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Exhibit 3.1
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
     The undersigned, being the President and Chief Executive Officer of Eagle Materials Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that:
     1. The name of the Corporation is EAGLE MATERIALS INC. The name under which the Corporation was originally incorporated is Centex Construction Products, Inc. and the date of filing the original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was January 27, 1994.
     2. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation amends and restates the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
     3. The Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as restated and amended hereby, shall, after filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, become effective at 4:05 p.m. Delaware time, on April 11, 2006 (the “Effective Time”), and shall read in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE I
     The name of the Corporation is Eagle Materials Inc.
ARTICLE II
     The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation at such address is Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE III
     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 set forth in Title 8 of the Delaware Code (the “DGCL”), and the Corporation shall have perpetual existence.
ARTICLE IV
     The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 105,000,000 shares, consisting of (i) 5,000,000 shares of

 

 

Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”), and (ii) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“Common Stock”).
     The powers, preferences and rights of each class of capital stock, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, are as follows:
     A. Preferred Stock.
     Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued in such series as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. Prior to the issuance of a series, the Board of Directors by resolution shall designate the series to distinguish it from any other classes or series of capital stock of the Corporation, shall specify the number of shares to be included in the series and shall fix the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of the series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any such resolution of the Board of Directors may set forth the following characteristics of the series:
     (i) the designation of, and the number of shares of Preferred Stock which shall constitute, the series, which number may be increased (except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by action of the Board of Directors;
     (ii) the rate or rates and the date or dates at which (or the method of determination thereof), and the terms and conditions upon which, dividends, if any, on shares of the series shall be paid, the nature of any preferences or the relative rights of priority of such dividends to the dividends payable on any other class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation or on any series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative;
     (iii) whether shares of the series shall be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or other securities or property of the Corporation or of any other corporation or entity, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, including any provisions for the adjustment of the conversion or exchange rate upon the occurrence of such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;
     (iv) whether shares of the series shall be redeemable, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable and the amount and type of consideration payable upon redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates;

 

 

     (v) whether shares of the series shall have a sinking fund or redemption or purchase account for the redemption or purchase of shares of the series, and if so, the terms, conditions and amount of such sinking fund or redemption or purchase account;
     (vi) the rights of the holders of shares of the series upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, merger, consolidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation;
     (vii) whether shares of the series shall have voting rights in addition to the voting rights provided by law, which may include (a) the right to more or less than one vote per share on any or all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation and (b) the right to vote, as a series by itself or together with any other series of Preferred Stock or together with all series of Preferred Stock as a class or with the Common Stock as a class, upon such matters, under such circumstances and upon such conditions as the Board of Directors may fix (including, but not limited to, the right, voting as a series by itself or together with any other series of Preferred Stock or together with all series of Preferred Stock as a class, to elect one or more directors of the Corporation in the event there shall have been a default in the payment of dividends on any series of Preferred Stock or under such other circumstances and upon such other conditions as the Board of Directors may determine); and
     (viii) any other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof.
Subject to the express terms of any series of Preferred Stock outstanding at any time, the vote or consent of the holders of Preferred Stock of any series shall not be required for the issuance of any other series of Preferred Stock, regardless of whether the powers, preferences and rights of such other series shall be fixed by the Board of Directors as senior to, on a parity with or junior to the powers, preferences and rights of such outstanding series.
     B. Common Stock. The powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the shares of Common Stock shall be as follows:
     (1) Dividends. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and the requirements, if any, with respect to the setting aside of sums as sinking funds or redemption or purchase accounts for the benefit of such holders and subject to any other conditions that may be fixed in accordance with the provisions of paragraph A of this Article IV, then, but not otherwise, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions in cash, property or stock of the Corporation, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors out of assets which are legally available therefor. Any such

 

 

dividends shall be distributed among the holders of the Common Stock pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of such stock held by each holder.
     (2) Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and liabilities of the Corporation and after distribution to the holders of Preferred Stock of the amounts fixed in accordance with the provisions of paragraph A of this Article IV, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all the remaining assets of the Corporation, tangible and intangible, of whatever kind available for distribution to stockholders. Any such distribution shall be made among the holders of Common Stock pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of such stock held by each such holder.
     (3) Voting. Except as may otherwise be required by law or the provisions of any resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to paragraph A of this Article IV, each holder of Common Stock shall have one vote for each share of Common Stock held by such holder on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders. Cumulative voting of shares of Common Stock shall not be permitted.
     C. Reclassification. Prior to the Effective Time, the authorized, issued and outstanding common stock of the Corporation included both common stock, par value $.01 per share (“Original Common Stock”), and Class B common stock, par value $.01 per share (“Class B Common Stock”). At the Effective Time, each outstanding share of Original Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be shall be reclassified and converted, automatically and without further action on the part of any holder thereof or otherwise, into one share of Common Stock.
ARTICLE V
     A. General. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have concurrent power with the stockholders to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon the Board of Directors by the DGCL and this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors is hereby expressly empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the DGCL, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation and any bylaws adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation; provided, however, that no bylaws adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation shall invalidate any prior act of the Board of Directors that would have been valid if such bylaws had not been adopted.

 

 

     B. Number and Class of Directors.
     (1) Number of Directors. The number of directors that shall constitute the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors; provided, however, (i) that in no event shall the number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors be less than three nor more than fifteen and (ii) no decrease in the number of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director.
     (2) Classified Board. The directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, shall be divided into three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III. Each person serving as a member of the Board of Directors as of the Effective Time has been assigned to one of such classes, pursuant to the provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation as in effect prior to the Effective Time. Such classes shall be as nearly equal in number of directors as possible. Each director shall serve for a term ending on the third annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting of stockholders at which that director was elected; provided, however, that the directors first designated as Class III directors shall serve for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders next following the date of their designation as Class III directors. Each director shall hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders at which his term expires and, the foregoing notwithstanding, shall serve until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.
     At each annual election, the directors chosen to succeed those whose terms then expire shall be of the same class as the directors they succeed, unless, by reason of any intervening changes in the authorized number of directors, the Board of Directors shall have designated one or more directorships whose term then expires as directorships of another class in order to more nearly achieve equality of number of directors among the classes.
     In the event of any change in the authorized number of directors, each director then continuing to serve as such shall nevertheless continue as a director of the class of which he is a member until the expiration of his current term, or his prior death, resignation or removal. The Board of Directors shall specify the class to which a newly created directorship shall be allocated.
     C. Manner of Election. The election of directors at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation so provide.
     D. Vacancies. Any vacancy in the office of a director created by the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office of a director or other cause shall be filled by the vote of the majority of the directors (or the sole remaining director)

 

 

then in office, even if less than a quorum, regardless of any quorum requirements set out in the Bylaws. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same term as that of his predecessor.
ARTICLE VI
     A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, as the same exists or hereafter may be amended or replaced, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. 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. Any repeal or modification of this Article VI by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE VII
     A. Indemnification. Each person who was or is made 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 (a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (an “Indemnitee”), shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in effect on the date of the filing of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and to such greater extent as applicable law may thereafter permit, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with such a Proceeding, and such right of indemnification shall continue with respect to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be such a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators. The rights of an Indemnitee under the immediately preceding sentence shall include, but not be limited to, the right to be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145(b) of the DGCL in the case of Proceedings by or in the right of the Corporation and to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145(a) of the DGCL in the case of all other Proceedings.
     B. Advancement of Expenses. An Indemnitee shall be entitled to the payment of expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending any Proceeding in advance of the final disposition thereof in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Bylaws of the Corporation or, if no provisions relating to the advancement of expenses are set

 

 

forth therein, in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors deems appropriate.
     C. Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification. A determination as to whether an Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification in respect of any expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlement incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with a Proceeding shall be made in accordance with Section 145(d) of the DGCL and the provisions set forth in the Bylaws of the Corporation.
     D. Non-Exclusivity. The rights conferred by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights which an Indemnitee or any other person may now or hereafter have under this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
ARTICLE VIII
     No stockholder of the Corporation shall by reason of his or her holding shares of any class or series of its capital stock have any preemptive or preferential right to purchase or subscribe for or otherwise acquire or receive any shares of any class or series of capital stock issued by the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, or any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation now or hereafter acquired by the Corporation as treasury stock and subsequently reissued or sold or otherwise disposed of, or any notes, debentures, bonds or other securities convertible into, or any warrants, rights or options exercisable for, any shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, whether or not the issuance of any such shares or such notes, debentures, bonds or other securities or warrants, rights or options would adversely affect the dividend, voting or any other rights of such stockholder.
ARTICLE IX
     Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chairman, or in his absence by the President, by the Board of Directors, or by the Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors and may not be called by the stockholders of the Corporation.
ARTICLE X
     Any action required to be taken or which may be taken by the holders of the Common Stock must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be taken by written consent in lieu of a meeting.
ARTICLE XI
     The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, alter, amend and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation, in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State

 

 

of Delaware, subject to the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws.
ARTICLE XII
     Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws to the contrary, the affirmative vote of the holders of record of at least 662/3% of the combined voting power of all of the outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in respect thereof, voting together as a single class, shall be required (A) to alter, amend, rescind or repeal Article V, Article IX, Article X, Article XI or this Article XII of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or to adopt any provision inconsistent therewith or (B) in order for the stockholders to adopt, alter, amend, rescind or repeal any Bylaws of the Corporation.
ARTICLE XIII
     The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change, rescind or repeal any provision contained in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon the stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate on April 11, 2006.
         
    EAGLE MATERIALS INC.
 
        
 
  By:   /s/ Steven R. Rowley
 
       
    Steven R. Rowley
President and Chief Executive Officer