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GEOLOGISTICS CORP
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Jan 18, 5:17 PM ET
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1. Dividends. The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, as and when declared by the Board, out of funds legally available therefor, and subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock ranking senior to the Series A Preferred Stock in respect to the payment of dividends, a cumulative cash dividend at the following rate per share per annum (as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations or splits): (a) from the Original Issue Date until (but not including) January 15, 2005, 16 percent of the Liquidation Preference, (b) from January 15, 2005 until (but not including) January 15, 2006, 18 percent of the Liquidation Preference and (c) thereafter, 20 percent of the Liquidation Preference (each a “Dividend Rate”). In each case, a dividend at the rate of 12 percent of the Liquidation Preference per year (the “Cash Pay Dividend”) shall be payable in cash on the 15th day of each January, April, July and October (each a “Dividend Payment Date”). The sum of (x) that portion of the quarterly dividend in excess of the Cash Pay Dividend, and (y) any portion of the Cash Pay Dividend not declared by the Board and paid on the Dividend Payment Date, shall bear interest in arrears from each Dividend Payment Date at the Dividend Rate applicable from time to time and, to the extent not paid, shall compound on each subsequent Dividend Payment Date. The Board may from time to time determine to declare and pay any or all accumulated and unpaid Cash Pay Dividend not previously paid, together with interest thereon, but shall not pay any accumulated and unpaid dividends in excess of the Cash Pay Dividend or any interest thereon except in accordance with Section 2 and Section 3 of this Section D.
2. Liquidation Preference.
(a) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any distribution of assets shall be made to the holders of Common Stock or any other class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock ranking on liquidation junior to the Series A Preferred Stock, but subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock ranking on liquidation senior to the Series A Preferred Stock, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders an amount equal to the sum of $1,000 per share of Series A Preferred Stock (as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations or splits) (the “Liquidation Preference”) plus all accumulated and unpaid dividends on such share and all accrued and unpaid interest on accumulated and unpaid dividends (compounded as provided above). If upon the occurrence of any of the events described herein, the assets and funds to be distributed among the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and all Parity Stock shall be insufficient to permit the payment in full to such holders of the preferential amounts to which they are entitled, then the entire assets and funds of the Corporation legally available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among such holders in proportion to the aggregate preferential amount that each holder shall otherwise be entitled to receive.
(b) After the payments set forth in Section 2(a) above shall have been made in full, the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders may be distributed to the holders of stock ranking on liquidation junior to the Series A Preferred Stock.
(c) Written notice of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, stating a payment date, the amount of the Liquidation Preference and the place at which said payments shall be payable shall be delivered in person, mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or sent by telecopier, not less than ten days prior to the payment date stated therein, to the holders of record of shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the address of each such holder as shown on the records of the Corporation.
3. Redemption Rights.
(a) Redemption at the Option of the Holders.
(i) At any time on or after the earlier to occur of either: (a) January 15, 2007, (b) the closing of a Qualifying IPO, or (c) the closing of a Qualifying Sale, the holders of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the option to cause the Corporation to redeem all the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holders. Such option may be exercised by delivering to the Corporation a written notice requesting such redemption (a “Holder Redemption Notice”), and the Corporation shall, subject to the priority provisions of Section 3(a)(iv) below, redeem all shares of Series A Preferred Stock requested to be redeemed pursuant to this Section 3(a)(i) and Section 3(a)(ii) below for a cash purchase price per share (the “Redemption Price”) equal to (w) the Liquidation Preference, plus (x) all accumulated and unpaid dividends on such share, plus (y) all accrued and unpaid interest on accumulated and unpaid dividends (compounded as provided above) plus (z) the sum of $250,000 divided by the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock originally issued, payable
not more than 30 days after the date of the Holder Redemption Notice (the “Holder Redemption Date”). The Holder Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable.
(ii) Promptly upon receipt of a Holder Redemption Notice pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) above, but in any event, no later than ten days thereafter, the Corporation shall cause written notice relating to the receipt thereof to be furnished to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Invitation to Holder Redemption”). Each such Invitation to Holder Redemption shall state (i) the Holder Redemption Date, (ii) the applicable Redemption Price to be paid on such Holder Redemption Date, (iii) the place or places where certificates for the shares to be redeemed on the Holder Redemption Date shall be surrendered, and (iv) that dividends on the shares then being redeemed will cease to accumulate, and interest on such unpaid dividends (including compound interest as provided above) shall cease to accrue, on the Holder Redemption Date. Holders of Series A Preferred Stock not signatories to the Holder Redemption Notice(s) shall have the right, but shall not be required, to give a Holder Redemption Notice; provided, that, such Holder Redemption Notices must be given no later than ten days following the date of the Invitation to Holder Redemption, and in such event, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock set forth in such Holder Redemption Notices shall be redeemed on the same Holder Redemption Date set forth in the Invitation to Holder Redemption pursuant to which such Holder Redemption Notices shall have been delivered.
(iii) On the Holder Redemption Date, each holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall surrender to the Corporation at the place or places designated in the Holder Redemption Notice the certificate(s) representing such number of such holder’s shares as are being redeemed, duly endorsed for transfer to the Corporation or in blank, against delivery by the Corporation of payment in cash of the aggregate Redemption Price. The Corporation shall not be obligated to deliver such Redemption Price for the redeemed shares of Series A Preferred Stock until the holder thereof has surrendered the certificate(s) representing such shares in accordance with this Section 3(a) (or has complied with the requirements of Section 5 of Article IV, Section D).
(iv) If the funds of the Corporation legally available for redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock or, if applicable, any Parity Stock, shall be insufficient to redeem the total number of shares of such stock that the holders thereof shall have the right to have the Corporation so redeem, those funds that are legally available shall be used first to redeem the maximum number of shares of such stock, pro rata based upon the number of such shares then so required to be redeemed. At any time thereafter when additional funds of the Corporation shall be legally available for the redemption of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, such funds shall immediately be used to redeem the balance of such shares, or such portion thereof for which funds shall be then legally available, with such funds paid on the basis set forth above.
(b) Redemption at the Option of the Corporation.
(i) The Corporation shall have the right to redeem, out of funds legally available therefor, any or all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock (provided that if a redemption is for less than all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, then it shall be effected pro rata among all holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the
number of such shares held by each) at any time and from time to time. Such option may be exercised by delivering to each holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock a written notice of such redemption (the “Corporation Redemption Notice”) setting forth (i) the aggregate number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than all shares of Series A Preferred Stock are being redeemed, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed from such holder, (ii) the date that such shares shall be redeemed, such date being no earlier than the 15th day and no later than the 60th day following the date of the Corporation Redemption Notice (the “Corporation Redemption Date”), (iii) the applicable Redemption Price to be paid on such Corporation Redemption Date, (iv) the place or places where certificates for the shares to be redeemed on the Corporation Redemption Date shall be surrendered, and (v) that dividends on the shares then being redeemed will cease to accumulate, and interest on such unpaid dividends (including compound interest as provided above) shall cease to accrue, on the Corporation Redemption Date, and the Corporation shall redeem all shares of Series A Preferred Stock included in such Corporation Redemption Notice for a purchase price per share equal to the Redemption Price. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Corporation issues a Corporation Redemption Notice that provides that such redemption shall occur contemporaneously with the closing of a Qualifying Sale or a Qualifying IPO, such redemption may, at the option of the Company, be subject to and conditioned upon the completion of such closing, so that if such closing does not occur on the date set forth in such notice, such redemption may be deferred until such closing or revoked.
(ii) On the Corporation Redemption Date, each holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall surrender to the Corporation at the place or places designated in the Corporation Redemption Notice the certificate(s) representing such number of such holder’s shares as are being redeemed, duly endorsed for transfer to the Corporation or in blank, against delivery by the Corporation of payment in cash of the aggregate Redemption Price therefor and, if less than all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock are being redeemed, a new certificate representing the balance of such holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock. The Corporation shall not be obligated to deliver such Redemption Price for the redeemed shares of Series A Preferred Stock until the holder thereof has surrendered the certificate(s) representing such shares in accordance with this Section 3(b) (or has complied with the requirements of Section 5 of Article IV, Section D).
(c) Effect of Redemption. From and after any Holder Redemption Date or Corporation Redemption Date dividends on the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock so redeemed shall cease to accrue, and said shares shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and shall have the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, undesignated as to series, and shall not be reissued as shares of Series A Preferred Stock, and all rights of the holders thereof as stockholders of the Corporation with respect to said shares (except the right to receive from the Corporation the Redemption Price) shall cease.
4. Voting Rights.
(a) Except as (i) provided in the Securityholders Agreement, (ii) required by the DGCL, or (iii) as provided in this Section 4, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting power whatsoever.
(b) The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its subsidiaries to, take any of the following actions, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the holders of at least two thirds of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock:
(i) amend, modify, or alter this Certificate if the effect would be (a) to change in any manner the rights, preferences or privileges of the Series A Preferred Stock, or (b) detrimental or adverse in any manner with respect to the rights of the holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, whether any such action shall be by means of an amendment to this Certificate or by merger, consolidation or otherwise; or
(ii) (a) create or authorize the creation of any additional class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, (b) increase the authorized amount of any additional class or series of capital stock, or (c) create or authorize any obligation or security convertible into shares of Series A Preferred Stock or into shares of any other class or series of stock, unless, in all cases, the same shall rank junior to the Series A Preferred Stock in all respects, including, without limitation, as to rights of redemption, voting and dividends, and as to the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether any such creation, authorization or increase shall be by means of an amendment to this Certificate or by merger, consolidation or otherwise.
5. Replacement. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation (an affidavit of the registered holder shall be satisfactory) of the ownership and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificate evidencing shares of Series A Preferred Stock, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, or, in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender of such certificate, the Corporation shall execute and deliver in lieu of such certificate a new certificate of like kind representing the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented by such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate and dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate, and dividends shall accrue on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented by such new certificate from the date to which dividends have been fully paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate.
6. Definitions. As used in this Certificate, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
(a) “Affiliate” means with respect to any Person, any (i) officer, director, general partner, or holder of more than 10% of the equity interests of such Person, and (ii) any other Person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. A Person is deemed to control another person if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the “controlled” Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
(b) “Corporation Redemption Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3(b)(i) of Article IV, Section D.
(c) “Corporation Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3(b)(i) of Article IV, Section D.
(d) “Dividend Rate” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1 of Article IV, Section D.
(e) “Holder Redemption Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3(a)(i) of Article IV, Section D.
(f) “Holder Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3(a)(i) of Article IV, Section D.
(g) “Initial Public Offering” shall mean an initial public offering of shares of Common Stock registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(h) “Invitation to Holder Redemption” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3(a)(ii) of Article IV, Section D.
(i) “Liquidation Preference” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2 of Article IV, Section D.
(j) “Parity Stock” shall mean any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter created (subject to the consents required by Section 4 of Article IV, Section D) specifically ranking, by its terms, on parity with the Series A Preferred Stock.
(k) “Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or government (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal or otherwise, including, without limitation, any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof).
(k) “Qualifying IPO” means the closing of a firm commitment underwritten initial public offering of the Common Stock of the Corporation resulting in at least $75,000,000 of net proceeds to the Corporation that is effected pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1, or any successor form covering a public offering of securities of the Corporation, filed with, and declared effective by, the Securities and Exchange Commission, underwritten by a nationally recognized investment bank, as a result of which the Common Stock of the Corporation is listed for trading on a National Securities Exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ Stock Market.
(l) “Qualifying Sale” means (i) a sale by the Corporation or its subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to one or more Third Parties; or (ii) the issuance by the Corporation of its capital stock to one or more Third Parties, or the sale or other disposition (including, but not limited to, by merger, reorganization or consolidation) of capital stock of the Corporation by the holders thereof, unless, in either case, after giving effect to such transaction, (y) Questor holds (i) more than 25% of the Common Stock held by Questor immediately prior to such transaction, or (ii) securities of a successor by merger which represent more than 25% of the voting power to elect
(m) “Questor” shall mean, collectively, Questor Partners Fund II, L.P. , Questor Side-by-Side Partners II, L.P., Questor Side-by-Side Partners II 3(c) 1, L.P. and any of their respective Affiliates.
(n) “Original Issue Date” shall mean the date on which shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have been initially issued by the Corporation.
(o) “Redemption Price” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3(a)(i) of Article IV, Section D.
(p) “Securityholders Agreement” shall mean the Securityholders Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2004, among the Corporation and certain stockholders a party thereto.
(q) “Third Party” shall mean, as applicable, an Person other than Questor.
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