Exhibit 3.1
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
NEW
GIANT CORPORATION
(Originally incorporated on June 21, 2007, under the
name New Giant Corporation)
ARTICLE I.
NAME OF CORPORATION
The name of the corporation is Graphic Packaging Holding Company (the Corporation).
ARTICLE II.
REGISTERED OFFICE
The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be located at
Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, in the City of Wilmington, County of
New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE III.
PURPOSE
The nature of the business of the Corporation and its purpose 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 (the DGCL).
ARTICLE IV.
CAPITAL STOCK
Section 4.01 Authorized Stock. The total number of shares of stock that the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,100,000,000 shares, consisting of (a) 1,000,000,000
shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock), and (b) 100,000,000 shares
of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Preferred Stock), issuable in one or more
series as hereinafter provided. The number of authorized shares of the Common Stock or Preferred
Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding)
by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock
of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section
242(b)(2) of the DGCL or any corresponding provision hereinafter enacted.
Section 4.02 Provisions Relating to the Common Stock.
(a) Voting. Except as otherwise provided in this Restated Certificate of
Incorporation or by applicable law, each holder of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled,
with respect to each share of Common Stock held by such holder, to one vote in person or by
proxy on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of Common Stock, whether voting
separately as a class or otherwise.
(b) Dividends and Distributions. Subject to the preferences and rights, if any,
applicable to shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof, the holders of shares of Common
Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions in cash, property,
stock or otherwise as may be declared thereon by the Board of Directors at any time and from
time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor.
(c) Liquidation Rights. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the
debts and other liabilities of the Corporation, and subject to the preferences and rights, if
any, applicable to shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof, the holders of shares of
Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation
available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of
Common Stock held by them.
Section 4.03 Provisions Relating to the Preferred Stock.
1. The Preferred Stock may be issued at any time and from time to time in one or more
series. The Board of Directors is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of shares of
Preferred Stock in one or more series and, by filing a certificate of designation pursuant to
the applicable provisions of the DGCL (hereinafter referred to as a Preferred Stock Certificate
of Designation), to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each
such series, and to fix the designation, powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications,
limitations and restrictions thereof, of shares of each such series.
2. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each series of Preferred Stock
shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:
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the designation of the series, which may be by distinguishing number,
letter or title; |
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the number of shares of the series, which number the Board of Directors
may thereafter (except where otherwise provided in the applicable Preferred Stock
Certificate of Designation) increase or decrease (but not below the number of
shares thereof then outstanding); |
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the preferences, if any, and relative, participating, optional or
other special rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions
thereof, if any, of the series; |
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whether dividends, if any, shall be cumulative or noncumulative and the
dividend rate, if any, of the series; |
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whether dividends, if any, shall be payable in cash, in kind or
otherwise; |
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the dates on which dividends, if any, shall be payable; |
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the redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for shares of the
series; |
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the terms and amount of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption
of shares of the series; |
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the amounts payable on shares of the series in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of
the Corporation; |
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whether the shares of the series shall be convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of any other class or series, or any other security, of the
Corporation or any other corporation, and, if so, the specification of such other
class or series or such other security, the conversion or exchange price or prices
or rate or rates, any adjustments thereof, the date or dates as of which such
shares shall be convertible or exchangeable and all other terms and conditions upon
which such conversion or exchange may be made; |
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restrictions on the issuance of shares of the same series or of any
other class or series; |
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whether or not the holders of the shares of such series shall have
voting rights, in addition to the voting rights required by law, and if so, the
terms of such voting rights, which may provide, among other things and subject to
the other provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, that each share
of such series shall carry one vote or more or less than one vote per share, that
the holders of such series shall be entitled to vote on certain matters as a
separate class (which for such purpose may be comprised solely of such series or of
such series and one or more other series or classes of stock of the Corporation);
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such other rights and provisions with respect to any series that the Board of
Directors may provide. |
3. The Common Stock shall be subject to the express terms of the Preferred Stock and any
series thereof.
4. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be
entitled to vote on any amendment to this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any
Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation) that alters or changes only the powers, preferences,
rights or other terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of
such affected series are entitled, either separately or together as a class with the holders of
one or more other series of Preferred Stock, to vote thereon pursuant to this Restated
Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation).
Section 4.04 Voting in Election of Directors. Except as may be required by law or as
provided in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Certificate
of Designation), holders of Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of
directors and for all other purposes, and holders of Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote
on any matter or receive notice of any meeting of stockholders.
Section 4.05 Ownership of Capital Stock. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat
the person in whose name any share of its stock is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes
and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such share on
the part of any other person, whether or not the Corporation shall have notice thereof, except as
expressly provided by applicable law.
ARTICLE V.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS; MANAGEMENT OF THE CORPORATION
Section 5.01 Classified Board. The authorized number of directors constituting the
entire Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time solely by resolution of the Board of
Directors and may not be fixed by any other person or persons, provided that such number shall not
be less than three. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock
to elect directors pursuant to the provisions of a Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation
(which directors shall not be classified pursuant to this sentence (unless so provided in the
Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation)), the directors of the Corporation shall be classified
with respect to the time for which they severally hold office into three classes, as nearly equal
in number as possible: one class (Class I), the initial term of which shall expire at the first
annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the Effective Time); a second class (Class II), the initial term of which shall
expire at the second annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Time; and a third
class (Class III), the initial term of which shall expire at the third annual meeting of
stockholders following the Effective Time, with the directors in each class remaining in office
following the expiration of their term until successors are elected and qualified. At each annual
meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the successors of the members of the class of
directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring
at the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, and following the expiration of such term,
shall remain in office until their successors are elected and
qualified. Upon the Effective Time, the Board shall assign each director then in office to
one of the three classes and, following such assignment, directors shall serve for a term of
office applicable to such class. The holders of a majority of shares then entitled to vote at an
election of directors may remove any director elected in accordance with the preceding two
sentences, but only for cause.
Section 5.02 Management of Business. The following provisions are inserted for the
management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation and for the
purpose of creating, defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the Corporation and its
directors and stockholders:
(a) Except as may otherwise be provided in a Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation
with respect to vacancies or newly created directorships in respect of directors, if any,
elected by the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock, vacancies in the Board of
Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office
or other cause and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized
number of directors shall only be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although
less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.
(b) Advance notice of nominations for the election of directors shall be given in the
manner and to the extent provided in the By-Laws of the Corporation.
(c) The election of directors may be conducted in any manner approved by the Board of
Directors at the time when the election is held and need not be by written ballot.
(d) The Board of Directors shall have the power without the assent or vote of the
stockholders to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation. The stockholders
of the Corporation may adopt, amend, alter or repeal any provision of the By-Laws but only upon
the affirmative vote of the holders of three-fourths (3/4) or more of the combined voting power
of the then outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon.
(e) There shall be no limitation on the qualification of any person to be elected as or to
be a director of the Corporation or on the ability of any director to vote on any matter brought
before the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, except (i) as required by applicable
law, (ii) as set forth in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred
Stock Certificate of Designation) or (iii) as set forth in any By-Law adopted by the Board of
Directors with respect to eligibility for election as a director upon reaching a specified age
or, in the case of employee directors, with respect to the qualification for continuing service
of directors upon ceasing employment with the Corporation.
ARTICLE VI.
LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS AND INDEMNIFICATION
Section 6.01 General. No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to
the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of his or her fiduciary duty
as
a director, except to the extent that such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is
not permitted under the DGCL.
Section 6.02 Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses
to each present and former director, and any person who has agreed to become a director, of the
Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable provisions of the DGCL, as now in
effect or hereafter amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such
amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification or advancement rights than
such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), for any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, brought by reason of the fact that such person is or was or has agreed to become a
director of the Corporation, whether (in the case of a present or former director) the basis of
such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or in any other capacity
while serving as a director, provided that the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify or
advance expenses to such person in respect of an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof)
instituted by such person, unless such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) (a) has been
authorized by the Board of Directors or (b) is brought by such person to recover indemnification
or an advancement of expenses pursuant to this Article VI and such person is successful in whole
or in part in such action, suit or proceeding. The rights provided by this Article VI, Section 2
shall not limit or exclude any rights, indemnities or limitations of liability to which any
director of the Corporation may be entitled, whether as a matter of law, under the By-Laws of the
Corporation, by agreement, vote of the stockholders or disinterested directors of the Corporation,
or otherwise.
Section 6.03 Repeal or Modification. Any repeal or modification of this Article VI
shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing in
respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification. If the
DGCL is amended after the filing of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to authorize
corporate action further eliminating or limiting 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 DGCL, as so amended.
ARTICLE
VII.
NO STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT; SPECIAL MEETINGS
Section 7.01 Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the
Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the
Corporation, and the ability of the stockholders to consent in writing to the taking of any action
is specifically denied. A special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called
only by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, and any right of the stockholders of the
Corporation to call a special meeting of the stockholders is specifically denied.
ARTICLE VIII.
AMENDMENT
Section 8.01 The Corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal any provision contained in
this Restated Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the laws
of the State of Delaware, and all rights herein conferred upon stockholders or directors (in the
present form of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or as hereinafter amended) are granted
subject to this reservation; provided, however, that Articles V, VI, VII or VIII of this Restated
Certificate of Incorporation shall not be amended, altered or repealed without the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least three-fourths (3/4) of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation which restates and integrates
and further amends the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation, and
which has been duly adopted in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the DGCL, has been executed
by its duly authorized office this 10th day of March, 2008.
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NEW GIANT CORPORATION
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By: |
/s/ Stephen
A. Hellrung |
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Name: |
Stephen
A. Hellrung |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President, General Counsel &
Secretary |
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