EX-3.1 2 d507960dex31.htm EX-3.1 EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

NCR ATLEOS CORPORATION

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT:

ARTICLE I

INCORPORATOR; EFFECTIVE TIME

I, Sharon Scarpaci, whose address is 864 Spring Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, being at least 18 years of age, by these Articles of Incorporation and by Articles of Conversion, dated as of the date hereof, do hereby convert, effective as of 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time, on October 10, 2023, NCR Atleos, LLC, a limited liability company formed under the general laws of the State of Delaware on April 14, 2023, into a corporation under the general laws of the State of Maryland.

ARTICLE II

PRINCIPAL OFFICE IN STATE AND RESIDENT AGENT

The address of the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Maryland is 20370 Seneca Meadows Parkway, Germantown, Maryland 20876. The name and address of the resident agent of the Corporation in the State of Maryland are CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company, 7 St. Paul Street, Suite 820, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The resident agent is a Maryland corporation.

ARTICLE III

NAME

The name of the corporation (the “Corporation”) is:

NCR Atleos Corporation

ARTICLE IV

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act, activity or business for which corporations may be organized under the general laws of the State of Maryland as now or hereafter in force. The Corporation shall have all the general powers granted by law to Maryland corporations and all other powers not inconsistent with law which are appropriate to promote and attain its purpose.


ARTICLE V

CAPITAL STOCK

Section 5.1 The Corporation shall be authorized to issue 400,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which 350,000,000 shares shall be classified as Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), and 50,000,000 shares shall be classified as Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Preferred Stock”). The aggregate par value of all authorized shares is $4,000,000. The board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may classify and reclassify any unissued shares of capital stock by setting or changing in any one or more respects the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of such shares of stock.

Section 5.2 The Common Stock shall be subject to the express terms of any series of Preferred Stock. The holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each such share upon all proposals presented to the stockholders on which the holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote, except for proposals on which only the holders of another specified class or series of capital stock are entitled to vote. Subject to the provisions of law and any preferences or rights with respect to the payment of dividends on any senior class or series of stock, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, as and when declared by the Corporation, dividends and other distributions authorized by the Board of Directors in accordance with Maryland General Corporation Law, as in effect from time to time (the “MGCL”) and to all other rights of a stockholder pursuant thereto. Except as otherwise provided by law or in the charter of the Corporation (the “Charter”), the 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 receive notice of any meeting of stockholders at which they are not entitled to vote. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or other distribution of the Corporation’s assets among stockholders for the purpose of winding up the Corporation’s affairs, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and subject to the rights, privileges, conditions and restrictions attaching to any senior class or series of stock, the Common Stock shall entitle the holders thereof, together with the holders of any other class of stock hereafter classified or reclassified not having a preference on distributions in the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or other distribution of the Corporation’s assets among stockholders for the purpose of winding up the Corporation’s affairs, whether voluntary or involuntary, to share ratably in the remaining net assets of the Corporation.

Section 5.3 Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more class or series as authorized by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have the power from time to time to the maximum extent permitted by the MGCL to classify or reclassify, in one or more classes or series, any unissued shares of Preferred Stock, and to reclassify any unissued shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock, in any such case, by setting or changing the number of shares constituting such class or series and the designation, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications, or terms or conditions of redemption of the stock. In any such event,

 

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the Corporation shall file for record with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (or other appropriate entity) Articles Supplementary. Subject to the express terms of any class or series of Preferred Stock outstanding at the time, the Board of Directors may increase or decrease the number or alter the designation or classify or reclassify any unissued shares of a particular class or series of Preferred Stock by fixing or altering in one or more respects, from time to time before issuing the shares, any terms, rights, restrictions and qualifications of the shares, including any preference, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of the shares of the class or series.

Section 5.4 Subject to the foregoing, the power of the Board of Directors to classify and reclassify any of the shares of capital stock shall include, without limitation, subject to the provisions of the Charter, authority to classify or reclassify any unissued shares of such stock into a class or classes of preferred stock, preference stock, special stock or other stock, and to divide and classify shares of any class into one or more series of such class, by determining, fixing or altering one or more of the following:

(a) the designation of such class or series, which may be by distinguishing number, letter or title;

(b) the number of shares of such class or series, which number the Board of Directors may thereafter (except where otherwise provided in any Articles Supplementary) increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) and any shares of any class or series which have been redeemed, purchased, otherwise acquired or converted into shares of Common Stock or any other class or series shall become part of the authorized capital stock and be subject to classification and reclassification as provided in this Section;

(c) whether dividends, if any, shall be cumulative or noncumulative, and, in the case of shares of any class or series having cumulative dividend rights, the date or dates or method of determining the date or dates from which dividends on the shares of such class or series shall be cumulative;

(d) the rate of any dividends (or method of determining such dividends) payable to the holders of the shares of such class or series, any conditions upon which such dividends shall be paid and the date or dates or the method for determining the date or dates upon which such dividends shall be payable, and whether any such dividends shall rank senior or junior to or on a parity with the dividends payable on any other class or series of stock;

(e) the price or prices (or method of determining such price or prices) at which, the form of payment of such price or prices (which may be cash, property or rights, including securities of the same or another corporation or other entity) for which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which the shares of such class or series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Corporation or at the option of the holder or holders thereof or upon the happening of a specified event or events, if any;

 

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(f) the obligation, if any, of the Corporation to purchase or redeem shares of such class or series pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise and the price or prices at which, the form of payment of such price or prices (which may be cash, property or rights, including securities of the same or another corporation or other entity) for which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which the shares of such class or series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(g) the rights of the holders of shares of such class or series upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation, which rights may vary depending upon whether such liquidation, dissolution or winding up is voluntary or involuntary and, if voluntary, may vary at different dates, and whether such rights shall rank senior or junior to or on a parity with such rights of any other class or series of stock;

(h) provisions, if any, for the conversion or exchange of the shares of such class or series, at any time or times at the option of the holder or holders thereof or at the option of the Corporation or upon the happening of a specified event or events, into shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock, or any other security, of the Corporation, or any other corporation or other entity, and the price or prices or rate or rates of conversion or exchange and any adjustments applicable thereto, and all other terms and conditions upon which such conversion or exchange may be made;

(i) restrictions on the issuance of shares of the same series or of any other class or series, if any;

(j) the voting rights, if any, of the holders of shares of such class or series;

(k) whether or not there shall be any limitations applicable, while shares of such class or series are outstanding, upon the payment of dividends or making of distributions on, or the acquisition of, or the use of moneys for purchase or redemption of, any stock of the Corporation, or upon any other action of the Corporation, including action under this Section, and, if so, the terms and conditions thereof; and

(l) any other preferences, rights, restrictions, including restrictions on transferability, and qualifications of shares of such class or series, not inconsistent with law and the Charter.

Section 5.5 For the purposes hereof and of any Articles Supplementary to the Charter providing for the classification or reclassification of any shares of capital stock or of any other charter document of the Corporation (unless otherwise provided in any such article or document), any class or series of stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to rank:

(a) prior to another class or series either as to dividends or upon liquidation, if the holders of such class or series shall be entitled to the receipt of dividends or of amounts distributable on liquidation, dissolution or winding up, as the case may be, in preference or priority to holders of such other class or series;

 

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(b) on a parity with another class or series either as to dividends or upon liquidation, whether or not the dividend rates, dividend payment dates or redemption or liquidation price per share thereof are different from those of such others, if the holders of such class or series of stock shall be entitled to receipt of dividends or amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, as the case may be, in proportion to their respective dividend rates or redemption or liquidation prices, without preference or priority over the holders of such other class or series; and

(c) junior to another class or series either as to dividends or upon liquidation, if the rights of the holders of such class or series shall be subject or subordinate to the rights of the holders of such other class or series in respect of the receipt of dividends or the amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, as the case may be.

Section 5.6 (a) In determining whether a distribution (other than upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation), by dividend, redemption or other acquisition of shares or otherwise, is permitted under the MGCL, no effect shall be given to amounts that would be needed, if the Corporation were to be dissolved at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the preferential rights upon dissolution of stockholders whose preferential rights upon dissolution are junior to those receiving the distribution.

(b) 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.

Section 5.7 Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the Corporation shall not issue stock certificates. The Corporation shall continue to treat the holder of uncertificated capital stock registered on its stock ledger as the owner of the shares noted therein until the new owner delivers a properly executed form provided by the Corporation for that purpose. With respect to any shares of capital stock that are issued without certificates, information regarding restrictions on the transferability of such shares that would otherwise be required by the MGCL to appear on the stock certificates will instead be furnished to Shareholders upon request and without charge.

ARTICLE VI

STOCKHOLDER ACTION

Section 6.1 Except as may be provided in any Articles Supplementary, any corporate action upon which a vote of stockholders is required or permitted may be taken without a meeting or vote of stockholders only with the unanimous written consent of stockholders entitled to vote thereon.

 

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Section 6.2 Except as otherwise required by the MGCL or as provided elsewhere in the Charter or in the Bylaws, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called only by the Board of Directors or by the President of the Corporation. No business other than that stated in the notice of the special meeting shall be transacted at such special meeting. Each of the Board of Directors, the President and the Secretary of the Corporation shall have the maximum power and authority permitted by the MGCL with respect to the establishment of the date of any special meeting of stockholders, the establishment of the record date for stockholders entitled to vote thereat, the imposition of conditions on the conduct of any special meeting of stockholders and all other matters relating to the call, conduct, adjournment or postponement of any special meeting, regardless of whether the meeting was convened by the Board of Directors, the President, the stockholders of the Corporation or otherwise.

ARTICLE VII

PROVISIONS DEFINING, LIMITING AND REGULATING POWERS

Section 7.1 The following provisions are hereby adopted for the purposes of defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the Corporation and the directors and stockholders, subject, however, to any provisions, conditions and restrictions authorized pursuant to Article V hereof:

(a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation is empowered to authorize the issuance from time to time of shares of its stock of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, and securities convertible into shares of its stock of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, for such consideration as the Board of Directors may deem advisable, and without any action by the stockholders.

(b) No holder of any stock or any other securities of the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, shall have any preemptive right to subscribe for or purchase any stock or any other securities of the Corporation other than such, if any, as the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may determine and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may fix; and any stock or other securities which the Board of Directors may determine to offer for subscription may, as the Board of Directors in its sole discretion shall determine, be offered to the holders of any class, series or type of stock or other securities at the time outstanding to the exclusion of the holders of any or all other classes, series or types of stock or other securities at the time outstanding.

(c) The Board of Directors shall, consistent with applicable law, have the power in its sole discretion to determine from time to time in accordance with sound accounting practice or other reasonable valuation methods what constitutes annual or other net profits, earnings, surplus or net assets in excess of capital; to fix and vary from time to time the amount to be reserved as working capital, or determine that retained earnings or surplus shall remain in the hands of the Corporation; to set apart out of any funds of the Corporation such reserve or reserves in such amount or amounts and for such proper purpose or purposes as it shall determine and to abolish any such reserve or any part thereof; to distribute and pay distributions or dividends in stock, cash or other securities or property, out of surplus or any other funds or amounts legally available therefor, at such times and to the stockholders of record on such dates as it may, from time to time, determine.

 

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Section 7.2 Notwithstanding any provision of law requiring any action to be taken or approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a greater number of votes, except as may otherwise be specifically provided elsewhere in the Charter or the Bylaws, any such action shall be effective and valid if declared advisable by the Board of Directors and taken or approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

Section 7.3 No directors shall be disqualified from voting or acting on behalf of the Corporation in contracting with any other corporation in which he may be a director, officer or stockholder, nor shall any director of the Corporation be disqualified from voting or acting on the Corporation’s behalf by reason of any personal interest.

Section 7.4 The Board of Directors shall have power to determine from time to time whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions and regulations the books, records, accounts and documents of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open to inspection by stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law or by the Bylaws; and, except as so provided, no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any book, record, account or document of the Corporation unless authorized to do so by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 7.5 The enumeration and definition of particular powers of the Board of Directors included in the foregoing shall in no way be limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other clause of this or any other Article of the Charter, or construed as or deemed by inference or otherwise in any manner to exclude or limit any powers conferred upon the Board of Directors under the MGCL.

ARTICLE VIII

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 8.1 The Corporation shall have four (4) directors, which number may be increased or decreased from time to time in such lawful manner as the Bylaws shall provide, but shall never be less than the minimum number permitted by the MGCL.

Section 8.2 The names of the current directors who shall serve until their successors are duly elected and qualify are: Andrew R. DuVall, Vladimir Samoylenko, Yi Song and Joseph Reece. The directors shall be elected and serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) and, in each case, until their successors are duly elected and qualify or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with this Charter and applicable law.

Section 8.3 (a) Except as provided by law or with respect to directors elected by stockholders of a specified class or series (and subject to any rights thereof), any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed for cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of the voting power of all Voting Stock (as defined below) then outstanding, voting together as a single class. Subject to such removal, or the death, resignation or retirement of a director, a director shall hold office until the Annual Meeting for the year in which such director’s term expires and until a successor shall be elected and qualified, except as provided in Section 8.3(b) hereof.

 

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(b) Except as provided by law or with respect to directors elected by stockholders of a class or series (and subject to any rights thereof), a vacancy on the Board of Directors which results from the removal of a director may be filled by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, and a vacancy which results from any such removal or from any other cause may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, whether or not sufficient to constitute a quorum. Any director so elected shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

(c) Except to the extent prohibited by law or limited by the Charter or the Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the power (which, to the extent exercised, shall be exclusive) to fix the number of directors and to establish the rules and procedures that govern the internal affairs of the Board of Directors and nominations for director, including, without limitation, the vote required for any action by the Board of Directors, and that from time to time shall affect the Board of Directors’ power to direct the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation and no Bylaw shall be adopted by the stockholders which shall modify the foregoing.

Section 8.4 Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of the proposal of business by stockholders shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws. Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

ARTICLE IX

BYLAWS

Section 9.1 The Bylaws may contain any provision for the regulation and management of the affairs of the Corporation not inconsistent with law or the Charter. Without limiting the foregoing, to the maximum extent permitted by the MGCL from time to time, the Corporation may in its Bylaws confer upon the Board of Directors powers and authorities in addition to those set forth in the Charter and in addition to those expressly conferred upon the Board of Directors by statute as long as such powers and authorities are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Charter.

Section 9.2 Except as provided in the Charter, the Bylaws may be altered or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted (a) subject to Section 8.3(c), at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Voting Stock”) then outstanding, voting together as a single class; provided, however, that in the case of any such stockholder action at a special meeting of stockholders, notice of the proposed alteration, repeal or adoption of the new Bylaw or Bylaws must be contained in the notice of such special meeting, or (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies on the Board.

 

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ARTICLE X

AMENDMENT OF CHARTER

The Corporation reserves the right to adopt, repeal, rescind, alter or otherwise amend in any respect any provision contained in this Charter, including, but not limited to, any amendments changing the terms or contract rights of any class of its stock by classification, reclassification or otherwise, and all rights now or hereafter conferred on stockholders are granted subject to this reservation. Any amendment of the Charter shall be valid and effective if such amendment shall have been authorized by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock then outstanding, voting together as a single class, at a meeting of the stockholders duly called for such purpose.

ARTICLE XI

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION

Section 11.1 To the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law, as amended or interpreted, no director or officer of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for money damages. No amendment of the Charter or repeal of any of its provisions shall limit or eliminate the benefits provided to directors and officers under this provision with respect to any act or omission which occurred prior to such amendment or repeal or with respect to any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Section 11.1, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment or repeal.

Section 11.2 The Corporation shall indemnify (a) its directors and officers, whether serving the Corporation or, at its request, any other entity, to the fullest extent required or permitted by Maryland law now or hereafter in force, including the payment or reimbursement of reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding, and (b) other employees and agents to such extent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors or the Corporation’s Bylaws and be permitted by law. The foregoing rights of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled. The Board of Directors may take such action as is necessary to carry out these indemnification provisions and is expressly empowered to adopt, approve and amend from time to time such bylaws, resolutions or contracts implementing such provisions or such further indemnification arrangements as may be permitted by law. No amendment of the Charter, or of any such bylaw, resolution or contract, or repeal of any of their provisions shall limit or eliminate the right to indemnification provided hereunder or thereunder with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

 

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ARTICLE XII

DURATION

The duration of the Corporation shall be perpetual.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed these Articles of Incorporation and acknowledge the same to be my act on this 4th day of October, 2023.

 

/s/ Sharon Scarpaci
Sharon Scarpaci
Incorporator