8-K

UNITED STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) November 5, 2021

QAD Inc. 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-35013	77-0105228
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer Identification Number)
of incorporation)	File Number)

100 Innovation Place, Santa Barbara, California	93108
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (805) 566-6000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value	QADA	NASDAQ Global Select Market
Class B Common Stock, $0.001 par value	QADB	NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Introduction

As previously disclosed, QAD Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 27, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), with QAD Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (f/k/a Project Quick Parent, LLC) (“Parent”) and Project Quick Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). On November 5, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”).

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

The information set forth in the Introduction of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 2.01.

On the Closing Date, Parent completed the acquisition of the Company. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”) and Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Class B Common Stock” and, together with Class A Common Stock, the “Shares”) (other than (i) the Shares issued and held by the Company or any of the Company’s direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, and the Shares owned by Parent, Merger Sub, or any of their respective direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, in each case immediately prior to the Effective Time, (ii) certain shares of Class A Common Stock held by Pamela M. Lopker, the Lopker Living Trust dated November 18, 2013, the Estate of Karl F. Lopker, and Ms. Lopker's children, Bo Lopker and Juliana Lopker, that are subject to Contribution and Exchange Agreements with QAD Ultimate Parent, LP (f/k/a Project Quick Ultimate Parent, LP) and (iii) the Shares that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that have not been voted in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement or consented thereto in writing and whose holders have properly exercised and validly perfected appraisal rights with respect to such Shares in accordance with, and who have complied with, Section 262 of the DGCL), were converted automatically at the Effective Time into the right to receive from Parent $87.50 in cash per Share (the “Merger Consideration”), without interest and subject to any withholding taxes required by applicable law, and the holders of such Shares shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the Merger Consideration and the right to receive dividends and other distributions, in each case, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement.

In addition, at the Effective Time:

· each outstanding stock appreciation right granted pursuant to the Company stock incentive plan (each, a “Company SAR”), that is vested immediately prior to the Effective Time or that vests solely as a result of the consummation of the Merger (each, a “Vested Company SAR”), was cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (A) the aggregate number of Shares subject to such Vested Company SAR multiplied by (B) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the applicable per share exercise price under such Vested Company SAR, subject to any required withholding of taxes. Amounts payable in respect of the cancelled Vested Company SARs will be paid promptly following the Effective Time (and in no case later than five days following the Effective Time);

· each outstanding Company SAR award that is unvested as of immediately prior to the Effective Time that is not a Vested Company SAR (each, an “Unvested Company SAR”) was cancelled and replaced with a right to receive an amount in cash, without interest, equal to the product of (A) the aggregate number of Shares subject to such Unvested Company SAR multiplied by (B) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the applicable per share exercise price under such Unvested Company SAR, and such amount will be payable in accordance with such Unvested Company SAR’s vesting terms;

· each (i) restricted share unit granted pursuant to the Company stock incentive plan (each, a “Company RSU”) that is vested as of immediately prior to the Effective Time or that vests solely as a result of the consummation of the Merger (each, a “Vested Company RSU”) and (ii) restricted share unit granted pursuant to the Company stock incentive plan and whose vesting is conditioned in full or in part based on achievement of performance goals or metrics (each, a “Company PSU”) that is vested as of immediately prior to the Effective Time or that vests solely as a result of the consummation of the Merger (each, a “Vested Company PSU”) was cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (A) the aggregate number of Shares subject to the Vested Company RSU and/or Vested Company PSU (other than Company PSUs granted in 2019 which were cancelled for no consideration as of the Effective Time as actual performance measured through the Effective Time was less than the threshold level of performance for such awards and Company PSUs granted in 2021 deemed earned at 100% of target level of performance), multiplied by (B) the Merger Consideration, subject to any required withholding of taxes.  Amounts payable in respect of the cancelled Vested Company RSUs and cancelled Vested Company PSUs will be paid promptly following the Effective Time (and in no case later than five days following the Effective Time);

· each tranche of Company RSUs and Company PSUs that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time that is not a Vested Company RSU or Vested Company PSU (the “Unvested Company RSUs and Unvested Company PSUs”) was cancelled and replaced with a right to receive an amount in cash, without interest, equal to (A) the amount of the Merger Consideration multiplied by (B) the aggregate number of Shares subject to such Unvested Company RSUs and Unvested Company PSUs immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Company PSUs granted in 2019 which were cancelled for no consideration as of the Effective Time and Company PSUs granted in 2021 deemed earned at 100% of target level of performance) (the “Cash Replacement Company RSU/PSU Amounts”); and

· for each tranche of cancelled Unvested Company RSUs and Unvested Company PSUs, fifty percent (50%) of the Cash Replacement Company RSU/PSU Amounts, subject to any required withholding of taxes, will be paid promptly following the Effective Time (and in no case later than five days following the Effective Time).  The remaining 50% of the Cash Replacement Company RSU/PSU Amounts for each tranche of cancelled Unvested Company RSUs and Unvested Company PSUs will vest, subject to the holder’s continued service with the Parent and its affiliates (including the surviving Company and its subsidiaries) through the applicable vesting dates, subject to any required withholding of taxes, at the same time as the Unvested Company RSU and Unvested Company PSUs for which such Cash Replacement Company RSU/PSU Amount were exchanged, would have vested pursuant to their terms or upon an earlier qualifying termination of employment by the Company without cause or a resignation as a result of a constructive termination.

The foregoing description of the Merger and the Merger Agreement, and the transactions contemplated thereby, does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Merger Agreement which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 30, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference into this Item 2.01.

Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

The information set forth in the Introduction of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.01.

In connection with the closing of the Merger, the Company notified NASDAQ Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”) that the Merger had been consummated and, as a result, trading of the Shares on Nasdaq has been halted prior to the opening of Nasdaq on the Closing Date. The Company requested Nasdaq to file with the SEC a notification of removal from listing and registration on Form 25 with the SEC to effect the delisting of the Shares from Nasdaq and the deregistration of the Shares under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Company intends to file with the SEC a Form 15 suspending the Company’s reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information set forth in the Introduction and under Item 2.01, Item 5.01 and Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.

Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

The information set forth in the Introduction and under Item 2.01, Item 5.02 and Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 5.01.

As a result of the Merger, a change in control of the Company occurred, and the Company is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

The information set forth in the Introduction of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 5.02.

In connection with the consummation of the Merger, as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, each of the Company’s directors immediately prior to the Effective Time resigned from his or her respective position as a member of the board of directors of the Company, and any committee thereof, effective immediately following the Effective Time. In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, Anton Chilton and Daniel Lender, the directors of Merger Sub, became and constitute the only directors of the surviving corporation, and such directors shall serve until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their death, resignation or removal in accordance with the organizational documents of the surviving corporation.

At the Effective Time, the officers of the Company became and constitute the only officers of the surviving corporation, and such officers shall serve until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their death, resignation or removal in accordance with the organizational documents of the surviving corporation.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Changes in Fiscal Year.

At the Effective Time, (i) the Company’s certificate of incorporation was amended and restated in its entirety and (ii) the Company’s bylaws were amended and restated in their entirety, each in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement and the DGCL.

Copies of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On November 5, 2021, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing the closing of the Merger.

A copy of that press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
2.1	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 27, 2021 by and among QAD Inc., Project Quick Parent, LLC and Project Quick Merger Sub, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on June 30, 2021).
3.1	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of QAD Inc.
3.2	Amended and Restated Bylaws of QAD Inc.
99.1	Press Release, dated November 5, 2021.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:	November 5, 2021	QAD INC.
		By:	/s/ Daniel Lender
			Name: Daniel Lender
			Title:   Chief Financial Officer

EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
QAD INC.

ARTICLE One 

The name of the corporation is QAD Inc. (the "Corporation").

ARTICLE Two 

The address of the Corporation's registered office in the State of Delaware is 251 Little Falls Drive, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19808. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

ARTICLE Three 

The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted 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.

ARTICLE Four 

The total number of shares of capital stock that the Corporation has authority to issue is one thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

ARTICLE Five 

The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

ARTICLE Six 

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE Seven 

Meetings of stockholders may be held within or outside of 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 or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the Corporation. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the Corporation so provide.

ARTICLE EIGHT

To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of this Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director or for any conduct as a director. Any repeal or modification of this ARTICLE EIGHT shall be prospective only and shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, repeal or modification.

ARTICLE NINE

The Corporation may provide indemnification of, and advance related indemnification expenses to, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person, such person's testator or intestate is or was a director, officer, employee benefit plan fiduciary, or employee of the Corporation or any predecessor of the Corporation or serves or served at the request of the Corporation or any predecessor of the Corporation as a director, officer, agent, employee benefit plan fiduciary or employee of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other entity or enterprise. Neither any amendment or repeal of this Article NINE, nor the adoption of any provision of the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article Nine, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article Nine in respect of any matter occurring, or any action or proceeding accruing or arising or that, but for this Article Nine, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

ARTICLE TEN

The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by §203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this certificate of incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed herein and by the laws of the State of Delaware, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

ARTICLE TWELVE

To the maximum extent permitted from time to time under the law of the State of Delaware, the Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, business opportunities that are from time to time presented to its officers, directors or stockholders, other than those officers, directors or stockholders who are employees of the Corporation. No amendment or repeal of this ARTICLE TWELVE shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any officer, director or stockholder of the Corporation for or with respect to any opportunities of which such officer, director, or stockholder becomes aware prior to such amendment or repeal.

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EX-3.2

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

OF

QAD INC.

A Delaware corporation
(Adopted as of November 5, 2021)

ARTICLE I 

OFFICES

Section 1            Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be located at 1209 Orange Street, city of Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, County of New Castle. The name of the corporation's registered agent at such address shall be The Corporation Trust Company. The registered office and/or registered agent of the corporation may be changed from time to time by action of the board of directors.

Section 2            Other Offices. The corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1            Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held each year within one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of the immediately preceding fiscal year of the corporation for the purpose of electing directors and conducting such other proper business as may come before the meeting. The date, time and place, if any, and/or the means of remote communication, of the annual meeting shall be determined by the president of the corporation; provided, however, that if the president does not act, the board of directors shall determine the date, time and place, if any, and/or the means of remote communication, of such meeting. No annual meeting of stockholders need be held if not required by the corporation's certificate of incorporation or by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Section 2            Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called for any purpose (including, without limitation, the filling of board vacancies and newly created directorships) and may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, and/or by means of remote communication, as shall be stated in a written notice of meeting. Such meetings may be called by the board of directors or the president only with five business days prior written notice (which notice period may not be waived) to the stockholders and shall be called by the president upon the written request of holders of shares entitled to cast not less than fifty percent of the votes at the meeting, which written request shall state the purpose or purposes of the meeting and shall be delivered to the president. The date, time and place, if any, and/or remote communication, of any special meeting of stockholders shall be determined by the president of the corporation; provided, however, that if the president does not act, the board of directors shall determine the date, time and place, if any, and/or the means of remote communication, of such meeting. On such written request, the president shall fix a date and time for such meeting within two (2) days after receipt of a request for such meeting in such written request.

Section 3            Place of Meetings. The board of directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Delaware, and/or by means of remote communication, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the board of directors. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting is otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal executive office of the corporation.

Section 4             Notice. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, written or printed notice stating the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of special meetings, the purpose or purposes, of such meeting, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting and to each director not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. All such notices shall be delivered, either personally, by mail, or by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given, by or at the direction of the board of directors, the president or the secretary, and if mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at his, her or its address as the same appears on the records of the corporation. If given by electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered (a) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (b) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (c) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (1) such posting and (2) the giving of such separate notice; and (3) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if (1) the corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the corporation in accordance with such consent and (2) such inability becomes known to the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation or to the transfer agent. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

Section 5            Stockholders List. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, and/or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation. In the event that the corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.

Section 6            Quorum. The holders of a majority of the votes represented by the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock, entitled to vote thereon, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum is not present, the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting, and entitled to vote at the meeting, may adjourn the meeting to another time and/or place. When a quorum is once present to commence a meeting of stockholders, it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholders or their proxies.

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Section 7            Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time and place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

Section 8            Vote Required. When a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders, unless the question is one upon which by express provisions of an applicable law or of the certificate of incorporation a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

Section 9           Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or by the certificate of incorporation of the corporation or any amendments thereto and subject to Section 3 of Article VI hereof, every stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of common stock held by such stockholder.

Section 10          Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. At each meeting of the stockholders, and before any voting commences, all proxies filed at or before the meeting shall be submitted to and examined by the secretary or a person designated by the secretary, and no shares may be represented or voted under a proxy that has been found to be invalid or irregular.

Section 11          Action by Written Consent. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken and bearing the dates of signature of the stockholders who signed the consent or consents, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the state of Delaware, or the corporation's principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book or books in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested or by reputable overnight courier service. All consents properly delivered in accordance with this section shall be deemed to be recorded when so delivered. No written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days after the earliest dated consent delivered to the corporation as required by this section, written consents signed by the holders of a sufficient number of shares to take such corporate action are so recorded. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. Any action taken pursuant to such written consent or consents of the stockholders shall have the same force and effect as if taken by the stockholders at a meeting thereof.

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Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used; provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.

Section 12         Action by Telegram, Cablegram or Other Electronic Transmission Consent. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of this section; provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the corporation can determine (A) that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder or proxyholder and (B) the date on which such stockholder or proxyholder or authorized person or persons transmitted such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission. The date on which such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent was signed. No consent given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper form shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded if, to the extent and in the manner provided by resolution of the board of directors of the corporation.

ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS

Section 1             General Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the board of directors.

Section 2            Number, Election and Term of Office. The number of directors which shall constitute the first board shall be two (2). Thereafter, the number of directors shall be established from time to time by resolution of the board. The directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote in the election of directors. The directors shall be elected in this manner at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 4 of this Article III. Each director elected shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal as hereinafter provided.

Section 3            Removal and Resignation. Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. Whenever the holders of any class or series are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the corporation's certificate of incorporation, the provisions of this section shall apply, in respect to the removal without cause of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class or series and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole. Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the corporation.

Section 4            Vacancies. Except as otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation of the corporation, board vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Each director so chosen shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal as herein provided.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such vacancy shall automatically reduce the authorized number of directors pro tanto, until such time as the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock who are entitled to elect the director whose office is vacant shall have exercised their right to elect a director to fill such vacancy, whereupon the authorized number of directors shall be automatically increased pro tanto. Each director so chosen shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal as herein provided.

Section 5            Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held without notice (other than notice under these by-laws) immediately after, and at the same place, if any, as the annual meeting of stockholders.

Section 6            Other Meetings and Notice. Regular meetings, other than the annual meeting, of the board of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place, if any, as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the board of directors and promptly communicated to all directors then in office. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by or at the request of the president or at least one of the directors on at least 24 hours’ notice to each director, either personally, by telephone, by mail, telegraph, and/or by electronic transmission. In like manner and on like notice, the president must call a special meeting on the written request of at least 2 of the directors promptly after receipt of such request.

Section 7            Quorum, Required Vote and Adjournment. A majority of the total number of authorized directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of a majority of directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Except as otherwise required by the corporation's certificate of incorporation, each director shall be entitled to one vote.

Section 8            Committees. The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation, which to the extent provided in such resolution or these by-laws shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management and affairs of the corporation, except as otherwise limited by law. The board of directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors when required.

Section 9            Committee Rules. Each committee of the board of directors may fix its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by a resolution of the board of directors designating such committee. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, the presence of a majority of the members of the committee then in office shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. In the event that a member and that member's alternate, if alternates are designated by the board of directors as provided in Section 8 of this Article III, of such committee is or are absent or disqualified, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

Section 10          Executive Committee. The board of directors of the corporation may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole board, designate two directors to constitute an executive committee. The executive committee, to the extent provided in the resolution, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the board of directors in the management of the corporation, except that the committee shall have no authority in reference to amending the certificate of incorporation; adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation; recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease, or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation's property and assets; recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; amending the by-laws of the corporation; electing or removing directors or officers of the corporation or members of the executive committee; declaring dividends; or amending, altering, or repealing any resolution of the board of directors which, by its terms, provides that it shall not be amended, altered or repealed by the executive committee. The board of directors shall have power at any time to fill vacancies in, to change the size or membership of and to discharge the executive committee.

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Section 11          Audit Committee. The audit committee shall consist of not fewer than two (2) members of the board of directors as shall from time to time be appointed by resolution of the board of directors. No member of the board of directors who is an affiliate of the corporation or an officer or an employee of the corporation or any subsidiary of the corporation shall be eligible to serve on the audit committee. The audit committee shall review and, as it shall deem appropriate, recommend to the board internal accounting and financial controls for the corporation and accounting principles and auditing practices and procedures to be employed in the preparation and review of financial statements of the corporation. The audit committee shall make recommendations to the board of directors concerning the engagement of independent public accountants to audit the annual financial statements of the corporation and the scope of the audit to be undertaken by such accountants.

Section 12          Compensation Committee. The compensation committee shall consist of not fewer than two (2) members of the board of directors as from time to time shall be appointed by resolution of the board of directors. No member of the board of directors who is an affiliate of the corporation or an officer or an employee of the corporation or any subsidiary of the corporation shall be eligible to serve on the compensation committee. The compensation committee shall review and, as it deems appropriate, recommend to the president and the board of directors policies, practices and procedures relating to the compensation of managerial and executive level employees and the establishment and administration of employee benefit plans. The compensation committee shall have and exercise all authority under any employee stock option plans of the corporation as the committee described therein (unless the board of directors by resolution appoints any other committee to exercise such authority), and shall otherwise advise and consult with the officers of the corporation as may be requested regarding managerial personnel policies.

Section 13          Communications Equipment. Members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in and act at any meeting of such board or committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in the meeting pursuant to this section shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

Section 14          Waiver of Notice and Presumption of Assent. Any member of the board of directors or any committee thereof who is present at a meeting shall be conclusively presumed to have waived notice of such meeting, except when such member attends for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Such member shall be conclusively presumed to have assented to any action taken unless his or her dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless his or her written dissent to such action shall be filed with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall be forwarded by registered mail to the secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to any member who voted in favor of such action.

Section 15          Action by Written Consent. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board, or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

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ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS

Section 1            Number. The officers of the corporation shall be elected by the board of directors and may consist of a chairman of the board, a vice chairman of the board, a president and chief executive officer, one or more vice-presidents, a chief operating officer, a chief financial officer, an executive vice president, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the board of directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. In its discretion, the board of directors may choose not to fill any office for any period as it may deem advisable.

Section 2            Election and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation shall be elected annually by the board of directors at its first meeting held after each annual meeting of stockholders or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Vacancies may be filled or new offices created and filled at any meeting of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal as hereinafter provided.

Section 3            Removal. Any officer or agent elected by the board of directors may be removed by the board of directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.

Section 4             Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the board of directors for the unexpired portion of the term by the board of directors then in office.

Section 5            Compensation. Compensation of all officers shall be fixed by the board of directors, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by virtue of his or her also being a director of the corporation.

Section 6           Chairman of the Board. Subject to the powers of the board of directors, the chairman of the board shall be in the general and active charge of the entire business and affairs of the corporation, and shall be its chief policy making officer. The chairman of the board shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and at all meetings of the stockholders and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or provided in these by-laws. Whenever the president is unable to serve, by reason of sickness, absence or otherwise, the chairman of the board shall perform all the duties and responsibilities and exercise all the powers of the president.

Section 7           Vice-Chairman. Whenever the chairman of the board is unable to serve, by reason of sickness, absence, or otherwise, the vice-chairman shall have the powers and perform the duties of the chairman of the board. The vice-chairman shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the chairman of the board, the board of directors or these by-laws.

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Section 8          The President and Chief Executive Officer. The president and chief executive officer shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; in the absence of the chairman of the board, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and board of directors at which he or she is present; subject to the powers of the board of directors, and the chairman of the board, shall have general charge of the business, affairs and property of the corporation, and control over its officers, agents and employees; and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation. The president shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the chairman of the board or the board of directors or as may be provided in these by-laws.

Section 9             Chief Operating Officer. The chief operating officer of the corporation, subject to the powers of the board of directors, shall engage in the general and active management of the business of the corporation; and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The chief operating officer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the chairman of the board, the president or the board of directors or as may be provided in these by-laws.

Section 10          Chief Financial Officer. The chief financial officer of the corporation shall, under the direction of the chief executive officer, be responsible for all financial and accounting matters and for the direction of the offices of treasurer and controller. The chief financial officer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the chairman of the board, the president or the board of directors or as may be provided in these by-laws.

Section 11         Vice-presidents. The vice-president, or if there shall be more than one, the vice-presidents in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, act with all of the powers and be subject to all the restrictions of the president. The vice-presidents shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors, the president or these by-laws may, from time to time, prescribe.

Section 12         Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors, all meetings of the committees thereof and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings in a book or books to be kept for that purpose. Under the president's supervision, the secretary shall give, or cause to be given, all notices required to be given by these by-laws or by law, shall have such powers and perform such duties as the board of directors, the president or these by-laws may, from time to time, prescribe, and shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation. The secretary, or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the corporate seal to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such assistant secretary. The board of directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors, the president, or secretary may, from time to time, prescribe.

Section 13         Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. The treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities; shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation; shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors; shall cause the funds of the corporation to be disbursed when such disbursements have been duly authorized, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements; and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meeting or when the board of directors so requires, an account of the corporation; shall have such powers and perform such duties as the board of directors, the president or these by-laws may, from time to time, prescribe. If required by the board of directors, the treasurer shall give the corporation a bond (which shall be rendered every six years) in such sums and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of treasurer and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of death, resignation, retirement, or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money, and other property of whatever kind in the possession or under the control of the treasurer belonging to the corporation. The assistant treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors, shall in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. The assistant treasurers shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors, the president or treasurer may, from time to time, prescribe.

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Section 14         Other Officers, Assistant Officers and Agents. Officers, assistant officers and agents, if any, other than those whose duties are provided for in these by-laws, shall have such authority and perform such duties as may from time to time be prescribed by resolution of the board of directors.

Section 15          Absence or Disability of Officers. In the case of the absence or disability of any officer of the corporation and of any person hereby authorized to act in such officer's place during such officer's absence or disability, the board of directors may by resolution delegate the powers and duties of such officer to any other officer or to any director, or to any other person whom it may select.

ARTICLE V
INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND OTHERS

Section 1            Nature of Indemnity. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the corporation or any of its subsidiaries and whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a "proceeding"), or any appeal of such proceeding, by reason of or arising out of the fact that such person, or any other person for whom such person is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, manager, general partner, employee, fiduciary, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to any employee benefit plan, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, manager, general partner, employee, fiduciary, or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, manager, general partner, employee, fiduciary, or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent which it is empowered to do so unless prohibited from doing so by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the corporation to provide prior to such amendment) against all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such proceeding), and such indemnification shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided that, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article V, the corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only if such proceeding was authorized by the board of directors of the corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article V shall be a contract right and, subject to Sections 2 and 5 hereof, shall include the right to be paid in advance by the corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding (including attorney’s fees) in advance of its final disposition. The corporation may, by action of its board of directors, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers.

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Section 2            Procedure for Indemnification of Directors and Officers. Any indemnification of any person described in and provided for under Section 1 of this Article V or advance of expenses provided for under Section 5 of this Article V shall be made promptly, and in any event within thirty (30) days (except in the case of advance of expenses provided for under Section 5 of this Article V, which shall be made within ten (10) days),upon the written request of the director or officer or other person described in Section 1 of this Article V. If a determination by the corporation that the director or officer is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article V is required, and the corporation fails to respond within sixty (60) days to a written request for indemnity, the corporation shall be deemed to have approved the request. If the corporation wrongfully denies a written request for indemnification or advancing of expenses, in whole or in part, or if payment in full pursuant to such request is not properly made within thirty (30) days or ten (10) days (as required), the right to indemnification or advances as granted by this Article V shall be enforceable by the director or officer in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such person's costs and expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing his or her right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be indemnified by the corporation. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any, has been tendered to the corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of such defense shall be on the corporation. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its board of directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its board of directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

Section 3            Article Not Exclusive. The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article V shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section 4           Insurance. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on its own behalf and on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of the corporation 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 asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under this Article V.

Section 5            Expenses. Expenses incurred by any person described in Section 1 of this Article V in defending a proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of such proceeding's final disposition, and in any event within ten (10) days of receipt of the written request of the director or officer or other person described in Section 1 of this Article V; provided, however, that if the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by such person in that person’s capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person, including without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer or other person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.

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Section 6            Employees and Agents. Persons who are not covered by the foregoing provisions of this Article V and who are or were employees or agents of the corporation, or who are or were serving at the request of the corporation as employees or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, may be indemnified, and may be advanced expenses, to the extent authorized at any time or from time to time by the board of directors.

Section 7           Contract Rights. The provisions of this Article V shall be deemed to be a vested contract right between the corporation and each person indemnified pursuant to Section 1 of this Article V, including each director and officer who serves or has served in any such capacity at any time prior to or while this Article V and the relevant provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or other applicable law have been in effect. Such contract right shall vest for each director and officer and each other person described in Section 1 of this Article V at the time these By-laws are adopted or at such time that such person is elected or appointed to such position, and no repeal or modification of this Article V or any such law shall affect any such vested rights or obligations of any current or former director or officer or other person described in Section 1 of this Article V with respect to any state of facts or proceeding regardless of when occurring.

Section 8           Merger or Consolidation. For purposes of this Article V, references to "the corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

Section 9            Obligation of the Corporation. The corporation hereby acknowledges that certain directors have certain rights to indemnification, advancement and/or reimbursement of expenses and/or insurance coverage pursuant to this Article V, in any case provided by Thoma Bravo, L.P. and/or certain of its affiliates (each, a "Fund Indemnitor" and collectively, the "Fund Indemnitors"). In all cases (i) the indemnitor and/or payor of first resort shall be the corporation (i.e., the corporation's obligations to a director are primary, and any obligation of any Fund Indemnitor to advance or reimburse expenses or to provide indemnification or insurance for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by such director are secondary), (ii) the corporation shall be required to indemnify and/or provide insurance and/or advance and/or reimburse the full amount of expenses incurred by a director, and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement, in each case, to the extent required by this Article V, without regard to any rights such director may have against any Fund Indemnitor, and (iii) the corporation irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Fund Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Fund Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or other recovery with respect to amounts for which the corporation is or may be or become liable pursuant to this Article V. No payment by a Fund Indemnitor on behalf, or for the benefit, of a director with respect to any claim for which such director has sought indemnification or other recovery from the corporation shall affect the foregoing, and such Fund Indemnitor shall be subrogated to the extent thereof to all of the rights of recovery of such director against the corporation (it being understood that any indemnification, provision of insurance and/or advancement or payment made by a Fund Indemnitor is and shall be deemed voluntary by the Fund Indemnitor and shall be repaid to the Fund Indemnitor by the director from any amounts such director receives in respect thereof from the corporation, its insurer or otherwise). The Fund Indemnitors are express and intended third party beneficiaries of the terms hereof.

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Section 10          Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article V shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

Section 1           Form. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the board of directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the board of directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the corporation by the chief executive officer, the president or vice president, and by the treasurer, an assistant treasurer, the secretary, an assistant secretary or any two (2) authorized officers of the corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form; provided, however, that, where any such certificate is signed (a) by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent, or (b) by a transfer clerk acting on behalf of the corporation and a registrar, if the board of directors shall by resolution so authorize, the signature of such chief executive officer, president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, assistant treasurer, assistant secretary or any two (2) authorized officers may be facsimiles thereof. In case any officer or officers of the corporation who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used on, any such certificate shall cease to be such officer or officers, whether by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate shall have been delivered by the corporation, such certificate may nevertheless be adopted by the corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been affixed thereto, had not ceased to be such officer or officers.

Section 2           Stock Ledger. A record shall be kept by the secretary, transfer agent or by any other officer, employee or agent designated by the board of directors of the name of the person, firm or corporation holding the stock represented by such certificate, the number of shares represented by such certificate, and the date of issuance thereof, and in case of cancellation, the date of cancellation.

Section 3            Transfer of Stock. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the corporation shall be made only on the books of the corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the secretary of the corporation or with a transfer clerk or a transfer agent appointed as provided in Section 5 of this Article VI, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes thereon. The person in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as regards the corporation; provided, however, that whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, such fact, if known to the secretary of the corporation, shall be so expressed in the entry of transfer.

Section 4            Regulations. The board of directors may make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of the stock of the corporation. It may appoint, or authorize any officer or officers to appoint, one or more transfer clerks or one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all certificates of stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

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Section 5            Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Certificates. As a condition to the issue of a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued and alleged to have been lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the board of directors, in its discretion, may require the owner of any such certificate, or his legal representatives, to give the corporation a bond in such sum and in such form as it may direct or to otherwise indemnify the corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft, mutilation or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. Proper evidence of such loss, theft, mutilation or destruction shall be procured for the board of directors, if required. The board of directors, in its discretion, may authorize the issuance of such new certificate without any bond when in its judgment it is proper to do so.

Section 6            Fixing a Record Date for Stockholder Meetings. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the board of directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be the close of business on the next day preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 7            Fixing a Record Date for Action by Written Consent. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors, and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors. If no record date has been fixed by the board of directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the board of directors is required by statute, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the board of directors and prior action by the board of directors is required by statute, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

Section 8            Fixing a Record Date for Other Purposes. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment or any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purposes of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

Section 9            Registered Stockholders. Prior to the surrender to the corporation of the certificate or certificates for a share or shares of stock with a request to record the transfer of such share or shares, the corporation may treat the registered owner as the person entitled to receive dividends, to vote, to receive notifications, and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner. The corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof.

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Section 10          Subscriptions for Stock. Unless otherwise provided for in the subscription agreement, subscriptions for shares shall be paid in full at such time, or in such installments and at such times, as shall be determined by the board of directors. Any call made by the board of directors for payment on subscriptions shall be uniform as to all shares of the same class or as to all shares of the same series. In case of default in the payment of any installment or call when such payment is due, the corporation may proceed to collect the amount due in the same manner as any debt due the corporation.

ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1            Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or any other purpose and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

Section 2            Checks, Drafts or Orders. All checks, drafts, or other orders for the payment of money by or to the corporation and all notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation, and in such manner, as shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors or a duly authorized committee thereof.

Section 3           Contracts. The board of directors may authorize any officer or officers, or any agent or agents, of the corporation to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 4            Loans. The corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the corporation or of its subsidiary, including any officer or employee who is a director of the corporation or its subsidiary, whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or without interest, and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the board of directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing in this section contained shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at common law or under any statute.

Section 5             Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

Section 6            Corporate Seal. The board of directors shall provide a corporate seal which shall be in the form of a circle and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

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Section 7            Voting Securities Owned By Corporation. Voting securities in any other corporation held by the corporation shall be voted by the president, unless the board of directors specifically confers authority to vote with respect thereto, which authority may be general or confined to specific instances, upon some other person or officer. Any person authorized to vote securities shall have the power to appoint proxies, with general power of substitution.

Section 8            Inspection of Books and Records. Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean any purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in the State of Delaware or at its principal place of business.

Section 9            Section Headings. Section headings in these by-laws are for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or otherwise construing any provision herein.

Section 10         Inconsistent Provisions. In the event that any provision of these by-laws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the certificate of incorporation, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any other applicable law, the provision of these by-laws shall not be given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.

ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS

Unless otherwise specified herein, these by-laws may be amended, altered, or repealed and new by-laws adopted at any meeting of the board of directors by a majority vote. The fact that the power to adopt, amend, alter, or repeal the by-laws has been conferred upon the board of directors shall not divest the stockholders of the same powers.

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of QAD

SAN FRANCISCO and SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – November 5, 2021 – Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, and QAD Inc., a leading provider of next-generation manufacturing and supply chain solutions in the cloud, today announced the completion of Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of QAD for approximately $2 billion in cash. The transaction was previously announced on June 28, 2021, and approved by QAD’s stockholders at the Special Meeting of Stockholders held on November 2, 2021.

Subject to the terms of the definitive merger agreement, QAD stockholders will receive $87.50 per share of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock. QAD’s common stock has ceased trading and will be delisted from the Nasdaq stock market.

“The closing of this transaction is an important milestone in QAD’s history, and we are excited to begin the next phase of our company’s evolution,” said Anton Chilton, QAD Chief Executive Officer. “I am very proud of what QAD has achieved since its founding and the momentum we’ve built over the last few years. Now, with Thoma Bravo’s expertise, resources and support, we are well-positioned to build on that momentum, further expand our reach and enhance our value proposition for our customers.”

“This is an outstanding opportunity to work with Anton and the talented QAD team to build on the Company’s strong foundation and take the business to the next level,” said Scott Crabill, a Managing Partner at Thoma Bravo. “Through this partnership, we are committed to investing in QAD’s continued growth, advancing the Company’s vision and driving sustainable value for all stakeholders.”

Peter Stefanski, a Principal at Thoma Bravo, added, “The rate of change that global manufacturers are currently facing has never been higher. As new partners to QAD, Thoma Bravo is committed to support the Company in its mission to enable its customers to rapidly adapt to disruption and to effectively innovate for competitive advantage.”

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC served as financial advisor to QAD’s Special Committee, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP served as the Special Committee’s legal counsel. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP served as legal counsel to QAD. Moelis & Company LLC served as financial advisor and Paul Hastings LLP served as legal counsel to Pamela Lopker.

Barclays served as financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis LLP is serving as legal counsel to Thoma Bravo.

About Thoma Bravo

Thoma Bravo is one of the largest private equity firms in the world, with more than $83 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2021. The firm invests in growth-oriented, innovative companies operating in the software and technology sectors. Leveraging the firm's deep sector expertise and proven strategic and operational capabilities, Thoma Bravo collaborates with its portfolio companies to implement operating best practices, drive growth initiatives and make accretive acquisitions intended to accelerate revenue and earnings. Over the past 20-plus years, the firm has acquired more than 325 software and technology companies representing over $100 billion of value. The firm has offices in Chicago, Miami and San Francisco. For more information, visit thomabravo.com.

About QAD – Enabling the Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprise

QAD Inc. is a leading provider of next generation manufacturing and supply chain solutions in the cloud. Global manufacturers face ever-increasing disruption caused by technology-driven innovation and changing consumer preferences. In order to survive and thrive, manufacturers must be able to innovate and change business models at unprecedented rates of speed. QAD calls these companies Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprises. QAD solutions help customers in the automotive, life sciences, consumer products, food and beverage, high tech and industrial manufacturing industries rapidly adapt to change and innovate for competitive advantage.

Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, QAD has 30 offices globally. Over 2,000 manufacturing companies have deployed QAD solutions including enterprise resource planning (ERP), demand and supply chain planning (DSCP), global trade and transportation execution (GTTE) and quality management system (QMS) to become an Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprise. To learn more, visit www.qad.com or call +1 805-566-6100. Find us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

“QAD” is a registered trademark of QAD Inc. All other products or company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS RELEVANT TO FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF “SAFE HARBOR” PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

All statements and assumptions in this communication that do not directly and exclusively relate to historical facts could be deemed “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “forecast,” “goal,” “intends,” “objective,” “plans,” “projects,” “strategy,” “target” and “will” and similar words and terms or variations of such. These statements represent current intentions, expectations, beliefs or projections, and no assurance can be given that the results described in such statements will be achieved. Such statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such statements, many of which are outside of the Company’s control. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, (i) risks related to diverting management’s attention from the Company’s ongoing business operations; (ii) various risks related to health epidemics, pandemics and similar outbreaks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have material adverse effects on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations and/or cash flows; (iii) adverse economic, market or geo-political conditions that may disrupt the Company’s business and cloud service offerings, including defects and disruptions in the Company’s services, ability to properly manage cloud service offerings, reliance on third-party hosting and other service providers, and exposure to liability and loss from security breaches; (iv) uncertainties as to demand for the Company’s products, including cloud service, licenses, services and maintenance; (v) the possibility of pressure to make concessions on pricing and changes in the Company’s pricing models; (vi) risks related to the protection of the Company’s intellectual property; (vii) changes in the Company’s dependence on third-party suppliers and other third-party relationships, including sales, services and marketing channels; (viii) changes in the Company’s revenue, earnings, operating expenses and margins; (ix) the reliability of the Company’s financial forecasts and estimates of the costs and benefits of transactions; (x) the Company’s ability to leverage changes in technology; (xi) risks related to defects in the Company’s software products and services; (xii) changes in third-party opinions about the Company; (xiii) changes in competition in the Company’s industry; (xiv) delays in sales; (xv) timely and effective integration of newly acquired businesses; (xvi) changes in economic conditions in the Company’s vertical markets and worldwide; (xvii) fluctuations in exchange rates; and (xviii) other factors as set forth from time to time in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2021, as may be updated or supplemented by any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or other filings with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements which speak only as of the date they are made. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or release any revisions to any forward-looking statement or to report any events or circumstances after the date of this communication or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events except as required by law.

QAD Inc. Contacts:

Evan Quinn

Analyst Relations

617-869-7335

industryanalyst@qad.com

or

Jed Repko / Andrew Siegel / Katie Villany

Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher

212-355-4449

Thoma Bravo Contacts:

Megan Frank

212-731-4778

mfrank@thomabravo.com

or

Andrew Johnson

Finsbury Glover Hering

914-497-5138

andrew.johnson@fgh.com

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