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Exhibit 3.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

PAPA JOHN’S INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

Papa John’s International, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:

 

1.             The present name of the Corporation is Papa John’s International, Inc.  The Corporation was originally incorporated under the name Papa John’s International, Inc. by the filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 25, 1991.

 

2.             This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation only restates and integrates and does not further amend the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation as theretofore amended or supplemented and there is no discrepancy between the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation as theretofore amended and supplemented and the provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.  This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

3.             The text of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby integrated and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

FIRST:  The name of the Corporation is:  Papa John’s International, Inc.

 

SECOND:  The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801.  The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD:  The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

 

FOURTH:  The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is One Hundred Five Million (105,000,000) shares divided into two classes, of which Five Million (5,000,000) shares, par value $.01 per share, shall be designated Preferred Stock and One Hundred Million (100,000,000) shares, par value $.01 per share, shall be designated Common Stock.

 

A.            Preferred Stock

 

The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law, to provide for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, to establish the number of shares to be included in each such series and to fix the designations, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of each such series, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof.

 



 

B.            Common Stock

 

1.             Dividends.  Subject to the preferential rights, if any, of the Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of the assets of the Corporation which are by law available therefor, dividends payable either in cash, in property or in shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Corporation.

 

2.             Voting Rights.  At every annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, every holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of Common Stock standing in his or her name on the books of the Corporation.

 

3.             Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.  In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and of the preferential amounts, if any, to which the holders of Preferred Stock may be entitled, the holders of all outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to share ratably in the remaining net assets of the Corporation.

 

FIFTH:  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may exercise all such authority and powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

A.            Number of Directors.  The number of directors of the Corporation (exclusive of directors to be elected by the holders of any series of the Preferred Stock then outstanding, voting separately as a series or class) shall be fixed from time to time by action of not less than a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, but in no event shall be less than three nor more than fifteen.

 

B.            Classes.  The directors shall be and are divided into three classes, with the terms of the classes elected at the annual meetings of stockholders held in 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively, expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders held after the election of such class of directors; provided that such division shall terminate at the third annual meeting of stockholders held after the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders and the Board of Directors will cease to be classified at such time. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, but subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of the Preferred Stock then outstanding, each director elected by the stockholders after the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders shall serve for a term expiring at the first annual meeting of stockholders held after such director’s election. All directors shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until their successors are elected, except in the case of the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director.

 

C.            Vacancies.  Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death,

 

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resignation, disqualification or removal may be filled only by a majority vote of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each director so chosen shall hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders for the year in which his or her term expires and until his or her successors are elected, except in the case of the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

D.            Removal.  Subject to the rights, if any, of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. Vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from such removal may be filled by (i) a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, in the event less than the entire Board of Directors is removed or (ii) the stockholders at a special meeting of the stockholders properly called for that purpose, by the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at such special meeting, in the event the entire Board is removed. Directors so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders held after their election as directors.”

 

SIXTH:  Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may only be taken upon the vote of the stockholders at an annual or special meeting duly called and may not be taken by written consent of the stockholders.

 

SEVENTH:  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of the stockholders, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called at any time only by (i) the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chairman of the Board of the Corporation or (iii) the holders of not less than 60% of the shares entitled to vote at such special meeting.

 

EIGHTH:  At an annual meeting of stockholders, only such business shall be conducted, and only such proposals shall be acted upon, as shall have been properly brought before the annual meeting of stockholders (a) by, or at the direction of, the Board of Directors or (b) by a stockholder of the Corporation who complies with the procedures set forth in this Article EIGHTH.  For business or a proposal to be properly brought before an annual meeting of stockholders by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation.  To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the scheduled date of the annual meeting, regardless of any postponement, deferral or adjournment of that meeting to a later date; provided, however, that if less than 70 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting is given or made to stockholders, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered or mailed and received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the earlier of (i) the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or (ii) the day on which such public disclosure was made.

 

A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before an annual meeting of stockholders (i) a description, in 500 words or less, of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for

 

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conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address, as such information appears on the Corporation’s books, of the stockholder proposing such business and any other stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting such proposal, (iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such stockholder and each other stockholder known by such stockholder to be supporting such proposal on the date of such stockholder’s notice, (iv) a description, in 500 words or less, of any interest of the stockholder in such proposal and (v) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to present the proposal specified  in the notice.

 

The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Article EIGHTH, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Article EIGHTH shall be interpreted or construed to require the inclusion of information about any such proposal in any proxy statement distributed by, at the direction of, or on behalf of, the Board of Directors.

 

NINTH:  Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, only persons nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article NINTH shall be eligible for election as directors.  Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders or special meeting of stockholders called by the Board of Directors for the purpose of electing directors (i) by or at the direction of the Board or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors at such meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Article NINTH.  Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation.  To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the scheduled date of the meeting, regardless of any postponement, deferral or adjournment of that meeting to a later date; provided, however, that if less than 70 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered or received not later than the close of business on the l0th day following the earlier of (i) the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or (ii) the day on which such public disclosure was made.

 

A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director (a) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (b) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (c) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such person on the date of such stockholder’s notice and (d) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute thereto (the “Exchange Act”) (including, without limitation, such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (ii) as to the stockholder giving

 

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notice (a) the name and address, as such information appears on the Corporation’s books, of such stockholder and any other stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting such nominee(s), (b) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such stockholder and each other stockholder known by such stockholder to be supporting such nominee(s) on the date of such stockholder’s notice, (c) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice; and (iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholder.

 

No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article NINTH.  The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Article NINTH, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

 

TENTH:  The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation.  Any By-Laws made by the directors under the powers conferred hereby may be amended or repealed by the directors or by the stockholders.  Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, the By-Laws shall not be amended or repealed by the stockholders, and no provision inconsistent therewith shall be adopted by the stockholders, without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the voting power of all shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

ELEVENTH:  Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws of the Corporation shall otherwise provide.

 

TWELFTH:  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; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (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 General Corporation Law of Delaware or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.  If the General Corporation Law of Delaware is hereafter amended to permit further elimination or limitation of 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 General Corporation Law of Delaware as so amended.  Any repeal or modification of this Article TWELFTH shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

 

THIRTEENTH:  Whenever a compromise or arrangement  is proposed between the Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between the Corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of

 

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Delaware may, on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for the Corporation under the provisions of Section 291 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for the Corporation under  the provisions of Section 279 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of the Corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs.  If a majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of the Corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization of the Corporation as a consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which said application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all of the stockholders or class of stockholders, of the Corporation, as the case may be, and also on the Corporation.

 

FOURTEENTH:

 

A.            For purposes of this Article FOURTEENTH, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

 

(1)           The term “Business Combination” shall mean (a) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or a Subsidiary with a Related Person, (b) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition other than in the ordinary course of business to or with a Related Person of any assets of the Corporation or a Subsidiary having an aggregate fair market value of $10,000,000 or more, (c) the issuance or transfer by the Corporation of any shares of Voting Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for such shares (other than by way of pro rata distribution to all stockholders) to a Related Person having an aggregate fair market value of $10,000,000 or more, (d) any recapitalization, merger or consolidation that would have the effect of increasing the voting power of a Related Person, (e) the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or a Subsidiary proposed, directly or indirectly, by or on behalf of a Related Person or (f) any agreement, contract or other arrangement or understanding providing, directly or indirectly, for any of the transactions described in this Paragraph A(l).

 

(2)           The term “Related Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, trust or other Person which, together with its “affiliates” and “associates,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act as in effect on January 1, 1993, and together with any other individual, partnership, corporation, trust or other Person with which it or they have any agreement, contract or other arrangement or understanding with respect to acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of Voting Stock, “beneficially owns” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act on said date) an aggregate of l5% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock.  A Related Person, its affiliates and associates and all such other individuals, partnerships, corporations and other Persons with whom it or they have any such agreement, contract or other arrangement or understanding, shall be deemed a single Related Person for purposes of this Article FOURTEENTH; provided, however, that the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not be deemed to be associates or otherwise to constitute a Related Person solely by reason of their board membership.  A person who is a Related Person as of (i) the time

 

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any definitive agreement relating to a Business Combination is entered into, (ii) the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote on a Business Combination or (iii) immediately prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, shall be deemed a Related Person for purposes of this Article FOURTEENTH.

 

(3)           The term “Continuing Director” shall mean any member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation who is not an “affiliate” or “associate” of the Related Person referred to in Paragraph A(2) of this Article FOURTEENTH, and any successor of a Continuing Director who is unaffiliated with such Related Person and is recommended to succeed a Continuing Director by a majority of the Continuing Directors.

 

(4)           The term “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation or other entity.

 

(5)           The term “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation or other entity of which the Person in question owns, directly or indirectly, not less than 50% of any class of equity securities or not less than 50% of the voting power of all securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

 

(6)           The term “Voting Stock” shall mean any shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

 

(7)           The term “Entire Board of Directors” shall mean the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

 

(8)           The term “Market Value” shall mean the average of the high- and low-quoted sales price on the date in question (or, if there is no reported sale on such date, on the last preceding date on which any reported sale occurred) of a share on the Composite Tape for the New York Stock Exchange — Listed Stocks, or, if the shares are not listed or admitted to trading on such exchange, on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Exchange Act on which the shares are listed or admitted to trading, or, if the shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any such exchange, the mean between the closing high bid and low-asked quotations with respect to a share on such date as quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System, or any similar system then in use, or, if no such quotations are available, the fair market value on such date of a share as at least 66-2/3% of the Continuing Directors shall determine.

 

B.            In addition to any other vote required by this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the General Corporation Law of Delaware, the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 75% of the outstanding Voting Stock held by stockholders other than a Related Person by or with whom or on whose behalf, directly or indirectly, a Business Combination is proposed, voting as a single class, shall be required for the approval or authorization of such Business Combination; provided, however, that the 75% voting requirement shall not be applicable and such Business Combination may be approved by the vote required by law or any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation if either:

 

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(1)           The Business Combination is approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Continuing Directors, or

 

(2)           All of the following conditions are satisfied:

 

(a)  The aggregate amount of cash and the fair market value of the property, securities or other consideration to be received per share of capital stock of the Corporation in the Business Combination by the holders of capital stock of the Corporation, other than the Related Person involved in the Business Combination, shall not be less than the highest of (i) the highest per share price (including brokerage commissions, soliciting dealers’ fees and dealer-management compensation, and with appropriate adjustments for recapitalizations, stock splits, stock dividends and like transactions and distributions) paid by such Related Person in acquiring any of its holdings of such class or series of capital stock, (ii) the highest per share Market Value of such class or series of capital stock within the twelve-month period immediately preceding the date the proposal for such Business Combination was first publicly announced or (iii) the book value per share of such class or series of capital stock, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as of the last day of the month immediately preceding the date the proposal for such Business Combination was first publicly announced;

 

(b)  The consideration to be received in such Business Combination by holders of capital stock other than the Related Person involved shall, except to the extent that a stockholder agrees otherwise as to all or part of the shares which he or she owns, be in the same form and of the same kind as the consideration paid by the Related Person in acquiring capital stock already owned by it; provided, however, that if the Related Person has paid for capital stock with varying forms of consideration, the form of consideration for shares of capital stock acquired in the Business Combination by the Related Person shall either be cash or the form used to acquire the largest number of shares of capital stock previously acquired by it; and

 

(c)  A proxy statement responsive to the requirements of the Exchange Act and regulations promulgated thereunder, whether or not the Corporation is then subject to such requirements, shall be mailed to the stockholders of the Corporation for the purpose of soliciting stockholder approval of such Business Combination and shall contain at the front thereof, in a prominent place, (i) any recommendations as to the advisability (or inadvisability) of the Business Combination which the Continuing Directors may choose to state and (ii) the opinion of a reputable investment banking firm selected by the Continuing Directors as to the fairness of the terms of such Business Combination, from a financial point of view, to the public stockholders (other than the Related Person) of the Corporation.

 

C.            A Related Person shall be deemed for purposes of this Article FOURTEENTH to have acquired a share of the  Corporation at the time when such Related Person became the beneficial owner thereof (as such term is defined in Paragraph A(2) of this Article FOURTEENTH).  With respect to shares owned by affiliates, associates and other Persons whose ownership is attributed to a Related Person, if the price paid by such Related Person for such shares is not determinable, the price so paid shall be deemed to be the higher of (i) the price paid upon acquisition thereof by the affiliate, associate or other Person or (ii) the Market Value

 

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of the shares in question at the time when the Related Person became the beneficial owner thereof.

 

For purposes of this Article FOURTEENTH, in the event of a Business Combination upon consummation of which the Corporation would be the surviving corporation or would continue to exist (unless it is provided, contemplated or intended that as part of such Business Combination a plan of liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation will be effected), the term “other consideration to be received” in Paragraph B(2)(a) shall include (without limitation) Common Stock or other capital stock of the Corporation retained by stockholders of the Corporation (other than Related Persons who are parties to such Business Combination).

 

Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed to relieve any Related Person from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law.

 

D.            Notwithstanding any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation (and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be permitted by law), any amendment, addition, alteration, change or repeal of this Article FOURTEENTH, or any amendment of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation inconsistent with or modifying or permitting circumvention of this Article FOURTEENTH, must first be proposed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, upon the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then in office at a duly constituted meeting of the Board of Directors called for such purpose, and thereafter approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 75% of the then outstanding Voting Stock held by stockholders other than a Related Person by or with whom or on whose behalf, directly or indirectly, a Business Combination is proposed, voting as a single class; provided, however, that this Paragraph D shall not apply to, and such 75% vote shall not be required for, any such amendment, addition, alteration, change or repeal recommended to stockholders of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Continuing Directors.  For the purposes of this Paragraph D only, if at the time when any such amendment, addition, alteration, change or repeal is under consideration there is no proposed Business Combination, the term “Continuing Directors” shall be deemed to mean the Entire Board of Directors.

 

FIFTEENTH:  The Board of Directors, each committee of the Board of Directors and each individual director, in discharging their respective duties under applicable law and this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and in determining what they each believe to be in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders, may consider the effects, both short-term and long-term, of any action or proposed action taken or to be taken by the Corporation, the Board of Directors or any committee of the Board on the interests of (i) the employees, franchisees, associates, distributors, customers, suppliers and/or creditors of the Corporation and its subsidiaries and (ii) the communities in which the Corporation and its subsidiaries own or lease property or conduct business, all to the extent that the Board of Directors, any committee of the Board of Directors or any individual director deems pertinent under the circumstances (including the possibility that the interests of the Corporation may best be served by the continued independence of the Corporation); provided, however, that the provisions of this Article FIFTEENTH shall not limit in any way the right of the Board of

 

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Directors to consider any other lawful factors in making its determinations, including, without limitation, the effects, both short-term and long-term, of any action or proposed action on the Corporation or its stockholders directly; and provided further that this Article FIFTEENTH shall be deemed solely to grant discretionary authority to the Board of Directors, each committee of the Board of Directors and each individual director and shall not be deemed to provide to any specific constituency any right to be considered.

 

SIXTEENTH:  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 actual or threatened action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), 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 an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer or agent or in any other capacity while serving as such a director or officer, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, 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 expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time (“ERISA”), penalties and amounts to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee  in connection therewith.

 

A.            Procedure.  Any indemnification under this Article SIXTEENTH (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation law of Delaware, as the same exists or hereafter may 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).  Such determination shall be made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding (the “Disinterested Directors”), or (ii) if such a quorum of Disinterested Directors is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of Disinterested Directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iii) by the stockholders.  The majority of Disinterested Directors may, as they deem appropriate, elect to have the Corporation indemnify any other employee, agent or other person acting for or on behalf of the Corporation.

 

B.            Advances for Expenses.  Costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a director or officer of the Corporation, or such other person acting on behalf of the Corporation as determined in accordance with Paragraph A, in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer or other person to repay all amounts so advanced in the event that it shall ultimately be

 

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determined that such director, officer or other person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article SIXTEENTH.  The majority of the Disinterested Directors may, in the manner set forth above, and upon approval of such director, officer, employee, agent or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation, authorize the Corporation’s counsel to represent such person, in any action, suit or proceeding, whether or not the Corporation is a party to such action, suit or proceeding.

 

C.            Procedure for Indemnification.  Any indemnification or advance of costs, charges and expenses under this Article SIXTEENTH, shall be made promptly, and in any event within 60 days upon the written request of the person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses (hereinafter a “claimant”).  The right to indemnification or advances as granted by this Article SIXTEENTH shall be enforceable by the claimant in any court of competent jurisdiction, if the Corporation denies such request, in whole or in part, or if no disposition thereof is made within 60 days.  The claimant’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing his or her right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be indemnified by the Corporation.  It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advance of costs, charges and expenses under this Article SIXTEENTH where the required undertaking, if any, has been received by the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as the same exists or hereafter may 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), but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation.  Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel and 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 General Corporation Law of Delaware, as the same exists or hereafter may 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), nor the fact that there has been  an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel and 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.

 

D.            Other Rights; Continuation of Right to Indemnification.  The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article SIXTEENTH shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a claimant may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the Corporation, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administrators of such person.  All rights to indemnification under this Article SIXTEENTH shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each director and officer of the Corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this Article SIXTEENTH is in effect.  Any repeal or modification of

 

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this Article SIXTEENTH or any repeal or modification of relevant provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware or any other applicable laws shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification of such director or officer or the obligations of the Corporation arising hereunder with respect to any action, suit or proceeding arising out of, or relating to, any actions, transactions or facts occurring prior to the final adoption of such modification or repeal.  For the purposes of  this Article SIXTEENTH, references to “the Corporation” include all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting or surviving corporation, so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such a constituent corporation or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article SIXTEENTH, with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation, as he would if he or she had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.

 

E.            Insurance. The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her on his or her behalf in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this Article SIXTEENTH; provided, however, that such insurance is available on acceptable terms, which determination shall be made by a vote of a majority of the Board  of Directors.

 

F.             Savings Clause. If this Article SIXTEENTH or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each person entitled to indemnification under the first paragraph of this Article SIXTEENTH as to all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes, penalties and amounts to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such person and for which indemnification is available to such person pursuant to this Article SIXTEENTH to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article SIXTEENTH that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

 

SEVENTEENTH:  In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law or in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors (and any committee of the Board of Directors) is expressly authorized, to the extent permitted by law, to take such action or actions as the board or such committee may determine to be reasonably necessary or desirable to (A) encourage any person to enter into negotiations with the board of Directors and management of the Corporation with respect to any transaction which may result in a change in control of the Corporation which is proposed or initiated by such person or (B) contest or oppose any such transaction which the Board of Directors or such committee determines to be unfair, abusive or otherwise undesirable with respect to the Corporation and its business, assets or properties or the stockholders of the Corporation, including, without limitation, the adoption of such plans or the issuance of such rights, options, capital stock, notes,

 

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debentures or other evidences of indebtedness or other securities of the Corporation, which rights, options, capital stock, notes, evidences of indebtedness and other securities (i) may be exchangeable for or convertible into cash or other securities on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Board or such committee and (ii) may provide for the treatment of any holder or class of holders thereof designated by the Board of Directors or any such committee in respect of the terms, conditions, provisions and rights of such securities which is different from, and unequal to, the terms, conditions, provisions and rights applicable to all other holders thereof.

 

EIGHTEENTH:  The Corporation reserves the right to amend, add, alter, change, repeal or adopt any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.  In addition to any affirmative vote required by applicable law or any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or specified in any agreement, and in addition to any voting rights granted to or held by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 75% of the voting power of all securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors shall be required to amend, add, alter, change, repeal or adopt any provisions inconsistent with Articles FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH, NINTH, TENTH, TWELFTH, THIRTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, SIXTEENTH, SEVENTEENTH and EIGHTEENTH of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been signed under the seal of the Corporation this 15th day of May, 2014.

 

 

 

PAPA JOHN’S INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 /s/ Clara M. Passafiume

 

 

Name:

CLARA M. PASSAFIUME

 

 

Title:

SECRETARY

 

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