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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
 
Act
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
February 25, 2025
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
001-38695
64-0500378
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
1052 Highland Colony Pkwy
,
Suite 200
,
Ridgeland
,
MS
39157
(Address of principal executive offices (zip code))
 
601
-
948-6813
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
 
A.2 below):
 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
 
Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
 
Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
 
Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
 
Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
CALM
The
NASDAQ
 
Global Select Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
 
Act of
1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2
 
of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
Act.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 1.01
 
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Background
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (“Cal-Maine Foods,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”)
 
has been controlled by members of the family
of our
 
founder, Fred
 
R. Adams, Jr.,
 
since its
 
founding and
 
since it
 
became a
 
public company.
 
In connection
 
with Mr. Adams’
estate planning
 
in 2018,
 
Mr. Adams’ four daughters
 
and Adolphus B.
 
Baker, Chair
 
of the
 
Company’s Board
 
of Directors
 
(the
“Board”) and
 
Mr. Adams’ son-in-law
 
(the “Members”)
 
(and/or their
 
respective predecessors-in-interest),
 
took certain
 
actions,
including forming
 
DLNL, LLC,
 
a Delaware
 
limited liability
 
company (“Daughters’ LLC” and
 
together with
 
the Members,
 
the
“Stockholder Parties”),
 
to enable
 
Mr. Adams’ family to
 
continue to
 
own and
 
retain shares
 
of the
 
Company’s Class A common
stock, $0.01 par
 
value per share
 
(the “Class A Shares”), and common
 
stock, $0.01 par
 
value per share
 
(the “Common Shares”)
sufficient
 
to
 
maintain
 
majority
 
voting
 
control
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
after
 
his
 
death
 
and
 
to
 
provide
 
for
 
the
 
long-term,
 
stable
 
and
consistent ownership and governance of the Company.
 
Mr. Adams passed away on March 29, 2020.
Daughters’
 
LLC holds 4,800,000 Class
 
A Shares,
 
representing 100% of the
 
outstanding Class A
 
Shares.
 
The Class
 
A Shares
 
have
ten votes per
 
share and are
 
convertible on a
 
share-for-share basis into
 
Common Shares, which
 
have one vote
 
per share.
 
Generally,
the Class A
 
Shares automatically convert to Common Shares upon transfer to persons not related to the family.
The outstanding Class
 
A Shares
 
currently represent approximately
 
52.0% of the Company’s
 
total voting power.
 
In addition to the
Class A Shares, Daughters’ LLC
 
also holds
 
1,087,956 Common Shares,
 
bringing the
 
total voting
 
power of
 
the shares
 
held by
Daughters’ LLC to approximately
 
53.2%.
The Members have
 
informed the Board
 
that they are
 
potentially interested in
 
diversifying their respective
 
financial portfolios (the
“Potential Portfolio Diversification”), including through
 
the potential sale of
 
all or a portion
 
of the Common Shares
 
underlying
the Class
 
A Shares
 
held by Daughters’
 
LLC, as most
 
of them have
 
become more focused
 
on their individual
 
estate planning efforts
and philanthropic
 
endeavors.
 
The Potential
 
Portfolio Diversification
 
could result
 
in Daughters’ LLC
 
ceasing to
 
have majority
voting control of the Company, which in turn would result in the Company ceasing
 
to be a “controlled company” pursuant to the
rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market. The Members indicated that they were willing to work with the Company towards achieving
a smooth
 
transition. Before
 
giving effect
 
to any
 
potential sales,
 
if Daughters’
 
LLC were
 
to convert
 
its Class A
 
Shares into
 
Common
Shares, Daughters’ LLC’s total voting
 
power would decline
 
from 53.2% to
 
12.0% of the
 
voting power of
 
the Company’s then-
outstanding Common Shares. The Class A Conversion would have no impact
 
on the Daughters’ LLC’s economic interest in the
Company, which would remain at 12.0%.
As noted above, Mr. Baker has an interest in the Potential Portfolio Diversification
 
and, as a director, has an interest in certain of
the potential
 
actions by
 
the Company to
 
address the Potential
 
Portfolio Diversification.
 
Because Mr. Baker’s interests
 
may be
different
 
from
 
the
 
interests
 
of
 
the
 
stockholders
 
generally,
 
the
 
Board
 
authorized
 
a
 
special
 
committee,
 
consisting
 
solely
 
of
disinterested
 
independent directors
 
(the “Special
 
Committee”), to
 
consider what
 
corporate actions,
 
if
 
any, should
 
be
 
taken to
address the impact of the Potential Portfolio Diversification on the Company and its stockholders.
The Special Committee, among other things,
 
considered and determined that it was
 
in the best interests of
 
the Company and its
stockholders for the Company
 
to facilitate the Members’
 
sale of their Common
 
Shares, including the Common
 
Shares underlying
their Class A Shares, and manage the
 
loss of controlled company
 
status, in each
 
case, in an orderly
 
manner in compliance with
legal requirements.
On February 24, 2025,
 
the Special Committee
 
unanimously recommended to
 
the Board, and,
 
on February 25,
 
2025, the
 
Board
approved the
 
Agreement Regarding Conversion
 
(the “Conversion
 
Agreement”), by and among
 
the Company and the
 
Stockholder
Parties, including the documents contemplated
 
by that agreement, which include:
 
(i) the Third
 
Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation of the Company (“Restated Charter”),
 
to become effective upon filing with the
 
Delaware Secretary of State (the
“Restated
 
Charter
 
Effective
 
Date”),
 
(ii) the Amended
 
and
 
Restated
 
Bylaws of
 
the
 
Company
 
(“Restated
 
Bylaws”), to
 
become
effective
 
on
 
the Restated
 
Charter
 
Effective Date,
 
and
 
(iii) an
 
amendment and
 
restatement of
 
the
 
Daughters’ LLC’s
 
operating
agreement
 
to
 
permit
 
Daughters’ LLC
 
to
 
take
 
the
 
actions
 
provided
 
for
 
in
 
the
 
Conversion Agreement
 
(the
 
“Daughters’ LLC
Amendment”).
 
The Conversion
 
Agreement, including
 
the documents
 
contemplated by
 
that agreement,
 
are referred
 
to collectively
as the
 
“Transactions.”
 
At the
 
meeting at
 
which the
 
Board approved
 
the Conversion Agreement,
 
the Board
 
also unanimously
approved and declared advisable the Restated Charter, and directed that it be submitted for stockholder approval by the majority
written consent of stockholders.
Thereafter, on February 25, 2025, the Conversion Agreement was
 
executed and delivered by
 
the Company and the
 
Stockholder
Parties, and Daughters’ LLC executed and delivered the majority written consent in lieu of a meeting of stockholders approving
the Restated Charter (the
 
“Majority Written Consent”)
 
in accordance with Section 228
 
of the Delaware General
 
Corporation Law
(the “DGCL”).
 
 
 
 
 
As requested by the
 
Board, Mr. Baker
 
plans to continue to
 
serve as Board
 
Chair at least until
 
the Company’s 2027 annual
 
meeting
of stockholders.
Contemporaneously with
 
the filing
 
of this
 
Current Report
 
on Form
 
8-K, the
 
Company is
 
also filing
 
a preliminary
 
Information
Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regarding the Restated Charter and related matters.
 
The
Restated Charter will become effective upon filing with the Secretary
 
of State of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Secretary
of State”),
 
which the
 
Company expects
 
to occur
 
on or
 
promptly after
 
the 20th
 
calendar day
 
following the
 
distribution of
 
the
definitive Information Statement to stockholders.
Because the Restated Charter
 
has been approved by
 
the Board and by
 
the stockholder vote required
 
by law, the Company
 
will not
be soliciting proxies or holding a meeting of stockholders to consider the Restated Charter.
Agreement Regarding Conversion
The Conversion Agreement provides for the following:
The approval by the Board, and approval by
 
Daughters’ LLC
 
by majority written consent, of the Restated Charter,
 
to be
effective upon the Restated Charter Effective Date;
The approval
 
by the
 
Board of
 
the Restated
 
Bylaws, which
 
include provisions
 
that align
 
with the
 
Restated Charter,
 
to
become effective on the Restated Charter Effective Date;
The agreement by the Stockholder Parties not to convert any Class A Shares into Common Shares prior to the Restated
Charter Effective Date;
The agreement by the Stockholder Parties that if
 
Daughters’ LLC converts any Class A
 
Shares into Common Shares, it
will simultaneously convert all (but not less than all) Class
 
A Shares into Common Shares (the “Class A
 
Conversion”);
After
 
the
 
effective
 
date
 
of
 
the
 
Class A
 
Conversion
 
(the
 
“Class A
 
Conversion
 
Date”),
 
and
 
ending
 
on
 
the
 
12-month
anniversary of
 
the Class
 
A
 
Conversion Date
 
(or, if
 
earlier, December 31, 2026),
 
certain registration
 
rights of
 
the Members
to offer or sell Common Shares in a registered offering under the Securities
 
Act; and
The adoption by the
 
Stockholder Parties of an
 
amended and restated limited
 
liability company operating agreement of
Daughters’ LLC, which provides for
 
certain changes to
 
permit Daughters’ LLC to take
 
the actions provided
 
for in the
Conversion Agreement.
The Conversion Agreement
 
also provides
 
that, prior
 
to the
 
expiration of
 
the registration
 
rights, each
 
Stockholder Party
 
agrees
(i) to cause all
 
Common Shares and
 
Class A Shares held by such
 
Stockholder Party (or
 
over which such
 
Stockholder Party has
voting discretion or
 
control as of
 
the applicable record
 
date) to be
 
present either in
 
person or by
 
proxy for quorum
 
purposes at
any stockholders’ meeting at which
 
directors of the
 
Company are elected,
 
and (ii) to vote,
 
or cause to
 
be voted, such
 
Common
Shares and Class A Shares held by it (or over which such Stockholder Party has voting discretion or control) in favor of not less
than three independent directors.
The Transactions do not
 
require any Stockholder
 
Party to convert
 
Class A Common Shares into Common
 
Shares or to
 
sell any
Common Shares.
 
As noted above, the registration rights provided to the Members pursuant to the Conversion
 
Agreement expire
on the 12-month anniversary of the Class A
 
Conversion Date (or, if earlier, December 31, 2026).
The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the
Conversion Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith
 
as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 1.02
 
Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
Pursuant
 
to the
 
Conversion Agreement,
 
that certain
 
Agreement Regarding
 
Common Stock,
 
dated as
 
of
 
July 20, 2018,
 
by
 
and
among the Company and
 
the Members, among others,
 
which is filed as
 
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s
 
annual report on Form 10-
K
 
for
 
the
 
fiscal
 
year
 
ended
 
June 1, 2024,
 
terminated
 
on
 
February 25, 2025,
 
upon
 
execution
 
and
 
delivery
 
of
 
the
 
Conversion
Agreement.
Item 5.01 Changes in Control of Registrant.
(a)
The Company has not experienced a change of control.
 
 
 
 
(b)
As
 
described
 
in
 
Item 1.01,
 
if
 
the
 
Class A Conversion
 
occurs,
 
Daughters’ LLC
 
will
 
no
 
longer
 
control
 
a
 
majority
 
of
 
the
Company’s total voting power, and the
 
Company would no longer be a
 
“controlled company” under the rules
 
of The Nasdaq
Stock Market.
 
As described in
 
Item 1.01, the Conversion Agreement does
 
not require Daughters’ LLC to
 
convert its Class A Shares
 
or to sell
any shares of
 
the Company.
 
Therefore, there can be
 
no assurance that the
 
Class A Conversion will occur or,
 
if so, when it
 
will
occur. However, even if the
 
Class A Conversion occurs, it would represent a dissipation of control, not a
 
“change of control” in
the traditional sense because no other third party would be acquiring control. For example, the Class
 
A Conversion would not be
considered a “change of control” for purposes of the Company’s incentive plan or outstanding equity grants.
The
 
description
 
of
 
the
 
Conversion Agreement
 
and
 
the
 
documents
 
contemplated
 
by
 
that
 
agreement
 
set
 
forth
 
in
 
Item 1.01
 
is
incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01.
Item 5.03 Amendments to
 
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
As described in
 
Item 1.01, the
 
Restated Charter will
 
become effective upon
 
filing with the
 
Delaware Secretary of
 
State, which
the Company expects to occur on or promptly after the 20th calendar day following the distribution
 
of the definitive Information
Statement to
 
stockholders. The Restated
 
Charter provides for
 
the following
 
changes, among others,
 
to the
 
Company’s existing
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
 
as amended (the “Current Charter”):
Authorization of Undesignated Preferred Stock
Under the Restated
 
Charter, the Board
 
will have the
 
authority, without further
 
action by the
 
stockholders, to authorize
 
the issuance
by the Company of up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”), in one or more
series and to fix the rights, preferences,
 
privileges
 
and restrictions granted to or imposed
 
upon the Preferred Stock.
 
Any or all of
these rights may be greater than the rights of our Common Shares or Class
 
A Shares. Under the Current Charter, the Company
 
is
not authorized to issue preferred stock.
Classified Board
The Restated Charter
 
provides for classification
 
of the Board,
 
pursuant to which
 
directors will be
 
divided into three
 
classes, as
nearly equal
 
in number
 
as possible.
 
The directors
 
in Class I
 
will each
 
have a
 
term expiring
 
at the
 
first annual
 
meeting of
 
the
stockholders following the effectiveness of
 
the Restated Charter.
 
The directors in Class II will
 
each have a term expiring
 
at the
second annual
 
meeting of
 
the stockholders
 
following the
 
effectiveness of
 
the Restated
 
Charter.
 
The directors
 
in Class III
 
will
each have a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of the Restated Charter.
At each annual
 
meeting of stockholders
 
of the Company
 
beginning with the
 
first annual meeting
 
of stockholders following
 
the
effectiveness of the Restated Charter,
 
subject to any rights of
 
the holders of shares of
 
any class or series of
 
Preferred Stock, the
successors of
 
the directors
 
whose term
 
expires at
 
that meeting
 
shall be
 
elected to
 
hold office
 
for a
 
term expiring
 
at the
 
annual
meeting of stockholders held
 
in the third year
 
following the year of
 
their election and will
 
hold office until
 
their successors are
duly elected and
 
qualified, subject to
 
such director’s earlier
 
death, resignation or
 
removal.
 
In the case
 
of any increase
 
or decrease,
from time to time,
 
in the number of
 
directors of the Company,
 
the number of directors
 
in each class shall
 
be apportioned as nearly
equal as possible.
 
No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
Upon the effective date of the Restated Charter, the Board will be classified into three classes, and it is expected
 
that the current
directors will be apportioned into the three classes as provided below:
Class
Directors
Class I
(terms expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting)
Sherman L. Miller and Camille S.
 
Young
Class II
(terms expiring at the 2026 Annual Meeting)
Max P. Bowman and Letitia C. Hughes
Class III
(terms expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting)
Adolphus B.
 
Baker, Steve W.
 
Sanders and James E.
 
Poole
Pursuant to the Current
 
Charter, the Board is not
 
classified, and directors are elected
 
at each annual meeting to
 
serve for a term
of one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
 
No Cumulative Voting in Director Elections
Under the Restated Charter, cumulative voting in director elections will not be permitted. Cumulative voting,
 
which is permitted
by the
 
Current Charter,
 
is a
 
process for
 
electing directors
 
that permits
 
each stockholder
 
to cast
 
a number
 
of votes
 
equal to
 
the
number of
 
Board seats
 
up for
 
election, multiplied
 
by the
 
number of
 
votes attributable
 
to the
 
Company Shares
 
the stockholder
owns. Those votes can then be allocated by the stockholder disproportionately to one or more candidates.
Removal of Directors by Stockholders Only for Cause
Under the
 
Restated Charter,
 
subject to
 
the rights
 
of holders
 
of any
 
series of
 
Preferred Stock
 
with respect
 
to the
 
election of
 
directors,
a director may be removed
 
from office by the stockholders
 
of the Company only for
 
cause and only by the
 
affirmative vote of the
holders of at least a majority
 
of the voting power of
 
all then outstanding shares of capital stock
 
of the Company entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. The DGCL permits corporations with classified boards to
include this
 
provision in
 
their charters.
 
The Current
 
Charter and
 
the Company’s
 
existing Amended
 
and Restated
 
Bylaws (the
“Current Bylaws”)
 
are silent
 
with regard
 
to the
 
removal of
 
directors, and
 
therefore, pursuant
 
to the
 
DGCL, directors
 
may be
removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the voting power.
Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships
The Restated Charter provides that, subject
 
to the rights of holders of any
 
series of Preferred Stock with respect
 
to the election of
directors, vacancies
 
occurring on
 
the Board
 
for any
 
reason and
 
newly created
 
directorships resulting
 
from an
 
increase in
 
the
number of directors
 
may be filled
 
only by vote
 
of a majority
 
of the remaining
 
members of the
 
Board, although less
 
than a quorum,
or by a sole remaining director, at any meeting of the Board and
 
not by the stockholders.
 
A person so elected by the
 
Board to fill
a vacancy or newly
 
created directorship shall hold
 
office until the next
 
election of the class
 
for which such person
 
shall have been
assigned by the Board and until such person’s successor shall be duly elected and qualified or until such director’s
 
earlier death,
resignation or removal.
 
The Current Bylaws
 
contain a similar
 
provision, but do
 
not restrict the
 
power to fill
 
vacancies to the
 
Board
and do not address vacancies occurring in a class of directors, as under the Current Charter the Board is not classified.
Amendments to Charter
Pursuant to
 
the Restated
 
Charter, any
 
amendment to
 
the Restated
 
Charter will
 
require the
 
affirmative vote
 
of the
 
holders of
 
at
least 66
2
/
3
% of the voting
 
power of all then outstanding
 
shares of capital stock of
 
the Company entitled to vote
 
generally in the
election of directors, voting together as a single class.
 
In addition, so long as any Class A Shares are outstanding, the Company
may not, without first obtaining the approval by vote or written consent in the manner provided by law of the holders of not less
than
 
66
2
/
3
%
 
of
 
the
 
total
 
number
 
of
 
Class A Shares
 
outstanding,
 
voting
 
separately
 
as
 
a
 
class,
 
(i) alter
 
or
 
change
 
the
 
rights
 
or
privileges of
 
Class A Shares, (ii) amend any
 
provision of the
 
section of the
 
Restated Charter designating
 
the special rights
 
and
privileges
 
of
 
the
 
Class
 
A
 
Shares
 
affecting
 
the
 
Class
 
A
 
Shares
 
or
 
(3) effect
 
any
 
re-classification
 
or
 
re-capitalization
 
of
 
the
Company’s outstanding capital stock.
The
 
Current
 
Charter
 
contains
 
the
 
same
 
provisions
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
 
special
 
voting
 
rights
 
of
 
the
 
Class A
 
Shares
 
described
immediately above. The Current Charter is otherwise silent with respect to
 
amendments; therefore, under the DGCL, except for
such special voting rights of the Class A
 
Shares, or as may otherwise be required by law, the Current Charter can be amended by
the approval of a
 
majority in voting interest
 
of the Common Shares
 
and Class A Shares issued and outstanding, voting together
as a group.
Amendments to Bylaws
Under the Restated Charter,
 
the bylaws of the
 
Company then in effect
 
may be amended by
 
the Board or the
 
affirmative vote of
the holders of at least 66
2
/
3
% of the voting power of all then outstanding
 
shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
The Current Charter provides that the Board is authorized to amend the Company’s
 
bylaws, and the Current Bylaws provide that
they may be amended by the
 
Board or by the stockholders by
 
the vote of the holders of
 
a majority in voting interest of
 
the capital
stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy.
Stockholder Action by Written Consent
The Restated Charter specifically denies the
 
ability of stockholders to act by
 
written consent. The Current Charter is silent
 
with
respect to
 
the ability
 
of
 
stockholders to
 
act by
 
written consent;
 
therefore, under
 
the DGCL,
 
stockholder action
 
may be
 
taken
without a meeting, without prior notice
 
and without a vote, if a consent
 
or consents, setting forth the action so
 
taken, is signed by
the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take
such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.
Special Meetings of Stockholders
The Restated
 
Charter provides
 
that special
 
stockholder meetings
 
may be
 
called at
 
any time
 
only by
 
the Board
 
Chair or
 
by the
Board.
 
The ability of stockholders to call special stockholder meetings is specifically denied. The Current Charter is silent with
respect to calling special stockholder meetings, and the Current Bylaws provide that special stockholder meetings may be called
by the Board
 
Chair, chief executive
 
officer, president, a
 
majority of the
 
Board, or by
 
stockholders owning a
 
majority in voting
interest of the entire capital stock of the Company issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.
Indemnification
Under the Restated Charter, the
 
Company will indemnify its directors
 
and officers to the fullest
 
extent authorized or permitted by
the DGCL,
 
as now
 
or hereafter
 
in effect.
 
A director’s
 
right to
 
indemnification will
 
include the
 
right to
 
be paid
 
the expenses
incurred in
 
defending or
 
otherwise participating
 
in any
 
proceeding in
 
advance of
 
its final
 
disposition, but
 
only if
 
that director
presents to the
 
Company a written
 
undertaking to repay
 
that amount if
 
it shall ultimately
 
be determined that
 
the director is
 
not
entitled to be indemnified.
 
Insurance
Pursuant to the Restated Charter, the Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
 
current or former director
or officer against any liability asserted against that person to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the DGCL.
Forum Selection
The Restated Charter provides that,
 
unless a majority of the
 
Board, acting on behalf of
 
the Company, consents in writing
 
to the
selection of
 
an alternative
 
forum, the
 
Court of
 
Chancery of
 
the State
 
of Delaware
 
(or, if
 
the Court
 
of Chancery
 
does not
 
have
jurisdiction, another state court located within the State of
 
Delaware or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware
 
has
jurisdiction, the
 
federal district
 
court for
 
the District
 
of Delaware),
 
will be
 
the sole
 
and exclusive
 
forum for
 
(i) any derivative
action or
 
proceeding brought
 
on behalf
 
of the
 
Company under
 
Delaware law,
 
(ii) any action
 
asserting a
 
claim of
 
breach of
 
a
fiduciary
 
duty
 
owed
 
by
 
any
 
current
 
or
 
former
 
director,
 
officer
 
or
 
other
 
employee
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
to
 
the
 
Company
 
or
 
the
Company’s stockholders,
 
(iii) any action
 
asserting a
 
claim against
 
the Company
 
or any
 
of its directors,
 
officers or other
 
employees
arising pursuant to
 
any provision of
 
the DGCL, the
 
Company’s certificate of
 
incorporation or bylaws
 
(in each
 
case, as may
 
be
amended
 
from
 
time
 
to
 
time),
 
(iv) any
 
action
 
asserting
 
a
 
claim
 
against
 
the
 
Company
 
or
 
any
 
of
 
its
 
directors,
 
officers
 
or
 
other
employees
 
governed
 
by
 
the
 
internal
 
affairs
 
doctrine
 
of
 
the
 
State
 
of
 
Delaware
 
or
 
(v) any
 
other
 
action
 
asserting
 
an
 
“internal
corporate claim,” as defined in Section 115 of
 
the DGCL, in all cases subject to
 
the court’s having personal jurisdiction over all
indispensable parties named as defendants.
The Restated Charter further provides that, unless a majority of the Board, acting on behalf of the Company, consents in writing
to the selection of an alternative forum,
 
the federal district courts of the United States
 
of America will be the sole and exclusive
forum for the resolution of any action asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities
 
Act.
The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the
Company’s Third Amended and
 
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.2.
Amended and Restated Bylaws
As described in
 
Item 1.01, the
 
Restated Bylaws will
 
become effective when
 
the Restated Charter
 
becomes effective. The
 
Restated
Bylaws contain changes that align
 
with the Restated Charter. In
 
addition, the Restated Bylaws provide
 
for the following changes,
among others, to the Current Bylaws:
Advance Notice for Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominations
The
 
Restated
 
Bylaws
 
establish
 
advance
 
notice
 
procedures
 
for
 
stockholder
 
proposals
 
to
 
be
 
brought
 
before
 
a
 
meeting
 
of
 
our
stockholders, including
 
proposed nominations
 
of persons
 
for election
 
to the
 
Board.
 
At an
 
annual meeting,
 
stockholders may
consider only
 
proposals or
 
nominations (i) specified
 
in the
 
notice of
 
the meeting
 
given at
 
the direction
 
of the
 
Board, or
 
as otherwise
properly brought
 
before the meeting
 
at the direction
 
of the Board,
 
or (ii) submitted by
 
a stockholder
 
who is a
 
stockholder of
 
record
at the time of
 
giving the notice provided
 
for in the Restated
 
Bylaws through the meeting
 
date, is entitled to
 
vote at the
 
meeting
and complies with the advance notice procedures, including with respect to timing and content, set forth in the
 
Restated Bylaws.
 
To be timely, stockholder notice of
 
proposals and nominations must be received
 
by the corporate secretary no later
 
than the close
 
of business on
 
the 90th day,
 
and no earlier
 
than the 120th
 
day, prior
 
to the first
 
anniversary of the
 
date of
 
the preceding year’s
annual meeting (unless the meeting date is significantly shifted as provided in the Restated Bylaws).
At a special meeting, stockholders may
 
consider only business brought before the meeting
 
pursuant to the Company’s notice of
the meeting, and if the notice
 
includes director elections, nominations may
 
be made (i) at the direction of
 
the Board or (ii) by any
stockholder who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving the notice provided for in
 
the Restated Bylaws through meeting
date,
 
is entitled
 
to vote
 
at
 
the meeting
 
and on
 
the election,
 
and complies
 
with the
 
advance notice
 
procedures, including
 
with
respect to timing
 
and content, set
 
forth in the
 
Restated Bylaws.
 
To be timely,
 
stockholder notice of
 
a nomination must
 
be received
by the corporate secretary no earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior
 
to the special meeting and no later than the
close of
 
business on
 
the later
 
of (i) the
 
90th day
 
prior to
 
the meeting
 
and (ii) the
 
tenth day
 
following the
 
day on
 
which public
disclosure of the date of the meeting is first made by the Company.
In addition,
 
stockholders may
 
consider a
 
stockholder proposal
 
included in
 
the Company’s
 
proxy materials
 
in compliance
 
with
Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
 
All proposals and nominations must also comply with all applicable legal requirements.
Director Eligibility
Under the Restated Bylaws, no person will be eligible for election as a director unless he or she has, within ten days following a
reasonable request, made himself or herself available to be interviewed by the Board (or any committee or other subset thereof).
Conduct of Meetings
Under the Restated Bylaws,
 
the Board Chair (or,
 
in his or
 
her absence, a
 
director or officer
 
appointed by the
 
Board) will act as
the chairperson of stockholder meetings.
 
The Board and the chairperson
 
of a stockholder meeting may
 
adopt rules, regulations
and procedures for the conduct of
 
that meeting, and the chairperson will
 
have the authority to convene and (for
 
any or no reason)
recess or adjourn that meeting.
Lead Independent Director
Pursuant to
 
the Restated Bylaws,
 
if the
 
Board Chair does
 
not qualify
 
as independent, the
 
independent directors shall
 
appoint a
lead independent director.
 
The lead independent director,
 
if any, shall
 
preside at all
 
executive sessions of
 
the Board, serve as
 
a
liaison to the
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
and other directors
 
not present at
 
executive sessions of
 
the Board regarding
 
topics discussed
in executive
 
session or
 
other matters
 
as may
 
be raised
 
from time
 
to time
 
by one
 
or more
 
independent directors, work
 
with the
Board Chair
 
and other
 
directors to
 
determine agenda
 
items for
 
Board meetings,
 
have the
 
power to
 
call meetings
 
of the independent
directors, and have such
 
other responsibilities, and perform
 
such duties, as may
 
from time to time
 
be assigned to him
 
or her by
the Board. The independent directors
 
may remove or replace
 
the lead independent director
 
from such position at
 
any time with
or without
 
cause by
 
the vote
 
of a
 
majority of
 
the independent
 
directors present
 
at a
 
duly convened
 
Board meeting.
 
The independent
directors shall periodically consider whether and, if
 
so, when to rotate the position of lead
 
independent director, and may appoint
a
 
lead
 
independent
 
director
 
for
 
a
 
specified
 
term,
 
which
 
may
 
be
 
renewed.
 
Pursuant
 
to
 
the
 
Restated
 
Bylaws,
 
the
 
independent
directors will appoint a lead independent director, effective as of the Restated Charter Effective Date.
The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the
Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.3.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On February 25, 2025, the Board
 
approved the Transactions, including approving and declaring advisable the Restated Charter,
and
 
directing
 
that
 
it
 
be
 
submitted
 
for
 
stockholder
 
approval
 
by
 
the
 
majority
 
written
 
consent
 
of
 
stockholders.
 
Also
 
on
February 25, 2025, Daughters’
 
LLC delivered
 
the Majority
 
Written
 
Consent to
 
the
 
Company approving
 
the Restated
 
Charter.
 
Because the Majority Written Consent is sufficient to satisfy the stockholder vote requirement under the DGCL for the approval
of
 
amendments
 
to
 
the
 
Current
 
Charter,
 
no
 
additional
 
stockholder
 
vote
 
will
 
be
 
needed
 
to
 
approve
 
the
 
Restated
 
Charter.
 
Consequently, the Company will not be soliciting proxies or holding a meeting of stockholders to consider the Restated Charter.
Pursuant to Section 228 of the DGCL, Article II, Section 11 of the Current Bylaws and Section 14(c) of the Securities
 
Exchange
Act
 
of
 
1934,
 
as
 
amended
 
(the
 
“Exchange Act”),
 
and
 
the
 
regulations
 
promulgated
 
thereunder,
 
including
 
Regulation
 
14C,
 
a
Schedule 14C Information Statement will be filed with the SEC
 
and sent or given to the stockholders of the Company to
 
provide
prompt notice of the taking
 
of a corporate action by
 
written consent of stockholders to
 
the Company’s stockholders who
 
have not
consented in writing to such action.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
The Company also announced on February 25, 2025 that its
 
Board has approved a new $500 million share repurchase program.
The share repurchase program authorizes
 
the Company, in management’s discretion,
 
to repurchase Common Shares from time
 
to
time for an aggregate purchase
 
price up to $500
 
million (exclusive of any fees,
 
taxes, commissions or other expenses related
 
to
such repurchases),
 
subject to
 
market conditions
 
and other
 
factors. The
 
actual timing,
 
number and
 
value of
 
shares repurchased
under the program will be
 
determined by management in its
 
discretion and will depend on
 
a number of factors, including,
 
but not
limited to, the market price of the Common Shares and general market and economic conditions.
The Company expects to strategically and opportunistically repurchase shares from time to time through solicited or unsolicited
transactions in the
 
open market, in
 
privately negotiated transactions
 
or by other
 
means in accordance
 
with securities laws.
 
It is
also possible
 
that the
 
Company could
 
use a
 
portion of
 
its new
 
share repurchase
 
program to
 
repurchase some
 
of the
 
Members’
Common Shares
 
as
 
part of
 
the Potential
 
Portfolio Diversification.
 
Any repurchases
 
from
 
the
 
Members would
 
require special
approval from the Special Committee. The Company expects that share repurchases under the program will be funded from one
or a
 
combination of
 
existing cash
 
balances and
 
future free
 
cash flow.
 
The share
 
repurchase program
 
does not
 
obligate the
 
Company
to repurchase any specific amount of shares, does not
 
have an expiration date, and may be suspended, modified
 
or discontinued
at any time without prior notice.
Cal-Maine
 
Foods
 
issued
 
a
 
press
 
release,
 
dated
 
February 25,
 
2025,
 
titled
 
“Cal-Maine
 
Foods,
 
Inc. Announces Agreement
 
with
Company’s Founder’s Family and Also Announces New $500 Million Share
 
Repurchase Program.” A copy of the press release
is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.4 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information included
 
in this Item 7.01,
 
including Exhibit 99.4 furnished
 
herewith, is being
 
furnished and shall
 
not be deemed
to be
 
filed for purposes
 
of Section 18 of
 
the Exchange Act, or
 
otherwise subject to
 
the liabilities 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, except as
shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
 
STATEMENTS
Certain statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K may contain “forward-looking statements” within
 
the meaning
of Section 27A
 
of the
 
Securities
 
Act of
 
1933, as
 
amended, and
 
Section 21E of
 
the Exchange
 
Act.
 
Such forward-looking
 
statements
are
 
identified
 
by
 
the
 
use
 
of
 
words
 
such
 
as
 
“believes,”
 
“intends,”
 
“expects,”
 
“hopes,”
 
“may,”
 
“should,”
 
“plans,”
 
“projected,”
“contemplates,” “anticipates,” or
 
similar words.
 
Actual outcomes or
 
results could differ
 
materially from those
 
projected in the
forward-looking statements.
 
The forward-looking
 
statements are
 
based on
 
management’s current
 
intent, belief,
 
expectations,
estimates, and projections
 
regarding the Company
 
and its industry.
 
These statements are
 
not guarantees of
 
future performance
and involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other
 
factors that are difficult to predict
 
and may be beyond our
 
control.
 
The
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in
 
the forward-looking statements include, among
others,
 
(i) the
 
risk
 
factors
 
set
 
forth
 
in
 
Part I
 
Item 1A
 
Risk
 
Factors
 
of
 
our Annual
 
Report
 
on
 
Form 10-K
 
for
 
the
 
year
 
ended
June 1, 2024, as well as those included in other reports we file from time to time with the SEC (including our Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q and Current
 
Reports on Form 8-K), (ii) the
 
occurrence of any event,
 
change or other circumstances
 
that could give
rise to the Board’s decision to abandon
 
the Restated Charter or to the termination
 
of the Conversion Agreement,
 
(iii) the effect of
the announcement of the Conversion Agreement on the Common Shares’ trading price, the ability of the Company to retain and
hire
 
key
 
personnel
 
and
 
maintain
 
relationships
 
with
 
its
 
customers
 
and
 
suppliers,
 
and
 
on
 
the
 
Company’s
 
operating
 
results
 
and
business generally, (iv) the impact on the Common Shares’ trading price of the sale or marketing, or potential sale or marketing,
of a significant number of
 
Common Shares as part of the
 
family’s portfolio diversification, (v) the risks and
 
hazards inherent in
the shell egg business (including disease, pests, weather conditions, and potential
 
for product recall), including but not limited to
the current outbreak
 
of HPAI affecting
 
poultry in the
 
U.S., Canada and
 
other countries that
 
was first detected
 
in commercial flocks
in the
 
U.S. in
 
February 2022 and
 
that first
 
impacted our
 
flocks in
 
December 2023, (vi) changes
 
in the
 
demand for
 
and market
prices of shell eggs and
 
feed costs, (vii) our ability
 
to predict and meet
 
demand for cage-free and
 
other specialty eggs, (viii) risks,
changes, or obligations
 
that could result
 
from our recent
 
or future acquisition
 
of new flocks
 
or businesses and
 
risks or changes
that may cause conditions
 
to completing a pending
 
acquisition not to
 
be met, (ix) risks relating
 
to changes in
 
inflation and interest
rates, (x) our
 
ability to
 
retain existing
 
customers, acquire
 
new customers
 
and grow
 
our product
 
mix, (xi) adverse
 
results in
 
pending
litigation matters, and (xii) global
 
instability, including as a
 
result of the war
 
in Ukraine, the conflicts
 
in Israel and surrounding
areas and attacks on shipping in the
 
Red Sea.
 
Readers are cautioned not to place undue
 
reliance on forward-looking statements
because, while we
 
believe the assumptions
 
on which
 
the forward-looking statements
 
are based are
 
reasonable, there can
 
be no
assurance that these forward-looking statements will prove
 
to be accurate.
 
Further, forward-looking statements included herein
are only made as
 
of the respective dates
 
thereof, or if no
 
date is stated, as
 
of the date hereof.
 
Except as otherwise required
 
by law,
we disclaim any intent
 
or obligation to update publicly
 
these forward-looking statements, whether because
 
of new information,
future events, or otherwise.
 
 
 
Additional Information and Where to Find It
This
 
Current
 
Report
 
on
 
Form 8-K
 
is
 
being
 
made
 
in
 
respect
 
of
 
the Transactions
 
involving
 
the
 
Company
 
and
 
the
 
Stockholder
Parties.
 
Contemporaneously
 
with
 
the
 
filing
 
of
 
this
 
Current
 
Report
 
on
 
Form
 
8-K,
 
the
 
Company
 
is
 
also
 
filing
 
a
 
preliminary
Information Statement, containing the
 
information with respect to
 
the Restated Charter specified
 
in Schedule 14C promulgated
under the
 
Exchange Act.
 
When completed,
 
a definitive
 
Information Statement
 
will be
 
mailed or
 
delivered to
 
the Company’s
stockholders.
 
This Current
 
Report on Form 8-K is not a substitute for the Information Statement on Schedule 14C, or any other
document that the Company may file with the SEC or send to its stockholders in connection with the Transactions.
STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY
 
ARE URGED TO READ
 
ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS
 
FILED WITH THE SEC,
INCLUDING
 
THE
 
INFORMATION
 
STATEMENT
 
ON
 
SCHEDULE
 
14C,
 
AS
 
WELL
 
AS
 
ANY
 
AMENDMENTS
 
OR
SUPPLEMENTS TO THESE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY WHEN THEY BECOME
 
AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL
CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION
 
ABOUT THE TRANSACTIONS.
The Company’s stockholders
 
may obtain copies
 
of all documents
 
filed by the
 
Company with the
 
SEC, free of
 
charge, at the
 
SEC’s
website,
 
www.sec.gov
 
or
 
from
 
the
 
Company’s
 
website
 
at
 
https://www.calmainefoods.com/sec-filings
 
or
 
by
 
contacting
 
the
Company’s Secretary in
 
writing or by
 
telephone at Cal-Maine
 
Foods, Inc., ATTN:
 
Max P. Bowman, Secretary,
 
1052 Highland
Colony Pkwy, Suite 200, Ridgeland, MS
 
39157, telephone number (601) 948-6813.
Item 9.01.
 
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
 
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements for
 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
 
registrant has duly caused this
 
report to be signed
 
on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC.
Date:
February 25, 2025
By:
 
/s/ Max P. Bowman
 
Max P. Bowman
 
Director, Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AGREEMENT REGARDING CONVERSION
This AGREEMENT
 
REGARDING CONVERSION (this “Agreement”)
 
is made and entered
 
into as
of
 
February 25, 2025,
 
among
 
Cal-Maine
 
Foods,
 
Inc.,
 
a
 
Delaware
 
corporation
 
(the
 
“Company”),
 
DLNL,
LLC, a
 
Delaware limited
 
liability company
 
(“Daughters’
 
LLC”), and
 
each member
 
of Daughters’
 
LLC (each
a “Member” and, collectively with Daughters’ LLC, the “Stockholder Parties”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Daughters’ LLC was formed to
 
invest in shares
 
of Class A Common Stock, par
 
value
$0.01 per
 
share (“Class A
 
Shares”), and
 
shares
 
of Common
 
Stock, par
 
value $0.01
 
per share
 
(“Common
Shares”), of the Company;
WHEREAS, effective as of July 20, 2018, the
 
initial owners of membership interests in Daughters’
LLC entered into the Limited
 
Liability Company Operating Agreement for Daughters’ LLC (the “Existing
Daughters’ LLC Operating
 
Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Company’s issued and
 
outstanding capital stock consists of:
 
(a) Common Shares,
which are
 
publicly traded
 
on the
 
NASDAQ stock
 
exchange under
 
the symbol
 
“CALM,” and
 
(b) Class A
Shares, which are privately held and not publicly traded, but are convertible
 
on a share-for-share basis into
Common Shares
 
at any
 
time at
 
the option
 
of the
 
holder
 
thereof and
 
automatically
 
convert into
 
Common
Shares
 
under
 
certain
 
circumstances
 
set
 
forth
 
in
 
the
 
Company’s
 
existing
 
Second Amended
 
and
 
Restated
Certificate of Incorporation,
 
as amended (the
 
“Current Charter”), including
 
upon transfer to
 
persons other
than Immediate Family Members or Permitted Transferees as defined in the Current Charter;
WHEREAS, pursuant
 
to the
 
Current Charter,
 
except as
 
required by
 
law or
 
the Current
 
Charter, (a) the
Common Shares and Class A
 
Common Shares vote together as a class, with
 
the holders of Common Shares
having one
 
vote per
 
share and
 
the holders
 
of Class A Shares
 
having ten
 
votes per
 
share on
 
all matters
 
on
which such shares
 
are entitled
 
to vote, and
 
(b) except for
 
such conversion and
 
voting rights,
 
the Common
Shares and Class A Shares have substantially similar rights, powers and privileges;
WHEREAS,
 
Daughters’ LLC
 
is
 
the
 
record
 
owner
 
of
 
(a) 4,800,000 Class A
 
Shares,
 
representing
100% of the outstanding Class A Shares, and (b) 1,087,956 Common Shares;
WHEREAS,
 
the
 
Class A
 
Shares
 
currently
 
represent
 
over
 
50%
 
of
 
the
 
total
 
voting
 
power
 
of
 
the
outstanding
 
shares
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
in
 
the
 
election
 
of
 
directors
 
and
 
matters
 
other
 
than
 
the
 
election
 
of
directors, and the Company is
 
a “controlled company” pursuant to
 
the rules of the NASDAQ
 
Stock Market;
WHEREAS, the Members
 
(and/or their respective
 
predecessors-in-interest) formed Daughters’
 
LLC
and entered into the
 
Existing Daughters’ LLC Operating Agreement to permit the Members
 
(together with
their
 
Permitted Transferees,
 
as
 
defined in
 
the
 
Current
 
Charter)
 
to
 
continue
 
to
 
own and
 
retain,
 
directly
 
or
indirectly, Common
 
Shares and
 
Class A Shares sufficient
 
to maintain
 
control of
 
the Company,
 
in order
 
to
provide for the long-term, stable and consistent ownership and governance of the Company;
WHEREAS, the Members have
 
expressed to the Company’s
 
Board of Directors (the
 
“Board”) that
the
 
Members
 
are
 
potentially
 
interested
 
in
 
diversifying
 
their
 
respective
 
financial
 
portfolios,
 
including
 
the
potential sale of all or a portion
 
of the Common Shares owned by Daughters’
 
LLC and the Common Shares
underlying the Class A Shares owned by Daughters’
 
LLC (the “Potential Portfolio Diversification”);
WHEREAS, Adolphus B. Baker, the Company’s Chairman
 
of the Board, is the
 
Managing Member
of Daughters’ LLC, and the other Members of Daughters’
 
LLC are Mr. Baker’s wife and her three sisters;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WHEREAS, because
 
Mr. Baker has
 
an interest
 
in the
 
matters provided
 
for in
 
this Agreement, the
Board
 
has
 
authorized
 
an
 
ad
 
hoc
 
committee
 
(the
 
“Special
 
Committee”),
 
consisting
 
solely
 
of
 
disinterested
Independent Directors
 
(as defined
 
in Section 3.1),
 
to consider
 
what corporate
 
actions, if
 
any, should
 
be taken
to address the impact of the Potential Portfolio Diversification on the Company and its stockholders;
WHEREAS, the Special Committee considered and determined, among other
 
things, that it is in the
best interests of
 
the Company and
 
its stockholders for
 
the Company to
 
facilitate the sale
 
of shares (including
Common Shares underlying
 
the Class A
 
Common Stock) and
 
manage the loss
 
of controlled company
 
status,
in each case, in an orderly manner in compliance with legal requirements;
WHEREAS, on February 24, 2025,
 
the Special Committee
 
unanimously recommended to
 
the Board
that the Company, the Members and Daughters’
 
LLC enter into this Agreement to implement the following
corporate actions
 
to address
 
the impact
 
of the
 
Potential Portfolio
 
Diversification on
 
the Company
 
and its
stockholders:
 
(a) amending and
 
restating the
 
Current Charter,
 
(b) amending and
 
restating the
 
Company’s
Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), and (c) effective
 
upon the conversion by
 
Daughters’
 
LLC of all Class A
 
Shares into
Common Shares,
 
granting to
 
the Members
 
certain rights
 
to cause
 
the sale
 
or transfer
 
of Common
 
Shares
owned by Daughters’
 
LLC or such Members to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), in accordance with the registration rights set
 
forth in Exhibit A, in each case,
 
on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, on February 25, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company (taking into account the
recommendation of the Special
 
Committee) approved the Company’s
 
execution of this Agreement and the
actions
 
and
 
the
 
Company’s
 
performance
 
of
 
the
 
transactions
 
contemplated
 
hereby,
 
which
 
approval
 
was
unanimous, with the sole
 
exception being that Adolphus B. Baker
 
recused himself with respect
 
to the vote
to approve the execution of this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing
 
and the mutual representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
MODIFICATIONS TO THE COMPANY’S ORGANI
Z
ATIONAL DOCUMENTS
1.1
Restated Charter
(a)
 
The
 
Board
 
has
 
approved
 
(i) the
 
Third
 
Amended
 
and
 
Restated
 
Certificate
 
of
Incorporation
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
substantially
 
in
 
the
 
form
 
attached
 
to
 
this
 
Agreement
 
as
 
Exhibit B
 
(the
“Restated
 
Charter”),
 
and
 
(ii) the
 
submission
 
of
 
the
 
Restated
 
Charter
 
to
 
Daughters’ LLC
 
for
 
approval
 
by
majority
 
written
 
consent
 
of
 
stockholders
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
Current
 
Charter
 
and
 
Section 228
 
of
 
the
Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”).
(b)
 
Promptly following
 
the execution
 
and delivery
 
of this Agreement,
 
Daughters’ LLC
agrees to execute and deliver
 
to the Company the majority
 
written consent of stockholders substantially
 
in
the form attached to
 
this Agreement
 
as Exhibit C (the “Majority
 
Written Consent”), which Majority
 
Written
Consent,
 
upon
 
execution
 
and
 
delivery
 
by
 
Daughters’ LLC,
 
would
 
constitute
 
stockholder
 
approval
 
of
 
the
Restated Charter in compliance with Section 242(b) of the DGCL.
(c)
 
The
 
Company
 
shall
 
use
 
commercially
 
reasonable
 
efforts
 
to
 
obtain
 
an
 
amendment,
consent or
 
waiver from
 
the requisite
 
lenders under
 
the Company’s
 
Amended and
 
Restated Credit
 
Agreement,
dated as of May 26, 2023, such that the Class A Conversion (as defined in Section 2.1(a)) will not result in
a “change of control” within the meaning of such credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement
 
Amendment”).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(d)
 
As soon
 
as practicable
 
following (i) the
 
execution and
 
delivery by
 
Daughters’ LLC
of the Majority Written Consent, (ii) the
 
satisfaction by the Company of
 
applicable notice and information
statement
 
requirements
 
under
 
the
 
DGCL
 
and
 
the
 
Securities
 
Exchange
 
Act
 
of
 
1934,
 
as
 
amended
 
(the
“Exchange Act”),
 
and
 
(iii) the
 
execution
 
and
 
delivery
 
by
 
the
 
requisite
 
lenders
 
of
 
the
 
Credit Agreement
Amendment,
 
the
 
Company
 
shall
 
file
 
the
 
Restated
 
Charter
 
with
 
the
 
Secretary
 
of
 
State
 
of
 
the
 
State
 
of
Delaware, to
 
become effective
 
promptly after
 
filing in
 
accordance with
 
the DGCL,
 
subject to
 
the Board’s
ability,
 
prior
 
to
 
the
 
effectiveness
 
of
 
the
 
Restated
 
Charter,
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
DGCL
 
Section 242(c),
 
to
abandon the Restated
 
Charter without further
 
action by the
 
Company’s stockholders if
 
the Board determines
that
 
doing
 
so
 
is
 
in
 
the
 
best
 
interests
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
and
 
its
 
stockholders.
 
The
 
date
 
and
 
time
 
of
 
such
effectiveness shall be referred to herein as the “Restated Charter Effective Date.”
1.2
Restated Bylaws.
 
The Board has approved the Amended and Restated Bylaws substantially
in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit D (the “Restated Bylaws”), which shall become
 
effective
upon the Restated Charter Effective Date.
ARTICLE II
REGISTRATION RIGHTS UPON CONVERSION OF ALL CLASS A SHARES
2.1
 
Conversion of All Class A
 
Shares into Common Shares.
 
The Stockholder Parties agree
that
 
any
 
conversion
 
of
 
Class A
 
Shares
 
shall
 
be
 
made
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
provisions
 
of
 
this
Agreement, including the following covenants:
(a)
 
If
 
Daughters’
 
LLC
 
converts
 
any
 
Class A
 
Shares
 
into
 
Common
 
Shares,
 
it
 
shall
simultaneously
 
convert
 
all
 
(but
 
not
 
less
 
than
 
all)
 
outstanding
 
Class A
 
Shares
 
into
 
Common
 
Shares
 
in
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
terms
 
of
 
the
 
Class A Shares
 
(the
 
“Class A Conversion”).
 
The
 
effective
 
date
 
of
 
the
Class A Conversion is referred to in this
 
Agreement as the “Class A Conversion Date.”
(b)
 
Daughters’
 
LLC shall not
 
convert any Class A
 
Shares prior to
 
(i) the Restated Charter
Effective Date
 
or (ii) the
 
date that
 
the Company
 
obtains the
 
Credit Agreement Amendment, whichever
 
is
later.
(c)
 
The Members acknowledge
 
and agree that,
 
in order to
 
exercise any registration
 
rights
under this Agreement
 
or to
 
offer or
 
sell any
 
Common Shares
 
in a
 
registered offering
 
under the
 
Securities
Act, Daughters’ LLC must have first converted all outstanding Class A
 
Shares into Common Shares.
2.2
Amendment
 
and
 
Restatement
 
of the
 
Limited
 
Liability Company
 
Operating Agreement
 
for
Daughters’ LLC.
 
Immediately
 
following the
 
execution
 
and delivery
 
of this
 
Agreement, Daughters’
 
LLC
and each of the Members
 
shall execute and deliver the Amended and Restated
 
Limited Liability Company
Operating Agreement for Daughters’
 
LLC substantially in the form attached to this
 
Agreement as Exhibit E
(the
 
“Daughters’
 
LLC
 
Amendment”).
 
Daughters’
 
LLC
 
and
 
the
 
Members
 
agree
 
that,
 
following
 
the
effectiveness
 
of
 
the
 
Daughters’ LLC Amendment,
 
the
 
Daughters’ LLC Agreement
 
shall
 
not
 
be
 
revoked,
terminated, amended,
 
modified or
 
supplemented without
 
the prior
 
written consent
 
of the
 
Special Committee.
2.3
Takedowns of Subject Shares from Resale Shelf Registration Statement.
(a)
 
The term “Subject Shares” means, for each Member:
(i)
 
the
 
Common
 
Shares
 
listed
 
opposite
 
such
 
Member’s
 
name
 
in
 
Table I
 
of
Schedule 2
 
under
 
the
 
heading
 
titled
 
“Total
 
Economic
 
Beneficial
 
Ownership
 
of
 
Common
Shares”; and
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(ii)
 
the
 
Common
 
Shares
 
listed
 
opposite
 
such
 
Member’s
 
name
 
in
 
Table II
 
of
Schedule 2 under the heading titled “Common Shares.”
(b)
 
During the Term (as
 
defined below), each Member
 
shall be entitled to
 
offer and sell
Subject Shares held by such Member
 
pursuant to a Takedown under a Resale
 
Shelf Registration Statement
(as
 
such
 
terms
 
are
 
defined
 
in
 
Exhibit A),
 
to
 
the
 
extent
 
provided
 
by
 
the
 
registration
 
rights
 
and
 
related
provisions set forth on
 
Exhibit A, which provisions are
 
incorporated herein as if
 
set forth in this
 
Agreement.
 
The
 
“Term”
 
shall
 
mean
 
the
 
period
 
beginning
 
on
 
the
 
Class A Conversion
 
Date
 
and
 
ending
 
on
 
(i) the
 
12-
month anniversary of the Class A Conversion Date or (ii) December 31, 2026, whichever is earlier.
2.4
Potential Repurchase
 
of Common
 
Shares by
 
the Company.
 
The parties
 
acknowledge that,
from time to time,
 
the Company or the
 
Members may propose that
 
the Company repurchase a
 
portion of the
Subject Shares;
 
provided, however, that
 
the terms
 
of any
 
such repurchase
 
must be approved
 
by each
 
such
selling
 
Member
 
and
 
the
 
Special
 
Committee
 
and
 
that
 
no
 
party
 
shall
 
be
 
obligated
 
to
 
enter
 
into
 
any
 
such
repurchase transaction.
ARTICLE III
VOTING OF COMMON SHARES AND CLASS A SHARES
3.1
Voting on
 
the Election
 
of Directors.
 
Prior to
 
the expiration
 
of the Term,
 
at any
 
meeting of
the stockholders
 
of the
 
Company, each
 
Stockholder Party
 
agrees (i) to
 
cause all
 
Common Shares
 
and Class A
Common Shares
 
held by
 
such Stockholder
 
Party, or
 
over which
 
such Stockholder
 
Party has
 
voting discretion
or control as
 
of the applicable
 
record date, to
 
be present either in
 
person or by proxy
 
for quorum purposes
at any stockholders meeting
 
at which directors of
 
the Company are elected,
 
and (ii) to vote, or
 
cause to be
voted, such Common Shares and Class A
 
Common Shares held by it, or over
 
which such Stockholder Party
has voting discretion or control, in favor of not less
 
than three Independent Directors.
 
For purposes of this
Agreement, the
 
term “Independent
 
Director” shall
 
mean a
 
member of
 
the Board
 
of Directors
 
of the
 
Company
(or
 
a
 
nominee
 
for
 
such
 
position)
 
who
 
is
 
(1) not
 
a
 
managing
 
member,
 
manager,
 
officer,
 
employee
 
or
consultant of,
 
or advisor
 
to, the
 
Company or
 
any Stockholder
 
Party, or
 
a person
 
who shall
 
have served
 
in
such capacity within three years immediately preceding the date of such determination, (2) independent of,
and
 
not
 
affiliated
 
with,
 
any
 
Stockholder
 
Party,
 
as
 
determined
 
in
 
good
 
faith
 
by
 
the
 
Board’s
 
Nominating
Committee,
 
and
 
(3) otherwise
 
independent
 
within
 
the
 
meaning
 
of
 
the
 
rules
 
and
 
regulations
 
of
 
the
 
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the NASDAQ listing standards.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
As an
 
inducement to
 
enter into
 
this Agreement
 
and to
 
consummate the
 
transactions contemplated
hereby, the Company represents and warrants to the Stockholder Parties, as of the date hereof, as follows:
4.1
Power and Authority.
 
The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing
 
under the
 
laws of
 
the State
 
of Delaware
 
and has
 
all corporate
 
right, power
 
and authority
 
to
enter
 
into
 
and
 
deliver
 
this
 
Agreement,
 
to
 
perform
 
its
 
obligations
 
hereunder
 
and
 
to
 
consummate
 
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
by the
 
Company has
 
been duly
 
and validly
 
authorized by
 
all necessary
 
corporate action.
 
This Agreement
has
 
been
 
duly
 
executed
 
and
 
delivered
 
by
 
the
 
Company
 
and
 
(assuming
 
due
 
authorization,
 
execution
 
and
delivery
 
by
 
the
 
Stockholder
 
Parties),
 
constitutes
 
the
 
legal,
 
valid
 
and
 
binding
 
obligation
 
of
 
the
 
Company,
enforceable
 
against
 
it
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
its
 
terms,
 
subject
 
to
 
(a) applicable
 
bankruptcy,
 
insolvency,
fraudulent
 
conveyance
 
and
 
other
 
similar
 
laws
 
and
 
(b) general
 
principles
 
of
 
equity,
 
including
 
equitable
defenses and limits as to the availability of equitable remedies,
 
whether such principles are considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity.
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.2
Conflicts; Consents
 
and Approvals.
 
The execution
 
and delivery
 
of this Agreement and
 
the
consummation
 
of
 
the
 
transactions
 
contemplated
 
by
 
this Agreement
 
by
 
the
 
Company
 
do
 
not
 
and
 
will
 
not
(a) violate,
 
conflict
 
with,
 
or
 
result
 
in
 
a
 
breach
 
of
 
any
 
provision
 
of,
 
or
 
constitute
 
a
 
default
 
under,
 
(i) the
Current
 
Charter
 
or
 
the
 
Bylaws,
 
or
 
(ii) subject
 
to
 
obtaining
 
the
 
Credit
 
Agreement
 
Amendment,
 
any
agreement,
 
indenture,
 
mortgage,
 
or
 
other
 
instrument
 
to
 
which
 
the
 
Company
 
is
 
a
 
party
 
or
 
by
 
which
 
the
Company is or
 
may be bound
 
or to which
 
any of the
 
Company’s property or
 
assets is subject;
 
(b) violate any
order, writ,
 
injunction, decree,
 
statute, rule
 
or regulation
 
applicable to
 
the Company;
 
or (c) require
 
any action
or
 
consent
 
or
 
approval
 
of,
 
or
 
review
 
by,
 
or
 
registration
 
or
 
material
 
filing
 
by
 
it
 
with
 
any
 
governmental
authority,
 
other
 
than
 
the
 
filing
 
of
 
the
 
Information
 
Statement
 
and
 
other
 
disclosures
 
with
 
the
 
SEC
 
in
compliance
 
with
 
the
 
Exchange Act
 
and
 
as
 
otherwise
 
contemplated
 
in
 
Exhibit A
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
the
registration of the Subject Shares pursuant to a Resale Shelf Registration Statement.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EACH STOC
K
HOLDER PARTY
As an
 
inducement to
 
enter into
 
this Agreement
 
and to
 
consummate the
 
transactions contemplated
hereby, each Stockholder Party represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
5.1
Power and
 
Authority.
 
Each Stockholder Party has full
 
capacity and all requisite
 
right, power
and authority to enter into and deliver this
 
Agreement, to perform such party’s obligations hereunder and to
consummate the transactions
 
contemplated by this
 
Agreement.
 
This Agreement
 
has been duly
 
executed and
delivered
 
by
 
such
 
Stockholder
 
Party
 
and
 
(assuming
 
due
 
authorization,
 
execution
 
and
 
delivery
 
by
 
the
Company), constitutes the
 
legal, valid and
 
binding obligation of
 
such Stockholder Party,
 
enforceable against
such
 
party
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
its
 
terms,
 
subject
 
to
 
(a) applicable
 
bankruptcy,
 
insolvency,
 
fraudulent
conveyance and
 
other
 
similar laws
 
and (b)
 
general principles
 
of
 
equity, including
 
equitable
 
defenses and
limits as to the availability of equitable remedies, whether such
 
principles are considered in a proceeding at
law or in equity.
5.2
Conflicts; Consents
 
and Approvals.
 
The execution
 
and delivery
 
of this Agreement and
 
the
consummation of
 
the transactions
 
contemplated by
 
this Agreement by
 
such Stockholder
 
Party do
 
not and
will not (a) violate, conflict with, or result in
 
a breach of any provision of, or constitute
 
a default under, any
agreement, indenture, mortgage, or other
 
instrument to which such Stockholder
 
Party is a party or
 
by which
such Stockholder Party is
 
or may be bound
 
or to which any
 
of such Stockholder Party’s
 
property or assets
is
 
subject;
 
(b) violate
 
any
 
order,
 
writ,
 
injunction,
 
decree,
 
statute,
 
rule
 
or
 
regulation
 
applicable
 
to
 
such
Stockholder Party or
 
the applicable Subject
 
Shares; or (c) require
 
any action or
 
consent or approval
 
of, or
review by,
 
or registration or
 
material filing
 
by it
 
with any
 
governmental authority,
 
other than
 
one or
 
more
amendments to the Schedule 13D, as amended, filed by
 
Adolphus B. Baker and others with the SEC and as
otherwise contemplated in Exhibit A in connection with the registration of the Subject Shares pursuant to a
Resale Shelf Registration Statement.
5.3
Securities Laws.
 
As of
 
the date
 
hereof, each
 
Stockholder Party
 
represents and
 
warrants to
and agrees with the Company as follows with respect to securities laws:
(a)
 
Such
 
Stockholder
 
Party
 
is
 
an
 
“accredited
 
investor”
 
(as
 
that
 
term
 
is
 
defined
 
in
Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act).
(b)
 
Such Stockholder
 
Party, together
 
with such
 
party’s legal,
 
financial and
 
other advisors,
has such knowledge
 
and experience in
 
financial and business
 
matters and is
 
capable of evaluating
 
the merits
and
 
risks
 
of
 
the
 
transactions
 
contemplated
 
by
 
this Agreement
 
so
 
as
 
to
 
make
 
an
 
informed
 
decision
 
with
respect thereto.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(c)
 
Such
 
Stockholder
 
Party
 
(i) has
 
received
 
all
 
information
 
that
 
such
 
party
 
and
 
such
party’s advisors deem
 
necessary to make
 
an informed decision
 
with respect to
 
the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement; (ii) has
 
had the unrestricted opportunity to make such investigation
 
as such Stockholder
Party and such
 
advisors desire pertaining
 
to the Company and
 
its capital stock
 
and to verify any
 
information
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
 
Company
 
and
 
its
 
capital
 
stock;
 
and
 
(iii) has
 
had
 
the
 
opportunity
 
to
 
ask
 
questions
 
of
representatives of the Company concerning the Company and its capital stock.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1
Survival.
 
All representations, warranties
 
and obligations contained
 
in this Agreement shall
survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
6.2
Counterparts.
 
This
 
Agreement
 
may
 
be
 
executed
 
in
 
any
 
number
 
of
 
counterparts,
 
which
together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
 
The parties may execute more than one copy
 
of the
Agreement, each of which shall constitute an original.
6.3
Entire
 
Agreement.
 
This
 
Agreement (including
 
the Schedules
 
and Exhibits
 
hereto) constitutes
the entire agreement between
 
the parties and supersedes
 
all prior agreements,
 
understandings, arrangements
or
 
representations
 
by
 
or
 
between
 
the
 
parties,
 
written
 
and
 
oral,
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
 
subject
 
matter
 
hereof.
 
Consistent with the
 
foregoing and for
 
the avoidance of
 
doubt, that certain Agreement Regarding Common
Stock dated as
 
of July 20, 2018 by
 
and among the
 
Company and the
 
Members, among others,
 
will terminate
upon execution and delivery of this Agreement.
6.4
Third Party
 
Beneficiaries.
 
Nothing in
 
this
 
Agreement, express
 
or implied,
 
is intended
 
or shall
be construed to create any third party beneficiaries.
6.5
Governing Law; Jurisdiction.
 
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of
Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
6.6
Amendment; Waiver.
 
This Agreement may
 
not be altered, amended or supplemented
 
except
by an agreement in writing signed by each
 
of the parties hereto.
 
Any provision of this Agreement may not
be waived without a written instrument from the waiving party with respect to each such waiver.
6.7
Specific Performance.
 
The parties
 
acknowledge and
 
agree that
 
any breach
 
of the
 
terms of
this Agreement would
 
give rise
 
to irreparable
 
harm for
 
which money
 
damages would
 
not be
 
an adequate
remedy and accordingly the parties hereto agree that, in addition to any
 
other remedies, each party shall be
entitled to enforce the terms of this
 
Agreement by a decree of specific performance
 
without the necessity of
proving the inadequacy of money damages as a remedy.
6.8
Notices.
 
All notices, requests,
 
claims, demands
 
and other
 
communications hereunder shall
be in
 
writing and
 
shall be
 
given or
 
made (and
 
shall be
 
deemed to
 
have been
 
duly given
 
or made
 
upon receipt)
by delivery
 
in person,
 
by courier
 
service or
 
by registered
 
or certified
 
mail to
 
the respective
 
parties at
 
the
addresses set forth on Schedule 1 (or at such other address for
 
a party as shall be specified in a notice given
in accordance with this Section),
 
with a copy (which shall
 
not constitute notice) to
 
the counsel of such
 
party
as set forth on Schedule 1.
6.9
Severability.
 
If any term or other provision of this
 
Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable
of being enforced by any rule
 
of law, or public policy, all
 
other conditions and provisions of this
 
Agreement
shall
 
nevertheless
 
remain
 
in
 
full
 
force
 
and
 
effect
 
so
 
long
 
as
 
the
 
economic
 
or
 
legal
 
substance
 
of
 
the
transactions contemplated herein are not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party hereto.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6.10
Assignment.
 
Neither this
 
Agreement nor any of
 
the rights, interests or
 
obligations hereunder
shall be assigned by any of the parties (whether by operation of law or otherwise)
 
without the prior written
consent of the other parties.
 
Subject to the preceding sentence, this
 
Agreement shall be binding upon, inure
to
 
the
 
benefit
 
of
 
and
 
be
 
enforceable
 
by
 
the
 
parties
 
and
 
their
 
respective
 
successors
 
and
 
assigns.
 
Not
 
in
limitation of
 
the generality
 
of the
 
foregoing, this Agreement shall
 
be binding
 
upon, inure
 
to the benefit
 
of
and be
 
enforceable by
 
the estate
 
and heirs
 
of any
 
individual Stockholder
 
Party after
 
such Stockholder
 
Party’s
death.
 
Notwithstanding
 
anything
 
in
 
this
 
Agreement
 
(including
 
Exhibit A
 
hereto)
 
to
 
the
 
contrary,
 
the
registration rights provided hereunder are personal to each Member and may not be transferred or assigned
without the prior written consent of the Special Committee.
6.11
Fees
 
and
 
Expenses.
 
Except
 
as
 
otherwise
 
may
 
be
 
provided
 
in
 
this Agreement
 
(including
Exhibit A hereto), all
 
costs and
 
expenses incurred
 
in connection
 
with this Agreement
 
and the
 
transactions
contemplated by this Agreement,
 
including, to the
 
extent applicable, any
 
stock transfer
 
or similar taxes
 
or
brokerage or similar fees, shall be the responsibility of and shall be paid by the party incurring such fees or
expenses, regardless
 
of whether
 
the transactions
 
contemplated by
 
this Agreement are
 
consummated.
 
The
obligations
 
of
 
the
 
parties
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
expenses
 
related
 
to
 
a
 
Resale
 
Shelf
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
and
Takedown are set forth on Exhibit A hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.
6.12
Further Assurances.
 
Each of the parties hereto shall use such party’s reasonable best efforts
to take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate action, to do or cause to be done all things necessary, proper or
advisable
 
under
 
applicable
 
law,
 
and
 
to
 
execute
 
and
 
deliver
 
such
 
documents
 
and
 
other
 
papers,
 
as
 
may
 
be
required
 
to
 
carry
 
out
 
the
 
provisions
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement
 
and
 
to
 
consummate
 
and
 
make
 
effective
 
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
6.13
LEGAL
 
REPRESENTATION.
 
EACH
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
PARTY
 
HEREBY
ACKNOWLEDGES
 
THAT
 
SUCH
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
PARTY
 
HAS
 
BEEN ADVISED
 
TO
 
SEEK, AND
HAS HAD
 
THE OPPORTUNITY
 
TO
 
SEEK, INDEPENDENT
 
LEGAL COUNSEL TO
 
REVIEW THIS
AGREEMENT
 
ON
 
SUCH
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
PARTY’S
 
BEHALF.
 
EACH
 
STOCKHOLDER
 
PARTY
FURTHER
 
ACKNOWLEDGES
 
AND
 
AGREES
 
THAT
 
ROB
 
HOLLADAY
 
(THE
 
COMPANY’S
GENERAL COUNSEL), SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP AND JONES
 
WALKER LLP ARE LEGAL COUNSEL
SOLELY TO THE COMPANY AND DO NOT REPRESENT ANY
 
OF THE STOCKHOLDER PARTIES
WITH
 
RESPECT TO
 
THIS AGREEMENT
 
OR ANY
 
OF
 
THE
 
OTHER
 
DOCUMENTS
 
OR ACTIONS
TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
 
LIMITATION, THE
REGISTRATION RIGHTS PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN EXHIBIT A
 
AND THE DAUGHTERS’
 
LLC
AMENDMENT.
6.14
WAIVER
 
OF
 
JURY
 
TRIAL.
 
EACH
 
OF
 
THE
 
PARTIES
 
HERETO
 
HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
 
ALL
 
RIGHT TO
 
TRIAL
 
BY JURY
 
IN ANY ACTION,
 
PROCEEDING
 
OR
COUNTERCLAIM
 
(WHETHER
 
BASED
 
ON
 
CONTRACT, TORT,
 
OR
 
OTHERWISE) ARISING
 
OUT
OF
 
OR
 
RELATING
 
TO
 
THIS
 
AGREEMENT
 
OR
 
THE
 
ACTIONS
 
OF
 
ANY
 
PARTY
 
HERETO
 
IN
NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.
6.15
EXCLUSIVE
 
FORUM.
 
EACH
 
PARTY
 
TO
 
THIS
 
AGREEMENT
 
HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY
OF
 
THE
 
STATE
 
OF
 
DELAWARE
 
(OR
 
IF
 
SUCH
 
COURT
 
DOES
 
NOT
 
HAVE
 
SUBJECT
 
MATTER
JURISDICTION, ANY OTHER STATE COURT
 
OF THE STATE
 
OF DELAWARE OR
 
THE FEDERAL
COURTS
 
LOCATED
 
IN
 
THE
 
STATE
 
OF
 
DELAWARE)
 
IN ANY ACTION,
 
SUIT
 
OR
 
PROCEEDING
ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AND
 
AGREES THAT ANY
 
SUCH ACTION,
SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN THE COURT OF
 
CHANCERY (OR SUCH
OTHER
 
COURTS
 
IDENTIFIED
 
HEREIN
 
IF
 
THE
 
COURT
 
OF
 
CHANCERY
 
DOES
 
NOT
 
HAVE
SUBJECT
 
MATTER
 
JURISDICTION) AND
 
WAIVES ANY
 
OBJECTION
 
BASED
 
ON
 
FORUM
 
NON
 
 
 
CONVENIENS
 
OR
 
ANY
 
OTHER
 
OBJECTION
 
TO
 
VENUE
 
THEREIN;
 
PROVIDED,
 
HOWEVER,
THAT
 
SUCH
 
CONSENT
 
TO
 
JURISDICTION
 
IS
 
SOLELY
 
FOR
 
THE
 
PURPOSE
 
REFERRED
 
TO
 
IN
THIS
 
PARAGRAPH AND
 
SHALL NOT
 
BE
 
DEEMED
 
TO
 
BE A
 
GENERAL SUBMISSION
 
TO
 
THE
JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS OR IN THE
 
STATE OF DELAWARE OTHER THAN FOR SUCH
PURPOSE.
 
SERVICE OF PROCESS ON
 
A PARTY
 
TO ANY
 
SUCH ACTION, SUIT
 
OR PROCEEDING
SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IF DELIVERED TO SUCH PARTY
 
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 6.8.
[Signature Page Follows; Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Agreement to be duly
 
executed
as of the date first set forth above.
COMPANY:
CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC.
By: /s/ Max P. Bowman
 
Max P. Bowman
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
STOCKHOLDER PARTIES:
DLNL, LLC
By: /s/ Adolphus B. Baker
 
Adolphus B. Baker
Managing Member
 
/s/ Dinnette Adams Baker
 
Dinnette Adams Baker
 
/s/ Luanne Adams
 
Luanne Adams
 
/s/ Nancy Adams Briggs
 
Nancy Adams Briggs
 
/s/ Laurel Adams Krodel
 
Laurel Adams Krodel
 
/s/ Adolphus B. Baker
 
Adolphus B. Baker
 
COMPANY
Address:
 
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
 
1052 Highland Colony Pkwy
 
Suite 200
 
Ridgeland, MS
 
39157
Telephone:
 
601-948-6813
Fax:
 
601-969-0905
Email:
 
With a copy to counsel:
 
Rob Holladay
 
Vice President and General Counsel
 
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
 
1052 Highland Colony Pkwy
 
Suite 200
 
Ridgeland, MS
 
39157
Telephone:
 
601-948-6813
Fax:
 
601-969-0905
Email:
 
DAUGHTERS’ LLC
Address:
 
DLNL, LLC c/o Adolphus B. Baker
 
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
 
1052 Highland Colony Pkwy
 
Suite 200
 
Ridgeland, MS
 
39157
Telephone:
 
601-948-6813
Fax:
 
601-969-0905
Email:
 
DINNETTE ADAMS BAKER:
Address:
 
c/o Adolphus B. Baker
 
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
 
1052 Highland Colony Pkwy
 
Suite 200
 
Ridgeland, MS
 
39157
Telephone:
 
601-948-6813
Fax:
 
601-969-0905
Email:
 
 
LUANNE ADAMS:
Address:
 
c/o Adolphus B. Baker
 
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
 
1052 Highland Colony Pkwy
 
Suite 200
 
Ridgeland, MS
 
39157
Telephone:
 
601-948-6813
Fax:
 
601-969-0905
Email:
 
NANCY
 
ADAMS BRIGGS:
Address:
 
c/o Adolphus B. Baker
 
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
 
1052 Highland Colony Pkwy
 
Suite 200
 
Ridgeland, MS
 
39157
Telephone:
 
601-948-6813
Fax:
 
601-969-0905
Email:
 
LAUREL
 
ADAMS KRODEL:
Address:
 
c/o Adolphus B. Baker
 
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
 
1052 Highland Colony Pkwy
 
Suite 200
 
Ridgeland, MS
 
39157
Telephone:
 
601-948-6813
Fax:
 
601-969-0905
Email:
 
ADOLPHUS B. BAKER:
Address:
 
c/o Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
 
1052 Highland Colony Pkwy
 
Suite 200
 
Ridgeland, MS
 
39157
Telephone:
 
601–948–6813
Fax:
 
601–969–0905
Email:
 
With a copy to counsel:
Name of Attorney:
 
Joseph E. Varner III
Name of Firm:
 
Brunini Law
Address:
 
190 East Capitol Street, Suite 190
Address (continued):
 
Jackson, MS 39201
Telephone:
 
Fax:
 
Email:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SUBJECT SHARES
TABLE I:
MEMBERS’ ECONOMIC BENEFICIAL
 
OWNERSHIP OF
COMMON SHARES AND CLASS A
 
SHARES
THROUGH DAUGHTERS’ LLC
Member
Daughters’
LLC
Common
Units
Common
Shares
Underlying
Daughters’
LLC
Common
Units
Daughters’
LLC
Class A
Units
Class A
Shares
Underlying
Daughters’
LLC Class A
Units
Common
Shares
Underlying
Class A
Shares
Total
Economic
Beneficial
Ownership
of Common
Shares
Adolphus B. Baker
0
0
1,309,245
1,309,245
1,309,245
1,309,245
Dinnette Adams Baker
56,595
56,595
1,090,755
1,090,755
1,090,755
1,147,350
Luanne Adams
343,787
343,787
800,000
800,000
800,000
1,143,787
Nancy Adams Briggs
343,787
343,787
800,000
800,000
800,000
1,143,787
Laurel Adams Krodel
343,787
343,787
800,000
800,000
800,000
1,143,787
Total
1,087,956
1,087,956
4,800,000
4,800,000
4,800,000
5,887,956
TABLE II:
MEMBERS’ ECONOMIC BENEFICIAL
 
OWNERSHIP OF
COMMON SHARES NOT OWNED BY DAUGHTERS’
 
LLC,
BUT COVERED BY EXHIBIT A
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
Member
Common
Shares
Adolphus B. Baker
145,266
Dinnette Adams Baker
230,570
Adolphus B. Baker &
Dinnette Adams Baker, joint tenants
46
Luanne Adams
738
Nancy Adams Briggs
57,007
Laurel Adams Krodel
887
Total
434,514
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
This Exhibit A
 
to the
 
Agreement Regarding
 
Conversion (the
 
“Agreement”) describes
 
the agreements
of the
 
parties thereto
 
relating to
 
Resale Shelf
 
Registration Statements
 
and Takedowns.
 
Capitalized terms
used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Agreement.
ARTICLE I
DEMAND RESALE SHELF REGISTRATION
1.1
 
General
(a)
 
Subject to
 
the terms
 
and conditions
 
of this
 
Exhibit A, the
 
Company shall,
 
promptly
after the
 
Class A Conversion Date, file
 
a shelf registration
 
statement with the
 
SEC in accordance
 
with the
Securities Act for
 
an offering
 
on a
 
delayed or
 
continuous basis
 
pursuant to
 
Rule 415 under
 
the Securities
Act (a “Resale Shelf Registration Statement”).
 
Subject to the terms of
 
the Agreement, the Company (with
the
 
cooperation
 
of
 
the
 
applicable
 
Members)
 
shall
 
cause
 
there
 
to
 
be
 
filed
 
with
 
the
 
SEC
 
a
 
Resale
 
Shelf
Registration Statement meeting
 
the requirements of
 
the Securities Act and such
 
Members shall be
 
entitled
to have
 
included therein
 
all of
 
the Subject
 
Shares.
 
If the
 
Company qualifies
 
as a
 
Well Known
 
Seasoned
Issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), then, promptly after the Class A Conversion Date,
the
 
Company
 
will
 
file
 
an
 
Automatic
 
Shelf
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
(as
 
defined
 
in
 
Rule 405
 
under
 
the
Securities Act) on Form
 
S-3 (“Form
 
S-3ASR”), which will
 
become automatically effective.
 
As permitted
for a
 
Form S-3ASR,
 
such registration
 
statement will
 
not specify
 
which Members
 
may be
 
selling stockholders
or the number of shares to
 
be sold, and instead will register an
 
indeterminate amount of Subject Shares for
resale without identifying the selling stockholders.
 
Instead, the Members who will be
 
selling stockholders
and the Subject Shares to be sold will be disclosed
 
in a subsequent Resale Shelf Prospectus Supplement for
a Takedown (as such terms are defined
 
below).
 
Also, as permitted by Rule 456(b) under the Securities
 
Act,
the SEC registration fees shall not be paid at
 
the time of filing of such Form S-3ASR and,
 
instead, shall be
deferred and paid at the time of filing of such Resale Shelf Prospectus Supplement for a Takedown.
(b)
 
Following the effectiveness of a
 
Resale Shelf Registration Statement, the
 
applicable
Members shall be entitled to request the Company to file a prospectus or prospectus supplement (a “Resale
Shelf Prospectus Supplement”) with respect
 
thereto to effect a takedown
 
for an offering of Common
 
Shares
registered thereby (“Takedown”).
 
Any request made pursuant to this Section 1.1(b) shall be
 
made pursuant
to Section 2.3 of the Agreement, and shall specify the number of Subject Shares to be offered, the intended
methods
 
of
 
disposition
 
thereof
 
and
 
that
 
the
 
request
 
is
 
for
 
a
 
Resale
 
Shelf
 
Prospectus
 
Supplement.
 
Upon
receipt
 
of
 
a
 
request
 
from
 
a
 
Member,
 
the
 
Company
 
shall
 
provide
 
notice
 
to
 
all
 
other
 
Members
 
that
 
it
 
has
received a request to
 
file a Resale Shelf
 
Prospectus for a
 
Takedown to permit other
 
Members to permit them
to request to include their Subject Shares therein at the same time.
(c)
 
The
 
Special
 
Committee
 
shall
 
have
 
the
 
authority
 
to
 
approve
 
any
 
demands
 
for
Takedowns,
 
including
 
the minimum
 
number
 
of shares
 
to be
 
included,
 
the
 
timing
 
of
 
any Takedown,
 
how
frequently
 
Takedowns
 
may
 
be
 
permitted,
 
and
 
whether
 
to
 
require
 
standstill
 
agreements
 
from
 
the
 
selling
shareholders beyond what is required from the underwriters and, if so, the terms thereof.
1.2
 
Filing of Resale Shelf Registration Statement.
 
Following the Class A Conversion, the
Company shall:
(a)
 
File the Resale
 
Shelf Registration
 
Statement with
 
the SEC as
 
promptly as
 
practicable,
and
 
shall
 
use
 
the
 
Company’s
 
commercially
 
reasonable
 
efforts
 
to
 
have
 
the
 
registration
 
declared
 
effective
under the Securities Act as soon as reasonably practicable.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(b)
 
Continue
 
to
 
maintain
 
and
 
renew
 
the
 
Resale
 
Shelf
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
for
 
such
periods as approved by the Special Committee.
1.3
The Special
 
Committee shall
 
continue to
 
consider requests
 
for Takedowns
 
for
 
the Subject
Shares from a Member until the expiration of the Term.
1.4
A Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall be on
 
Form S-3 or any successor form provided
that the Company qualified for such form at the time.
1.5
If any Takedown
 
will involve
 
an underwritten offering
 
(whether on a
 
“firm,” “best efforts”
or “all reasonable
 
efforts” basis or
 
otherwise), or an agented
 
offering, the Company shall
 
have the right to
select one or more underwriters
 
and underwriters’ representatives to administer such underwritten offering
or the agents for such agented offering, subject to the consent of the applicable Members and their counsel,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
ARTICLE II
TA
K
EDOWN PROCEDURES
2.1
Subject to approval
 
by the Special
 
Committee under Article I of this Exhibit A to effect
 
the
Takedown
 
of
 
any
 
Common
 
Shares
 
and
 
subject
 
to
 
Section 2.2
 
of
 
this
 
Exhibit A,
 
the
 
Company
 
shall,
 
as
expeditiously as practicable:
(a)
 
Prepare and file with the
 
SEC such amendments and supplements
 
to the Resale Shelf
Registration Statement
 
and the
 
prospectus used
 
in connection
 
with such
 
registration statement
 
as may
 
be
necessary to comply
 
with the provisions
 
of the Securities Act, the
 
Exchange Act and rules and regulations
thereunder
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
 
disposition
 
of
 
all
 
securities
 
covered
 
by
 
such
 
registration
 
statement
 
in
accordance with the method of disposition set
 
forth in such registration statement.
 
If the registration is for
an underwritten offering, the Company
 
shall amend the registration statement or
 
supplement the prospectus
whenever reasonably required
 
by the terms
 
of the underwriting
 
agreement.
 
Subject to Rule 415
 
under the
Securities Act, the Company shall amend the registration
 
statement or supplement the prospectus so
 
that it
will remain current
 
and in compliance
 
with the requirements
 
of the Securities Act
 
for such period
 
as shall
be approved
 
by the
 
Special Committee.
 
If any
 
event or
 
development occurs
 
as a
 
result of
 
which a
 
registration
statement or prospectus contains a misstatement
 
of a material fact or omits to
 
state a material fact required
to be stated
 
therein or necessary
 
to make the
 
statements therein not
 
misleading, the Company
 
shall promptly
notify
 
the
 
applicable
 
Members
 
and
 
their
 
counsel,
 
amend
 
the
 
registration
 
statement
 
or
 
supplement
 
the
prospectus so that
 
each will thereafter
 
comply with the
 
Securities
 
Act and furnish
 
to such Members
 
and their
counsel such amended or supplemented prospectus
 
for use in the offer and sale
 
of Common Shares covered
by such registration statement.
 
Pending such amendment or
 
supplement, such Members shall
 
cease making
offers and sales of Common Shares pursuant to the prior prospectus.
 
In the event that any Common Shares
included
 
in
 
a
 
registration
 
statement
 
remain
 
unsold
 
following
 
all
 
Takedowns
 
approved
 
by
 
the
 
Special
Committee, the Company may file a post-effective amendment to the
 
registration statement for the purpose
of removing such securities from registered status.
(b)
 
Furnish to the
 
applicable Members and
 
their counsel such
 
numbers of copies
 
of the
registration statement,
 
any pre-effective
 
or post-effective
 
amendment thereto,
 
the prospectus,
 
including each
preliminary prospectus
 
and any
 
amendments or
 
supplements thereto,
 
in each
 
case in
 
conformity with
 
the
requirements
 
of
 
the
 
Securities Act
 
and
 
the
 
rules
 
thereunder,
 
and
 
such
 
other
 
related
 
documents
 
as
 
such
Members and their counsel may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Common Shares
owned by such Members.
(c)
 
To
 
the
 
extent
 
necessary,
 
use
 
the
 
Company’s
 
commercially
 
reasonable
 
efforts
 
(i) to
register and qualify the Common Shares covered by such registration statement under such other securities
 
or Blue Sky
 
laws of such
 
states or U.S.
 
jurisdictions as shall
 
be reasonably requested
 
by the underwriters’
representative or agent (as applicable,
 
or if inapplicable, the applicable
 
Members and their counsel), (ii) to
keep such registration or qualification in
 
effect for so long as such registration
 
statement remains in effect,
and (iii) to
 
obtain the
 
withdrawal of
 
any order
 
suspending the
 
effectiveness of
 
a registration
 
statement, or
the lifting of
 
any suspension of
 
the qualification (or
 
exemption from qualification)
 
of the offer
 
and sale of
any of
 
such Common
 
Shares in
 
any jurisdiction,
 
at the
 
earliest possible
 
moment; provided,
 
however, that
the Company shall
 
not be required
 
in connection therewith
 
or as a
 
condition thereto to
 
qualify to do
 
business
or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions.
(d)
 
In
 
the
 
event
 
of
 
any
 
underwritten
 
or
 
agented
 
offering,
 
enter
 
into
 
and
 
perform
 
the
Company’s
 
obligations
 
under
 
an
 
underwriting
 
or
 
agency
 
agreement
 
(including
 
indemnification
 
and
contribution
 
obligations
 
of
 
underwriters
 
or
 
agents),
 
in
 
usual
 
and
 
customary
 
form,
 
with
 
the
 
managing
underwriter or underwriters of or
 
agents for such offering, and
 
(i) make such representations and warranties
to the underwriters’
 
representative or agent
 
with respect to
 
the business of
 
the Company and
 
its subsidiaries,
the registration statement or prospectus,
 
in each case, in form,
 
substance and scope as are
 
customarily made
by
 
issuers
 
to
 
underwriters
 
in
 
underwritten
 
offerings
 
and
 
confirm
 
the
 
same
 
if
 
and
 
when
 
requested
 
and
(ii) deliver
 
such
 
documents
 
and
 
certificates
 
as
 
may
 
be
 
reasonably
 
requested
 
by
 
the
 
applicable
 
Members,
their
 
counsel,
 
the
 
underwriters’ representative
 
or
 
agent,
 
if
 
any,
 
to
 
evidence
 
the
 
continued
 
validity
 
of
 
the
representations and
 
warranties of
 
the Company
 
and its
 
subsidiaries made
 
pursuant to
 
clause (i) above
 
and
to evidence compliance with any customary
 
conditions contained in the underwriting agreement
 
or similar
agreement
 
entered
 
into
 
by
 
the
 
Company.
 
The
 
foregoing
 
actions
 
shall
 
be
 
taken
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
each
closing
 
under
 
such
 
underwriting
 
or
 
similar
 
agreement
 
as
 
and
 
to
 
the
 
extent
 
required
 
thereunder.
 
The
Company
 
shall
 
also
 
cooperate
 
with
 
the
 
applicable
 
Members
 
and
 
their
 
counsel
 
and
 
the
 
underwriters’
representative
 
or
 
agent
 
for
 
such
 
offering
 
in
 
the
 
marketing
 
of
 
the
 
Common
 
Shares,
 
including
 
making
available,
 
on
 
a
 
commercially
 
reasonable
 
basis,
 
the
 
Company’s
 
officers,
 
accountants,
 
counsel,
 
premises,
books and
 
records for
 
such purpose,
 
but the
 
Company shall
 
not be
 
required to
 
incur any
 
material out-of-
pocket expense pursuant to this sentence.
(e)
 
In the event
 
of any underwritten
 
or agented offering,
 
the Company and
 
members of
its management
 
(which shall
 
include the
 
Chief Executive
 
Officer and
 
the Chief
 
Financial Officer
 
or such
other
 
members
 
of
 
its
 
management
 
acceptable
 
to
 
the
 
underwriters’ representative
 
or
 
agent,
 
if
 
any)
 
shall
participate in roadshows and other
 
similar selling efforts as the
 
underwriters’
 
representative or agent, if any,
shall reasonably deem
 
to be necessary;
 
provided, however, the
 
Company and members
 
of its management
shall not
 
be obligated
 
to participate
 
in more
 
than a
 
total of
 
two roadshows
 
or other
 
similar selling
 
efforts
with respect to the Subject Shares.
(f)
 
Promptly notify
 
the applicable
 
Members and
 
their counsel
 
of any
 
stop order
 
issued
or threatened
 
to be
 
issued by
 
the SEC
 
in connection
 
therewith (and
 
take commercially
 
reasonable actions
required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered).
(g)
 
Make
 
generally
 
available
 
to
 
the
 
Company’s
 
security
 
holders
 
copies
 
of
 
all
 
periodic
reports, proxy statements, and other
 
information referred to in Section 6.1
 
below, and an earnings statement
satisfying the provisions
 
of Section 11(a) of
 
the Securities
 
Act no later
 
than 90 days following
 
the end of
 
the
12-month period beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the
effective date of each registration statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.
(h)
 
Make
 
available
 
for
 
inspection
 
by
 
the
 
applicable
 
Members
 
and
 
their
 
counsel,
 
any
underwriter participating in such
 
offering and the representatives
 
of such Members and
 
the underwriter (but
not
 
more
 
than
 
one
 
firm
 
of
 
counsel
 
to
 
each),
 
all
 
financial
 
and
 
other
 
information
 
as
 
shall
 
be
 
reasonably
requested
 
by
 
them,
 
and
 
provide
 
such
 
Members
 
and
 
their
 
counsel,
 
any
 
underwriter
 
participating
 
in
 
such
offering and the representatives thereof the opportunity, on a commercially
 
reasonable basis, to discuss the
 
 
 
business
 
affairs
 
of the
 
Company
 
with
 
appropriate
 
officers and
 
independent
 
public accountants
 
who have
certified
 
the
 
audited
 
financial
 
statements
 
included
 
in
 
such
 
registration
 
statement,
 
in
 
each
 
case
 
all
 
as
necessary to
 
enable them
 
to exercise
 
their due
 
diligence responsibility
 
under the
 
Securities Act; provided,
however, that any records, information or documents that are designated by the
 
Company as confidential at
the time
 
of delivery
 
of such
 
records, information
 
or documents
 
shall be
 
kept confidential by
 
such persons
unless (i) such records, information
 
or documents are in
 
the public domain or
 
otherwise publicly available
(other than by
 
reason of breach
 
of this confidentiality
 
provision), (ii) disclosure of
 
such records, information
or documents
 
is required
 
by court
 
or administrative
 
order or
 
is necessary
 
to respond
 
to inquiries
 
of regulatory
authorities,
 
or
 
(iii) disclosure
 
of
 
such
 
records,
 
information
 
or
 
documents,
 
in
 
the
 
reasonable
 
opinion
 
of
counsel to such
 
person, is otherwise
 
required by law
 
or regulation (including,
 
without limitation, pursuant
to the requirements of
 
the Securities
 
Act or regulations promulgated
 
thereunder); provided, however, that
 
in
the case of
 
clauses (ii) and (iii) of
 
this Section 2.1(h), prior
 
to making such
 
disclosure, such Members
 
and
their
 
counsel
 
shall
 
consult
 
with
 
the
 
Company
 
and
 
its
 
counsel
 
as
 
to
 
the
 
necessity
 
of
 
such
 
disclosure,
 
the
timing
 
and
 
content
 
of
 
such
 
disclosure
 
and
 
the
 
nature
 
and
 
wording
 
of
 
such
 
disclosure
 
and
 
shall
 
use
 
its
reasonable
 
best
 
efforts
 
to
 
obtain,
 
at
 
the
 
Company’s
 
expense,
 
confidential
 
treatment
 
of
 
such
 
records,
information or documents,
 
or portions thereof.
 
Also, to the
 
extent possible, the
 
Company shall be
 
given a
reasonable opportunity
 
to intervene
 
with the
 
appropriate authorities
 
in order
 
to prevent
 
disclosure of
 
such
records, information or documents, or portions thereof.
(i)
 
Use the
 
Company’s commercially
 
reasonable efforts
 
to obtain
 
a so-called
 
“comfort
letter” from its independent public accountants, and legal opinions of counsel to the Company addressed to
the applicable Members, or the underwriters’ representative or agent, as applicable, in customary form and
covering such matters of
 
the type customarily covered
 
by such letters, and
 
in a form that
 
shall be reasonably
satisfactory to such
 
Members and their
 
counsel or the
 
underwriters’ representative or agent, as
 
applicable.
 
The Company
 
shall furnish
 
to such
 
Members and
 
their counsel
 
a signed
 
counterpart of
 
any such
 
comfort
letter
 
or
 
legal
 
opinion.
 
Delivery
 
of
 
any
 
such
 
opinion
 
or
 
comfort
 
letter
 
shall
 
be
 
subject
 
to
 
the
 
recipient
furnishing
 
such
 
written
 
representations
 
or
 
acknowledgements
 
as
 
are
 
customarily
 
provided
 
by
 
sellers
 
of
securities who receive such comfort letters or opinions.
(j)
 
Take such other actions as are commercially
 
reasonably required in order to expedite
or facilitate the effectiveness of the Takedown of the Subject Shares approved by the Special Committee.
2.2
 
Grace Periods
(a)
 
Notwithstanding
 
anything
 
to
 
the
 
contrary
 
in
 
the
 
Agreement
 
(including
 
in
 
this
Exhibit A):
(i)
 
the Company shall be entitled to postpone the
 
filing or effectiveness of, or, at
any time after a
 
Resale Shelf Registration Statement has
 
been declared effective by the
 
SEC,
suspend
 
the
 
use
 
of,
 
a
 
Resale
 
Shelf
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
(including
 
the
 
Resale
 
Shelf
Prospectus
 
Supplement
 
included
 
therein)
 
if
 
in
 
the
 
good
 
faith
 
judgment
 
of
 
the
 
Special
Committee,
 
such
 
registration,
 
offering
 
or
 
use
 
could
 
reasonably
 
be
 
expected
 
to
 
materially
affect
 
the
 
Company
 
in
 
an
 
adverse
 
manner,
 
or
 
materially
 
interfere
 
with
 
any
 
significant
transaction
 
under
 
consideration
 
by
 
the
 
Company,
 
or
 
would
 
require
 
the
 
disclosure
 
of
information that has
 
not been, and
 
is not otherwise
 
required to be,
 
disclosed to the
 
public and
the
 
premature
 
disclosure
 
of
 
which
 
could
 
reasonably
 
be
 
expected
 
to
 
materially
 
affect
 
the
Company in an adverse manner; and
(ii)
 
at
 
any
 
time
 
after
 
a
 
Resale
 
Shelf
 
Registration
 
Statement
 
has
 
been
 
declared
effective
 
by
 
the
 
SEC,
 
the
 
Company
 
may
 
delay
 
the
 
disclosure
 
of
 
material
 
non-public
information concerning the
 
Company if the
 
disclosure of such
 
information at the
 
time would,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
in
 
the
 
good
 
faith
 
judgment
 
of
 
the
 
Special
 
Committee,
 
adversely
 
affect
 
the
 
Company
 
(the
period of
 
a postponement
 
or suspension
 
as described
 
in Section 2.2(a)(i)
 
of this
 
Exhibit A
and/or a delay described
 
in this Section 2.2(a)(ii), a
 
“Grace Period”), but
 
only if neither the
Company nor any
 
Member has a
 
duty to disclose
 
such material
 
non-public information
 
under
applicable law.
(b)
 
The Company
 
shall promptly
 
(i) notify the
 
Members in
 
writing of
 
the existence
 
of
circumstances giving
 
rise to
 
a Grace
 
Period (provided,
 
however, that
 
the Company
 
shall not
 
disclose the
substance of
 
such circumstances,
 
including any
 
related material
 
non-public information,
 
to any
 
Member,
without the
 
express consent
 
of such
 
Member) or
 
the need
 
to file
 
a post-effective
 
amendment or
 
amended
Resale Shelf
 
Prospectus Supplement,
 
as applicable,
 
and the
 
date on
 
which such
 
Grace Period
 
will begin,
(ii) use
 
commercially
 
reasonable
 
efforts
 
to
 
terminate
 
a
 
Grace
 
Period
 
as
 
promptly
 
as
 
practicable
 
and
(iii) notify the Members in writing of the date on which the Grace Period ends.
(c)
 
The duration of any single Grace Period shall not exceed
 
90 days, and the aggregate
duration of all Grace Periods in total shall
 
not exceed 120 days.
 
For purposes of determining the length of
a Grace Period, the Grace Period shall be
 
deemed to begin on and include the date
 
the Members receive the
notice referred to
 
in clause (i)
 
of Section 2.2(b)
 
of this
 
Exhibit A and shall end
 
on and
 
include the
 
later of
(i) the date the Members receive the notice referred to in clause (iii) of Section 2.2(b) of this Exhibit A and
(ii) the date referred to in such notice.
ARTICLE III
MEM
B
ERS’ O
B
LIGATIONS
3.1
It shall
 
be a
 
condition precedent
 
to the
 
obligations of
 
the Company
 
to take
 
any action
 
pursuant
to this Agreement with respect to the Subject Shares of a Member that such Member shall:
(a)
 
Furnish
 
to
 
the
 
Company
 
such
 
information
 
regarding
 
such
 
Member,
 
the
 
number
 
of
Common
 
Shares
 
beneficially
 
owned
 
by
 
such
 
Member
 
(within
 
the
 
meaning
 
of
 
the
 
Rule 13d-3
 
under
 
the
Exchange
 
Act), and
 
the intended
 
method of
 
disposition of
 
such Member’s
 
Subject Shares
 
as shall
 
be required
to effect the registration and Takedown of his or her Subject Shares, and to cooperate with the Company in
preparing such registration and Takedown; and
(b)
 
Agree
 
to
 
sell
 
Common
 
Shares
 
to
 
the
 
underwriters
 
at
 
the
 
price
 
and
 
on
 
terms
 
and
conditions, including the payment
 
of commissions, fees, costs
 
and expenses, set forth
 
in, and to execute,
 
the
underwriting agreement agreed to by such Member and the Company.
(c)
 
The
 
Members
 
shall
 
agree
 
to
 
a
 
standstill
 
agreement
 
to
 
the
 
extent
 
requested
 
by
 
the
Special Committee in connection with any Takedown.
ARTICLE IV
EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION
4.1
The Members participating in a Takedown, on the one hand, and
 
the Company, on the other
hand, shall
 
each bear
 
and pay
 
50% of
 
all expenses
 
incurred in
 
connection with
 
any registration,
 
filing, or
qualification of
 
Common Shares
 
with respect
 
to any
 
Resale Shelf
 
Registration Statement
 
(excluding any
underwriting
 
discounts
 
and
 
selling
 
commissions
 
and
 
all
 
legal
 
fees
 
and
 
expenses
 
of
 
legal
 
counsel
 
for
 
the
applicable Members), including
 
all registration, filing
 
and National Association of Securities
 
Dealers, Inc.
fees, all rating agency fees,
 
stock exchange listing fees, all
 
fees and expenses of complying
 
with securities
or blue
 
sky laws
 
(including fees
 
and expenses
 
of underwriters
 
counsel), all
 
word processing,
 
duplicating
and
 
printing
 
expenses,
 
messenger
 
and
 
delivery
 
expenses,
 
the
 
fees
 
and
 
disbursements
 
of
 
counsel
 
for
 
the
Company, and of
 
the Company’s independent
 
registered public accountants,
 
including the
 
expenses of “cold
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
comfort” letters required
 
by or incident
 
to such performance and
 
compliance (the “Registration Expenses”);
provided, however, that
 
if the Company
 
participates as an
 
issuer or seller
 
in any
 
Takedown, it will
 
pay 100%
of such costs
 
(excluding any underwriting
 
discounts and selling
 
commissions or any
 
legal fees and
 
expenses
of legal counsel for the applicable Members) and will pay its respective underwriting discounts and selling
commissions.
 
The Members participating in the Takedown will pay the fees to be paid by the Members on
a pro rata basis based on the number of shares being sold.
ARTICLE V
INDEMNIFICATION; CONTRI
B
UTION
5.1
If any Common Shares are included in a registration statement under this Exhibit A:
(a)
 
To
 
the
 
extent
 
permitted
 
by
 
applicable
 
law,
 
the
 
Company
 
shall
 
indemnify
 
and
 
hold
harmless each Member, such party’s heirs
 
(if applicable), successors and permitted assigns,
 
against any and
all
 
losses,
 
claims,
 
damages,
 
liabilities
 
and
 
reasonable
 
expenses
 
(joint
 
or
 
several),
 
including
 
reasonable
attorneys’ fees
 
and
 
disbursements
 
and
 
expenses
 
of
 
investigation,
 
incurred
 
by
 
such
 
party
 
pursuant
 
to
 
any
actual or threatened action, suit, proceeding or investigation, or to which any of the foregoing persons may
become subject
 
under the
 
Securities Act, the
 
Exchange Act or
 
other federal
 
or state
 
laws, insofar
 
as such
losses,
 
claims,
 
damages,
 
liabilities
 
and
 
reasonable
 
expenses
 
arise
 
out
 
of
 
or
 
are
 
based
 
upon
 
any
 
of
 
the
following statements, omissions or violations (collectively a “Violation”):
(i)
 
Any untrue statement or alleged untrue
 
statement of a material fact contained
in
 
such
 
registration
 
statement,
 
including
 
any
 
preliminary
 
prospectus
 
or
 
final
 
prospectus
contained therein, or any amendments or supplements thereto;
(ii)
 
The omission
 
or alleged
 
omission to
 
state therein
 
a material
 
fact required
 
to
be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or
(iii)
 
Any violation or alleged violation by
 
the Company of the Securities Act,
 
the
Exchange Act,
 
any applicable
 
state securities
 
law or
 
any rule
 
or regulation
 
promulgated under
the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any applicable state securities law;
provided, however, that the indemnification required by this
 
Section 5.1 shall not apply to amounts paid in
settlement of
 
any such
 
loss, claim,
 
damage, liability
 
or expense
 
if such
 
settlement is
 
effected without
 
the
consent of the
 
Company, nor shall the
 
Company be liable in
 
any such case
 
for any such
 
loss, claim, damage,
liability or expense to
 
the extent that
 
it arises out of
 
or is based upon
 
a Violation that occurs
 
in reliance upon
and in
 
conformity with
 
written information
 
furnished to
 
the Company
 
by the
 
indemnified party
 
expressly
for use in connection
 
with such registration;
 
provided further that
 
the indemnity agreement
 
contained in this
Section 5.1 shall not apply to any underwriter to the extent that
 
any such loss is based on or arises out of an
untrue statement or alleged
 
untrue statement of a
 
material fact, or an
 
omission or alleged omission to
 
state
a material fact, contained in or omitted
 
from any preliminary prospectus if the final
 
prospectus shall correct
such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or
 
such omission or alleged omission, and a copy of
 
the
final prospectus
 
has not
 
been sent
 
or given
 
to such
 
person at
 
or prior
 
to the
 
confirmation of
 
sale to
 
such
person if such underwriter was under
 
an obligation to deliver such final
 
prospectus and failed to do so.
 
The
Company shall also
 
indemnify underwriters,
 
selling brokers,
 
dealer managers
 
and similar
 
securities industry
professionals participating
 
in the
 
distribution, their
 
officers, directors,
 
agents and
 
employees and
 
each person
who
 
controls
 
such
 
persons
 
(within
 
the
 
meaning
 
of
 
Section 15
 
of
 
the
 
Securities Act
 
or
 
Section 20
 
of
 
the
Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Members.
(b)
 
To
 
the
 
extent
 
permitted by
 
applicable
 
law,
 
each
 
Member
 
shall indemnify
 
and
 
hold
harmless
 
the
 
Company,
 
each
 
of
 
its
 
directors,
 
each
 
of
 
its
 
officers
 
who
 
shall
 
have
 
signed
 
the
 
registration
statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities
 
Act, against
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
any
 
and
 
all
 
losses,
 
claims,
 
damages,
 
liabilities
 
and
 
reasonable
 
expenses
 
(joint
 
and
 
several),
 
including
reasonable attorneys’
 
fees and disbursements
 
and expenses of
 
investigation, incurred by
 
such party pursuant
to any actual
 
or threatened action,
 
suit, proceeding or
 
investigation, or to
 
which any of
 
the foregoing
 
persons
may otherwise
 
become subject
 
under the
 
Securities Act, the
 
Exchange Act or
 
other federal
 
or state
 
laws,
insofar as
 
such losses,
 
claims, damages, liabilities
 
and reasonable
 
expenses arise
 
out of or
 
are based upon
any Violation by such Member,
 
in each case to the
 
extent (and only to the
 
extent) that such Violation
 
occurs
in
 
reliance
 
upon
 
and
 
in
 
conformity
 
with
 
written
 
information
 
furnished
 
by
 
such
 
Member
 
or
 
such
 
party’s
counsel expressly for use in connection with such registration; provided, however, that the indemnification
required by
 
this Section 5.1(b)
 
shall not
 
apply to
 
amounts paid
 
in settlement
 
of any
 
such loss,
 
claim, damage,
liability or expense if settlement is effected without the consent of the such Member.
(c)
 
Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
 
this Section 5.1 of notice of the
commencement of
 
any action,
 
suit, proceeding,
 
investigation or
 
threat thereof
 
made in
 
writing for
 
which
such indemnified party may
 
make a claim under
 
this Section 5.1, such indemnified
 
party shall deliver to
 
the
indemnifying party a
 
written notice of
 
the commencement thereof
 
and the indemnifying
 
party shall have
 
the
right
 
to
 
participate
 
in,
 
and,
 
to
 
the
 
extent
 
the
 
indemnifying
 
party
 
so
 
desires,
 
jointly
 
with
 
any
 
other
indemnifying party
 
similarly noticed,
 
to assume
 
the defense
 
thereof with
 
counsel mutually
 
satisfactory to
the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party shall have the
 
right to retain its own counsel, with
the
 
fees
 
and
 
disbursements
 
and
 
expenses
 
to
 
be
 
paid
 
by
 
the
 
indemnifying
 
party,
 
if
 
representation
 
of
 
such
indemnified party by
 
the counsel retained
 
by the indemnifying
 
party would be
 
inappropriate due to
 
actual
or
 
potential
 
differing
 
interests
 
between
 
such
 
indemnified
 
party
 
and
 
any
 
other
 
party
 
represented
 
by
 
such
counsel
 
in
 
such
 
proceeding.
 
The
 
failure
 
to
 
deliver
 
written
 
notice
 
to
 
the
 
indemnifying
 
party
 
within
 
a
reasonable time following the commencement of any such action, if prejudicial to its ability to defend such
action, shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section 5.1
but
 
shall
 
not
 
relieve
 
the
 
indemnifying
 
party
 
of
 
any
 
liability
 
that
 
it
 
may
 
have
 
to
 
any
 
indemnified
 
party
otherwise
 
than
 
pursuant
 
to
 
this
 
Section 5.1.
 
Any
 
fees
 
and
 
expenses
 
incurred
 
by
 
the
 
indemnified
 
party
(including
 
any
 
fees
 
and
 
expenses
 
incurred
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
investigating
 
or
 
preparing
 
to
 
defend
 
such
action or
 
proceeding) shall
 
be paid
 
to the
 
indemnified party,
 
as incurred,
 
within 30 days
 
of written
 
notice
thereof to
 
the indemnifying
 
party; provided,
 
however, that
 
such notice
 
is accompanied
 
by an
 
appropriate
undertaking to reimburse the
 
indemnifying party if it
 
is ultimately determined that
 
an indemnified party is
not
 
entitled
 
to
 
indemnification
 
hereunder.
 
Any
 
such
 
indemnified
 
party
 
shall
 
have
 
the
 
right
 
to
 
employ
separate counsel
 
in any
 
such action,
 
claim or
 
proceeding and
 
to participate
 
in the
 
defense thereof,
 
but the
fees
 
and
 
expenses
 
of
 
such
 
counsel
 
shall
 
be
 
the
 
expenses
 
of
 
such
 
indemnified
 
party
 
unless
 
(i) the
indemnifying party has agreed
 
to pay such fees
 
and expenses or (ii) the
 
indemnifying party shall have
 
failed
to promptly
 
assume the
 
defense of
 
such action,
 
claim or
 
proceeding or
 
(iii) the named
 
parties to
 
any such
action, claim or proceeding (including
 
any impleaded parties) include both
 
such indemnified party and the
indemnifying party, and
 
such indemnified party
 
shall have been
 
advised by counsel
 
that there may
 
be one
or
 
more
 
legal
 
defenses
 
available
 
to
 
it
 
that
 
are
 
different
 
from
 
or
 
in
 
addition
 
to
 
those
 
available
 
to
 
the
indemnifying
 
party
 
and
 
that
 
the
 
assertion
 
of
 
such
 
defenses
 
would
 
create
 
a
 
conflict
 
of
 
interest
 
such
 
that
counsel employed by the indemnifying party could not faithfully represent the indemnified party (in which
case, if
 
such indemnified
 
party notifies
 
the indemnifying
 
party in
 
writing that
 
it elects
 
to employ
 
separate
counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume
the defense
 
of such
 
action, claim
 
or proceeding
 
on behalf
 
of such
 
indemnified party,
 
it being
 
understood,
however, that the indemnifying party
 
shall not, in connection
 
with any one such action,
 
claim or proceeding
or separate but
 
substantially similar or
 
related actions, claims
 
or proceedings in
 
the same jurisdiction
 
arising
out of the same general allegations
 
or circumstances, be liable for
 
the reasonable fees and expenses
 
of more
than
 
one
 
separate
 
firm
 
of
 
attorneys
 
(together
 
with
 
appropriate
 
local
 
counsel)
 
at
 
any
 
time
 
for
 
all
 
such
indemnified parties, unless in the reasonable judgment of such
 
indemnified party a conflict of interest may
exist between such indemnified party and
 
any other of such indemnified parties with
 
respect to such action,
claim or proceeding, in which event the indemnifying party shall be obligated to pay the fees and expenses
of such additional counsel
 
or counsels).
 
No indemnifying party shall
 
be liable to an
 
indemnified party for
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
any settlement
 
of any
 
action, proceeding
 
or claim
 
without the
 
written consent
 
of the
 
indemnifying party,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(d)
 
If
 
the
 
indemnification
 
required
 
by
 
this
 
Section 5.1
 
from
 
the
 
indemnifying
 
party
 
is
unavailable
 
to
 
an
 
indemnified
 
party
 
hereunder
 
in
 
respect
 
of
 
any
 
losses,
 
claims,
 
damages,
 
liabilities
 
or
expenses referred to in this Section 5.1:
(i)
 
The indemnifying party, in lieu
 
of indemnifying such
 
indemnified party, shall
contribute to the
 
amount paid or
 
payable by such
 
indemnified party as
 
a result of
 
such losses,
claims,
 
damages,
 
liabilities
 
or
 
expenses
 
in
 
such
 
proportion
 
as
 
is
 
appropriate
 
to
 
reflect
 
the
relative fault
 
of the
 
indemnifying party
 
and indemnified
 
parties in
 
connection with
 
the actions
that
 
resulted
 
in
 
such
 
losses,
 
claims,
 
damages,
 
liabilities
 
or
 
expenses,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
any
 
other
relevant
 
equitable
 
considerations.
 
The
 
relative
 
fault
 
of
 
such
 
indemnifying
 
party
 
and
indemnified parties
 
shall
 
be
 
determined
 
by
 
reference
 
to,
 
among other
 
things,
 
whether
 
any
Violation
 
has been committed
 
by,
 
or relates to
 
information supplied by,
 
such indemnifying
party
 
or
 
indemnified
 
parties,
 
and
 
the
 
parties’
 
relative
 
intent,
 
knowledge,
 
access
 
to
information
 
and
 
opportunity
 
to
 
correct
 
or
 
prevent
 
such
 
Violation.
 
The
 
amount
 
paid
 
or
payable by a party
 
as a result of
 
the losses, claims, damages,
 
liabilities and expenses referred
to above
 
shall be
 
deemed to
 
include, subject
 
to the
 
limitations set
 
forth in
 
this Section 5.1,
any legal or other fees
 
or expenses reasonably incurred by
 
such party in connection with
 
any
investigation or proceeding.
(ii)
 
The parties hereto agree that it
 
would not be just and
 
equitable if contribution
pursuant to this
 
Section 5.1 were determined
 
by pro rata
 
allocation or
 
by any other
 
method
of allocation
 
that does
 
not take
 
into account
 
the equitable
 
considerations referred
 
to in
 
this
Section 5.1.
 
No
 
person
 
guilty
 
of
 
fraudulent
 
misrepresentation
 
(within
 
the
 
meaning
 
of
Section 11(f) of the
 
Securities Act)
 
shall be
 
entitled to
 
contribution from any
 
person who
 
was
not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(e)
 
If indemnification is
 
available under this
 
Section 5.1, the indemnifying
 
parties shall
indemnify each
 
indemnified party
 
to the
 
full extent
 
provided in
 
this Section 5.1
 
without regard
 
to the
 
relative
fault of such
 
indemnifying party or indemnified
 
party or any
 
other equitable consideration
 
referred to in
 
this
Section 5.1.
(f)
 
The obligations
 
of the
 
Company and
 
the Members
 
under this
 
Section 5.1 shall
 
survive
the completion
 
of any
 
offering of
 
Common Shares
 
pursuant to
 
a registration
 
statement under
 
this
 
Agreement,
and otherwise.
ARTICLE VI
OTHER COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
6.1
The Company hereby agrees and covenants as follows:
(a)
 
The Company
 
shall file as
 
and when
 
applicable, on a
 
timely basis, all
 
reports required
to be filed by it under the Exchange Act.
(b)
 
The Company shall
 
not, directly or
 
indirectly, (i) enter into
 
any merger, consolidation
or reorganization in which the Company shall
 
not be the surviving corporation or (ii) sell
 
or agree to sell all
or substantially all the Company’s
 
assets, unless prior to such
 
merger, consolidation, reorganization or asset
sale,
 
the
 
surviving
 
corporation or
 
the transferee,
 
respectively,
 
shall
 
have agreed
 
in
 
writing
 
to
 
assume the
obligations of
 
the Company
 
under this Agreement, with
 
respect to
 
any securities
 
that the
 
Members would
be
 
entitled
 
to
 
receive
 
in
 
exchange
 
for
 
Common
 
Shares
 
pursuant
 
to
 
any
 
such
 
merger,
 
consolidation
 
or
reorganization.
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FORM OF
RESTATED CHARTER
(Please see Exhibit 99.2 to Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 25,
2025)
OMITTED
FORM OF
RESTATED BYLAWS
(Please see Exhibit 99.3 to Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 25,
2025)
FORM OF
DAUGHTERS’ LLC
 
AMENDMENT
 
(See attached.)
 
DLNL, LLC
AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
OPERATING AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 25, 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Recitals .......................................................................................................................................
 
1
Article I Defined Terms ............................................................................................................
 
2
1.1
 
Defined Terms .....................................................................................................
 
2
1.2
 
Interpretation .......................................................................................................
 
5
Article II Organization .............................................................................................................
 
5
2.1
 
Formation ............................................................................................................
 
5
2.2
 
Name ...................................................................................................................
 
6
2.3
 
Principal Office ...................................................................................................
 
6
2.4
 
Registered Office; Registered Agent
 
...................................................................
 
6
2.5
 
Purpose; Powers ..................................................................................................
 
6
2.6
 
Term ....................................................................................................................
 
6
2.7
 
Tax Status of the LLC .........................................................................................
 
7
2.8
 
No State Law Partnership
 
....................................................................................
 
7
Article III Units .........................................................................................................................
 
7
3.1
 
Units Generally
 
....................................................................................................
 
7
3.2
 
Authorization and Issuance of Class A Units
 
......................................................
 
8
3.3
 
Authorization and Issuance of Common Units ...................................................
 
8
3.4
 
Certificates Representing Units
 
...........................................................................
 
8
Article IV Members
 
...................................................................................................................
 
8
4.1
 
Admission of New Members
 
...............................................................................
 
8
4.2
 
No Personal Liability
 
...........................................................................................
 
8
4.3
 
No Withdrawal ....................................................................................................
 
9
4.4
 
Death ...................................................................................................................
 
9
4.5
 
Voting ..................................................................................................................
 
9
Article V Contribution of Company Shares ...........................................................................
 
9
5.1
 
Shares to be Contributed to LLC
 
.........................................................................
 
9
5.2
 
Contribution of Shares
 
.........................................................................................
 
10
5.3
 
Inspection, Disclosure and Public Filing of the Agreement
 
................................
 
10
Article VI Membership Certificates ........................................................................................
 
11
6.1
 
Issuance of Membership Certificates ..................................................................
 
11
6.2
 
Form of Certificates
 
.............................................................................................
 
11
6.3
 
Replacement of Certificates ................................................................................
 
11
6.4
 
Membership Interest Register .............................................................................
 
11
6.5
 
Record Date
 
.........................................................................................................
 
11
Article VII Redemption or Conversion of Shares ..................................................................
 
11
7.1
 
No Redemption of Class A Shares
 
......................................................................
 
11
7.2
 
Conversion
 
...........................................................................................................
 
12
7.3
 
Redemption of Common Shares
 
..........................................................................
 
12
7.4
 
Transfers of Shares
 
..............................................................................................
 
13
Article VIII Transfers of Membership Interests ....................................................................
 
13
8.1
 
Permissible Transfers; Restrictions on Transfer ................................................. 13
8.2
 
Transfers
 
..............................................................................................................
 
13
8.3
 
Transferees Bound by Agreement
 
.......................................................................
 
13
8.4
 
Other Requirements for Transfers
 
.......................................................................
 
14
Article IX Dividends and Certain Changes to Stock
 
..............................................................
 
14
9.1
 
LLC to Distribute Cash Dividends
 
......................................................................
 
14
9.2
 
Distributions other than Cash
 
..............................................................................
 
14
9.3
 
No Distributions in Violation of Law
 
..................................................................
 
15
9.4
 
Certain Changes to Class A Shares or Common Shares .....................................
 
15
Article X Capital Contributions; Capital Accounts
 
...............................................................
 
15
10.1
 
Initial Capital Contributions
 
................................................................................
 
15
10.2
 
Additional Capital Contributions ........................................................................
 
16
10.3
 
Maintenance of Capital Accounts .......................................................................
 
16
10.4
 
Succession Upon Transfer
 
...................................................................................
 
16
10.5
 
Treasury Regulations
 
...........................................................................................
 
16
Article XI Allocations
 
................................................................................................................
 
16
11.1
 
Allocation of Net Income and Net Loss
 
..............................................................
 
16
11.2
 
Tax Allocations ...................................................................................................
 
16
Article XII Management of LLC; Voting
 
and Other Rights and Powers of Members
 
......
 
17
12.1
 
Management of the LLC .....................................................................................
 
17
12.2
 
Managing Member Rights and Powers ...............................................................
 
17
12.3
 
Contributed Shares to be Voted
 
as a Unit ...........................................................
 
17
12.4
 
Failure to Achieve a Majority if there is more than one Managing Member
 
......
 
18
12.5
 
Certain Transactions Require Joint Consent of Managing Member and Non-Managing
Members
 
..............................................................................................................
 
18
12.6
 
Powers of LLC ....................................................................................................
 
19
12.7
 
Sale or Conversion of Contributed Shares by Managing Member .....................
 
20
12.8
 
Meetings and Procedures
 
.....................................................................................
 
20
12.9
 
Voting
 
by Managing Members if there are more than one Managing Member
 
..
 
20
12.10
 
Status of Managing Members
 
..............................................................................
 
20
12.11
 
Removal of Managing Member ..........................................................................
 
21
12.12
 
Resignation of Managing Members ....................................................................
 
21
12.13
 
Costs and Expenses .............................................................................................
 
21
12.14
 
Other Relationships Between Managing Member and Company
 
.......................
 
21
12.15
 
Compensation of Managing Member
 
..................................................................
 
21
12.16
 
Responsibility of Managing Member
 
..................................................................
 
21
12.17
 
Reliance by Managing Member ..........................................................................
 
22
12.18
 
Legal Compliance by Managing Member
 
...........................................................
 
22
Article XIII Exculpation and Indemnification .......................................................................
 
22
13.1
 
Exculpation; Indemnification of Members
 
..........................................................
 
22
Article XIV Records, Accounting and Tax
 
Matters
 
...............................................................
 
24
14.1
 
Records Required by the Delaware Act ..............................................................
 
24
14.2
 
Book and Records ...............................................................................................
 
24
14.3
 
Accounting Methods; Fiscal Year .......................................................................
 
24
14.4
 
LLC Funds
 
...........................................................................................................
 
24
14.5
 
Tax Matters Member ...........................................................................................
 
24
Article XV Dissolution and Liquidation
 
..................................................................................
 
25
15.1
 
Events of Dissolution ..........................................................................................
 
25
15.2
 
Effectiveness of Dissolution
 
................................................................................
 
25
15.3
 
Liquidation ..........................................................................................................
 
25
15.4
 
Cancellation of Certificate of Formation
 
.............................................................
 
26
Article XVI Representations and Warranties of Members
 
...................................................
 
26
16.1
 
Representations and Warranties ..........................................................................
 
26
Article XVII Covenants ............................................................................................................
 
27
17.1
 
Confidentiality
 
.....................................................................................................
 
27
Article XVIII General Provisions ............................................................................................
 
27
18.1
 
Successors and Assigns
 
.......................................................................................
 
27
18.2
 
Notices
 
.................................................................................................................
 
27
18.3
 
Amendment of Agreement
 
..................................................................................
 
28
18.4
 
Costs and Expenses .............................................................................................
 
28
18.5
 
Severability of Provisions ...................................................................................
 
28
18.6
 
Controlling Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Specific Performance .................
 
28
18.7
 
Construction of Agreement .................................................................................
 
29
18.8
 
Multiple Counterparts
 
..........................................................................................
 
29
18.9
 
Entire Agreement ................................................................................................
 
29
18.10
 
No Third-party Beneficiaries
 
...............................................................................
 
29
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amended and Restated
Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement
 
dated as of February 25, 2025
This
 
AMENDED
 
AND
 
RESTATED
 
LIMITED
 
LIABILITY
 
COMPANY
 
OPERATING
AGREEMENT (the
 
“Agreement”) is
 
made as
 
of February 25, 2025
 
(the “Restatement
 
Date”), by
 
and among
DLNL, LLC (the
 
“LLC”), Adolphus B.
 
Baker, as the initial Managing
 
Member (“Managing Member”),
 
and
the Non-Managing
 
Members (“Non-Managing
 
Members”) identified
 
on the
 
signature pages
 
hereto (such
persons, together with
 
any Persons who become
 
members of the
 
LLC in accordance
 
with this Agreement,
the “Members”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
 
the
 
LLC
 
has
 
been
 
formed
 
to
 
invest
 
in
 
shares
 
of
 
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock,
 
par
 
value
$0.01 per
 
share (“Class A
 
Shares”), and
 
shares of
 
Common Stock,
 
par value
 
$0.01 per
 
share (“Common
Shares”), of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”);
WHEREAS, effective
 
as of
 
July 20, 2018, the
 
initial owners
 
of Membership
 
Interests entered
 
into
the Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement for the LLC (the “Existing Operating Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the
 
Company’s capital stock
 
consists of:
 
(i) Common Shares,
 
which are
 
publicly traded
on
 
the
 
NASDAQ
 
under
 
the
 
symbol
 
“CALM,”
 
and
 
(ii) Class A
 
Shares,
 
which
 
are
 
privately
 
held
 
and
 
not
publicly traded, but are
 
convertible on a share-for-share basis
 
into Common Shares at
 
any time at the
 
option
of the holder thereof;
WHEREAS, the
 
Common Shares
 
have one
 
vote per
 
share and
 
Class A Shares
 
have ten
 
votes per
share on
 
all matters
 
on which
 
such shares
 
are entitled
 
to vote
 
and certain
 
other differences,
 
but otherwise
have substantially similar rights, powers and privileges;
WHEREAS, each of the Members, including
 
Adolphus B. Baker, is
 
an Immediate Family Member
or
 
Permitted
 
Transferee
 
(in
 
each
 
case,
 
as
 
defined
 
in
 
the
 
Company’s
 
Second
 
Amended
 
and
 
Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended from time to time (the “Restated Charter”));
WHEREAS, the LLC is also a Permitted Transferee;
WHEREAS, the LLC currently owns Common Shares, as well
 
as 100% of the outstanding Class
A
Shares;
WHEREAS,
 
the
 
Class A
 
Shares
 
currently
 
represent
 
over
 
50%
 
of
 
the
 
total
 
voting
 
power
 
of
 
the
outstanding
 
shares
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
in
 
the
 
election
 
of
 
directors
 
and
 
matters
 
other
 
than
 
the
 
election
 
of
directors;
WHEREAS,
 
the
 
Members
 
(and/or
 
their
 
respective
 
predecessors-in-interest)
 
formed
 
the
 
LLC
 
and
entered into the Existing
 
Operating Agreement to permit
 
the Immediate Family and
 
Permitted Transferees
to continue to own and retain, directly or indirectly, Class A Shares to maintain control of the Company,
 
in
order to provide for the long-term, stable and consistent ownership and governance of the Company;
WHEREAS, in furtherance of such
 
purpose, the Existing Operating Agreement
 
conferred upon the
Managing Member the right to vote and to act with respect to the Class A Shares and Common Shares that
they (and/or their respective predecessors-in-interest) have contributed to the
 
LLC, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution of
 
this Agreement, the LLC, the Members
 
and
the Company have entered
 
into that certain Agreement
 
Regarding Conversion dated as
 
of the Restatement
Date, pursuant
 
to which
 
the Company
 
has agreed
 
to take
 
certain corporate
 
actions to
 
address the
 
fact that
the LLC and the Members have expressed
 
a potential interest in monetizing all or
 
a portion of the Common
Shares owned
 
by the
 
LLC and
 
the Common
 
Shares underlying
 
the Class A
 
Shares owned
 
by the
 
LLC, which
corporate actions
 
include (a) amending
 
and restating
 
the Restated
 
Charter,
 
(b) amending and
 
restating the
Company’s Bylaws,
 
and (c) effective upon the conversion
 
by the LLC of all Class A Shares
 
into Common
Shares, granting
 
the LLC
 
and the
 
Members certain
 
rights to
 
cause the
 
sale or
 
transfer of
 
Common Shares
owned by
 
the LLC
 
or such
 
Members to
 
be registered
 
under the
 
Securities Act,
 
in each
 
case, on
 
the terms
and subject
 
to the
 
conditions set
 
forth therein
 
(as amended
 
from time
 
to time,
 
the “Agreement
 
Regarding
Conversion”);
WHEREAS, the Board of
 
Directors of the Company
 
(taking into account the
 
recommendation of a
Special Committee of the Board
 
of Directors, consisting solely of
 
independent directors) has approved the
Company’s
 
execution and performance
 
by the Company
 
of the Agreement
 
Regarding Conversion and
 
the
actions and transactions contemplated thereby; and
WHEREAS, in
 
consideration of
 
the foregoing
 
and in
 
order to
 
facilitate the
 
conversion of
 
Class
A
Shares contemplated
 
by the
 
Agreement Regarding
 
Conversion, the
 
LLC and
 
the Members
 
hereby amend
and restate the
 
Existing Operating Agreement,
 
in accordance with
 
the Delaware Limited
 
Liability Company
Act, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
1.1
 
Defined Terms.
“Agreement Regarding Conversion” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Applicable
 
Law”
 
means
 
all
 
applicable
 
provisions
 
of
 
(a) constitutions,
 
treaties,
 
statutes,
 
laws
(including the common
 
law), rules, regulations,
 
decrees, ordinances, codes,
 
proclamations, declarations or
orders of any Governmental Authority; (b) any
 
consents or approvals of any Governmental
 
Authority; and
(c) any orders, decisions, advisory or interpretative
 
opinions, injunctions, judgments, awards, decrees of,
 
or
agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
“Business” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a).
“Capital Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.
“Capital Contribution” means,
 
for any Member,
 
the total amount
 
of cash and
 
cash equivalents and
the value of any property contributed to the LLC by such Member.
“Class A Shares” means Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.
“Class A Unit”
 
means a
 
Unit representing
 
a fractional
 
part of
 
the Membership
 
Interests issued
 
by
the LLC in exchange for one Class A Share.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Common Shares” means Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
“Common Unit” means a
 
Unit representing a fractional
 
part of the Membership
 
Interests issued by
the LLC
 
in exchange
 
for one
 
Common Share
 
or in
 
connection with
 
the conversion
 
of Class
 
A Shares
 
in
accordance with Section 7.2.
“Company” means Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Contributed Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
“Daughters’
 
Revocable
 
Trust”
 
means
 
the
 
Fred
 
R.
 
Adams,
 
Jr.
 
Daughters’
 
Trust
 
formed
 
under
agreement dated July 20, 2018, of which
 
Adolphus B. Baker and Jean
 
Reed Adams serve as co-trustees
 
and
Fred
 
R.
 
Adams,
 
Jr.
 
is
 
the
 
lifetime
 
beneficiary,
 
and
 
of
 
which
 
his
 
four
 
daughters
 
are
 
remainderman
beneficiaries.
“Delaware Act”
 
means the
 
Delaware Limited
 
Liability
 
Company Act,
 
Title 6,
 
Chapter 18,
 
§§ 18-
101,
 
et seq.
, and any successor statute, as it may be amended from time to time.
“Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a).
“Existing Operating Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Governmental
 
Authority”
 
means
 
any
 
federal,
 
state,
 
local
 
or
 
foreign
 
government
 
or
 
political
subdivision thereof,
 
or any
 
agency or
 
instrumentality of
 
such government
 
or political
 
subdivision, or
 
any
self-regulated organization or
 
other non-governmental regulatory
 
authority or quasi-governmental
 
authority
(to the extent
 
that the rules,
 
regulations or orders
 
of such organization
 
or authority have
 
the force of
 
law),
or any arbitrator, court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction.
“Immediate Family Member” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Initial Dissolution Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a).
“Joinder” means the Joinder agreement in form and substance attached hereto as Exhibit C.
“Joinder
 
of Managing
 
Member”
 
means the
 
Joinder of
 
Managing Member
 
agreement in
 
form
 
and
substance attached hereto as Exhibit D.
“Managing
 
Member”
 
means,
 
initially,
 
Adolphus
 
B.
 
Baker,
 
or
 
such
 
other
 
Member
 
as
 
may
 
be
designated or become a Managing Member pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Member” means (a) each
 
Person identified on
 
Exhibit B as of
 
the date hereof
 
as a Member
 
and who
has executed this Agreement or a counterpart thereof; and (b) and each Person who is hereafter
 
admitted as
a Member
 
in accordance
 
with the
 
terms of
 
this Agreement
 
and the
 
Delaware Act,
 
in each
 
case so
 
long as
such Person is shown
 
on the LLC’s books and records as
 
the owner of one
 
or more Units or
 
has entered into
an agreement
 
or commitment
 
to contribute
 
Class A Shares
 
and/or Common
 
Shares in
 
exchange or
 
one or
more Units.
 
The Members shall constitute the
 
“members” (as that term is
 
defined in the Delaware Act)
 
of
the LLC.
“Members Schedule” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
“Membership
 
Certificate”
 
means
 
a
 
certificate
 
issued
 
by
 
the
 
LLC
 
to
 
a
 
Member
 
evidencing
 
Units
owned by such Member in accordance with Article VI of this Agreement.
“Membership Interest” means
 
an interest in
 
the LLC owned
 
by a Member, including
 
such Member’s
right (based on the type and
 
class of Unit or Units held
 
by such Member), as applicable, (a) to
 
a distributive
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
share
 
of net
 
income,
 
net losses
 
and other
 
items of
 
income, gain,
 
loss
 
and deduction
 
of the
 
LLC;
 
(b) to
 
a
distributive share of the
 
assets of the LLC;
 
(c) to vote on, consent
 
to or otherwise participate
 
in any decision
of the Members as provided in this Agreement; and (d) to any and all other benefits to
 
which such Member
may
 
be
 
entitled
 
as
 
provided
 
in
 
this
 
Agreement
 
or
 
the
 
Delaware
 
Act.
 
The
 
Membership
 
Interest
 
of
 
each
Member shall be expressed as a
 
number of Class A Units or Common Units,
 
which Units shall be equal to
the number of Class A
 
Shares or Common Shares,
 
as applicable, that such
 
Member contributed in
 
exchange
for such Units,
 
taking into account
 
permitted conversions and
 
redemptions.
 
Exhibit F sets forth,
 
as of the
Restatement Date,
 
the number
 
of Class A
 
Units and
 
Common Units
 
held by
 
each Member,
 
together with
the number Class A Shares or Common Shares, as applicable, contributed by or on behalf of such Member
in exchange for such Units.
“Non-Managing Member” means at any time each Member that is not the Managing Member.
“Permitted Transferee”
 
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Person”
 
means
 
an
 
individual,
 
corporation,
 
partnership,
 
joint
 
venture,
 
limited
 
liability
 
company,
Governmental Authority, unincorporated organization,
 
trust, association or other entity.
“Restated Charter” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Revocable
 
Trust”
 
means
 
the
 
Daughters’
 
Revocable
 
Trust
 
and
 
any
 
successor
 
to
 
the
 
Daughters’
Revocable Trust.
“Restatement Date” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Securities Act
 
means the Securities
 
Act of 1933,
 
as amended, or
 
any successor federal
 
statute, and
the rules and regulations thereunder, which shall be in effect at the time.
“Tax Matters Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.6(a).
“Treasury
 
Regulations”
 
means
 
the
 
final
 
or
 
temporary
 
regulations
 
issued
 
by
 
the
 
United
 
States
Department of Treasury pursuant to its authority under the Code, and any successor regulations.
“Unit” means a unit representing a
 
fractional part of the Membership Interests
 
of the Members and
shall include all types
 
and classes of Units,
 
including the Class A Units
 
and the Common Units;
 
provided,
however, that
 
any type or
 
class of Unit
 
shall have the
 
privileges, preference, duties,
 
liabilities, obligations
and rights
 
set forth
 
in this
 
Agreement and
 
the Membership
 
Interests represented
 
by such
 
type or
 
class of
Unit shall be determined
 
in accordance with such
 
privileges, preference, duties,
 
liabilities, obligations and
rights.
1.2
 
Interpretation.
 
For
 
purposes
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement,
 
(a) the
 
words
 
“include,”
 
“includes”
 
and
“including”
 
shall
 
be
 
deemed
 
to
 
be
 
followed
 
by
 
the
 
words
 
“without
 
limitation”;
 
(b) the
 
word
 
“or”
 
is
 
not
exclusive; and (c) the
 
words “herein,” “hereof,”
 
“hereby,”
 
“hereto” and “hereunder”
 
refer to this
 
Agreement
as a whole.
 
The definitions given
 
for any defined
 
terms in this
 
Agreement shall apply
 
equally to both
 
the
singular and
 
plural forms
 
of the
 
terms defined.
 
Whenever the
 
context may
 
require, any
 
pronoun shall
 
include
the corresponding
 
masculine, feminine
 
and neuter
 
forms.
 
The headings
 
used herein
 
are for
 
convenience
only, are not
 
part of
 
the article,
 
section or
 
subsection to
 
which they
 
relate, and
 
are not
 
to be
 
used in
 
construing
the legal intent of this instrument.
 
Unless the context otherwise requires,
 
references herein:
 
(x) to Articles,
Sections, and Exhibits
 
mean the
 
Articles and Sections
 
of, and Exhibits
 
attached to, this
 
Agreement; (y) to
an
 
agreement,
 
instrument
 
or
 
other
 
document
 
means
 
such
 
agreement,
 
instrument
 
or
 
other
 
document
 
as
amended, supplemented
 
and modified
 
from time
 
to time
 
to the
 
extent permitted
 
by the
 
provisions thereof
and (z) to a statute means such statute as amended from time to time and includes any successor legislation
 
 
 
 
 
thereto and any regulations promulgated
 
thereunder.
 
This Agreement shall be construed without
 
regard to
any presumption or rule requiring
 
construction or interpretation against the
 
party drafting an instrument or
causing any
 
instrument to
 
be drafted.
 
The Exhibits
 
referred to
 
herein shall
 
be construed
 
with, and
 
as an
integral part of, this Agreement to the same extent as if they were set forth verbatim herein.
ARTICLE II
ORGANI
Z
ATION
2.1
 
Formation.
(a)
 
The LLC was
 
formed on or
 
prior to July 20, 2018,
 
pursuant to the
 
provisions of the
Delaware Act, upon the filing of the Certificate of Formation
 
of the LLC with the Secretary
 
of State of the
State of Delaware.
(b)
 
This Agreement
 
shall constitute
 
the “limited
 
liability company
 
agreement” (as
 
that
term is used in
 
the Delaware Act) of the LLC.
 
The rights, powers, duties,
 
obligations and liabilities of
 
the
Members
 
shall
 
be
 
determined
 
pursuant
 
to
 
the
 
Delaware Act
 
and
 
this Agreement.
 
To
 
the
 
extent
 
that
 
the
rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of any Member are different by reason of any provision of
this Agreement
 
than they would
 
be under the
 
Delaware
 
Act in the
 
absence of such
 
provision, this
 
Agreement
shall, to the extent permitted by the Delaware Act, control.
2.2
 
Name.
 
The name
 
of the
 
LLC is
 
“DLNL, LLC”
 
or such
 
other name
 
or names
 
as the
 
Managing
Member may from time
 
to time designate; provided,
 
however, that the name shall always
 
contain the words
“Limited
 
Liability
 
Company”
 
or
 
the
 
abbreviation
 
“L.L.C.”
 
or
 
the
 
designation
 
“LLC.”
 
The
 
Managing
Member shall give prompt notice to each of the Members of any change to the name of the LLC.
2.3
 
Principal
 
Office.
 
The
 
principal
 
office
 
of
 
the
 
LLC
 
is
 
located
 
at
 
c/o
 
Cal-Maine
 
Foods,
Inc., 1052 Highland Colony Pkwy, Suite
 
200, Ridgeland, MS 39157, or such other place as may from time
to time be determined
 
by the Managing Member.
 
The Managing Member shall
 
give prompt notice of any
such change to each of the Members.
2.4
 
Registered Office; Registered Agent.
(a)
 
The
 
registered
 
office
 
of
 
the
 
LLC
 
shall
 
be
 
251 Little
 
Falls
 
Drive,
 
Wilmington,
 
DE
19808 or
 
such other
 
office (which
 
need not
 
be a
 
place of
 
business of
 
the LLC)
 
as the
 
Managing Member
may designate from time to time in the manner provided by the Delaware Act and
 
Applicable Law.
(b)
 
The registered agent for service of process on the
 
LLC in the State of Delaware shall
be Corporation Service Company or such other Person or Persons as the Managing Member may designate
from time to time in the manner provided by the Delaware Act and
 
Applicable Law.
2.5
 
Purpose; Powers.
(a)
 
The
 
purpose
 
of
 
the
 
LLC
 
is
 
to
 
acquire,
 
vote
 
and
 
hold,
 
either
 
alone
 
or
 
with
 
other
Persons,
 
securities
 
of
 
the
 
Company,
 
to
 
convert
 
Class A
 
Shares
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
Section 7.2,
 
transfer
Common Shares in redemption of Common Units in accordance with Section 7.3 and to engage in any and
all
 
activities
 
necessary
 
or
 
incidental
 
thereto
 
(the
 
“Business”).
 
The
 
LLC
 
shall
 
not
 
engage
 
in
 
any
 
other
operating or investment activities.
(b)
 
The LLC shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes
for which it is formed, including the powers granted by the Delaware Act.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2.6
 
Term
 
.
(a)
 
Initial Dissolution Date.
 
The term of the LLC commenced on the date the
Certificate of Formation of the LLC was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
 
The
LLC shall continue until the tenth anniversary after the death of Fred R. Adams, Jr. (the “Initial
Dissolution Date”), unless renewed or sooner dissolved and terminated as herein provided.
(b)
 
Extension.
 
Prior to the Initial Dissolution Date, subject to the consent of Members
holding no less than a majority of the voting power of the Units at the time, the Managing Member may
elect to extend the term of the LLC and this Agreement for an extended term of up to ten years after the
Initial Dissolution Date.
 
In such event, not later than thirty days prior to the Initial Dissolution Date, the
Managing Member shall notify all other Members that the initial term of the LLC will be extended and the
date, not later than ten years after the Initial Dissolution Date, of the extended dissolution date (the
“Extended Dissolution Date”).
(c)
 
Additional Extensions.
 
Prior to the Extended Dissolution Date, subject to the
consent of Members holding no less than a majority of the voting power of the Units at the time, the
Managing Member may elect to extend the term of the LLC and this Agreement for an additional
extended term of up to ten years after the Extended Dissolution Date, and may further elect to
successively extend the term of the LLC and this Agreement for additional extended terms of up to ten
years each after the last applicable subsequent extended dissolution date (“Subsequent Extended
Dissolution Date”).
 
In such event, not later than thirty days prior to the applicable Subsequent Extended
Dissolution Date, the Managing Member shall notify all other Members that the term of the LLC will be
extended and the date, not later than ten years after the last Subsequent Extended Dissolution Date, of the
new Subsequent Extended Dissolution Date.
(d)
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
 
the LLC may be
 
earlier dissolved and
 
terminated as
provided in Article XV.
2.7
 
Tax
 
Status of the LLC.
 
At all times that the LLC
 
has only one Member,
 
the LLC shall be
disregarded for
 
federal and,
 
if applicable,
 
state and
 
local income
 
tax purposes.
 
At all
 
times that
 
the LLC
has more than
 
one Member,
 
the Members intend
 
that the LLC
 
shall be treated
 
as a partnership
 
for federal
and, if applicable, state and local
 
income tax purposes, and, to the
 
extent permissible, the LLC shall elect
 
to
be
 
treated
 
as
 
a
 
partnership
 
for
 
such
 
purposes.
 
The
 
Managing
 
Member
 
shall
 
cause
 
to
 
be
 
prepared
 
and
provided to
 
each Member
 
all necessary
 
or appropriate
 
income tax
 
information, including,
 
if requested
 
by
such Member, a copy of the federal, state and local income tax or information returns for each taxable year
of the
 
LLC.
 
The LLC
 
and each
 
Member shall
 
file all
 
tax returns
 
and shall
 
otherwise take
 
all tax
 
and financial
reporting
 
positions
 
in
 
a
 
manner
 
consistent
 
with
 
such
 
treatment
 
and
 
no
 
Member
 
shall
 
take
 
any
 
action
inconsistent with such treatment.
2.8
 
No State Law Partnership.
 
No provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
 
or construed
to
 
constitute
 
the
 
LLC
 
a
 
partnership
 
(including
 
a
 
limited
 
partnership)
 
or
 
joint
 
venture,
 
or
 
any
 
Member
 
a
partner or joint
 
venturer of or
 
with any other
 
Member, for
 
any purposes other
 
than federal, state
 
and local
tax purposes.
ARTICLE III
UNITS
3.1
 
Units Generally.
 
The Membership Interests of the Members shall be represented by issued
and outstanding Units, which may be divided into
 
one or more types or classes.
 
Each type or class of Units
shall have the
 
privileges, preferences, duties,
 
liabilities, obligations and
 
rights, including voting
 
rights, set
forth in this
 
Agreement with respect
 
to such type
 
or class.
 
The Managing Member
 
shall maintain a
 
schedule
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
of all Members, their respective
 
mailing addresses and the amount
 
and type and class of
 
Units held by them
(the
 
“Members
 
Schedule”).
 
Such
 
Schedule
 
shall
 
be
 
used
 
to
 
establish
 
the
 
initial
 
Membership
 
Interest
Register as provided in Section 6.4,
 
and such Schedule shall be
 
deemed to be automatically updated
 
for any
subsequent changes
 
reflected in
 
the Membership
 
Interest
 
Register.
 
Such information
 
with respect
 
to the
Members as of
 
the Restatement Date
 
is attached hereto
 
as Exhibit F.
 
The only Units
 
that may initially
 
be
issued are
 
(a) one Class A Unit
 
for each
 
Class A Share
 
contributed to the
 
LLC, (b) one Common
 
Unit for
each
 
Common
 
Share
 
contributed
 
to
 
the
 
LLC
 
and
 
(c) the
 
issuance
 
of
 
Common
 
Units
 
upon
 
conversion
 
of
Class A Units in accordance with Section 7.2(b).
 
Each Class A Share contributed to the
 
LLC in the future
will entitle the Member making
 
the contribution to one Class A Unit
 
and each Common Share contributed
to the LLC in the future will entitle the Member making the contribution to one Common Unit.
3.2
 
Authorization and Issuance
 
of Class A Units.
 
Subject to compliance
 
with the terms
 
of this
Agreement, the LLC
 
is hereby authorized
 
to issue a
 
class of Units
 
designated as Class A
 
Units.
 
As of the
Restatement Date, there are
 
4,800,000 Class A Units issued
 
and outstanding to the
 
Members in the amounts
set forth on Exhibit F hereto.
3.3
 
Authorization and Issuance
 
of Common Units.
 
Subject to compliance
 
with the terms
 
of
this Agreement, the LLC is hereby authorized to
 
issue a class of Units designated as Common
 
Units.
 
As of
the Restatement
 
Date, there
 
are 1,087,956
 
Common Units
 
issued and
 
outstanding to
 
the Members
 
in the
amounts
 
set forth
 
on Exhibit
 
F hereto.
 
The LLC
 
will
 
issue additional
 
Common Units
 
for
 
any additional
Common Shares contributed and, upon conversion of Class A Shares, as provided in Section 7.2.
3.4
 
Certificates
 
Representing
 
Units.
 
The
 
Managing
 
Member
 
shall
 
issue
 
Membership
Certificates
 
to
 
the
 
Members
 
representing
 
the
 
Units
 
held
 
by
 
such
 
Member
 
in
 
the
 
form
 
attached
 
hereto
 
as
Exhibit A, including the legend set forth thereon.
ARTICLE IV
MEM
B
ERS
4.1
 
Admission of New Members.
(a)
 
New Members may be admitted from time to time (i) in connection with an issuance
of Units
 
by the
 
LLC, subject
 
to compliance
 
with the
 
applicable provisions
 
of this
 
Agreement, and
 
(ii) in
connection
 
with
 
a
 
transfer
 
of
 
Units,
 
subject
 
to
 
compliance
 
with
 
the
 
provisions
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement.
 
Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, no Person shall be admitted as a Member of the LLC
unless such Person is an Immediate Family Member or a Permitted Transferee.
(b)
 
In order
 
for any
 
Person not
 
already a
 
Member of
 
the LLC
 
to be
 
admitted as
 
a Member,
whether pursuant to
 
an issuance or
 
transfer of Units,
 
such Person shall
 
have executed and
 
delivered to the
LLC a written
 
undertaking substantially in
 
the form of
 
the Joinder
 
attached hereto as
 
Exhibit C. Upon the
amendment of the
 
Members Schedule by
 
the Managing Member
 
and the satisfaction
 
of any other
 
applicable
conditions, including, if
 
a condition, the
 
receipt by the
 
LLC of additional
 
Class A
 
Shares or Common
 
Shares
in exchange for
 
the issuance of
 
the applicable
 
Units, such
 
Person shall
 
be admitted
 
as a
 
Member and deemed
listed as such on the books and
 
records of the LLC and thereupon shall
 
be issued his, her or its Units.
 
The
Managing Member shall also adjust the
 
Capital Accounts of the Members as necessary in accordance
 
with
Article X.
4.2
 
No Personal
 
Liability.
 
Except as
 
otherwise provided
 
in the
 
Delaware Act,
 
by Applicable
Law or
 
expressly in
 
this Agreement,
 
no Member
 
will be
 
obligated personally
 
for any
 
debt, obligation
 
or
liability of
 
the LLC
 
or other
 
Members, whether
 
arising in
 
contract, tort
 
or otherwise,
 
solely by
 
reason of
being a Member.
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.3
 
No Withdrawal.
 
A Member shall not cease to
 
be a Member as a result
 
of the bankruptcy of
such Member
 
or as
 
a result
 
of any
 
other events
 
specified in
 
§18-304
 
of the
 
Delaware Act.
 
So long
 
as a
Member continues
 
to hold
 
any Units,
 
such Member
 
shall not
 
have the
 
ability
 
to withdraw
 
or resign
 
as a
Member
 
prior
 
to
 
the
 
dissolution
 
and
 
winding
 
up
 
of
 
the
 
LLC
 
and
 
any
 
such
 
withdrawal
 
or
 
resignation
 
or
attempted withdrawal
 
or resignation by
 
a Member
 
prior to the
 
dissolution or winding
 
up of the
 
LLC shall
be null and
 
void.
 
As soon as
 
any Person who
 
is a Member
 
ceases to hold
 
any Units, such
 
Person shall no
longer be a Member.
4.4
 
Death.
 
The death of
 
any Member shall
 
not cause the
 
dissolution of the
 
LLC, and the
 
LLC
and its business shall be continued
 
by the remaining Member or Members.
 
In such event the Units
 
owned
by the deceased
 
Member shall automatically
 
be transferred to
 
such Member’s heirs; provided,
 
however, that
such heirs shall not be admitted as Members
 
of the LLC unless such heirs are Immediate Family
 
Members
or
 
Permitted Transferees
 
and
 
such
 
Members
 
shall
 
not
 
be
 
entitled
 
to
 
receive
 
a
 
Membership
 
Certificate
 
in
their names or receive any distributions from the LLC until they sign a written undertaking substantially in
the form of the Joinder attached hereto as Exhibit C.
4.5
 
Voting
 
.
(a)
 
Except
 
as
 
otherwise
 
provided
 
by
 
this Agreement
 
or
 
as
 
otherwise
 
required
 
by
 
the
Delaware Act or
 
Applicable Law:
(i)
 
each
 
Member
 
shall
 
be
 
entitled
 
to
 
ten
 
votes
 
per
 
Class A
 
Unit
 
on
 
all
 
matters
upon which the Members have the right to vote under this Agreement; and
(ii)
 
each Member
 
shall be
 
entitled to
 
one vote
 
per Common
 
Unit on
 
all matters
upon which the Members have the right to vote under this Agreement.
(b)
 
To
 
the
 
full
 
extent
 
permitted
 
by
 
law,
 
Members
 
shall
 
have
 
no
 
right
 
to
 
vote
 
on
 
any
matters
 
under
 
this
 
Agreement,
 
the
 
Delaware
 
Act
 
or
 
otherwise
 
except
 
as
 
expressly
 
provided
 
in
 
this
Agreement.
ARTICLE V
CONTRI
B
UTION OF COMPANY SHARES
5.1
 
Shares to
 
be Contributed
 
to LLC.
 
All outstanding
 
Class A Shares
 
held or
 
owned at
 
any
time by any Member (including any Class A Shares acquired by
 
any Member after the date of the Existing
Operating
 
Agreement
 
and
 
before
 
the
 
dissolution
 
of
 
the
 
LLC),
 
and
 
the
 
Common
 
Shares
 
held
 
by
 
the
Revocable Trust, shall be contributed hereunder
 
and accepted by,
 
and transferred to, the LLC, in exchange
for Units.
 
Except as provided in this Section 5.1, each Member shall have the right, but not the obligation,
to contribute Common Shares to the LLC from time to time in exchange for Units with
 
the prior consent of
the Managing
 
Member.
 
Any and
 
all shares
 
contributed to
 
the LLC
 
(including shares
 
issued upon
 
conversion
of Class
A
Shares contributed
 
to the
 
LLC), less
 
shares exchanged
 
by the
 
LLC upon
 
redemptions of
 
Common
Units, are referred to herein as “Contributed Shares.”
5.2
 
Contribution of Shares.
(a)
 
Following the date that
 
the Restated Charter is
 
filed with the Secretary of
 
State of the
State
 
of Delaware
 
and becomes
 
effective (the
 
“Effective Date”),
 
each Member
 
shall promptly
 
contribute
and transfer to
 
the LLC all
 
stock certificates representing
 
Class A Shares owned or
 
later acquired by
 
such
Member, duly
 
endorsed in
 
blank, or
 
accompanied by
 
proper instruments
 
of assignment
 
and transfer
 
duly
executed in
 
blank or
 
(and accompanied
 
by any
 
revenue stamps
 
required for
 
the transfer),
 
in exchange
 
for
Membership
 
Certificates
 
issued
 
hereunder
 
in
 
the
 
form
 
herein
 
provided.
 
Any
 
Member
 
who
 
acquires
 
 
 
 
ownership of
 
any Class A Shares
 
after the
 
date of
 
the Existing
 
Operating Agreement shall
 
contribute and
transfer such shares to the LLC no later than thirty (30) days after acquiring such shares.
(b)
 
Following the
 
receipt of
 
Common Shares
 
by the
 
Revocable Trust,
 
but no
 
later than
the time that
 
Class A Shares are contributed to
 
the LLC following the
 
Effective Date, the
 
Revocable Trust
shall contribute
 
and transfer
 
to the
 
LLC all
 
stock certificates
 
representing Common
 
Shares listed
 
with respect
to the
 
Revocable Trust, duly
 
endorsed in
 
blank, or
 
accompanied by
 
proper instruments
 
of assignment
 
and
transfer duly
 
executed in
 
blank or
 
(and accompanied
 
by any
 
revenue stamps
 
required for
 
the transfer),
 
in
exchange for Membership Certificates issued hereunder in the form herein provided.
(c)
 
The LLC shall accept such contributions and hold
 
all shares so contributed under the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.
 
Such contribution of Class A Shares and Common Shares and the
acceptance
 
of
 
Membership
 
Certificates
 
by
 
a
 
Person,
 
subject
 
to
 
the
 
provisions
 
of
 
Section 4.1,
 
shall
 
cause
such Person to become a Member hereunder subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(d)
 
The contribution of Class A Shares and Common Shares to the LLC hereunder shall
constitute an assignment and transfer to the LLC of full legal title to
 
such shares, and shall vest in the LLC
all rights and powers of every
 
nature incident to ownership of such
 
shares, including the right to vote
 
such
shares,
 
subject
 
only
 
to
 
the
 
limitations
 
specifically
 
set
 
forth
 
herein,
 
including
 
the
 
prohibition
 
of
 
sales,
dispositions or transfers of such shares by the LLC except as permitted in Sections 7.2 and 7.3.
(e)
 
Promptly
 
upon
 
receipt
 
from
 
time
 
to
 
time
 
of
 
stock
 
certificates
 
representing
Contributed Shares,
 
the LLC
 
shall cause
 
the certificates
 
to be
 
surrendered to
 
the Company
 
and cancelled
and new certificates issued therefor to, and in the name of, the LLC, and shall cause the LLC ownership
 
of
legal title pursuant to this Agreement to be
 
entered in the stock transfer
 
records of the Company and
 
noted
on the newly issued certificates.
5.3
 
Inspection, Disclosure and Public Filing of
 
the Agreement.
 
The Managing Member shall
cause a copy of this Agreement to be delivered to the principal place of business of the Company and shall
request that the Company
 
make a copy of
 
this Agreement open to
 
the inspection of any
 
stockholder of the
Company
 
or Member
 
at the
 
principal place
 
of
 
business
 
of the
 
Company
 
during
 
ordinary business
 
hours.
 
The
 
parties
 
hereto
 
recognize
 
and
 
understand
 
that
 
a
 
copy
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement
 
may
 
also
 
be
 
disclosed
 
and
publicly filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ARTICLE VI
MEM
B
ERSHIP CERTIFICATES
6.1
 
Issuance of Membership Certificates.
 
All Contributed Shares at any time delivered to the
LLC hereunder or acquired by
 
the LLC as provided in
 
this Agreement shall be held
 
by the LLC and voted
by the Managing Member under and pursuant to the terms
 
and conditions of this Agreement.
 
The LLC, in
exchange for the shares so contributed or
 
otherwise held hereunder, shall
 
cause to be issued and delivered,
Membership Certificates to
 
Members for the
 
appropriate number of
 
Class A Shares or
 
Common Shares held
hereunder.
6.2
 
Form of Certificates.
 
The Membership Certificates
 
issued pursuant to
 
this Agreement shall
be substantially
 
in the
 
form set
 
forth in
 
Exhibit A attached
 
hereto (or
 
in such
 
other form
 
as the
 
Managing
Member determines).
6.3
 
Replacement of
 
Certificates.
 
The LLC,
 
in such
 
manner as
 
the Managing
 
Member in
 
his
sole
 
discretion
 
may
 
prescribe
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
indemnity
 
or
 
otherwise,
 
shall
 
provide
 
for
 
the
 
issuance
 
and
delivery of new Membership
 
Certificates in lieu of
 
lost, stolen or destroyed
 
Membership Certificates or in
exchange for mutilated Membership Certificates.
 
 
 
 
 
 
6.4
 
Membership
 
Interest
 
Register.
 
The
 
Managing
 
Member
 
shall
 
maintain
 
a
 
registration
 
of
Membership Interests in
 
the books
 
and records of
 
the LLC of
 
the holders of
 
Membership Certificates and
shall make
 
such register
 
available to
 
the Members
 
upon written
 
request.
 
Such books
 
and records
 
shall record
the
 
issuance
 
and
 
any
 
transfer
 
of
 
Membership
 
Certificates
 
and
 
shall
 
contain
 
the
 
names
 
and
 
addresses
 
of
Members and
 
the number
 
of Units
 
represented by
 
the Membership
 
Certificates, and
 
the dates
 
when they
became the owners
 
thereof.
 
Such register shall
 
be kept at
 
the principal office
 
of the LLC
 
or at such
 
other
place as the Managing Member shall determine and set forth in a written notice given to all Members.
6.5
 
Record
 
Date.
 
Whenever
 
the
 
stock
 
transfer
 
books
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
are
 
closed
 
for
 
any
purpose, the Managing Member shall also close the books and
 
records of Membership Certificates for such
period, and
 
whenever a
 
record date
 
is properly
 
fixed as
 
a record
 
date of
 
the Company, the
 
Managing Member
shall use the same record date for any rights consequent thereon.
The
 
Managing
 
Member,
 
in
 
his
 
discretion,
 
may
 
also
 
fix
 
a
 
record
 
date
 
as
 
of
 
which
 
the
 
Members
entitled to take any action may be determined.
The Managing Member shall send or
 
cause to be sent to all Members,
 
as registered in the books and
records
 
of
 
the
 
LLC,
 
copies
 
of
 
all
 
requests,
 
notices,
 
proxy
 
statements
 
and
 
other
 
documents
 
sent
 
by
 
the
Company to its shareholders, promptly upon their becoming available
.
ARTICLE VII
REDEMPTION OR CONVERSION OF SHARES
7.1
 
No Redemption
 
of Class A Shares.
 
A Member
 
shall not
 
be permitted
 
to redeem,
 
and the
LLC and Managing Member shall have no power or right to redeem from any Member, Class A Units, and
no Member shall have any right to receive from the LLC Class A Shares, in each case, until the dissolution
and liquidation of the LLC.
 
Any purported redemption of Class A Units or receipt of Class A Shares from
the LLC before the dissolution and liquidation of the LLC shall be void.
7.2
 
Conversion.
 
Except as
 
otherwise permitted
 
by Section 12.5(a)(vii)
 
or Section 12.7,
 
the LLC
shall
 
not
 
convert
 
any
 
Class A
 
Shares
 
held
 
by
 
the
 
LLC
 
into
 
Common
 
Shares
 
during
 
the
 
term
 
of
 
this
Agreement.
 
If
 
the
 
Managing
 
Member
 
converts
 
any
 
or
 
all
 
of
 
the
 
Class A
 
Shares
 
held
 
by
 
the
 
LLC
 
in
accordance with either Section 12.5(a)(vii) or Section 12.7, then:
(a)
 
the Common Shares received by the LLC upon such
 
conversion shall be held, voted
and/or transferred by the LLC in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;
(b)
 
each
 
Member’s
 
Class A
 
Units
 
shall
 
automatically
 
convert
 
into
 
the
 
number
 
of
Common Units equal to the number of Common Shares
 
issued upon conversion with respect to the Class A
Shares underlying such Member’s Class A Units; and
(c)
 
in
 
order
 
to
 
evidence
 
that
 
such
 
conversion
 
of
 
Class A
 
Units
 
has
 
occurred,
 
each
Member shall promptly exchange his
 
or her Membership Certificate(s)
 
formerly representing Class A
 
Units
for
 
a
 
Membership
 
Certificate
 
representing
 
Common
 
Units,
 
which
 
exchange
 
will
 
be
 
made
 
in
 
compliance
with Article VI.
7.3
 
Redemption of Common Shares.
 
A Member shall be permitted to redeem Common Units
in exchange for an
 
equivalent number of Common Shares
 
prior to the dissolution
 
of the LLC from time
 
to
time, upon the surrender of the corresponding Membership Certificate or Certificates, as follows:
(a)
 
Redemption to Facilitate a Transfer or Sale of Underlying Common Shares.
 
A
Member may request to redeem Common Units in exchange for an equivalent number of Common Shares
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
to effect a transfer or sale of underlying Common Shares, but only if such transfer or sale is in compliance
with the Agreement Regarding Conversion and applicable federal and state securities laws.
(b)
 
Redemption to Facilitate a Transfer to a Charitable Donor Advised Fund.
 
A
Member may request to redeem Common Units in exchange for an equivalent number of Common Shares
to effect a transfer to a charitable donor advised fund.
(c)
 
Other Redemptions of Common Units.
 
In addition, a Member may request to
redeem Common Units in exchange for an equivalent number of Common Shares, which the Managing
Member from time to time may approve.
(d)
 
Redemption Request.
 
The Member requesting a redemption shall submit a written
redemption request to the Managing Member substantially in the form prescribed in Exhibit E attached
hereto.
(e)
 
Manner of Redemption.
 
Upon approval of the form and substance of any such
redemption request by the Managing Member and the surrender for cancellation of such Members’
Membership Certificate representing Common Units, the Managing Member shall (i) cause a certificate
representing Common Shares to be transferred to and registered in the name of such Member equal to the
number of Common Units being redeemed, and (ii) issue a new Membership Certificate to the Member
representing the number of Common Units that are not being redeemed and that will continue to be owned
by such Member after the redemption, if any.
7.4
 
Transfers
 
of Shares.
 
The LLC shall not
 
sell, dispose of or
 
otherwise transfer any
 
Class
A
Shares or Common Shares
 
during the term of this
 
Agreement, except as permitted
 
in Sections 7.2 and 7.3.
 
In the
 
event there
 
is a
 
desire to
 
sell, dispose
 
of or
 
transfer Common
 
Shares held
 
by the
 
LLC, such
 
shares
first
 
be
 
delivered
 
to
 
the
 
Member
 
in
 
redemption
 
of
 
such
 
Member’s
 
Membership
 
Certificate
 
pursuant
 
to
Section 7.3, and any such sale, disposition or transfer shall be effected by the Member.
ARTICLE VIII
TRANSFERS OF MEM
B
ERSHIP INTERESTS
8.1
 
Permissible
 
Transfers;
 
Restrictions
 
on
 
Transfer.
 
No
 
person
 
other
 
than
 
an
 
Immediate
Family Member or Permitted Transferee may be a Member hereunder.
The Members hereby agree that none of the Membership
 
Interests, the Membership Certificates nor
any interest in
 
any of the
 
foregoing may be
 
transferred (whether directly
 
or indirectly, and including by
 
sale,
lease,
 
assignment,
 
pledge,
 
encumbrance,
 
hypothecation,
 
gift,
 
bequest,
 
appointment,
 
operation
 
of
 
law
 
or
otherwise)
 
to
 
any
 
Person
 
except
 
(i) an
 
Immediate
 
Family
 
Member
 
or
 
Permitted
 
Transferee
 
may
 
transfer
Membership
 
Interests
 
and
 
related
 
Membership
 
Certificates
 
to
 
another
 
Immediate
 
Family
 
Member
 
or
Permitted Transferee,
 
provided that such
 
permitted transferee
 
shall not
 
be admitted as
 
a Member
 
until he,
she or
 
it executes
 
a form
 
of joinder
 
substantially in
 
the form
 
set forth
 
in Exhibit C
 
attached hereto
 
(or in
such other form as
 
the Managing Member determines)
 
or (ii) a transfer by
 
the Managing Member permitted
by
 
Section 12.7.
 
The
 
Managing
 
Member
 
shall
 
not
 
register
 
any
 
transfer
 
except
 
in
 
compliance
 
with
 
this
Agreement.
 
Any
 
purported
 
transfer
 
of
 
Membership
 
Interests
 
or
 
Membership
 
Certificates
 
other
 
than
 
in
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
terms
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement
 
shall
 
be
 
void.
 
Not
 
in
 
limitation
 
of
 
the
 
generality
 
of
 
the
foregoing, Membership
 
Interests, including
 
any rights
 
to profits,
 
losses or
 
distributions associated
 
therewith,
transferred on death to
 
any person who is
 
not an Immediate Family
 
Member or Permitted Transferee
 
shall
be void.
8.2
 
Transfers.
 
Subject to the
 
foregoing, the Membership
 
Certificates and Membership
 
Interests
represented thereby shall be transferable
 
on the books of the
 
LLC by the holders of
 
record thereof, subject
to such procedures as may be required by the Managing Member for that purpose.
 
Until so transferred, the
Managing
 
Member
 
may
 
treat
 
the
 
existing
 
Member
 
as
 
the
 
owner
 
of
 
the
 
Membership
 
Certificates
 
for
 
all
purposes.
 
As a condition of making or permitting
 
any transfer or delivery of Membership Certificates,
 
the
Managing Member may require
 
the payment of a
 
sum sufficient to pay or
 
reimburse the Managing Member
or the
 
LLC for
 
any stamp
 
tax or
 
other governmental
 
charge
 
in
 
connection therewith
 
or any
 
other charge
applicable to such transfer or delivery.
The Managing Member shall have
 
the sole discretion to determine
 
whether a person is eligible
 
to be
a Member pursuant to this Agreement.
8.3
 
Transferees
 
Bound
 
by
 
Agreement.
 
Every
 
Immediate
 
Family
 
Member
 
and
 
Permitted
Transferee
 
who
 
acquires
 
Membership
 
Certificates
 
and
 
is
 
admitted
 
as
 
a
 
Member
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
this
Agreement shall, with respect thereto and
 
by the acceptance thereof, become a party
 
hereto with like force
and
 
effect
 
as
 
though
 
an
 
original
 
party
 
hereto
 
and
 
shall
 
be
 
embraced
 
within
 
the
 
meaning
 
of
 
the
 
term
“Member” wherever used herein.
8.4
 
Other
 
Requirements
 
for Transfers.
 
In addition
 
to the
 
other restrictions
 
set
 
forth in
 
this
Agreement, and
 
notwithstanding any
 
other provision
 
of this
 
Agreement, each
 
Member agrees
 
that it
 
will
not, directly or indirectly, transfer any of its Units, and the LLC agrees that it shall not issue any Units:
(a)
 
except
 
as
 
permitted
 
under
 
the
 
Securities Act
 
and
 
other
 
applicable
 
federal
 
or
 
state
securities
 
or
 
blue
 
sky
 
laws,
 
and
 
then,
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
a
 
transfer
 
of
 
Units,
 
if
 
requested
 
by
 
the
 
Managing
Member, only upon delivery to
 
the LLC of an opinion
 
of counsel in form and
 
substance satisfactory to the
Managing Member to the effect that such transfer may be effected without registration under the Securities
Act;
(b)
 
if
 
such
 
transfer
 
or
 
issuance
 
would
 
affect
 
the
 
LLC’s
 
existence
 
or
 
qualification
 
as
 
a
limited liability company under the Delaware Act;
(c)
 
if such transfer or
 
issuance would cause the
 
LLC to lose its
 
status as a partnership
 
for
federal income tax purposes; or
(d)
 
if such transfer or issuance would cause a termination of the LLC for federal income
tax purposes.
ARTICLE IX
DIVIDENDS AND CERTAIN CHANGES TO STOC
K
9.1
 
LLC to Distribute Cash Dividends.
 
Each Member shall be entitled during the term of this
LLC,
 
except
 
as
 
may
 
be
 
otherwise
 
provided
 
herein,
 
to
 
receive
 
from
 
time
 
to
 
time
 
payments
 
equal
 
to
 
the
dividends payable
 
in cash, received
 
by the LLC
 
with respect to
 
his, her or
 
its Contributed Shares,
 
and the
Managing Member
 
shall distribute
 
such cash
 
to the
 
Members on
 
a pro
 
rata basis,
 
provided that
 
the Managing
Member may first deduct any charges and
 
expenses or taxes incurred by the
 
LLC or the Managing Member
in connection with the administration of the LLC.
9.2
 
Distributions other than Cash.
(a)
 
In the
 
event the
 
LLC shall
 
receive any
 
dividend or
 
distribution other
 
than cash
 
as a
result of a dividend or
 
other distribution in respect of
 
any Contributed Shares, the Managing
 
Member may
determine
 
to
 
hold
 
such
 
distribution
 
subject
 
to
 
this Agreement
 
in
 
his
 
sole
 
discretion,
 
provided
 
that
 
if
 
the
distribution
 
consists
 
of
 
Class A Shares
 
or
 
any
 
security
 
that
 
has
 
greater
 
voting
 
power
 
than
 
the
 
Common
Shares, the Managing Member shall hold such distribution subject to this Agreement.
 
 
 
(b)
 
If the
 
distribution consists
 
of Class A Shares
 
or any
 
security that
 
has greater
 
voting
power than
 
the Common
 
Shares, additional
 
Membership Certificates
 
shall be
 
issued to the
 
Members entitled
to such distribution as shown in the books and records of the LLC.
(c)
 
For distributions other than
 
cash and Class A Shares or any
 
security that has greater
voting power than the Common Shares:
(i)
 
if the Managing Member
 
determines to hold such
 
distribution subject to this
Agreement,
 
if
 
appropriate,
 
additional
 
Membership
 
Certificates
 
shall
 
be
 
issued
 
to
 
the
Members entitled to such distribution as shown in the books and records of the LLC; and
(ii)
 
if
 
the
 
Managing
 
Member
 
determines
 
not
 
to
 
hold
 
such
 
distribution,
 
the
Managing Member shall pass through the distribution to the
 
Members in proportion to their
respective Membership Interests.
(d)
 
If rights to subscribe
 
to purchase or acquire
 
any shares of capital
 
stock or other assets
of
 
the
 
Company
 
should
 
inure
 
to
 
the
 
LLC
 
in
 
respect
 
of
 
Contributed
 
Shares,
 
the
 
Managing
 
Member
 
shall
notify
 
the
 
Members.
 
Upon
 
the
 
written
 
direction
 
of
 
the
 
Member
 
relating
 
to
 
the
 
Membership
 
Certificates
issued with respect to
 
such Contributed Shares, accompanied
 
by a capital contribution
 
of the funds from
 
the
Member required
 
for such
 
purpose, the
 
Managing Member
 
shall cause
 
the LLC
 
to exercise
 
such rights
 
to
subscribe
 
for,
 
purchase
 
or
 
acquire
 
such
 
shares
 
of
 
stock
 
or
 
other
 
assets
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
such
 
Contributed
Shares.
 
In the
 
event that
 
any additional
 
shares of
 
stock of
 
the Company
 
so acquired
 
by the
 
LLC shall
 
be
Class A
 
Shares, or
 
other securities
 
that the
 
Managing Member
 
determines not
 
to distribute
 
to Members,
 
such
shares
 
shall
 
thereupon
 
be
 
subject
 
to
 
all
 
the
 
terms
 
and
 
conditions
 
of
 
this Agreement
 
and,
 
if
 
appropriate,
additional Membership Certificates shall be issued to such Members.
9.3
 
No
 
Distributions
 
in
 
Violation
 
of
 
Law.
 
Notwithstanding
 
any
 
provision
 
to
 
the
 
contrary
contained in
 
this Agreement, the
 
LLC shall not
 
make any distribution
 
to Members if
 
such distribution
 
would
violate § 18-607 of the Delaware Act or other Applicable Law.
9.4
 
Certain
 
Changes
 
to
 
Class A
 
Shares
 
or
 
Common
 
Shares.
 
In
 
the
 
event
 
of
 
any
(i) subdivision, combination,
 
reclassification, recapitalization
 
or other
 
change of
 
Class A Shares
 
or Common
Shares, or (ii) any merger to
 
which the Company is
 
a constituent entity, in each case as
 
a result of which the
Class A Shares and Common Shares are converted into or exchanged
 
for capital stock or other securities of
the Company or
 
successor company, then, unless the
 
Managing Member determines
 
to distribute such
 
stock
or other securities to the Members:
 
(i) such stock and other securities shall be retained by the LLC subject
to all the terms and conditions of
 
this Agreement, (ii) if appropriate, additional or
 
replacement Membership
Certificates shall be issued
 
to such Members and
 
(iii) unless the Managing Member
 
determines otherwise,
all references in
 
this Agreement to
 
Contributed Shares shall
 
be deemed to
 
include reference
 
to such stock
and other securities.
ARTICLE X
CAPITAL CONTRI
B
UTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
10.1
 
Initial
 
Capital
 
Contributions.
 
Contemporaneously
 
with
 
the
 
execution
 
of
 
the
 
Existing
Operating
 
Agreement
 
and
 
as
 
set
 
forth
 
on
 
Exhibit B
 
to
 
the
 
Existing
 
Operating
 
Agreement,
 
each
 
initial
Member owning
 
Class A Units
 
has contributed
 
an equivalent
 
number of
 
Class A Shares,
 
and each
 
initial
Member owning Common
 
Units has contributed
 
an equivalent number
 
of Common Shares,
 
which represent
each such
 
Member’s initial
 
Capital Contribution
 
giving rise
 
to such
 
initial Member’s
 
initial Capital
 
Account.
10.2
 
Additional Capital
 
Contributions.
 
Except as
 
provided herein,
 
including Section 5.1
 
and
Section
12.13, no Member shall be required to
 
make any additional Capital Contributions to the LLC.
 
Any
 
 
 
 
future Capital
 
Contributions made
 
by any
 
Member shall
 
be made
 
only with
 
the consent
 
of the
 
Managing
Member and
 
the contributing
 
Member in
 
compliance with
 
this Agreement;
 
provided, however,
 
that each
Member and
 
the Managing
 
Member hereby
 
consent to
 
the requirement
 
of each
 
Member to
 
contribute all
Class A Shares that it owns during the term of the LLC to the LLC as provided in Section 5.1.
10.3
 
Maintenance of
 
Capital Accounts.
 
The LLC
 
shall establish,
 
and the
 
Managing Member
shall maintain for
 
each Member, a separate capital
 
account (a “
Capital Account
”) on its
 
books and records.
 
Unless otherwise
 
determined by
 
the Managing
 
Member,
 
the Capital
 
Account of
 
each such
 
Member shall
consist
 
of such
 
Member’s
 
capital contribution,
 
increased
 
by each
 
such Member’s
 
respective share
 
of net
income (including exempt income) and additional capital contributions, if any, and decreased by each such
Member’s
 
respective
 
share
 
of
 
net losses
 
(including
 
nondeductible
 
losses and
 
expenses)
 
and
 
distributions
from the LLC.
10.4
 
Succession
 
Upon
 
Transfer.
 
In
 
the
 
event
 
that
 
any
 
Units
 
are
 
transferred
 
to
 
an
 
Immediate
Family Member or a
 
Permitted Transferee
 
in accordance with the
 
terms of this Agreement,
 
the Immediate
Family Member
 
or Permitted
 
Transferee, as
 
applicable, shall
 
succeed to
 
the Capital
 
Account of
 
the transferor
to the extent it relates to
 
the transferred Units and shall receive
 
allocations and distributions pursuant to this
Agreement in respect of such Units.
10.5
 
Treasury
 
Regulations.
 
The
 
provisions
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement
 
relating
 
to
 
the
 
maintenance
 
of
Capital
 
Accounts
 
are
 
intended
 
to
 
comply
 
with
 
Section
 
704
 
of
 
the
 
Code
 
and
 
Section
 
1.704-1(b)
 
of
 
the
Treasury
 
Regulations
 
and
 
shall
 
be
 
interpreted
 
and
 
applied
 
in
 
a
 
manner
 
consistent
 
with
 
such
 
Treasury
Regulations.
ARTICLE XI
ALLOCATIONS
11.1
 
Allocation of Net
 
Income and Net
 
Loss.
 
For each
 
fiscal year
 
(or portion thereof),
 
except
as otherwise provided
 
in this Agreement,
 
net income and
 
net loss (and,
 
to the extent
 
necessary,
 
individual
items of income, gain, loss
 
or deduction) of the LLC
 
shall be allocated among the
 
Members in accordance
with their respective Membership Interests.
11.2
 
Tax Allocations.
 
All income, gains,
 
losses and deductions
 
of the LLC
 
shall be allocated,
 
for
federal, state and local income tax purposes, among the Members in accordance with the allocation of such
income, gains, losses
 
and deductions among
 
the Members for
 
computing their Capital
 
Accounts, except that
if any
 
such allocation
 
for tax
 
purposes is
 
not permitted
 
by the
 
Code or
 
other Applicable
 
Law,
 
the LLC’s
subsequent income, gains, losses and
 
deductions shall be allocated among
 
the Members for tax purposes,
 
to
the
 
extent
 
permitted
 
by
 
the
 
Code
 
and
 
other
 
Applicable
 
Law,
 
so
 
as
 
to
 
reflect
 
as
 
nearly
 
as
 
possible
 
the
allocation set forth herein in computing their Capital Accounts.
ARTICLE XII
MANAGEMENT OF LLC; VOTING AND OTHER RIGHTS AND POWERS OF MEM
B
ERS
12.1
 
Management of
 
the LLC.
 
The business
 
and affairs
 
of the
 
LLC shall
 
be managed
 
by the
Managing Member.
 
Subject to the provisions
 
of this Agreement, the
 
Managing Member shall have
 
full and
complete
 
discretion
 
to
 
manage
 
and
 
control
 
the
 
business
 
and
 
affairs
 
of
 
the
 
LLC,
 
to
 
make
 
all
 
decisions
affecting the business
 
and affairs of
 
the LLC and
 
to take all
 
such actions as
 
the Managing Member
 
deems
necessary or
 
appropriate to
 
accomplish the
 
purposes of
 
the LLC.
 
The actions
 
of the
 
Managing Member
taken in
 
accordance with
 
the provisions
 
of this
 
Agreement shall
 
bind the
 
LLC.
 
No other
 
Member of
 
the
LLC shall have any authority or right to act on behalf of or bind
 
the LLC, unless otherwise provided herein
or unless specifically authorized by the Managing Member.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
 
the Managing Member
 
shall provide regular
 
reports and information
about the
 
LLC to
 
the other
 
Members and
 
keep them
 
informed and
 
up to
 
date on
 
the activities
 
of the
 
LLC
and of the Managing Member.
12.2
 
Managing
 
Member
 
Rights
 
and
 
Powers
.
 
Subject
 
to
 
Section 12.4
 
and
 
Section 12.5,
 
the
Managing Member, acting on behalf of the LLC,
 
shall possess and shall be entitled
 
to exercise all the rights
and
 
powers
 
of
 
owners
 
of
 
all
 
of
 
the
 
Contributed
 
Shares
 
held
 
hereunder
 
to
 
vote
 
for
 
every
 
purpose
 
and
 
to
consent
 
to
 
any
 
and
 
all
 
corporate
 
acts
 
of
 
the
 
Company.
 
Without
 
limiting
 
the
 
foregoing,
 
but
 
subject
 
to
Section 12.4 and Section 12.5,
 
the Managing Member,
 
acting on
 
behalf of the
 
LLC, shall have
 
the following
authority
 
with respect
 
to the
 
Contributed Shares:
 
(i) to
 
nominate candidates
 
for election
 
or reelection
 
as
directors of
 
the Company;
 
(ii) to take
 
any of
 
the actions
 
contemplated by
 
Section 12.5(b); (iii) to
 
propose
business
 
(including
 
amendments
 
to
 
the
 
Bylaws
 
of
 
the
 
Company)
 
for
 
action
 
by
 
the
 
stockholders
 
of
 
the
Company; and (iv) to cause the
 
calling of a special meeting
 
of stockholders (to the extent
 
stockholders are
permitted to call special meetings of stockholders in
 
accordance with the Restated Charter or the Bylaws
 
of
the Company).
 
Such rights and powers shall
 
cease upon the actual delivery
 
to the Member of a
 
certificate
issued
 
by the
 
Company representing
 
any Company
 
shares held
 
hereunder in
 
exchange for
 
the Member’s
Membership Certificates
 
upon a
 
permitted redemption/withdrawal
 
or dissolution
 
and liquidation
 
of the
 
LLC,
as provided in this Agreement.
It is expressly stipulated that no right to
 
vote or to consent or to be consulted
 
in respect to any such
shares is created
 
in or passes
 
to any Member
 
by or under
 
any Membership Certificate,
 
or by or
 
under this
Agreement, or by or under any other agreement, express or
 
implied, except as provided in Section 12.4 and
Section 12.5.
12.3
 
Contributed
 
Shares
 
to
 
be
 
Voted
 
as
 
a
 
Unit.
 
The
 
Managing
 
Member
 
shall
 
vote
 
the
Contributed
 
Shares
 
or
 
take
 
any
 
other
 
action
 
with respect
 
to
 
such
 
shares
 
as
 
a
 
unit
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
his
determination
 
or,
 
if
 
applicable,
 
as
 
provided
 
in
 
Section 12.4
 
and
 
Section 12.5.
 
Notwithstanding
 
the
foregoing, the Managing Member
 
may cumulate votes for
 
the election of directors
 
of the Company in
 
any
manner the
 
Managing Member
 
may determine,
 
if cumulative
 
voting is
 
permitted by
 
the Company’s
 
then-
current certificate of incorporation.
12.4
 
Failure to Achieve a
 
Majority if there
 
is more than
 
one Managing Member.
 
In the event
there
 
is
 
at
 
any
 
time
 
more
 
than
 
one
 
Managing
 
Member,
 
and
 
in
 
the
 
event
 
of
 
the
 
failure
 
of
 
the
 
Managing
Members to achieve a majority vote with respect to the exercise of the right to
 
vote the Contributed Shares
with respect to any proposal submitted to a shareholder vote, the Managing Members shall promptly notify
all
 
Members
 
of
 
the
 
proposal.
 
The
 
Managing
 
Members
 
shall
 
thereupon
 
vote
 
all
 
Contributed
 
Shares
 
held
hereunder
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
each
 
such
 
proposal
 
as
 
directed
 
by
 
the
 
affirmative
 
vote
 
of
 
Members
 
holding
Membership Certificates representing no less than a majority of the voting power of the Units at the time.
12.5
 
Certain Transactions Require Joint Consent
 
of Managing Member
 
and Non-Managing
Members.
(a)
 
Joint Consent Required for LLC Actions.
 
Joint consent of the Managing Member,
and of Members holding no less than a majority of the voting power of the Units at the time, shall be
required for any of the following actions relating to this Agreement and/or the LLC:
(i)
 
Subject to
 
Section 18.3, the
 
material amendment,
 
modification or
 
waiver of
the
 
Certificate
 
of
 
Formation
 
of
 
the
 
LLC
 
or
 
this
 
Agreement
 
or
 
a
 
merger
 
of
 
the
 
LLC
 
with
another entity or the conversion
 
of the LLC into another
 
entity; provided, however,
 
that the
Managing
 
Member
 
may,
 
without
 
the
 
consent
 
of
 
any
 
other
 
Member,
 
amend
 
the
 
Member
Schedule
 
following
 
any
 
new
 
issuance,
 
redemption,
 
repurchase
 
or
 
transfer
 
of
 
Membership
Interests in accordance with this Agreement even if material;
 
 
 
(ii)
 
the making of any
 
material change to the
 
nature of the Business
 
conducted by
the LLC or enter into any business other than the Business;
(iii)
 
the
 
issuance
 
of
 
additional
 
Membership
 
Interests
 
or
 
admission
 
of
 
additional
Members to the LLC except as permitted by this Agreement;
(iv)
 
the
 
incurrence
 
of
 
any
 
indebtedness
 
or
 
obligations
 
by
 
the
 
LLC
 
in
 
excess
 
of
amounts required by the Managing Member to pay the
 
ordinary taxes, costs and expenses of
the LLC (the repayment of
 
any such obligations to be
 
financed by the Managing Member
 
by
retaining a portion of the dividends paid on the Class A Shares and Common Shares);
(v)
 
the
 
making
 
of
 
any
 
material
 
loan,
 
advance
 
or
 
capital
 
contribution
 
to
 
any
Person;
(vi)
 
entering
 
into or
 
effecting
 
any material
 
transaction not
 
contemplated by
 
this
Agreement; or
(vii)
 
converting any Class A Shares into Common Shares.
(b)
 
Joint Consent Required for Company Action.
 
Joint consent of the Managing
Member, and of Members holding no less than a majority of the voting power of the Units at the time,
shall be required for any proposal submitted for shareholder approval by the Company for:
(i)
 
a merger
 
or consolidation
 
transaction which
 
requires the
 
vote of
 
the holders
of
 
the
 
Company’s
 
Class A
 
Shares
 
and/or
 
Common
 
Shares
 
under
 
the
 
Delaware
 
General
Corporation Law as then in effect;
(ii)
 
a sale, lease or exchange of all, or substantially all, the property and assets of
the Company which
 
requires the vote
 
of the holders
 
of the Company’s Class A
 
Shares and/or
Common Shares under the Delaware General Corporation Law as then in effect;
(iii)
 
a dissolution, winding
 
up or liquidation
 
of the Company or
 
its business which
requires the
 
vote of
 
the holders
 
of the
 
Company’s
 
Class A Shares
 
and/or Common
 
Shares
under the Delaware General Corporation Law as then in effect;
(iv)
 
an amendment of the Company’s Restated Charter which requires the
 
vote of
the holders
 
of the
 
Company’s
 
Class A Shares
 
and/or Common
 
Shares under
 
the Delaware
General Corporation Law as then in effect;
(v)
 
the
 
authorization
 
or
 
issuance
 
of
 
Class A
 
Shares
 
or
 
any
 
securities
 
by
 
the
Company having voting rights superior to the Class A Shares; or
(vi)
 
any other
 
transaction not
 
previously described
 
in this
 
Section 12.5(b) which
would require the filing of a
 
Current Report on Form 8-K to disclose
 
a change of control of
the Company under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(c)
 
In
 
the
 
event
 
that
 
joint
 
consent
 
under
 
Section 12.5(b)
 
is
 
required,
 
the
 
Managing
Member shall
 
promptly notify
 
all other
 
Members and
 
the Managing
 
Member shall
 
not approve
 
or implement
any
 
such
 
action
 
and
 
shall
 
not
 
vote
 
any
 
Contributed
 
Shares,
 
as
 
applicable,
 
in
 
favor
 
of
 
any
 
such
 
proposal
unless the Managing Member receives the
 
affirmative vote from Members holding
 
at least a majority of
 
the
voting
 
power
 
of
 
the
 
Units,
 
as
 
well
 
as
 
approval
 
by
 
the
 
Managing
 
Member.
 
In
 
the
 
absence
 
of
 
both
 
such
conditions being satisfied, the
 
Managing Member shall vote
 
Contributed Shares against any
 
proposal which
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
would have
 
the effect
 
of approving
 
any transaction
 
described in
 
Section 12.5(b) and
 
take action
 
to assert
dissenter’s appraisal
 
rights, if
 
available, upon
 
instructions from
 
a Member
 
to assert
 
such dissenter’s
 
appraisal
rights.
12.6
 
Powers of LLC.
 
The LLC, with respect to the Contributed
 
Shares held hereunder, is vested
as owner of
 
such shares
 
(without limitation
 
except as herein
 
otherwise expressly
 
provided) with all
 
of the
rights, powers
 
and privileges
 
of every kind
 
and character of
 
an owner
 
thereof, including, without
 
limiting
the generality
 
of the
 
foregoing:
 
(a) subject to
 
Sections 12.5 and
 
12.7, the
 
right to
 
vote the
 
same, either
 
in
person or
 
by proxy,
 
for every
 
purpose; (b) the
 
right to
 
become parties
 
to or
 
prosecute or
 
intervene in
 
any
suits or other legal or administrative proceedings; (c) the right to incur costs and
 
expenses and to borrow or
to arrange for borrowing for such purposes; and (f) the right to engage
 
counsel and other advisors or agents
for
 
such
 
purposes.
 
In
 
connection
 
with
 
the
 
foregoing,
 
the
 
Managing
 
Member
 
may
 
exercise
 
such
 
rights,
powers and privileges on behalf of the LLC, except as otherwise provided in Sections 12.5 and 12.7.
12.7
 
Sale or Conversion
 
of Contributed Shares
 
by Managing Member.
 
Except as otherwise
expressly permitted herein, the
 
Managing Member shall not
 
cause or permit the
 
LLC to sell, lease,
 
assign,
transfer, alienate,
 
pledge, encumber or hypothecate
 
the Contributed Shares, or
 
convert any Class A Shares
into Common
 
Shares, provided
 
that, the
 
Managing Member
 
may take
 
such action
 
to the
 
extent the
 
Managing
Member determines is necessary
 
with respect to estate
 
taxes and related interest
 
expense and other related
costs, if
 
approved by
 
Members holding
 
a majority
 
of the
 
voting power
 
of all
 
of the
 
Units held
 
hereunder.
 
Any purported
 
transfer of
 
Contributed Shares
 
other than
 
in accordance
 
with the
 
terms of
 
this Agreement
shall be void.
12.8
 
Meetings and Procedures.
 
The Managing Member may establish procedures for meetings
and votes
 
of the
 
Members.
 
Also, in
 
the event
 
there is
 
at any
 
time more
 
than one
 
Managing Member,
 
the
Managing
 
Members
 
may
 
establish
 
procedures
 
for
 
meetings,
 
consents
 
and
 
other
 
matters
 
relating
 
to
 
the
Managing Members.
12.9
 
Voting
 
by Managing Members if there are more
 
than one Managing Member.
 
If there
is at any time more
 
than one Managing Member,
 
each Managing Member acting hereunder
 
shall have one
vote
 
in
 
connection
 
with
 
actions
 
of
 
the
 
Managing
 
Member
 
and
 
approval
 
of
 
any
 
action
 
by
 
the
 
Managing
Members shall require the affirmative
 
vote by a majority in number
 
of the Managing Members.
 
Except to
the extent
 
provided herein,
 
the number
 
of Managing
 
Members serving
 
from time
 
to time
 
shall be
 
determined
exclusively by (and newly
 
created Managing Member positions
 
shall be filled exclusively
 
by) (i) a majority
of
 
the
 
persons
 
who
 
are
 
then
 
Managing
 
Members,
 
(ii) the
 
sole
 
Managing
 
Member,
 
if
 
there
 
is
 
only
 
one
Managing
 
Member
 
or
 
(iii) if
 
there
 
are
 
no
 
Managing
 
Members
 
then
 
in
 
office,
 
by
 
Members
 
having
 
a
majority in voting
 
power of
 
the Units.
 
For the
 
avoidance of
 
doubt, whenever
 
this Agreement
 
refers to
 
an
action or determination by “the Managing Member” and
 
at the time of such action or determination
 
there is
more than one
 
Managing Member, the approval of
 
such action or
 
determination shall require, and
 
shall only
require, the affirmative vote by a
 
majority in number of the
 
Managing Members.
 
In the event of a
 
deadlock
among Managing
 
Members with
 
respect to
 
any action
 
or determination,
 
the decision
 
with respect
 
to such
action or determination shall be resolved by the
 
vote of Members having a majority in voting
 
power of the
Units.
12.10
 
Status of Managing Members.
(a)
 
Terms of Office
 
.
 
Any Managing Member named hereunder shall serve as
Managing Member until his resignation, removal, disability, death or failure to act.
 
In the event of the
initial Managing Member’s resignation, removal, disability,
 
death or failure to act, Dinnette Baker and
Luanne Adams shall become successor co-Managing Members, provided that they are Members at such
time and execute and deliver the joinder described below in Section 12.10(b).
 
In the event of the
 
 
 
 
 
resignation of any such or other successor Managing Members, the resigning Managing Member shall
designate a successor Managing Member or Managing Members before such resignation is effective.
 
In
the event of the removal, disability, death, or failure to act of any successor Managing Member,
 
or in the
event of the failure of any resigning successor Managing Member to designate a successor, the successor
Managing Member or Managing Members (if any) shall be determined by Members having a majority of
the voting power of the Units.
(b)
 
Additional and Successor Managing Member.
 
Each additional or successor
Managing Member appointed hereunder shall be a natural person who is an Immediate Family Member
and Member and shall execute a joinder substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D attached hereto (or
in such other form as the predecessor Managing Member or Managing Members shall determine).
12.11
 
Removal
 
of Managing
 
Member.
 
Any Managing
 
Member
 
may
 
be
 
removed at
 
any time,
with or without cause, by an instrument signed by seventy-five percent (75%) in voting power of
 
the Units
at the time such instrument is delivered to the Managing
 
Member (s), such removal to occur upon delivery
or other date and time specified in such instrument.
12.12
 
Resignation of Managing
 
Members.
 
Subject to Section 12.11, the
 
Managing Member may
at
 
any
 
time
 
resign
 
as
 
the
 
Managing
 
Member
 
effective
 
immediately
 
or
 
at
 
any
 
future
 
time
 
or
 
upon
 
the
happening
 
of
 
any
 
future
 
event
 
specified
 
in
 
the
 
resignation.
 
In
 
such
 
event,
 
the
 
Managing
 
Member
 
shall
become a Non-Managing Member, if otherwise eligible to be a Member.
12.13
 
Costs and Expenses.
 
The LLC may employ
 
counsel or other agents
 
or services, and incur
indebtedness or expenses deemed necessary by
 
the Managing Member in connection with
 
the operation of
the LLC
 
pursuant
 
to the
 
terms of
 
this Agreement.
 
In the
 
discretion
 
of the
 
Managing Member,
 
any such
expenses or
 
discharge of
 
indebtedness may
 
be deducted
 
from the
 
dividends received
 
by the
 
LLC with
 
respect
to
 
the
 
Contributed
 
Shares
 
before
 
distributing
 
such
 
dividends
 
to
 
the
 
Members,
 
or
 
funded
 
by
 
a
 
capital
contribution of
 
cash by
 
each Member,
 
to be
 
paid by
 
such Member
 
in proportion
 
to their
 
respective Units.
 
In the event that a Member fails to make any such capital contribution, the Managing Member shall deduct
such
 
amount
 
from
 
the
 
dividends
 
received
 
by
 
the
 
LLC
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
 
Contributed
 
Shares
 
before
distributing such dividends such Member.
 
The Managing Member may establish reserves to pay expenses
before making distributions of cash from dividends.
12.14
 
Other
 
Relationships
 
Between
 
Managing
 
Member
 
and
 
Company.
 
Any
 
Managing
Member shall
 
be permitted
 
to be,
 
at the
 
same time,
 
an officer,
 
director,
 
consultant, agent,
 
or employee
 
of
the Company or of
 
any affiliate of
 
the Company,
 
and shall be permitted
 
to have a pecuniary
 
interest in his
personal capacity,
 
either directly
 
or indirectly,
 
in any
 
matter or
 
transaction to
 
which the
 
Company or
 
any
affiliate may
 
be a party
 
or in
 
which the
 
Company or any
 
affiliate may
 
be concerned to
 
the same
 
extent as
though he were not a Managing Member.
Any such Managing Member shall be permitted to
 
receive compensation, of whatever character,
 
as
provided by existing contracts or
 
to enter into new contracts
 
with the Company or its
 
affiliates, for acting in
such other capacity, without being disqualified to act as Managing Member hereunder.
12.15
 
Compensation
 
of
 
Managing
 
Member.
 
The
 
Managing
 
Member
 
shall
 
not
 
be
 
entitled
 
to
compensation for his services as Managing
 
Member hereunder, but shall be entitled to reimbursement
 
from
the LLC of all costs and expenses and taxes incurred by the Managing Member hereunder.
12.16
 
Responsibility
 
of
 
Managing
 
Member.
 
In
 
voting
 
or
 
giving
 
directions
 
for
 
voting
 
the
Contributed Shares or in exercising any consent with respect thereto,
 
the Managing Member shall exercise
his best judgment,
 
from time to
 
time, to select
 
suitable directors and
 
in voting or
 
giving directions for
 
voting
and
 
acting
 
on
 
other
 
matters
 
for
 
shareholders’
 
action;
 
provided,
 
however,
 
that
 
the
 
Managing
 
Member
 
 
 
assumes no responsibility in respect
 
of any such action or other
 
action taken by the Managing
 
Member, and
the Managing
 
Member shall
 
not incur
 
or be
 
under any
 
liability in
 
the capacity
 
as Managing
 
Member,
 
by
reason of any error of law or any error in the construction of this Agreement or of any matter or thing done
or suggested or omitted
 
to be done pursuant
 
to this Agreement.
 
No bond shall be
 
required of any Managing
Member for the performance of the services of Managing Member.
12.17
 
Reliance by Managing Member.
 
The Managing Member shall be conclusively entitled to
rely upon any notice or statement received by him from the Company,
 
the LLC, any officer or agent of the
LLC,
 
any
 
counsel
 
or
 
other
 
advisor
 
to
 
the
 
LLC
 
or
 
to
 
Managing
 
Member,
 
or
 
the
 
holders
 
of
 
record
 
of
Membership Certificates,
 
and believed
 
by him
 
in good
 
faith to
 
be genuine
 
and shall
 
act and
 
shall be fully
protected in acting in accordance therewith.
12.18
 
Legal Compliance by Managing
 
Member
.
 
The Managing Member shall
 
comply with all
legal requirements of the
 
LLC created hereby,
 
including making all regulatory
 
filings, such as filings
 
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission
 
(“SEC”), including Schedule 13D and
 
filings under Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
ARTICLE XIII
EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION
13.1
 
Exculpation; Indemnification
 
of Members.
 
References to
 
a Member
 
in this
 
Article XIII
includes reference to a Managing Member.
(a)
 
Each member shall have all of the
 
fiduciary and other duties imposed by Applicable
Law.
(b)
 
To the fullest
 
extent permitted
 
by the Delaware Act,
 
as the
 
same now exists
 
or may
hereafter be amended, no Member shall be liable to any holder of a Membership Certificate or to any other
Person, under this
 
Agreement or
 
Applicable Law, by reason of
 
any matter arising out of
 
or in relation to this
Agreement
 
(including,
 
without
 
limitation,
 
any
 
action
 
taken,
 
or
 
omitted
 
to
 
be
 
taken
 
by
 
him,
 
her
 
or
 
it
 
in
reliance upon and in
 
conformity with, the advice
 
of counsel, or
 
other professional advisor,
 
or by reason
 
of
any error of
 
judgment or mistake
 
of law or
 
other mistake, or
 
any act or
 
omission of any
 
agent or attorney,
or any misconstruction of this
 
Agreement, or any action of any sort taken or omitted thereunder
 
or believed
by such
 
Member to
 
be in
 
accordance with
 
the provisions
 
and intents
 
hereof or
 
otherwise), provided,
 
that
(x) such Member acted in good faith and in a manner believed by such Member to be
 
in, or not opposed to,
the best
 
interests of
 
the LLC
 
and, with
 
respect to
 
any criminal
 
proceeding, had
 
no reasonable
 
cause to
 
believe
his conduct was
 
unlawful, and (y) such
 
Member’s conduct did
 
not constitute fraud,
 
gross negligence, willful
misconduct or
 
a material
 
breach of
 
this
 
Agreement by
 
such Member
 
or a
 
knowing violation
 
of the
 
provisions
of this Agreement.
(c)
 
EACH
 
HOLDER
 
OF
 
MEMBERSHIP
 
CERTIFICATES,
 
BY
 
ENTERING
 
INTO
THIS
 
AGREEMENT,
 
HEREBY
 
WAIVES
 
ANY
 
RIGHT
 
TO
 
BRING
 
OR
 
PURSUE
 
ANY
 
ACTION,
DIRECTLY OR
 
DERIVATIVELY,
 
ON
 
HIS,
 
HER
 
OR
 
ITS
 
OWN
 
BEHALF
 
OR
 
ON
 
BEHALF
 
OF THE
LLC,
 
AGAINST
 
ANY
 
OTHER
 
MEMBER,
 
EXCEPT
 
FOR
 
TO
 
THE
 
EXTENT
 
PROVIDED
 
IN
 
THE
PROVISO
 
OF
 
THE
 
PRECEDING
 
PARAGRAPH,
 
OR
 
TO
 
ENFORCE
 
THE
 
UNDERTAKING
CONTEMPLATED BY THE NEXT PARAGRAPH.
(d)
 
To the fullest
 
extent permitted
 
by the Delaware Act,
 
as the
 
same now exists
 
or may
hereafter be amended, each current
 
or former Member shall be
 
indemnified and held harmless by
 
the LLC
from
 
and
 
against
 
any
 
and
 
all
 
of
 
such
 
current
 
or
 
former
 
Member’s
 
actions
 
pursuant
 
to
 
this Agreement,
including
 
any
 
expenses
 
incurred
 
by
 
a
 
current
 
or
 
former
 
Member
 
in
 
defending
 
any
 
proceeding
 
or
 
action
brought against
 
such Member
 
for actions
 
taken in
 
his, her
 
or its
 
capacity as
 
a Member,
 
provided, that
 
(x) such
 
 
 
 
Member acted in good faith and in a manner believed by such Member to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of
 
the LLC
 
and, with
 
respect to
 
any criminal
 
proceeding, had
 
no reasonable
 
cause to
 
believe his
conduct was
 
unlawful, and
 
(y) such Member’s
 
conduct did
 
not constitute
 
fraud, gross
 
negligence, willful
misconduct or
 
a material
 
breach of
 
this
 
Agreement by
 
such Member
 
or a
 
knowing violation
 
of the
 
provisions
of this Agreement.
(e)
 
Each
 
current
 
or
 
former
 
Managing
 
Member
 
shall
 
be
 
entitled
 
to
 
receive
 
prompt
payments for expenses
 
and costs reasonably
 
incurred in connection
 
with the defense
 
of any such
 
proceeding
or
 
action
 
in
 
advance
 
of
 
the
 
final
 
adjudication
 
of
 
any
 
disputes
 
relating
 
thereto,
 
but
 
only
 
if
 
the
 
current
 
or
former
 
Managing
 
Member
 
undertakes
 
in
 
writing
 
to
 
repay
 
the
 
LLC
 
such
 
advances
 
if,
 
following
 
the
conclusion of such
 
proceeding or action,
 
it is ultimately
 
determined by a
 
court of competent
 
jurisdiction that
the
 
current
 
or
 
former
 
Managing
 
Member
 
is
 
not
 
entitled
 
to
 
indemnification
 
pursuant
 
to
 
this
 
paragraph.
 
Subject to the approval of the Managing Member in his sole discretion, a current or former Non-Managing
Member may receive
 
prompt payments for
 
expenses and costs
 
reasonably incurred in
 
connection with the
defense of
 
any such
 
proceeding or
 
action in
 
advance of
 
the final
 
adjudication of
 
any disputes
 
relating thereto,
but
 
only
 
if
 
the
 
current
 
or
 
former
 
Non-Managing
 
Member
 
undertakes
 
in
 
writing
 
to
 
repay
 
the
 
LLC
 
such
advances if, following the conclusion of such proceeding
 
or action, it is ultimately determined by
 
a court of
competent jurisdiction that the current or former Non-Managing Member is
 
not entitled to indemnification
pursuant to this paragraph.
(f)
 
A current
 
or former
 
Member shall
 
also be
 
indemnified for
 
any expenses
 
and other
costs incurred
 
to enforce
 
such Member’s
 
rights pursuant
 
to this
 
Section 13.1 or
 
incurred to
 
defend any
 
action
brought by or on behalf of the
 
LLC to recover advances pursuant to an
 
undertaking, but in each case only if
the Member is successful in such enforcement or defense action.
(g)
 
The
 
rights
 
to
 
indemnification
 
and
 
advancement
 
of
 
expenses
 
set
 
forth
 
in
 
this
Section 13.1 shall not be deemed exclusive and shall be in addition to any such rights a Member
 
may have,
including but not
 
limited to rights
 
of such Member,
 
in his or
 
her capacity as
 
an officer, director,
 
employee
or agent of the Company.
(h)
 
The
 
Managing
 
Member
 
may
 
obtain
 
and
 
maintain
 
insurance,
 
at
 
the
 
expense
 
of
 
the
LLC created hereby, to protect any current or former Member or fiduciary or agent of
 
the LLC, against any
expense, liability or loss.
ARTICLE XIV
RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND TAX MATTERS
14.1
 
Records Required by
 
the Delaware Act.
 
During the term of
 
the LLC’s
 
existence and for
a
 
period
 
of
 
four
 
years
 
thereafter,
 
the
 
Managing
 
Member
 
shall
 
maintain
 
at
 
the
 
LLC’s
 
principal
 
office
 
all
records required to be kept pursuant to the Delaware Act.
14.2
 
Book and Records.
 
The Managing Member shall
 
maintain adequate books
 
and records of
account for the LLC on a
 
basis consistent with appropriate provisions of
 
the Code, containing, among other
entries, a Capital Account for each Member.
 
Such books and records shall be
 
kept at the principal office of
the LLC
 
or at
 
such other
 
place as
 
the Managing
 
Member shall
 
determine and
 
set forth
 
in a
 
written notice
given to all Members, and shall be available to the Members upon written request.
14.3
 
Accounting
 
Methods;
 
Fiscal
 
Year.
 
The
 
Managing
 
Member
 
shall
 
select
 
the
 
accounting
methods and fiscal year for the LLC.
14.4
 
LLC Funds.
 
All funds of
 
the LLC shall
 
be deposited in
 
its name, or
 
in such name
 
as may
be designated by the Managing Member, in such checking, savings or
 
other accounts, or held in its name
 
in
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
the form of such other investments as
 
shall be designated by the Managing Member.
 
The funds of the LLC
shall not
 
be commingled
 
with the
 
funds of
 
any other
 
Person.
 
All withdrawals
 
of such
 
deposits or
 
liquidations
of such investments
 
by the LLC
 
shall be made exclusively
 
upon the signature
 
or signatures of
 
the Managing
Member.
14.5
 
Tax
 
Matters Member
.
(a)
 
Appointment.
 
The
 
Members
 
hereby
 
appoint
 
the
 
Managing
 
Member
 
as
 
the
 
“tax
matters partner” (as
 
defined in Code Section
 
6231 prior to its
 
amendment by the Bipartisan
 
Budget Act of
2015 and, for tax years beginning
 
on or after January 1, 2018, the “partnership
 
representative” as provided
in Code Section 6223(a) (as amended
 
by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015) (the “Tax
 
Matters Member”).
 
In connection therewith, the Tax Matters Member, in his sole discretion, shall cause to be prepared and file
all tax returns, make all tax determinations and tax elections,
 
and represent the LLC (at the LLC’s expense)
in
 
connection
 
with
 
all
 
examinations
 
of
 
the
 
LLC’s
 
affairs
 
by
 
taxing
 
authorities,
 
including
 
resulting
administrative
 
and
 
judicial
 
proceedings,
 
and
 
may
 
expend
 
LLC
 
funds
 
for
 
professional
 
services
 
and
 
costs
associated therewith.
(b)
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
 
the Managing Member
 
may make an
 
election under
Section 754 of the Code to
 
adjust the basis of partnership property
 
under Sections 734 and 743
 
of the Code.
(c)
 
As
 
soon
 
as
 
reasonably
 
possible
 
after
 
the
 
end
 
of
 
each
 
fiscal
 
year,
 
the
 
Managing
Member will cause to
 
be delivered to each
 
Person who was a
 
Member at any time
 
during such fiscal year,
IRS Schedule K-1
 
to Form 1065
 
and such other
 
information with respect
 
to the LLC
 
as may be
 
necessary
for the preparation of such Person’s federal, state and local income tax returns for such fiscal year.
ARTICLE XV
DISSOLUTION AND LI
Q
UIDATION
15.1
 
Events of Dissolution.
 
The LLC shall be dissolved
 
and its affairs wound
 
up only upon the
occurrence of any of the following events:
(a)
 
Upon the expiration of the term of the LLC as provided in Section 2.6;
(b)
 
The determination of the Managing Member to dissolve the LLC;
(c)
 
A joint election to dissolve the LLC made by the
 
Managing Member and by holders
of a majority of the voting power of the Units;
(d)
 
The sale, exchange,
 
or other disposition
 
or transfer of
 
all or substantially
 
all the
 
assets
of the LLC;
(e)
 
The entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under §18-802 of the Delaware Act; or
(f)
 
Any other event causing a dissolution
 
of the LLC under the Delaware
 
Act, unless the
LLC is continued as permitted under the Delaware Act.
15.2
 
Effectiveness of Dissolution.
 
Dissolution of the
 
LLC shall be effective
 
on the day on
 
which
the event described in Section 15.1 occurs, but the
 
LLC shall not terminate until the winding
 
up of the LLC
has
 
been
 
completed,
 
the
 
assets
 
of
 
the
 
LLC
 
have
 
been
 
distributed
 
as
 
provided
 
in
 
Section 15.3
 
and
 
the
Certificate of Formation shall have been cancelled as provided in Section 15.4.
15.3
 
Liquidation.
 
If the LLC is
 
dissolved pursuant to Section 15.1,
 
the LLC shall be
 
liquidated
and its business and affairs wound up in accordance with the Delaware Act and the following provisions:
 
 
 
 
 
(a)
 
Liquidation.
 
The Managing Member shall wind up and liquidate the affairs of the
LLC in an orderly and business-like manner, provided that the Managing Member shall not liquidate any
Class A Shares or Common Shares and shall distribute these in kind as provided in Section 15.3(c).
(b)
 
Accounting.
 
As promptly as possible after dissolution and again after final
liquidation, the Managing Member shall cause a proper accounting to be made of the LLC’s assets,
liabilities and operations through the last day of the calendar month in which the dissolution occurs or the
final liquidation is completed, as applicable.
(c)
 
Distribution of Assets.
 
Subject to the payment of all of the LLC’s debts and
liabilities to its creditors and the expenses of dissolution and liquidation, and subject to Section 18-804 of
the Delaware Act, the Managing Member shall distribute the Class A Shares and any Common Shares to
the holders of the Class A Units and Common Units, and any proceeds of liquidation, as follows:
 
Subject
to the surrender for cancellation of the Membership Certificates, the Managing Member shall cause the
Class A Shares to be transferred to and registered in the name of the Member identified as the owner on
such Membership Certificates in liquidation of such Member’s Class A Units and, if there are any
Common Units outstanding at such time, the Managing Member shall cause Common Shares to be
transferred to and registered in the name of the Member identified as the owner on such Membership
Certificates in liquidation of such Member’s Common Units.
 
In such liquidation, Members shall receive
one Class A Share for each Class A Unit, and one Common Share for each Common Unit.
 
The Managing
Member shall also distribute any proceeds of liquidation in proportion to such Units.
15.4
 
Cancellation of
 
Certificate of
 
Formation
.
 
Upon completion
 
of the
 
distribution of
 
the assets
of the LLC
 
as provided in
 
Section 15.3 hereof, the
 
LLC shall be
 
terminated and the
 
Managing Member shall
cause the
 
cancellation of
 
the Certificate
 
of Formation
 
in the
 
State of
 
Delaware and
 
any qualifications
 
and
registrations
 
of
 
the
 
LLC
 
as
 
a
 
foreign
 
limited
 
liability
 
company
 
in
 
jurisdictions
 
other
 
than
 
the
 
State
 
of
Delaware and shall take such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the LLC.
ARTICLE XVI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF MEM
B
ERS
16.1
 
Representations and Warranties.
 
Each Member represents and warrants as follows:
(a)
 
Such Member will be
 
acquiring the Units represented
 
by Membership Certificate(s)
for his, her or
 
its own account for
 
investment and not with
 
a view to the
 
distribution or resale thereof;
 
that
he, she or it is aware that the such certificates have not been registered pursuant to the Securities Act or the
securities
 
laws of
 
any state;
 
and that
 
the LLC
 
is relying
 
in part
 
upon these
 
investment representations
 
to
establish exemptions
 
from securities
 
registration under
 
applicable federal
 
and state
 
securities laws.
 
Each
Member
 
understands and
 
agrees
 
that the
 
LLC will
 
place a
 
legend on
 
the Membership
 
Certificates to
 
the
effect that they have not
 
been registered under either federal
 
or state law; that they
 
may not be offered, sold,
transferred or
 
encumbered by
 
the Member
 
unless they
 
have been
 
first duly
 
registered or
 
unless an
 
exemption
from registration
 
is available.
 
The Member
 
acknowledges that
 
he, she
 
or it
 
understands that
 
unregistered
securities,
 
such
 
as
 
the
 
Membership
 
Certificates,
 
must
 
be
 
held
 
indefinitely
 
unless
 
they
 
are
 
subsequently
registered or
 
unless an
 
exemption from
 
registration is
 
available with
 
respect to
 
a proposed
 
offer, sale,
 
transfer
or encumbrance;
(b)
 
Such
 
Member
 
is
 
an
 
“accredited
 
investor”
 
within
 
the
 
meaning
 
of
 
Rule 501
promulgated under the Securities Act, and agrees that it will not take any action that could have an adverse
effect on the availability
 
of the exemption from
 
registration provided by such
 
Rule 501 with respect to
 
the
offer and sale of the Units;
 
 
 
 
(c)
 
Such Member, together
 
with such Member’s
 
legal, financial and
 
other advisors, has
such knowledge
 
and experience
 
in financial
 
and business
 
matters and
 
is capable
 
of evaluating
 
the merits
and risks of an investment in the LLC so as to make an informed decision with respect thereto;
(d)
 
Such Member is able to bear the economic and financial risk of an investment in the
LLC for an indefinite period of time;
(e)
 
Such Member (i) has received all information that such Member deems necessary to
make an informed
 
investment decision with
 
respect to an
 
investment in the
 
LLC;(ii) has had
 
the unrestricted
opportunity to
 
make such
 
investigation as
 
such Member
 
desires pertaining
 
to the
 
LLC and
 
an investment
therein and
 
to verify
 
any information
 
furnished to
 
such Member;
 
and (iii) has
 
had the
 
opportunity to
 
ask
questions of representatives of the LLC concerning the LLC and such Member’s investment;
(f)
 
The
 
execution,
 
delivery
 
and
 
performance
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement
 
have
 
been
 
duly
authorized by such Member and do not require such
 
Member to obtain any consent or approval that has
 
not
been obtained
 
and do
 
not contravene
 
or result
 
in a
 
default in
 
any material
 
respect under
 
any provision
 
of
any
 
law
 
or
 
regulation
 
applicable
 
to
 
such
 
Member
 
or
 
other
 
governing
 
documents
 
or
 
any
 
agreement
 
or
instrument to which such Member is a party or by which such Member is bound; and
(g)
 
This
 
Agreement is
 
valid, binding
 
and enforceable
 
against such
 
Member in
 
accordance
with its terms,
 
except as may
 
be limited by
 
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
 
moratorium, and other
similar
 
laws
 
of
 
general
 
applicability
 
relating
 
to
 
or
 
affecting
 
creditors’ rights
 
or
 
general
 
equity
 
principles
(regardless of whether considered at law or in equity).
ARTICLE XVII
COVENANTS
17.1
 
Confidentiality
.
 
Each Non-Managing Member
 
agrees not to
 
divulge, communicate or
 
use
to the
 
detriment of
 
the Company or
 
the LLC, or
 
misuse in
 
any way,
 
any confidential
 
information or
 
trade
secrets
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
or
 
the
 
LLC,
 
except
 
as
 
may
 
be
 
required
 
by
 
law;
 
provided,
 
however,
 
that
 
this
prohibition shall not apply to any information that has been publicly disclosed.
ARTICLE XVIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
18.1
 
Successors and Assigns.
 
This Agreement and all covenants herein contained shall inure to
the benefit of and
 
be binding upon the
 
parties hereto, their heirs,
 
executors, administrators, successors and
assigns.
 
Without
 
limiting
 
the
 
foregoing,
 
the
 
parties
 
intend
 
for
 
the
 
rights
 
and
 
obligations
 
under
 
this
Agreement
 
to
 
survive
 
the
 
death
 
of
 
any
 
party
 
or
 
other
 
person,
 
including
 
any
 
Member
 
and
 
the
 
related
Contributed
 
Shares,
 
and
 
to
 
be
 
specifically
 
enforceable
 
against
 
any
 
deceased
 
party’s
 
heirs,
 
executors,
administrators, representatives, successors or assigns to the fullest extent permitted by law.
18.2
 
Notices.
 
Any notice
 
required to
 
be given
 
under this
 
Agreement shall
 
be deemed
 
to have
 
been
given and received if actually
 
received, such as by telephone,
 
telecopier, electronic mail,
 
hand delivery,
 
or
other means, and the giver has
 
reasonable evidence or acknowledgment of its
 
receipt.
 
Notice shall also be
deemed to have been given if deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, in which case it shall
 
be
deemed to have been
 
received on the third
 
business day after the
 
date of such deposit,
 
or if deposited with
a
 
commercial
 
or
 
government
 
overnight
 
carrier,
 
in
 
which
 
case
 
it
 
shall
 
be
 
deemed
 
to
 
be
 
received
 
the
 
first
business day after the date of such deposit.
(a)
 
Address of Member.
 
In the case of a Participant or Certificate Holder, such notice
shall be addressed to such party, as set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto.
 
 
 
 
 
 
(b)
 
Addresses of Managing Member(s).
 
In the case of a notice to the Managing
Member by a Non-Managing Member, such notice shall be given to the Managing Member at the
principal office of the LLC, located at the principal business office of the Company,
 
as set forth on
Exhibit B attached hereto, or as it may be changed from time to time by the Managing Member by written
notice to all such holders.
18.3
 
Amendment
 
of
 
Agreement.
 
This
 
Agreement
 
and
 
the
 
Membership
 
Certificates
 
issued
hereunder
 
may
 
be
 
amended
 
upon
 
the
 
consent
 
in
 
writing
 
of
 
the
 
Managing
 
Member
 
and
 
by
 
all
 
Members
holding Membership Certificates
 
representing no less
 
than a majority of
 
the voting power
 
of the Units
 
at the
time;
 
provided,
 
however,
 
that
 
an
 
amendment
 
or
 
modification
 
modifying
 
the
 
rights
 
or
 
obligations
 
of
 
any
Member in
 
a manner
 
that is
 
disproportionately adverse
 
to (i) such
 
Member relative
 
to the
 
rights of
 
other
Members in respect
 
of Units of the
 
same class or
 
(ii) a class of
 
Units relative to the
 
rights of another
 
class
of Units,
 
shall in
 
each case
 
be effective
 
only with
 
that Member’s
 
consent or
 
the consent
 
of the
 
Members
holding a
 
majority of
 
the Units
 
in that
 
class.
 
Notwithstanding the
 
foregoing, the
 
Managing Member
 
may
amend this Agreement without the consent of the
 
Members to (i) reflect the admission of new Members
 
in
accordance
 
with
 
this
 
Agreement
 
so
 
long
 
as
 
such
 
Members
 
have
 
executed
 
the
 
applicable
 
joinder
contemplated hereby and
 
(ii) update any exhibit
 
hereto to reflect
 
any changes in
 
any Managing Member’s
or
 
Non-Managing
 
Member’s
 
name,
 
address
 
or
 
number
 
of
 
LLC
 
Units,
 
including
 
the
 
Members
 
Schedule.
 
Executed counterparts of all amendments
 
to this Agreement (including all
 
joinders and amended exhibits to
this Agreement) shall be filed at the principal business office of the Company.
18.4
 
Costs and Expenses.
 
Except as otherwise provided herein, each party hereto, including the
LLC and each
 
Member, shall
 
pay its, his
 
or her own expenses
 
incurred in connection
 
with the preparation
and execution of this Agreement, or any amendment hereof, this Agreement.
18.5
 
Severability of Provisions.
 
The invalidity
 
or unenforceability of
 
any term
 
or provision of
this Agreement shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof.
18.6
 
Controlling Law;
 
Submission to
 
Jurisdiction; Specific
 
Performance.
 
The LLC
 
created
hereunder
 
is
 
a
 
limited
 
liability
 
company
 
created
 
under
 
the
 
Delaware
 
Act.
 
All
 
questions
 
concerning
 
this
Agreement
 
and
 
the
 
LLC
 
created
 
hereunder,
 
including
 
the
 
validity,
 
construction,
 
effect,
 
assignment
 
and
administration
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement
 
and
 
the
 
LLC
 
created
 
hereunder,
 
shall
 
always,
 
and
 
in
 
all
 
events,
 
be
determined under the law of the
 
State of Delaware without regard
 
to conflict of law principles
 
(whether of
the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction).
EACH
 
PARTY
 
TO
 
THIS
 
AGREEMENT
 
HEREBY
 
IRREVOCABLY
 
SUBMITS
 
TO
 
THE
EXCLUSIVE
 
JURISDICTION
 
OF
 
THE
 
COURT
 
OF
 
CHANCERY
 
OF
 
THE
 
STATE
 
OF
 
DELAWARE
(OR IF SUCH
 
COURT DOES NOT HAVE SUBJECT MATTER
 
JURISDICTION, ANY OTHER STATE
COURT OF
 
THE STATE
 
OF DELAWARE
 
OR THE FEDERAL
 
COURTS
 
LOCATED
 
IN THE STATE
OF
 
DELAWARE)
 
IN
 
ANY
 
ACTION,
 
SUIT
 
OR
 
PROCEEDING
 
ARISING
 
IN
 
CONNECTION
 
WITH
THIS AGREEMENT,
 
AND AGREES
 
THAT
 
ANY SUCH
 
ACTION, SUIT
 
OR PROCEEDING
 
SHALL
BE BROUGHT ONLY
 
IN THE COURT
 
OF CHANCERY
 
(OR SUCH OTHER
 
COURTS
 
IDENTIFIED
HEREIN IF THE
 
COURT
 
OF CHANCERY
 
DOES NOT HAVE
 
SUBJECT MATTER
 
JURISDICTION)
AND
 
WAIVES
 
ANY
 
OBJECTION
 
BASED
 
ON
 
FORUM
 
NON
 
CONVENIENS
 
OR
 
ANY
 
OTHER
OBJECTION
 
TO
 
VENUE
 
THEREIN;
 
PROVIDED,
 
HOWEVER,
 
THAT
 
SUCH
 
CONSENT
 
TO
JURISDICTION
 
IS
 
SOLELY
 
FOR
 
THE
 
PURPOSE
 
REFERRED
 
TO
 
IN
 
THIS
 
PARAGRAPH
 
AND
SHALL NOT
 
BE DEEMED
 
TO BE
 
A GENERAL
 
SUBMISSION TO
 
THE JURISDICTION
 
OF SUCH
COURTS OR IN THE STATE
 
OF DELAWARE
 
OTHER THAN FOR
 
SUCH PURPOSE.
 
THE PARTIES
HERETO
 
HEREBY
 
WAIVE
 
ANY
 
RIGHT
 
TO
 
A
 
TRIAL
 
BY
 
JURY
 
IN
 
CONNECTION
 
WITH
 
ANY
SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING.
 
Service
 
of
 
process
 
on
 
a
 
party
 
in
 
any
 
action
 
arising
 
out
 
of
 
or
 
relating
 
to
 
this
 
Agreement
 
shall
 
be
effective if delivered to such party in accordance with Section 18.2.
The parties
 
hereto hereby
 
agree that
 
it is
 
impossible to
 
measure in
 
money the
 
damages which
 
will
accrue to a party hereto or to its heirs, personal representatives, or assigns by reason of a failure to perform
any
 
obligations
 
under
 
this
 
Agreement
 
and
 
agree
 
that
 
the
 
terms
 
of
 
this
 
Agreement
 
shall
 
be
 
specifically
enforceable.
 
If
 
any
 
party
 
hereto
 
or
 
its
 
heirs,
 
personal
 
representatives,
 
or
 
assigns
 
institutes
 
any
 
action
 
or
proceeding to
 
specifically enforce
 
the provisions
 
hereof, any
 
person against
 
whom such
 
action or
 
proceeding
is brought (i) hereby waives the claim or
 
defense therein that such party or such
 
personal representative has
an adequate remedy at law,
 
(ii) hereby waives any bond, surety,
 
or other security that might be
 
required of
any other party
 
with respect thereto,
 
and (iii) shall
 
not offer
 
in any such
 
action or proceeding
 
the claim or
defense that an adequate remedy at law exists.
18.7
 
Construction of Agreement.
 
All questions concerning the interpretation or construction of
this Agreement shall be
 
determined by the Managing
 
Member, whose decision shall be
 
final and binding on
all parties.
18.8
 
Multiple Counterparts.
 
This Agreement may be
 
executed by the parties
 
herein, or any of
them, in
 
any number
 
of counterparts,
 
with the
 
same force
 
and effect
 
as if
 
they had
 
all executed
 
the same
instrument.
18.9
 
Entire
 
Agreement.
 
This Agreement
 
(including the
 
exhibits attached
 
hereto)
 
contains the
entire
 
understanding
 
among
 
the
 
parties
 
hereto
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
 
subject
 
matter
 
hereof,
 
and
 
no
representation, warranty,
 
covenant or
 
condition other
 
than those
 
expressly set
 
forth herein
 
shall be
 
of any
force or effect.
18.10
 
No Third-party Beneficiaries.
 
Except as expressly provided herein,
 
this Agreement is for
the sole
 
benefit of
 
the parties
 
hereto (and
 
their respective
 
heirs, executors,
 
administrators, successors
 
and
assigns)
 
and
 
nothing
 
herein,
 
express
 
or
 
implied,
 
is
 
intended
 
to
 
or
 
shall
 
confer
 
upon
 
any
 
other
 
Person,
including any creditor of the LLC, any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever
under or by reason of this Agreement.
* * * * *
 
 
 
 
 
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the LLC,
 
the Managing Member
 
and each other
 
Member has caused
 
this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first specified above.
DLNL, LLC
By:
 
/s/ Adolphus B. Baker
 
Adolphus B. Baker
Managing Member
Managing Member:
 
/s/ Adolphus B. Baker
 
Adolphus B. Baker,
 
Managing Member
Non-Managing Members:
 
/s/ Dinnette Adams Baker
 
Dinnette Adams Baker
 
/s/ Luanne Adams
 
Luanne Adams
 
/s/ Nancy Adams Briggs
 
Nancy Adams Briggs
 
/s/ Laurel Adams Krodel
 
Laurel Adams Krodel
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE
No.
 
 
Number of
 
[Class A Units]
[Common Units]
DLNL, LLC
Formed under the Laws of the State of Delaware
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that __________________________ is
 
the registered owner of
 
__________
[Class A Units] [Common Units] of
 
DLNL, LLC, a Delaware limited
 
liability company (the “LLC”), under
the Amended and
 
Restated Limited Liability
 
Company Operating Agreement
 
dated as of
 
February 25, 2025
(the
 
“Agreement”),
 
by
 
and
 
among
 
the
 
LLC,
 
Adolphus
 
B.
 
Baker,
 
as
 
Managing
 
Member,
 
and
 
the
 
other
Members and holders of Membership Certificates.
A copy of the
 
Agreement is on file
 
with the Company,
 
and with the
 
Managing Member,
 
Adolphus
B.
 
Baker,
 
at
 
the
 
principal
 
place
 
of
 
business
 
of
 
the
 
Company.
 
Each
 
holder
 
of
 
this
 
Certificate
 
by
 
the
acceptance hereof assents and agrees to be bound by all the provisions of the Agreement.
NEITHER
 
THIS
 
CERTIFICATE
 
NOR
 
THE
 
UNITS
 
REPRESENTED
 
HEREBY
 
IS
TRANSFERABLE,
 
WHETHER
 
BY
 
SALE,
 
ASSIGNMENT,
 
GIFT,
 
BEQUEST,
 
APPOINTMENT
 
OR
OTHERWISE,
 
BY THE HOLDER OF
 
RECORD HEREOF EXCEPT TO THE
 
EXTENT PROVIDED BY
THE
 
AGREEMENT
 
AND
 
SUBJECT
 
TO
 
SUCH
 
PROCEDURES
 
AS
 
MAY
 
BE
 
REQUIRED
 
BY
 
THE
MANAGING
 
MEMBER.
 
THIS
 
CERTIFICATE
 
AND
 
THE
 
UNITS
 
REPRESENTED
 
HEREBY
 
ARE
SUBJECT
 
TO
 
ADDITIONAL
 
TRANSFER
 
AND
 
VOTING
 
RESTRICTIONS
 
SET
 
FORTH
 
IN
 
THE
AGREEMENT.
 
THE
 
MANAGING
 
MEMBER
 
MAY
 
TREAT
 
THE
 
HOLDER
 
OF
 
RECORD
 
HEREOF
AS THE
 
OWNER OF
 
THIS CERTIFICATE
 
FOR ALL
 
PURPOSES.
 
ANY ATTEMPTED
 
TRANSFER
OF THIS
 
CERTIFICATE
 
OR
 
THE
 
UNITS REPRESENTED
 
HEREBY
 
WHICH IS
 
NOT PERMITTED
PURSUANT
 
TO
 
THE
 
AGREEMENT
 
SHALL
 
BE
 
VOID.
 
IN
 
THE
 
EVENT
 
OF
 
A
 
TRANSFER
PERMITTED BY
 
THE AGREEMENT,
 
EVERY
 
TRANSFEREE OF
 
THIS CERTIFICATE
 
SHALL BY
THE ACCEPTANCE HEREOF BECOME SUBJECT TO
 
THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT.
THE
 
SALE,
 
ASSIGNMENT,
 
GIFT,
 
PLEDGE
 
OR
 
OTHER
 
ENCUMBRANCE,
 
OR
 
OTHER
TRANSFER
 
OF
 
THIS
 
MEMBERSHIP
 
CERTIFICATE
 
OR
 
THE
 
UNITS
 
(OR
 
ANY
 
INTEREST
THEREIN)
 
REPRESENTED
 
HEREBY
 
IS
 
SUBJECT
 
TO
 
THE
 
RESTRICTIONS,
 
TERMS
 
AND
CONDITIONS SET
 
FORTH IN THE
 
COMPANY
 
’S RESTATED CERTIFICATE
 
OF INCORPORATION
AND
 
IN
 
THE
 
AGREEMENT
 
DESCRIBED
 
IN
 
THIS
 
CERTIFICATE
 
AND
 
PURSUANT
 
TO
 
WHICH
THIS CERTIFICATE
 
IS ISSUED.
 
A COPY OF THE AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AT
 
THE PRINCIPAL
PLACE OF
 
BUSINESS
 
OF THE
 
COMPANY
 
.
 
NO SUCH
 
TRANSFER OF
 
THIS
 
CERTIFICATE,
 
OR
THE SHARES
 
REPRESENTED BY
 
THIS CERTIFICATE, MAY
 
BE EFFECTED,
 
EXCEPT PURSUANT
TO
 
THE
 
TERMS
 
OF
 
SUCH
 
RESTATED
 
CERTIFICATE
 
OF
 
INCORPORATION
 
AND
 
THE
AGREEMENT.
THE
 
SECURITIES
 
REPRESENTED
 
BY
 
THIS
 
CERTIFICATE
 
HAVE
 
NOT
 
BEEN
REGISTERED
 
UNDER
 
THE
 
SECURITIES
 
ACT
 
OF
 
1933,
 
AS
 
AMENDED,
 
OR
 
THE
 
APPLICABLE
SECURITIES
 
LAWS
 
OF
 
ANY
 
STATE
 
BUT
 
HAVE
 
BEEN
 
ISSUED
 
IN
 
RELIANCE
 
UPON
EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION
 
CONTAINED IN SAID LAWS
 
.
 
NO SALE, OFFER TO SELL
OR OTHER
 
TRANSFER OF
 
THE SECURITIES
 
REPRESENTED BY
 
THIS CERTIFICATE
 
MAY
 
BE
MADE
 
UNLESS
 
A
 
REGISTRATION
 
STATEMENT
 
UNDER
 
SAID
 
LAWS
 
IS
 
IN
 
EFFECT
 
WITH
RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES,
 
OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE
 
REGISTRATION
 
PROVISIONS
OF SUCH LAWS IS THEN APPLICABLE.
 
 
 
 
IN
 
WITNESS
 
WHEREOF,
 
the
 
Managing
 
Member
 
has
 
executed
 
this
 
Certificate
 
on
 
behalf
 
of
 
the
LLC by affixing his hand this
 
day of
 
, 20
 
.
DLNL, LLC
By:
 
Adolphus B. Baker, Managing Member
 
(FORM OF ASSIGNMENT FOR REVERSE SIDE OF
MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ______________________________ hereby sells,
 
assigns and transfers
unto
 
______________________________
 
the
 
within
 
Certificate
 
and
 
all
 
rights
 
and
 
interests
 
thereby
 
and
does
 
hereby
 
irrevocably
 
constitute
 
and
 
appoint
 
______________________________
 
attorney
 
to
 
transfer
such
 
certificate
 
on
 
the
 
books
 
of
 
the
 
LLC
 
under
 
the
 
Agreement
 
within
 
referred
 
to,
 
with
 
full
 
power
 
of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:
 
___________
 
Name:
In the presence of:
________________________________
 
 
INFORMATION RELATING
 
TO MANAGING MEMBER
AND NON-MANAGING MEMBERS
MANAGING MEMBER:
ADOLPHUS B. BAKER:
Address:
 
c/o Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
 
1052 Highland Colony Pkwy
 
Suite 200
 
Ridgeland, MS
 
39157
Telephone:
 
601–948–6813
Fax:
 
601–969–0905
Email:
 
NON-MANAGING MEMBERS:
DINNETTE ADAMS BAKER:
Address:
 
c/o Adolphus B. Baker
 
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
 
1052 Highland Colony Pkwy
 
Suite 200
 
Ridgeland, MS
 
39157
Telephone:
 
601-948-6813
Fax:
 
601-969-0905
Email:
 
LUANNE ADAMS:
Address:
 
c/o Adolphus B. Baker
 
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
 
1052 Highland Colony Pkwy
 
Suite 200
 
Ridgeland, MS
 
39157
Telephone:
 
601-948-6813
Fax:
 
601-969-0905
Email:
 
NANCY ADAMS BRIGGS:
Address:
 
c/o Adolphus B. Baker
 
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
 
1052 Highland Colony Pkwy
 
Suite 200
 
Ridgeland, MS
 
39157
Telephone:
 
601-948-6813
Fax:
 
601-969-0905
Email:
 
 
LAUREL ADAMS KRODEL:
Address:
 
c/o Adolphus B. Baker
 
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
 
1052 Highland Colony Pkwy
 
Suite 200
 
Ridgeland, MS
 
39157
Telephone:
 
601-948-6813
Fax:
 
601-969-0905
Email:
 
With a copy to counsel:
Name of Attorney:
 
Joseph E. Varner III
Name of Firm:
 
Brunini Law
Address:
 
190 East Capitol Street, Suite 190
Address (continued):
 
Jackson, MS 39201
Telephone:
 
Fax:
 
Email:
 
 
 
 
JOINDER
This
 
Joinder
 
is
 
made
 
as
 
of
 
the
 
date
 
written
 
below
 
by
 
the
 
undersigned
 
(the
 
“Joining
 
Party”)
 
in
accordance with the
 
Amended and Restated
 
Limited Liability Company
 
Operating Agreement dated
 
as of
February 25, 2025 by and
 
among DLNL, LLC
 
(the “LLC”), Adolphus B.
 
Baker, as Managing Member, and
the other
 
Members of
 
the LLC
 
under such
 
Agreement (the
 
“LLC Operating
 
Agreement”).
 
Capitalized terms
used, but
 
not defined,
 
herein shall
 
have the
 
respective meanings
 
ascribed to
 
such terms
 
in the
 
LLC Operating
Agreement.
The Joining Party hereby
 
represents and warrants to
 
the LLC that the
 
undersigned is an Immediate
Family
 
Member
 
or
 
Permitted
 
Transferee.
 
The
 
Joining
 
Party
 
hereby
 
acknowledges,
 
agrees
 
and
 
confirms
that, by its execution of
 
this Joinder, the
 
Joining Party shall be deemed
 
to be a party to
 
the LLC Operating
Agreement as of the date hereof and shall have
 
all of the rights and obligations of a “Member”
 
thereunder,
as if it had
 
executed the LLC
 
Operating Agreement.
 
The Joining Party hereby
 
ratifies, as of the
 
date hereof,
and
 
agrees
 
to
 
be
 
bound
 
by,
 
all
 
of
 
the
 
terms,
 
provisions
 
and
 
conditions
 
contained
 
in
 
the
 
LLC
 
Operating
Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
 
has executed this Joinder as of the date written below.
Date:
 
_____________ ____, 20__
If an entity:
[Name of Joining Party]
By:
 
_____________________
 
Name:
 
Title:
If a natural person
_____________________
Name:
 
 
 
JOINDER OF MANAGING MEMBER
This
 
Joinder
 
of
 
Managing
 
Member
 
is
 
made
 
as
 
of
 
the
 
date
 
written
 
below
 
by
 
the
 
undersigned
 
(the
“Joining
 
Party”)
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
Amended
 
and
 
Restated
 
Limited
 
Liability
 
Company
 
Operating
Agreement dated as of February 25, 2025 by and
 
among DLNL, LLC (the “LLC”), Adolphus
 
B. Baker, as
Managing
 
Member,
 
and the
 
other
 
Members
 
of the
 
LLC
 
(the
 
“LLC Operating
 
Agreement”).
 
Capitalized
terms used,
 
but not
 
defined, herein
 
shall have
 
the respective
 
meanings ascribed
 
to such
 
terms in
 
the LLC
Operating Agreement.
The Joining Party hereby
 
represents and warrants to
 
the LLC that the
 
undersigned is an Immediate
Family Member.
 
The Joining Party hereby
 
acknowledges, agrees and confirms
 
that, by its execution
 
of this
Joinder,
 
the Joining
 
Party shall
 
be deemed
 
to be
 
a party
 
to the
 
LLC Operating
 
Agreement as
 
of the
 
date
hereof
 
and
 
shall
 
have
 
all
 
of
 
the
 
rights
 
and
 
obligations
 
of
 
a
 
“Managing
 
Member”
 
thereunder,
 
as
 
if
 
it
 
had
executed the LLC
 
Operating Agreement.
 
The Joining Party
 
hereby ratifies, as
 
of the date
 
hereof, and agrees
to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the LLC Operating Agreement.
IN WITNESS
 
WHEREOF,
 
the undersigned
 
has executed
 
this Joinder
 
of Managing
 
Member as
 
of
the date written below.
Date:
 
_____________ ____, 20__
_____________________
Name:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REDEMPTION REQUEST
Dated:
 
________________, 20_____
To the Managing Member of DLNL, LLC (the “LLC”)
The
 
undersigned
 
hereby
 
requests
 
the
 
redemption
 
of
 
Common
 
Units
 
of
 
the
 
LLC
 
pursuant
 
to
Section 7.3
 
of
 
the
 
Amended
 
and
 
Restated
 
Limited
 
Liability
 
Company
 
Operating
 
Agreement
 
dated
 
as
 
of
February 25, 2025 by and
 
among DLNL, LLC
 
(the “LLC”), Adolphus B.
 
Baker, as Managing Member, and
the other Members of the LLC
 
(the “LLC Operating Agreement”).
 
Capitalized terms used, but not
 
defined,
herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the LLC Operating Agreement.
The undersigned hereby requests the redemption of __________ Common Units in
 
exchange for an
equivalent number of Common Shares of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (the “Company”).
[Such
 
redemption
 
is
 
being
 
requested
 
pursuant
 
to
 
Section 7.3(a)
 
to
 
effect
 
a
 
transfer
 
or
 
sale
 
of
underlying
 
Common
 
Shares,
 
which
 
sale
 
or
 
transfer
 
is
 
in
 
compliance
 
with
 
the
 
Agreement
 
Regarding
Conversion and applicable federal and state securities laws.]
[Such redemption
 
is being
 
requested pursuant
 
to Section 7.3(b)
 
to effect
 
a transfer
 
to a
 
charitable
donor advised fund.]
[Such
 
redemption
 
is
 
being
 
requested
 
pursuant
 
to
 
Section 7.3(c)
 
for
 
the
 
following
 
purposes:
 
_________________________________________________________.
 
Delivered
 
with
 
this
 
notice
 
is
documentation supporting the number of Common Units requested to be redeemed for such purposes.]
Delivered with this request is
 
Membership Certificate(s) No(s).
 
________ registered in the name
 
of
the undersigned Member.
 
To the extent this request is approved by
 
the Managing Member, please (i) cause
a certificate representing
 
___________ Common Shares
 
to be transferred
 
to and registered
 
in the name
 
of
the undersigned
 
Member,
 
equal to
 
the __________
 
Common Units
 
being redeemed,
 
and (ii) issue
 
a new
Membership Certificate to the Member
 
for ________ Common Units, representing
 
the number of Common
Units that are not being redeemed and that will continue to be owned by the undersigned Member
 
after the
redemption.
 
Member
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UNIT OWNERSHIP
AS OF THE RESTATEMENT
 
DATE
Member
Common
Units
Common
Shares
Contributed in
Exchange for
Such Common
Units
Class A
Units
Class A
Shares
Contributed
in Exchange
for Such
Class
A
Units
Total
 
Units
Total
 
Votes
Dolph Baker
0
0
1,309,245
1,309,245
1,309,245
13,092,450
Dinnette Adams Baker
56,595
56,595
1,090,755
1,090,755
1,147,350
10,964,145
Luanne Adams
343,787
343,787
800,000
800,000
1,143,787
8,343,787
Nancy Adams Briggs
343,787
343,787
800,000
800,000
1,143,787
8,343,787
Laurel Adams Krodel
343,787
343,787
800,000
800,000
1,143,787
8,343,787
Total
1,087,956
1,087,956
4,800,000
4,800,000
5,887,956
49,087,956
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE
 
OF INCORPORATION
OF
CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC.
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
 
(the “Corporation”), a
 
corporation organized and
 
existing under and
 
pursuant
to
 
the
 
provisions
 
of
the
 
General
 
Corporation
 
Law
 
of
 
the
 
State
 
of
 
Delaware
 
(the
 
“DGCL”),
 
does
 
hereby
certify as follows:
FIRST
:
 
The original Certificate of Incorporation of
 
the Corporation was filed with
 
the Secretary of
State
 
of
 
the
 
State
 
of
 
Delaware
 
on
 
September 10, 1969;
 
the
 
Amended
 
and
 
Restated
 
Certificate
 
of
Incorporation
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
was
 
filed
 
with
 
the
 
Secretary
 
of
 
State
 
of
 
the
 
State
 
of
 
Delaware
 
on
October 3, 1996;
 
the
 
Second Amended
 
and
 
Restated
 
Certificate
 
of
 
Incorporation
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
was
filed with the Secretary of State of the
 
State of Delaware on July 20, 2018; and a Certificate of
 
Amendment
to
 
the
 
Second Amended
 
and
 
Restated
 
Certificate
 
of
 
Incorporation
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
was
 
filed
 
with
 
the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 4, 2024.
SECOND
:
 
This
 
Third Amended
 
and
 
Restated
 
Certificate
 
of
 
Incorporation
 
was
 
duly
 
adopted
 
in
accordance with
Sections 242 and
 
245 of
 
the DGCL and
 
was duly
 
approved by
 
the written
 
consent of
 
the
stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.
THIRD
:
 
This Third
 
Amended and
 
Restated Certificate
 
of Incorporation
 
shall become
 
effective upon
filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
The
 
Corporation
 
hereby
 
restates
 
and
 
integrates
 
and
 
further
 
amends
 
the
 
Second
 
Amended
 
and
Restated
 
Certificate
 
of
 
Incorporation,
 
as
 
amended,
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
by
 
revising
 
such
 
document
 
in
 
its
entirety as follows:
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of the Corporation is CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC.
ARTICLE II
REGISTERED OFFICE
The
 
name
 
of
 
its
 
registered
 
agent
 
is
 
The
 
Corporation
 
Service
 
Company
.
 
The
 
address
 
of
 
such
registered
 
office
 
in
 
the
 
State
 
of
 
Delaware
 
is
 
251
 
Little
 
Falls
 
Drive, Wilmington,
 
Delaware
 
19808,
 
in
 
the
County of New Castle.
ARTICLE III
PURPOSE
The purpose of
 
the Corporation is to
 
engage in any
 
lawful act or activity
 
for which corporations
 
may
be organized under the DGCL.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL STOCK
1.
 
Authorized Capital Stock.
 
The amount of capital stock that the Corporation is authorized to
issue shall be
 
134,800,000 shares of Capital
 
Stock and shall
 
consist of (a) 120,000,000
 
shares of common
stock with a
 
par value of
 
$0.01 per share (the
 
“Common Stock”), (b) 10,000,000 shares
 
of preferred stock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
with a
 
par value
 
of $0.01 per
 
share (the
 
“Preferred Stock”)
 
and (c) 4,800,000 shares
 
of Class A
 
Common
Stock with a par value of $0.01 per share.
2.
 
Increase
 
or Decrease
 
in
 
Authorized
 
Preferred
 
Stock.
 
The
 
number
 
of
 
authorized
 
shares
 
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 stock of the Corporation entitled
to vote
 
generally in
 
the election
 
of directors,
 
irrespective of
 
the provisions
 
of Section 242(b)(2)
 
of the
 
DGCL
(or any successor provision thereto), voting
 
together as a single class, without
 
a separate vote of the holders
of the Preferred Stock , unless a vote by any holders of one or more
 
series of Preferred Stock is required by
the
 
express terms
 
of
 
any series
 
of Preferred
 
Stock as
 
provided
 
for
 
or fixed
 
pursuant
 
to
 
the
 
provisions of
Article IV,
 
Section 4 of this amended and
 
restated certificate of incorporation of
 
the Corporation (as further
amended from time to time in
 
accordance with the provisions hereof and
 
including, without limitation, the
terms
 
of
 
any
 
certificate
 
of
 
designation
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
any
 
series
 
of
 
Preferred
 
Stock,
 
this
 
“Certificate
 
of
Incorporation”).
3.
 
Common Stock.
(a)
 
The holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote
 
for each such share on
each
 
matter properly
 
submitted to
 
the stockholders
 
of the
 
Corporation
 
on which
 
the holders
 
of shares
 
of
Common Stock
 
are
 
entitled to
 
vote.
 
The holders
 
of shares
 
of Common
 
Stock shall
 
not have
 
cumulative
voting rights.
 
Except as
 
otherwise required
 
by law
 
or this
 
Certificate of
 
Incorporation, and
 
subject to
 
the
rights of the
 
holders of shares
 
of Preferred Stock,
 
if any, at any
 
annual or special
 
meeting of the
 
stockholders
of the
 
Corporation, the holders
 
of shares of
 
Common Stock shall
 
have the right
 
to vote for
 
the election of
directors and on all other matters properly submitted to a vote of the
 
stockholders; provided, however, that,
except as otherwise required
 
by law, holders of shares of
 
Common Stock shall
 
not be entitled to
 
vote on any
amendment to
 
this Certificate
 
of Incorporation
 
that relates
 
solely to
 
the terms,
 
number of
 
shares, powers,
designations,
 
preferences
 
or
 
relative,
 
participating,
 
optional
 
or
 
other
 
special
 
rights
 
(including,
 
without
limitation, voting rights), or to qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of one or more outstanding
series of Preferred Stock if the holders
 
of such affected series are entitled, either separately
 
or together with
the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation or
pursuant to the DGCL.
(b)
 
Except as
 
otherwise required
 
by law
 
or this
 
Certificate of
 
Incorporation, and
 
subject to
 
the
rights of the holders
 
of shares of Preferred
 
Stock, the holders of
 
shares of Common Stock
 
shall be entitled
to
 
receive
 
such
 
dividends
 
and
 
other
 
distributions
 
(payable
 
in
 
cash,
 
property
 
or
 
capital
 
stock
 
of
 
the
Corporation) when,
 
as and
 
if declared
 
thereon by
 
the board
 
of directors
 
of the
 
Corporation (the
 
“Board”)
from time
 
to time
 
out of
 
any assets
 
or funds
 
of the
 
Corporation legally
 
available therefor
 
and shall
 
share
equally on a per share basis in such dividends and distributions.
(c)
 
Except as otherwise required by
 
law or this Certificate of
 
Incorporation, in the event of
 
any
voluntary
 
or
 
involuntary
 
liquidation,
 
dissolution
 
or
 
winding-up
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation,
 
after
 
payment
 
or
provision for payment
 
of the debts
 
and other liabilities
 
of the Corporation,
 
and subject
 
to the rights
 
of the
holders
 
of
 
shares
 
of
 
Preferred
 
Stock
 
in
 
respect
 
thereof,
 
the
 
holders
 
of
 
shares
 
of
 
Common
 
Stock
 
shall
 
be
entitled to receive
 
all of the
 
remaining assets of
 
the Corporation
 
available for distribution
 
to its stockholders,
ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them.
4.
 
Preferred Stock.
(a)
 
The Board is
 
expressly authorized to
 
issue from time
 
to time shares
 
of Preferred Stock
 
in one
or more
 
series pursuant to
 
a resolution or
 
resolutions providing for
 
such issue duly
 
adopted by the
 
Board.
 
The Board is further authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law,
 
to fix by resolution or resolutions
and
 
to
 
set
 
forth
 
in
 
a
 
certification
 
of
 
designation
 
filed
 
pursuant
 
to
 
the
 
DGCL
 
the
 
powers,
 
designations,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
preferences
 
and
 
relative,
 
participating,
 
optional
 
or
 
other
 
special
 
rights,
 
if
 
any,
 
and
 
the
 
qualifications,
limitations or
 
restrictions thereof,
 
if any, of
 
any wholly
 
unissued series
 
of Preferred
 
Stock, including,
 
without
limitation, dividend
 
rights, dividend
 
rate, conversion
 
rights, voting
 
rights, rights
 
and terms
 
of redemption
(including,
 
without
 
limitation,
 
sinking
 
fund
 
provisions),
 
redemption
 
price
 
or
 
prices
 
and
 
liquidation
preferences of
 
any such
 
series, and
 
the number
 
of shares
 
constituting any
 
such series
 
and the
 
designation
thereof, or any of the foregoing.
(b)
 
The
 
Board
 
is
 
further
 
authorized
 
to
 
increase
 
(but
 
not
 
above
 
the total
 
number
 
of
 
authorized
shares of the class) or
 
decrease (but not below the
 
number of shares of any
 
such series then outstanding) the
number of shares
 
of any series
 
of Preferred Stock,
 
the number of
 
which was fixed
 
by it, subsequent
 
to the
issuance of
 
shares of
 
such series
 
then outstanding,
 
subject to
 
the powers,
 
preferences and
 
rights, and
 
the
qualifications, limitations and
 
restrictions thereof,
 
stated in
 
this Certificate of
 
Incorporation or the
 
resolution
of the Board originally fixing the number
 
of shares of such series.
 
If the number of shares of any series
 
of
Preferred Stock is so decreased, then 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.
5.
 
Class A Common Stock.
 
As long as any shares of Class A Common Stock are issued and
outstanding, the powers, designations, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights
(including, without limitation, voting rights) of the Common Stock shall be subject to the powers,
designations, preferences or relative, participating, optional or other special rights (including, without
limitation, voting rights) of the Class A Common Stock, as described in this Article IV,
 
Section 5 and, if
applicable, elsewhere in this Certificate of Incorporation.
 
At the earliest date that no shares of Class
A
Common Stock are issued or outstanding, the provisions of this Article IV,
 
Section 5 shall terminate and
cease to be of any further force or effect.
(a)
 
The holders of shares of Class
A
Common Stock shall not have cumulative voting rights.
(b)
 
Each share of Class A Common Stock shall have ten votes per share on all matters that may
be submitted to a vote or consent of the stockholders.
(c)
 
Except as otherwise provided herein or required
 
by law, the Common Stock and the Class A
Common Stock shall together vote as a class, except that the
 
holders of Common Stock shall have one vote
per share and the holders of Class A Common Stock shall have ten votes per share.
(d)
 
Anything herein
 
to the
 
contrary notwithstanding,
 
the holders
 
of Common
 
Stock shall
 
have
exclusive voting power on all matters
 
at any time when no shares of
 
Class A Common Stock are issued and
outstanding,
 
and
 
the
 
holders
 
of
 
the
 
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock
 
will
 
have
 
the
 
exclusive
 
voting
 
power
 
on
 
all
matters at any time when no shares of the Common Stock are issued and outstanding.
(e)
 
Except as otherwise provided
 
herein or required by
 
applicable law, shares of Common Stock
and Class A Common Stock shall have the same rights and powers, rank equally (including as to dividends
and distributions, and
 
upon any liquidation,
 
dissolution or winding
 
up of the
 
Corporation), share ratably
 
and
be identical in all respects and as to all matters.
(f)
 
Shares of
 
Common Stock
 
and Class A
 
Common Stock
 
shall be
 
treated equally,
 
identically
and ratably, on a per share basis, with respect to any dividends or distributions as may be declared and
 
paid
from time
 
to time
 
by the
 
Board out
 
of any
 
assets of
 
the Corporation
 
legally available
 
therefor; provided,
however, that in the event a dividend
 
is paid in the
 
form of shares of
 
Capital Stock (or rights
 
to acquire such
shares), then
 
holders of
 
Common Stock
 
shall receive
 
shares of
 
Common Stock
 
(or rights
 
to acquire
 
such
shares, as the case may
 
be) and 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),
 
with holders of
 
shares of Common
 
Stock and
Class A Common Stock receiving, on a per share basis, an identical number
 
of shares of Common Stock or
 
 
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock,
 
as
 
applicable.
 
Notwithstanding
 
the
 
foregoing,
 
the
 
Board
 
may
 
pay
 
or
 
make
 
a
disparate dividend
 
or distribution
 
per share
 
of Common
 
Stock or
 
Class A 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 of the
 
holders of a
 
majority of the
 
outstanding shares of
 
Common Stock and
Class A Common Stock, each voting separately as a class.
(g)
 
Shares of
 
Common Stock
 
or Class A
 
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
 
Common
 
Stock
 
and
 
Class A
 
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
 
of the holders of
 
a majority
of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock, each voting separately as a class.
(h)
 
In
 
the
 
event
 
of
 
any
 
voluntary
 
or
 
involuntary
 
liquidation,
 
dissolution
 
or
 
winding-up
 
of
 
the
Corporation, after
 
payment or
 
provision for
 
payment of
 
the debts
 
and other
 
liabilities of
 
the Corporation,
and subject to the rights of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock in respect thereof, the
 
holders of shares
of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock shall be entitled
 
to receive all of the remaining assets of the
Corporation available
 
for distribution
 
to its
 
stockholders, ratably
 
in proportion
 
to the
 
number of
 
shares of
Common
 
Stock
 
or
 
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock,
 
as
 
applicable,
 
held
 
by
 
them,
 
unless
 
disparate
 
or
 
different
treatment of
 
the shares of
 
each such class
 
with respect
 
to distributions upon
 
any such liquidation,
 
dissolution
or winding up is approved
 
in advance by the affirmative vote
 
of the holders of a majority
 
of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock, each voting separately as a class.
(i)
 
In
 
the
 
event
 
of
 
(i) a
 
merger,
 
consolidation
 
or
 
other
 
business
 
combination
 
requiring
 
the
approval of the holders of the Corporation’s
 
capital stock entitled to vote thereon, (ii) a tender or exchange
offer to
 
acquire any
 
shares of
 
Common Stock
 
or Class A
 
Common Stock
 
by an
 
third party
 
pursuant to an
agreement to
 
which the
 
Corporation is
 
a party,
 
or (iii) a
 
tender or
 
exchange offer
 
to acquire
 
any shares
 
of
Common
 
Stock
 
or
 
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock
 
by
 
the
 
Corporation,
 
holders
 
of
 
the
 
Common
 
Stock
 
and
 
the
Class A Common
 
Stock shall
 
have the
 
right to
 
receive, or
 
the right
 
to elect
 
to receive,
 
the same
 
form and
amount of consideration on a per share basis.
(j)
 
The holders of
 
record of Class A
 
Common Stock may
 
at any time
 
convert any whole
 
number
or
 
all
 
of
 
such
 
holder’s
 
shares
 
of
 
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock
 
into
 
fully
 
paid
 
and
 
non-assessable
 
shares
 
of
Common Stock of
 
the Corporation at
 
the rate
 
(subject to adjustment
 
as hereinafter provided)
 
of one share
of Common Stock for each share of
 
Class A Common Stock converted.
 
Such conversion shall be effected
by the
 
holder of
 
Class A Common
 
Stock surrendering
 
such Class A
 
Common Stock
 
certificate or
 
certificates
to be converted, duly endorsed, at the office of the Corporation or at
 
any transfer agent for the Corporation
or for the Class A Common Stock together with a written election to the Corporation at such office that the
holder
 
thereof
 
elects
 
to
 
convert
 
all
 
or
 
the
 
specified
 
number
 
of
 
shares
 
of
 
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock
 
into
Common Stock and specifying the name or names in
 
which the holder desires the certificate or certificates
for such shares of Common
 
Stock to be issued.
 
Upon conversion, the Corporation shall
 
issue and deliver to
such
 
holder
 
or
 
holders,
 
nominee
 
or
 
nominees,
 
a
 
certificate
 
or
 
certificates
 
for
 
the
 
number
 
of
 
shares
 
of
Common Stock to which
 
such holder shall be
 
entitled.
 
Such conversion shall be
 
deemed to have been
 
made
at the
 
close of
 
business on
 
the day
 
of presentation
 
for conversion
 
and the
 
person or
 
persons entitled
 
to receive
the shares
 
of Common
 
Stock as
 
a result
 
of such
 
conversion shall
 
be treated
 
for all
 
purposes as
 
the record
holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on such date.
 
 
 
 
 
 
(k)
 
Before
 
any
 
shares
 
of
 
Common
 
Stock
 
shall
 
be
 
delivered
 
upon
 
conversion,
 
the
 
holders
 
of
shares of
 
Class A Common
 
Stock whose shares
 
are being converted
 
into Common Stock
 
shall deliver
 
the
certificate or certificates representing such shares to the Corporation or its
 
duly authorized agent (or if such
certificates have been
 
lost, stolen, or
 
destroyed, the holder
 
thereof shall execute
 
an agreement satisfactory
to the Corporation to indemnify the
 
Corporation from any loss incurred by
 
it in relation to such conversion)
specifying the place where the Common
 
Stock issued in conversion thereof
 
shall be sent.
 
The endorsement
of the certificate or
 
certificates of Class A Common
 
Stock to be converted
 
into Common Stock shall
 
be in
form satisfactory to the Corporation or its agent, as the case may be.
(l)
 
The number
 
of shares
 
of Common
 
Stock into
 
which the
 
shares of
 
Class A Common
 
Stock
may be converted
 
shall be subject
 
to adjustment from
 
time to time
 
in the event
 
of any capital
 
reorganization,
reclassification
 
of
 
stock
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
or
 
consolidation
 
or
 
merger
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
with
 
or
 
into
another
 
corporation.
 
Each
 
share
 
of the
 
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock shall
 
thereafter
 
be
 
convertible
 
into
 
such
kind and amount of
 
securities or other assets
 
or both as are
 
issuable or distributable in
 
respect to the number
of shares
 
of Common
 
Stock into
 
which each
 
share of
 
Class A Common
 
Stock is
 
convertible immediately
prior
 
to
 
such
 
reorganization,
 
reclassification,
 
consolidation
 
or
 
merger.
 
In
 
any
 
such
 
case,
 
appropriate
adjustments shall be made by the Board in
 
the application of the provisions herein set forth
 
with respect to
the rights and interests thereafter
 
of the holders of
 
Class A Common Stock such that
 
the provisions set forth
herein (including provisions for adjustment
 
of the conversion rate) shall
 
thereafter be applicable, as
 
nearly
as
 
reasonably
 
may
 
be
 
possible
 
in
 
relation
 
to
 
any
 
securities
 
or
 
other
 
assets
 
thereafter
 
deliverable
 
upon
conversion of the Class A Common Stock.
(m)
 
The
 
Corporation
 
shall
 
at
 
all
 
times
 
reserve
 
and
 
keep
 
available
 
out
 
of
 
the
 
authorized
 
and
unissued
 
shares
 
of Common
 
Stock, solely
 
for
 
the purpose
 
of effecting
 
the conversion
 
of
 
the outstanding
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock,
 
such
 
number
 
of
 
the
 
shares
 
of
 
Common
 
Stock
 
as
 
shall
 
from
 
time
 
to
 
time
 
be
sufficient to effect conversion of all outstanding Class A Common Stock and if, at any time, the number of
authorized and
 
unissued shares
 
of Common
 
Stock shall
 
not be
 
sufficient
 
to effect
 
conversion of
 
the then
outstanding Class A Common Stock,
 
the Corporation shall take
 
such action as may
 
be necessary to increase
the number of authorized
 
and unissued shares of
 
Common Stock to such
 
number shall be sufficient for
 
such
purposes.
(n)
 
The Class A
 
Common Stock
 
may be
 
issued only
 
to Fred R.
 
Adams, Jr.,
 
his Immediate
 
Family
Members and any Permitted Transferee.
(o)
 
As used herein “Immediate
 
Family Members” is defined
 
as Fred R. Adams, Jr.,
 
his spouse,
his natural children, his sons-in-law, and his grandchildren, including
 
the estates of all of
 
such persons.
 
For
purposes of the foregoing,
 
the estate of a
 
person shall include only
 
such person’s
 
estate, and a person
 
who
receives a
 
distribution from
 
such estate
 
shall not
 
be an
 
Immediate Family
 
Member unless
 
such person
 
is
otherwise included in the foregoing definition of Immediate Family Member.
(p)
 
As used herein “Permitted Transferee”
 
includes:
(i)
 
an Immediate Family Member;
(ii)
 
a trust
 
held for
 
the sole
 
or primary
 
benefit of
 
one or
 
more Immediate
 
Family Members
or Permitted Transferees,
 
including any trustee
 
in such trustee’s
 
capacity as such;
 
provided, however,
 
that
if a trust is not for the sole benefit of
 
one or more Immediate Family Members or Permitted Transferees, an
Immediate
 
Family
 
Member
 
or
 
Permitted
 
Transferee
 
must
 
retain
 
sole
 
dispositive
 
and
 
exclusive
 
power
 
to
direct the
 
voting of
 
the shares
 
of Class A
 
Common Stock
 
held by
 
such trust;
 
provided further
 
that in
 
the
event an Immediate Family Member or Permitted Transferee ceases to retain sole dispositive
 
and exclusive
power to direct the voting
 
of the shares of Class A
 
Common Stock held by such
 
trust, each share of Class A
Common Stock held
 
by such trust
 
shall automatically be
 
converted into one
 
fully paid and
 
non-assessable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
share of Common
 
Stock without any
 
further action by
 
the Corporation or
 
any holder of
 
Class A Common
Stock;
(iii)
 
a corporation, limited
 
liability company or
 
partnership, including but not
 
limited to,
a family limited partnership or similar limited liability company or corporation, or a single member limited
liability company, but only if all of the equity interest in such entity is owned, directly or indirectly, by one
or
 
more
 
Immediate
 
Family
 
Members
 
or
 
Permitted
 
Transferees
 
and
 
an
 
Immediate
 
Family
 
Member
 
or
Permitted
 
Transferee
 
retains
 
sole
 
dispositive
 
and
 
exclusive
 
power
 
to
 
direct
 
the
 
voting
 
of
 
the
 
shares
 
of
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock
 
held
 
by
 
such
 
entity;
 
provided,
 
however,
 
that
 
in
 
the
 
event
 
an
 
Immediate
 
Family
Member or Permitted
 
Transferee ceases
 
to retain sole
 
dispositive and exclusive
 
power to direct
 
the voting
of the shares of Class A Common Stock held by such entity, each share of Class A Common Stock held by
such entity shall automatically be
 
converted into one fully paid
 
and non-assessable share of Common
 
Stock
without any further action by the Corporation or any holder of Class A Common Stock;
(iv)
 
an
 
Individual
 
Retirement
 
Account,
 
as
 
defined
 
in
 
Section 408(a)
 
of
 
the
 
Internal
Revenue Code, or
 
a pension, profit
 
sharing, stock bonus
 
or other type
 
of plan or
 
trust of which
 
an Immediate
Family Member or Permitted Transferee is a participant
 
or beneficiary and which satisfies the
 
requirements
for qualification
 
under Section 401
 
of the
 
Internal Revenue
 
Code, but
 
only if,
 
in each
 
case, an
 
Immediate
Family Member or Permitted Transferee retains sole dispositive and
 
exclusive power to direct the voting
 
of
the shares
 
of Class A
 
Common Stock
 
held by
 
such account,
 
plan or
 
trust; provided,
 
however,
 
that in
 
the
event an Immediate Family Member or Permitted Transferee ceases to retain sole dispositive
 
and exclusive
power to direct the voting of the shares of Class A
 
Common Stock held by such account, plan or trust, each
share of
 
Class A Common Stock
 
held by such
 
account, plan or
 
trust shall automatically
 
be converted
 
into
one fully paid and non-assessable share of Common
 
Stock without any further action by the Corporation
 
or
any holder of Class A Common Stock; or
(v)
 
any guardianship,
 
conservatorship or
 
custodianship for
 
the benefit
 
of an
 
Immediate
Family Member
 
who has
 
been adjudged
 
disabled, incapacitated,
 
incompetent or
 
otherwise unable
 
to manage
his or her own
 
affairs by a court of
 
competent jurisdiction, including any
 
guardian, conservator or custodian
in such guardian’s, conservator’s or custodian’s
 
capacity as such.
(q)
 
In the event
 
that beneficial or
 
record interest in
 
any shares of
 
Class A Common Stock
 
shall
be
 
transferred,
 
sold,
 
assigned,
 
conveyed,
 
hypothecated,
 
gifted
 
or
 
otherwise
 
disposed
 
of
 
or
 
transferred,
whether or not for value and whether voluntary
 
or involuntary or by operation of law or
 
intestacy, to,
 
or in
the event any shares of
 
Class A Common Stock, by operation
 
of law or otherwise, are
 
(or shall be deemed
to be)
 
owned by,
 
any person
 
or entity
 
other than
 
an Immediate
 
Family Member
 
or Permitted
 
Transferee,
each such
 
share of
 
Class A Common
 
Stock shall
 
automatically be
 
converted into
 
one fully
 
paid and
 
non-
assessable share of Common Stock without any further
 
action by the Corporation or any holder of
 
Class A
Common Stock.
 
For the
 
avoidance of
 
doubt, a “transfer”
 
shall also
 
include, without
 
limitation, a
 
transfer
of shares
 
of Class A
 
Common Stock
 
to a
 
broker or
 
other nominee
 
(regardless of
 
whether or
 
not there
 
is a
corresponding change in beneficial ownership),
 
or the transfer of,
 
or entering into a
 
binding agreement with
respect
 
to,
 
the
 
power
 
to
 
vote
 
or
 
direct
 
the
 
vote
 
of
 
any
 
shares
 
of
 
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock
 
by
 
proxy
 
or
otherwise; provided, however, that granting
 
a proxy to officers or
 
directors of the Corporation
 
at the request
of the Board in connection with actions to be taken at an annual or special meeting of stockholder shall not
be considered a “transfer.”
(r)
 
For
 
the
 
avoidance
 
of
 
doubt,
 
no
 
“transfer”
 
shall
 
be
 
deemed
 
to
 
have
 
resulted
 
from,
 
and
 
no
conversion of Class A
 
Common Stock into
 
Common Stock shall
 
occur as a
 
result of, any
 
person’s entry into
that certain Amended and Restated Memorandum
 
of Understanding dated May 14, 2018 or the
 
transaction
documents contemplated thereby.
 
 
 
 
(s)
 
At such time
 
as less than
 
4,300,000 shares of Class
 
A Common Stock,
 
or less than
 
4,600,000
shares of Class A Common Stock and Common Stock in
 
the aggregate, (such amounts to be adjusted from
time
 
to
 
time
 
for
 
subdivisions,
 
combinations,
stock
 
splits
 
and
 
pro
 
rata
 
stock
 
dividends),
 
are
 
beneficially
owned by
 
Immediate Family
 
Members or
 
Permitted Transferees,
 
then each
 
outstanding share
 
of Class
 
A
Common
 
Stock
 
shall
 
automatically
 
be
 
converted
 
into
 
one
 
validly
 
issued
 
and
 
non-assessable
 
share
 
of
Common Stock without any further action by the Corporation or any holder of Class A Common Stock.
(t)
 
No shares of Class A Common Stock acquired by the Corporation by reason of redemption,
purchase,
 
conversion
 
or
 
otherwise
 
shall
 
be
 
reissued
 
and
 
all
 
such
 
shares
 
shall
 
be
 
cancelled,
 
retired
 
and
eliminated from the shares that the Corporation shall be authorized to issue.
(u)
 
The holder of shares of Class A Common Stock
 
of the Corporation may pledge or otherwise
utilize
 
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock
 
as
 
security
 
for
 
an
 
obligation
 
of
 
a
 
holder
 
of
 
such
 
stock.
 
Such
 
pledge
 
or
utilization shall not
 
be considered as
 
a transfer of
 
ownership for the
 
purposes of determining
 
eligibility of
ownership
 
of
 
the
 
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock
 
until
 
the
 
beneficial
 
ownership
 
of
 
any
 
such
 
pledged
 
or
hypothecated stock is
 
transferred of record
 
to a person
 
or entity who
 
is not an
 
Immediate Family Member
or Permitted Transferee.
(v)
 
Conversion
 
into
 
Common
 
Stock
 
shall
 
be
 
deemed
 
to
 
have
 
occurred
 
(whether
 
or
 
not
certificates representing such shares are surrendered) as
 
of the close of business on the date
 
of transfer and
the person or persons (including any entity or entities) entitled
 
to receive shares of Common Stock issuable
upon
 
such
 
conversion
 
shall
 
be
 
treated
 
for
 
all
 
purposes
 
as
 
the
 
record
 
holder
 
or
 
holders
 
of
 
such
 
shares
 
of
Common Stock on such date.
(w)
 
The Corporation shall
 
pay any and all
 
taxes or other fees
 
payable in respect of
 
the issuance
and delivery of
 
shares of Common
 
Stock issuable as
 
a result of the
 
conversion of Class A
 
Common Stock
unless the
 
issuance of
 
Common Stock
 
results from
 
the transfer
 
of Class A
 
Common Stock
 
to a
 
person or
entity not entitled to the ownership thereof.
(x)
 
So long as any shares of Class A Common Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not,
without first obtaining the approval
 
by vote or written consent
 
in the manner provided by
 
law of the holders
of
 
not
 
less
 
than
 
66
2
/
3
%
 
of
 
the
 
total
 
number
 
of
 
shares
 
of
 
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock
 
outstanding,
 
voting
separately as a class,
 
(1) alter or change the rights
 
or privileges of Class A Common
 
Stock, (2) amend any
provision
 
of
 
this
 
Article IV,
 
Section 5
 
affecting
 
the
 
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock
 
or
 
(3) effect
 
any
 
re-
classification or re-capitalization of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock.
(y)
 
Shares of Class A Common Stock may be issued to any party eligible to own such stock for
such
 
consideration,
 
in
 
an
 
amount
 
not
 
less
 
than
 
the
 
par
 
value
 
thereof,
 
as
 
the
 
Board
 
shall
 
determine
 
to
 
be
adequate,
 
including
 
without
 
limitation,
 
shares
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation’s
 
Common
 
Stock
 
on
 
a
 
share
 
for
 
share
basis.
ARTICLE V
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1.
 
General Powers.
 
The business and affairs
 
of the Corporation shall be
 
managed by or under
the direction of the Board.
2.
 
Number of Directors; Election; Term.
(a)
 
The number of directors that shall constitute the entire Board shall not be less than three nor
more than twelve. Within
 
such limit, the number
 
of members of the
 
entire Board shall be
 
fixed, from time
to time, exclusively by the Board in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation (as amended from time
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
to time in accordance with the provisions hereof and thereof,
 
the “Bylaws”), subject to the rights of holders
of any series of Preferred Stock with respect to the election of directors, if any.
(b)
 
Subject to the
 
rights of holders
 
of any series
 
of Preferred Stock
 
with respect to
 
the election
of directors, the directors of the
 
Corporation shall be divided into three
 
classes as nearly equal in number
 
as
is practicable, hereby designated Class
 
I, Class II and Class III.
 
The Board is authorized
 
to assign members
of the Board already in office to such classes.
 
The term of office of the initial Class I directors shall expire
upon the election of directors at the first annual meeting of stockholders following the
 
effectiveness of this
Article V; the term of office
 
of the initial Class II directors shall expire upon the election of directors at the
second annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness
 
of this Article V;
 
and the term of office
of
 
the
 
initial
 
Class III
 
directors
 
shall
 
expire
 
upon
 
the
 
election
 
of
 
directors
 
at
 
the
 
third
 
annual
 
meeting
 
of
stockholders
 
following
 
the
 
effectiveness
 
of
 
this
 
Article V.
 
At
 
each
 
annual
 
meeting
 
of
 
stockholders,
commencing
 
with
 
the
 
first
 
annual
 
meeting
 
of
 
stockholders
 
following
 
the
 
effectiveness
 
of
 
this
 
Article V,
each of
 
the successors
 
elected to
 
replace the
 
directors of
 
a class
 
whose term
 
shall have
 
expired at
 
such annual
meeting shall be elected
 
to hold office until the
 
third annual meeting next
 
succeeding his or her
 
election and
until
 
his
 
or
 
her
 
respective
 
successor
 
shall
 
have been
 
duly
 
elected
 
and
 
qualified.
 
Subject
 
to
 
the
 
rights
 
of
holders of any series of
 
Preferred Stock with respect to
 
the election of directors, if
 
the number of directors
that constitutes the Board is
 
changed, any newly created
 
directorships or decrease in directorships
 
shall be
so
 
apportioned
 
by
 
the
 
Board
 
among
 
the
 
classes
 
as
 
to
 
make
 
all
 
classes
 
as
 
nearly
 
equal
 
in
 
number
 
as
 
is
practicable;
 
provided,
 
however,
 
that
 
no
 
decrease
 
in
 
the
 
number
 
of
 
directors
 
constituting
 
the
 
Board
 
shall
shorten the term of any incumbent director.
(c)
 
Subject to the
 
rights of holders
 
of any series
 
of Preferred Stock
 
with respect to
 
the election
of directors,
 
each director
 
shall serve
 
until such
 
director’s
 
successor is
 
duly elected
 
and qualified
 
or until
such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.
(d)
 
Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws shall so provide.
3.
 
Removal.
 
Subject to the rights
 
of holders of any
 
series of Preferred Stock
 
with respect to the
election of directors, a director
 
may be removed from
 
office by the stockholders of the
 
Corporation only for
cause and only
 
by the affirmative
 
vote of the
 
holders of at
 
least a majority
 
of the voting
 
power of all
 
then
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to
 
vote generally in the election of directors,
voting together as a single class.
4.
 
Vacancies
 
and Newly
 
Created Directorships.
 
Subject to
 
the rights
 
of holders
 
of any
 
series
of Preferred Stock with respect to
 
the election of directors, vacancies
 
occurring on the Board for any
 
reason
and newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors may be filled only by
vote
 
of
 
a
 
majority
 
of
 
the
 
remaining
 
members
 
of
 
the
 
Board,
 
although
 
less
 
than
 
a
 
quorum,
 
or
 
by
 
a
 
sole
remaining director,
 
at any
 
meeting of
 
the Board
 
and not
 
by the
 
stockholders.
 
A person
 
so elected
 
by the
Board to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold
 
office until the next election of the class for
which such
 
person shall
 
have been
 
assigned by
 
the Board
 
and until
 
such person’s
 
successor shall
 
be duly
elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
In
 
furtherance
 
and
 
not
 
in
 
limitation
 
of
 
the
 
powers
 
conferred
 
by
 
statute,
 
the
 
Board
 
is
 
expressly
authorized to adopt, amend, alter or repeal
 
the Bylaws.
 
The Bylaws may also be adopted, amended,
 
altered
or repealed by the stockholders
 
of the Corporation by the
 
affirmative vote of the holders
 
of at least 66
2
/
3
%
of
 
the
 
voting
 
power
 
of
 
all
 
then
 
outstanding
 
shares
 
of
 
capital
 
stock
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
entitled
 
to
 
vote
generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE VII
STOCKHOLDERS
1.
 
No Action by Written Consent of
 
Stockholders.
 
Except as otherwise expressly provided by
the terms of any series of Preferred Stock permitting the holders of such series
 
of Preferred Stock to act by
written consent,
 
any action
 
required or
 
permitted to
 
be taken
 
by the
 
stockholders of
 
the Corporation
 
must
be effected at a duly called
 
annual or special meeting of
 
the stockholders of the Corporation
 
and may not be
effected by written consent in lieu of a meeting.
2.
 
Special
 
Meetings.
 
Except
 
as
 
otherwise
 
expressly
 
provided
 
by
 
the
 
terms
 
of
 
any
 
series
 
of
Preferred
 
Stock
 
permitting
 
the
 
holders
 
of
 
such
 
series
 
of
 
Preferred
 
Stock
 
to
 
call
 
a
 
special
 
meeting
 
of
 
the
holders of
 
such series,
 
special meetings
 
of the
 
stockholders of
 
the Corporation
 
may be
 
called only
 
by the
Board Chair or the Board, and the ability of the
 
stockholders to call a special meeting of the stockholders
 
is
hereby specifically denied.
ARTICLE VIII
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
 
AND INDEMNIFICATION
1.
 
Limitation of
 
Personal Liability.
 
No director
 
or officer
 
of the
 
Corporation shall
 
have any
personal liability to the
 
Corporation or its stockholders
 
for monetary damages for
 
breach of fiduciary duty
as
 
a
 
director
 
or
 
officer,
 
except
 
to
 
the
 
extent
 
such
 
exemption
 
from
 
liability
 
or
 
limitation
 
thereof
 
is
 
not
permitted under
 
the DGCL,
 
as it
 
presently exists
 
or may
 
hereafter be
 
amended from
 
time to
 
time.
 
If the
DGCL
 
is
 
amended
 
to
 
authorize
 
corporate
 
action
 
further
 
eliminating
 
or
 
limiting
 
the
 
personal
 
liability
 
of
directors or
 
officers, then the
 
liability of
 
a director
 
or officer
 
of the
 
Corporation shall
 
be eliminated
 
or limited
to the
 
fullest extent
 
permitted by the
 
DGCL, as
 
so amended.
 
For purposes
 
of this
 
Article VIII, Section 1,
“officer”
 
shall have the meaning
 
provided in Section 102(b)(7) of
 
the DGCL, as it
 
presently exists or
 
may
hereafter be amended from time to time.
2.
 
Indemnification
 
and
 
Advancement
 
of
 
Expenses.
 
The
 
Corporation
 
shall
 
indemnify
 
its
directors
 
and
 
officers
 
to
 
the
 
fullest
 
extent
 
authorized
 
or
 
permitted
 
by
 
the
 
DGCL,
 
as
 
now
 
or
 
hereafter
 
in
effect,
 
and such
 
right to
 
indemnification shall
 
continue as
 
to a
 
person who
 
has ceased
 
to be
 
a director
 
or
officer of the
 
Corporation and shall inure
 
to the benefit of
 
such person’s
 
heirs, executors and personal
 
and
legal representatives.
 
A director’s
 
right to
 
indemnification conferred
 
by this
 
Article VIII, Section 2
 
shall
include the right
 
to be paid
 
by the Corporation
 
the expenses incurred
 
in defending or
 
otherwise participating
in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, but only if
 
such director presents to the Corporation a
written undertaking
 
to repay
 
such amount
 
if it
 
shall ultimately
 
be determined
 
that such
 
director is
 
not entitled
to be indemnified by the Corporation under
 
this Article VIII or otherwise.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
except for
 
proceedings to
 
enforce any
 
director’s or officer’s rights to
 
indemnification or
 
any director’s rights
to advancement of expenses, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director
 
or officer, or
advance
 
expenses
 
of
 
any
 
director
 
(or
 
such
 
director’s
 
or
 
officer’s
 
heirs,
 
executors
 
or
 
personal
 
or
 
legal
representatives), in
 
connection with
 
any proceeding
 
(or part
 
thereof) initiated
 
by such
 
person unless
 
such
proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.
3.
 
Rights not Exclusive.
 
The rights to indemnification
 
and advancement of expenses
 
conferred
in
 
Article VIII,
 
Section 2
 
of
 
this
 
Certificate
 
of
 
Incorporation
 
shall
 
not
 
be
 
exclusive
 
of,
 
or
 
be
 
deemed
 
in
limitation of, any
 
rights to which
 
any person may
 
otherwise be or
 
become entitled or
 
permitted under this
Certificate
 
of
 
Incorporation,
 
the
 
Bylaws,
 
any
 
statute,
 
agreement,
 
vote
 
of
 
stockholders
 
or
 
disinterested
directors or otherwise.
4.
 
Insurance.
 
To the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the DGCL, the Corporation may
purchase and
 
maintain insurance
 
on behalf
 
of any
 
current or
 
former director
 
or officer
 
of the
 
Corporation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
against any liability asserted against
 
such person, whether or not
 
the Corporation would have the
 
power to
indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article VIII or otherwise.
5.
 
Effect of Modifications.
 
Any amendment, repeal
 
or modification of
 
any provision contained
in this
 
Article VIII shall, unless
 
otherwise required by
 
law,
 
be prospective
 
only (except
 
to the
 
extent such
amendment or change
 
in law permits
 
the Corporation to
 
further limit or
 
eliminate the liability
 
of directors
or officers) and shall not adversely affect any right or protection of any
 
current or former director or officer
of the Corporation existing
 
at the time of
 
such amendment, repeal or
 
modification with respect to
 
any acts
or omissions occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or modification.
ARTICLE IX
GENERAL
1.
 
Forum for Certain Actions.
(a)
 
Unless a
 
majority of
 
the Board,
 
acting on
 
behalf of
 
the Corporation,
 
consents in
 
writing to
the
 
selection
 
of
 
an
 
alternative
 
forum
 
(which
 
consent
 
may
 
be
 
given
 
at
 
any
 
time,
 
including
 
during
 
the
pendency of litigation),
 
the Court of Chancery
 
of the State
 
of Delaware (or, if
 
the Court of
 
Chancery does
not have
 
jurisdiction, another
 
state court
 
located within
 
the State
 
of Delaware
 
or, if
 
no state
 
court located
within the State of
 
Delaware has jurisdiction, the
 
federal district court for
 
the District of Delaware),
 
to the
fullest
 
extent
 
permitted
 
by
 
law,
 
shall
 
be
 
the
 
sole
 
and
 
exclusive
 
forum
 
for
 
(i) any
 
derivative
 
action
 
or
proceeding brought
 
on behalf
 
of the
 
Corporation under
 
Delaware law,
 
(ii) any action
 
asserting a
 
claim of
breach
 
of
 
a
 
fiduciary
 
duty
 
owed
 
by
 
any
 
current
 
or
 
former
 
director,
 
officer
 
or
 
other
 
employee
 
of
 
the
Corporation to the Corporation
 
or the Corporation’s stockholders,
 
(iii) any action asserting a
 
claim against
the Corporation or any of its
 
directors, officers or other employees arising pursuant
 
to any provision of the
DGCL, this Certificate
 
of Incorporation or
 
the Bylaws (in
 
each case, as
 
may be amended
 
from time to
 
time),
(iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any of its directors, officers or other employees
governed
 
by
 
the
 
internal
 
affairs
 
doctrine
 
of
 
the
 
State
 
of
 
Delaware
 
or
 
(v) any
 
other
 
action
 
asserting
 
an
“internal corporate claim,” as defined in Section 115 of
 
the DGCL, in all cases subject to the
 
court’s having
personal jurisdiction
 
over all
 
indispensable parties
 
named as
 
defendants.
 
Unless a
 
majority of
 
the Board,
acting
 
on
 
behalf
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation,
 
consents
 
in
 
writing
 
to
 
the
 
selection
 
of
 
an
 
alternative
 
forum
 
(which
consent may be given at any time, including during
 
the pendency of litigation), the federal district courts of
the United
 
States of America, to
 
the fullest extent
 
permitted by law,
 
shall be the
 
sole and exclusive
 
forum
for
 
the
 
resolution
 
of
 
any
 
action
 
asserting
 
a
 
cause
 
of
 
action
 
arising
 
under
 
the
 
Securities Act
 
of
 
1933,
 
as
amended.
(b)
 
If
 
any
 
action
 
the
 
subject
 
matter
 
of
 
which
 
is
 
within
 
the
 
scope
 
of
 
subparagraph
 
(a) of
 
this
Article IX, Section 1 is filed
 
in a court other
 
than a court located
 
within the State of
 
Delaware (a “Foreign
Action”)
 
in
 
the
 
name
 
of
 
any
 
stockholder,
 
such
 
stockholder
 
shall
 
be
 
deemed
 
to
 
have
 
consented
 
to
 
(i) the
personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of Delaware in connection with
any
 
action
 
brought
 
in
 
any
 
such
 
court
 
to
 
enforce
 
subparagraph
 
(a) of
 
this
 
Article IX,
 
Section 1
 
(an
“Enforcement
 
Action”)
 
and
 
(ii) having
 
service
 
of
 
process
 
made
 
upon
 
such
 
stockholder
 
in
 
any
 
such
Enforcement Action
 
by
 
service
 
upon
 
such
 
stockholder’s
 
counsel
 
in
 
the
 
Foreign Action
 
as
 
agent
 
for
 
such
stockholder.
(c)
 
If
 
any
 
provision
 
of
 
this
 
Article IX,
 
Section 1
 
shall
 
be
 
held
 
to
 
be
 
invalid,
 
illegal
 
or
unenforceable as applied
 
to any person,
 
entity or circumstance
 
for any reason
 
whatsoever, then, to
 
the fullest
extent permitted by law,
 
the validity, legality and
 
enforceability of such provision
 
in any other circumstance
and of the remaining provisions of this Article IX, Section 1, and the application of such provision to other
persons or entities and circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
 
 
 
 
 
 
(d)
 
For the
 
avoidance of
 
doubt, any
 
person or
 
entity purchasing
 
or otherwise
 
acquiring or
 
holding
any
 
interest
 
in
 
any
 
security
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
shall
 
be
 
deemed
 
to
 
have
 
notice
 
of
 
and
 
consented
 
to
 
the
provisions of this Article IX, Section 1.
2.
 
Amendment.
 
The
 
Corporation
 
reserves
 
the
 
right
 
to
 
amend,
 
alter,
 
change
 
or
 
repeal
 
any
provision contained
 
in this
 
Certificate of Incorporation,
 
in the
 
manner now
 
or hereafter
 
prescribed by
 
this
Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL,
 
and all rights, preferences and privileges herein conferred
 
upon
stockholders of the Corporation by and
 
pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation
 
in its present form or as
hereafter amended are
 
granted subject to
 
the right reserved
 
in this
 
Article IX, Section 2.
 
Notwithstanding
any other
 
provision of
 
this Certificate
 
of Incorporation,
 
and in
 
addition to
 
any other
 
vote that
 
may be
 
required
by law, applicable stock exchange rule or the terms of any series of Preferred Stock, the affirmative vote of
the
 
holders
 
of
 
at
 
least
 
66
2
/
3
%
 
of
 
the
 
voting
 
power
 
of
 
all
 
then
 
outstanding
 
shares
 
of
 
capital
 
stock
 
of
 
the
Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election
 
of directors, voting together as a single class, shall
 
be
required to amend, alter, repeal or adopt any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation.
3.
 
Severability.
 
If any provision or provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be held
to be
 
invalid, illegal
 
or unenforceable
 
as applied
 
to any
 
circumstance for
 
any reason
 
whatsoever, the validity,
legality and enforceability
 
of such provision
 
in any other
 
circumstance and of
 
the remaining provisions
 
of
this Certificate
 
of Incorporation
 
(including, without
 
limitation, each
 
portion of
 
any Section,
 
paragraph or
subparagraph of this Certificate of Incorporation
 
containing any such provision held to
 
be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall
 
not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Third Amended and Restated
 
Certificate of Incorporation has
 
been
signed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation, as of the [●] day of [●], 2025.
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[●]
Title:
 
[●]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC.
ARTICLE I
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1.1.
Place
 
of
 
Meetings.
 
Meetings
 
of
 
the
 
stockholders
 
of
 
Cal-Maine
 
Foods,
 
Inc.
 
(the
“Corporation”) shall be held
 
at such time and
 
place, if any, either
 
within or without the
 
State of Delaware,
as shall
 
be designated
 
from time
 
to time
 
by the
 
board of
 
directors of
 
the Corporation
 
(the “Board”).
 
The
Board may, in
 
its sole discretion,
 
determine that a
 
meeting shall not
 
be held at
 
any place, but
 
shall 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, as amended (the “DGCL”).
Section 1.2.
Annual
 
Meetings.
 
The
 
annual
 
meeting
 
of
 
stockholders
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
for
 
the
election of
 
directors and
 
for the
 
transaction of
 
such other
 
business as
 
may properly
 
be brought
 
before the
meeting in accordance with these amended and restated
 
bylaws of the Corporation (as amended, restated or
amended and restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof, these “Bylaws”) shall be
held on such date
 
and at such time
 
as may be designated
 
from time to time
 
by the Board.
 
The Board may
postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board.
Section 1.3.
Special
 
Meetings.
 
Unless
 
otherwise
 
required
 
by
 
law
 
or
 
by
 
the
 
certificate
 
of
incorporation of the
 
Corporation (including
 
the terms of
 
any certificate of
 
designation with respect
 
to any
series of preferred stock), as amended, restated or amended and restated from time to time (the “Certificate
of Incorporation”),
 
special meetings
 
of the
 
stockholders of
 
the Corporation,
 
for any
 
purpose or
 
purposes,
may be called only
 
by the Board Chair
 
or the Board.
 
The ability of the
 
stockholders of the Corporation
 
to
call a special
 
meeting of stockholders
 
is hereby specifically
 
denied.
 
At a special
 
meeting of stockholders,
only such business shall
 
be conducted as shall
 
be specified in the
 
notice of meeting.
 
The Board Chair or
 
the
Board may postpone, reschedule
 
or cancel any special
 
meeting of stockholders previously
 
called by either
of them.
Section 1.4.
Notice.
 
Whenever stockholders of the Corporation are required or
 
permitted to take
any action
 
at a
 
meeting, a
 
written notice
 
of the
 
meeting shall
 
be given,
 
which shall
 
state the
 
place, if
 
any,
date and
 
time of
 
the meeting,
 
the record
 
date for
 
determining the
 
stockholders entitled
 
to vote
 
at the
 
meeting,
if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled
 
to notice of meeting, the
means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and
 
proxy holders may be deemed present
in person and vote at such meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which
the meeting is
 
called.
 
Unless otherwise required
 
by law or
 
the Certificate of
 
Incorporation, written notice
of any meeting shall be given either personally, by
 
mail or by electronic transmission (as defined below) (if
permitted under the circumstances by the DGCL) not
 
less than ten nor more than 60 days before
 
the date of
the meeting,
 
by or
 
at the
 
direction of
 
the Board
 
Chair, the
 
Chief Executive
 
Officer or
 
the Board,
 
to each
stockholder entitled
 
to vote
 
at such
 
meeting as
 
of the
 
record date
 
for determining
 
stockholders entitled
 
to
notice
 
of the
 
meeting.
 
If
 
mailed, such
 
notice shall
 
be deemed
 
to be
 
given when
 
deposited in
 
the United
States
 
mail
 
with
 
postage
 
thereon
 
prepaid,
 
addressed
 
to
 
the
 
stockholder
 
at
 
the
 
stockholder’s
 
address
 
as
 
it
appears
 
on
 
the
 
stock
 
transfer
 
books
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation.
 
If
 
notice
 
is
 
given
 
by
 
means
 
of
 
electronic
transmission, such notice shall be deemed to be given
 
at the times provided in the DGCL.
 
Any stockholder
may waive
 
notice of
 
any meeting
 
before or
 
after the
 
meeting.
 
The attendance
 
of a
 
stockholder at
 
any meeting
shall constitute a waiver
 
of notice of such
 
meeting, except where
 
the stockholder attends the
 
meeting for the
1
 
Note
:
 
Adopted by the Board of Directors on February 25, 2025, but to be effective upon the effective filing of the
Corporation’s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
express purpose of
 
objecting, and does
 
so object, at
 
the beginning of
 
the meeting to
 
the transaction of
 
any
business
 
because
 
the
 
meeting
 
is
 
not
 
lawfully
 
called
 
or
 
convened.
 
For
 
the
 
purposes
 
of
 
these
 
Bylaws,
“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 1.5.
Adjournments.
 
Any meeting of
 
stockholders of the
 
Corporation may be
 
adjourned or
recessed from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, if any, by holders of a majority of
the
 
voting
 
power
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation’s
 
capital
 
stock
 
issued
 
and
 
outstanding
 
and
 
entitled
 
to
 
vote
 
thereat,
present in person
 
or represented by
 
proxy, though less
 
than a quorum,
 
or by any
 
officer entitled to
 
preside
at or
 
to act
 
as secretary
 
of such
 
meeting, and
 
notice need
 
not be
 
given of
 
any such
 
adjourned or
 
recessed
meeting (including
 
an adjournment
 
taken to
 
address a
 
technical failure
 
to convene
 
or continue
 
a meeting
using remote
 
communication) 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 or represented
 
by
proxy
 
and
 
vote
 
at
 
such
 
adjourned
 
or
 
recessed
 
meeting,
 
are
 
(a) announced
 
at
 
the
 
meeting
 
at
 
which
 
the
adjournment
 
or
 
recess
 
is
 
taken,
 
(b) displayed
 
during
 
the
 
time
 
scheduled
 
for
 
the
 
meeting,
 
on
 
the
 
same
electronic network used to enable stockholders and proxy holders to participate in the meeting by means of
remote communication or (c) set forth in
 
the notice of meeting given in accordance
 
with these Bylaws.
 
At
the
 
adjourned
 
or
 
recessed
 
meeting,
 
the
 
Corporation
 
may
 
transact
 
any
 
business
 
that
 
might
 
have
 
been
transacted
 
at the
 
original
 
meeting.
 
If
 
the
 
adjournment
 
is
 
for
 
more
 
than
 
30 days,
 
notice
 
of
 
the
 
adjourned
meeting
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
requirements
 
of
 
Section 1.4
 
of
 
these
 
Bylaws
 
shall
 
be
 
given
 
to
 
each
stockholder
 
of
 
record
 
entitled
 
to
 
vote
 
at
 
the
 
meeting.
 
If,
 
after
 
the
 
adjournment,
 
a
 
new
 
record
 
date
 
for
determination of stockholders entitled to vote
 
is fixed for the adjourned meeting,
 
the Board shall fix as the
record date for determining stockholders entitled
 
to notice of such adjourned meeting
 
the same or an earlier
date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote
 
at the adjourned meeting and shall give
notice of
 
the adjourned
 
meeting to
 
each stockholder
 
of record
 
as of
 
the record
 
date so
 
fixed for
 
notice of
such adjourned meeting.
Section 1.6.
Quorum.
 
Unless
 
otherwise
 
required
 
by
 
applicable
 
law
 
or
 
the
 
Certificate
 
of
Incorporation, the
 
holders of
 
a majority
 
of the
 
voting power
 
of the
 
Corporation’s capital
 
stock issued
 
and
outstanding and
 
entitled to
 
vote thereat,
 
present in
 
person, present
 
by means
 
of remote
 
communication, if
any, or represented by proxy, shall
 
constitute a quorum at a
 
meeting of stockholders.
 
Where a separate vote
by a class
 
or classes or
 
series is required,
 
a majority of
 
the voting power
 
of the shares
 
of such class
 
or classes
or series present
 
in person, present
 
by means of
 
remote communication, if
 
any, or represented
 
by proxy shall
constitute a
 
quorum entitled
 
to take
 
action with
 
respect to
 
such vote.
 
If a
 
quorum shall
 
not be
 
present or
represented at
 
any meeting
 
of stockholders,
 
either the
 
chairperson of
 
the meeting
 
or the
 
stockholders entitled
to vote
 
thereat, present
 
in person
 
or represented
 
by proxy,
 
shall have
 
power to
 
adjourn the
 
meeting from
time
 
to
 
time,
 
in
 
the
 
manner
 
provided
 
in
 
Section 1.5
 
of
 
these
 
Bylaws,
 
until
 
a
 
quorum
 
shall
 
be
 
present
 
or
represented.
 
A quorum, once established,
 
shall not
 
be broken by
 
the withdrawal
 
of enough votes
 
to leave
less than a quorum.
Section 1.7.
 
Voting
 
.
(a)
General.
 
Except as
 
provided in
 
the Certificate
 
of Incorporation,
 
every stockholder
having
 
the
 
right
 
to
 
vote
 
shall
 
have
 
one
 
vote
 
for
 
each
 
share
 
of
 
stock
 
having
 
voting
power registered in such stockholder’s name
 
on the books of the Corporation.
 
Such
votes may be cast in
 
person, by means of remote
 
communication (if any) or by
 
proxy
as
 
provided
 
in
 
Section 1.10
 
of
 
these
 
Bylaws.
 
The
 
Board,
 
in
 
its
 
discretion,
 
or
 
the
person
 
presiding
 
at
 
a
 
meeting
 
of
 
stockholders,
 
in
 
such
 
person’s
 
discretion,
 
may
require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(b)
Matters Other
 
Than Election
 
of Directors.
 
Any matter
 
brought before
 
any meeting
of
 
stockholders
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation,
 
other
 
than
 
the
 
election
 
of
 
directors,
 
shall
 
be
decided by
 
the affirmative
 
vote of
 
the holders
 
of a
 
majority of
 
the voting
 
power of
the
 
Corporation’s
 
capital
 
stock
 
present
 
in
 
person,
 
present
 
by
 
means
 
of
 
remote
communication, if any, or
 
represented by proxy at
 
the meeting and entitled
 
to vote on
such matter, voting as a single class, unless the matter is one upon which, by
 
express
provision
 
of
 
law,
 
the
 
Certificate
 
of
 
Incorporation,
 
these
 
Bylaws
 
or
 
the
 
rules
 
or
regulations of
 
any stock
 
exchange applicable
 
to the
 
Corporation, a
 
different vote
 
is
required, in which case such express provision shall
 
govern and control the decision
of such matter.
(c)
Election of Directors.
 
Subject to the
 
rights of the
 
holders of any
 
series of preferred
stock
 
to
 
elect
 
directors
 
under
 
specified
 
circumstances,
 
election
 
of
 
directors
 
at
 
all
meetings of
 
the stockholders
 
at which
 
directors are
 
to be
 
elected shall
 
be by
 
a plurality
of
 
the
 
votes cast
 
at any
 
meeting
 
for
 
the
 
election
 
of
 
directors
 
at
 
which
 
a
 
quorum
 
is
present.
Section 1.8.
Voting of
 
Stock of
 
Certain Holders.
 
Shares of
 
stock of
 
the Corporation
 
standing in
the name
 
of another
 
corporation or
 
entity, domestic
 
or foreign,
 
and entitled
 
to vote
 
may be
 
voted by
 
such
officer, agent
 
or proxy
 
as the
 
bylaws or
 
other internal
 
regulations of
 
such corporation or
 
entity may
 
prescribe
or, in
 
the absence
 
of such
 
provision, as
 
the board
 
of directors
 
or comparable
 
body of
 
such corporation
 
or
entity
 
may
 
determine.
 
Shares
 
of
 
stock
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
standing
 
in
 
the
 
name
 
of
 
a
 
deceased
 
person,
 
a
minor, an incompetent or a debtor in a case under Title 11, United States Code, and entitled to vote may be
voted by an administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, debtor-in-possession or trustee, as the case may
be, either in person or by proxy, without transfer
 
of such shares into the name of the official
 
or other person
so voting.
 
A stockholder
 
whose shares of stock of
 
the Corporation are pledged
 
shall be entitled to
 
vote such
shares,
 
unless
 
on
 
the
 
transfer
 
records
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
such
 
stockholder
 
has
 
expressly
 
empowered
 
the
pledgee to vote such shares, in which case only the pledgee, or the pledgee’s proxy, may vote such shares.
Section 1.9.
Treasury Stock.
 
Shares of stock of the Corporation belonging to the Corporation, or
to another corporation a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of which are held
by the
 
Corporation, shall
 
not be
 
voted at
 
any meeting
 
of stockholders
 
of the
 
Corporation and
 
shall not
 
be
counted
 
in
 
the
 
total
 
number
 
of
 
outstanding
 
shares
 
for
 
the
 
purpose
 
of
 
determining
 
whether
 
a
 
quorum
 
is
present.
 
Nothing in
 
this Section 1.9
 
shall limit
 
the right
 
of the
 
Corporation to
 
vote shares
 
of stock
 
of the
Corporation held by it in a fiduciary capacity.
Section 1.10.
Proxies.
 
Each
 
stockholder
 
entitled
 
to
 
vote
 
at
 
a
 
meeting
 
of
 
stockholders
 
of
 
the
Corporation may
 
authorize another
 
person or
 
persons to
 
act for
 
such stockholder
 
by proxy
 
filed with
 
the
secretary of the Corporation (the “Secretary”) before or at the time of the meeting.
 
No such proxy shall be
voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy expressly 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.
Section 1.11.
No
 
Consent
 
of
 
Stockholders
 
in
 
Lieu
 
of
 
Meeting.
 
Except
 
as
 
otherwise
 
expressly
provided by
 
the terms
 
of any
 
series of
 
preferred stock
 
permitting the
 
holders of
 
such series
 
of preferred
 
stock
to act by
 
written consent,
 
any action required
 
or permitted
 
to be
 
taken by the
 
stockholders of the
 
Corporation
must
 
be
 
effected
 
at
 
a
 
duly
 
called
 
annual
 
or
 
special
 
meeting
 
of
 
stockholders
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation,
 
and,
 
as
specified
 
by
 
the
 
Certificate
 
of
 
Incorporation,
 
the
 
ability
 
of
 
the
 
stockholders
 
to
 
consent
 
in
 
writing
 
to
 
the
taking of any action is specifically denied.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Section 1.12.
List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote.
 
The officer of the Corporation who has charge
of the stock ledger of the Corporation
 
shall prepare and make or have
 
prepared and made, at least ten
 
days
before every meeting of stockholders of the
 
Corporation, a complete list of the stockholders
 
entitled to vote
at the meeting
 
(provided, however, that
 
if the record
 
date for determining
 
the stockholders entitled
 
to vote
is less than ten days
 
before the meeting date, the
 
list shall reflect the stockholders
 
entitled to vote as of the
tenth
 
day
 
before
 
the
 
meeting
 
date),
 
arranged
 
in
 
alphabetical
 
order,
 
and
 
showing
 
the
 
address
 
of
 
each
stockholder
 
and
 
the
 
number
 
of
 
shares
 
registered
 
in
 
the
 
name
 
of
 
each
 
stockholder.
 
Nothing
 
in
 
this
Section 1.12 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 for a period of at least ten days ending
 
on the day before the meeting date:
 
(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
 
that the Corporation
 
determines to make
 
the list available
 
on an
electronic network, the Corporation
 
may take reasonable steps
 
to ensure that such
 
information is available
only to stockholders of the Corporation.
Section 1.13.
Record Date.
 
In order that the Corporation
 
may determine the stockholders entitled
to notice of any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation or any adjournment thereof, the
 
Board 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, and which record
 
date shall not be more than 60 days
 
nor less than ten days before
the date of
 
such meeting.
 
If the Board
 
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 determines,
 
at the time
 
it fixes such
 
record
date, that a later date
 
on or before the date
 
of the meeting shall be
 
the date for making such
 
determination.
 
If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to
 
notice of or
to vote at
 
a meeting of
 
stockholders shall be
 
at the close
 
of business on
 
the day next
 
preceding the day
 
on
which notice is given, or,
 
if notice is waived, at
 
the close of business on
 
the day next preceding the
 
day on
which the
 
meeting is
 
held.
 
A determination of
 
stockholders of
 
record entitled
 
to notice
 
of or
 
to vote
 
at a
meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment
 
of the meeting, but the Board 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 1.13 at the adjourned meeting.
Section 1.14.
Organization and Conduct of Meetings.
 
The Board Chair shall act as chairperson of
meetings
 
of
 
stockholders
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation.
 
The
 
Board
 
may
 
designate
 
any
 
director
 
or
 
officer
 
of
 
the
Corporation to act as
 
chairperson of any meeting
 
in the absence of
 
the Board Chair, and
 
only the Board may
further provide for determining who shall act as chairperson
 
of any meeting of stockholders in the absence
of
 
the
 
Board
 
Chair
 
and
 
such
 
designee.
 
The
 
Board
 
may
 
adopt
 
by
 
resolution
 
such
 
rules,
 
regulations
 
and
procedures for the
 
conduct of any
 
meeting of stockholders
 
as it shall
 
deem appropriate.
 
Except to the
 
extent
inconsistent with
 
such rules,
 
regulations and
 
procedures as
 
adopted by
 
the Board,
 
the chairperson
 
of any
meeting of stockholders
 
shall have
 
the right and
 
authority to convene
 
and (for any
 
or no reason)
 
to recess
or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the
judgment
 
of
 
such
 
chairperson,
 
are
 
necessary,
 
appropriate
 
or
 
convenient
 
for
 
the
 
proper
 
conduct
 
of
 
the
meeting.
 
Such
 
rules,
 
regulations
 
or
 
procedures,
 
whether
 
adopted
 
by
 
the
 
Board
 
or
 
prescribed
 
by
 
the
chairperson
 
of
 
the
 
meeting,
 
may
 
include
 
the
 
following:
 
(a) the
 
establishment
 
of
 
an
 
agenda
 
or
 
order
 
of
business for the meeting; (b) the determination of when the
 
polls shall open and close for any given matter
to be voted on
 
at the meeting; (c) rules,
 
regulations and procedures for
 
maintaining order at the
 
meeting and
the safety
 
of those
 
present; (d) limitations
 
on attendance
 
at or
 
participation in
 
the meeting
 
to stockholders
of record of
 
the Corporation, their
 
duly authorized proxies
 
or such other
 
persons as the
 
chairperson of the
meeting shall determine; (e) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement
of the meeting; (f) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants; (g) removal of
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
any
 
stockholder
 
or
 
any
 
other
 
individual
 
who
 
refuses
 
to
 
comply
 
with
 
meeting
 
rules,
 
regulations
 
or
procedures;
 
(h) the
 
conclusion, recess
 
or
 
adjournment
 
of the
 
meeting,
 
regardless of
 
whether a
 
quorum
 
is
present, to a
 
later date and
 
time and at
 
a place, if any,
 
announced at the meeting;
 
(i) restrictions on the use
of
 
audio
 
and
 
video
 
recording
 
devices,
 
cell
 
phones
 
and
 
other
 
electronic
 
devices;
 
(j) rules,
 
regulations
 
or
procedures
 
for
 
compliance
 
with
 
any
 
state
 
or
 
local
 
laws
 
or
 
regulations
 
including
 
those
 
concerning
 
safety,
health and
 
security; (k) procedures
 
(if any)
 
requiring attendees
 
to provide
 
the Corporation
 
advance notice
of
 
their
 
intent
 
to
 
attend
 
the
 
meeting;
 
and
 
(l) any
 
rules,
 
regulations
 
or
 
procedures
 
as
 
the
 
chairperson
 
may
deem
 
appropriate
 
regarding
 
the
 
participation
 
by
 
means
 
of
 
remote
 
communication
 
of
 
stockholders
 
and
proxyholders not physically present
 
at a meeting, whether
 
such meeting is to
 
be held at a
 
designated place
or solely
 
by means
 
of remote
 
communication.
 
The Board
 
or the
 
chairperson of
 
a stockholder
 
meeting, in
addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate regarding the conduct of the meeting,
shall determine
 
and declare
 
to the
 
meeting that
 
a matter
 
of business
 
was not
 
properly brought
 
before the
meeting, and, if the chairperson (or the Board) should so determine, the chairperson (or the Board) shall so
declare to the meeting and any
 
such matter of business not properly brought
 
before the meeting shall not be
transacted
 
or
 
considered.
 
Except
 
to
 
the
 
extent
 
determined
 
by
 
the
 
Board
 
or
 
the
 
person
 
presiding
 
at
 
the
meeting,
 
meetings
 
of
 
stockholders
 
shall
 
not
 
be
 
required
 
to
 
be
 
held
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
rules
 
of
parliamentary procedure.
Section 1.15.
Inspectors of
 
Election.
 
In advance
 
of any
 
meeting of
 
stockholders of
 
the Corporation,
the
 
Board
 
Chair,
 
the
 
Chief
 
Executive
 
Officer
 
or
 
the
 
Board,
 
by
 
resolution,
 
shall
 
appoint
 
one
 
or
 
more
inspectors
 
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 chairperson
 
of the meeting shall appoint
 
one or more inspectors
to act at
 
the meeting.
 
Unless otherwise required by
 
applicable law, inspectors may
 
be officers, employees
or agents of the Corporation.
 
Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of inspector,
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 applicable law.
Section 1.16.
 
Notice of Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominations.
(a)
Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
 
Nominations of persons for election to the Board
and
 
the
 
proposal
 
of
 
business
 
other
 
than
 
nominations
 
to
 
be
 
considered
 
by
 
the
stockholders may be made
 
at an annual meeting
 
of stockholders only:
 
(i) pursuant to
the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) with respect to such
annual
 
meeting
 
given by
 
or
 
at
 
the
 
direction
 
of
 
the
 
Board
 
(or
 
any
 
duly
 
authorized
committee thereof), (ii) as
 
otherwise properly brought
 
before such annual
 
meeting by
or at the direction of the Board (or
 
any duly authorized committee thereof) or (iii) by
any stockholder of the Corporation who (A) is
 
a stockholder of record at the time
 
of
the
 
giving
 
of
 
the
 
notice
 
provided
 
for
 
in
 
this
 
Section 1.16
 
through
 
the
 
date
 
of
 
such
annual meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at such annual meeting and (C) complies with
the
 
notice
 
procedures
 
set
 
forth
 
in
 
this
 
Section 1.16.
 
For
 
the
 
avoidance
 
of
 
doubt,
compliance
 
with
 
the
 
foregoing
 
clause (iii)
 
shall
 
be
 
the
 
exclusive
 
means
 
for
 
a
stockholder
 
to
 
make
 
nominations,
 
or
 
to
 
propose
 
any
 
other
 
business
 
(other
 
than
 
a
proposal included in
 
the Corporation’s
 
proxy materials pursuant
 
to and in
 
compliance
with Rule 14a-8
 
under the
 
Securities Exchange Act
 
of 1934,
 
as amended
 
(such act,
and
 
the
 
rules
 
and
 
regulations
 
promulgated
 
thereunder,
 
the
 
“Exchange Act”)),
 
at
 
an
annual meeting of stockholders.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(b)
Timing
 
of
 
Notice
 
for
 
Annual
 
Meetings.
 
In
 
addition
 
to
 
any
 
other
 
applicable
requirements,
 
for
 
nominations
 
or
 
other
 
business
 
to
 
be
 
properly
 
brought
 
before
 
an
annual
 
meeting
 
by
 
a
 
stockholder
 
pursuant
 
to
 
Section 1.16(a)(iii)
 
above,
 
the
stockholder
 
must
 
have
 
given
 
timely
 
notice
 
thereof
 
in
 
proper
 
written
 
form
 
to
 
the
Secretary, and, in the case of business
 
other than nominations, such business must be
a proper matter for
 
stockholder action.
 
To be timely, such
 
notice must be received
 
by
the Secretary
 
at the
 
principal executive
 
offices of
 
the Corporation
 
not later
 
than the
Close
 
of
 
Business
 
on
 
the
 
90th day,
 
or
 
earlier
 
than
 
the
 
120th day,
 
prior
 
to
 
the
 
first
anniversary
 
of
 
the
 
date
 
of
 
the
 
preceding
 
year’s
 
annual
 
meeting
 
of
 
stockholders;
provided, however, that
 
if the date
 
of the annual
 
meeting of stockholders
 
is more than
30 days prior
 
to, or
 
more than
 
60 days after,
 
the first
 
anniversary of
 
the date
 
of the
preceding year’s
 
annual meeting
 
or if
 
no annual
 
meeting was
 
held in
 
the preceding
year,
 
to
 
be
 
timely,
 
a
 
stockholder’s
 
notice
 
must
 
be
 
so
 
received
 
not
 
earlier
 
than
 
the
120th day prior
 
to such
 
annual meeting
 
and not
 
later than
 
the Close
 
of Business
 
on
the
 
later
 
of
 
(i) the
 
90th day
 
prior
 
to
 
such
 
annual
 
meeting
 
and
 
(ii) the
 
tenth
 
day
following the
 
day on
 
which Public
 
Disclosure (as
 
defined below)
 
of the
 
date of
 
the
meeting is first made by the
 
Corporation.
 
In no event shall the adjournment, recess,
postponement,
 
judicial
 
stay
 
or
 
rescheduling
 
of
 
an
 
annual
 
meeting
 
(or
 
the
 
Public
Disclosure thereof) commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the
giving of notice as described above.
(c)
Form of Notice.
 
To be in
 
proper written form,
 
the notice of
 
any stockholder of
 
record
giving notice under this Section 1.16 (each, a “Noticing Party”) must set forth:
(i)
as to
 
each person
 
whom such
 
Noticing Party
 
proposes to
 
nominate for
 
election
or reelection as a director (each, a “Proposed Nominee”), if any:
(A)
the
 
name,
 
age,
 
business
 
address
 
and
 
residential
 
address
 
of
 
such
Proposed Nominee;
(B)
the principal occupation and
 
employment of such Proposed
 
Nominee;
(C)
a
 
written
 
questionnaire
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
 
background
 
and
qualifications
 
of
 
such
 
Proposed
 
Nominee,
 
completed
 
by
 
such
Proposed
 
Nominee
 
in
 
the
 
form
 
required
 
by
 
the
 
Corporation
 
(in
 
the
form
 
to
 
be
 
provided
 
by
 
the
 
Secretary
 
upon
 
written
 
request
 
of
 
any
stockholder of record within ten days after receiving such request);
(D)
a written
 
representation and
 
agreement completed
 
by such
 
Proposed
Nominee in
 
the form
 
required by
 
the Corporation
 
(in the
 
form to
 
be
provided by the Secretary upon
 
written request of any stockholder
 
of
record
 
within
 
ten
 
days
 
after
 
receiving
 
such
 
request)
 
providing
 
that
such Proposed Nominee:
 
(I) is not and will
 
not become a party
 
to any
agreement, arrangement or understanding with,
 
and has not given any
commitment
 
or
 
assurance
 
to,
 
any
 
person
 
or
 
entity
 
as
 
to
 
how
 
such
Proposed Nominee, if
 
elected as a
 
director of the
 
Corporation, will act
or vote on
 
any issue
 
or question
 
(a “Voting Commitment”)
 
that has not
been
 
disclosed
 
to
 
the
 
Corporation
 
or
 
any
 
Voting
 
Commitment
 
that
could
 
limit
 
or
 
interfere
 
with
 
such
 
Proposed
 
Nominee’s
 
ability
 
to
comply, if
 
elected as
 
a director
 
of the
 
Corporation, with
 
such Proposed
Nominee’s fiduciary
 
duties under
 
applicable law;
 
(II) is not
 
and will
not become
 
a party
 
to any
 
agreement, arrangement
 
or understanding
with any
 
person or
 
entity other
 
than the
 
Corporation with
 
respect to
any
 
direct
 
or
 
indirect
 
compensation,
 
reimbursement
 
or
indemnification in
 
connection with
 
service or
 
action as
 
a director
 
or
nominee with
 
respect to
 
the Corporation
 
that has
 
not been
 
disclosed
to
 
the
 
Corporation;
 
(III) will,
 
if
 
elected
 
as
 
a
 
director
 
of
 
the
Corporation,
 
comply
 
with
 
all
 
applicable
 
rules
 
of
 
any
 
securities
exchanges
 
upon
 
which
 
the
 
Corporation’s
 
securities
 
are
 
listed,
 
the
Certificate
 
of
 
Incorporation,
 
these
 
Bylaws,
 
all
 
applicable
 
publicly
disclosed
 
corporate
 
governance,
 
ethics,
 
conflict
 
of
 
interest,
confidentiality,
 
stock
 
ownership
 
and
 
trading
 
policies
 
and
 
all
 
other
guidelines
 
and
 
policies
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
generally
 
applicable
 
to
directors (which other
 
guidelines and
 
policies will be
 
provided to such
Proposed
 
Nominee
 
within
 
five
 
business
 
days
 
after
 
the
 
Secretary
receives any
 
written request
 
therefor from
 
such Proposed
 
Nominee),
and
 
all
 
applicable
 
fiduciary
 
duties
 
under
 
state
 
law;
 
(IV) consents
 
to
being named
 
as a
 
nominee in
 
the Corporation’s
 
proxy statement
 
and
form of proxy for the
 
meeting and consents to the
 
public disclosure of
information regarding or
 
relating to such
 
Proposed Nominee provided
to the Corporation
 
by such Proposed
 
Nominee or otherwise
 
pursuant
to these
 
Bylaws; (V) intends
 
to serve
 
a full
 
term as
 
a director
 
of the
Corporation,
 
if
 
elected;
 
and
 
(VI) will
 
provide
 
facts,
 
statements
 
and
other information in all communications with the
 
Corporation and its
stockholders that are
 
or will be
 
true and correct
 
in all material
 
respects
and that
 
do not and
 
will not omit
 
to state
 
any fact necessary
 
in order
to
 
make
 
the
 
statements
 
made,
 
in
 
light
 
of
 
the
 
circumstances
 
under
which they are made, not misleading in any material respect;
(E)
a description
 
of all
 
direct and
 
indirect compensation
 
and other
 
material
monetary
 
agreements,
 
arrangements
 
or
 
understandings,
 
written
 
or
oral, during the past three years, and any other material relationships,
between or among such Proposed Nominee, on the one
 
hand, and any
Noticing
 
Party
 
or
 
any
 
Stockholder
 
Associated
 
Person
 
(as
 
defined
below) (other
 
than such
 
Proposed Nominee),
 
on the
 
other hand,
 
or that
such
 
Proposed
 
Nominee
 
knows
 
any
 
of
 
such
 
Proposed
 
Nominee’s
Associates
 
(as
 
defined
 
below)
 
has
 
with
 
any
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
or
 
any
Stockholder Associated Person,
 
including all
 
information that
 
would
be required
 
to be
 
disclosed pursuant
 
to Item 404
 
promulgated under
Regulation S-K
 
as
 
if
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
and
 
any
 
Stockholder
Associated
 
Person
 
(other
 
than
 
the
 
Proposed
 
Nominee)
 
were
 
the
“registrant” for purposes
 
of such rule
 
and the Proposed
 
Nominee were
a director or executive officer of such registrant;
(F)
a
 
description
 
of
 
any
 
business
 
or
 
personal
 
interests
 
that
 
would
reasonably be expected
 
to place such
 
Proposed Nominee in
 
a potential
conflict of interest with the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries;
(G)
the
 
date(s)
 
of
 
first
 
contact
 
between
 
the
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
or
 
any
Stockholder Associated
 
Person,
 
on
 
the
 
one
 
hand,
 
and
 
the
 
Proposed
Nominee,
 
on
 
the
 
other
 
hand,
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
any
 
proposed
nomination(s) of any person(s) (including the Proposed Nominee) for
election as a director of the Corporation; and
(H)
all
 
other
 
information
 
relating
 
to
 
such
 
Proposed
 
Nominee
 
or
 
such
Proposed Nominee’s
 
Associates that
 
would be
 
required to
 
be disclosed
in a proxy statement
 
in connection with the
 
solicitation of proxies by
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
or
 
any
 
Stockholder
 
Associated
 
Person
 
for
 
the
election
 
of
 
directors
 
in
 
a
 
contested
 
election
 
pursuant
 
to
 
the
 
Proxy
Rules (as defined below);
(ii)
as to any other business that such Noticing
 
Party proposes to bring before the
meeting:
(A)
a description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting
and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting;
(B)
the text of
 
the proposal or
 
business (including the
 
complete text of
 
any
resolutions
 
proposed
 
for
 
consideration
 
and,
 
in
 
the
 
event
 
that
 
such
business includes a
 
proposal to amend
 
the Certificate of
 
Incorporation
or these Bylaws, the text of the proposed amendment); and
(C)
all other information relating to such
 
business that would be required
to be disclosed
 
in a proxy
 
statement in connection
 
with the solicitation
of
 
proxies
 
by
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
or
 
any
 
Stockholder
 
Associated
Person
 
in
 
support
 
of
 
such
 
proposed
 
business
 
pursuant
 
to
 
the
 
Proxy
Rules; and
(iii)
as to such Noticing Party and each Stockholder Associated Person:
(A)
the
 
name
 
and
 
address
 
of
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
and
 
each
 
Stockholder
Associated
 
Person
 
(including,
 
as
 
applicable,
 
as
 
they
 
appear
 
on
 
the
Corporation’s books and records);
(B)
the class, series and number
 
of shares of each class
 
or series of capital
stock (if any) of
 
the Corporation that are,
 
directly or indirectly, owned
beneficially or
 
of record
 
(specifying the
 
type of
 
ownership) by
 
such
Noticing Party
 
or any
 
Stockholder Associated Person
 
(including any
right to
 
acquire beneficial
 
ownership at
 
any time
 
in the
 
future, whether
such right is exercisable
 
immediately or only after
 
the passage of time
or the fulfillment of
 
a condition) and the date
 
or dates on which
 
such
shares were acquired;
(C)
the name of each
 
nominee holder for,
 
and number of, any
 
securities of
the Corporation
 
owned beneficially
 
but not
 
of record
 
by such
 
Noticing
Party or
 
any Stockholder Associated
 
Person and
 
any pledge
 
by such
Noticing Party
 
or any Stockholder Associated
 
Person with respect
 
to
any of such securities;
(D)
(I) a
 
description
 
of
 
all
 
agreements,
 
arrangements
 
or
 
understandings,
written
 
or
 
oral,
 
(including
 
any
 
derivative
 
or
 
short
 
positions,
 
profit
interests,
 
hedging
 
transactions,
 
forwards,
 
futures,
 
swaps,
 
options,
warrants,
 
convertible
 
securities, stock
 
appreciation
 
or
 
similar rights,
 
repurchase
 
agreements
 
or
 
arrangements,
 
borrowed
 
or
 
loaned
 
shares
and
 
so-called
 
“stock
 
borrowing”
 
agreements
 
or
 
arrangements)
 
that
have been entered into by, or on behalf of, such Noticing Party or
 
any
Stockholder
 
Associated
 
Person,
 
the
 
effect
 
or
 
intent
 
of
 
which
 
is
 
to
mitigate loss, manage risk or benefit from changes in the price of any
securities
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation,
 
or
 
maintain,
 
increase
 
or
 
decrease
 
the
voting
 
power of
 
such Noticing
 
Party or
 
any
 
Stockholder Associated
Person
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
securities
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation,
 
whether
 
or
 
not
such instrument
 
or right
 
shall be
 
subject to
 
settlement in
 
underlying
shares
 
of
 
capital
 
stock
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
(any
 
of
 
the
 
foregoing,
 
a
“Derivative
 
Instrument”)
 
and
 
(II) all
 
other
 
information
 
relating
 
to
Derivative
 
Instruments
 
that
 
would
 
be
 
required
 
to
 
be
 
disclosed
 
in
 
a
proxy statement in connection with the solicitation
 
of proxies by such
Noticing Party or
 
any Stockholder
 
Associated Person in
 
support of the
business proposed
 
by such
 
Noticing Party,
 
if any,
 
or for
 
the election
of any
 
Proposed Nominee
 
in a
 
contested election
 
pursuant to
 
the Proxy
Rules
 
if
 
the
 
creation,
 
termination
 
or
 
modification
 
of
 
Derivative
Instruments were
 
treated the
 
same as
 
trading in
 
the securities
 
of the
Corporation under the Proxy Rules;
(E)
any
 
substantial
 
interest,
 
direct
 
or
 
indirect
 
(including
 
any
 
existing
 
or
prospective commercial, business or contractual relationship with the
Corporation),
 
of
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
or,
 
to
 
the
 
knowledge
 
of
 
such
Noticing
 
Party
 
(or
 
the
 
beneficial
 
owner(s)
 
on
 
whose
 
behalf
 
such
Noticing
 
Party
 
is
 
submitting
 
a
 
notice
 
to
 
the
 
Corporation),
 
any
Stockholder Associated Person in the Corporation or any
 
Affiliate (as
defined below)
 
thereof or
 
in the
 
proposed business
 
or nomination(s)
to be
 
brought before
 
the meeting
 
by such
 
Noticing Party,
 
other than
an interest arising
 
from the ownership
 
of Corporation securities
 
where
such Noticing
 
Party or
 
such Stockholder Associated
 
Person receives
no extra or
 
special benefit not
 
shared on a
pro rata
 
basis by all
 
other
holders of the same class or series;
(F)
a
 
description
 
of
 
all
 
agreements,
 
arrangements
 
or
 
understandings,
written
 
or
 
oral,
 
(I) between
 
or
 
among
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
and
 
any
Stockholder
 
Associated
 
Person
 
or
 
(II) between
 
or
 
among
 
such
Noticing
 
Party
 
or,
 
to
 
the
 
knowledge
 
of
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
(or
 
the
beneficial owner(s)
 
on whose
 
behalf such
 
Noticing Party
 
is submitting
a notice
 
to the
 
Corporation), any
 
Stockholder Associated Person and
any other person
 
or entity
 
(naming each such
 
person or
 
entity), in each
case,
 
relating
 
to
 
acquiring,
 
holding,
 
voting
 
or
 
disposing
 
of
 
any
securities
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation,
 
including
 
any
 
proxy
 
(other
 
than
 
any
revocable proxy given in
 
response to a solicitation
 
made pursuant to,
and
 
in
 
accordance
 
with,
 
the
 
Proxy
 
Rules
 
by
 
way
 
of
 
a
 
solicitation
statement filed on Schedule 14A);
(G)
any
 
rights
 
to
 
dividends
 
on
 
the
 
shares
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
owned
beneficially
 
by
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
or
 
any
 
Stockholder Associated
Person that
 
are separated
 
or separable
 
from the
 
underlying shares
 
of
the Corporation;
 
 
 
(H)
any proportionate
 
interest in
 
shares of
 
the Corporation
 
or Derivative
Instruments
 
held,
 
directly
 
or
 
indirectly,
 
by
 
a
 
general
 
or
 
limited
partnership, limited liability company or
 
similar entity in which
 
such
Noticing Party
 
or any
 
Stockholder Associated Person
 
(I) is a
 
general
partner
 
or,
 
directly
 
or
 
indirectly,
 
beneficially
 
owns
 
an
 
interest
 
in
 
a
general
 
partner
 
of
 
such
 
general
 
or
 
limited
 
partnership
 
or
 
(II) is
 
the
manager,
 
managing
 
member
 
or,
 
directly
 
or
 
indirectly,
 
beneficially
owns an interest in the manager or managing member of such limited
liability company or similar entity;
(I)
any
 
Derivative
 
Instruments
 
in
 
or
 
beneficial
 
ownership
 
of
 
any
securities of
 
(in each
 
case, with
 
a market
 
value of
 
more than
 
$100,000)
any
 
competitor
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
identified
 
in
 
Part I,
 
Item 1
 
of
 
the
annual report on
 
Form 10-K or amendment
 
thereto most recently
 
filed
by the Corporation with
 
the Securities and Exchange
 
Commission or
in
 
Item 8.01
 
of
 
any
 
current
 
report
 
on
 
Form
 
8-K
 
filed
 
by
 
the
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission thereafter
but prior to
 
the tenth day
 
before the deadline
 
for a
 
stockholder’s notice
under this Section 1.16 (each, a “Principal Competitor”) held by such
Noticing Party or any Stockholder Associated Person;
(J)
any direct or indirect interest
 
(other than solely as a result
 
of security
ownership)
 
of
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
or
 
any
 
Stockholder
 
Associated
Person
 
in
 
any
 
agreement
 
with
 
the
 
Corporation,
 
any Affiliate
 
of
 
the
Corporation or any Principal
 
Competitor (including any employment
agreement, collective bargaining
 
agreement or consulting
 
agreement);
(K)
a
 
representation
 
that
 
(I) neither
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
nor
 
any
Stockholder
 
Associated
 
Person
 
has
 
breached
 
any
 
agreement,
arrangement
 
or
 
understanding
 
with
 
the
 
Corporation
 
except
 
as
disclosed
 
to
 
the
 
Corporation
 
pursuant
 
hereto
 
and
 
(II) such
 
Noticing
Party and each Stockholder
 
Associated Person has complied, and will
comply,
 
with
 
all
 
applicable
 
requirements
 
of
 
state
 
law
 
and
 
the
Exchange Act
 
with respect to
 
the matters set
 
forth in this
 
Section 1.16;
(L)
a description
 
of the
 
investment strategy
 
or objective,
 
if any,
 
of such
Noticing
 
Party
 
(or
 
the
 
beneficial
 
owner(s)
 
on
 
whose
 
behalf
 
such
Noticing Party is submitting a notice to the Corporation);
(M)
all
 
information
 
that
 
would
 
be
 
required
 
to
 
be
 
set
 
forth
 
in
 
a
Schedule 13D filed
 
pursuant to
 
Rule 13d-1(a) under
 
the Exchange
 
Act
or an
 
amendment pursuant
 
to Rule 13d-2(a)
 
under the
 
Exchange Act
if such a
 
statement were required
 
to be filed
 
under the Exchange Act
by
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
or
 
any
 
Stockholder Associated
 
Person
 
with
respect to
 
the Corporation
 
(regardless of
 
whether such
 
person or
 
entity
is actually required to file
 
a Schedule 13D), including a description
 
of
any agreement, arrangement or understanding that
 
would be required
to be disclosed by such Noticing Party or any Stockholder
 
Associated
Person pursuant to Item 5 or Item 6 of Schedule 13D;
 
 
 
 
 
(N)
a
 
certification
 
that
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
and
 
each
 
Stockholder
Associated Person has complied with all
 
applicable federal, state and
other legal
 
requirements in
 
connection with
 
such Noticing Party’s
 
or
Stockholder Associated
 
Person’s acquisition of shares of capital
 
stock
or
 
other
 
securities
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
and
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party’s
 
or
Stockholder Associated
 
Person’s acts or omissions
 
as a stockholder of
the
 
Corporation,
 
if
 
such
 
Stockholder
 
Associated
 
Person
 
is
 
a
stockholder of the Corporation; and
(O)
all
 
other
 
information
 
relating
 
to
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
or
 
any
Stockholder Associated Person that
 
would be required to be disclosed
in a proxy statement
 
in connection with the
 
solicitation of proxies by
such Noticing Party or any Stockholder Associated Person in support
of
 
the
 
business
 
proposed
 
by
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party,
 
if
 
any,
 
or
 
for
 
the
election of any Proposed Nominee in a contested election pursuant to
the Proxy Rules;
provided,
 
however,
 
that
 
the
 
disclosures
 
described
 
in
 
the
 
foregoing
subclauses (A) through
 
(O) shall
 
not include
 
any such
 
disclosures with
 
respect
to
 
the
 
ordinary
 
course
 
business
 
activities
 
of
 
any
 
depositary
 
or
 
any
 
broker,
dealer, commercial bank,
 
trust company or
 
other nominee who
 
is a Noticing
Party solely
 
as a
 
result of
 
being the
 
stockholder directed
 
to prepare
 
and submit
the notice required by
 
these Bylaws on
 
behalf of a
 
beneficial owner (any
 
such
entity, an “Exempt Party”).
(iv)
a
 
representation
 
that
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
intends
 
to
 
appear
 
or
 
cause
 
a
Qualified Representative (as defined below) of such
 
Noticing Party to appear
at
 
the
 
meeting
 
to
 
bring
 
such
 
business
 
before
 
the
 
meeting
 
or
 
nominate
 
any
Proposed
 
Nominees,
 
as
 
applicable,
 
and
 
an
 
acknowledgment
 
that,
 
if
 
such
Noticing
 
Party
 
(or
 
a
 
Qualified
 
Representative
 
of such
 
Noticing
 
Party)
 
does
not appear to
 
present such business
 
or Proposed Nominees,
 
as applicable, at
such
 
meeting,
 
the
 
Corporation
 
need
 
not
 
present
 
such
 
business
 
or
 
Proposed
Nominees for a vote at such meeting, notwithstanding that proxies
 
in respect
of such vote may have been received by the Corporation;
(v)
a description of any pending
 
or, to the knowledge of
 
such Noticing Party (or
the beneficial owner(s)
 
on whose behalf
 
such Noticing Party
 
is submitting a
notice
 
to
 
the
 
Corporation),
 
threatened
 
legal
 
proceeding
 
or
 
investigation
 
in
which such Noticing Party
 
or any Stockholder
 
Associated Person is a
 
party or
participant directly involving or directly relating to the Corporation or, to the
knowledge of
 
such Noticing
 
Party (or
 
the beneficial
 
owner(s) on
 
whose behalf
such Noticing Party is submitting a notice to the Corporation), any current or
former officer, director or Affiliate of the Corporation;
(vi)
identification
 
of
 
the
 
names
 
and
 
addresses
 
of
 
other
 
stockholders
 
(including
beneficial owners) known by such Noticing Party (or the beneficial owner(s)
on whose
 
behalf such
 
Noticing Party
 
is submitting
 
a notice
 
to the
 
Corporation)
to provide
 
financial support
 
of the
 
nomination(s) or
 
other business
 
proposal(s)
submitted
 
by
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
and,
 
to
 
the
 
extent
 
known,
 
the
 
class
 
and
number of shares of
 
the Corporation’s capital stock owned
 
beneficially or of
record by such other stockholder(s) or other beneficial owner(s); and
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(vii)
a representation from such Noticing
 
Party as to whether such
 
Noticing Party
or any
 
Stockholder Associated Person
 
intends or
 
is part
 
of a
 
group (as
 
such
term is used in Rule 13d-5
 
under the Exchange
 
Act) that intends to (A) solicit
proxies
 
in
 
support
 
of
 
the
 
election
 
of
 
any
 
Proposed
 
Nominee
 
in
 
accordance
with
 
Rule 14a-19
 
under
 
the
 
Exchange
 
Act
 
or
 
(B) engage
 
in
 
a
 
solicitation
(within
 
the
 
meaning
 
of
 
Exchange
 
Act
 
Rule 14a-1(l))
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
the
nomination of any Proposed Nominee or proposed business to
 
be considered
at
 
the
 
meeting,
 
as
 
applicable,
 
and,
 
if
 
so,
 
the
 
name
 
of
 
each
 
participant
 
(as
defined in
 
Instruction 3 to
 
Item 4 of
 
Schedule 14A under the
 
Exchange Act)
in such solicitation.
(d)
Additional
 
Information.
 
In
 
addition
 
to
 
the
 
information
 
required
 
pursuant
 
to
 
the
foregoing provisions of this Section 1.16, the Corporation
 
may require any Noticing
Party
 
to
 
furnish
 
such
 
other
 
information
 
that
 
would
 
reasonably
 
be
 
expected
 
to
 
be
material
 
to
 
a
 
reasonable
 
stockholder’s
 
understanding
 
of
 
(i) any
 
item
 
of
 
business
proposed
 
by
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
under
 
this
 
Section 1.16,
 
(ii) the
 
solicitation
 
of
proxies
 
from
 
the
 
Corporation’s
 
stockholders
 
by
 
the
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
(or
 
any
Stockholder Associated Person) or (iii) the
 
eligibility, suitability or
 
qualifications of
a Proposed Nominee to
 
serve as a director
 
of the Corporation
 
or the independence, or
lack thereof,
 
of such
 
Proposed Nominee, under
 
the listing
 
standards of
 
each securities
exchange upon which
 
the Corporation’s securities
 
are listed, any
 
applicable rules of
the Securities and
 
Exchange Commission, any
 
publicly disclosed standards
 
used by
the Board
 
in selecting
 
nominees for
 
election
 
as a
 
director
 
and for
 
determining
 
and
disclosing
 
the
 
independence
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation’s
 
directors,
 
including
 
those
applicable
 
to
 
a
 
director’s
 
service
 
on
 
any
 
of
 
the
 
committees
 
of
 
the
 
Board,
 
or
 
the
requirements
 
of
 
any
 
other
 
laws
 
or
 
regulations
 
applicable
 
to
 
the
 
Corporation.
 
If
requested
 
by
 
the
 
Corporation,
 
any
 
supplemental
 
information
 
required
 
under
 
this
paragraph
 
shall
 
be
 
provided
 
by
 
a
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
within
 
ten
 
days
 
after
 
it
 
has
 
been
requested by the Corporation.
(e)
Special Meetings
 
of Stockholders.
 
Only such
 
business shall
 
be conducted
 
at a
 
special
meeting of
 
stockholders as
 
shall have
 
been brought
 
before the
 
meeting pursuant
 
to
the
 
Corporation’s
 
notice
 
of
 
meeting
 
(or
 
any
 
supplement
 
thereto).
 
Nominations
 
of
persons for election
 
to the Board
 
may be made
 
at a special
 
meeting of stockholders
at which
 
directors are
 
to be
 
elected pursuant
 
to the
 
Corporation’s notice
 
of meeting
(or
 
any
 
supplement
 
thereto)
 
(i) by
 
or
 
at
 
the
 
direction
 
of
 
the
 
Board
 
(or
 
any
 
duly
authorized
 
committee
 
thereof)
 
or
 
(ii) provided
 
that
 
one
 
or more
 
directors are
 
to
 
be
elected
 
at
 
such
 
meeting
 
pursuant
 
to
 
the
 
Corporation’s
 
notice
 
of
 
meeting,
 
by
 
any
stockholder of the Corporation who (A)
 
is a stockholder of record on
 
the date of the
giving
 
of
 
the
 
notice
 
provided
 
for
 
in
 
this
 
Section 1.16(e)
 
through
 
the
 
date
 
of
 
such
special meeting, (B) is
 
entitled to vote
 
at such special
 
meeting and upon
 
such election
and
 
(C) complies
 
with
 
the
 
notice
 
procedures
 
set
 
forth
 
in
 
this
 
Section 1.16(e).
 
In
addition to any
 
other applicable
 
requirements, for
 
director nominations
 
to be properly
brought
 
before
 
a
 
special
 
meeting
 
by
 
a
 
stockholder
 
pursuant
 
to
 
the
 
foregoing
clause (ii), such stockholder must have given
 
timely notice thereof in proper written
form to the Secretary.
 
To be timely, such notice must be received by the Secretary
 
at
the
 
principal
 
executive
 
offices
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
not
 
earlier
 
than
 
the
 
Close
 
of
Business on the 120th day prior
 
to such special meeting and not
 
later than the Close
of Business on the
 
later of (x) the 90th day prior
 
to such special meeting and
 
(y) the
tenth day following the day on which Public Disclosure of the date of the meeting is
first
 
made
 
by
 
the
 
Corporation.
 
In
 
no
 
event
 
shall
 
an
 
adjournment,
 
recess,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
postponement,
 
judicial
 
stay
 
or
 
rescheduling
 
of
 
a
 
special
 
meeting
 
(or
 
the
 
Public
Disclosure thereof) commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the
giving of
 
a stockholder’s
 
notice as
 
described above.
 
To be
 
in proper
 
written form,
such notice shall include all information required pursuant
 
to Section 1.16(c) above,
and such stockholder and any
 
Proposed Nominee shall comply
 
with Section 1.16(d)
above, as if such notice
 
were being submitted in connection
 
with an annual meeting
of stockholders.
(f)
General.
(i)
No person shall be
 
eligible for election as
 
a director of the
 
Corporation unless
the person
 
is nominated by
 
a stockholder
 
in accordance with
 
the procedures
set forth in this Section 1.16 or the person is nominated by the Board, and no
business shall
 
be conducted
 
at a
 
meeting of
 
stockholders of
 
the Corporation
except pursuant to Rule 14a-8
 
under the Exchange Act and business brought
by
 
a
 
stockholder
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
 
the
 
procedures
 
set
 
forth
 
in
 
this
Section 1.16
 
or
 
by
 
the
 
Board.
 
The
 
number
 
of
 
Proposed
 
Nominees
 
a
stockholder may
 
include in
 
a notice
 
under this
 
Section 1.16 may
 
not exceed
the
 
number
 
of
 
directors
 
to
 
be
 
elected
 
at
 
such
 
meeting
 
(based
 
on
 
public
disclosure
 
by
 
the
 
Corporation
 
prior
 
to
 
the
 
date
 
of
 
such
 
notice),
 
and
 
for
 
the
avoidance of doubt, no
 
stockholder shall be entitled
 
to identify any additional
or substitute
 
persons as
 
Proposed Nominees
 
following the
 
expiration of
 
the
time
 
periods
 
set
 
forth
 
in
 
Section 1.16(b)
 
or
 
Section 1.16(e),
 
as
 
applicable.
 
Except
 
as
 
otherwise
 
provided
 
by
 
law,
 
the
 
Board
 
or
 
the
 
chairperson
 
of
 
a
meeting shall have
 
the power and
 
the duty to
 
determine whether a
 
nomination
or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting
 
has been made or
proposed in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws, and, if
the
 
Board
 
or
 
the
 
chairperson
 
of
 
the
 
meeting
 
determines
 
that
 
any
 
proposed
nomination
 
or
 
business
 
was
 
not
 
properly
 
brought
 
before
 
the
 
meeting,
 
the
chairperson (or the Board)
 
shall declare to the
 
meeting that such nomination
shall be disregarded
 
or such
 
business shall not
 
be transacted, and
 
no vote shall
be taken with respect to such nomination
 
or proposed business, in each case,
notwithstanding
 
that
 
proxies
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
such
 
vote
 
may
 
have
 
been
received
 
by
 
the
 
Corporation.
 
Notwithstanding
 
the
 
foregoing
 
provisions
 
of
this Section 1.16, unless
 
otherwise required by
 
law, if the
 
Noticing Party (or
a
 
Qualified
 
Representative
 
of
 
the
 
Noticing
 
Party)
 
proposing
 
a
 
nominee
 
for
director
 
or
 
business
 
to
 
be
 
conducted
 
at
 
a
 
meeting
 
does
 
not
 
appear
 
at
 
the
meeting
 
of
 
stockholders
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
to
 
present
 
such
 
nomination
 
or
propose such
 
business, such
 
proposed nomination
 
shall be
 
disregarded or
 
such
proposed business shall not be transacted, as applicable, and no vote
 
shall be
taken with respect to such nomination or proposed business, notwithstanding
that
 
proxies
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
such
 
vote
 
may
 
have
 
been
 
received
 
by
 
the
Corporation.
(ii)
A
 
Noticing Party shall
 
update such
 
Noticing Party’s notice
 
provided under the
foregoing
 
provisions
 
of
 
this
 
Section 1.16,
 
if
 
necessary,
 
such
 
that
 
the
information provided
 
or required
 
to be
 
provided in
 
such notice
 
shall be
 
true
and correct
 
in all
 
material respects
 
as of (A) the
 
record date
 
for determining
the stockholders entitled to
 
receive notice of the
 
meeting and (B) the date
 
that
is ten business days prior to the
 
meeting (or any postponement, rescheduling
or
 
adjournment
 
thereof),
 
and
 
such
 
update
 
shall
 
(I) be
 
received
 
by
 
the
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Secretary
 
at
 
the
 
principal
 
executive
 
offices
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
(x) not
 
later
than
 
the
 
Close
 
of
 
Business
 
five
 
business
 
days
 
after
 
the
 
record
 
date
 
for
determining the stockholders
 
entitled to receive
 
notice of such
 
meeting (in the
case of an update required
 
to be made under clause (A))
 
and (y) not later than
the Close of Business seven business days prior to the date of the meeting or,
if practicable,
 
any postponement,
 
rescheduling or
 
adjournment thereof
 
(and,
if not
 
practicable, on
 
the first
 
practicable date
 
prior to
 
the date
 
to which
 
the
meeting
 
has
 
been
 
postponed,
 
rescheduled
 
or
 
adjourned)
 
(in
 
the
 
case
 
of
 
an
update required
 
to be
 
made pursuant
 
to clause (B)),
 
(II) be made
 
only to
 
the
extent
 
that
 
information
 
has
 
changed
 
since
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party’s
 
prior
submission and (III) clearly identify
 
the information that has
 
changed in any
material
 
respect
 
since
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party’s
 
prior
 
submission.
 
For
 
the
avoidance
 
of
 
doubt,
 
any
 
information
 
provided
 
pursuant
 
to
 
this
Section 1.16(f)(ii)
 
shall
 
not
 
be
 
deemed
 
to
 
cure
 
any
 
deficiencies
 
or
inaccuracies in a
 
notice previously
 
delivered pursuant to
 
this Section 1.16 and
shall
 
not
 
extend
 
the
 
time
 
period
 
for
 
the
 
delivery
 
of
 
notice
 
pursuant
 
to
 
this
Section 1.16.
 
If a
 
Noticing Party
 
fails to
 
provide any
 
update in
 
accordance
with the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.16(f)(ii), the information
 
as to
which such written update relates
 
may be deemed not to have
 
been provided
in accordance with this Section 1.16.
(iii)
If
 
any
 
information
 
submitted
 
pursuant
 
to
 
this
 
Section 1.16
 
by
 
any
 
Noticing
Party
 
nominating
 
individuals
 
for
 
election
 
or
 
reelection
 
as
 
a
 
director
 
or
proposing
 
business
 
for
 
consideration
 
at
 
a
 
stockholder
 
meeting
 
shall
 
be
inaccurate in
 
any material
 
respect (as
 
determined by
 
the Board
 
or a
 
committee
thereof),
 
such
 
information
 
may
 
be
 
deemed
 
not
 
to
 
have
 
been
 
provided
 
in
accordance with this
 
Section 1.16.
 
Any such Noticing
 
Party shall notify
 
the
Secretary in
 
writing at
 
the principal
 
executive offices
 
of the
 
Corporation of
any material
 
inaccuracy or
 
change in
 
any information
 
submitted pursuant
 
to
this
 
Section 1.16
 
(including
 
if
 
any
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
or
 
any
 
Stockholder
Associated Person no longer intends to solicit proxies in accordance with the
representation made pursuant to Section 1.16(c)(vii)(A)) within two business
days
 
after
 
becoming aware
 
of such
 
material
 
inaccuracy
 
or change,
 
and any
such
 
notification
 
shall
 
clearly
 
identify
 
the
 
inaccuracy
 
or
 
change,
 
it
 
being
understood that
 
no such
 
notification may
 
cure any
 
deficiencies or
 
inaccuracies
with respect
 
to any
 
prior submission
 
by such
 
Noticing Party.
 
Upon written
request
 
of
 
the
 
Secretary
 
on
 
behalf
 
of
 
the
 
Board
 
(or
 
a
 
duly
 
authorized
committee
 
thereof),
 
any
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
shall
 
provide,
 
within
 
seven
business
 
days
 
after
 
delivery
 
of
 
such
 
request
 
(or
 
such
 
other
 
period
 
as
 
may
reasonably be specified in such request),
 
(A) written verification, reasonably
satisfactory to the Board, any
 
committee thereof or any authorized
 
officer of
the Corporation,
 
to demonstrate
 
the accuracy
 
of any
 
information submitted
 
by
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
pursuant
 
to
 
this
 
Section 1.16
 
and
 
(B) a
 
written
affirmation of any information submitted
 
by such Noticing Party pursuant to
this Section 1.16
 
as of an
 
earlier date.
 
If a Noticing
 
Party fails
 
to provide such
written verification
 
or affirmation
 
within such
 
period, the
 
information as
 
to
which written
 
verification or
 
affirmation was
 
requested may
 
be deemed
 
not
to have been provided in accordance with this Section 1.16.
(iv)
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if (A) any Noticing Party or
any
 
Stockholder
 
Associated
 
Person
 
provides
 
notice
 
pursuant
 
to
 
Rule 14a-
 
 
 
 
 
 
19(b)
 
under
 
the
 
Exchange Act
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
any
 
Proposed
 
Nominee
 
and
(B) (1) such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
or
 
Stockholder Associated
 
Person
 
subsequently
either
 
(x) notifies
 
the
 
Corporation
 
that
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
or
 
Stockholder
Associated
 
Person
 
no
 
longer
 
intends
 
to
 
solicit
 
proxies
 
in
 
support
 
of
 
the
election
 
or
 
reelection
 
of
 
such
 
Proposed
 
Nominee
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
Rule 14a-19(b)
 
under
 
the
 
Exchange
 
Act
 
or
 
(y) fails
 
to
 
comply
 
with
 
the
requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(2)
 
or Rule 14a-19(a)(3) under
 
the Exchange
Act
 
(or
 
fails
 
to
 
timely
 
provide
 
reasonable
 
evidence
 
sufficient
 
to
 
satisfy
 
the
Corporation that
 
such Noticing
 
Party or
 
Stockholder Associated
 
Person has
met
 
the
 
requirements
 
of
 
Rule 14a-19(a)(3)
 
under
 
the
 
Exchange
 
Act
 
in
accordance with
 
the following
 
sentence) and
 
(2) no other
 
Noticing Party
 
or
Stockholder
 
Associated Person that
 
has provided notice
 
pursuant to Rule 14a-
19(b) under the Exchange Act with respect to
 
such Proposed Nominee (x) to
the
 
Corporation’s
 
knowledge
 
based
 
on
 
information
 
provided
 
pursuant
 
to
Rule 14a-19 under
 
the Exchange Act or
 
these Bylaws,
 
still intends
 
to solicit
proxies in support of the
 
election or reelection of such
 
Proposed Nominee in
accordance
 
with
 
Rule 14a-19(b)
 
under
 
the
 
Exchange
 
Act
 
and
 
(y) has
complied with
 
the requirements
 
of Rule 14a-19(a)(2)
 
and Rule 14a-19(a)(3)
under
 
the
 
Exchange
 
Act
 
and
 
the
 
requirements
 
set
 
forth
 
in
 
the
 
following
sentence, then
 
the nomination
 
of such
 
Proposed Nominee
 
shall be
 
disregarded
and
 
no
 
vote
 
on
 
the
 
election
 
of
 
such
 
Proposed
 
Nominee
 
shall
 
occur
(notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have
 
been received
by the Corporation).
 
Upon request by the Corporation, if any Noticing Party
or any Stockholder Associated Person
 
provides notice pursuant
 
to Rule 14a-
19(b)
 
under
 
the
 
Exchange
 
Act,
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
shall
 
deliver
 
to
 
the
Secretary, no
 
later than
 
five business
 
days prior
 
to the
 
applicable meeting
 
date,
reasonable
 
evidence
 
that
 
the
 
requirements
 
of
 
Rule 14a-19(a)(3)
 
under
 
the
Exchange Act have been satisfied.
(v)
In addition to complying with
 
the foregoing provisions of this
 
Section 1.16, a
stockholder
 
shall
 
also
 
comply
 
with
 
all
 
applicable requirements
 
of
 
state
 
law
and the
 
Exchange
 
Act with
 
respect to
 
the matters
 
set forth
 
in this
 
Section 1.16.
 
Nothing
 
in
 
this
 
Section 1.16
 
shall
 
be
 
deemed
 
to
 
affect
 
any
 
rights
 
of
(A) stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy
statement pursuant
 
to Rule 14a-8
 
under the
 
Exchange Act, (B) stockholders
to
 
request
 
inclusion
 
of
 
nominees
 
in
 
the
 
Corporation’s
 
proxy
 
statement
pursuant to the Proxy
 
Rules or (C) the
 
holders of any series
 
of preferred stock
to elect
 
directors pursuant
 
to any
 
applicable provisions
 
of the
 
Certificate of
Incorporation.
(vi)
Any written
 
notice,
 
supplement, update
 
or other
 
information required
 
to be
delivered
 
by
 
a
 
stockholder
 
to
 
the
 
Corporation
 
pursuant
 
to
 
this
 
Section 1.16
must be
 
given by
 
personal delivery, by
 
overnight courier
 
or by
 
registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, to
 
the Secretary at the Corporation’s
 
principal
executive offices
 
and shall
 
be deemed
 
not to
 
have been
 
delivered unless
 
so
given.
(vii)
For purposes of these Bylaws:
(A)
“Affiliate” and
 
“Associate” each
 
shall have
 
the respective
 
meanings
set forth in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(B)
“beneficial owner”
 
or “beneficially
 
owned” shall
 
have the
 
meaning set
forth for such terms in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act;
(C)
“Close
 
of
 
Business”
 
shall
 
mean
 
5:00 p.m. Eastern
 
Time
 
on
 
any
calendar day, whether or not the day is a business day;
(D)
“Proxy
 
Rules”
 
shall
 
mean
 
Section 14
 
of
 
the
 
Exchange Act
 
and
 
the
rules promulgated thereunder;
(E)
“Public Disclosure” shall
 
mean disclosure in
 
a press release
 
reported
by
 
a
 
national
 
news
 
service
 
or
 
in
 
a
 
document
 
publicly
 
filed
 
by
 
the
Corporation with
 
the Securities
 
and Exchange
 
Commission pursuant
to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(F)
a
 
“Qualified
 
Representative”
 
of
 
a
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
means
 
(I) a
 
duly
authorized officer, manager or partner of such Noticing Party or (II) a
person authorized by a writing
 
executed by such Noticing Party (or
 
a
reliable
 
reproduction
 
or
 
electronic
 
transmission
 
of
 
the
 
writing)
delivered
 
by
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
to
 
the
 
Corporation
 
prior
 
to
 
the
making of
 
any nomination
 
or proposal
 
at a
 
stockholder meeting
 
stating
that such person is authorized to act for
 
such Noticing Party as proxy
at
 
the
 
meeting
 
of
 
stockholders,
 
which
 
writing
 
or
 
electronic
transmission,
 
or
 
a
 
reliable
 
reproduction
 
of
 
the
 
writing
 
or
 
electronic
transmission, must be produced at the meeting of stockholders; and
(G)
“Stockholder
 
Associated
 
Person”
 
shall
 
mean,
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
a
Noticing
 
Party
 
and
 
if
 
different
 
from
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party,
 
any
beneficial owner
 
of shares
 
of stock
 
of the
 
Corporation on
 
whose behalf
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
is
 
providing
 
notice
 
of
 
any
 
nomination
 
or
 
other
business
 
proposed:
 
(I) any
 
person
 
or
 
entity
 
who
 
is
 
a
 
member
 
of
 
a
group
 
(as
 
such term
 
is
 
used in
 
Rule 13d-5 under
 
the
 
Exchange Act)
with such
 
Noticing Party
 
or such
 
beneficial owner(s)
 
with respect
 
to
acquiring,
 
holding,
 
voting
 
or
 
disposing
 
of
 
any
 
securities
 
of
 
the
Corporation,
 
(II) any
 
Affiliate
 
or
 
Associate
 
of
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
(other
 
than
 
any
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
that
 
is
 
an
 
Exempt
 
Party)
 
or
 
such
beneficial owner(s),
 
(III) any
 
participant (as
 
defined in
 
Instruction 3
to
 
Item 4
 
of
 
Schedule 14A)
 
with
 
such
 
Noticing
 
Party
 
or
 
such
beneficial
 
owner(s)
 
with
 
respect
 
to
 
any
 
proposed
 
business
 
or
nomination,
 
as
 
applicable,
 
under
 
these
 
Bylaws,
 
(IV) any
 
beneficial
owner of shares of stock of
 
the Corporation owned of record
 
by such
Noticing Party
 
(other than
 
a Noticing
 
Party that
 
is an
 
Exempt Party)
and (V) any Proposed Nominee.
ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS
Section 2.1.
Number; Eligibility.
 
Within the limit set forth in the Certificate
 
of Incorporation, the
number of
 
directors that shall
 
constitute the entire
 
Board shall be
 
fixed, from time
 
to time, exclusively
 
by
the Board, subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock with respect to the election of
directors, if
 
any.
 
No person
 
shall be
 
eligible for
 
election or
 
appointment as
 
a director
 
unless such
 
person
has, within
 
ten days
 
following any
 
reasonable request
 
therefor from
 
the Board
 
or any
 
committee thereof,
made himself or herself available
 
to be interviewed by the
 
Board (or any committee or
 
other subset thereof)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
with respect to
 
such person’s qualifications
 
to serve as
 
a director or
 
any other matter
 
reasonably related to
such person’s candidacy or service as a director of the Corporation.
Section 2.2.
Duties and Powers.
 
The business and affairs of
 
the Corporation shall be managed by
or under the direction of the Board, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such
lawful
 
acts
 
and
 
things
 
as
 
are
 
not
 
by
 
law,
 
the
 
Certificate
 
of
 
Incorporation
 
or
 
these
 
Bylaws
 
required
 
to
 
be
exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 2.3.
Meetings.
 
The Board may
 
hold meetings, both
 
regular and special,
 
either within or
without the State of
 
Delaware.
 
Regular meetings of the
 
Board may be held
 
at such time and
 
at such place
as may from time to time be determined by the Board.
 
Special meetings of the Board may be called by the
Board Chair (if there
 
be one), the Chief
 
Executive Officer or the
 
Board and shall be
 
held at such place,
 
on
such date and at such time as he, she or it shall specify.
Section 2.4.
Notice.
 
Notice of
 
any meeting
 
of the
 
Board stating
 
the place,
 
date and
 
time of
 
the
meeting shall be given
 
to each director by
 
mail posted not less
 
than five days before
 
the date of the
 
meeting,
by nationally recognized overnight courier
 
deposited not less than two
 
days before the date of
 
the meeting
or
 
by
 
email,
 
facsimile
 
or other
 
means
 
of
 
electronic
 
transmission
 
delivered
 
or
 
sent
 
not less
 
than
 
24 hours
before
 
the
 
date
 
and
 
time
 
of
 
the
 
meeting,
 
or
 
on
 
such
 
shorter
 
notice
 
as
 
the
 
person
 
or
 
persons
 
calling
 
such
meeting may
 
deem necessary
 
or appropriate
 
under the
 
circumstances.
 
If mailed
 
or sent
 
by overnight
 
courier,
such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when it is
 
deposited in the United States mail with first
class
 
postage
 
prepaid
 
or
 
deposited
 
with
 
the
 
overnight
 
courier.
 
Notice
 
by
 
facsimile
 
or
 
other
 
electronic
transmission shall be deemed
 
given when the notice
 
is transmitted.
 
Any director may waive
 
notice of any
meeting before or
 
after the meeting.
 
The attendance of
 
a director at
 
any meeting shall
 
constitute a waiver
of notice
 
of such
 
meeting, except
 
where the
 
director attends
 
the meeting
 
for the
 
express purpose
 
of objecting,
and does so
 
object, at the
 
beginning of the
 
meeting to the
 
transaction of any
 
business because the
 
meeting
is not lawfully called or convened.
 
Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular
or special meeting of the Board
 
need be specified in any
 
notice of such meeting unless
 
so required by law.
 
A meeting may be
 
held at any
 
time without notice
 
if all of
 
the directors are
 
present or if
 
those not present
waive notice of the meeting in accordance with Section 5.6 of these Bylaws.
Section 2.5.
Board Chair;
 
Board Vice
 
Chair.
 
The Board
 
Chair shall
 
be chosen
 
from among
 
the
directors and may be
 
the Chief Executive Officer.
 
Except as otherwise provided
 
by law, the Certificate
 
of
Incorporation or Section 2.6 or Section
 
2.7 of these Bylaws, the
 
Board Chair shall preside at
 
all meetings of
stockholders and of the Board.
 
The Board Chair shall have such other powers and duties as may from time
to time be
 
assigned by the
 
Board.
 
The Board may
 
also choose a
 
Board Vice
 
Chair from among
 
the directors,
and such Board Vice Chair shall have such powers
 
and duties as may from time to time
 
be assigned by the
Board.
Section 2.6.
Lead Independent
 
Director.
 
If the
 
Board Chair
 
does not
 
qualify as
 
independent in
accordance with
 
the applicable
 
rules of
 
any securities
 
exchanges upon
 
which the
 
Corporation’s securities
are
 
listed, the
 
Independent Directors
 
(as
 
defined below)
 
shall appoint
 
a Lead
 
Independent Director.
 
The
Lead Independent
 
Director shall
 
be one
 
of the
 
directors who
 
has been
 
determined by
 
the Board
 
to be
 
an
“independent director” (any
 
such director, an
 
“Independent Director”).
 
The Lead Independent
 
Director, if
any, shall preside
 
at all executive
 
sessions of the
 
Board, serve as
 
a liaison to
 
the Chief Executive Officer
 
and
other directors not
 
present at executive
 
sessions of the
 
Board regarding topics
 
discussed in executive
 
session
or other matters
 
as may be
 
raised from time
 
to time by
 
one or more
 
Independent Directors, work
 
with the
Board
 
Chair
 
and
 
other
 
directors
 
to
 
determine
 
agenda
 
items
 
for
 
Board
 
meetings,
 
have
 
the
 
power
 
to
 
call
meetings
 
of the
 
Independent Directors,
 
and
 
have such
 
other responsibilities,
 
and
 
perform
 
such duties,
 
as
may from time to time be assigned
 
to him or her by the Board.
 
The Independent Directors may remove or
replace the Lead Independent
 
Director from the position
 
of Lead Independent Director at
 
any time with or
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
without
 
cause
 
by
 
the
 
vote
 
of
 
a
 
majority
 
of
 
the
 
Independent
 
Directors
 
present
 
at
 
a
 
duly
 
convened
 
Board
meeting.
 
The
 
Independent
 
Directors
 
shall
 
periodically
 
consider
 
whether
 
and,
 
if
 
so,
 
when
 
to
 
rotate
 
the
position of Lead Independent
 
Director, and may appoint a
 
Lead Independent Director for a
 
specified term,
which may be renewed.
Section 2.7.
Organization.
 
At each
 
meeting of
 
the Board,
 
the Board
 
Chair, or,
 
in the
 
Board Chair’s
absence, the Lead Independent Director (if any), or, in the Lead Independent Director’s absence, the Board
Vice Chair (if
 
any), or, in
 
the Board Vice Chair’s
 
absence, a director
 
chosen by a
 
majority of the
 
directors
present, shall act as chairperson.
 
The Secretary shall act as secretary at each meeting of the Board.
 
In case
the Secretary shall be absent from any meeting of the Board, an assistant secretary
 
shall perform the duties
of secretary
 
at such
 
meeting, and
 
in the
 
absence from
 
any such
 
meeting of
 
the Secretary
 
and all
 
assistant
secretaries, the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 2.8.
Director Resignation
 
and Removal.
 
Any director
 
of the
 
Corporation may
 
resign at
any time, by giving notice in writing
 
or by electronic transmission to the Board
 
Chair, the Chief Executive
Officer or the
 
Secretary.
 
Such resignation shall
 
be effective upon
 
receipt unless it
 
is specified to
 
be effective
at
 
some
 
other
 
time
 
or
 
upon
 
the
 
occurrence
 
of
 
some
 
other
 
event,
 
and,
 
unless
 
otherwise
 
specified
 
in
 
such
notice, the acceptance of such
 
resignation shall not be necessary
 
to make it effective.
 
Subject to the rights
of holders
 
of any
 
series of
 
preferred stock
 
with respect
 
to the
 
election of
 
directors, a
 
director may
 
be removed
from office
 
by the
 
stockholders of
 
the Corporation
 
only for
 
cause and
 
only by
 
the affirmative
 
vote of
 
the
holders
 
of
 
at
 
least
 
a
 
majority
 
of
 
the
 
voting
 
power
 
of
 
all
 
then
 
outstanding
 
shares
 
of
 
capital
 
stock
 
of
 
the
Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
Section 2.9.
Quorum.
 
At all meetings of the Board,
 
a majority of directors constituting the Board
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
 
business, and the act of a majority of
 
the directors present at
any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of
 
the Board.
 
If a quorum shall not be present at
any meeting of the Board, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without
notice
 
other
 
than
 
announcement
 
at
 
the
 
meeting
 
of
 
the
 
time
 
and
 
place
 
of
 
the
 
adjourned
 
meeting,
 
until
 
a
quorum shall be present.
Section 2.10.
Actions
 
of
 
the
 
Board
 
by
 
Unanimous
 
Written
 
Consent.
 
Any
 
action
 
required
 
or
permitted
 
to
 
be
 
taken
 
at
 
any
 
meeting
 
of
 
the
 
Board
 
or
 
of
 
any
 
committee
 
thereof
 
may
 
be
 
taken
 
without
 
a
meeting, if all the members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by
electronic transmission, and the
 
writing or electronic transmission is
 
filed with the minutes of
 
proceedings
of the Board or committee.
Section 2.11.
Telephonic
 
Meetings.
 
Members
 
of
 
the
 
Board,
 
or
 
any
 
committee
 
thereof,
 
may
participate
 
in
 
a
 
meeting
 
of
 
the
 
Board
 
or
 
such
 
committee
 
by
 
means
 
of
 
a
 
conference
 
telephone
 
or
 
other
communications equipment by means of which all
 
persons participating in the meeting can hear and
 
speak
with
 
each
 
other,
 
and
 
participation
 
in
 
a
 
meeting
 
pursuant
 
to
 
this
 
Section 2.11
 
shall
 
constitute
 
presence
 
in
person at such meeting.
Section 2.12.
Committees.
 
The Board may designate one or
 
more committees, each committee to
consist of one
 
or more of
 
the directors of
 
the Corporation and,
 
to the extent
 
permitted by law,
 
to have and
exercise
 
such
 
authority
 
as
 
may
 
be
 
provided
 
for
 
in
 
the
 
resolutions
 
creating
 
such
 
committee,
 
as
 
such
resolutions may be
 
amended from time
 
to time.
 
The Board may
 
designate one or
 
more directors as
 
alternate
members of any
 
committee, who may
 
replace any absent
 
or disqualified member
 
at any meeting
 
of any such
committee.
 
In
 
the
 
absence
 
or
 
disqualification
 
of
 
a
 
member
 
of
 
a
 
committee,
 
and
 
in
 
the
 
absence
 
of
 
a
designation by the Board of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member
or members 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
 
to
 
act
 
at
 
the
 
 
 
 
meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member.
 
Each committee shall keep regular minutes and
report to the Board when required.
 
A majority of the members of any committee present at any committee
meeting at
 
which there
 
is a
 
quorum present
 
may determine
 
such committee’s
 
action and
 
fix the
 
time and
place
 
of
 
its
 
meetings,
 
unless
 
the
 
Board
 
shall
 
otherwise
 
provide.
 
Except
 
as
 
may
 
be
 
provided
 
in
 
any
resolutions establishing or
 
designating a committee
 
of the Board,
 
the Board shall
 
have the power
 
at any time
to fill vacancies in, to change the membership of or to dissolve any committee of the Board.
Section 2.13.
Compensation.
 
The
 
Board
 
shall
 
have
 
the
 
authority
 
to
 
fix
 
the
 
compensation
 
of
directors, which
 
may be
 
payable in
 
cash or
 
securities (or
 
a combination
 
of cash
 
and securities),
 
and may
delegate the authority
 
to recommend or
 
determine all or
 
part of such
 
compensation to a
 
Board committee.
 
The directors shall be paid their reasonable
 
expenses, if any, of attendance at each
 
meeting of the Board or
any committee thereof.
 
No such payment
 
shall preclude any
 
director from serving
 
the Corporation in
 
any
other
 
capacity
 
and
 
receiving
 
compensation
 
therefor.
 
Directors
 
who
 
are
 
full-time
 
employees
 
of
 
the
Corporation shall not receive any compensation for their service as director.
Section 2.14.
Interested Directors.
 
No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or
more
 
of
 
its
 
directors
 
or
 
officers,
 
or
 
between
 
the
 
Corporation
 
and
 
any
 
other
 
corporation,
 
partnership,
association or
 
other organization
 
in which
 
one or
 
more of
 
the Corporation’s
 
directors or
 
officers are
 
directors
or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the
director
 
or
 
officer
 
is
 
present
 
at
 
or
 
participates
 
in
 
the
 
meeting
 
of
 
the
 
Board
 
or
 
committee
 
thereof
 
that
authorizes the contract or
 
transaction, or solely because
 
any such director’s or
 
officer’s vote is counted
 
for
such purpose if:
 
(a) the material facts
 
as to
 
the director’s or
 
officer’s relationship or
 
interest and as
 
to the
contract or transaction
 
are disclosed
 
or are
 
known to
 
the Board
 
or the
 
committee and
 
the Board
 
or committee
in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested
directors,
 
even
 
though
 
the
 
disinterested
 
directors
 
be
 
less
 
than
 
a
 
quorum;
 
(b) the
 
material
 
facts
 
as
 
to
 
the
director’s or officer’s relationship
 
or interest and as
 
to the contract or
 
transaction are disclosed or
 
are known
to the stockholders entitled to
 
vote thereon and the contract
 
or transaction is specifically
 
approved in good
faith by vote of the
 
stockholders; or (c) the contract
 
or transaction is fair
 
as to the Corporation
 
as of the time
it
 
is
 
authorized,
 
approved
 
or
 
ratified
 
by
 
the
 
Board,
 
a
 
committee
 
thereof
 
or
 
the
 
stockholders.
 
Interested
directors
 
may
 
be
 
counted
 
in
 
determining
 
the
 
presence
 
of
 
a
 
quorum
 
at
 
a
 
meeting
 
of
 
the
 
Board
 
or
 
of
 
a
committee that authorizes the contract or transaction.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
Section 3.1.
General.
 
The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board and
 
shall be a
Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer,
 
a Chief Operating Officer, a Vice President,
a Secretary
 
and a
 
Treasurer.
 
The Board,
 
in its
 
discretion, may
 
also choose,
 
or may
 
delegate to
 
the Chief
Executive Officer the authority to appoint, additional
 
Vice Presidents and one or more
 
Assistant Secretaries
and Assistant Treasurers.
 
Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, but
 
no officer may act
in more than one capacity
 
where action of two or
 
more officers is required and
 
no Vice President may
 
at the
same
 
time
 
hold
 
the
 
office
 
of
 
President.
 
The
 
officers
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation
 
need
 
not
 
be
 
stockholders
 
of
 
the
Corporation.
Section 3.2.
Election; Term.
 
The Board shall elect the officers of the Corporation who shall hold
their offices for such
 
terms and shall exercise such
 
powers and perform such
 
duties as shall be
 
determined
from time
 
to time
 
by the
 
Board, and
 
each officer
 
of the
 
Corporation shall
 
hold office
 
until such
 
officer’s
successor is elected and qualified, or
 
until such officer’s earlier death, resignation
 
or removal.
 
Any officer
may be
 
removed at any
 
time by the
 
Board, and any
 
officer appointed
 
by the Chief
 
Executive Officer may
be removed at
 
any time by
 
the Chief Executive
 
Officer.
 
Any officer may
 
resign upon notice
 
given in writing
or electronic
 
transmission to
 
the Chief
 
Executive Officer
 
or the
 
Secretary.
 
Such resignation
 
shall be
 
effective
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
upon receipt unless
 
it is specified
 
to be effective
 
at some other
 
time or upon
 
the occurrence of
 
some other
event.
 
Any vacancy occurring
 
in any office
 
of the Corporation
 
shall be
 
filled in
 
the manner
 
prescribed in
this Article III for the regular election to such office.
Section 3.3.
Voting
 
Securities Owned
 
by the
 
Corporation.
 
Powers of attorney,
 
proxies, waivers
of notice
 
of meeting,
 
consents and
 
other instruments
 
relating to
 
securities owned
 
by the
 
Corporation may
be executed in the
 
name of and on behalf
 
of the Corporation by the
 
Chief Executive Officer,
 
the Secretary
or any other
 
officer authorized to
 
do so
 
by the Board,
 
and any such
 
officer may, in the name
 
of and on
 
behalf
of the
 
Corporation, take
 
all such
 
action as
 
any such
 
officer may deem
 
advisable to
 
vote in
 
person or
 
by proxy
at any meeting
 
of security holders
 
of any corporation
 
in which the
 
Corporation may own
 
securities and at
any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to
 
the ownership of
such securities
 
and that,
 
as the
 
owner thereof,
 
the Corporation
 
might have
 
exercised and
 
possessed if
 
present.
 
The Board may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
Section 3.4.
Chief Executive Officer.
 
The Chief Executive Officer shall, subject to the control of
the Board,
 
have general
 
supervision over
 
the business
 
of the
 
Corporation and
 
shall
 
direct
 
the affairs
 
and
policies of the Corporation.
 
The Chief Executive Officer
 
may also serve as
 
the Board Chair or
 
as President,
if
 
so
 
elected
 
by
 
the
 
Board.
 
The
 
Chief
 
Executive
 
Officer
 
shall
 
also
 
perform
 
such
 
other
 
duties
 
and
 
may
exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned to such officer
 
by these Bylaws or by the
Board.
Section 3.5.
President.
 
The President shall act in a general executive capacity and shall assist the
Chief
 
Executive
 
Officer
 
in
 
the
 
administration
 
and
 
operation
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation’s
 
business
 
and
 
general
supervision of its
 
policies and affairs.
 
The President shall,
 
in the absence
 
of or because
 
of the inability
 
to
act of
 
the Chief
 
Executive Officer,
 
perform all
 
duties of
 
the Chief
 
Executive Officer.
 
The President
 
shall
also perform such other duties and
 
may exercise such other powers as
 
may from time to time be
 
assigned to
such officer by these Bylaws, the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 3.6.
Chief Financial Officer.
 
The Chief Financial Officer
 
shall be the principal
 
financial
officer
 
of
 
the
 
Corporation.
 
The
 
Chief
 
Financial
 
Officer
 
shall
 
also
 
perform
 
such
 
other
 
duties
 
and
 
may
exercise such other powers
 
as may from time
 
to time be assigned
 
to such officer by
 
these Bylaws, the Board
or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 3.7.
Chief
 
Operating
 
Officer.
 
The
 
Chief
 
Operating
 
Officer
 
shall
 
have
 
general
responsibility for the
 
day-to-day operational activities
 
of the Corporation.
 
The Chief Operating
 
Officer may
also
 
serve
 
as
 
the
 
President,
 
if
 
so
 
elected
 
by
 
the
 
Board,
 
if
 
the
 
Board
 
has
 
not
 
elected
 
the
 
Chief
 
Executive
Officer or another person to serve as
 
President.
 
The Chief Operating Officer shall also perform
 
such other
duties and
 
may exercise
 
such other
 
powers as
 
may from
 
time to
 
time be
 
assigned to
 
such officer
 
by these
Bylaws or by these Bylaws, the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 3.8.
Vice Presidents.
 
The Vice Presidents shall have such powers and shall perform such
duties as shall be assigned to them by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 3.9.
Secretary.
 
The Secretary shall
 
give the requisite
 
notice of meetings
 
of stockholders
and
 
directors
 
and
 
shall
 
record
 
the
 
proceedings
 
of
 
such
 
meetings,
 
shall
 
have
 
custody
 
of
 
the
 
seal
 
of
 
the
Corporation and
 
shall affix
 
it or
 
cause it
 
to be
 
affixed to
 
such instruments
 
as require
 
the seal
 
and attest
 
it
and, besides the Secretary’s powers
 
and duties prescribed by law,
 
shall have such other powers and
 
perform
such other duties as shall be
 
provided in these Bylaws or
 
shall at any time be
 
assigned to such officer by the
Board or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 3.10.
Treasurer.
 
The Treasurer shall exercise general supervision over
 
the receipt, custody
and disbursement of
 
corporate funds.
 
The Treasurer
 
shall cause the
 
funds of the
 
Corporation to be
 
deposited
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
in such banks as
 
may be authorized by
 
the Board or in
 
such banks as may
 
be designated as depositaries
 
in
the manner provided
 
by resolution of the
 
Board.
 
The Treasurer shall have
 
such other powers and
 
perform
such other duties as shall be
 
provided in these Bylaws or
 
shall at any time be
 
assigned to such officer by
 
the
Board or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 3.11.
Assistant Secretaries.
 
Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall assist the Secretary
in the discharge of
 
the Secretary’s duties, shall
 
have such powers and
 
perform such other duties as
 
shall at
any time be assigned
 
to them by the
 
Board and, in the
 
absence or disability of the
 
Secretary, shall perform
the duties of the Secretary’s office, subject to the control of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 3.12.
Assistant Treasurers.
 
Assistant Treasurers, if there
 
be any, shall
 
assist the Treasurer
in the discharge of
 
the Treasurer’s duties, shall have
 
such powers and perform
 
such other duties as shall
 
at
any time be assigned to
 
them by the Board and,
 
in the absence or disability
 
of the Treasurer, shall perform
the duties of the Treasurer’s office, subject to the control of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 3.13.
Other
 
Officers.
 
Such
 
other
 
officers
 
as
 
the
 
Board
 
may
 
appoint
 
shall
 
perform
 
such
duties and have such
 
powers as from time
 
to time may be assigned
 
to them by the Board.
 
The Board may
delegate to
 
any other
 
officer of
 
the Corporation
 
the power
 
to choose
 
such other
 
officers and
 
to prescribe
their respective duties and powers.
ARTICLE IV
STOCK
Section 4.1.
Evidence of Stock Ownership.
 
The shares of the
 
Corporation shall be represented
 
by
certificates unless the Board shall by resolution provide that some or all of any class or series of
 
stock shall
be uncertificated shares.
 
Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until the
certificate is surrendered to the Corporation.
 
Notwithstanding the adoption of any resolution providing for
uncertificated
 
shares,
 
every
 
holder
 
of
 
stock
 
represented
 
by
 
certificates
 
and
 
upon
 
request
 
every
 
holder
 
of
uncertificated shares shall
 
be entitled to
 
have a certificate
 
signed by, or
 
in the name
 
of the corporation
 
by,
the Board Chair or the
 
Chief Executive Officer, or the
 
President or a Vice
 
President, and by the
 
Treasurer or
an
 
Assistant
 
Treasurer,
 
or
 
the
 
Secretary
 
or
 
an
 
Assistant
 
Secretary,
 
representing
 
the
 
number
 
of
 
shares
registered in certificate form.
Section 4.2.
Record Date.
 
In order that the Corporation
 
may determine the stockholders entitled
to
 
receive
 
payment
 
of
 
any
 
dividend
 
or
 
other
 
distribution
 
or
 
allotment
 
of
 
any
 
rights
 
or
 
the
 
stockholders
entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose
of any
 
other lawful
 
action, the
 
Board 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
60 days prior to such action.
 
If no record date is fixed,
 
the record date for determining stockholders
 
for any
such purpose
 
shall be
 
the Close
 
of Business
 
on the
 
day on
 
which the
 
Board adopts
 
the resolution
 
relating
thereto.
Section 4.3.
Record Owners.
 
The Corporation shall be
 
entitled to recognize the
 
exclusive right of
a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such
 
owner, and
to hold liable for calls
 
and assessments a person
 
registered on its books
 
as the owner of
 
shares, and shall not
be bound to recognize
 
any equitable or other
 
claim to or interest
 
in such share or
 
shares on the part
 
of any
other person,
 
whether or
 
not it
 
shall have
 
express or
 
other notice
 
thereof, except
 
as otherwise
 
required by
law.
Section 4.4.
Transfer and Registry Agents.
 
The Corporation may from time to time maintain one
or
 
more
 
transfer
 
offices
 
or
 
agencies
 
and
 
registry
 
offices
 
or
 
agencies
 
at
 
such
 
place
 
or
 
places
 
as
 
may
 
be
determined from time to time by the Board.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1.
Contracts.
 
The Board may authorize any officer or officers or any agent or agents to
enter into
 
any contract
 
or execute
 
and deliver
 
any instrument
 
or other document
 
in the
 
name of
 
and on
 
behalf
of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 5.2.
Disbursements.
 
All checks or demands for
 
money and notes of the
 
Corporation shall
be signed
 
by such
 
officer or
 
officers or
 
such other
 
person or
 
persons as
 
the Board
 
may from
 
time to
 
time
designate.
Section 5.3.
Fiscal Year.
 
The fiscal
 
year of
 
the Corporation
 
shall be
 
fixed from
 
time to
 
time by
resolution of the Board.
Section 5.4.
Corporate
 
Seal.
 
The
 
corporate
 
seal
 
shall
 
have
 
inscribed
 
thereon
 
the
 
name
 
of
 
the
Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.”
 
The seal may be used
by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced.
Section 5.5.
Offices.
 
The
 
Corporation
 
shall
 
maintain
 
a
 
registered
 
office
 
inside
 
the
 
State
 
of
Delaware and may also
 
have other offices outside
 
or inside the State
 
of Delaware.
 
The books and records
of the Corporation
 
may be kept
 
(subject to any
 
applicable law) outside
 
the State of
 
Delaware at the
 
principal
executive offices of the Corporation
 
or at such other place
 
or places as may be
 
designated from time to time
by the Board.
Section 5.6.
Waiver of Notice.
 
Whenever any notice is required
 
to be given to any
 
stockholder or
director of the Corporation under the provisions of the DGCL or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing,
signed by the person or
 
persons entitled to such notice,
 
or a waiver by electronic
 
transmission by the person
or persons entitled
 
to such notice,
 
whether before or
 
after the time
 
stated therein, shall
 
be deemed equivalent
to
 
the
 
giving
 
of
 
such
 
notice.
 
Neither
 
the
 
business
 
to
 
be
 
transacted
 
at, nor
 
the
 
purpose
 
of,
 
any
 
annual
 
or
special
 
meeting
 
of the
 
stockholders or
 
any regular
 
or special
 
meeting
 
of the
 
Board or
 
committee thereof
need be specified in any waiver of notice of such meeting unless so required by law.
Section 5.7.
Severability.
 
To the extent
 
any provision of
 
these Bylaws would
 
be, in the
 
absence
of
 
this
 
Section 5.7,
 
invalid,
 
illegal
 
or
 
unenforceable
 
for
 
any
 
reason
 
whatsoever,
 
such
 
provision
 
shall
 
be
severable from the other provisions of
 
these Bylaws, and all provisions of these
 
Bylaws shall be construed
so as to give
 
effect to the intent
 
manifested by these Bylaws,
 
including, to the maximum
 
extent possible, the
provision that would be otherwise invalid, illegal or unenforceable.
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENTS
These Bylaws may be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by the
 
Board or by the stockholders of
the
 
Corporation
 
by
 
the
 
affirmative
 
vote
 
of
 
the
 
holders
 
of
 
at
 
least
 
66
2
/
3
%
 
of
 
the
 
voting
 
power
 
of
 
all
 
then
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to
 
vote generally in the election of directors,
voting together as a single class.
exhibit994p1i0
 
Exhibit 99.4
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Contacts:
Sherman Miller, President and CEO
Max P. Bowman, Vice President and CFO
(601) 948-6813
CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC. ANNOUNCES
AGREEMENT WITH COMPANY’S FOUNDER’S FAMILY
ALSO ANNOUNCES
NEW $500 MILLION SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM
Announces Potential Transition to Non-Controlled Company
 
RIDGELAND, Miss.
 
(February 25, 2025) -
 
Cal-Maine Foods,
 
Inc. (NASDAQ:
 
CALM) (“Cal-Maine
 
Foods”
or the “Company”)
 
today announced that
 
it has entered
 
into an agreement
 
with members of
 
the family of
its
 
founder
 
Fred
 
R. Adams, Jr.,
 
relating
 
to
 
the
 
potential
 
diversification
 
of
 
their
 
individual
 
financial
portfolios.
 
As discussed below, the
 
agreement creates a process
 
for the potential conversion
 
of all of their
super
 
voting
 
Class A
 
Common
 
Stock
 
(“Class
 
A
 
Shares”)
 
to Cal-Maine
 
Foods’
 
Common Stock
 
(“Common
Shares”).
 
Should the conversion occur, all the Company’s shares would be a single class, with one vote per
share. Because
 
the family-owned
 
controlling stockholder
 
owns all
 
of the
 
Company’s super
 
voting shares,
converting those shares
 
into Common Shares
 
would cause the
 
controlling stockholder’s voting
 
power to fall
from 53.2% to
 
12.0%, although
 
its economic
 
interest in
 
the Company would
 
remain unchanged
 
at 12.0%.
The potential diversification could result
 
in the Company ceasing to
 
be a “controlled company” pursuant
 
to
the
 
rules
 
of
 
The
 
Nasdaq
 
Stock
 
Market.
 
The
 
timing
 
and
 
manner
 
of
 
these
 
potential
 
diversification
transactions
 
have
 
not been
 
decided. The
 
Board of
 
Directors
 
(the
 
“Board”) has
 
taken
 
the
 
steps described
below to position the Company for the potential loss of controlled company status.
The Company also announced that its Board
 
has approved a new share repurchase program which
authorizes repurchases of
 
up to $500 million
 
of Cal-Maine Foods’
 
Common Stock.
 
The actual timing,
 
value
and
 
manner
 
of
 
share
 
repurchases
 
will
 
be
 
determined
 
by
 
management
 
in
 
its
 
discretion.
 
The
 
Company
expects
 
to
 
strategically
 
and
 
opportunistically
 
repurchase
 
shares
 
from
 
time
 
to
 
time
 
in
 
the
 
open
 
market,
subject to market conditions and other factors.
As described below, the
 
Company has granted
 
registration rights to the
 
family members to facilitate
the sale of
 
Common Shares in
 
the open market,
 
should they decide
 
to sell their
 
shares.
 
It is also
 
possible
that the
 
Company could use
 
a portion of
 
its new
 
share repurchase program
 
to repurchase some
 
of the family
members’ Common
 
Shares as
 
part of
 
the family’s
 
portfolio diversification
 
efforts.
 
Any repurchases
 
from
the family members would require approval from the Special Committee of the Board described below.
Sherman
 
Miller,
 
President
 
and
 
Chief
 
Executive
 
Officer
 
of
 
Cal-Maine
 
Foods,
 
added,
 
“Our
 
share
repurchase program underscores our continued confidence in the strength of our business and future cash
flow generation,
 
as well
 
as our
 
commitment to
 
returning capital
 
to our
 
valued shareholders.
 
We enjoy
 
a
strong
 
cash
 
balance
 
and
 
strong
 
balance
 
sheet.
 
Our
 
management
 
and
 
Board
 
are
 
continually
 
evaluating
opportunities
 
to
 
deploy
 
our
 
cash
 
in
 
a
 
manner
 
to
 
achieve
 
the
 
best
 
value
 
for
 
our
 
stockholders.
 
The
 
share
repurchase program provides us with another tool to achieve that objective.”
Agreement with Founder’s Family
Cal-Maine
 
Foods
 
has
 
entered
 
into
 
an
 
Agreement
 
Regarding
 
Conversion
 
(the
 
“Conversion
Agreement”) with DLNL, LLC (“Daughters’ LLC”) and its members (the “Members”), who include
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Mr. Adams’
 
four
 
daughters
 
and
 
Adolphus
 
B. Baker,
 
Board
 
Chair
 
(and
 
Mr. Adams’
 
son-in-law).
 
The
Conversion Agreement was unanimously approved and recommended to the
 
Board by a special committee
consisting solely of independent directors.
Daughters’
 
LLC
 
holds
 
4.8 million
 
shares
 
of
 
the
 
Class
 
A
 
Shares,
 
representing
 
100%
 
of
 
the
outstanding Class A
 
Shares.
 
The Class
 
A Shares
 
have ten
 
votes per
 
share and
 
are convertible
 
on a
 
share-
for-share
 
basis
 
into
 
Common
 
Shares,
 
which
 
have
 
one
 
vote
 
per
 
share.
 
Generally,
 
the
 
Class
 
A
 
Shares
automatically convert to Common Shares upon transfer to persons not related to the family.
The outstanding
 
Class A
 
Shares currently
 
represent approximately
 
52.0% of
 
the Company’s
 
total
voting
 
power.
 
In
 
addition
 
to
 
the
 
Class A
 
Shares,
 
Daughters’
 
LLC
 
also
 
holds
 
approximately
 
1.1 million
Common Shares,
 
bringing the
 
total voting
 
power of
 
the shares
 
held by
 
Daughters’ LLC
 
to approximately
53.2%.
The
 
Members
 
have
 
advised
 
the
 
Company
 
that
 
they
 
are
 
potentially
 
interested
 
in
 
selling
 
all
 
or
 
a
portion
 
of
 
the
 
Common
 
Shares
 
held
 
by
 
Daughters’
 
LLC,
 
including
 
shares
 
that
 
would
 
be
 
issued
 
upon
conversion of its Class A Shares.
 
The Members indicated that they were willing to work with the Company
towards achieving a smooth
 
transition.
 
Before giving effect to
 
any potential sales, if
 
Daughters’ LLC were
to convert all of
 
its Class A Shares into Common
 
Shares, Daughters’ LLC’s total voting
 
power would decline
from 53.2%
 
to 12.0%
 
of the
 
voting power
 
of the
 
Company’s then
 
-outstanding Common
 
Shares but
 
there
would be no impact on Daughters’
 
LLC’s economic interest in the Company,
 
which would remain at 12.0%.
Pursuant
 
to
 
the
 
Conversion
 
Agreement,
 
Daughters’
 
LLC
 
has
 
agreed
 
not
 
to
 
convert
 
any
 
Class A
Shares
 
into
 
Common
 
Shares
 
until
 
after
 
the
 
effectiveness
 
of
 
the
 
Restated
 
Charter
 
(as
 
defined
 
below).
 
Daughters’
 
LLC
 
has
 
also
 
agreed
 
that
 
if
 
it
 
converts
 
any
 
Class
 
A
 
Shares
 
into
 
Common
 
Shares,
 
it
 
will
simultaneously
 
convert
 
all
 
(but
 
not
 
less
 
than
 
all)
 
Class
 
A
 
Shares
 
into
 
Common
 
Shares
 
(the
 
“Class
 
A
Conversion”).
 
The Conversion Agreement does
 
not require Daughters’ LLC
 
to convert any Class A
 
Shares
or to sell any shares.
If
 
the
 
Class A
 
Conversion
 
does
 
occur,
 
the
 
Company
 
would
 
have
 
a
 
single
 
class
 
of
 
common
 
stock
outstanding with one vote per share, resulting in the following benefits to stockholders:
A reduction in the concentration of voting power
Simplification of the Company’s equity capital structure
Better alignment of the voting rights and economic interests of all stockholders
Broader
 
appeal
 
of
 
the
 
Company’s
 
shares
 
to
 
investors,
 
many
 
of
 
which
 
prefer
 
single
 
voting
class common stock structures
The
 
Conversion
 
Agreement
 
grants
 
registration
 
rights
 
to
 
the
 
Members,
 
but
 
those
 
rights
 
do
 
not
become
 
effective
 
until
 
after
 
the
 
Class
 
A
 
Conversion
 
occurs.
 
The
 
registration
 
rights
 
expire
 
on
 
(1) the
 
12-
month anniversary of the date of the Class A Conversion or (2) December 31, 2026, whichever
 
is earlier.
In connection
 
with the
 
approval of
 
the Conversion
 
Agreement,
 
the Board
 
unanimously approved
the adoption
 
of the
 
Company’s
 
Third Amended
 
and Restated
 
Certificate of
 
Incorporation (the
 
“Restated
Charter”),
 
which
 
was
 
approved
 
by
 
Daughters’
 
LLC
 
by
 
majority
 
written
 
consent
 
in
 
lieu
 
of
 
a
 
meeting
 
of
stockholders.
 
The Restated Charter
 
will become effective
 
upon filing with
 
the Secretary of
 
State of the
 
State
of
 
Delaware
 
(the
 
“Delaware
 
Secretary
 
of
 
State”).
 
The
 
Board
 
also
 
amended
 
and
 
restated
 
the
 
Company’s
bylaws to
 
align them
 
with the
 
Restated Charter.
 
The amended
 
and restated
 
bylaws will
 
become effective
when the Restated Charter becomes effective.
 
Because Daughters’ LLC has approved the Restated Charter
by majority written consent, no further stockholder action is required at this time.
Among other things,
 
the Restated Charter
 
divides the Board
 
into three classes
 
of directors serving
staggered three-year terms.
 
Cal-Maine Foods expects the term of the first
 
class of directors to expire at the
2025 annual meeting of stockholders.
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The
 
Board
 
plans
 
to
 
establish
 
a
 
fully
 
independent
 
Nominating
 
and
 
Corporate
 
Governance
Committee, and
 
the independent
 
directors will
 
appoint a
 
lead independent
 
director, to
 
be effective
 
upon
the effectiveness of the Restated Charter.
Dolph Baker, Board
 
Chair of Cal-Maine
 
Foods, stated, “I
 
am confident in
 
the future of
 
the Company,
its
 
strategy
 
and
 
its
 
management
 
team.
 
The
 
decisions
 
to
 
consider
 
diversifying
 
our
 
family’s
 
individual
financial portfolios are personal decisions made
 
in connection with our own respective financial
 
and estate
planning
 
efforts.
 
The
 
Board
 
has
 
asked
 
me
 
to
 
remain
 
as
 
executive
 
Board
 
Chair
 
at
 
least
 
through
 
the
Company’s
 
2027
 
annual
 
meeting
 
of
 
stockholders,
 
and
 
I
 
look
 
forward
 
to
 
working
 
with
 
our
 
Board
 
and
management as we continue to successfully execute our strategy.”
Miller
 
stated,
 
“These
 
arrangements
 
will
 
provide
 
the
 
Company
 
with
 
stability
 
of
 
governance
 
and
management
 
during
 
its
 
transition
 
from
 
controlled
 
to
 
non-controlled
 
company
 
status
 
and
 
facilitate
 
the
Members’
 
portfolio
 
diversification
 
in
 
an
 
orderly
 
manner
 
in
 
compliance
 
with
 
legal
 
requirements.
 
Since
1986,
 
Dolph
 
Baker has
 
contributed
 
to
 
the
 
tremendous
 
growth
 
and success
 
of
 
Cal-Maine
 
Foods.
 
We
 
are
pleased that
 
he will
 
remain executive
 
Board Chair
 
at least
 
through our
 
2027 annual
 
meeting, and
 
we will
continue
 
to
 
benefit
 
from
 
his
deep
 
understanding
 
of
 
the
 
Company’s
 
operations,
 
depth
 
and
 
breadth
 
of
experience and continued poultry industry engagement.”
$500 Million Share Repurchase Program
The
 
share
 
repurchase
 
program
 
authorizes
 
Cal-Maine
 
Foods,
 
in
 
management’s
 
discretion,
 
to
repurchase
 
up
 
to
 
$500 million
 
of
 
Common
 
Shares
 
from
 
time
 
to
 
time,
 
subject
 
to
 
market
 
conditions
 
and
other
 
factors.
 
The
 
actual
 
timing,
 
number
 
and
 
value
 
of
 
shares
 
repurchased
 
under
 
the
 
program
 
will
 
be
determined by
 
management in
 
its discretion
 
and will
 
depend on
 
a number
 
of factors,
 
including, but
 
not
limited to, the market price of Common Shares and general market and economic conditions.
Share
 
repurchases
 
under
 
the
 
program
 
may
 
be
 
made
 
from
 
time
 
to
 
time
 
through
 
solicited
 
or
unsolicited
 
transactions
 
in
 
the
 
open
 
market,
 
in
 
privately
 
negotiated
 
transactions
 
or
 
by
 
other
 
means
 
in
accordance with securities
 
laws.
 
The Company expects
 
that share repurchases
 
under the program
 
will be
funded from
 
one or
 
a combination
 
of existing
 
cash balances
 
and future
 
free cash
 
flow.
 
The share
 
repurchase
program does not obligate Cal-Maine Foods to repurchase any specific amount of shares, does not have an
expiration date, and may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time without prior notice.
Additional Information and Where To Find It
The Company intends
 
promptly to file
 
a preliminary Information
 
Statement with the
 
U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) regarding the Restated Charter and related
 
matters.
 
The Restated
Charter will become effective upon filing with the Delaware Secretary
 
of State, which the Company expects
to occur on or promptly after the
 
20th calendar day following the distribution of the
 
definitive Information
Statement to stockholders.
Because the Restated Charter has
 
been approved by the Board
 
and by the stockholder vote
 
required
by
 
law,
 
the
 
Company
 
will
 
not
 
be
 
soliciting
 
proxies
 
or
 
holding
 
a
 
meeting
 
of
 
stockholders
 
to
 
consider
 
the
Restated Charter.
Additional details
 
regarding the
 
Conversion Agreement,
 
the Restated Charter
 
and related
 
matters
are contained
 
in a Form
 
8-K filed by
 
the Company
 
with the
 
SEC contemporaneously
 
with the
 
issuance of
this press release and will also be contained in the Information Statement.
 
Investors may obtain copies of
all documents filed by Cal-Maine with the SEC, free of charge, at the
 
SEC’s website, www.sec.gov or at Cal-
Maine Food’s website at www.calmainefoods.com/sec-filings.
About Cal-Maine Foods
Cal-Maine
 
Foods
 
is
 
primarily
 
engaged
 
in
 
the
 
production,
 
grading,
 
packaging,
 
marketing
 
and
distribution
 
of
 
fresh
 
shell
 
eggs,
 
including
 
conventional,
 
cage-free,
 
organic,
 
brown,
 
free-range,
 
pasture-
raised and nutritionally enhanced eggs.
 
The Company, which is headquartered
 
in Ridgeland, Mississippi,
is
 
the
 
largest
 
producer
 
and
 
distributor
 
of
 
fresh
 
shell
 
eggs
 
in
 
the
 
nation
 
and
 
sells
 
most
 
of
 
its
 
shell
 
eggs
throughout the majority of the United States.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements
 
contained
 
in
 
this
 
press
 
release
 
that
 
are
 
not
 
historical
 
facts
 
are
 
forward-looking
statements as that term
 
is defined in the
 
Private Securities Litigation Reform
 
Act of 1995.
 
The forward-
looking
 
statements
 
are
 
based
 
on
 
management’s
 
current
 
intent,
 
belief,
 
expectations,
 
estimates
 
and
projections
 
regarding our
 
Company
 
and
 
our
 
industry.
 
These statements
 
are not
 
guarantees
 
of future
performance and involve risks,
 
uncertainties, assumptions and
 
other factors that are
 
difficult to predict
and may be
 
beyond our control.
 
The factors that
 
could cause actual
 
results to differ
 
materially from those
projected in the forward-looking statements
 
include, among others, (i) the risk factors
 
set forth in Part I
Item 1A Risk Factors
 
of our Annual Report
 
on Form 10-K for
 
the year ended June 1, 2024,
 
as well as those
included in other
 
reports we
 
file from
 
time to
 
time with
 
the SEC (including
 
our Quarterly Reports
 
on Form
10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K), (ii) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances
that could give
 
rise to the
 
Board’s decision to
 
abandon the Restated
 
Charter or to
 
the termination of
 
the
Conversion Agreement, (iii) the effect of the announcement of
 
the Conversion Agreement on the Common
Shares’
 
trading
 
price,
 
the
 
ability
 
of
 
the
 
Company
 
to
 
retain
 
and
 
hire
 
key
 
personnel
 
and
 
maintain
relationships
 
with
 
its
 
customers
 
and
 
suppliers,
 
and
 
on
 
the
 
Company’s
 
operating
 
results
 
and
 
business
generally, (iv) the impact on the
 
Common Shares’ trading price of
 
the sale or marketing, or
 
potential sale
or marketing, of a significant number of Common Shares as part of the family’s portfolio diversification,
(v) the risks and hazards inherent in the shell egg business (including
 
disease, pests, weather conditions,
and
 
potential
 
for
 
product
 
recall),
 
including
 
but
 
not
 
limited
 
to
 
the
 
current
 
outbreak
 
of
 
HPAI
 
affecting
poultry in the U.S., Canada and other countries that was first detected
 
in commercial flocks in the U.S. in
February 2022 and that first impacted our flocks in December 2023,
 
(vi) changes in the demand for and
market prices of shell eggs and feed costs, (vii) our ability
 
to predict and meet demand for cage-free and
other
 
specialty
 
eggs,
 
(viii) risks,
 
changes,
 
or
 
obligations
 
that
 
could
 
result
 
from
 
our
 
recent
 
or
 
future
acquisition of
 
new flocks
 
or businesses
 
and risks
 
or changes
 
that may
 
cause conditions
 
to completing
 
a
pending
 
acquisition
 
not
 
to
 
be
 
met,
 
(ix) risks
 
relating
 
to
 
changes
 
in
 
inflation
 
and
 
interest
 
rates,
 
(x) our
ability
 
to
 
retain
 
existing
 
customers,
 
acquire
 
new
 
customers
 
and
 
grow
 
our
 
product
 
mix,
 
(xi) adverse
results
 
in
 
pending
 
litigation
 
matters,
 
and
 
(xii) global
 
instability,
 
including
 
as
 
a
 
result
 
of
 
the
 
war
 
in
Ukraine, the conflicts
 
in Israel and
 
surrounding areas and
 
attacks on shipping
 
in the Red Sea.
 
Readers
are cautioned
 
not to
 
place undue
 
reliance on
 
forward-looking statements
 
because, while
 
we believe
 
the
assumptions
 
on
 
which
 
the
 
forward-looking
 
statements
 
are
 
based
 
are
 
reasonable,
 
there
 
can
 
be
 
no
assurance
 
that
 
these
 
forward-looking
 
statements
 
will
 
prove
 
to
 
be
 
accurate.
 
Further,
 
forward-looking
statements included herein
 
are only made
 
as of the
 
respective dates thereof,
 
or if no
 
date is stated,
 
as of
the
 
date
 
hereof.
 
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Document and Entity Information
Feb. 25, 2025
Cover [Abstract]  
Document Type 8-K
Document Period End Date Feb. 25, 2025
Entity Registrant Name Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
Entity File Number 001-38695
Entity Incorporation State Country Code DE
Entity Tax Identification Number 64-0500378
Entity Address Address Line 1 1052 Highland Colony Pkwy
Entity Address Address Line 2 Suite 200
Entity Address City Or Town Ridgeland
Entity Address State Or Province MS
Entity Address Postal Zip Code 39157
City Area Code 601
Local Phone Number 948-6813
Written Communications false
Soliciting Material false
Pre Commencement Tender Offer false
Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer false
Entity Central Index Key 0000016160
Security 12b Title Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
Trading Symbol CALM
Security Exchange Name NASDAQ
Amendment Flag false
Entity Emerging Growth Company false
Current Fiscal Year End Date --05-31

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