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S-1/A - FORM S-1/A - Armstrong Resource Partners, L.P. | c65698a4sv1za.htm |
EX-23.3 - EX-23.3 - Armstrong Resource Partners, L.P. | c65698a4exv23w3.htm |
EX-99.2 - EX-99.2 - Armstrong Resource Partners, L.P. | c65698a4exv99w2.htm |
EX-23.2 - EX-23.2 - Armstrong Resource Partners, L.P. | c65698a4exv23w2.htm |
EX-99.3 - EX-99.3 - Armstrong Resource Partners, L.P. | c65698a4exv99w3.htm |
EX-10.43 - EX-10.43 - Armstrong Resource Partners, L.P. | c65698a4exv10w43.htm |
EX-10.50 - EX-10.50 - Armstrong Resource Partners, L.P. | c65698a4exv10w50.htm |
EX-10.57 - EX-10.57 - Armstrong Resource Partners, L.P. | c65698a4exv10w57.htm |
EX-10.38 - EX-10.38 - Armstrong Resource Partners, L.P. | c65698a4exv10w38.htm |
EX-10.36 - EX-10.36 - Armstrong Resource Partners, L.P. | c65698a4exv10w36.htm |
EX-10.58 - EX-10.58 - Armstrong Resource Partners, L.P. | c65698a4exv10w58.htm |
EX-10.53 - EX-10.53 - Armstrong Resource Partners, L.P. | c65698a4exv10w53.htm |
Exhibit 3.5
Amended and Restated Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Units
Section 1. Number of Units and Designation.
This series of preferred units shall be designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Units
(the Convertible Preferred) and the number of units which shall constitute such series shall be
200,000 units (the Preferred Units), which number may be increased or decreased (but not below
the number thereof then outstanding plus the number required to fulfill the Partnerships
obligations under options, rights or warrants or securities convertible into Convertible Preferred,
issued by the Partnership) from time to time by the General Partner. The Convertible Preferred
shall not be redeemable without the written consent of the holders thereof.
Section 2. Dividends.
The holders of Convertible Preferred shall not be entitled to the payment of any dividends by
the Partnership.
Section 3. Liquidation.
Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Partnership, whether voluntary or
involuntary (a Liquidation), each holder of Convertible Preferred shall be entitled to receive,
out of the assets of the Partnership available for distribution to Partners, before any
distribution or payment is made upon any Junior Securities, an amount in cash equal to the
aggregate Liquidation Value of all Preferred Units held by such holder. After payment to the
holders of the Convertible Preferred in full of the preferential amounts provided for in this
Section 3, the holders of Convertible Preferred shall have no right or claim to any of the
remaining assets of the Partnership. If upon any Liquidation the Partnerships assets to be
distributed among the holders of the Convertible Preferred are insufficient to permit payment to
such holders of the aggregate amount which they are entitled to be paid under this Section 3, then
the entire assets available to be distributed to the Partners shall be distributed pro rata among
such holders based upon the aggregate Liquidation Value of the Convertible Preferred held by each
such holder. Not less than 30 days prior to the payment date stated therein, the Partnership shall
mail written notice of any such Liquidation to each record holder of Convertible Preferred as of a
date at least three Business Days prior to the mailing of such notice, setting forth in reasonable
detail the amount of proceeds to be paid with respect to each unit of Convertible Preferred in
connection with such Liquidation (assuming no conversion of Preferred Units into Common Units). At
any time prior to a Liquidation, the holders of Convertible Preferred shall be entitled to convert
their Preferred Units into Common Units in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 below.
Neither the consolidation or merger of the Partnership into or with any other entity or entities
(whether or not the Partnership is the surviving entity), nor the sale, conveyance, exchange or
transfer (for cash, securities or other consideration) by the Partnership of all or any part of its
assets, nor any other form of recapitalization or reorganization affecting the Partnership shall be
deemed to be a Liquidation within the meaning of this Section 3.
Section 4. Voting and Preemptive Rights.
4.A. Voting Procedures. The holders of Convertible Preferred shall be entitled to
notice of all meetings of the holders of Common Units in accordance with the Partnership Agreement.
Each Preferred Unit shall have one (1) vote per Preferred Unit.
4.B. General Voting Rights. The holders of Convertible Preferred shall vote together
as a single class with the holders of the Common Units as provided in Section 4A above on all
matters submitted to a vote of the holders of the Common Stock.
4.C. Special Voting Rights. In addition to the voting rights provided in Section 4B
above and any voting rights provided by applicable law, so long as any Convertible Preferred
remains outstanding, the holders of a majority of the Convertible Preferred outstanding must
approve, voting separately as a class:
(i) any amendment to the Partnership Agreement that would affect adversely the rights,
preferences, privileges or voting rights of holders of the Convertible Preferred or the terms of
the Convertible Preferred; or
(ii) any proposed issuance of a class of Partnership Interests in the Partnership that ranks
pari passu or senior to the Convertible Preferred, or any proposed issuance of Junior Securities
which are required to be redeemed by the Partnership Interests at any time that any Preferred Units
are outstanding, whether upon the occurrence of certain events or otherwise.
4.D. Preemptive Rights. The holders of Convertible Preferred shall be entitled to
preemptive rights to purchase Offered New Securities (as defined in the Partnership Agreement).
The Proportionate Percentage (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) of the Offered New
Securities with respect to each holder of Convertible Preferred shall equal, a fraction, expressed
as a percentage, the numerator of which is 200,000 and the denominator of which is the total number
of Units (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) including the Preferred Units owned by all
Partners at the time in question.
Section 5. Conversion.
5.A. Automatic Conversion.
(i) On the IPO Conversion Date, and provided that an Exit Transaction has not occurred, all of
the outstanding Preferred Units on such date shall automatically and without further action
required by any Person, convert into that number of Common Units equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing (a) by (b), where (a) is the aggregate Liquidation Value represented by all the Preferred
Units to be converted, and (b) is the IPO Price.
(ii) Upon the date that an Exit Transaction is consummated, and provided that an IPO
Conversion Date has not occurred, all of the outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred on such
date shall automatically and without further action required by any Person, convert into that
number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (a) by (b), where (a)
is the aggregate Liquidation Value represented by all the Shares to be converted, and (b) is the
Exit Price. Prior to the consummation of any Exit Transaction, the Partnership shall make
appropriate provisions to insure that each of the holders of Convertible Preferred shall thereafter
have the right to acquire and receive, in lieu of or in addition to (as the case may be)
the Common Units immediately theretofore acquirable and receivable upon the conversion of such
holders Convertible Preferred pursuant to this Section 5A(ii), such units, securities or assets as
such holder would have received in connection with such Exit Transaction if such holder had
converted its Convertible Preferred immediately prior to such Exit Transaction. The Partnership
shall not effect any such Exit Transaction, unless prior to the consummation thereof, the successor
entity (if other than the Partnership) resulting from consolidation or merger or the Person
purchasing such assets assumes by written instrument, the obligation to deliver to each such holder
such units, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such holder may
be entitled to acquire. The provisions of this Section 5A(ii) shall not apply in the event of a
conversion of the Convertible Preferred pursuant to Section 5A hereof prior to the consummation of
the Exit Transaction.
5.B. Conversion Procedure.
(i) At the time any conversion of Convertible Preferred pursuant to Section 5A has been
effected, the rights of the holder of the Preferred Units converted as a holder of Convertible
Preferred shall cease and the Person or Persons in whose name or names any Conversion Units are to
be issued upon such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of
the Conversion Units represented thereby.
(ii) The Partnership shall not close its books against the transfer of Convertible Preferred
or of Conversion Units issued or issuable upon conversion of Convertible Preferred in any manner
which interferes in any material respect with the timely conversion of Convertible Preferred. The
Partnership shall assist and cooperate with any holder of Preferred Units required to make any
governmental filings or obtain any governmental approval prior to or in connection with any
conversion of Preferred Units hereunder (including, without limitation, making any filings required
to be made by the Partnership).
(iii) All Common Units which are issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred shall,
when issued, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes
(other than income taxes payable by the holder), liens, charges and encumbrances created by,
through or under the Partnership.
(iv) The Partnership shall not be required to issue fractional units of units upon the
conversion of the Convertible Preferred. As to any final fraction of a unit which the holder of
one or more units of Convertible Preferred would otherwise be entitled to receive upon conversion,
the Partnership shall, in lieu of issuing any fractional unit, the fraction will be rounded up or
down to the nearest whole number of units.
5.C. Notices.
(i) The Partnership shall give written notice to all holders of Convertible Preferred of any
conversion of the Convertible Preferred pursuant to Section 5A hereof within five Business Days
after the effective date of such conversion.
(ii) The Partnership shall also give written notice to the holders of Convertible Preferred at
least 20 days prior to the date on which any Exit Transaction shall take place.
Section 6. Purchase Rights.
If at any time the Partnership grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or
rights to purchase units, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of
any class of Common Units (the Purchase Rights), then each holder of Convertible Preferred shall
be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase
Rights which such holder could have acquired if such holder had held the number of units of
Conversion Units acquirable upon conversion of such holders Convertible Preferred immediately
before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights,
or if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Units are to be
determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
Section 7. Record Holders.
The Partnership shall deem and treat the record holder of any Convertible Preferred as the
true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and the Partnership shall be affected by any notice
to the contrary.
Section 8. Definitions.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which state or
federally chartered banking institutions in New York City, New York are not required to be opened.
Common Units means, collectively, the units of Partnership Interest (as defined in the
Partnership Agreement) in the Partnership issued prior to the date hereof pursuant to the
Partnership Agreement (including any and all Conversion Units), and any units of the Partnership
hereafter authorized which are designated by the General Partner as common units.
Conversion Units means units of the Partnerships Common Units issuable upon conversion of
the Convertible Preferred, provided that if there is a change such that the securities issuable
upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred are issued by an entity other than the Partnership or
there is a change in the type or class of securities so issuable, then the term Conversion Units
shall mean one unit of the security issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred if such
security is issuable in units, or shall mean the smallest unit in which such security is issuable
if such security is not issuable in units.
Convertible Securities means any units or securities directly or indirectly convertible into
or exchangeable for Common Units.
Exit Price means the price or value of Common Units to be paid to the Partnerships unit
holders by the Person or successor entity in an Exit Transaction, or if such price or value is not
readily ascertainable, a price determined in good faith by the General Partner, and in each case,
net of selling expenses.
Exit Transaction means the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership
on a consolidated basis to an Person, (ii) a merger, reorganization or consolidation in which the
holders of the Partnerships outstanding voting power immediately prior to such
transaction do not own a majority of the outstanding voting power of the surviving or
resulting entity immediately upon completion of such transaction, (iii) the sale of all or a
majority of the outstanding equity interests in the Partnership to an Person whether by unit
exchange or otherwise or (iv) any other transaction or series of transactions in which, the owners
of the Partnerships outstanding voting power prior to such transaction do not own at least a
majority of the outstanding voting power of the successor entity immediately upon completion of the
transaction, in each case which is effected in such a manner that the holders of Common Units are
entitled to receive (either directly or upon subsequent liquidation or distribution) units,
securities or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Units.
General Partner means Elk Creek GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
IPO means an initial public offering of units of Common Units of the Partnership to the
public in an underwritten offering pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act or
the securities laws of any other jurisdiction.
IPO Conversion Date means the date of the effectiveness of the IPO.
IPO Price means the initial public offering price per unit of the Common Units sold in the
IPO, less any underwriting discount per unit for the Common Units sold in the IPO, as reflected in
the prospectus filed with the SEC on or immediately prior to the IPO Conversion Date.
Junior Securities means any units of Partnership Interest of the Partnership or other equity
securities of the Partnership other than the Convertible Preferred.
Liquidation Value of any Unit as of any particular date shall be equal to $100.
Options means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Units or
Convertible Securities.
Partners means the General Partner and the limited partners of the Partnership.
Partnership Agreement means that certain Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of the Partnership, dated October 1, 2011.
Person means any individual, corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company, trust, estate, or other entity or organization, other than the Partnership, any
of its Subsidiaries, any employee benefit plan of the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, or
any entity holding units of Common Units for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute
thereof, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Section 9. Amendment and Waiver.
No amendment, modification or waiver shall be binding or effective with respect to any
provision of Sections 1 to 12 hereof without the prior written consent of the holders of two-thirds
of the Convertible Preferred outstanding at the time such action is taken.
Section 10. Notices.
Except as otherwise expressly provided hereunder, all notices referred to herein shall be in
writing and shall be delivered by first class mail or by reputable overnight courier service,
charges prepaid, and shall be deemed to have been given when so mailed or sent (i) to the General
Partner at its principal executive offices and (ii) to any holder of the Convertible Preferred, at
such holders address as it appears in the records of the Partnership, or to such other address as
the General Partner or holder, as the case may be, shall have designated by notice similarly given.
Section 11. Acquired Units.
Any Preferred Units purchased or otherwise acquired by the Partnership in any manner
whatsoever shall be retired and canceled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such
Preferred Units shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued units of preferred
units of the Partnership and may be re-issued as part of a new series of preferred units to be
created by resolution or resolutions of the General Partner, subject to the conditions and
restrictions on issuance set forth herein.
Section 12. Successors and Transferees.
The provisions applicable to Preferred Units shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the Partnership, the respective successors to the Partnership, and by any record
holder of Preferred Units.
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