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Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF DIGITALGLOBE, INC.
 
Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law
 
DigitalGlobe, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “GCL”), does hereby certify as follows:
1. The name of the Corporation is DigitalGlobe, Inc. The Corporation was originally incorporated under the name Earthwatch, Incorporated. The original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 21, 1995.
2. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) and by the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the GCL.
3. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates and integrates and further amends the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as heretofore amended or supplemented.
4. The text of the Certificate of Incorporation is restated in its entirety as follows:
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is DigitalGlobe, Inc.
SECOND: The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.
THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the GCL.
FOURTH: (a) Authorized Capital Stock. The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Hundred Seventy-Four Million (274,000,000) shares of capital stock, consisting of (i) Two Hundred Fifty Million (250,000,000) shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), (ii) Twenty-Four Million (24,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

 

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(b) Common Stock. The powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions, of the Common Stock is as follows:
  (1)   Each holder of record of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to vote at all meetings of the stockholders and shall have one vote for each share held by such holder of record.
  (2)   Subject to the prior rights of the holders of all classes or series of stock at the time outstanding having prior rights as to dividends, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of the assets of the Corporation legally available therefor, such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors.
  (3)   Subject to the prior rights of creditors of the Corporation and the holders of all classes or series of stock at the time outstanding having prior rights as to distributions upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, either voluntary or involuntary, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive their ratable and proportionate share of the remaining assets of the Corporation.
  (4)   No holder of shares of Common Stock shall have cumulative voting rights.
  (5)   No holder of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to preemptive or subscription rights.
(c) Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized to provide for the issuance of all or any shares of the Preferred Stock in one or more classes or series, and to fix for each such class or series such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of such class or series, including, without limitation, the authority to provide that any such class or series may be (i) subject to redemption at such time or times and at such price or prices; (ii) entitled to receive dividends (which may be cumulative or non-cumulative) at such rates, on such conditions, and at such times, and payable in preference to, or in such relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or classes or any other series; (iii) entitled to such rights upon the dissolution of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation; or (iv) convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes of stock, or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock, of the Corporation at such price or prices or at such rates of exchange and with such adjustments; all as may be stated in such resolution or resolutions.

 

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(d) Power to Sell and Purchase Shares. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Corporation shall have the power to issue and sell all or any part of any shares of any class of stock herein or hereafter authorized to such persons, and for such consideration, as the Board of Directors shall from time to time, in its discretion, determine, whether or not greater consideration could be received upon the issue or sale of the same number of shares of another class, and as otherwise permitted by law. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Corporation shall have the power to purchase any shares of any class of stock herein or hereafter authorized from such persons, and for such consideration, as the Board of Directors shall from time to time, in its discretion, determine, whether or not less consideration could be paid upon the purchase of the same number of shares of another class, and as otherwise permitted by law.
FIFTH: The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:
(a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
(b) The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than one or more than fifteen members, the exact number of which shall be fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors.
(c) The directors shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. The initial division of the Board of Directors into classes shall be made by the decision of the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. The term of the initial Class I directors shall terminate on the date of the 2010 annual meeting; the term of the initial Class II directors shall terminate on the date of the 2011 annual meeting; and the term of the initial Class III directors shall terminate on the date of the 2012 annual meeting. At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders beginning in 2010, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director.
(d) Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty percent (80%) of the voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors.
(e) A director shall hold office until the annual meeting for the year in which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office.

 

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(f) Subject to the terms of any one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock, any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, provided that a quorum is present, and any other vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors of such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same remaining term as that of his predecessor. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any or all of the directors of the Corporation may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation applicable thereto, and such directors so elected shall not be divided into classes pursuant to this Article FIFTH unless expressly provided by such terms.
(g) In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the GCL, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and any By-Laws adopted by the stockholders; provided, however, that no By-Laws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such By-Laws had not been adopted.
(h) Unless otherwise required by law, special meetings of stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called at any time by either (i) the Chairman, if there be one, (ii) the President, (iii) or the Chief Executive Officer, if there be one, and shall be called by any such officer at the request in writing of (i) the Board of Directors, or (ii) a committee of the Board of Directors that has been designated by the Board of Directors and whose powers include the authority to call such meeting. The ability of stockholders to call a special meeting of stockholders is specifically denied.
SIXTH: No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. If the GCL is amended hereafter to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent authorized by the GCL, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article SIXTH shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

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SEVENTH: The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by law, 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 his or her heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives; provided, however, that, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article SEVENTH 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 upon receipt by the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer receiving advancement to repay the amount advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under this Article SEVENTH.
The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article SEVENTH to directors and officers of the Corporation.
The rights to indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this Article SEVENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Corporation, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
EIGHTH: 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 the ability of the stockholders to consent in writing to the taking of any action is hereby specifically denied.
NINTH: Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the GCL) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation.
TENTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Corporation’s By-Laws. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the entire Board of Directors shall be required to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Corporation’s By-Laws. The Corporation’s By-Laws also may be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty percent (80%) of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote at an election of directors.

 

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ELEVENTH: Subject to applicable law and notwithstanding any other provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation shall always be subject to redemption by the Corporation, by action of the Board of Directors, if in the judgment of the Board of Directors such action should be taken, pursuant to Section 151(b) of the GCL or any other applicable provision of law, to the extent necessary to prevent the loss or secure the reinstatement of any license or franchise from any governmental agency held by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries to conduct any portion of the business of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, which license or franchise is conditioned upon some or all of the holders of the Corporation’s stock possessing prescribed qualifications. The terms and conditions of such redemption shall be as follows:
(a) The redemption price of the shares to be redeemed pursuant to this Article ELEVENTH shall be determined by the Board of Directors and shall be equal to the Fair Market Value (as defined herein) of such shares or, if such shares were purchased by one or more Disqualified Holders (as defined herein) within one year of the Redemption Date (as defined herein), the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of such shares and (ii) the purchase price paid by such Disqualified Holder for such shares; provided, however that the Board of Directors may specify a different redemption price in any resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of any shares of Preferred Stock.
(b) At the election of the Corporation, the redemption price of such shares may be paid in cash, notes, Redemption Securities (as defined herein) or any combination thereof. Any notes issued to a Disqualified Holder pursuant to this section (b) of Article ELEVENTH shall be unsecured notes of the Corporation, shall be subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness of the Corporation, shall mature on the fifth anniversary of the date of the Redemption Date and shall accrue interest at a rate initially equal to the prime rate of interest as published in The Wall Street Journal (the “Prime Rate”) on the business day immediately prior to the Redemption Date through the end of the calendar quarter in which the Redemption Date occurs and for each calendar quarter thereafter at the Prime Rate published on the last business day of the preceding calendar quarter.
(c) To the extent that the qualifications of more than one Disqualified Holder cause the lack of compliance with the applicable license or franchise, but compliance by fewer than all of such Disqualified Holders would address the deficiency, the Board of Directors may in its discretion elect which Disqualified Holders shall be subject to redemption and shall be under no obligation to effectuate a redemption pro rata among all such Disqualified Holders.
(d) At least 30 days’ prior written notice of the Redemption Date (or such lesser time as to not cause undue jeopardy to the retention or restatement of the applicable license or franchise) shall be given to any Disqualified Holder of shares selected to be redeemed (unless waived in writing by any such holder), provided that the Redemption Date may be the date on which written notice shall be given to such holder if the cash, notes or Redemption Securities necessary to effect the redemption shall have been deposited in trust for the benefit of such holder and subject to immediate withdrawal by it upon surrender of the stock certificates formerly representing the shares redeemed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if following receipt of such written notice and prior to the Redemption Date, in the reasonable opinion of the Board of Directors, the Disqualified Holder takes such actions as may be required to make its ownership of the Corporation’s stock compliant with the prescribed qualifications of the applicable license or franchise, and if the Corporation does not take such actions necessary to cause the Redemption Date to be the date on which such written notice is given, than the Corporation shall not be obligated to redeem such shares.

 

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(e) From and after the Redemption Date, any and all rights of whatever nature that any Disqualified Holder may have with respect to any shares selected for redemption (including, without limitation, any rights to vote or participate in dividends declared on stock of the same class or series as such shares) shall cease and terminate, and such Disqualified Holder shall thenceforth be entitled only to receive, with respect to such shares, the cash, notes or Redemption Securities payable upon redemption.
(f) If a redemption becomes effective, the Disqualified Holder shall indemnify and reimburse the Corporation for all direct and indirect costs and expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred by the Corporation in performing its obligations and exercising its rights under this Article ELEVENTH.
(g) The Board of Directors may also impose additional terms and conditions in connection with any redemption under this Article ELEVENTH.
(h) For purposes of this Article ELEVENTH:
  (i)   “Disqualified Holder” shall mean any holder of shares of stock of the Corporation whose holding of such stock, either individually or when taken together with the holding of shares of stock of the Corporation by any other holders, may result, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, in the loss of, or the failure to secure the reinstatement of, any license or franchise from any governmental agency held by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries to conduct any portion of the business of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries.
  (ii)   “Fair Market Value” of a share of the Corporation’s stock of any class or series shall mean the average Closing Price (as defined herein) for such a share for each of the 45 most recent days on which shares of stock of such class or series shall have been traded preceding the day on which notice of redemption shall be given pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Article ELEVENTH; provided, however, that if shares of stock of such class or series are not traded on any securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market, “Fair Market Value” shall be determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. “Closing Price” on any day

 

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      means the reported closing sales price or, in case no such sale takes place, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on which such stock is listed, or, if such stock is not listed on any such exchange, the highest closing sales price or bid quotation for such stock on any system then in use, or if no such prices or quotations are available, the fair market value on the day in question as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith.
  (iii)   “Redemption Date” shall mean the date fixed by the Board of Directors for the redemption of any shares of stock of the Corporation pursuant to this Article ELEVENTH.
  (iv)   “Redemption Securities” shall mean any debt or equity securities of the Corporation, any of its subsidiaries or any other entities, or any combination thereof, having such terms and conditions as shall be approved by the Board of Directors and which, together with any cash to be paid as part of the redemption price, in the opinion of any investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors (which may be a firm which provides other investment banking, brokerage or other services to the Corporation), has a value, at the time notice of redemption is given pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Article ELEVENTH, at least equal to the price required to be paid pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Article ELEVENTH (assuming for purposes of such valuation, in the case of Redemption Securities to be publicly traded, such Redemption Securities were fully distributed and trading under normal conditions).
TWELFTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation’s By-Laws or the GCL, and all rights herein conferred upon stockholders are granted subject to such reservation; provided, however, that, notwithstanding any other provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by law), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty percent (80%) of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote at an election of directors shall be required to amend, alter, change or repeal, or to adopt any provision as part of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with the purpose and intent of Articles FIFTH, EIGHTH, TENTH, ELEVENTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or this Article TWELFTH.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed on its behalf this 18 day of May, 2009.
         
  DIGITALGLOBE, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ J. Alison Alfers  
    Name:  J. Alison Alfers   
    Title:  Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary 
 

 

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