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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - ORBCOMM Inc. | c17624exv99w1.htm |
EXHIBIT 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
OF
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
OF
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
of
ORBCOMM INC.
Pursuant to Section 151 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
ORBCOMM Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware (the Corporation), hereby certifies that the following resolution was adopted
by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to Section 151 of the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the Board of Directors of
the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of its Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors hereby creates a
series of the Corporations previously authorized Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
Preferred Stock), and hereby states the designation and amount thereof and the voting powers,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of the shares of such
series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof are as follows:
1. Designation and Number of Authorized Shares in Series. There shall be a total of 1,000,000
authorized shares of Preferred Stock designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
2. Priority. The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall have a priority ranking superior to the
Common Stock of the Corporation with respect to payment of dividends and upon dissolution,
liquidation and winding-up of the Corporation.
3. Dividends. Holders of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
receive, when declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds and assets of the Corporation
legally available therefore, an annual dividend (calculated on the basis of the redemption price of
$10.00 per share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock) of four (4%) percent per annum, payable
in additional shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock quarterly on or before the 20th day
following each calendar quarter for the calendar quarters ended March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31, respectively, to
stockholders of record on the respective record dates (which shall be the tenth day of the last
month for each such calendar quarter just ended). Dividends on each share of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock shall accrue and be cumulative from the date of issue and shall be
appropriately prorated with respect to the period between such date of issue and the first dividend
payment date. Accumulations of unpaid dividends shall not bear interest.
So long as any shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation
shall not declare and pay or set apart for payment any dividends or make any other distribution on
the Common Stock and shall not redeem, retire, purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of Common
Stock or Preferred Stock ranking inferior to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, unless at
the time of making such declaration, payment, distribution, redemption, retirement, purchase or
acquisition dividends on all outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for all
past quarterly dividend periods shall have been paid or declared and sufficient shares reserved for
the payment thereof.
4. Conversion. Each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be convertible/converted
into 1.66611 of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, subject to readjustment as provided
herein below, without the payment of any additional consideration by the holder thereof as follows:
(a) | at the option of the holder thereof at any time, including up to the close of business on the redemption date with respect to any shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock called for redemption; or | ||
(b) | at the option of the Corporation on or after the date (Trigger Date) that (i) is at least six (6) months from the issue date of the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted, and (ii) the average closing market price for the Corporations Common Stock on the U.S. national securities exchange on which the Corporations Common Stock may then be listed or if not then listed on a U.S. national securities exchange, the last quoted price on the over-the-counter market then in use (such average market price or last quoted price, as the case may be, hereinafter referred to as the Market Price) for the preceding twenty (20) consecutive trading days equals or exceeds $11.20 per share. The notice of conversion shall be sent by certified mail to the holders of record of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted at least five (5) days prior to the date of conversion specified in such notice, addressed to each such holder at his address as it appears in the records of the Corporation. |
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The holder of a share or shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock may exercise the
conversion right in subparagraph (a) above by delivering to the Corporation during regular business
hours, at the principal office of the Corporation, or at such other places as may be designated by
the Corporation, the certificate or certificates for the shares to be converted, duly endorsed or
assigned in blank or to the Corporation (if required by it), accompanied in any event by written
notice stating that the holder elects
to convert such shares and stating the name or names (with address) in which the certificate
or certificates for Common Stock are to be issued. Conversion shall be deemed to have been effected
on the date when such delivery is made, or in the case of conversion pursuant to subparagraph (b)
above on the date specified by the Corporation in its notice of conversion, and such date is
referred to herein as the Conversion Date. As promptly as practicable thereafter the Corporation
shall issue and deliver to or upon the written order of such holder, at such office or other place
designated by the Corporation, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of
Common Stock to which the holder is entitled together with any additional shares of Common Stock
representing the conversion of any shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issuable for the
amount of any accrued but unpaid dividends, and a check in respect of any fraction of shares of
Common Stock provided below. The person in whose name the certificate or certificates for Common
Stock are to be issued (that is the person designated if the conversion is elective under
subparagraph (a) above, or the holder of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in the case of a
conversion under subparagraph (b) above) shall be deemed to have become a holder of Common Stock of
record on the Conversion Date unless the transfer books of the Corporation are closed on that date,
in which event he shall be deemed to have become a holder of Common Stock of record on the next
succeeding date on which the transfer books are open, but the conversion rate shall be that in
effect on the Conversion Date.
The issuance of Common Stock on conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be
without charge to the converting holder of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for any fee,
expense or tax in respect of the issuance therefore, but the Corporation shall not be required to
pay any fee, expense or tax which may be payable with respect of any transfer involved in the
issuance and delivery of shares in any name other than that of the holder of record on the books of
the Corporation of the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock converted, and the
Corporation shall not, in any such case, be required to issue or deliver any certificate for shares
of Common Stock unless and until the person requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the
Corporation the amount of such fee, expense or tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of
the Corporation that such fee, expense or tax has been paid.
The number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of each share of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of
certain events as follows:
(i) Merger, Sale of Assets, Consolidation. If the Corporation at any time shall consolidate
with or merge into or sell or convey all or substantially all its assets to any other entity, the
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall thereafter evidence the right to be converted into
capital stock in such number and kind of securities and property as would have been issuable or
distributable on account of such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance upon or with respect to
the securities subject to the conversion or purchase right immediately prior to such consolidation,
merger, sale or conveyance. The foregoing provision shall similarly apply to successive
transactions of a similar nature by any such successor or purchaser. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the anti-dilution
provisions of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall apply to such securities of such
successor or purchaser after any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance.
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(ii) Reclassification. If the Corporation at any time shall, by subdivision, combination,
reclassification of securities or otherwise, change any of the securities then purchasable upon the
exercise of the conversion right associated with the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into the
same or a different number of securities of any class or classes, the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock shall thereafter evidence the right to purchase such number and kind of securities
as would have been issuable as the result of such change with respect to the securities which were
subject to the conversion right immediately prior to such subdivision, combination,
reclassification or other change. If shares of Common Stock is subdivided or combined into a
greater or smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock
deliverable upon conversion of each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (i.e., the
conversion ratio under Section 4 hereof) shall be proportionately reduced or increased, as
appropriate, by the ratio which the total number of shares of Common Stock to be outstanding
immediately after such event bears to the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such event.
Whenever any adjustment is required in the number of shares into which each share of the
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible, the Corporation shall forthwith file a
statement describing in reasonable detail the adjustment and the method of calculation used at the
office or agency maintained for the purpose for conversion of the Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock, and shall mail a copy thereof to the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
The Corporation shall at all times keep available for issue and delivery the full number of
shares of Common Stock into which all outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
are convertible.
No certificate for a fraction of a share of Common Stock or Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock shall be issued upon any conversion or dividend payment, but in lieu of any fractional share
that would otherwise be required to be issued in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the
Corporation shall make a cash payment for any such fractional share interest based upon a value (i)
for such Common Stock equal to the Market Price for twenty (20) trading days prior to the
conversion date, or (ii) for such Series A Convertible Preferred Stock equal to $10.00 per share.
5. Voting. The holders of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
notice of any stockholders meeting and to vote upon matters submitted to stockholders for a vote,
in the same manner and with the same effect as the holders of shares of Common Stock, voting
together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class to the extent permitted by law. Holders
of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall have that number of votes equal to the lesser of (i)
the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is
convertible on the applicable record date, or (ii) that number which is equal to the purchase price
per share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock paid by the holder to the Corporation divided by
the Market Price of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately previous to the issuance of the
shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, rounded down to the next whole number, as adjusted
from time to time pursuant to section 4 above.
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So long as any shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding, the
Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote or written consent of the holders of at least
two-thirds (2/3) of the aggregate number of shares at the time outstanding of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock:
(i) authorize, create or increase any class of capital stock ranking equal or prior to the
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding-up; or
(ii) alter or change any of the powers, preferences or special rights given to the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock so as to affect the same adversely.
6. Redemption. The Corporation may, at the option of the Board of Directors, redeem all or any part
of the outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock at any time after two years from the issue
date of the shares to be redeemed at the redemption price equal to $10.00 per share of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, provided
that notice of redemption is sent by certified mail to the holders of record of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock to be redeemed at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of
redemption specified in such notice, addressed to each such holder at his address as it appears in
the records of the Corporation. In case of the redemption of a part only of the Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock, the shares of such series to be redeemed shall be selected pro rata or
by lot or in such other manner as the Board of Directors may determine.
On or after the redemption date each holder of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
to be redeemed shall present and surrender his certificate or certificates for such shares to the
Corporation and thereupon the redemption price of such shares shall be paid to or on the order of
the person whose name appears on such certificate or certificates as the owner thereof and each
surrendered certificate shall be canceled. In case less than all of the shares of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock represented by any such certificates are redeemed, a new certificate
shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
All rights arising under this designation of powers, preferences, rights and limitations,
other than the right to receive the redemption price, shall terminate upon the payment of good
funds on or before the redemption date to the holder of the applicable shares of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock. The Corporation may also deposit the aggregate redemption price
payable with respect to the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to be redeemed (or the
portion thereof not already paid in the redemption of such shares) (the Redemption Deposit) with
the Corporations transfer agent or any bank or trust company in the United States named in the
notice of redemption. Such deposits are to be payable in amounts as aforesaid to the respective
orders of the holders of record of the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock upon
surrender of the
certificates evidencing such shares as described above. From and after the making of the
Redemption Deposit, all rights of the holders of the applicable shares of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock arising under this designation of powers, preferences, rights and limitations shall
terminate, other than the right to receive from such transfer agent, bank or trust company, without
interest, the moneys so deposited with it, and such shares shall not thereafter be transferred
(except with the consent of the Corporation) on the books of the Corporation, and such shares shall
not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose whatsoever.
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7. No Sinking Fund. The shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to
benefit of any sinking or purchase fund to be applied to the redemption or purchase of such stock.
8. Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the Corporation, holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid
out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders before any
payment shall be made in respect of any class or series of stock which shall rank subordinate
thereto as to assets the fixed sum of $10.00 for each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
held by them plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, thereon.
If upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
Corporation, the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock holders shall be insufficient to pay the holders of Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock the full amount to which they are entitled hereunder, the holders of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock shall share ratably in any distribution of assets according to the respective
amounts which would be payable in respect of the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock
held by them upon such distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to such stock were
paid in full. If upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
Corporation payments shall have been made to the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred
Stock of the full amount to which they shall respectively be entitled hereunder, such holders shall
not be entitled to any further participation in the distribution of the remaining assets of the
Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders,
Neither the merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with another corporation nor
the merger or consolidation of any other corporation into or with the Corporation, nor the sale,
transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall be deemed to
be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation.
9. Redeemed Shares. Shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock redeemed or purchased
by the Corporation or surrendered to the Corporation on the conversion thereof into shares of
Common Stock as herein above provided shall have the status of authorized and unissued shares of
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designation is executed on behalf of the Corporation
by the undersigned this 16 day of May, 2011.
ORBCOMM INC. |
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By: | /s/ Christian Le Brun | |||
Name: | Christian Le Brun | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and
General Counsel |
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