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(i) | 1,533,333,333 shares shall be shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the Class A-1 Common Stock); | ||
(ii) | 1,533,333,333 shares shall be shares of Class A-2 Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the Class A-2 Common Stock); | ||
(iii) | 1,533,333,334 shares shall be shares of Class A-3 Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the Class A-3 Common Stock); | ||
(iv) | 5,600,000,000 shares shall be shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the Class B Common Stock); and | ||
(v) | 200,000,000 shares shall be shares of Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the Preferred Stock). |
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(1) | Except as otherwise set forth in this Article Fourth, the relative powers, preferences and participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of each class of Common Stock shall be identical in all respects. | ||
(2) | Subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock, holders of each class of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions in cash, stock of any corporation (other than Common Stock) or property of the Corporation as may be declared thereon by the Board of Directors from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor, and shall share equally on a per share basis in all such dividends and other distributions. In the case of dividends or other distributions payable in Common Stock, including distributions pursuant to stock splits or divisions of Common Stock: (i) only shares of Class A-1 Common Stock shall be paid or distributed with respect to Class A-1 Common Stock; (ii) only shares of Class A-2 Common Stock shall be paid or distributed with respect to Class A-2 Common Stock; (iii) only shares of Class A-3 Common Stock shall be paid or distributed with respect to Class A-3 Common Stock; and (iv) only shares of Class B Common Stock shall be paid or distributed with respect to Class B Common Stock. No class of Common Stock may be reclassified, subdivided or combined unless the reclassification, subdivision or combination occurs simultaneously and in the same proportion for each class of Common Stock, except that Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock and Class A-3 Common Stock may be reclassified as a single class of common stock at any time after 540 days after November 9, 1999 (the Public Offering Date) without any reclassification of Class B Common Stock. | ||
(3) | (A) At every meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation in connection with the election of directors and all other matters submitted to a vote of stockholders: (i) every holder of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock shall be entitled to ten votes in person or by proxy for each share of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock and Class A-3 Common Stock registered in his or her name on the transfer books of the Corporation; and (ii) every holder of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of Class B Common Stock registered in his or her name on the transfer books of the Corporation. Except as otherwise required by law or by this Article Fourth, the holders of each class of Common Stock shall vote together as a single class, subject to any right that may be conferred upon holders of Preferred Stock to vote together with holders of Common Stock on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation. |
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(B) Except as otherwise provided by law, the provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall not be modified, revised, altered or amended, repealed or rescinded, in whole or in part, without the approval of the holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of each class of Common Stock, voting together as a single class; provided, however, that any proposal to modify, revise, alter or amend this Restated Certificate of Incorporation in any manner that would alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the shares of any class of Common Stock so as to affect them adversely also will require the approval of the holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the shares of the class so affected by the proposed amendment, voting separately as a class. An increase in the authorized number of shares of any class or classes of stock of the Corporation or creation, authorization or issuance of any securities convertible into, or warrants, options or similar rights to purchase, acquire or receive, shares of any such class or classes of stock, shall be deemed not to affect adversely the powers, preferences or special rights of the shares of any class of Common Stock. | |||
(4) | In the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment in full of the amounts required to be paid to the holders of Preferred Stock, the remaining assets and funds of the Corporation shall be distributed pro rata to the holders of shares of Common Stock. For purposes of this paragraph (c)(4), the voluntary sale, conveyance, lease, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation or a consolidation or merger of the Corporation with one or more other corporations (whether or not the Corporation is the corporation surviving the consolidation or merger) shall not be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, voluntary or involuntary. | ||
(5) | In case of any reorganization or any consolidation of the Corporation with one or more other corporations or a merger of the Corporation with another corporation, each holder of a share of Common Stock of any class shall be entitled to receive with respect to that share the same kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property (including cash) receivable upon the reorganization, consolidation or merger by a holder of a share of any other class of Common Stock. | ||
(6) | Each record holder of shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock may convert any or all of those shares into an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock; provided, however, that: (i) no share of Class A-1 Common Stock may be converted into a share of Class B Common Stock before 180 days after the Public Offering Date; (ii) no share of Class A-2 Common Stock may be converted into a share of Class B Common Stock before 360 days after the Public Offering Date; and (iii) no share of Class A-3 Common Stock may be converted into a share of Class B Common Stock |
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before 540 days after the Public Offering Date. A record holder of shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock may effect a voluntary conversion of any or all of those shares in accordance with this paragraph (c)(6) by surrendering the certificates for the number of shares to be converted, accompanied by any required tax transfer stamps and by a written notice by the record holder to the Corporation stating that such record holder desires to convert such shares into the same number of shares of Class B Common Stock and requesting that the Corporation issue such shares of Class B Common Stock to persons named therein, setting forth the number of shares of Class B Common Stock to be issued to each such person and the denominations in which the certificates therefor are to be issued. To the extent permitted by law, such a voluntary conversion shall be deemed to have been effected at the close of business on the date of surrender. Shares of Class B Common Stock may not be converted into shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock. | |||
(7) | Shares of Class A-1 Common Stock may not be transferred to anyone other than a permitted transferee prior to 180 days after the Public Offering Date. Shares of Class A-2 Common Stock may not be transferred to anyone other than a permitted transferee prior to 360 days after the Public Offering Date. Shares of Class A-3 Common Stock may not be transferred to anyone other than a permitted transferee prior to 540 days after the Public Offering Date. For purposes of this paragraph (c)(7), the terms transferred and permitted transferee have the meanings set forth in paragraph (c)(16). Except as provided in this paragraph (c)(7), any purported transfer of shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock prior to the applicable date referred to in this paragraph (c)(7) shall be void. Shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock and Class A-3 Common Stock may be transferred to a permitted transferee prior to the applicable date referred to in this paragraph (c)(7), and such permitted transferee will take such shares subject to the provisions of this paragraph (c)(7). | ||
(8) | Each share of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock and Class A-3 Common Stock shall automatically convert into one share of Class B Common Stock upon the transfer of that share if (i) the transfer is permitted by paragraph (c)(7) of this Article Fourth and (ii) after the transfer, the share is not owned by a permitted transferee. For purposes of this paragraph (c)(8), the terms transferred and permitted transferee have the meanings set forth in paragraph (c)(16). | ||
(9) | Shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock and Class A-3 Common Stock shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation, and a new certificate therefor issued, upon presentation at the office of the Secretary of the Corporation (or at such additional place or places as may from time to time be designated by the Secretary of the Corporation) of the certificate for the shares, in proper form for transfer and accompanied by all requisite stock transfer tax |
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stamps, only if the certificate when so presented is accompanied by an affidavit from the record holder stating that the certificate is being presented to effect a transfer of the shares to a permitted transferee. The affidavit of a record holder furnished pursuant to this paragraph (c)(9) shall be verified as of a date not earlier than five days prior to the date of delivery of the affidavit, and, where the record holder is a corporation or partnership, shall be verified by an officer of the corporation or by a general partner of the partnership, as the case may be. | |||
(10) | Any person (other than a permitted transferee) who takes shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock and Class A-3 Common Stock in a transfer that complies with the provisions of this paragraph (c) may treat the endorsement on the certificate representing such shares, or the instrument of transfer accompanying such shares, as authorizing such person on behalf of the transferor to convert the shares in the manner provided in paragraph (c)(6) for the purpose of registering the transfer to such person of the shares of Class B Common Stock issuable upon conversion, and to give on behalf of the transferor the written notice of conversion above required, and may convert such shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock and Class A-3 Common Stock accordingly. | ||
(11) | Every certificate for shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock and Class A-3 Common Stock shall bear a legend on its face reading as follows: | ||
The shares of Common Stock represented by this certificate may not be transferred (which term includes, without limitation, buying a put option, selling a call option or entering into any other hedging or insurance transaction relating to the shares) to any person in connection with a transfer that does not meet the qualifications set forth in paragraphs (c)(7) and (c)(8) of Article Fourth of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation, and no person who receives the shares represented by this certificate in connection with a transfer that does not meet the qualifications prescribed by paragraphs (c)(7) and (c)(8) of Article Fourth is entitled to own or to be registered as the record holder of the shares of Common Stock represented by this certificate, but the record holder of this certificate may at any time (except as provided in paragraph (c)(6) of Article Fourth) convert the shares of Common Stock represented by this certificate into the same number of shares of Class B Common Stock for purposes of effecting the sale or other disposition of the shares of Class B Common Stock to any person. Each holder of this certificate, by accepting the certificate, accepts and agrees to all of the foregoing. | |||
(12) | Upon any conversion of shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock and Class A-3 Common Stock into shares of Class B Common Stock pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (c)(6), any dividend, for which the record date or payment date is subsequent to the conversion, that has been declared on |
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the shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock so converted shall be deemed to have been declared, and shall be payable, with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock into or for which the shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock are so converted, and any such dividend that is declared on the shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock and Class A-3 Common Stock payable in shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock and Class A-3 Common Stock shall be deemed to have been declared, and shall be payable, in shares of Class B Common Stock. | |||
(13) | Any shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock that have been converted into shares of Class B Common Stock will be retired with no further action by the Corporation, and will resume the status of authorized and unissued Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock, respectively. | ||
(14) | The Corporation at all times shall reserve and keep available, out of its authorized but unissued Class B Common Stock, at least the number of shares of Class B Common Stock that would become issuable upon the conversion of all shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock and Class A-3 Common Stock then outstanding. | ||
(15) | In connection with any transfer or conversion of any shares of any class of Common Stock pursuant to or as permitted by the provisions of this paragraph (c), or in connection with the making of any determination referred to in this paragraph (c), neither the Corporation nor any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation shall be liable in any manner for any action taken or omitted in good faith. | ||
(16) | For purposes of this Article Fourth, the following terms have the following meanings: |
(i) | A permitted transferee means: |
(A) | the transferors spouse or child, provided that (1) the transferor was a holder on the Public Offering Date of the shares being transferred and the transfer occurs within 540 days of such date; or (2) the transferor is an employee of the corporation or one of its subsidiaries; | ||
(B) | a trust for the sole benefit of the transferor or the transferors spouse or child, provided that (1) the transferor was a holder on the Public Offering Date of the shares being transferred and the transfer occurs within 540 days of such date; or (2) the transferor is an employee of the corporation or one of its subsidiaries; |
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(C) | an individual retirement account that receives shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock, provided that (1) the transferor is an employee benefit plan sponsored by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, (2) the transferor is a distributee of an employee benefit plan described in subclause (1) or (3) the transferor is an individual retirement account for the benefit of a distributee described in subclause (2); | ||
(D) | the beneficial owner of an individual retirement account, provided that the transferor is such individual retirement account; | ||
(E) | the estate of a deceased holder of shares provided that either (1) the deceased holder was a holder on the Public Offering Date of the shares being transferred and the transfer occurs within 540 days of such date; or (2) the deceased holder was an employee of the Corporation or one of its subsidiaries on the date of death; and such transfer was pursuant to the deceased holders will or the laws of distribution; | ||
(F) | the beneficiary of an estate referred to in clause (E) above, provided that the transferor is such estate and such beneficiary is the spouse or child of the deceased holder or a trust for the sole benefit of such spouse or child; | ||
(G) | an employee benefit plan sponsored by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries; | ||
(H) | a lending institution in connection with a pledge of shares by a person who either (1) was a holder on the Public Offering Date of the shares being pledged or (2) was an employee of the Company or one of its subsidiaries on the date of the pledge of such shares; and such shares are pledged as bona fide collateral for a loan to such person provided such lending institution agrees in writing to immediately offer to sell such shares to the Corporation in the event such lending institution forecloses on such shares; | ||
(I) | a charitable organization that agrees in writing to sell such shares to the Corporation immediately following the transfer; | ||
(J) | the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries; | ||
(K) | any distributee of an employee benefit plan sponsored by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of such plan, provided that the transferor is such employee benefit plan; and |
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(L) | an employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, provided that the transferor is the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. |
(ii) | A transfer (and the related term transferred) means any sale, pledge, gift, assignment or other transfer of any ownership or voting interest in any share of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock, including: |
(A) | any offer, pledge, sale, contract to sell, sale of any option or contract to purchase, purchase of any option or contract to sell, grant of any option, right or warrant to purchase, loan or other direct or indirect transfer or disposal of: (1) any shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock; (2) any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock; or (3) any shares of Class B Common Stock into which the shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock are convertible; or | ||
(B) | entry into any swap or other arrangement (including by way of insurance) that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock or any shares of Class B Common Stock into which the shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock or Class A-3 Common Stock are convertible; |
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(1) | A person means any individual, limited partnership, general partnership, corporation or other firm or entity. | ||
(2) | Except as expressly provided by this Article Eleventh, a person shall be a beneficial owner of all of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock, other than shares held in the Corporations treasury: |
(i) | which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates (as hereinafter defined) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly; or | ||
(ii) | which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has (A) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options or otherwise or (B) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (but shall not be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any shares of Voting Stock solely by reason of a revocable proxy granted for a particular meeting of stockholders, pursuant to a public solicitation of proxies for such meeting, and with respect to which shares neither such person nor any such Affiliate or Associate is otherwise deemed the beneficial owner); and | ||
(iii) | which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other person with which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of Voting Stock. |
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(3) | Affiliate or Associate shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on the date of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation. | ||
(4) | Subsidiary means any corporation of which a majority of any class of equity security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation. |
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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Teri P. McClure | |||
Teri P. McClure | ||||
Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
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