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Exhibit 3.1
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
THERMADYNE HOLDINGS CORPORATION
THERMADYNE HOLDINGS CORPORATION (the Corporation), a corporation organized and
existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL) does
hereby certify as follows:
A. The name under which the Corporation was originally incorporated is Palco Acquisition
Corp. and the date of filing the original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation with the
Secretary of the State of Delaware was August 7, 1987.
B. A Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of
the State of Delaware on September 4, 1987;
C. A Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of
the State of Delaware on January 18, 1994;
D. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the
Secretary of the State of Delaware on May 23, 2003 to put into effect and carry out the First
Amended and Restated Joint Plan of Reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code of
Thermadyne Holdings Corporation, et al., as confirmed on April 3, 2003 by order of the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division.
E. This Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted in
accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the DGCL and restates, integrates and amends the provisions
of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated to date.
F. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated hereby,
shall, upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, read in its entirety
as follows:
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is: Thermadyne Holdings Corporation.
SECOND: The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is
160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101, Dover, Kent County, Delaware 19904. The name of the registered
agent of the Corporation at such address is National Registered Agents, Inc.
THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which
corporations may be organized under the DGCL, as from time to time amended.
FOURTH: The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have
authority to issue is 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share. Except
as otherwise provided by law, the shares of stock of the Corporation may be issued by the
Corporation from time to time in such amounts, for such consideration and for such corporate
purposes as the board of directors of the Corporation (the Board of Directors) may from
time to time determine.
FIFTH: The number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the
by-laws or amendment thereof adopted by the Board of Directors. Election of directors need not be
by written ballot.
SIXTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, subject to any
limitations contained elsewhere in these articles of incorporation, by-laws of the Corporation may
be adopted, amended or repealed by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but any
by-laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled
to vote thereon.
SEVENTH: 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 directors duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its
stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Any repeal or amendment of this Article
SEVENTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely
affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the Corporation arising from an
act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or amendment. In addition to the
circumstances in which a director of the Corporation is not personally liable as set forth in the
foregoing provisions of this Article SEVENTH, a director shall not be liable to the Corporation or
its stockholders to such further extent as permitted by any law hereafter enacted, including
without limitation any subsequent amendment to the DGCL.
EIGHTH: The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was, is, or is threatened to be made a
party to a proceeding (as hereinafter defined) by reason of the fact that he or she (i) is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation or (ii) while a director or officer of the Corporation, is
or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, venturer,
proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic
corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan, or
other enterprise, to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL, as the same exists or may
hereafter be amended. Such right shall be a contract right and as such shall run to the benefit of
any director or officer who is elected and accepts the position of director or officer of the
Corporation or elects to continue to serve as a director or officer of the Corporation while this
Article EIGHTH is in effect. Any repeal or amendment of this Article EIGHTH shall be prospective
only and shall not limit the rights of any such director or officer or the obligations of the
Corporation with respect to any claim arising from or related to the services of such director or
officer in any of the foregoing capacities prior to any such repeal or amendment to this Article
EIGHTH. Such right shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation expenses incurred in
defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition to the maximum extent permitted
under the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. If a claim for indemnification or
advancement of expenses hereunder is not paid in full by the Corporation within 60 days after a
written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring
suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim,
and if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the
expenses of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action that such
indemnification or advancement of costs of defense are not permitted under the DGCL, but the burden
of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation
(including its board of directors or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or
stockholders) to have made its determination prior to the commencement of such action that
indemnification of, or advancement of costs of defense to, the claimant is permissible in the
circumstances nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its board of directors or
any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or stockholders) that such indemnification or
advancement is not permissible shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that such
indemnification or advancement is not permissible. In the event of the death of any person having a
right of indemnification under the foregoing provisions, such right shall inure to the benefit of
his or her heirs, executors, administrators, and personal representatives. The rights conferred
above shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, by-law, resolution of stockholders or directors, agreement, or otherwise.
The Corporation may additionally indemnify any employee or agent of the Corporation to the
fullest extent permitted by law.
As used herein, the term proceeding means any threatened, pending, or completed action,
suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, or investigative, any
appeal in such an action, suit, or proceeding, and any inquiry or investigation that could lead to
such an action, suit, or proceeding.
NINTH: The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Fourth Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation on this 3rd day of December, 2010.
/s/ Nick H. Varsam | ||||
Name: | Nick H. Varsam | |||
Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO THERMADYNE HOLDINGS CORPORATION FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION