (i) other expense or less other income, as separately reported on our consolidated statements of operations, including foreign currency gains and losses and loss on extinguishment of debt, (ii) amortization of acquired intangibles, (iii) share based compensation, and (iv) the related income tax effects.
Adjusted Net Income is a non-GAAP financial measure that has no standardized meaning prescribed by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and, therefore, has limits in its usefulness to investors. Because of its non-standardized definition, Adjusted Net Income, unlike GAAP net income, may not be comparable to the calculation of similar measures of other companies. Adjusted Net Income is presented to permit investors to more fully understand how management assesses performance. The Adjusted Net Income measure is not, and should not be viewed as , a substitute for GAAP reported net income.
A reconciliation of income before income taxes, as reported under GAAP, to A djusted N et I ncome follows:
 
Three Months
Nine Months
For the Periods Ended March 31
2014
2013
Change
2014
2013
Change
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Income before income taxes
$
8,303
$
4,266
$
4,037
95
%
$
22,451
$
13,511
$
8,940
66
%
Plus
Other (income) expense, net
482
(482
)
*
528
(528
)
*
Foreign currency (gains) losses, net
275
838
(563
)
(67
)%
2,088
1,132
956
84
%
Acquisition intangible amortization
1,202
1,179
23
2
%
3,737
2,997
740
25
%
Share based
compensation
18
34
(16
)
(47
)%
73
100
(27
)
(27
)%
Adjusted income before provision for income
taxes
9,798
6,799
2,999
44
%
28,349
18,268
10,081
55
%
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
1,933
86
1,847
*
7,936
(5,401
)
13,337
*
Plus
Non-recurring income tax items
1,857
58
1,799
*
(270
)
8,053
(8,323
)
*
Tax effect on adjustments
(151
)
351
(502
)
*
89
572
(483
)
(84
)%
Adjust to cash income taxes
(2,551
)
841
(3,392
)
*
(2,832
)
2,994
(5,776
)
*
Adjusted provision (benefit) for income taxes
1,088
1,336
(248
)
(19
)%
4,923
6,168
(1,245
)
(20
)%
Effective Tax Rate
11.1
%
19.6
%
17.4
%
33.8
%
Adjusted net income
$
8,710
$
5,463
$
3,247
59
%
$
23,426
$
12,100
$
11,326
94
%
 
Amounts and percentages may reflect rounding adjustments
*
  • Calculation not meaningful
Adjusted EBITDA
General description of Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP financial measure)
Adjusted EBITDA is an alternative view of performance used by management, and we believe that investors’ understanding of our performance is enhanced by disclosing this performance measure. We report Adjusted EBITDA to portray the results of our operations prior to considering certain income

statement elements. We have defined EBITDA as net income plus (i) interest expense, net, (ii) provision for income taxes or less benefit for income taxes, and (iii) depreciation and amortization. We have defined Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA plus (a) (income) loss from, and disposal of, discontinued operations, (b) other expense or less other income, as separately reported on our consolidated statements of operations , including foreign currency gains and losses and loss on extinguishment of debt, and (c) certain items that we consider to be unusual or non-recurring. The Adjusted EBITDA measure is not, and should not be viewed as, a substitute for GAAP reported net income.
The Adjusted EBITDA measure is an important internal measurement for us. We measure our overall performance on this basis in conjunction with other performance metrics. The following are examples of how our Adjusted EBITDA measure is utilized:
  • senior management receives a monthly analysis of our operating results that is prepared on an Adjusted EBITDA basis;
  • our annual budgets are prepared on an Adjusted EBITDA basis; and
  • other goal setting and performance measurements are prepared on an Adjusted EBITDA basis.
Despite the importance of this measure to management in goal setting and performance measurement, Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that has no standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and, therefore, has limits in its usefulness to investors. Because of its non-standardized definition, Adjusted EBITDA, unlike GAAP net income, may not be comparable to the calculation of similar measures of other companies. Adjusted EBITDA is presented to permit investors to more fully understand how management assesses performance.
We also recognize that, as an internal measure of performance, the Adjusted EBITDA measure has limitations, and we do not restrict our performance management process solely to this metric. A limitation of the Adjusted EBITDA measure is that it provides a view of our operations without including all events during a period, such as the depreciation of property, plant and equipment or amortization of purchased intangibles, and does not provide a comparable view of our performance to other companies.
Certain significant items
Adjusted EBITDA is calculated prior to considering certain items. We evaluate such items on an individual basis. Such evaluation considers both the quantitative and the qualitative aspect of their unusual or non-operational nature. Unusual, in this context, may represent items that are not part of our ongoing business; items that, either as a result of their nature or size, we would not expect to occur as part of our normal business on a regular basis. We consider foreign currency gains and losses to be non-operational because they arise principally from intercompany transactions and are largely non-cash in nature.

A reconciliation of net income, as reported under U.S. GAAP, to Adjusted EBITDA follows:
 
Three Months
Nine Months
For the Periods Ended March 31
2014
2013
Change
2014
2013
Change
(in thousands)
(in thousands)
Net income
$
6,370
$
4,180
$
2,190
52
%
$
14,515
$
18,912
$
(4,397
)
(23
)%
Plus
Interest expense, net
8,744
8,875
(131
)
(1
)%
26,198
26,655
(457
)
(2
)%
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
1,933
86
1,847
*
7,936
(5,401
)
13,337
*
Depreciation and amortization
5,122
4,959
163
3
%
15,615
14,277
1,338
9
%
EBITDA
22,169
18,100
4,069
22
%
64,264
54,443
9,821
18
%
Foreign currency (gains) losses, net
275
838
(563
)
(67
)%
2,088
1,132
956
84
%
Other (income) expense, net
482
(482
)
*
528
(528
)
*
Adjusted EBITDA
$
22,444
$
19,420
$
3,024
16
%
$
66,352
$
56,103
$
10,249
18
%
 
Amounts and percentages may reflect rounding adjustments
*
  • Calculation not meaningful
We report Adjusted EBITDA by segment to understand the operating performance of each segment. This enables us to monitor changes in net sales, costs and other actionable operating metrics at the segment level.

Segment net sales and Adjusted EBITDA follow:
 
Three Months
Nine Months
For the Periods Ended March 31
2014
2013
Change
2014
2013
Change
(in thousands)
(in thousands)
Net sales
MFAs and other
$
81,399
$
72,722
$
8,677
12
%
$
239,413
$
225,771
$
13,642
6
%
Nutritional Specialties
16,172
14,168
2,004
14
%
46,735
38,427
8,308
22
%
Vaccines
10,237
6,993
3,244
46
%
30,797
20,049
10,748
54
%
Animal Health
$
107,808
$
93,883
13,925
15
%
$
316,945
$
284,247
32,698
12
%
Mineral Nutrition
49,901
51,757
(1,856
)
(4
)%
146,720
154,441
(7,721
)
(5
)%
Performance Products
15,558
17,045
(1,487
)
(9
)%
44,572
50,262
(5,690
)
(11
)%
Total
$
173,267
$
162,685
$
10,582
7
%
$
508,237
$
488,950
$
19,287
4
%
Adjusted EBITDA
Animal Health
$
25,505
$
20,334
$
5,171
25
%
$
74,134
$
59,953
$
14,181
24
%
% of segment net sales
23.7
%
21.7
%
23.4
%
21.1
%
Mineral Nutrition
2,807
3,439
(632
)
(18
)%
8,145
9,304
(1,159
)
(12
)%
% of segment net sales
5.6
%
6.6
%
5.6
%
6.0
%
Performance Products
906
1,577
(671
)
(43
)%
3,105
4,548
(1,443
)
(32
)%
% of segment net sales
5.8
%
9.3
%
7.0
%
9.0
%
Corporate
(6,774
)
(5,930
)
(844
)
*
(19,032
)
(17,702
)
(1,330
)
*
% of total net sales
(3.9
)%
(3.6
)%
(3.7
)%
(3.6
)%
Total
$
22,444
$
19,420
$
3,024
16
%
$
66,352
$
56,103
$
10,249
18
%
% of total net sales
13.0
%
11.9
%
13.1
%
11.5
%
 
*
  • Calculation not meaningful
Comparison of Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013
Net sales
Net sales of $173.3 million increased $10.6 million, or 7%, for the three months ended March 31, 2014 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2013, primarily from $13.9 million of growth in Animal Health, partially offset by declines in Mineral Nutrition and Performance Products.
Animal Health
Net sales of $107.8 million grew $13.9 million, or 15%, due to volume growth of MFAs and other, nutritional specialty products and vaccines. MFAs and other grew $8.7 million, or 12%, with growth in the Asia Pacific and Latin America regions. Nutritional specialty products grew $2.0 million, or 14%, primarily due to price and volume growth of our products for the dairy industry . Vaccines grew $3.2 million, or 46%, principally from the introduction of new products in several markets, as well as increased volumes in most markets.
Mineral Nutrition
Net sales of $49.9 million decreased $1.9 million, or 4%. Our decision to deemphasize low margin, volatile lysine sales accounted for $0.7 million of the reduction. The remainder of the sales decline was principally due to reduced average selling prices due to lower underlying raw material commodity prices, partially offset by higher volumes.

Performance Products
Net sales of $15.6 million decreased $1.5 million, or 9%, due to reduced volumes of a low margin industrial chemical and reduced average selling prices due to lower underlying raw material commodity prices and pricing pressure at certain customers.
Gross profit
Gross profit of $52.8 million increased $7.1 million, or 15%, to 30.5% of sales, with all of the improvement coming from Animal Health. Animal Health gross profit increased $8.2 million, with approximately $5.4 million due to volume growth and $2.7 million from higher average selling prices and other items. MFAs and other contributed $3.6 million of the increase on higher volumes and higher average selling prices. Nutritional specialty products contributed $1.7 million of the increase on volume growth and higher average selling prices. Vaccines gross profit increased $2.9 million due to volume growth . Mineral Nutrition gross profit decreased $0.3 million due to reduced margins from competitive conditions and product mix. Performance Products gross profit decreased $0.7 million due to reduced volumes and lower average selling prices.
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses of $ 35.5 million increased $4.2 million, or 14%. Animal Health accounted for $3.0 million of the increase, driven by sales and marketing and development spending. Selling headcount and related marketing support increased in Latin America and Asia Pacific to support MFA and vaccine initiatives and in the U.S. and Europe to support the expansion of our nutritional specialty products to the dairy industry. Development spending focused on product lifecycle extensions. Corporate expenses increased $0.9 million due to increases in salary and wage related costs and increases in professional fees relating to becoming a public company.
Operating income
Operating income of $17.3 million increased $2.9 million, or 20%, with Animal Health’s $5.1 million increase accounting for all the improvement, due to sales growth and increased gross profit , partially offset by increased SG&A expenses.
Interest expense, net
Interest expense, net of $8.7 million decreased $0. 1 million due to lower amortization of deferred financing costs and higher interest income, partially offset by higher average amounts outstanding under the domestic senior credit facility.
Foreign currency (gains) losses, net
Foreign currency (gains) losses, net amounted to net losses of $0.3 million and $0.8 million in 2014 and 2013, respectively. Foreign currency losses in the current period were primarily due to the movement of Argentina and Turkey currencies relative to the U.S. dollar.
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
Income taxes of $1.9 million were recorded on consolidated pre-tax income of $8.3 million, a 23.3% effective tax rate. The tax provision is comprised primarily of income taxes relating to profitable foreign jurisdictions and certain withholding taxes, partially offset by a benefit from the recognition of certain previously unrecognized tax benefits.
The tax provision for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 included a benefit of $1.6 million from the recognition of certain previously unrecognized tax benefits. The tax provision for the three month period ended March 31, 2013 included a benefit of $0.3 million, resulting from a reversal of a portion of our previously established deferred tax valuation allowance. The reversal was required to offset deferred tax liabilities related to changes in other comprehensive income.

Comparison of Nine Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013
Net sales
Net sales of $508.2 million increased $19.3 million, or 4%, for the nine months ended March 31, 2014 as compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2013, primarily from $32.7 million of growth in Animal Health, partially offset by declines in Mineral Nutrition and Performance Products.
Animal Health
Net sales of $316.9 million grew $32.7 million, or 12%, due to volume growth of MFAs and other, nutritional specialty products and vaccines. MFAs and other grew $13.6 million, or 6%, as growth in the United States and Latin America regions was partially offset by reductions in other markets. Nutritional specialty products grew $8.3 million, or 22%, primarily due to U.S. volume growth of our products for the dairy industry and their introduction in select European countries. Vaccines grew $10.7 million, or 54%, principally from the introduction of new products in several markets and volume growth in most markets.
Mineral Nutrition
Net sales of $146.7 million decreased $7.7 million, or 5%. Our decision to deemphasize low margin, volatile lysine sales accounted for $3.8 million of the reduction. The remainder of the sales decline was principally due to reduced average selling prices due to lower underlying raw material commodity prices, partially offset by increased volumes.
Performance Products
Net sales of $44.6 million decreased $5.7 million, or 11%, due to reduced demand for copper-based products for the catalyst industry and reduced volumes of a low margin industrial chemical. Volume growth in other industrial chemicals partially offset the decline.
Gross profit
Gross profit of $153.5 million increased $22.7 million, or 17%, to 30.2% of sales, with all of the improvement coming from Animal Health. Animal Health gross profit increased $25.1 million, with approximately $15.8 million due to volume growth and favorable product mix, $2.1 million due to lower unit costs, $4.8 million due to higher average selling prices and other items and a $2.3 million benefit from the OGR acquisition. Lower unit costs primarily were due to improved operating efficiencies from capital expenditures and reduced production costs from favorable currency movements related to the Brazilian Real. MFAs and other contributed $10.0 million of the increase on volume growth, favorable product mix and lower unit costs. Nutritional specialty products contributed $6.7 million of the increase on volume growth, higher average selling prices and a $2.3 million benefit from the OGR acquisition, due to the elimination of royalty expense previously included in cost of goods sold. Vaccines gross profit increased $8.3 million due to volume growth . Mineral Nutrition gross profit decreased $0.8 million due to reduced margins from competitive conditions which were partially offset by increased volumes of low margin products. Performance Products gross profit decreased $1.5 million due to lower average selling prices and lower volumes, partially offset by lower product costs.
Selling, general and administrative expenses
SG&A expenses of $102.8 million increased $13.8 million, or 15%. Animal Health accounted for $11.5 million of the increase, driven by sales and marketing and development spending. Selling headcount and related marketing support increased in Latin America and Asia Pacific to support MFA and vaccine initiatives and in the U.S. and Europe to support the expansion of our nutritional specialty products to the dairy industry. Development spending focused on product lifecycle extensions. Increased amortization of intangible assets and other depreciation added $1.1 million. The OGR acquisition added $1.2 million of costs which primarily consisted of research and development expenditures and depreciation and amortization. Corporate expenses increased $1.9 million due to increases in salary and wage related costs and increases in professional fees relating to becoming a public company.

Operating income
Operating income of $50.7 million increased $8.9 million, or 21%, with Animal Health’s $13.6 million increase accounting for all the improvement, due to sales growth and increased gross profit , partially offset by increased SG&A expenses.
Interest expense, net
Interest expense, net of $26.2 million decreased $0.5 million as reduced interest due to the payment of the Teva note payable, lower amortization of deferred financing costs and higher interest income was partially offset by higher average amounts outstanding under the domestic senior credit facility.
Foreign currency (gains) losses, net
Foreign currency (gains) losses, net amounted to net losses of $2.1 million and $1.1 million in 2014 and 2013, respectively. Foreign currency losses in the current period were primarily due to the movement of Belgium, Turkey and Argentina currencies relative to the U.S. dollar.
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
Income taxes of $7.9 million were recorded on consolidated pre-tax income of $22.5 million, a 35.3% effective tax rate. The tax provision is comprised primarily of foreign withholding taxes and income taxes relating to certain profitable foreign jurisdictions, partially offset by a benefit from the recognition of certain previously unrecognized tax benefits.
The tax provision for the nine month period ended March 31, 2014 included a benefit of $2.9 million from the recognition of certain previously unrecognized tax benefits. The tax benefit for the nine month period ended March 31, 2013 included a benefit of $8.7 million, resulting from reversals of a portion of our previously established deferred tax valuation allowance. The reversals were required to offset deferred tax liabilities established as part of the acquisition of OGR and its intangible assets, and changes in other comprehensive income.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Operating activities
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities is comprised of the following items:
 
Nine Months
For the Period Ended March 31
2014
2013
Change
(in thousands)
Adjusted EBITDA
$
66,352
$
56,103
$
10,249
18
%
Interest paid
(32,088
)
(32,295
)
207
*
Income taxes paid
(4,923
)
(6,168
)
1,245
*
Changes in operating assets and liabilities and other items
(12,711
)
(26,085
)
13,374
*
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities
$
16,630
$
(8,445
)
$
25,075
*
 
*
  • Calculation not meaningful
Cash provided by operating activities was $16.6 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2014 compared to cash used by operating activities of the $8.4 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2013. The $25.1 million improvement in operating cash flows was primarily attributable to a $8.9 million improvement in operating income, a $1.3 million increase in non-cash depreciation and amortization and a $16. 9 million reduction in cash used by operating assets and liabilities, largely due to a smaller increase in inventories. Inventories used $3.8 million of cash in the current period, a $16.6 million improvement from the cash used by inventories last year.

Investing activities
Cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended March 31, 2014 was $14.1 million compared to $31.8 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2014. The $17.7 million dollar improvement in investing cash flows was primarily due to the $18.5 million OGR acquisition that occurred in the prior year, partially offset by lower sales of assets of $1.0 million.
Our capital expenditures totaled $14.2 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2014, which included spending for new facilities, maintenance of our existing asset base and for environmental, health and safety projects.
Financing activities
Cash used for financing activities was $18.5 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2014 compared to cash provided by financing activities of $14.8 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2013. The $33.3 million decrease in financing cash flows was primarily due to the $25.0 million dividend paid during the third quarter as compared to a $3.0 million dividend paid in the prior year.
Net borrowings under our domestic senior credit facility for the current period were $8.5 million as compared to net borrowings of $23.0 million in the prior year.
During the current period we made payments of $1.0 million and $0.2 million for deferred consideration relating to the OGR and Animate acquisitions respectively.
Working capital
Working capital was $166.4 million and $153.7 million as of March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2013, respectively. We define working capital as total current assets (excluding cash and cash equivalents) less total current liabilities (excluding current portion of long-term debt). Working capital at March 31, 2014 increased $12.7 million compared with June 30, 2013, primarily due to increases in inventory and accounts receivable, partially offset by increases in accounts payable and the timing of interest payments.
Liquidity
At March 31, 2014, we had outstanding borrowings under the domestic senior credit facility of $42.5 million. We had outstanding letters of credit and other commitments of $17.1 million, leaving $40.4 million available for borrowings and letters of credit under the domestic senior credit facility. In addition, we had availability totaling $15.0 million under our Israeli loan agreements.
We believe cash and cash equivalents on-hand and cash from operations, together with borrowing capacity under our credit facilities, will provide sufficient financial flexibility to meet working capital requirements and to fund capital expenditures and debt service requirements for at least the next 12 months.
At March 31, 2014, our cash and cash equivalents included $10.9 million held by international subsidiaries. There are no restrictions on cash distributions to PAHC from our international subsidiaries. We consider the funds to be indefinitely reinvested in our international operations, based on our operating plan. Should our plans change and we elect to repatriate some or all of the cash held by our international subsidiaries, the amounts repatriated would be subject to federal and state income taxes at statutory rates, with the potential for partial offsetting credits for taxes paid to international jurisdictions. We currently have U.S. federal and state net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) that would be available to offset income from the repatriation of such cash and cash equivalents, to the extent not used to offset other income. As such, no significant current income taxes would be payable to federal or state authorities from the repatriation of such cash and cash equivalents until such NOLs have been fully used. For financial reporting purposes, the use of the NOLs would result in the release of a valuation allowance currently recorded to offset the value of the NOLs. The provision for income taxes would not be significantly affected by the repatriation to the extent of the release of the existing valuation allowance.
Contractual Obligations
As of March 31, 2014, the Company’s future contractual obligations have not changed materially from the amounts disclosed as of June 30, 2013 in the Registration Statement.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2014.
New Accounting Standard s
For discussion of our new accounting standard, see Not es to th e Consolidated Fin ancial S tatement s— Summary of New Accountin g S tandards and Significant Accounting Policies , included elsewhere in this report.
Critical Accounting Policies
Critical accounting policies are those that require application of management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. Not all of these significant accounting policies require management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments or estimates. However, management is required to make certain estimates and assumptions during the preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Significant estimates include reserves for bad debts, inventory obsolescence, depreciation and amortization periods of long-lived and intangible assets, recoverability of long-lived and intangible assets, realizability of deferred income and value-added tax assets, legal and environmental matters and actuarial assumptions related to the our pension plans. These estimates and assumptions impact the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated financial statements. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically and the effects of revisions are reflected in the period they are determined to be necessary. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Our significant accounting policies are described in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in the Registration Statement. As of March 31, 2014, there have been no material changes to any of the critical accounting policies contained therein.
Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical or current fact included in this report are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements discuss our current expectations and projections relating to our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements may include words such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “potential,” “project,” “projection,” “plan,” “intend,” “seek,” “may,” “could,” “would,” “will,” “should,” “can,” “can have,” “likely,” the negatives thereof and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of the timing or nature of future operating or financial performance or other events. For example, all statements we make relating to our estimated and projected earnings, revenues, costs, expenditures, cash flows, growth rates and financial results, our plans and objectives for future operations, growth or initiatives, strategies, or the expected outcome or impact of pending or threatened litigation are forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those that we expected. See “Risk Factors” in the Registration Statement, including:
  • restrictions on the use of antibacterials in food-producing animals may become more prevalent;
  • a material portion of our sales and gross profits are generated by antibacterials and other related products;
  • competition in each of our markets from a number of large and small companies, some of which have greater financial, R&D, production and other resources than we have;
  • the impact of current and future laws and regulatory changes;
  • outbreaks of animal diseases could significantly reduce demand for our products;

  • perceived adverse effects on human health linked to the consumption of food derived from animals that utilize our products could cause a decline in the sales of those products;
  • our ability to successfully implement several of our strategic initiatives;
  • our business may be negatively affected by weather conditions and the availability of natural resources;
  • the continuing trend toward consolidation of certain customer groups as well as the emergence of large buying groups;
  • our ability to control costs and expenses;
  • any unforeseen material loss or casualty;
  • exposure relating to rising costs and reduced customer income;
  • competition deriving from advances in veterinary medical practices and animal health technologies;
  • unanticipated safety or efficacy concerns;
  • our dependence on suppliers having current regulatory approvals;
  • our raw materials are subject to price fluctuations;
  • natural and man-made disasters, including but not limited to fire, snow and ice storms, flood, hail, hurricanes and earthquakes;
  • terrorist attacks, particularly attacks on or within markets in which we operate;
  • our reliance on the continued operation of our manufacturing facilities and application of our intellectual property;
  • adverse U.S. and international economic market conditions, including currency fluctuations;
  • the risks of product liability claims, legal proceedings and general litigation expenses;
  • our dependence on our Israeli and Brazilian operations;
  • our substantial level of indebtedness and related debt-service obligations;
  • restrictions imposed by covenants in our debt agreements; and
  • the risk of work stoppages.
While we believe that our assumptions are reasonable, we caution that it is very difficult to predict the impact of known factors, and it is impossible for us to anticipate all factors that could affect our actual results. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations, or cautionary statements, are disclosed under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Registration Statement and this report, respectively. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. You should evaluate all forward-looking statements made in this report in the context of these risks and uncertainties.
We caution you that the important factors referenced above may not contain all of the factors that are important to you. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will realize the results or developments we expect or anticipate or, even if substantially realized, that they will result in the consequences we anticipate or affect us or our operations in the way we expect. The forward-looking statements included in this report are made only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law. If we do update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be made that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.

Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
In the normal course of operations, we are exposed to market risks arising from adverse changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, and commodity prices. As a result, future earnings, cash flows and fair values of assets and liabilities are subject to uncertainty. We use, from time to time, foreign currency contracts as a means of hedging exposure to foreign currency risks. We also utilize, on a limited basis, certain commodity derivatives, primarily on copper used in manufacturing processes, to hedge the cost of anticipated purchase or supply requirements. We do not utilize derivative instruments for trading purposes. We do not hedge our exposure to market risks in a manner that completely eliminates the effects of changing market conditions on earnings, cash flows and fair values. We monitor the financial stability and credit standing of our major counterparties.
For financial market risks related to changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices, reference is made to the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Qualitative and quantitative disclosures about market risk” section in the Registration Statement and to the notes to the consolidated financial statements included therein.
Item 4.   Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
An evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of the company’s management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of1934 (the “Exchange Act”)). Based upon that evaluation as of March 31, 2014, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer each concluded that, as of the end of such period, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective because of material weaknesses and a significant deficiency in our internal control over financial reporting, as described in “Risk Factors” in the Registration Statement.
Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2014 that materially affected, or are reasonabl y likely to materially affect , our internal control over financial reporting. We are currently evaluating the controls and procedures we will design and put in place to address the weaknesses described in “—Disclosure Controls and Procedures” and plan to implement appropriate measures as part of this effort. The measures may include additional staffing and other resources to strengthen internal controls and financial reporting.

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.
  • Legal Proceedings
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements— Commitments and Contingencies in Part I, Item 1, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section in the Registration Statement, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results.
There were no material changes in the Company’s risk factors from the risks disclosed in the Registration Statement.
Item 2.
  • Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item 3.
  • Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4.
  • Mine Safety Disclosure
None.
Item 5.
  • Other Information
None.
Item 6.
  • Exhibits
Exhibit 3.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
Exhibit 3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant
Exhibit 31.1 Chief Executive Officer—Certification pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Section 302
Exhibit 31.2 Chief Financial Officer—Certification pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Section 302
Exhibit 32.1* Chief Executive Officer—Certification pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Section 906
Exhibit 32.2* Chief Financial Officer—Certification pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Section 906
Exhibit 101.INS** XBRL Instance Document
Exhibit 101.SCH** XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
Exhibit 101.CAL** XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.DEF** XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.LAB** XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.PRE** XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
 
*
  • This certification is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
**
  • Furnished with this Quarterly Report. Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, these interactive data files are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and are deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

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.
  Phibro Animal Health Corporation
 
May 13, 2014
By:
/s/ Jack C. Bendheim
 
Jack C. Bendheim
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
May 13, 2014
By:
/s/ Richard G. Johnson
 
Richard G. Johnson
Chief Financial Officer

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORPORATION

(a Delaware corporation)

 

Phibro Animal Health Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), hereby certifies as follows:

 

1.          The name of the Corporation is Phibro Animal Health Corporation. The date of filing of the Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was January 27, 2014. The Corporation was originally incorporated in the State of Delaware under its current name.

 

2.          The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation attached hereto as Exhibit A , which restates and further amends the provisions of the existing Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation has been duly adopted by the Corporation’s Board of Directors and stockholders in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, with the adoption of the Corporation’s stockholders having been given by written consent in lieu of a meeting thereof in accordance with Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by Thomas G. Dagger , its Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, this 14th day of April, 2014.

 

  By: /s/ Thomas G. Dagger
  Name: Thomas G. Dagger
  Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 
 

EXHIBIT A

 

Amended and Restated CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORPORATION

(a Delaware corporation)

 

ARTICLE One

 

The name of this corporation is Phibro Animal Health Corporation (the “ Corporation ”).

 

ARTICLE Two

 

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

 

ARTICLE Three

 

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

 

ARTICLE Four

 

Section 1.              Authorized Shares . The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock that the Corporation has authority to issue is 346,000,000 shares, consisting of:

 

(a)           16,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”);

 

(b)           300,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Class A Common Stock ”); and

 

(c)           30,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Class B Common Stock ”; and together with the Class A Common Stock, the “ Common Stock ”).

 

The Preferred Stock and the Common Stock shall have the rights, preferences and limitations set forth below.

 

Section 2.              Preferred Stock . Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors is authorized, to provide by resolution or resolutions from time to time for the issuance, out of the authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, of all or any of the shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, and to establish the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the voting powers (full, limited or no voting powers), designations, powers, preferences, and relative, participating,

 

1
 

  

optional or other rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of such series, including, without limitation, that any such series may be (i) subject to redemption at such time or times and at such price or prices, (ii) entitled to receive dividends (which may be cumulative or non-cumulative) at such rates, on such conditions, and at such times, and payable in preference to, or in such relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or classes or series of capital stock, (iii) entitled to such rights upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation or (iv) convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes or series of capital stock of the Corporation at such price or prices or at such rates and with such adjustments; all as may be stated in such resolution or resolutions, which resolution or resolutions shall be set forth on a certificate of designations filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law. Except as otherwise provided in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), no vote of the holders of Preferred Stock or Common Stock shall be a prerequisite to the designation of any series of Preferred Stock or the issuance of any shares thereof authorized by and complying with the conditions of this Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the number of authorized shares of either class of Common Stock or of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, without the separate vote of the holders of such class of Common Stock or of the Preferred Stock as a class. Unless otherwise provided by this Certificate of Incorporation, including in any certificate of designations in respect of any series of Preferred Stock, and subject to Section 1 of this ARTICLE FOUR, the Board of Directors is authorized to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series of Preferred Stock subsequent to the issuance of shares of such series, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Certificate of Incorporation, including any certificate of designations in respect of any series of Preferred Stock, in case the number of shares of such series shall be decreased in accordance with the foregoing sentence, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status that they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.

 

Section 3.              Common Stock .

 

(a)           Voting Rights . Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Certificate of Incorporation or as provided by law, the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall (a) at all times vote together as a single class on all matters (including the election of directors) submitted to a vote or for the consent (if action by written consent of the stockholders is permitted at such time under this Certificate of Incorporation) of the stockholders of the Corporation, (b) be entitled to notice of any stockholders’ meeting in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation (as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “ Bylaws ”) and applicable law, and (c) be entitled to vote upon such matters and in such manner as may be provided by applicable law. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or required by applicable law, on each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders generally, each holder of Class A Common Stock shall have the right to one (1) vote per share of Class A Common Stock held of record by such holder and each holder of

 

 
 

 

Class B Common Stock shall have the right to ten (10) votes per share of Class B Common Stock held of record by such holder.

 

(b)           Dividends; Subdivisions, Combinations or Reclassifications . Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, and to the other provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation, holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to receive equally, on a per share basis, such dividends and other distributions in cash, securities or other property of the Corporation as may be declared thereon by the Board of Directors from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor; provided, however, that in the event a dividend is paid in the form of shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock (or rights to acquire such shares), then holders of Class A Common Stock shall receive shares of Class A Common Stock (or rights to acquire such shares, as the case may be) and holders of Class B Common Stock shall receive shares of Class B Common Stock (or rights to acquire such shares, as the case may be), with holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock receiving, on a per share basis, an identical number of shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors may pay or make a disparate dividend or distribution per share of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock (whether in the amount of such dividend or distribution payable per share, the form in which such dividend or distribution is payable, the timing of the payment or otherwise) if such disparate dividend or distribution is approved in advance by the affirmative vote (or written consent if action by written consent of stockholders is permitted at such time under this Certificate of Incorporation) of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, each voting separately as a class. Shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock may not be subdivided, combined or reclassified unless the shares of the other class are concurrently therewith proportionately subdivided, combined or reclassified in a manner that maintains the same proportionate equity ownership between the holders of the outstanding Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock on the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that shares of one such class may be subdivided, combined or reclassified in a different or disproportionate manner if such subdivision, combination or reclassification is approved in advance by the affirmative vote (or written consent if action by written consent of stockholders is permitted at such time under this Certificate of Incorporation) of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, each voting separately as a class.

 

(c)           Liquidation Rights . In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for payment of the Corporation’s debts and subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding upon such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to stockholders shall be distributed among holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock equally on a per share basis, unless disparate or different treatment of the shares of each such class (whether in the amount of such distribution, the form in which such distribution is payable, the timing of payment or otherwise) with respect to any such distribution is approved in advance by the affirmative vote (or written consent if action by written consent of stockholders is permitted at such time under this Certificate of Incorporation) of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, each voting

 

 
 

  

separately as a class. A merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or entity, or a sale, lease, exchange, conveyance, license, encumbrance or other disposition of all or any part of the assets of the Corporation shall not be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Section 3(c).

 

(d)           Merger or Consolidation . In the case of any distribution or payment in respect of the shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock upon the consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other entity, or in the case of any other transaction having an effect on stockholders substantially similar to that resulting from a consolidation or merger, such distribution or payment shall be made ratably on a per share basis among the holders of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock as a single class; provided, however, that shares of one such class may receive different or disproportionate distributions or payments in connection with such merger, consolidation or other transaction if (i) the only difference in the per share distribution to the holders of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock is that any securities distributed to the holder of a share Class B Common Stock have ten times the voting power of any securities distributed to the holder of a share of Class A Common Stock, or (ii) such merger, consolidation or other transaction is approved by the affirmative vote (or written consent if action by written consent of stockholders is permitted at such time under this Certificate of Incorporation) of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, each voting separately as a class.

 

(e)           Class B Common Stock Conversion Rights .

 

(1)          Voluntary Conversion . Each share of Class B Common Stock shall be convertible into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock at the option of the holder thereof at any time upon written notice to the Corporation (a “ Conversion Notice ”). A Conversion Notice may specify that the conversion is to be contingent (including as to timing) upon the consummation of a purchase by another person (whether in a tender or exchange offer, an underwritten offering or otherwise) of shares of the Class A Common Stock, or contingent (including as to timing) upon the closing of an announced merger, consolidation or other transaction or event in which the Class A Common Stock would be exchanged or converted or become exchangeable or convertible into cash or other securities or property. Any conversion pursuant to this Section 3(e)(1) that is not contingent upon certain events as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall be deemed to have been effected at the time of such surrender or delivery of the Conversion Notice, as the case may be. Before any holder of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to voluntarily convert any shares of such Class B Common Stock, such holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates therefor (if any), duly endorsed, at the principal corporate office of the Corporation or of any transfer agent for the Class B Common Stock, and shall give written notice to the Corporation at its principal corporate office, of the election to convert the same and shall state therein the name

 

 
 

  

or names (i) in which the certificate or certificates representing the shares of Class A Common Stock into which the shares of Class B Common Stock are so converted are to be issued if such shares are certificated or (ii) in which such shares are to be registered in book-entry form if such shares are uncertificated. The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, issue and deliver to such holder of Class B Common Stock, or to the nominee or nominees of such holder, a certificate or certificates representing the number of shares of Class A Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled as aforesaid (if such shares are certificated) or, if such shares are uncertificated, register such shares in book-entry form. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been made immediately prior to the close of business on the date of such surrender of the shares of Class B Common Stock to be converted following or contemporaneously with the written notice of such holder’s election to convert required by this Section 3(e)(1), and the person or persons entitled to receive the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Class A Common Stock as of such date. Each share of Class B Common Stock that is converted pursuant to this Section 3(e)(1) shall be retired by the Corporation and shall not be available for reissuance.

 

(2)          Automatic Conversion . (i) Each share of Class B Common Stock shall be automatically, without further action by the holder thereof, converted into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock, upon the occurrence of a Transfer (as defined in Section 5 of this ARTICLE FOUR), other than a Permitted Transfer (as defined in Section 5 of this ARTICLE FOUR), of such share of Class B Common Stock and (ii) each share of Class B Common Stock shall automatically convert into one share of Class A Common Stock upon the date that at least 15% of the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock of the Corporation, taken together as a single class, is not held by Qualified Stockholders (the occurrence of an event described in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 3(e)(2), a “ Conversion Event ”). Such automatic conversion shall be deemed to have been effected at the close of business on the date of the Conversion Event. Each outstanding stock certificate that, immediately prior to a Conversion Event, represented one or more shares of Class B Common Stock subject to such Conversion Event shall, upon such Conversion Event, be deemed to represent an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock, without the need for surrender or exchange thereof. The Corporation shall, upon the request of any holder whose shares of Class B Common Stock have been converted into shares of Class A Common Stock as a result of a Conversion Event and upon surrender by such holder to the Corporation of the outstanding certificate(s), if any, formerly representing such holder’s shares of Class B Common Stock, issue and deliver to such holder certificate(s) representing the shares of Class A Common Stock into which such holder’s shares of Class B Common Stock were converted as a result

 

 
 

 

of such Conversion Event or register such shares in book-entry form. Each share of Class B Common Stock that is converted pursuant to this Section 3(e)(2) of ARTICLE FOUR shall thereupon be retired by the Corporation and shall not be available for reissuance.

 

(3)          The Corporation may, from time to time, establish such policies and procedures, not in violation of applicable law or the other provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation, relating to the conversion of the Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock, as it may deem necessary or advisable in connection therewith. If the Corporation has reason to believe that a Transfer giving rise to a conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock has occurred but has not theretofore been reflected on the books of the Corporation, the Corporation may request that the holder of such shares furnish affidavits or other evidence to the Corporation as the Corporation deems necessary to determine whether a conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock to Class A Common Stock has occurred, and if such holder does not within ten (10) days after the date of such request furnish sufficient evidence to the Corporation (in the manner provided in the request) to enable the Corporation to determine that no such conversion has occurred, any such shares of Class B Common Stock, to the extent not previously converted, shall be automatically converted into shares of Class A Common Stock and the same shall thereupon be registered on the books and records of the Corporation. In connection with any action of stockholders taken at a meeting or by written consent (if action by written consent of stockholders is permitted at such time under this Certificate of Incorporation), the stock ledger of the Corporation shall be presumptive evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders or in connection with any such written consent and the class or classes or series of shares held by each such stockholder and the number of shares of each class or classes or series held by such stockholder.

 

(f)           Shares Reserved for Issuance . The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock that shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock; provided, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the Corporation from satisfying its obligations in respect of the conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock by delivery of shares of Class A Common Stock that are held in the treasury of the Corporation.

 

(g)           Protective Provision. The Corporation shall not, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, amend, alter, repeal or waive Sections 3 or 4 of this ARTICLE FOUR (or adopt any provision inconsistent therewith), without first obtaining the affirmative vote (or written consent if action by written consent of stockholders is permitted at such time under this Certificate of Incorporation) of the holders of a majority of the then

 

 
 

outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, voting as a separate class, in addition to any other vote required by applicable law, this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws. 

Section 4.               Reclassification of Common Stock. Upon this Certificate of Incorporation becoming effective in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Effective Time”): each (1) share of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Old Common”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be reclassified as 0.442 validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class A Common Stock (such reclassification of Old Common into Class A Common Stock, the “Reclassification”). Each stock certificate that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, represented shares of Old Common, shall, from and after the Effective Time, automatically and without the necessity of presenting the same for exchange, represent the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which the shares represented by such certificate shall have been reclassified as of the Effective Time after giving effect to the Reclassification; provided, that each person holding of record a stock certificate or certificates that represented shares of Old Common shall be entitled to receive, upon surrender of such certificate, a new certificate or certificates evidencing and representing the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which such shares of Old Common shall have been reclassified in accordance with the Reclassification.

 

Section 5.              Definitions. For purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation:

 

(a)           Charitable Trust ” means a trust that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any successor provision thereto) (whether a determination letter with respect to such exemption is issued before, at or after the Covered Security Date), and further includes any successor entity that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) (or any successor provision thereto) upon a conversion of, or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of, a Charitable Trust to such successor entity (whether a determination letter with respect to such successor’s exemption is issued before, at or after the conversion date).

 

(b)           Covered Security Date ” means the day following the effective date of this Certificate of Incorporation.

 

(c)           Family Member ” shall mean with respect to any natural person who is a Qualified Stockholder, the spouse, domestic partner, parents, grandparents, lineal descendents, spouses or domestic partners of lineal descendents, siblings and lineal descendants of siblings of such Qualified Stockholder. Lineal descendants shall include adopted persons, but only so long as they are adopted during minority.

 

(d)           Parent ” of an entity shall mean any entity that directly or indirectly owns or controls a majority of the voting power of the voting securities of such entity.

 

(e)           Permitted Entity ” shall mean with respect to a Qualified Stockholder (i) a Permitted Trust solely for the benefit of (A) such Qualified Stockholder, (B) one or more Family Members of such Qualified Stockholder, (C) any other Permitted Entity of such Qualified Stockholder and/or (D) any entity that is described in Sections 501(c)(3), 170(b)(1)(A), 170(c), 2055(a) or 2522(a) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as

 

 
 

amended (or any successor provision thereto), (ii) any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation or other entity exclusively owned by (A) such Qualified Stockholder, (B) one or more Family Members of such Qualified Stockholder and/or (C) any other Permitted Entity of such Qualified Stockholder, (iii) any Charitable Trust created by a Qualified Stockholder, which Charitable Trust was (x) validly created and (y) a registered holder of shares of capital stock of the Corporation, in each case prior to the Covered Security Date (whether or not it continuously holds such shares of capital stock or any other shares of capital stock of the Corporation at all times before or after the Covered Security Date), (iv) the personal representative of the estate of a Qualified Stockholder upon the death of such Qualified Stockholder solely to the extent the executor is acting in the capacity as personal representative of such estate, (v) a revocable living trust, which revocable living trust is itself both a Permitted Trust and a Qualified Stockholder, during the lifetime of the natural person grantor of such trust, or (vi) a revocable living trust, which revocable living trust is itself both a Permitted Trust and a Qualified Stockholder, following the death of the natural person grantor of such trust, solely to the extent that such shares are held in such trust pending distribution to the beneficiaries designated in such trust. Except as explicitly provided for herein, a Permitted Entity of a Qualified Stockholder shall not cease to be a Permitted Entity of that Qualified Stockholder solely by reason of the death of that Qualified Stockholder.

 

(f)           Permitted Transfer ” shall mean, and be restricted to, any Transfer of a share of Class B Common Stock, including, without limitation, a Transfer of an equity interest in a Permitted Entity:

 

(1)          by a Qualified Stockholder (or the estate of a deceased Qualified Stockholder) to (i) one or more Family Members of any Qualified Stockholder, (ii) any Permitted Entity of any Qualified Stockholder, or (iii) any Qualified Stockholder’s revocable living trust, which revocable living trust is itself both a Permitted Trust and a Qualified Stockholder;

 

(2)          by a Permitted Entity of a Qualified Stockholder to (i) such Qualified Stockholder or one or more Family Members of such Qualified Stockholder, or (ii) any other Permitted Entity of such Qualified Stockholder; or

 

(3)          by a Qualified Stockholder that is a natural person or revocable living trust to an entity that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any successor provision thereto) (a “ 501(c)(3) Organization ”) or an entity that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) and described in Section 509(a)(3) of United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any successor provision thereto) (a “ Supporting Organization ”), as well as any Transfer by a 501(c)(3) Organization to a Supporting Organization of which such 501(c)(3) Organization (x) is a supported organization (within the meaning of Section 509(f)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any successor provision thereto)), and (y) has the power to appoint a majority

 

 
 

 

of the board of directors or equivalent governing body, provided that such 501(c)(3) Organization or such Supporting Organization irrevocably elects, no later than the time such share of Class B Common Stock is Transferred to it, that such share of Class B Common Stock shall automatically be converted into Class A Common Stock upon the death of such Qualified Stockholder or the natural person grantor of such Qualified Stockholder.

 

(g)           Permitted Transferee ” shall mean a transferee of shares of Class B Common Stock received in a Transfer that constitutes a Permitted Transfer at the time of such Transfer.

 

(h)           Permitted Trust ” shall mean a bona fide trust where each trustee is (i) a Qualified Stockholder, (ii) a Family Member of a Qualified Stockholder, (iii) a professional in the business of providing trustee services, including private professional fiduciaries, trust companies, attorneys and bank trust departments, or (iv) solely in the case of any such trust established by a natural person grantor prior to the Covered Security Date, any other bona fide trustee.

 

(i)           Qualified Stockholder ” shall mean (i) Jack Bendheim, (ii) Family Members of Jack Bendheim, (iii) the registered holder of a share of Class B Common Stock as of the Covered Security Date; (iv) the initial registered holder of any shares of Class B Common Stock that are originally issued by the Corporation after the Covered Security Date pursuant to the exercise or conversion of options or warrants or settlement of restricted stock units (RSUs) that, in each case, are outstanding as of the Covered Security Date; (v) each natural person who Transferred shares of or equity awards for Class B Common Stock (including any option or warrant exercisable or convertible into or any RSU that can be settled in shares of Class B Common Stock) to a Permitted Entity that is or becomes a Qualified Stockholder pursuant to subclauses (iii) or (iv) of this Section 5; and (vi) solely for the purpose of Section 3(e)(2) of this ARTICLE FOUR and Section 1 of ARTICLE EIGHT, a Permitted Transferee.

 

(j)           Transfer ” of a share of Class B Common Stock shall mean, directly or indirectly, any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, hypothecation or other transfer or disposition of such share or any legal or beneficial interest in such share, whether or not for value and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law (including by merger, consolidation or otherwise), including, without limitation, a transfer of a share of Class B Common Stock to a broker or other nominee (regardless of whether there is a corresponding change in beneficial ownership), or the transfer of, or entering into a binding agreement with respect to, Voting Control (as defined below) over such share by proxy or otherwise. A “Transfer” shall also be deemed to have occurred with respect to a share of Class B Common Stock beneficially held by (i) an entity that is a Permitted Entity, if there occurs any act or circumstance that causes such entity to no longer be a Permitted Entity or (ii) an entity that is a Qualified Stockholder, if there occurs a Transfer on a cumulative basis, from and after the Covered Security Date, of a majority of the voting power of the voting securities of such entity or any direct or indirect Parent of such entity, other than a Transfer to parties that are, as of the Covered Security Date, holders of voting securities of any such entity or Parent of such entity. For avoidance of doubt, a “Transfer” shall not be deemed to have occurred with respect to a

 

 
 

  

share of Class B Common Stock beneficially held by an entity that is a Qualified Stockholder or Permitted Transferee, if there occurs a Transfer on a cumulative basis, from and after the Covered Security Date, of less than a majority of the voting power of the voting securities of such entity or any direct or indirect Parent of such entity to parties that are not, as of the Covered Security Date, holders of voting securities of any such entity or Parent of such entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not be considered a “Transfer” within the meaning of this ARTICLE FOUR:

 

(1)          the granting of a revocable proxy to officers or directors of the Corporation at the request of the Board of Directors in connection with actions to be taken at an annual or special meeting of stockholders or in connection with any action by written consent of the stockholders solicited by the Board of Directors (if action by written consent of stockholders is permitted at such time under this Certificate of Incorporation);

 

(2)          entering into a voting trust, agreement or arrangement (with or without granting a proxy) solely with stockholders who are holders of Class B Common Stock, which voting trust, agreement or arrangement (i) is disclosed either in a Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, (ii) either has a term not exceeding one (1) year or is terminable by the holder of the shares subject thereto at any time and (iii) does not involve any payment of cash, securities, property or other consideration to the holder of the shares subject thereto other than the mutual promise to vote shares in a designated manner;

 

(3)          the pledge of shares of Class B Common Stock by a stockholder that creates a mere security interest in such shares pursuant to a bona fide loan or indebtedness transaction for so long as such stockholder continues to exercise Voting Control over such pledged shares; provided, however, that a foreclosure on such shares or other similar action by the pledgee shall constitute a “Transfer” unless such foreclosure or similar action qualifies as a “Permitted Transfer” at such time; or

 

(4)          any change in the trustees or the person(s) and/or entity(ies) having or exercising Voting Control over shares of Class B Common Stock (i) of a Charitable Trust that qualifies as a Permitted Entity pursuant to ARTICLE FOUR, Section 5 above, or (ii) of a Permitted Entity provided that following such change such Permitted Entity continues to be a Permitted Entity pursuant to ARTICLE FOUR, Section 5 above.

 

(k)           Voting Control ” shall mean, with respect to a share of Class B Common Stock, the power (whether exclusive or shared) to vote or direct the voting of such share by proxy, voting agreement or otherwise.

 

 
 

 

ARTICLE Five

 

The Corporation shall have perpetual existence.

 

ARTICLE Six

 

Section 1.              Board of Directors, Number . Unless otherwise provided by this Certificate of Incorporation or the Delaware General Corporation Law, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. Subject to any rights of the holders of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the total number of directors which shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.              Classification of Directors . Subject to any rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances the directors of the Corporation shall be divided into three classes as nearly equal in size as is practicable, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. The term of office of the initial Class I directors shall expire at the first annual meeting of stockholders occurring after this Certificate of Incorporation becomes effective in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ Effective Time ”); the term of office of the initial Class II directors shall expire at the second annual meeting of stockholders occurring after the Effective Time; and the term of office of the initial Class III directors shall expire at the third annual meeting of the stockholders occurring after the Effective Time. Commencing with the first annual meeting following the Effective Time, each director elected to the class of directors whose term expires at such annual meeting shall be elected to hold office until the third succeeding annual meeting and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, removal, disqualification or retirement. If the number of directors divided into classes as set forth herein is hereafter changed, any newly created directorship(s), or any decrease in the number of directors, shall be so apportioned among the classes as to make all classes as nearly equal in number as practicable. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws shall so provide. The Board of Directors is authorized to assign members of the Board of Directors already in office to their respective classes at the Effective Time.

 

Section 3.              Newly-Created Directorships and Vacancies . Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or any other cause shall be filled exclusively by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director, and shall not be filled by stockholders. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office, and a director chosen to fill a position resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, or his or her earlier death, resignation, removal, disqualification or retirement.

 

Section 4.              Removal of Directors . Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, (i) prior to the Trigger Date (as defined below), any director may be removed from office at any time with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote generally

 

 
 

  

in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, and (ii) from and after the Trigger Date, any director may be removed from office at any time but only with cause, at a meeting called for that purpose, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

Section 5.              Rights of Holders of Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the provisions of this ARTICLE SIX, whenever the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately or together by series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorship shall be governed by the rights of such series of Preferred Stock as set forth in the certificate of designations or certificates of designations governing such series.

 

ARTICLE Seven

 

To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law as it now exists or may hereafter be amended, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any repeal or modification of this ARTICLE SEVEN shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring at or prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE Eight

 

Section 1.              No Action by Written Consent . From and after the close of business on the first date (the “Trigger Date ”) on which Qualified Stockholders cease collectively to beneficially own (directly or indirectly) more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be effected only at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders; provided, however, that any action required or permitted to be taken, (A) to the extent expressly permitted by the certificate of designations relating to one or more series of Preferred Stock, by the holders of such series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, or (B) to the extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, by the holders of the Class B Common Stock with respect to matters affecting only the Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a class, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares of the relevant class or series having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of Preferred Stock or Class B Common Stock, as applicable, entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation at its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.

 

 
 

 

 

Section 2.              Annual Meetings of Stockholders .  Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at such date, time and place, if any, as shall be determined exclusively by resolution of the Board of Directors in its sole and absolute discretion. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for election of directors and other business to be brought by stockholders at any meeting of stockholders shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws.

 

Section 3.              Special Meetings of Stockholders.   Subject to any special rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, and to the requirements of applicable law, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation shall be called exclusively (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors pursuant to a written resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies or (ii) prior to the Trigger Date, by the Secretary of the Corporation at the request of the holders fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, acting as a single class, and shall not otherwise be called by stockholders. Any business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.

 

ARTICLE Nine

 

Section 1.              Certificate of Incorporation . The Corporation reserves the right at any time from time to time to alter, amend, repeal or change any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and to adopt any other provision authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed herein and by the laws of the State of Delaware, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, and notwithstanding that a lesser percentage or vote may be permitted from time to time by applicable law, no provision of ARTICLE SIX, ARTICLE SEVEN, ARTICLE EIGHT, this ARTICLE NINE, ARTICLE TEN, ARTICLE ELEVEN or ARTICLE TWELVE may be altered, amended or repealed in any respect, nor may any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or of the Bylaws inconsistent therewith be adopted, unless in addition to any other vote required by this Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise required by law, (i) prior to the Trigger Date, such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class and (ii) from and after the Trigger Date, such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption is approved at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

 

Section 2.              Bylaws .  In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws. Any adoption, alteration, amendment or repeal of the Bylaws by the Board of Directors shall require the approval of a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, provided a quorum is otherwise present. In addition to any other vote otherwise required by law or this Certificate of

 

 
 

  

Incorporation, from and after the Trigger Date, with respect to the adoption, alteration, amendment or repeal of the Bylaws by the stockholders, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required to adopt, alter, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE Ten

 

The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

ARTICLE Eleven

 

Section 1.              Scope. The provisions of this ARTICLE ELEVEN are set forth to define, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the duties of Exempted Persons (as defined below) to the Corporation with respect to certain classes or categories of business opportunities. “Exempted Persons” means BFI Co., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and assigns and its and its successors’ and assigns’ Affiliates (other than the Corporation and its subsidiaries) and all of their respective partners, principals, directors, officers, members, managers and employees, including any of the foregoing who serve as officers or directors of the Corporation.

 

Section 2.              Competition and Allocation of Corporate Opportunities . To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Exempted Persons shall not have any fiduciary duty to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation and its subsidiaries in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to the Exempted Persons, even if the opportunity is one that the Corporation or its subsidiaries might reasonably be deemed to have pursued or had the ability or desire to pursue if granted the opportunity to do so, and each such Exempted Person shall have no duty to communicate or offer such business opportunity to the Corporation and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be liable to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, as a director or officer or otherwise, by reason of the fact that such Exempted Person pursues or acquires such business opportunity, directs such business opportunity to another person or fails to present such business opportunity, or information regarding such business opportunity, to the Corporation or its subsidiaries.

 

Section 3.              Certain Matters Deemed Not Corporate Opportunities . In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this ARTICLE ELEVEN, a corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to belong to the Corporation if it is a business opportunity that the Corporation is not financially or legally able or contractually permitted to undertake, that is, from its nature, not in the line of the Corporation’s business or is of no practical advantage to the Corporation, or that is one in which the Corporation has no interest or reasonable expectancy.

 

 
 

  

Section 4.              Amendment of this Article . To the fullest extent permitted by law, no amendment or repeal of this ARTICLE ELEVEN shall apply to or have any effect on the duties or on the liability or alleged liability of any Exempted Person for or with respect to any activities or opportunities of which such Exempted Person shall have become aware prior to such amendment or repeal. This ARTICLE ELEVEN shall not limit or eliminate any protections or defenses otherwise available to, or any rights to exculpation from liability, indemnification or advancement of expenses of, any director or officer of the Corporation under this Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement between the Corporation and such officer or director, or any applicable law.

 

Section 5.              Deemed Notice . Any person or entity purchasing, holding or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this ARTICLE ELEVEN.

 

Section 6.              Definitions . For purposes of this ARTICLE ELEVEN, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)           “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person;

 

(b)           “Control” means, with respect to any Person, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing; and

 

(c)           “Person” means an individual, any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

 

For the purpose of this Certificate of Incorporation, “beneficial ownership” shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

ARTICLE Twelve

 

Unless this Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation (including, without limitation, shares of Common Stock) shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this ARTICLE TWELVE.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORPORATION

 

A Delaware corporation

 

(Adopted as of April 16, 2014)

 

Article I
OFFICES

 

Section 1.             Registered Office .   The address of the registered office of Phibro Animal Health Corporation (the “Corporation”) in the State of Delaware, and the name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address, shall be as set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”). The registered office and/or registered agent of the Corporation may be changed from time to time by action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”).

 

Section 2.             Other Offices .   The Corporation may have an office or offices other than said registered office at such place or places, either within or outside the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may from time to time require.

 

Article II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 1.             Place of Meetings .    All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place, if any, as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate such place of meeting, either within or outside the State of Delaware, or the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication in accordance with Section 211(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

Section 2.             Annual Meeting .    An annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on such date and at such time as is specified by the Board of Directors. At the annual meeting, stockholders shall elect directors and transact such other business as may be properly brought before the annual meeting pursuant to Section 11 of ARTICLE II hereof. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled annual meeting of the stockholders.

 

Section 3.            Special Meetings .    Special meetings of the stockholders may only be called in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purpose or purposes stated in the Corporation’s notice of the meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by the Secretary

 

 
 

  

(solely to the extent and in the manner provided by the Certificate of Incorporation). The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 4.             Notice .

 

(a)          Timing; Contents .   Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take action at a meeting, written notice of each annual and special meeting of stockholders stating the date, time and place, if any, of the meeting, the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different than the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by the Secretary (solely to the extent and in the manner provided by the Certificate of Incorporation), to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting except as otherwise required by law.

 

(b)          Form of Notice .   All such notices shall be delivered in writing or by a form of electronic transmission if receipt thereof has been consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at his, her or its address as the same appears on the records of the Corporation. If given by facsimile telecommunication, such notice shall be deemed given when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice by facsimile. Subject to the limitations of Section 4(d) of this ARTICLE II, if given by electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed given: (i) by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (ii) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (x) such posting and (y) the giving of such separate notice by United States mail or facsimile transmission; and (iii) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, the transfer agent of the Corporation or any other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

 

(c)          Waiver of Notice .   Whenever notice is required to be given under any provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the stockholder entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person or entity entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation need be specified in any waiver of notice of such meeting. Attendance of a stockholder of the Corporation at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder attends 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.

 

2
 

  

(d)          Notice by Electronic Delivery .   Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders of the Corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any notice to stockholders of the Corporation given by the Corporation under any provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder of the Corporation to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if: (i) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two (2) consecutive notices of meetings or of other business given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent; and (ii) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. For purposes of these Bylaws, except as otherwise limited by applicable law, the term “electronic transmission” means any form of communication not directly involving the physical transmission of paper that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

 

Section 5.            List of Stockholders .   The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth (10th) day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Nothing contained in this section shall require the Corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting: (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event 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 the list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this section or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 6.             Quorum .   Except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting, shall constitute a

 

3
 

  

quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the stockholders. If a quorum is not present, the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote at the meeting, may adjourn the meeting to another time and/or place. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of such class or classes or series of capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on such matter, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on the matter. A quorum, once established at a meeting, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum.

 

Section 7.             Adjourned Meetings .   Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time to any other time and to any other place by the chairman of the meeting or by the stockholders present or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon, although less than a quorum. When a meeting is adjourned to another time and place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such 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 (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for notice of such adjourned meeting in accordance with Section 213(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

 

Section 8.             Vote Required .   When a quorum is present at any meeting of stockholders, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of capital stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall decide any question brought before the meeting (other than the election of directors), unless by express provisions of an applicable law or regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities or of the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of record of capital stock entitled to vote in the election of such directors.

 

Section 9.             Voting Rights .   Except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation in respect of any series of preferred stock), each holder of record of capital stock shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder on the record date for voting for such meeting.

 

Section 10.          Proxies .   Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy executed or transmitted in a manner permitted by applicable law, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three

 

4
 

  

(3) 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 and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the Corporation generally. At each meeting of stockholders, and before any voting commences, all proxies filed at or before the meeting shall be submitted to and examined by the Secretary or a person designated by the Secretary, and no shares may be represented or voted under a proxy that has been found to be invalid or irregular.

 

Section 11.           Business Brought Before a Meeting of the Stockholders .

 

(A)          Annual Meetings .

 

(1)         At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors shall be considered and such other business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, nominations and other business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under Delaware law and must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder who (i) is a stockholder of record of the Corporation (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such business is proposed or such nomination or nominations are made, only if such beneficial owner is the beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation) both at the time the notice provided for in paragraph (A) of this Section 11 of ARTICLE II is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting of stockholders, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in paragraph (A) of this Section 11 of ARTICLE II. For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (provided, however, that in the event that there was no annual meeting in the prior year or the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than seventy (70) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) 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, deferral or postponement of an annual meeting or the public announcement thereof commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Notwithstanding anything in this paragraph to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming the nominees for the additional

 

5
 

  

directorships at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by paragraph (A) of this Section 11 of ARTICLE II shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships, 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 (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

(2)         A stockholder’s notice providing for the nomination of a person or persons for election as a director or directors of the Corporation shall set forth (a) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made (and for purposes of clauses (ii) through (ix) below, including any interests described therein held by any affiliates or associates (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) for purposes of these Bylaws) of such stockholder or beneficial owner or by any member of such stockholder’s or beneficial owner’s immediate family sharing the same household or Stockholder Associated Person (as defined below), in each case as of the date of such stockholder’s notice, which information shall be confirmed or updated, if necessary, by such stockholder and beneficial owner (x) not later than ten (10) days after the record date for the notice of the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date for the notice of the meeting, and (y) not later than eight (8) business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof to disclose such ownership as of the date that is ten (10) business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (or if not practicable to provide such updated information not later than eight (8) business days before any adjournment or postponement, on the first practicable date before any such adjournment or postponement)) (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) (provided that a person shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation as to which such person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future) and owned of record by such stockholder or beneficial owner, (iii) the class or series, if any, and number of options, warrants, puts, calls, convertible securities, stock appreciation rights, or similar rights, obligations or commitments with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares or other securities of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares or other securities of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument, right, obligation or commitment shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of shares or other securities of the Corporation (each a “Derivative Security”), which are, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned by such stockholder or beneficial owner or Stockholder Associated Person, (iv) any agreement, arrangement, understanding, or relationship, including any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such stockholder or beneficial owner or any Stockholder Associated Person, 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 capital stock or other securities of the Corporation by, manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or beneficial owner or any

 

6
 

  

Stockholder Associated Person with respect to any class or series of capital stock or other securities of the Corporation, or that provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit from any decrease in the price or value of any class or series or capital stock or other securities of the Corporation, (v) a description of any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit (including any performance-based fees) derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares or other securities of the Corporation, (vi) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder or beneficial owner or any Stockholder Associated Person has a right to vote any shares or other securities of the Corporation, (vii) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder or such beneficial owner or such Stockholder Associated Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (viii) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Securities held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder or beneficial owner or Stockholder Associated Person is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner, if any, (ix) a description of all agreements, arrangements, and understandings between such stockholder or beneficial owner or Stockholder Associated Person and any other person(s) (including their name(s)) in connection with or related to the ownership or voting of capital stock of the Corporation or Derivative Securities, (x) any other information relating to such stockholder or beneficial owner or Stockholder Associated 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 the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (xi) a statement as to whether either such stockholder or beneficial owner or Stockholder Associated Person intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to elect such stockholder’s nominees and/or otherwise to solicit proxies from the stockholders in support of such nomination and (xii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such nomination, and (b) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, (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 pursuant to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected), (ii) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder or beneficial owner or Stockholder Associated Person, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were

 

7
 

  

a director or executive officer of such registrant, (iii) a completed and signed questionnaire regarding the background and qualifications of such person to serve as a director, a copy of which may be obtained upon request to the Secretary of the Corporation, (iv) all information with respect to such person that would be required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 11 of ARTICLE II if such person were a stockholder or beneficial owner, on whose behalf the nomination was made, submitting a notice providing for the nomination of a person or persons for election as a director or directors of the Corporation in accordance with this Section 11 of ARTICLE II and (v) such additional information that the Corporation may reasonably request to determine the eligibility or qualifications of such person to serve as a director or an independent director of the Corporation, or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the qualifications and/or independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee as a director. For purposes of these Bylaws, a “Stockholder Associated Person” of any stockholder means (i) any “affiliate” or “associate” (as those terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of such stockholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of any stock or other securities of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder, (iii) any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with any such Stockholder Associated Person referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above and (iv) any person acting in concert in respect of any matter involving the Corporation or its securities with either such stockholder or any beneficial owner of any stock or other securities of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder.

 

(3)         A stockholder’s notice regarding business proposed to be brought before a meeting of stockholders other than the nomination of persons for election to the Board of Directors shall set forth (a) as to the stockholder giving notice and the beneficial owner or Stockholder Associated Person, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, the information called for by clauses (a)(i) through (a)(ix) of the immediately preceding paragraph (2) (including any interests described therein held by any affiliates or associates of such stockholder or beneficial owner or by any member of such stockholder’s or beneficial owner’s immediate family sharing the same household, in each case as of the date of such stockholder’s notice, which information shall be confirmed or updated, if necessary, by such stockholder and beneficial owner (x) not later than ten (10) days after the record date for the notice of the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date for the notice of the meeting, and (y) not later than eight (8) business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof to disclose such ownership as of the date that is ten (10) business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (or if not practicable to provide such updated information not later than eight (8) business days before any adjournment or postponement, on the first practicable date before any such adjournment or postponement)), (b) a brief description of (i) the business desired to be brought before such meeting, including the text of any resolution proposed for consideration by the stockholders, (ii) the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and (iii) any material interest of such stockholder or beneficial owner or Stockholder Associated Person in such business, including a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder or beneficial owner or Stockholder Associated Person and any other person(s) (including the name(s) of such other person(s)) in connection with or related to the proposal of such business by the stockholder, (c) as to the stockholder giving notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on

 

8
 

  

whose behalf the proposal is made, (i) a statement as to whether either such stockholder or beneficial owner of Stockholder Associated Person intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to approve the proposal and/or otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal and (ii) any other information relating to such stockholder or beneficial owner or Stockholder Associated 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 the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (d) if the matter such stockholder proposes to bring before any meeting of stockholders involves an amendment to the Corporation’s Bylaws, the specific wording of such proposed amendment, (e) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business and (f) such additional information that the Corporation may reasonably request regarding such stockholder or beneficial owner or Stockholder Associated Person, if any, and/or the business that such stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting. The foregoing notice requirements shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his or her intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereof) promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting.

 

(B)          Special Meetings of Stockholders .   Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called only in the manner set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as is a proper matter for stockholder action under Delaware law and as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of the special meeting given by or at the direction of the Board or by the Secretary (solely to the extent and in the manner provided by the Certificate of Incorporation). The notice of such special meeting shall include the purpose for which the meeting is called. 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 (1) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by the Secretary (solely to the extent and in the manner provided by the Certificate of Incorporation) or (2) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who (a) is a stockholder of record of the Corporation (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such nomination or nominations are made, only if such beneficial owner is the beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation) both at the time the notice provided for in paragraph (B) of this Section 11 of ARTICLE II is delivered to the Corporation’s Secretary and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting, (b) is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such election and (c) complies with the notice procedures set forth in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (A) of this Section 11 of ARTICLE II. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors 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, if the stockholder’s notice required by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 11 of ARTICLE II shall be delivered to the

 

9
 

  

Corporation’s Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall any adjournment, deferral or postponement of a special meeting or the public announcement thereof commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

(C)          General .

 

(1)         Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 11 of ARTICLE II shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 11 of ARTICLE II. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11 of ARTICLE II, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 11 of this ARTICLE II, to be considered a “qualified representative” of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

 

(2)         For purposes of this section, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service in the United States or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

(3)         Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11 of ARTICLE II, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 11 of ARTICLE II.

 

(4)         Nothing in this section shall be deemed to (a) affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, (b) confer upon any stockholder a right to have a nominee or any proposed business included in the Corporation’s proxy statement, or (c) affect any rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

10
 

  

(5)         The chairman of the meeting of stockholders shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not properly made or any business was not properly brought before the meeting, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11 of ARTICLE II; if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such nomination not properly made or any business not properly brought before the meeting, as the case may be, shall not be transacted.

 

Section 12.           Fixing a Record Date for Stockholder Meetings .   In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors 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 of Directors, 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; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 12 of ARTICLE II at the adjourned meeting.

 

Section 13.          Fixing a Record Date for Other Purposes .   In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment or any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purposes of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) 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 of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

Section 14.           Conduct of Meetings .

 

(a)          Generally .   Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by a chairman designated by the Board of Directors, or in his or her absence, by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, by the Chief Executive Officer, or in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer, by the President, or in the absence of the President, by the Chief Financial Officer, or in the absence of all of the foregoing, by the most senior officer of the Corporation present at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the

11
 

  

absence of the Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

(b)          Rules, Regulations and Procedures .   The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules, regulations and procedures for the conduct of any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation as it shall deem appropriate, including, without limitation, such guidelines and procedures as it may deem appropriate regarding the participation by means of remote communication of stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules, regulations and procedures as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as shall be determined; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure. The chairman of the meeting shall announce at the meeting when the polls for each matter to be voted upon at the meeting will be opened and closed. After the polls close, no ballots, proxies or votes or any revocations or changes thereto may be accepted. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power to adjourn the meeting to another place, if any, date and time or to recess the meeting.

 

(c)          Inspectors of Elections .   The Corporation may, and to the extent required by law shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One or more other persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Unless otherwise required by law, inspectors may be officers, employees or agents of the Corporation. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of such inspector’s duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability. The inspector shall have the duties prescribed by law and shall take charge of the polls and, when the vote is completed, shall make a certificate of the result of the vote taken and of such other facts as may be required by law.

 

Article III
DIRECTORS

 

Section 1.             General Powers .   Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

 

12
 

   

Section 2.             Annual Meetings .   Except as otherwise from time to time determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, an annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this Bylaw immediately after, and at the same place (if any) as, the annual meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 3.             Regular Meetings and Special Meetings .   Regular meetings, other than the annual meeting, of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President (in either case, if such person is a director) or upon the written request of at least a majority of the directors then in office.

 

Section 4.            Notice of Meetings .   Notice of regular meetings of the Board of Directors need not be given except as otherwise required by law or these Bylaws. Notice of each special meeting of the Board of Directors, and of each regular and annual meeting of the Board of Directors for which notice shall be required, shall be given by the Secretary as hereinafter provided in this Section 4. Any such notice shall state the time and place of the meeting. Notice of any special meeting, and of any regular or annual meeting for which notice is required, shall be given to each director at least (a) twenty four (24) hours before the meeting, if the notice is given by telephone, by delivery in person, or sent by telex, telecopy, electronic mail or similar means or (b) five (5) days before the meeting if delivered by mail to the director’s residence or usual place of business. Such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, with postage prepaid, or when transmitted if sent by telex, telecopy, email or similar means. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

Section 5.            Chairman of the Board, Quorum, Required Vote and Adjournment .   The Board of Directors may elect from among its ranks, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, a Chairman of the Board, who shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which he or she is present and shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. If the Chairman of the Board is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall preside at such meeting (if the Chief Executive Officer is a director and is not also Chairman of the Board), and, if the Chief Executive Officer is not present at such meeting or is not a director, the President shall preside at such meeting (if the President is a director and is not also the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer), and, if the President is not present at such meeting or is not a director, a majority of the directors present at such meeting then in office shall elect one of their members to so preside. A majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Unless by express provision of an applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, the vote of a majority of directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

Section 6.             Committees .   The Board of Directors (i) may designate one or more committees consisting of one or more of the directors of the Corporation and (ii) shall, during such

 

13
 

  

period of time as any securities of the Corporation are listed on a national securities exchange, designate all committees required by the rules and regulations of such exchange. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. Except to the extent restricted by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, each such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution creating it, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors. Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors or as required by any applicable rules and regulations of the national securities exchange on which any securities of the Company are listed. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors upon request.

 

Section 7.             Committee Rules .   Each committee of the Board of Directors may fix its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by a resolution of the Board of Directors designating such committee. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, the presence of at least a majority of the members of the committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. All matters shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, in the event that a member and that member’s alternate, if alternates are designated by the Board of Directors, of such committee is or are absent or disqualified, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

 

Section 8.             Telephonic and Other Meetings .   Unless restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any one or more members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may participate in and act at any meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.

 

Section 9.            Waiver of Notice .   Any director may waive notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, by a written waiver signed by the director entitled to the notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the director entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein. Attendance of a director at a meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the director attends for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

Section 10.           Action by Written Consent .   Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto 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 of Directors or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

  

14
 

  

Section 11.           Compensation .   The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, of directors for services to the Corporation in any capacity.

 

Section 12.           Reliance on Books and Records .   A member of the Board of Directors, or a member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors shall, in the performance of such director’s duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other person as to matters the director reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

 

Section 13.          Resignation .   Any director may resign by delivering a resignation in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. Such resignation shall be effective upon delivery unless it is specified to be effective at some later time or upon the happening of some later event or events.

 

Article IV
OFFICERS

 

Section 1.            Number, Titles .   The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors and may consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Executive Vice Presidents, one or more Senior Vice Presidents, one or more Business Unit Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, a Corporate Secretary and such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except that neither the Chief Executive Officer nor the President shall also hold the office of Secretary. In its discretion, the Board of Directors may choose not to fill any office for any period as it may deem advisable, except that the offices of President and Secretary shall be filled as expeditiously as possible.

 

Section 2.            Election and Term of Office .   The officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting held after each annual meeting of stockholders or as soon thereafter as convenient. Vacancies may be filled or new offices created and filled at any meeting of the Board of Directors. Each officer shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or retirement as hereinafter provided.

 

Section 3.             Removal .   Any officer or agent elected by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors at its sole discretion, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.

 

Section 4.            Vacancies .  Any vacancy occurring in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification, retirement or otherwise may be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

15
 

  

Section 5.             Compensation .   Compensation of all executive officers shall be approved by the Board of Directors, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by virtue of his or her also being a director of the Corporation; provided, however, that compensation of some or all executive officers may be determined by a committee established for that purpose if so authorized by the Board of Directors or as required by applicable law or any applicable rule or regulation, including any rule or regulation of any national securities exchange upon which the Corporation’s securities are then listed for trading.

 

Section 6.             Chief Executive Officer .   The Chief Executive Officer shall have, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the general powers and duties of supervision, direction, and management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, including, without limitation, all powers necessary to direct and control the organizational and reporting relationships within the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. In addition, the Chief Executive Officer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors or as are set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. If the Board of Directors has not elected or appointed a President or the office of the President is otherwise vacant, and no officer otherwise functions with the powers and duties of the President, then, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall also have all the powers and duties of the President.

 

Section 7.             The President .   The President, if there is such an officer and the Board of Directors so directs, shall serve as chief operating officer and have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of chief operating officer unless the Board of Directors provides for another officer to serve as chief operating officer (or to have the powers and duties of chief operating officer). The President shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. If the Board of Directors has not elected or appointed a Chief Executive Officer or the office of Chief Executive Officer is otherwise vacant, then, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the President shall also have all the powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer.

 

Section 8.             Chief Operating Officer .   The Chief Operating Officer, if there is such an officer and the Board of Directors so directs, shall serve as chief operating officer and have the powers and duties customarily and usually associated with the office of chief operating officer unless the Board of Directors provides for another officer to have the powers and duties of chief operating officer. The Chief Operating Officer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.

 

Section 9.             Executive Vice Presidents or Senior Vice Presidents .   Each Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President shall have the powers and duties delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.

 

Section 10.          Business Unit Presidents .    Each Business Unit President shall have the powers and duties delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. Business Unit Presidents may be designated as President, Animal Health; President, Performance

 

16
 

   

Products; President, Prince Agri Products; or such other titles as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

 

Section 11.           Vice Presidents .    Each Vice President shall have the powers and duties delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.

 

Section 12.           The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries .   The Secretary shall issue all authorized notices for, and shall keep minutes of, all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. He or she shall have charge of the corporate books and shall perform other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Any Assistant Secretary, if there is such an officer, shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, President or the Secretary may from time to time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary (or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors), shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.

 

Section 13.           The Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers .   The Chief Financial Officer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the Corporation in a thorough and proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs of the Corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. The Chief Financial Officer, subject to the order of the Board of Directors, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to such office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President shall designate from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer or President may direct the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, if there is such an officer, to assume and perform the duties of the Chief Financial Officer in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, and each Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer shall perform other duties commonly incident to such office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President shall designate from time to time.

 

Section 14.           Other Officers, Assistant Officers and Agents .   Officers, assistant officers and agents, if any, other than those whose duties are provided for in these Bylaws, shall have such authority and perform such duties as may from time to time be prescribed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 15.           Delegation of Authority .   The Board of Directors may by resolution delegate the powers and duties of such officer to any other officer or to any director, or to any other person whom it may select.

 

Section 16.          Officers’ Bonds or Other Security .   If required by the Board of Directors, any officer of the Corporation shall give a bond or other security for the faithful performance of his duties, in such amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors may require.

 

Section 17.          Absence or Disability of Officers .   In the case of the absence or disability of any officer of the Corporation and of any person hereby authorized to act in such officer’s place

 

17
 

  

during such officer’s absence or disability, the Board of Directors may by resolution delegate the powers and duties of such officer to any other officer or to any director, or to any other person selected by it. One Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President may be designated by the Board of Directors to perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Executive Officer in the event of the Chief Executive Officer’s absence or disability.

 

Article V
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

 

Section 1.            Form .   The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate 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, (i) the Chairman of the Board, or the President, an Executive Vice President, a Senior Vice President or a Vice President, and (ii) the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. Any or all signatures on any such certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed, whose facsimile signature has been used on or who has duly affixed a facsimile signature or signatures to any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar of the Corporation whether because of death, resignation or otherwise before such certificate or certificates have been issued by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates, whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon or who duly affixed a facsimile signature or signatures thereon had not ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar of the Corporation. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified.

 

Section 2.            Transfers of Stock .   Transfers of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the stock record of the Corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his, her or its attorney thereunto authorized by the power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or the transfer agent thereof. Certificated shares shall be transferred only upon surrender of the certificate or certificates representing such shares, properly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed stock transfer power. Uncertificated shares shall be transferred by delivery of a duly executed stock transfer power. Registration of transfer of any shares shall be subject to applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law with respect to the transfer of such shares. The Board of Directors may make such additional rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue and transfer of shares of stock of the Corporation.

 

Section 3.             Transfer Agent .   The Board of Directors may appoint a bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof to act as its transfer agent or registrar, or both in connection with the transfer of any class or series of securities of the Corporation.

 

Section 4.             Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates .   The Corporation may issue or direct a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate or

 

18
 

  

certificates previously issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, or of uncertificated shares, the Corporation may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

 

Section 5.             Registered Stockholders .   The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its records as the owner of shares of stock of the Corporation to receive dividends, to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner of such shares. The Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in any such shares of stock on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

Article VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 1.             Dividends .   Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, dividends upon the shares of capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors in accordance with applicable law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, in shares of the capital stock or in any combination thereof, subject to the provisions of applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors may think conducive to the interests of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserves in the manner in which it was created.

 

Section 2.             Contracts .   In addition to the powers otherwise granted to officers pursuant to ARTICLE IV hereof, the Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, or any agent or agents, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 3.             Fiscal Year .   The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.             Corporate Seal .   The Board of Directors may provide a corporate seal which shall be in the form as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no seal shall be required by virtue of this section.

 

19
 

  

 

Section 5.             Voting Securities Owned By Corporation .   Voting securities in any other Corporation held by the Corporation shall be voted (or consents in writing may be provided in respect thereof) by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Secretary or any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, unless the Board of Directors specifically confers authority to vote (or express consent in writing) with respect thereto, which authority may be general or confined to specific instances, upon some other person or officer. Any person authorized to vote or express consent with respect to such securities shall have the power to appoint proxies, with general power of substitution.

 

Section 6.             Inspection of Books and Records .   The Board of Directors shall have power from time to time to determine to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders; and no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any account or book or document of the Corporation, except as conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

Section 7.            Time Periods .   Unless otherwise provided by applicable law, in applying any provision of these Bylaws which requires that an act be done or not be done a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded and the day of the event shall be included.

 

Section 8.            Section Headings .   Section headings in these Bylaws are for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or otherwise construing any provision herein.

 

Section 9.            Inconsistent Provisions .   In the event that any provision of these Bylaws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any other applicable law, the provision of these Bylaws shall not be given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.

 

Article VII
INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 1.             Right to Indemnification .   Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved (including involvement, without limitation, as a witness) in any actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as an employee or agent of the Corporation or as a director, officer, partner, member, trustee, administrator, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of

 

 

20
 

  

Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees and related disbursements, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time (“ERISA”), and any other penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation (or has ceased to serve, at the request of the Corporation, as an employee or agent of the Corporation or as a director, officer, partner, member, trustee, administrator, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan) and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 2 of this ARTICLE VII with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized in the first instance by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Section 1 of this ARTICLE VII shall be a contract right and shall include the obligation of the Corporation to pay the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 1 or otherwise. The Corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same or lesser scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers.

 

Section 2.             Procedure for Indemnification .   If a claim for indemnification under this Article VII (which may only be made following the final disposition of such proceeding) is not paid in full within sixty days after the Corporation has received a claim therefor by the indemnitee, or if a claim for any advancement of expenses under this Article VII is not paid in full within thirty days after the Corporation has received a statement or statements requesting such amounts to be advanced (provided that the indemnitee has delivered the undertaking contemplated by Section 1 of this Article VII), the indemnitee shall thereupon (but not before) be entitled to file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim. Such person’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing his or her right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be indemnified by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law. It shall be a defense to any action by a director or officer for indemnification or the advancement of expenses (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advancement of expenses where the undertaking required pursuant to Section 2 of this ARTICLE VII, if any, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors, a committee thereof, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General

 

21
 

  

Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors, a committee thereof, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. The procedure for indemnification of other employees and agents of the Corporation for whom indemnification and advancement of expenses is provided pursuant to Section 1 of this ARTICLE VII shall be the same procedure set forth in this Section 2 for directors or officers of the Corporation, unless otherwise set forth in the action of the Board of Directors providing indemnification and advancement of expenses for such employees or agents of the Corporation.

 

Section 3.             Insurance .   The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on its own behalf and on behalf of any person who is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, against any expense, liability or loss asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expenses, liability or loss under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

Section 4.             Service for Subsidiaries .   Any person serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other enterprise, at least fifty percent (50%) of whose equity interests are owned directly or indirectly by the Corporation (a “subsidiary” for this ARTICLE VII) shall be conclusively presumed to be serving in such capacity at the request of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.             Reliance .   Persons who after the date of the adoption of this provision become or remain directors or officers of the Corporation or who, while a director or officer of the Corporation, become or remain a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary, shall be conclusively presumed to have relied on the rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and other rights contained in this ARTICLE VII in entering into or continuing such service. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this ARTICLE VII shall apply to claims made against an indemnitee arising out of acts or omissions which occurred or occur both prior and subsequent to the adoption hereof.

 

Section 6.             Other Rights; Continuation of Rights to Indemnification .   The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this ARTICLE VII shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or under any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. All rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses under this ARTICLE VII shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each indemnitee who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this ARTICLE VII is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this ARTICLE VII or any repeal or modification of relevant provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any other applicable laws shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses of such indemnitee or the obligations of the Corporation arising hereunder with respect to any proceeding

 

22
 

  

arising out of, or relating to, any actions, transactions or facts occurring prior to the final adoption of such repeal or modification.

 

Section 7.             Merger or Consolidation .   For purposes of this ARTICLE VII, references to the “Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this ARTICLE VII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

Section 8.             Savings Clause .   If this ARTICLE VII or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and advance expenses to each person entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses under Section 1 of this ARTICLE VII as to all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees and related disbursements, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, and any other penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such person and for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is available to such person pursuant to this ARTICLE VII to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this ARTICLE VII that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

 

Article VIII
AMENDMENTS

 

These Bylaws may be amended, altered, changed or repealed or new Bylaws adopted only in accordance with Article Nine, Section 2 of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

23

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Jack C. Bendheim, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2014 of Phibro Animal Health Corporation;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
   a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
   b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
   c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
   a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
   b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Dated: May 13, 2014
/s/ Jack C. Bendheim
 
Jack C. Bendheim
President and Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Richard G. Johnson, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2014 of Phibro Animal Health Corporation;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
   a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
   b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
   c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
   a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
   b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Dated: May 13, 2014
/s/ Richard G. Johnson
 
Richard G. Johnson
Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, each of the undersigned certifies that this periodic report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in this periodic report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the issuer.
 
Dated: May 13, 2014
/s/ Jack C. Bendheim
 
Jack C. Bendheim
President and Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, each of the undersigned certifies that this periodic report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in this periodic report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the issuer.
 
Dated: May 13, 2014
/s/ Richard G. Johnson
 
Richard G. Johnson
Chief Financial Officer