SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MONOPAR
THERAPEUTICS INC.
This
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the
“Certificate”)
amends and restates the Certificate of Incorporation of Monopar
Therapeutics Inc., originally filed with the Delaware Secretary of
State on December 16, 2015, which was amended and restated on March
15, 2016, under the provisions of and subject to the requirements
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
"DGCL"). This Certificate
has been duly adopted in accordance with Section 245 of the DGCL,
and by written consent of a majority of stockholders under Section
228 of the DGCL.
FIRST:
The name of the corporation is Monopar Therapeutics Inc. (the
"Corporation").
SECOND:
The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the
State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, DE 19801, in New Castle County. The name of the
registered agent of the Corporation at such address is The
Corporation Trust Company.
THIRD:
The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted
by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for
which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.
FOURTH:
The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation is
authorized to issue is 40,000,000; all of which shall be common
stock having $0.001 par value per share (“Common Stock”). The Common Stock,
and any other stock issued by the board of directors of the
Corporation (the “Board”) (together, the
“Stock”) of the
Corporation shall be governed by the Bylaws of the Corporation and
this Certificate. Upon the effectiveness of this Certificate, (a)
each share of Series A Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share
of the Corporation authorized and outstanding immediately prior to
the effectiveness of this Certificate shall be automatically
converted into 84 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per
share, and (b) each share of Series Z Preferred Stock, $0.001 par
value per share, of the Corporation authorized and outstanding
immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Certificate shall be
automatically converted into 70 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par
value per share.
Section
1. General. The
terms of each of the shares of Stock of the Corporation shall be
equal to and identical in all respects with every other share of
Stock, irrespective of class.
Section
2. Additional
Stockholders. Additional persons may be admitted to the
Corporation as Stockholders, and shares (of any existing or new
classes) may be created for issuance to such persons, on such terms
and conditions as the Board may determine.
Section
3. Conversion. The
certificates representing shares of Series A Preferred Stock or
Series Z Preferred Stock, as applicable, shall continue to
represent the holders’ ownership in the Corporation until
returned to the Corporation for replacement, at which time the
Corporation shall issue and deliver to such holder of Series A
Preferred Stock or Series Z Preferred Stock, or
to his
or its nominees, a certificate or certificates for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the holder is
entitled.
FIFTH:
To the extent permitted by law, the Corporation may purchase or
otherwise acquire shares of stock of any class issued by it for
such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as may be
authorized by the Board from time to time.
SIXTH:
In furtherance of and not in limitation of powers conferred by
statute, this Article is inserted for the management of the
business and for the conduct of the affairs of the
Corporation.
1. General Powers. The business
and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the
direction of the Board pursuant to the provisions of this
Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Corporation, as
amended, restated and/or modified from time to time.
2. Election of Directors. Election
of directors need not be by written ballot. Voting rights with
respect to election or removal of members of the Board are set
forth in the Bylaws of the Corporation.
3. Authority to Amend Bylaws. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the rights, powers, privileges
and discretionary authority granted or conferred by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or other statutes or laws
of the State of Delaware, but subject to the express provisions of
this Certificate, the Board is expressly authorized to adopt, make,
alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation, without any
action on the part of the stockholders (except to the extent
specifically set forth in such Bylaws), but the Stockholders may
adopt or make additional Bylaws and may alter, amend or repeal any
Bylaw whether adopted by the Stockholders or
otherwise.
The
Corporation may in its Bylaws confer powers upon its Board in
addition to the foregoing and in addition to the powers and
authorities expressly conferred upon the Board by applicable
law.
SEVENTH: To the
fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, no director of the
Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its
stockholders (the “Stockholders”) for monetary
damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
notwithstanding any provision of law (other than any provision of
the DGCL) imposing such liability. No amendment to or repeal of
this provision shall apply to or have any effect on the liability
or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with
respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior
to such amendment or repeal.
EIGHTH:
The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL,
as amended from time to time, indemnify each person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact
that he or she is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or
officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving, or has agreed to
serve, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer,
manager, partner, employee, or trustee of, or in a similar capacity
with, another corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, trust, or other enterprise (including any employee
benefit plan) (all such persons being
referred to
hereafter as an “Indemnitee”), or by reason of any
action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity,
against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments,
fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by or on behalf of an Indemnitee in connection with such
action, suit, or proceeding and any appeal therefrom.
As a
condition precedent to an Indemnitee’s right to be
indemnified, the Indemnitee must notify the Corporation in writing
as soon as practicable of any action, suit, proceeding, or
investigation involving such Indemnitee for which indemnity will or
could be sought. With respect to any action, suit, proceeding, or
investigation of which the Corporation is so notified, the
Corporation will be entitled to participate therein at its own
expense and/or to assume the defense thereof at its own expense,
with legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Indemnitee.
In the
event that the Corporation does not assume the defense of any
action, suit, proceeding, or investigation of which the Corporation
receives notice under this Article, the Corporation shall pay in
advance of the final disposition of such matter any expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an Indemnitee in
defending a civil or criminal action, suit, proceeding, or
investigation or any appeal therefrom; provided, however, that the
payment of such expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in advance of
the final disposition of such matter shall be made only upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to
repay all amounts so advanced in the event that it shall ultimately
be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified
by the Corporation as authorized in this Article, which undertaking
shall be accepted without reference to the financial ability of the
Indemnitee to make such repayment; and further provided that no
such advancement of expenses shall be made under this Article if it
is reasonably determined that (i) the Indemnitee did not act in
good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in,
or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, or (ii)
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the Indemnitee
had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful.
The
Corporation shall not indemnify an Indemnitee pursuant to this
Article in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated
by such Indemnitee unless the initiation thereof was approved by
the Board of the Corporation. In addition, the Corporation shall
not indemnify an Indemnitee to the extent such Indemnitee is
reimbursed from the proceeds of insurance, and in the event the
Corporation makes any indemnification payments to an Indemnitee and
such Indemnitee is subsequently reimbursed from the proceeds of
insurance, such Indemnitee shall promptly refund such
indemnification payments to the Corporation to the extent of such
insurance reimbursement.
The
Corporation may not indemnify an Indemnitee (i) for any liability
incurred in a proceeding in which such person is adjudged liable to
the Corporation or is subjected to injunctive relief in favor of
the Corporation (ii) for acts or omissions that involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, fraud or gross
negligence, (iii) for unlawful distributions (iv) for any
transaction for which such Indemnitee received a personal benefit
in violation or breach of any provision of this Certificate or the
Bylaws of the Corporation, or as otherwise prohibited by or as may
be disallowed under Delaware law or (v) with respect to any dispute
or proceeding between the Corporation and such Indemnitee unless
such
indemnification has
been approved by a disinterested majority of the Board or by a
majority in interest of disinterested Stockholders who are entitled
to vote.
All
determinations hereunder as to the entitlement of an Indemnitee to
indemnification or advancement of expenses shall be made in each
instance (a) by a majority vote of the directors of the Corporation
consisting of persons who are not at that time parties to the
action, suit, or proceeding in question (“disinterested
directors”), whether or not a quorum, (b) by a committee of
disinterested directors designated by majority vote of
disinterested directors, whether or not a quorum, (c) if there are
no disinterested directors, or if the disinterested directors so
direct, by independent legal counsel (who may, to the extent
permitted by law, be regular legal counsel to the Corporation) in a
written opinion, or (d) by the Stockholders of the
Corporation.
The
rights provided in this Article (i) shall not be deemed exclusive
of any other rights to which an Indemnitee may be entitled under
any law, agreement, or vote of Stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, and (ii) shall inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors and administrators of the Indemnitees. The
Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by its
Board, grant indemnification rights to other employees or agents of
the Corporation or other persons serving the Corporation and such
rights may be equivalent to, or greater or less than, those set
forth in this Article.
The
Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was 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 expense, liability or loss incurred by such
person in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such,
whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify
him against such liability under the DGCL.
No
amendment, termination, or repeal of this Article or of the
relevant provisions of the DGCL or any other applicable laws shall
affect or diminish in any way the rights of any Indemnitee to
indemnification under the provisions hereof with respect to any
action, suit, proceeding, or investigation arising out of or
relating to any actions, transactions, or facts occurring prior to
the final adoption of such amendment, termination or
repeal.
NINTH:
Meetings of Stockholders may be held within or without the State of
Delaware, as the By-laws of the Corporation may provide. The books
of the Corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at
such place as may be designated from time to time by the Board or
in the By-laws of the Corporation.
TENTH:
The Corporation shall have the right from time to time, to amend
this Certificate or any provision thereof in any manner now or
hereafter provided by law. Except as expressly set forth herein,
all rights and powers of any kind conferred upon a director or
stockholder of the Corporation by this Certificate or any amendment
thereof are conferred subject to such right.
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In witness whereof, the Corporation has caused
this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation to be signed this 17th day
of March, 2017.
By: /s/ Chandler D.
Robinson
Chandler
D. Robinson. President