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| EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - AK STEEL HOLDING CORP | aks20160930exhibit321.htm |
| EX-95.1 - EXHIBIT 95.1 - AK STEEL HOLDING CORP | aks20160930exhibit951.htm |
| EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - AK STEEL HOLDING CORP | aks20160930exhibit322.htm |
| EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - AK STEEL HOLDING CORP | aks20160930exhibit312.htm |
| EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - AK STEEL HOLDING CORP | aks20160930exhibit311.htm |
| 10-Q - 10-Q - AK STEEL HOLDING CORP | form10-q2016q3.htm |
Exhibit 3.1
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
AK STEEL HOLDING CORPORATION
AK Steel Holding Corporation (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:
A. The Corporation originally was incorporated under the name “AK Steel Corporation” and filed its initial Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 20, 1993.
B. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the Corporation’s Board of Directors in accordance with Section 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
C. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation only restates and integrates and does not further amend the provisions of the Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation, as heretofore amended or supplemented, and there is no discrepancy between those provisions and the provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
D. The text of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, is restated in its entirety to read as follows:
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is AK Steel Holding Corporation.
SECOND: The address of the registered office of the Corporation within the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, City of Wilmington 19808, County of New Castle. The name of the registered agent of the corporation in the State of Delaware at such address is Corporation Service 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 the State of Delaware, as from time to time amended.
FOURTH: (a) The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 475,000,000, consisting of 450,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and 25,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).
(b) The shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Apart from any other provisions in this Certificate of Incorporation authorizing the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors is hereby authorized to establish from time to time by resolution or resolutions the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designation, powers, preferences and relative participating, optional, conversion and other special rights of the shares of each such series and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including but not limited to the fixing or alteration of the dividend rights, dividend rate or rates, conversion rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), the redemption price or prices, and the liquidation preferences of any wholly unissued series of shares of Preferred Stock, or any or all of them, all to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware; and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issue of shares of that series, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. In case the number of shares of any series shall be so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series. No vote of the holders of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock shall, unless otherwise provided in the resolutions creating any particular series of Preferred Stock, be a prerequisite to the issuance of any shares of any series of the Preferred Stock authorized by and complying with the conditions of this Certificate of Incorporation. Shares of any series of Preferred Stock that have been authorized for issuance pursuant to this Article FOURTH or any other provisions in this Certificate of Incorporation and that have been either (i) issued and reacquired in any manner by the Corporation (including upon exchange thereof) or (ii) never issued shall have the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reclassified and reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors as set forth above.
(c) Subject to the provisions of applicable law or of the By-laws with respect to the closing of the transfer books or the fixing of a record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote, and except as otherwise provided by law or by the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of any series of Preferred Stock, the holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall exclusively possess the voting power for the election of directors and for all other purposes, each holder of record of shares of Common Stock being entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock standing in his name on the books of the Corporation.
FIFTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, subject to any limitations contained elsewhere in this Certificate 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. Election of directors need not be by written ballot. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, and subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the By-laws of the Corporation shall be subject to alteration, amendment or repeal, in whole or in part, and new By-laws may be made, either by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board, or by unanimous written consent of the directors, or by the affirmative vote of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in respect thereof, given at an annual meeting or at any special meeting.
SIXTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable either to the Corporation or to any stockholder for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions which are not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, (iii) for any matter in respect of which such director shall be liable under Section 174 of Title 8 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director shall have derived an improper personal benefit. Neither amendment nor repeal of this Article SIXTH nor the adoption of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article SIXTH shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article SIXTH in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article SIXTH, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
SEVENTH: (a) The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature, by reason of the fact that such person is or was, at any time prior to or during which this Article SEVENTH is in effect, a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was, at any time prior to or during which this Article SEVENTH is in effect, serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any similar capacity of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement and other liabilities actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the full extent permitted by law, and the Corporation may adopt By-laws or enter into agreements with any such person for the purpose of providing for such indemnification.
(b) Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in appearing at, participating in or defending any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, shall be paid by the Corporation at reasonable intervals in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt by the Corporation of a written undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount unless it ultimately shall be determined that such person is entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as provided herein.
(c) It is the intent of the Corporation to indemnify the persons referred to in this Article SEVENTH to the fullest extent permitted by law with respect to any action, suit or proceeding arising from events that occur prior to or during the time in which this Article SEVENTH is in effect. The indemnification provided by this Article SEVENTH shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be or become entitled under any law, By-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, or under any policy or policies of insurance purchased and maintained by the Corporation on behalf of any such director or officer, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such director or officer.
(d) The indemnification provided by this Article SEVENTH shall be subject to all valid and applicable laws, and in the event this Article SEVENTH or any of the provisions hereof or the indemnification contemplated hereby are found to be inconsistent with or contrary to any such valid laws, the latter shall be deemed to control and this Article SEVENTH shall be regarded as modified accordingly, and, as so modified, shall continue in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEROF, the Corporation has caused this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be duly executed by its authorized officer this 7th day of September, 2016.
By: | /s/ Joseph C. Alter |
Name: | Joseph C. Alter |
Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
Amended and Restated September 7, 2016