MCLAREN PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES INC
10KSB40, EX-3.1, 2000-12-29
MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES
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EXHIBIT 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

McLAREN PERFORMANCE TECHOLONGIES, INC.

ARTICLE I
NAME

          The name of this Corporation is "McLaren Performance Technologies, Inc."

ARTICLE II
PERIOD OF DURATION

          The Corporation shall exist in perpetuity, from and after the date of filing the Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware unless dissolved according to law.

ARTICLE III
PURPOSES AND POWERS

          1.      Purposes. Except as restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation is organized for the purpose of transacting all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated pursuant to the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

          2.     General Powers. Except as restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation shall have and may exercise all powers and rights which a corporation may exercise legally pursuant to the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

          3.     Issuance of Shares. The board of directors of the Corporation may divide and issue any class of stock of the Corporation in series pursuant to a resolution properly filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL STOCK

          The aggregate number of shares which this Corporation shall have authority to issue is Twenty Million (20,000,000) shares of $0.00001 par value each, which shares shall be designated "Common Stock"; and Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of $.001 par value each, which shares shall be designated "Preferred Stock" and which may be issued in one or more series at the discretion of the Board of Directors. In establishing a series the Board of Directors shall give to it a distinctive designation so as to distinguish it from the shares of all other series and classes, shall fix the number of shares in such series, and the preferences, rights and restrictions thereof. All shares of any one series shall be alike in every particular except as otherwise provided by this Certificate of Incorporation or the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

          1.     Dividends. Dividends in cash, property or shares shall be paid upon the Preferred Stock for any year on a cumulative or noncumulative basis as determined by a resolution of the Board of Directors prior to the issuance of such Preferred Stock, to the extent earned surplus for each such year is available, in an amount as determined by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such Preferred Stock dividends shall be paid pro rata to holders of Preferred Stock in any amount not less than nor more than the rate as determined by a resolution of the Board of Directors prior to the issuance of such Preferred Stock. No other dividend shall be paid on the Preferred Stock.

          Dividends in cash, property or shares of the Corporation may be paid upon the Common Stock, as and when declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds of the Corporation to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, except that no Common Stock dividend shall be paid for any year unless the holders of Preferred Stock, if any, shall receive the maximum allowable Preferred Stock dividend for such year.

          2.     Distribution in Liquidation. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, and after paying or adequately providing for the payment of all its obligations, the remainder of the assets of the Corporation shall be distributed, either in cash or in kind, first pro rata to the holders of the Preferred Stock until an amount to be determined by a resolution of the Board of Directors prior to issuance of such Preferred Stock, has been distributed per share, and, then, the remainder pro rata to the holders of the Common Stock.

          3.     Redemption. The Preferred Stock may be redeemed in whole or in part as determined by a resolution of the Board of Directors prior to the issuance of such Preferred Stock, upon prior notice to the holders of record of the Preferred Stock, published, mailed and given in such manner and form and on such other terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Bylaws or by resolution of the Board of Directors, by payment in cash or Common Stock for each share of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed, as determined by a resolution of the Board of Directors prior to the issuance of such Preferred Stock. Common Stock used to redeem Preferred Stock shall be valued as determined by a resolution of the Board of Directors prior to or arising from fractional shares shall be treated as rights to or arising from one share. No such purchase or retirement shall be made if the capital of the Corporation would be impaired thereby.

          If less than all the outstanding shares are to be redeemed, such redemption may be made by lot or pro rata as may be prescribed by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may alternatively invite from shareholders offers to the Corporation of Preferred Stock at less than an amount to be determined by a resolution of the Board of Directors prior to issuance of such Preferred Stock, and when such offers are invited, the Board of Directors shall then be required to buy at the lowest price or prices offered, up to the amount to be purchased.

          From and after the date fixed in any such notice as the date of redemption (unless default shall be made by the Corporation in the payment of the redemption price), all dividends on the Preferred Stock thereby called for redemption shall cease to accrue and all rights of the holders thereof as stockholders of the Corporation, except the right to receive the redemption price, shall cease and terminate.

          Any purchase by the Corporation of the shares of its Preferred Stock shall not be made at prices in excess of said redemption price.

          4.     Voting Rights; Cumulative Voting. Each outstanding share of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote and each fractional share of Common Stock shall be entitled to a corresponding factional vote on each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders. A majority of the shares of Common Stock entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. Except as otherwise provided by this Certificate of Incorporation or the General Corporation Law of Delaware, if a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the shareholders. When, with respect to any action taken by shareholders of this Corporation, the laws of Delaware require the vote or concurrence of the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding shares, of the shares entitled to vote thereon, or of any class or series, such action may be taken by the vote or concurrence of a majority of such shares or class or series thereof. Cumulative voting shall not be allowed in the election of directors of this Corporation.

          Shares of Preferred Stock shall only be entitled to such vote as is determined by the Board of Directors prior to the issuance of such stock, except as required by law, in which case each share of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to one vote.

          5.     Denial of Preemptive Rights. No holder of any shares of the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, shall have any preemptive or preferential right to acquire any shares or securities of the Corporation, including shares or securities held in the treasury of the Corporation.

          6.     Conversion Rights. Holders of shares of Preferred Stock may be granted the right to convert such Preferred Stock to Common Stock of the Corporation on such terms as may be determined by the Board of Directors prior to issuance of such Preferred Stock.

ARTICLE V
TRANSACTIONS WITH INTERESTED DIRECTORS

          No contract or other transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or any other corporation, firm, association, or entity in which one or more of its directors are directors or officers or are financially interested shall be either void or voidable solely because of such relationship or interest or solely because such directors are present at the meeting of the board of directors or a committee thereof which authorizes, approves, or ratifies such contract or transaction or solely because their votes are counted for such purpose if:

                    (a)          The fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the board of directors or committee which authorizes, approves, or ratifies the contract or transaction by a vote or consent sufficient for the purpose without counting the votes or consents of such interested directors; or

                    (b)          The fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the shareholders entitled to vote and they authorize, approve, or ratify such contract or transaction by vote or written consent; or

                    (c)          The contract or transaction is fair and reasonable to the corporation.

          Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee thereof which authorizes, approves, or ratifies such contract or transaction.

ARTICLE VI
CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY

          The officers, directors and other members of management of this Corporation shall be subject to the doctrine of "corporate opportunities" only insofar as it applies to business opportunities in which this Corporation has expressed an interest as determined from time to time by this Corporation's board of directors as evidenced by resolutions appearing in the Corporation's minutes. Once such areas of interest are delineated, all such business opportunities within such areas of interest which come to the attention of the officers, directors, and other members of management of this Corporation shall be disclosed promptly to this Corporation and made available to it. The board of directors may reject any business opportunity presented to it and thereafter any officer, director or other member of management may avail himself of such opportunity. Until such time as this Corporation, through its board of directors, has designated an area of interest, the officers, directors and other members of management of this Corporation shall be free to engage in such areas of interest on their own and this doctrine shall not limit the rights of any officer, director or other member of management of this Corporation to continue a business existing prior to the time that such area of interest is designated by the Corporation. This provision shall not be construed to release any employee of this Corporation (other than an officer, director or member of management) from any duties which he may have to this Corporation.

ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION

          7.0     Limitation of Liability. A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended after approval by the stockholders of this article to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended.

          Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

          7.1     Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in any threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer, of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is in an official capacity as a director or officer, or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the full extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted, the corporation to provide prior to such amendment), or by other applicable law as then in effect, against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer, and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; Provided, however, that except as provided in subsection 7.2 of this section with respect to the proceedings seeking to enforce rights to indemnification, the corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation.

          The right to indemnification shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; Provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified.

          7.2     Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under subsection 7.1 of this section is not paid in full by the corporation within sixty days after a written claim has been received by the corporation, except in the case of a claim for expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty days, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, to the extent successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim including attorney fees.

          It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible, under the Delaware General Corporation Law, for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. The burden of proving such defense shall be on the corporation.

          Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action, that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances, because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

          7.3     Nonexclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this section shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

          7.4     Insurance, Contracts and Funding. The corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law. The corporation may enter into contracts with any director or officer of the corporation in furtherance of the provisions of this section and may create a trust, grant a security interest or use other means (including, without limitation, a letter of credit) to aid in the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to provide indemnification as provided in this section.

          7.5     Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, from time to time, provide indemnification and pay expenses in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding to employees and agents of the corporation with the same scope and effect as the provisions of this section with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the corporation.

ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS

          The Corporation reserves the right to amend its Certificate of Incorporation from time to time in accordance with the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

ARTICLE IX
ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

          The initial Bylaws of the Corporation shall be adopted by its board of directors. Subject to repeal or change by action of the shareholders, the power to alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws shall be vested in the board of directors. The Bylaws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the Corporation not inconsistent with law or the Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE X
REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT

          The address of the initial registered office of the Corporation is 15 Carolina Court, Wilmington, Delaware 19802, New Castle County. The name of the initial registered agent at such address is Kathleen C. Clark. Either the registered office or the registered agent may be changed in the manner permitted by law.

ARTICLE XI
INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

          The number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Bylaws of the Corporation. The initial board of directors of the Corporation shall consist of one (1) directors. The name and address of the person who shall serve as a director until the first annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor(s) is elected and shall qualify is as follows:

 
Name
Address
 
Mark R. Moldenhauer
264 Ponderosa Place
   
Evergreen, CO 80439

ARTICLE XII
INCORPORATOR

          The name and address of the incorporator is as follows:

 
Name
Address
 
Kathleen C. Clark
15 Carolina Court
 
Wilmington, DE 19808



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