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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
     
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2008
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number 000-51624
Dover Saddlery, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
DELAWARE   04-3438294
(State of other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)    
525 Great Road, Littleton, MA 01460
(Address of principal executive offices)
(978) 952-8062 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
YES þ       NO o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company þ
          Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o      No þ
          Shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock (par value $0.0001) on August 5, 2008: 5,187,038
 
 

 


 

DOVER SADDLERY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX TO QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2008
             
  FINANCIAL INFORMATION     3  
 
  Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (un-audited)     3  
 
 
  Consolidated Balance Sheets -- June 30, 2008 (un-audited) and December 31, 2007     3  
 
 
  Un-audited Consolidated Statements of Operations -- three and six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007     4  
 
 
  Un-audited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows -- six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007     5  
 
 
  Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements     6  
 
  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations     10  
 
  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk     17  
 
  Controls and Procedures     17  
 
  OTHER INFORMATION     18  
 
  Legal Proceedings     18  
 
  Risk Factors     18  
 
  Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds     20  
 
  Defaults Upon Senior Securities     20  
 
  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders     20  
 
  Other Information     21  
 
  Exhibits     22  
 
SIGNATURES     27  
 
EXHIBIT INDEX        
 EX-3.7 Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company
 EX-31.1 Section 302 Certification of CEO
 EX-31.2 Section 302 Certification of CFO
 EX-32.1 Section 906 Certification of CEO & CFO

 


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
DOVER SADDLERY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except share data)
                 
    June 30,     December 31,  
    2008     2007  
    (un-audited)        
ASSETS
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 464     $ 309  
Accounts receivable
    768       1,169  
Inventory
    17,482       16,769  
Prepaid catalog costs
    1,389       1,427  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    1,454       952  
Deferred income taxes
    40       72  
 
           
Total current assets
    21,597       20,698  
Net property and equipment
    3,285       3,153  
Other assets:
               
Goodwill
    14,267       14,267  
Deferred income taxes
    505       472  
Intangibles and other assets, net
    1,124       741  
 
           
Total other assets
    15,896       15,480  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 40,778     $ 39,331  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities:
               
Current portion of capital lease obligation and outstanding checks
  $ 1,341     $ 618  
Accounts payable
    2,410       3,314  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    3,829       3,713  
Income taxes payable
          568  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    7,580       8,213  
 
               
Long-term liabilities:
               
Revolving line of credit
    8,000       6,300  
Subordinated notes payable, net
    4,815       4,738  
Capital lease obligation, net of current portion
    106       150  
 
           
Total long-term liabilities
    12,921       11,188  
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share; 15,000,000 shares authorized; issued 5,187,038 as of June 30, 2008 and 5,105,318 as of December 31, 2007
    1       1  
Additional paid in capital
    44,718       44,262  
Treasury stock, 795,865 shares at cost
    (6,082 )     (6,082 )
Accumulated deficit
    (18,360 )     (18,251 )
 
           
Total stockholders’ equity
    20,277       19,930  
 
           
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 40,778     $ 39,331  
 
           
See accompanying notes.

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DOVER SADDLERY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except share data)
(un-audited)
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,     June 30,     June 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
Revenues, net
  $ 19,941     $ 19,998     $ 37,595     $ 38,557  
Cost of revenues
    12,967       12,441       24,266       24,313  
 
                       
Gross profit
    6,974       7,557       13,329       14,244  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    6,284       6,561       12,870       13,686  
Litigation settlement expense
                      700  
 
                       
Income (loss) from operations
    690       996       459       (142 )
Interest expense, financing and other related costs, net
    315       399       648       713  
Other income
    2             2        
 
                       
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit)
    377        597       (187 )     (855 )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
    127       221       (78 )     (316 )
 
                       
Net income (loss)
  $ 250     $ 376     $ (109 )   $ (539 )
 
                       
 
                               
Net income (loss) per share
                               
Basic
  $ 0.05     $ 0.07     $ (0.02 )   $ (0.11 )
 
                       
Diluted
  $ 0.05     $ 0.07     $ (0.02 )   $ (0.11 )
 
                       
Number of shares used in per share calculation Basic
    5,177,000       5,074,000       5,141,000       5,074,000  
Diluted
    5,290,000       5,239,000       5,141,000       5,074,000  
See accompanying notes.

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DOVER SADDLERY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
(un-audited)
                 
    Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,  
    2008     2007  
Operating activities:
               
Net loss
  $ (109 )   $ (539 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities
               
Depreciation and amortization
    406       346  
Deferred income taxes
    (1 )     (369 )
Income from investment in affiliate (Note H)
    (2 )      
Stock-based compensation
    76       51  
Non-cash interest expense
    131       65  
Changes in current assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    401       44  
Inventory
    (713 )     (3,644 )
Prepaid catalog costs and other expenses
    (465 )     (202 )
Accounts payable
    (904 )     (596 )
Accrued expenses, other current liabilities and income taxes payable
    (475 )     (7 )
 
           
Net cash used in operating activities
    (1,655 )     (4,851 )
Investing activities:
               
Purchases of property and equipment
    (497 )     (669 )
Investment in affiliate (Note H)
    (9 )      
Change in other assets
    (43 )     (43 )
 
           
Net cash used in investing activities
    (549 )     (712 )
Financing activities:
               
Borrowings under revolving line of credit
    1,700       6,100  
Change in outstanding checks
    741       (441 )
Payments of commitment and financing fees
          (35 )
Payments on capital leases
    (82 )     (49 )
 
           
Net cash provided by financing activities
    2,359       5,575  
 
           
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    155       12  
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    309       101  
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 464     $ 113  
 
           
 
               
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
               
Cash paid during the period for:
               
Interest
  $ 518     $ 642  
 
           
Income taxes
  $ 818     $ 592  
 
           
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities
               
Issuance of common stock in connection with investment in affiliate (Note H)
  $ 380     $  
 
           
Equipment acquired under capital leases
  $ 19     $  
 
           
See accompanying notes.

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DOVER SADDLERY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
A. Nature of Business and Basis of Preparation
          Dover Saddlery, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is a leading specialty retailer and the largest direct marketer of equestrian products in the United States. The Company sells its products through a multi-market channel strategy, including direct and retail, with stores located in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Delaware, Texas, Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey. The Company provides a complete line of products, as well as specially developed private label offerings from its direct marketing headquarters, warehouse, and call center facility in Littleton, Massachusetts.
          Revenues are recognized when payment is reasonably assured, the product is shipped and title and risk of loss have transferred to the customer. For direct merchandise sales, this occurs when product is delivered to the common carrier at the Company’s warehouse. For retail sales, this occurs at the point of sale.
          Our quarterly product sales have ranged from a low of approximately 20% to a high of approximately 32% of any calendar year’s results. The beginning of the spring outdoor riding season in the northern half of the country has typically generated a slightly stronger second quarter of the year, and the holiday buying season has generated additional demand for our equestrian product line in the fourth quarter of the year. Revenues for the first and third quarters of the calendar year have tended to be somewhat lower than the second and fourth quarters. We anticipate that our revenues will continue to vary somewhat by season.
          The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements comprise those of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2008 and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 are un-audited. In management’s opinion, these un-audited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 and include all adjustments, consisting of only usual recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for such interim periods. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full year ended December 31, 2008.
          Certain footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant to pertinent rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the disclosures in these financial statements are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The accompanying un-audited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited December 31, 2007 financial statements. Certain prior year amounts and balances have been reclassified to conform with current period presentations.
B. Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
          On January 1, 2006, the Company adopted Statement of Accounting Standards SFAS No. 123(R). Accordingly, the Company recognizes the fair value of compensation cost of stock-based awards on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the award. Stock-based compensation for the three months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 was $38,000 and $26,000, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, stock-based compensation was $76,000 and $51,000, respectively.
          There was no activity related to stock option grants, exercises or forfeitures for the six months ended June 30, 2008.
          The amount of stock-based compensation expense that may be recognized for outstanding, unvested options as of June 30, 2008 was approximately $567,000, to be recognized on a straight-line basis over the employee’s remaining weighted average vesting term of 4 years. As of June 30, 2008, the intrinsic value of all “in the money” outstanding options was approximately $453,000.
C. Inventory
          Inventory consists of finished goods in the Company’s mail-order warehouse and retail stores. The Company’s inventories are stated at the lower of cost, with cost determined by the first-in, first-out method, or net realizable value. The Company maintains a reserve for excess and obsolete inventory. This reserve was $95,000 as of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007. The Company continuously monitors the salability of its inventories to ensure adequate valuation of the related merchandise.

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D. Advertising
          The costs of direct-response advertising materials, primarily catalog production and distribution costs are deferred, in accordance with Statement of Position (SOP) 93-7, Reporting on Advertising Costs. These costs are recognized over the period of expected future revenue, which is less than one year. Deferred costs as of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 were $1,389,000 and $1,427,000, respectively. The combined marketing and advertising costs charged to selling, general, and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 were $2,367,000 and $2,644,000, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 combined marketing and advertising costs charged to selling, general, and administrative expenses were $4,615,000 and $5,355,000, respectively.
E. Comprehensive Income (Loss)
          SFAS No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive Income, establishes standards for reporting and displaying comprehensive income and its components in the consolidated financial statements. Comprehensive income (loss) is defined as the change in equity of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. The comprehensive income for the three months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 was comprised entirely of the current period net income of $250,000 and $376,000, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, the comprehensive loss was comprised entirely of the current period net loss of $(109,000) and $(539,000), respectively.
F. Net Income (Loss) Per Share
          A reconciliation of the number of shares used in the calculation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share is as follows (in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,   June 30,   June 30,   June 30,
    2008   2007   2008   2007
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding
    5,177       5,074       5,141       5,074  
Add: Dilutive effect of assumed stock option and warrant exercises less potential incremental shares purchased under the treasury method
    113       165              
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
    5,290       5,239       5,141       5,074  
G. Financing Agreements
Revolving Credit Facility
          The $18,000,000 revolving credit facility, of which up to $2,000,000 can be in the form of letters of credit, bears interest at the base rate, announced from time to time by the bank, plus an applicable margin determined by the Company’s funded debt ratio. At June 30, 2008, the bank rate was 5.0%, less the applicable margin of (0.75%). Interest is payable monthly on the last business day of each month. At its option, the Company may have all or a portion of the unpaid principal under the credit facility bear interest at various LIBOR rate options.
          The Company is obligated to pay commitment fees of 0.125% per annum on the average daily, unused amount of the line of credit during the preceding quarter. All assets of the Company collateralize the revolving credit facility. Under the terms of the credit facility, the Company is subject to certain covenants including, among others, maximum funded debt ratios, operating cash flows, current asset ratios, and capital expenditures. At June 30, 2008, the Company was in compliance with all covenants. The revolving line of credit is due in full in January 2011.
          At June 30, 2008, the Company had the ability to borrow $18,000,000 on the revolving line of credit, subject to certain covenants, of which $8,000,000 was outstanding, bearing interest at the net revolver rate of 4.25%. At December 31, 2007, the Company had the ability to borrow $18,000,000, of which $6,300,000 was outstanding, bearing interest at 7.0%.

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Senior Subordinated Notes Payable and Warrants
          In December 2007, the Company issued $5,000,000 in senior subordinated notes payable. The notes are subordinated in right of payment to existing and future senior debt, rank equal in right of payment with any future senior subordinated debt and are senior in right of payment to any future subordinated debt. Interest accrues at an annual rate of 14%, of which 12% is payable quarterly in arrears. The remaining 2% per annum is deferrable, and if deferred, shall be compounded and due in full on December 11, 2012. As of June 30, 2008, the Company had deferred $55,833 of interest. Prepayment on the principal amount due under the notes may voluntarily be made at any time, plus accrued and unpaid interest and a prepayment fee of 5% of the prepaid amount if paid prior to the first anniversary, 4% if paid prior to the second anniversary, 3% if paid prior to the third anniversary, and 0% if paid after December 11, 2010.
          In connection with the issuance of the subordinated notes, the Company issued warrants to the note holders, exercisable at any time after December 11, 2007 for an initial 118,170 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $3.96 per share. The number of shares to be received for the warrants are subject to change in the event of additional equity issuances and/or stock splits. The warrants were estimated to have a fair value of $272,000, which has been reflected as a discount of the proceeds. The discount is amortized through interest expense over the life of the notes. The warrants were valued using a Black-Scholes calculation with a risk free interest rate of 4.3%, an expected life of 9 years (which reflects the contractual term), a volatility of 43.4% and a dividend yield of 0%.
          As of June 30, 2008, the net $4,815,000 subordinated notes, on the consolidated balance sheet, reflect the $5,000,000 face value, plus the $55,833 in deferred interest less the remaining unamortized net discount of $241,000. As of December 31, 2007, the net $4,738,000 subordinated notes, on the consolidated balance sheet, reflect the $5,000,000 face value, plus the $5,833 in deferred interest less the remaining unamortized net discount of $268,000.
          Under the terms of the subordinated note agreements, the Company is subject to certain covenants, including, among others, maximum funded debt ratios, operating cash flows, current asset ratios and capital expenditures. At June 30, 2008, the Company was in compliance with all covenants.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
          The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Outstanding checks, net of cash balances in a single bank account, are classified as outstanding checks in current liabilities.
H. Investment in Affiliate
          Investments are accounted for using the equity method of accounting if the investment provides the Company the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control, over an investee, as generally deemed to exist if the Company has an ownership interest in the voting stock of the Investee of between 20% and 50%. The Company records its investment in equity method investees meeting these characteristics as “Investment in affiliated company”, included in Intangibles and Other Assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
          Under this method, the investment, originally recorded at cost, is adjusted to recognize the Company’s share of net earnings or loss of the affiliate as they occur, rather than as dividends or other distributions are received, limited to the extent of the Company’s investment in, advances to and commitments for the investee.
          On April 11, 2008, the Company acquired a significant non-controlling interest in Hobby Horse Clothing Company, Inc. (HH), in exchange for 81,720 shares of unregistered Dover common stock. The Company accounts for this investment using the equity method.
          The Company acquired 40% of the common stock of HH, a privately owned company. The total acquisition costs included $380,000 in common stock, as well as $33,300 in professional fees. Based on the preliminary purchase allocation, the total acquisition cost of $413,300 was allocated to the fair value of the Company’s share of net assets acquired. The Company expects to finalize its purchase allocation by December 31, 2008.

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Dover’s share of HH’s net earnings for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 was $2,387. This amount is net of the estimated intangible asset customer list amortization and is included in Other Income in the accompanying Statements of Operations. The carrying value at June 30, 2008 is $415,687 and is included in Intangibles and Other Assets in the accompanying Balance Sheet.
          Under certain conditions, the Company may have the right, or the obligation, to acquire the remaining 60% of the common stock of HH.
I. Income Taxes
          Effective January 1, 2007, the Company adopted FIN 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109. At June 30, 2008, the Company had no liability recorded for unrecognized tax benefits compared to a $25,000 liability recorded at December 31, 2007. State income tax payments were made in the second quarter of 2008, reducing the December 31, 2007 liability to zero.
          The Company records interest and penalties related to income taxes as a component of income tax expense. The Company recognized $8,420 in interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008. The Company did not recognize any interest or penalty expense for the corresponding period in 2007.
          Tax years 2004 through 2007 remain subject to examination by the IRS, and 2004 through 2007 tax years remain subject to examination by Massachusetts and various other jurisdictions that are not material to the financial statements. The Company is currently under examination by certain states. No federal examinations are currently in progress.
J. Related Party Transactions
          On October 26, 2007, the disinterested members of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors approved a $5,000,000 subordinated debt financing facility as part of a plan to refinance the Company’s former subordinated debt with Patriot Capital. The new sub-debt facility was led by BCA Mezzanine Fund, L.P., which participated at $2,000,000 (in which Company Board member Gregory Mulligan holds a management position and indirect economic interest). The current subordinated loans were consummated as of December 11, 2007. Except as noted above with respect to Mr. Mulligan, there is no relationship, arrangement or understanding between the Company and any of the Subordinated Holders or any of their affiliates, other than in respect of the loan agreement establishing and setting forth the terms and conditions of this mezzanine loan agreement. The interest expensed for the subordinated notes payable during the three and six months ended June 30, 2008, was $175,000 and $350,000, respectively.
          In October of 2004, the Company entered into a lease agreement with a minority stockholder. The agreement, which relates to the Plaistow, NH retail store, is a five year lease with options to extend for an additional fifteen years. During the three months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, the Company expensed in connection with this lease $44,000 and $46,000, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, the Company expensed $92,000 in connection with this lease. In addition, a related deposit of $18,750 is recorded as prepaid expenses and other current assets, as of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007.
          In order to expedite the efficient build-out of leasehold improvements in its new retail stores, the Company utilizes the services of a real estate development company owned by a non-executive Company employee and minority stockholder to source construction services and retail fixtures. Total payments for the three months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, consisting primarily of reimbursements for materials and outside labor for the fit-up of stores, were $50,000 and $64,000, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, total payments were $144,000 and $271,000, respectively.
K. Commitments and Contingencies
Lease Commitments
          The Company leases its facilities and certain fixed assets that may be purchased for a nominal amount on the expiration of the leases under non-cancelable operating and capital leases that extend through 2017. These leases, which may be renewed for periods ranging from one to five years, include fixed rental agreements as well as agreements with rent escalation clauses.
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accordance with SFAS No. 13, Accounting for Leases. As of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, there was approximately $173,000 and $110,000 of deferred rent recorded in other current liabilities, respectively.
Contingencies
          From time to time, we are exposed to litigation relating to our products and operations. As of June 30, 2008, we were not currently engaged in any legal proceedings that are expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a material, adverse affect on our financial condition or results of operations.
          The Company has been named as a defendant in litigation brought by one of its customers against the manufacturer of a riding helmet for injuries sustained in an equestrian accident. To the best of our knowledge, the product was designed and manufactured by our vendor to industry standards. The claim against Dover is covered by our insurance, and we vigorously deny liability.
          On March 24, 2006, Goldsmith, Agio, Helms and Linner, LLC, (GAH) filed a demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association for $2,100,000, plus interest, seeking a success fee purportedly due in connection with the Company’s Initial Public Offering. In May 2007, we finalized the settlement with GAH and agreed to pay $700,000 in order to avoid the burden on management, the costs of preparation and trial, and risks of a potential adverse outcome. This charge was recorded in the first quarter of 2007. As of June 30, 2008, $565,000 of this settlement had been paid under the agreement. The remaining $135,000, plus interest, is scheduled to be paid in installments through April 1, 2009, and is recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities within the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
          In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“Statement 157”). This Statement provides a common fair value hierarchy for companies to follow in determining fair value measurements in the preparation of financial statements and expands disclosure requirements relating to how such fair value measurements were developed. The Statement clarifies the principle that fair value should be based on the assumptions that the marketplace would use when pricing an asset or liability, rather than company-specific data. This Statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. However, on February 12, 2008, the FASB issued Staff Position 157-2 which delays the effective date of Statement 157 for all non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis. For items within its scope, this Staff Position defers the effective date of Statement 157 to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. The Company adopted the required provisions of this statement in the current year without a material impact.
          In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“SFAS No. 159”). SFAS No. 159 allows companies to measure many financial assets and liabilities at fair value. It also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between companies that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. SFAS No. 159 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted this statement in the current year without a material impact.
          In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations (“Statement 141R”) and SFAS No. 160, Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51 (“Statement 160”). Statement 141R will change how business acquisitions are accounted for and will impact financial statements both on the acquisition date and in subsequent periods. Statement 160 will change the accounting and reporting for minority interests, which will be re-characterized as non-controlling interests and classified as a component of equity. Statements 141R and 160 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, these statements will have on its consolidated financial statements.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
          This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the following discussion, contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. For this purpose, any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the words “projected”, “anticipated”, “planned”, “expected”, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In particular, statements regarding future financial targets or trends are forward-

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looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of our future financial performance, and undue reliance should not be placed on them. Our actual results, performance or achievements may differ significantly from the results, performance or achievements discussed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such a difference detailed in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 (“fiscal 2007”) and in our subsequent periodic reports on Form 10-Q. We disclaim any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement.
Overview
          We are a leading specialty retailer and the largest direct marketer of equestrian products in the U.S. For over 20 years, Dover Saddlery has been a premier upscale marketing brand in the English-style riding industry. We sell our products through a multi-market channel strategy, including direct and retail. This multi-market channel strategy has allowed us to use catalogs and our proprietary database of nearly two million names of equestrian enthusiasts as a primary marketing tool to increase catalog sales and to drive additional business to our e-commerce websites and retail stores.
          We have carefully built a multi-market channel platform for growth by developing an extensive consumer database of equestrian enthusiasts and Dover customers. We have positioned ourselves to capitalize on the synergies of combining catalog and Internet operations with a retail market channel. By marketing our products across integrated, multiple market channels, we have strengthened our brand visibility and brand equity, expanded our customer database and increased revenues, profits and market share. While our catalog acts as the primary marketing vehicle to increase Internet and store traffic, each of our channels reinforces the other and generates additional customers. We sell the same equestrian products through multiple market channels to the same customer base, and we operate in one reportable business segment.
Consolidated Performance and Trends
          The net income in the second quarter of 2008 was $0.3 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, compared to $0.4 million or $0.07 per diluted share for the corresponding period in 2007. Net income decreased 33.5% in the second quarter of 2008 compared to the corresponding period in 2007, due primarily to reduced gross profit, partially offset by reduced SG&A and interest expense.
          The second quarter of 2008 results reflect our continuing efforts to execute our growth strategy in the retail market channel, where revenues increased 19.2% to $5.9 million in the quarter. This trend of increased revenue is dependent upon our ability to continue to execute our expansion strategy by opening new store locations and our customers’ continued support of new retail stores. We respond to fluctuations in revenues by adjusting marketing efforts and operations to support our retail stores and manage costs, as well as continuing to focus on our proprietary store optimization modeling to determine the rate and location of new store openings. Our direct market channel revenues decreased 6.6%, to $14.1 million in the second quarter of 2008, due to a combination of factors, including lower unit volumes attributable to the significant consumer slowdown in the overall economy. The reversal of this trend of decreased direct revenue is dependent upon the response of our customers to these market conditions. We respond to fluctuations in our direct customers’ response by adjusting the quantities of catalogs mailed and other marketing and customer-related strategies and tactics in order to maximize revenues and manage costs.
Results of Operations
          The following table sets forth our un-audited results of operations as a percentage of revenues for the periods shown (1):
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,   June 30,   June 30,   June 30,
    2008   2007   2008   2007
Revenues, net
    100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %     100.0 %
Cost of revenues
    65.0       62.2       64.5       63.1  
Gross profit
    35.0       37.8       35.5       36.9  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    31.5       32.8       34.2       35.5  
Litigation settlement expense
                      1.8  
Income (loss) from operations
    3.5       5.0       1.2       (0.4 )
Interest expense, financing and other related costs, net
    1.6       2.0       1.7       1.8  
Other income
    0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0  
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit)
    1.9       3.0       (0.5 )     (2.2 )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
    0.6       1.1       (0.2 )     (0.8 )
Net income (loss)
    1.3       1.9       (0.3 )     (1.4 )
 
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          The following table presents certain selected un-audited operating data (dollars in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,     June 30,     June 30,  
    2008     2007     2008     2007  
Revenues, net — direct
  $ 14,087     $ 15,086     $ 27,583     $ 29,960  
Revenues, net — retail stores
    5,854       4,912       10,012       8,597  
 
                       
Revenues, net — total
  $ 19,941     $ 19,998     $ 37,595     $ 38,557  
 
                               
Other operating data:
                               
Number of retail stores (1)
    11       9       11       9  
Capital expenditures
    267       251       497       669  
Gross profit margin
    35.0 %     37.8 %     35.5 %     36.9 %
Adjusted EBITDA(2)
    923       1,191       941       255  
Adjusted EBITDA margin(2)
    4.6 %     6.0 %     2.5 %     0.7 %
 
(1)   Includes ten Dover-branded stores and one Smith Brothers store; the June 30, 2008 store count includes the Dallas, TX Dover-branded store opened in Q3 2007, and the Branchburg, NJ Dover-branded store opened in Q2 2008.
 
(2)   When we use the term “Adjusted EBITDA”, we are referring to net income minus interest income and income from affiliate, plus interest expense, income taxes, non-cash stock-based compensation, depreciation, and amortization. We present Adjusted EBITDA because we consider it an important supplemental measure of our performance and believe it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry.
Adjusted EBITDA has some limitations as an analytical tool and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for net income, operating income, cash flows from operating, investing or financing activities or any other measure calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Some of the limitations are:
    Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect our cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or capital commitments;
 
    Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
 
    Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the interest expense or cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our debt;
 
    although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements;
 
    although stock-based compensation is a non-cash charge, additional stock options might be granted in the future, which might have a future dilutive effect on earnings and EPS; and
 
    other companies in our industry may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.

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The following table reconciles Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss) (in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30, 2008     June 30, 2007     June 30, 2008     June 30, 2007  
Net income (loss)
  $ 250     $ 376     $ (109 )   $ (539 )
Depreciation
    189       151       385       311  
Amortization of other intangible assets
    6       18       21       35  
Stock-based compensation
    38       26       76       51  
Interest expense, financing and other related costs, net
    315       399       648       713  
Other income
    (2 )           (2 )      
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
    127       221       (78 )     (316 )
 
                       
Adjusted EBITDA
  $ 923     $ 1,191     $ 941     $ 255  
 
                       
Three Months Ended June 30, 2008 Compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2007
Revenues
          Our total revenues decreased to $19.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $20.0 million for the corresponding period in 2007, a decrease of $0.06 million or 0.3%. Revenues in our direct market channel decreased $1.0 million, or 6.6 % to $14.1 million. Revenues in our retail market channel increased $0.9 million, or 19.2% to $5.9 million. The decrease in our direct market channel was due to lower unit volumes attributable to the continuing consumer slowdown in the overall economy. The increase in revenues from our retail market channel was due primarily to the opening of new stores in 2007 and 2008 and resulting increases in retail revenues. Same store sales increased 3.6% over prior year.
Gross Profit
          Gross profit for the three months ended June 30, 2008 decreased 7.7% to $7.0 million, from $7.6 million for the corresponding period in 2007. Gross profit, as a percentage of revenues, for the three months ended June 30, 2008 was 35.0% compared to 37.8% for the corresponding period in 2007. The decrease in gross profit of $0.6 million was attributable to lower revenues in our direct market channel and variations in overall product mix. The decrease in gross profit as a percentage of revenues was attributable to variations in our overall product mix and increased costs.
Selling, General and Administrative
          Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased for the three months ended June 30, 2008 to $6.3 million, compared to $6.6 million for the corresponding period in 2007. As a percentage of revenues, SG&A expenses were reduced to 31.5% of revenues, from 32.8% of revenues for the corresponding period in 2007. The $0.3 million decrease included tactical reductions in marketing costs of $0.3 million, primarily catalog costs, and professional fees of $0.2 million due to decreased litigation costs. Labor and related costs increased $0.1 million and facility costs increased $0.2 million.
Interest Expense
          Interest expense, including amortization of deferred financing costs attributed to our subordinated debt and revolving credit facility, for the three months ended June 30, 2008 decreased to $0.3 million compared to $0.4 million for the corresponding period in 2007. The decrease is primarily attributable to reduced rates in our revolving credit facility.
Income Tax Provision
          The provision for income taxes was $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2008, reflecting an effective tax rate of 33.6%, compared to a provision of $0.2 million for the corresponding period in 2007, reflecting an effective tax rate of 37.0%. The effective tax rates for the year to date periods were recorded based upon management’s best estimates of the rates for the entire respective years, and are adjusted each quarter.

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Net Income
          The net income for the second quarter of 2008 decreased 33.5% to $0.3 million, compared to $0.4 million in the second quarter of 2007. This decrease in the net income was due primarily to reduced gross profit, partially offset by reduced SG&A and interest expense. The resulting quarterly earnings per diluted share decreased to $0.05 compared to the $0.07 per diluted share for the corresponding period in 2007.
Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 Compared to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2007
Revenues
          Our total revenues decreased to $37.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008, from $38.6 million for the corresponding period in 2007, a decrease of $1.0 million or 2.5%. Revenues in our direct market channel decreased $2.4 million, or 7.9% to $27.6 million. Revenues in our retail market channel were $10.0 million, an increase of $1.4 million, or 16.5%. The decrease in our direct market channel was due to lower unit volumes attributable to continuing consumer slowdown in the overall economy. The increase in revenues from our retail market channel was due primarily to the opening of new stores in 2007 and 2008 and resulting increases in retail revenues. Same store sales increased 1.9% over prior year.
Gross Profit
          Gross profit for the six months ended June 30, 2008 decreased 6.4% to $13.3 million, from $14.2 million for the corresponding period in 2007. Gross profit, as a percentage of revenues, for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was 35.5% compared to 36.9% for the corresponding period in 2007. The decrease in gross profit of $0.9 million was due to lower revenues in our direct market channel and variations in overall product mix. The decrease in gross profit as a percentage of revenues was primarily attributable to variations in our overall product mix and increased costs.
Selling, General and Administrative
          Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased for the six months ended June 30, 2008 to $12.9 million, compared to $13.7 million for the corresponding period in 2007. As a percentage of revenues, SG&A expenses were reduced to 34.2% of revenues, from 35.5% of revenues for the corresponding period in 2007. The $0.8 million decrease included tactical reductions in marketing costs of $0.7 million, primarily catalog costs, and professional fees of $0.3 million due to decreased litigation costs. Labor and related costs increased $0.3 million and facility costs increased $0.2 million.
Interest Expense
          Interest expense, including amortization of deferred financing costs attributed to our subordinated debt and revolving credit facility, remained consistent at approximately $0.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
Income Tax Benefit
          The benefit for income taxes was $0.08 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008, reflecting an effective tax rate of 41.9%, as compared to a benefit of $0.3 million for the corresponding period in 2007, reflecting an effective tax rate of 37.0%. The effective tax rates for the year to date periods were recorded based upon management’s best estimates of the rates for the entire respective years, and are adjusted each quarter.
Net Loss
          The net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2008 decreased 79.8% to $(0.1) million, compared to $(0.5) million for the corresponding period of 2007. The decrease in the net loss was due primarily to the elimination of the prior year litigation settlement expense. The remaining decrease was attributable to reduced SG&A expenses, partially offset by reduced revenues and gross profits due to soft consumer demand. The resulting loss per share decreased to $(0.02) per share compared to $(0.11) per share in 2007.

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Seasonality and Quarterly Fluctuations
          Since 2001, our quarterly product sales have ranged from a low of approximately 20% to a high of approximately 32% of any calendar year’s results. The beginning of the spring outdoor riding season in the northern half of the country has typically generated a slightly stronger second quarter of the year, and the holiday buying season has generated additional demand for our normal equestrian product lines in the fourth quarter of the year. Revenues for the first and third quarters of the calendar year have tended to be somewhat lower than the second and fourth quarters. We anticipate that our revenues will continue to vary somewhat by season. The timing of our new retail store openings has had, and is expected to continue to have, a significant impact on our quarterly results. We will incur one-time expenses related to the opening of each new store. As we open new stores, (i) revenues may spike and then settle, and (ii) pre-opening expenses, including occupancy and management overhead, are incurred, which may not be offset by correlating revenues during the same financial reporting period. As a result of these factors, new retail store openings may result in temporary declines in operating profit, both in dollars and as a percentage of sales.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
          For the six months ended June 30, 2008, we increased our cash by $155,000. While pursuing our growth strategy, cash was utilized for general working capital requirements, capital expenditure requirements and third-party debt service requirements. The source for the additional cash utilized related to increased borrowings under our revolving credit facility. We successfully completed the refinancing of our senior and subordinated debt agreements in December 2007. As a result, the Company anticipates compliance with all covenants under these credit facilities in each of the next four quarters. We plan in the future to obtain additional financing from banks, or through public offerings or private placements of debt or equity securities, strategic relationships, or other arrangements. In the event we fail to meet our financial covenants with our lenders, we may not have access through our line of credit to sufficient working capital to pursue our growth strategy, or if our covenant non-compliance triggers a default, our loans may be called requiring the repayment of all amounts on our loans.
Operating Activities
          Cash utilized in our operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was $1.7 million compared to $4.9 million for the corresponding period in 2007. For the six months ended June 30, 2008, cash outflows consisted primarily of seasonal increases in inventories of $0.7 million, prepaid catalogs and other prepaid expenses of $0.5 million, as well as reductions in accrued expenses of $0.5 million, accounts payable of $0.9 and the net loss of $0.1 million, offset by non-cash activities of $0.6 million. Cash inflows consisted of receivables of $0.4 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2007, cash utilized by our operating activities was $4.9 million. Cash outflows during this period consisted primarily of the net loss of $0.5 million and inventory increases of $3.6 million attributable to retail growth and increased seasonal buying. Cash outflows also included increases in prepaid catalog costs of $0.2 million, and accounts payable of $0.6 million, partially offset by non-cash expenses.
Investing Activities
          Cash utilized in our investing activities was $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008 compared to $0.7 million for the corresponding period in 2007. For the six months ended June 30, 2008, investing activities consisted primarily of retail store build-out and equipment costs. For the six months ended June 30, 2007, investment activities represented the purchase of capital equipment in support of our growth, including leasehold improvements, computer equipment, furniture and fixtures, and the purchase of other assets and related deposits. Increases in investment activities can be expected in future periods to outfit our new retail stores.
Financing Activities
          Net cash provided by our financing activities was $2.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008 compared to $5.6 million provided in the corresponding period in 2007. For the six months ended June 30, 2008, we funded our seasonal operating activities and investing activities with net borrowings of $1.7 million under our revolving credit facility, and had increases in outstanding checks in our cash management program of $0.7 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2007, we funded our seasonal operating and investing activities with net borrowings of $6.1 million under our revolving credit facility, partially offset by decreases in outstanding checks of $0.4 million.

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Revolving Credit Facility
          On December 11, 2007, the Company entered into a new senior revolving credit facility with RBS Citizens Bank N.A., under which it can borrow up to $18,000,000, including $2,000,000 for letters of credit. Interest accrues at a variable rate based on either prime rate or published LIBOR rates. The credit facility expires on January 31, 2011, at which time all advances will be immediately due and payable. As of June 30, 2008, the revolving credit facility borrowing limit was $18,000,000, subject to certain covenants, and the amount outstanding under the credit facility was $8,000,000 at the net revolver rate of 4.25% and the unused amount available was $10,000,000. Borrowings are secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets. Under the terms of this credit facility, the Company is subject to various covenants. At June 30, 2008, we were in compliance with our loan covenants under the credit facility, and we anticipate compliance in each of the next four quarters.
Senior Subordinated Notes Payable and Warrants
          On December 11, 2007, the Company entered into a mezzanine loan agreement with BCA Mezzanine Fund, LP, Cephas Capital Partners, LP, and SEED Ventures, LP (jointly, the “Subordinated Holders”), which provided for the issuance of a senior subordinated note payable, which is due in full on December 11, 2012 for aggregate proceeds of $5,000,000. The note is subordinated in right of payment to existing and future senior debt, ranks equal in right of payment with any future senior subordinated debt and is senior in right of payment to any future subordinated debt. Interest accrues at an annual rate of 14%, of which 12% is payable quarterly in arrears on the fifth business day of the following month. The remaining 2% per annum is deferrable, and if deferred, shall be compounded annually and due in full on December 11, 2012. As of June 30, 2008, the Company had deferred $55,833 of interest. Prepayment on the principal amount due under the note may voluntarily be made at any time, plus accrued and unpaid interest and a prepayment fee of 5% of the prepaid amount if paid prior to the first anniversary, 4% if paid prior to the second anniversary, 3% if paid prior to the third anniversary, and 0% if paid after December 11, 2010. Under the terms of this senior subordinated credit facility, the Company is subject to various covenants. At June 30, 2008, we were in compliance with our loan covenants under the senior subordinated note, and we anticipate compliance with all covenants under our note in each of the next four quarters.
          Simultaneously with the issuance of this note, we issued warrants to the Subordinated Holders, exercisable at any time after December 11, 2007, for an initial 118,170 shares of our common stock at an initial exercise price of $3.96 per share. The number of shares to be received for the warrants are subject to change in the event of additional equity issuances and/or stock splits.
Working Capital and Capital Expenditure Needs
          We believe our existing cash, cash equivalents, expected cash to be provided by our operating activities, and funds available through our revolving credit facility will be sufficient to meet our currently planned working capital and capital expenditure needs over at least the next twelve months. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our rate of revenue growth, the expansion of our marketing and sales activities, the expansion of our retail stores, the acquisition of new capabilities or technologies and the continuing market acceptance of our products. To the extent that existing cash, cash equivalents, cash from operations and cash from our revolving credit facility under the conditions and covenants of our credit facilities are insufficient to fund our future activities, we may need to raise additional funds through public or private equity or debt financing. Although we are currently not a party to any agreement or letter of intent with respect to potential investments in, or acquisitions of, businesses, services or technologies which we anticipate would require us to seek additional equity or debt financing, we may enter into these types of arrangements in the future. There is no assurance that additional funds would be available on terms favorable to us or at all.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
          Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, costs and expenses, and related disclosures. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Our actual results may differ from these estimates. A summary of significant accounting policies and a description of accounting policies that are considered critical may be found in our 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 31, 2008, in Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and the “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations; as supplemented by the disclosures in the quarterly Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. In addition, we define our same store sales to include sales from all stores open for a full fifteen months following a grand opening, or a conversion to a Dover-branded store.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
          At June 30, 2008, there had not been a material change in any of the market risk information disclosed by us in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. More detailed information concerning market risk can be found in Item 7A under the sub-caption “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” of the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” on page 43 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.
          Our objective in managing our long-term exposure to interest rate and foreign currency rate changes is to limit the material impact of the changes on cash flows and earnings and to lower our overall borrowing costs. We have calculated the effect of a 10% change in interest rates over a month for both our debt obligations and our marketable securities investments and determined the effect to be immaterial. We do not foresee or expect any significant changes in the management of foreign currency or interest rate exposures or in the strategies we employ to manage such exposures in the near future.
Foreign Currency Risk
          Nearly all of our revenues are derived from transactions denominated in U.S. dollars. We purchase products in the normal course of business from foreign manufacturers. As such, we have exposure to adverse changes in exchange rates associated with those product purchases, but this exposure has not been significant.
Interest Rate Sensitivity
          We had cash and cash equivalents totaling $464,000 at June 30, 2008. The unrestricted cash and cash equivalents are held for working capital purposes. We do not enter into investments for trading or speculative purposes. We intend to maintain our portfolio of cash equivalents, including money market funds and certificates of deposit. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe that we do not have any material exposure to changes in the fair value as a result of changes in interest rates. As of June 30, 2008, all of our investments were held in money market funds and certificates of deposits.
          Our exposure to market risk also relates to the increase or decrease in the amount of interest expense we must pay on our outstanding debt instruments, primarily certain borrowings under our revolving credit facility. The advances under this revolving credit facility bear a variable rate of interest determined as a function of the prime rate or the published LIBOR rate at the time of the borrowing. If interest rates were to increase by one percent, the additional interest expense as of June 30, 2008 would be approximately $80,000 annually. At June 30, 2008, $8,000,000 was outstanding under our revolving credit facility.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
          Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2008. The term “disclosure controls and procedures”, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
          Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2008, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
          We maintain certain internal controls over financial reporting that are appropriate, in management’s judgment with similar cost-benefit considerations, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. No change in our internal

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control over financial reporting occurred during the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2008 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
          From time to time, we are exposed to litigation relating to our products and operations. Except as described below, we are not currently engaged in any legal proceedings that are expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a material, adverse affect on our financial condition or results of operations.
          The Company has been named as a defendant in litigation brought by one of its customers against the manufacturer of a riding helmet for injuries sustained in an equestrian accident. To the best of our knowledge, the product was designed and manufactured by our vendor to industry standards. The claim against Dover is covered by our insurance, and we vigorously deny liability.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
          An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the specific risk factors listed under Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2007 on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2008, together with all other information included or incorporated in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any such risks may materialize, and additional risks not known to us, or that we now deem immaterial, may arise. In such event, our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects could be materially adversely affected. If that occurs, the market price of our common stock could fall, and you could lose all or part of your investment.
          This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes or incorporates forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of the words “believes”, “anticipates”, “plans”, “expects”, “may”, “will”, “would”, “intends”, “estimates”, and other similar expressions, whether in the negative or affirmative. We cannot guarantee that we actually will achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements made. We have included important factors in the cautionary statements below that we believe could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein. The forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers or dispositions. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained herein. In addition to the list of significant risk factors set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, the following supplemental information might also be considered material in evaluating the risks of our business and an investment in our common stock:
Our market is highly competitive and we may not continue to compete successfully.
          We compete in a highly competitive marketplace with a variety of retailers, dealers and distributors. The equestrian products market is highly fragmented with approximately 10,000 retail store locations nationwide. Many of these are small businesses that have a loyal customer base. We may, therefore, not be able to generate sufficient sales to support our new retail store locations. There are also a significant number of sporting goods stores, mass merchandisers and other better funded companies that could decide to enter into or expand their equestrian products offerings. Liquidating inventory sales by our former competitors may cause us temporarily to lose business and perhaps even to lose customers. In addition, if our continuing competitors reduce their prices, we may have to reduce our prices in order to compete. We may also be forced to increase our advertising or mail a greater number of catalogs in order to generate the same or even lower level of sales. Any one of these competitive factors could adversely affect our revenues and profitability. It is possible that increased competition or improved performance by our competitors may reduce our market share, may reduce our profit margin, and may adversely affect our business and financial performance in other ways.
If we cannot successfully execute our planned retail store expansion, our growth and profitability would be adversely impacted.
          We currently have eleven retail stores and have identified additional locations throughout the U.S. where we plan to open new stores over the next several years. A significant percentage of our projected future growth is expected to be generated from these new locations. If we experience delays in opening new stores, fail to select appropriate sites, encounter problems in opening new locations, or have trouble achieving anticipated sales volume in new locations, our growth and profitability will be adversely

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impacted. Four of our six retail stores opened in areas previously served only by direct sales and so our experience observing the effects of new stores on our overall sales revenues is limited. Any one or more of the new stores we intend to open may not be profitable, in which event our operating results may suffer.
Our ability to expand our retail presence depends in part on the following factors:
    our ability to identify suitable locations in key markets with attractive demographics and which offer attractive returns on our investments;
 
    the availability of suitable locations at price points consistent with our expansion model;
 
    our ability to negotiate favorable lease and construction terms for such locations;
 
    our ability to execute sale/leaseback transactions on satisfactory terms, if at all;
 
    competition for such locations;
 
    the timely construction of such retail stores;
 
    our ability to receive local and state government permits and approvals in connection with such locations;
 
    our ability to attract, train, and retain skilled and knowledgeable store personnel;
 
    our ability to provide a product mix that meets the needs of our customers; and
 
    favorable economic conditions.
          In addition, each retail store is expected to require approximately $900,000 to $1,500,000 of capital, including start up costs, leasehold improvements and inventory, and excluding the cost of the real estate. If actual costs are higher than expected or if sales in such stores are lower than expected, we may not be able to open as many retail stores as anticipated or we will need to raise additional capital in order to continue our growth.
We may be unable to continue to open new stores and enter new markets successfully.
          An important part of our business plan is to increase our number of stores and enter new geographic markets. Since the IPO, we have opened three new stores and remodeled, expanded and converted four stores from the Dominion Saddlery acquisition. In the future, we plan to open additional stores. For our growth strategy to be successful, we must identify and lease or buy favorable store sites, hire and train associates and adapt management and operational systems to meet the needs of our expanded operations. These tasks may be difficult to accomplish successfully, and may also be restricted by covenants and conditions in our loan agreements. If we are unable to open new stores as quickly as planned, our future sales and profits could be materially adversely affected. Even if we succeed in opening new stores, these new stores may not achieve the same sales or profit levels as our existing stores. Also, our expansion strategy includes opening new stores in markets where we already have a presence so we can take advantage of economies of scale in marketing, distribution and supervision costs. However, these new stores may result in the loss of sales in existing stores in nearby areas.
Our operating results may be impacted by changes in the economy.
          Our operating results are directly impacted by the health of and confidence in the North American economy. Current economic conditions may adversely affect our business and our results of operations.
A decline in discretionary consumer spending and related externalities could reduce our revenues.
          Our revenues depend to a degree on discretionary consumer spending, which may decrease due to a variety of factors beyond our control. These include unfavorable general business conditions, increases in interest rates, increases in inflation, stock market uncertainty, war, terrorism, fears of war or terrorism, increases in consumer debt levels and decreases in the availability of consumer credit, adverse or unseasonable weather conditions, adverse changes in applicable laws and regulations, increases in taxation, adverse

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unemployment trends and other factors that adversely influence consumer confidence and spending. Any one of these factors could result in adverse fluctuations in our revenues generally. Our revenues also depend on the extent to which discretionary consumer spending is directed towards recreational activities generally and equestrian activities and products in particular. Reductions in the amounts of discretionary spending directed to such activities would reduce our revenues.
          Our customers’ purchases of discretionary items, including our products, may decline during periods when disposable income is lower, or periods of actual or perceived unfavorable economic conditions. If this occurs, our revenues would decline, which may have a material adverse effect on our business.
Our stock price may fluctuate based on market expectations.
          The public trading of our stock is based in large part on market expectations that our business will continue to grow and that we will achieve certain levels of net income. If the securities analysts that regularly follow our stock lower their ratings or lower their projections for future growth and financial performance, the market price of our stock is likely to drop significantly. In addition, if our quarterly financial performance does not meet the expectations of securities analysts, our stock price would likely decline. The decrease in the stock price may be disproportionate to the shortfall in our financial performance.
Technology failures and privacy and security breaches could adversely affect the company’s business.
          A significant part of our overall revenues derives from our website sales. The success of our online business depends in part on factors over which we have limited control. These factors include changing customer preferences, changing buying trends related to Internet usage, changes in technology interfaces, technology failures or human errors, security breaches and consumer privacy concerns. Any failure to respond successfully to these risks and uncertainties might adversely affect sales through our websites, impair our reputation and increase our operating costs.
Item 2. Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
          In connection with its acquisition of a significant non-controlling (forty percent) interest in Hobby Horse Clothing Company, Inc., the Company issued 81,720 shares of unregistered Dover common stock. Because these unregistered shares were issued in a privately negotiated transaction, there was no underwriter or other investment banker or intermediary involved, and the Company did not pay or accrue any underwriting commissions or discounts.
          The issuance of securities described above was deemed to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 as a transaction by an issuer not involving any public offering. The recipient of securities in such transaction represented his intention to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof and appropriate legends were affixed to the share certificates and other instruments issued in such transaction. The sale of these securities was made without general solicitation or advertising.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
          There were no defaults on the Company’s senior securities in the three months ended June 30, 2008.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
          Dover Saddlery, Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 7, 2008. For more information on the following proposal, see the Company’s proxy statement dated April 17, 2008, the relevant portions of which are incorporated herein by reference.

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(1)   The stockholders elected all Class III nominees to the Board of Directors for respective three-year terms expiring in 2011:
                                 
                            BROKER
                            NON-
DIRECTOR   FOR   WITHHELD   ABSTAIN   VOTES*
Stephen L. Day
    3,754,963             230,469        
James F. Powers
    3,755,963             229,469        
 
*   NASDAQ rules do not permit broker voting without specific instructions from beneficial owners but permit brokers that are members of a national securities exchange, such as brokers who are members of the New York Stock Exchange, to follow any alternative rules of that exchange. The Company has not been able to determine how many broker votes cast for Class III Directors were cast pursuant to specific instructions from beneficial owners versus how many were cast by brokers pursuant to the alternative rules of a national securities exchange such as NYSE.
The names, classes and terms of the Directors continuing to serve in office are as follows:
Class I Directors (with terms expiring at the 2009 Annual Meeting, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified):
Gregory F. Mulligan
William F. Meagher, Jr.
Class II Directors (with terms expiring at the 2010 Annual Meeting, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified):
Jonathan A.R. Grylls
John W. Mitchell
David J. Powers
Item 5. Other Information.
          Effective August 7, 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors amended Article 7 of the Company’s By-Laws by adding a new section 7.6 to clarify and confirm that the indemnification rights of the Company’s officers, directors and other persons covered under Article 7 vest automatically as of the time of commencement of their service to the Company. Previously, the Company’s Board of Directors interpreted Article 7 in this same manner, but there was no express provision in Article 7 confirming this interpretation. A complete set of the Company’s By-Laws, as updated to include this Amendment, is attached to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as Exhibit 3.7.
          As previously reported in its Quarterly Report in Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, the Company consummated on April 11, 2008 the acquisition of a significant non-controlling interest in Hobby Horse Clothing Company, Inc., in exchange for 81,720 shares of unregistered Dover common stock. Details of this investment and related obligations are set forth in Note H to the un-audited financial statements in this Report.
          Also as previously reported in its Quarterly Report in Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, the Company received comments from the Securities and Exchange Commission Staff regarding its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 (the “2007 Annual Report”) and regarding its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2008. The Company expects to resolve such comments in the ordinary course, and that such resolution is not likely to result in material changes to either such report.
          Pursuant to an Audit Committee-approved related party transaction for Dover’s $5,000,000 sub-debt facility led by BCA Mezzanine Fund, L.P., the interest expensed by the Company for the subordinated notes payable during the three and six months ended June 30, 2008,was $175,000 and $350,000, respectively.
          In order to expedite the efficient build-out of leasehold improvements in its new retail stores, the Company utilizes the services of a real estate development company owned by a non-executive Company employee and minority stockholder to source construction services and retail fixtures. Total payments for the three months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, consisting primarily of reimbursements for materials and outside labor for the fit-up of stores, were $50,000 and $64,000, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 total payments were $144,000 and $271,000, respectively.

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Item 6. Exhibits.
Exhibit List
             
Number   Description        
 
   
*1.1
  Form of Underwriting Agreement
 
   
*3.1
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
 
   
*3.2
  Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
 
   
*3.3
  Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to be filed upon completion of this offering
 
   
*3.4
  By-laws of the Company
 
   
*3.5
  Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company to be effective upon completion of this offering
 
   
***3.6
  Amendment to By-Laws of the Company
 
   
^3.7
  Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company
 
   
*4.1
  Shareholders Agreement, dated as of September 17, 1998, by and among the Company, Stephen L. Day, Jonathan A.R. Grylls, David Post, Donald Motsenbocker, Thomas Gaines, David J. Powers, James F. Powers, and Michele R. Powers
 
   
*4.2
  First Amendment to Shareholders Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2003, by and among the Company, Stephen L. Day, Jonathan A.R. Grylls, David Post, Thomas Gaines, David J. Powers, James F. Powers, and Michele R. Powers
 
   
*4.3
  Second Amendment to Shareholders Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2005, by and among a majority in interest of the Purchasers (as defined therein) and a majority in interest of the Sellers (as defined therein)
 
   
*4.4
  Instrument of accession, dated as of September 16, 2005, signed by Citizens Ventures, Inc. and accepted by the Company, to that certain Shareholders Agreement, dated as of September 17, 1998, by and among the Company and the Shareholders referenced therein, as amended
 
   
*4.5
  Form of Common Stock Certificate
 
   
*4.6
  Warrant to purchase common stock of the Company issued to Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.
 
   
*4.7
  Amended and Restated 11.50% Senior Secured Subordinated Note, dated September 16, 2005, issued jointly by the Company, Dover Massachusetts and Smith Brothers, Inc. to Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.
 
   
**4.8
  Mezzanine Promissory Note
 
   
**4.9
  Specimen Common Stock Purchase Warrant
 
   
**4.10
  Registration Rights Agreement
 
   
*5.1
  Opinion of Bingham McCutchen LLP
 
   
*5.2
  Opinion of Preti Flaherty Beliveau Pachios & Haley LLP
 
   
*†10.1
  1999 Stock Option Plan (the “1999 Plan”)
 
   
*†10.2
  Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 1999 Plan
 
   
*†10.3
  2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2005 Plan”)
 
   
*†10.4
  Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 2005 Plan

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Number   Description        
 
   
*†10.5
  Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under the 2005 Plan
 
   
*10.6
  Lease, dated as of May 29, 1997, by and between Dover Massachusetts and CE Holman, LLP
 
   
*10.7
  Lease, dated as of October 12, 2001, by and between David F. Post and Dover Massachusetts
 
   
*10.8
  Lease, dated as of March 1, 2003, by and between Smith Brothers, Inc. and JDS Properties, LLC
 
   
*10.9
  Letter dated February 9, 2005 from the Company to JDS Properties, LLC regarding lease extension
 
   
*10.10
  Lease, dated as of June 22, 2002, by and between Hockessin Square, L.L.C. and Dover Massachusetts
 
   
*10.11
  Letter dated January 25, 2005 from the Company to Hockessin Square, L.L.C. regarding lease extension
 
   
*10.12
  Lease, dated as of November 24, 2003, by and between North Conway Holdings, Inc. and Dover Massachusetts
 
   
*10.13
  Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 14, 1998, by and among the Company, James F. Powers, David J. Powers and Michele R. Powers
 
   
*10.14
  First Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 14, 1998, by and among the Company, James F. Powers, David J. Powers and Michele R. Powers
 
   
*10.15
  Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 17, 1998, by and among the Company, James F. Powers, David J. Powers and Michele R. Powers
 
   
*10.16
  Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2003, by and between Dover Massachusetts and Fleet National Bank
 
   
*10.17
  Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2003, by and between Dover Massachusetts and Fleet National Bank
 
   
*10.18
  Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2003, by and between Dover Massachusetts and Fleet National Bank
 
   
*10.19
  Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2003, by and between the Company and Fleet National Bank
 
   
*10.20
  Shareholder Pledge Agreement, dated as of September 17, 1998, by and among Stephen L. Day, Jonathan A.R. Grylls, David J. Powers, James F. Powers, Michele R. Powers and BankBoston, N.A.
 
   
*10.21
  Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note, dated as of December 11, 2003, by Dover Massachusetts for the benefit of Fleet National Bank
 
   
*10.22
  Letter agreement, dated as of September 16, 2005, by and between Dover Massachusetts and Bank of America, N.A. (successor by merger to Fleet National Bank)
 
   
*10.23
  Security Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2003, by and between Smith Brothers, Inc. and Fleet National Bank
 
   
*10.24
  Guaranty, dated as of December 11, 2003, by Smith Brothers, Inc. to Fleet National Bank
 
   
*10.25
  Redemption Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2005, by and between the Company and Citizens Ventures, Inc.
 
   
*10.26
  Letter agreement, dated as of September 14, 2005, by and between the Company and Citizens Ventures, Inc., amending that certain Redemption Agreement, dated as of August 26, 2005, by and between the Company and Citizens Ventures, Inc.
 
   
*10.27
  License Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2003, by and between Weatherbeeta PTY LTD and the Company
 
   
*10.28
  Settlement Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2003, by and between Libertyville Saddle Shop, Inc. and the Company
 
   
†*10.29
  Employment Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2005, by and between Stephen L. Day and the Company

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Number   Description        
 
   
†*10.30
  Employment Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2005, by and between Jonathan A.R. Grylls and the Company
 
   
*10.31
  Amended and Restated Subordination Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2005, by and among Bank of America, N.A. (successor by merger to Fleet National Bank), Patriot Capital Funding, Inc. (successor in interest to Wilton Funding, LLC) and Dover Massachusetts, acknowledged by the Company and Smith Brothers, Inc.
 
   
*10.32
  Amended and Restated Senior Subordinated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2005, by and among the Company, Dover Massachusetts, Smith Brothers, Inc., Patriot Capital Funding, Inc. and the Purchasers referenced therein
 
   
*10.33
  Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2005, by and among the Company, Dover Massachusetts, Smith Brothers, Inc. and Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.
 
   
##10.34(1)
  Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement dated as of September 1, 2005 with Stephen L. Day
 
   
##10.35(2)
  Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement dated as of September 1, 2005 with Jonathan A.R. Grylls
 
   
##10.36(4)
  Second Amendment dated as of March 28, 2006 to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement with Bank of America
 
   
##10.37(5)
  Amendment No. 1 dated as of March 28, 2006 to Amended and Restated Senior Subordinated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.
 
   
++10.38
  Agreement of Lease dated March 29, 2006 by and between the Company and Sparks Lot Seven, LLC
 
   
^^10.39
  Commercial Lease executed as of March 9, 2001 between Marvid Crabyl, LLC and Dover Saddlery, Inc., as amended and extended
 
   
^^10.40
  Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of May 19, 2006 among Dover Saddlery, Inc., Dover Saddlery Retain, Inc., Old Dominion Enterprises, Inc. and Reynolds Young, as amended
 
   
^^10.41
  Lease made as of June 2006 between Humphrey and Rodgers and Dover Saddlery Retail, Inc.
 
   
^^10.42
  Agreement of Lease for Shopping Center Space between Sequel Investors Limited Partnership and Old Dominion Enterprises, Inc. Dated as of May 20, 1997
 
   
^^10.43
  LB’s of Virginia Building Lease Agreement dated November 1, 2000, as amended
 
   
^^10.44
  Lease agreement made July 10, 2006 between Hopkins Roads Associates and Dover Saddlery Retail, Inc.
 
   
^^10.45(5)
  Consent and Amendment No. 2, dated June 29, 2006, to Amended and Restated Senior Subordinated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.
 
   
^^10.46(6)
  Waiver letter dated as of June 27, 2006 between Bank of America, N.A. and Dover Saddlery, Inc.
 
   
+10.47(7)
  First Amendment and Extension to Lease Agreement dated September 2006 between C.E. Holman Limited Partnership and Dover Saddlery, Inc.
 
   
#10.48(4)
  Third Amendment dated as of March 29, 2007 to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of December 11, 2003, with Bank of America
 
   
#10.49(5)
  Waiver and Amendment No. 3 dated March 30, 2007 to the Amended and Restated Senior Subordinated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.
 
   
###10.50(6)
  Waiver by Bank of America dated May 14, 2007
 
   
###10.51(8)
  Waiver and Consent by Patriot Capital Funding, Inc. dated May 15, 2007
 
   
^^^10.52(6)
  Waiver by Bank of America dated August 9, 2007
 
   
^^^10.53(8)
  Waiver and Consent by Patriot Capital Funding, Inc. dated August 10, 2007

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Number   Description
     
^^^10.54(9)
  Renewal of Lease for Shopping Center Space executed August 3, 2007 between Sequel Investors Limited Partnership and Old Dominion Enterprises, Inc.
     
^^^10.55
  Shopping Center Lease Agreement dated May 30, 2007 between Pavillion North, Ltd., and Dover Saddlery Retail, Inc.
     
^^^10.56
  First Amendment dated June 25, 2007 to Shopping Center Lease Agreement between Pavillion North, Ltd. and Dover Saddlery Retail, Inc. which amends Exhibit 10.55 filed herewith
     
+++10.57(7)
  Second Amendment and Extension of Lease Agreement dated August 30, 2007 between C.E. Holman Limited Partnership, and Dover Saddlery Retail, Inc.
     
+++10.58(6)
  Waiver and Amendment to Bank of America Loan Agreement dated November 9, 2007
     
**10.59
  Loan and Security Agreement dated December 11, 2007 between RBS Citizens Bank N.A and Dover Saddlery, Inc.
     
**10.60
  Revolving Credit Note dated December 11, 2007 between RBS Citizens Bank N.A. and Dover Saddlery, Inc.
     
**10.61
  Intercreditor, Subordination and Standby Agreement dated December 11, 2007 between RBS Citizens Bank N.A. and Dover Saddlery, Inc.
     
**10.62
  Mezzanine Loan Agreement dated December 11, 2007 between BCA Mezzanine Fund, L.P. and Dover Saddlery, Inc.
     
**10.63
  Mezzanine Security Agreement dated December 11, 2007 between BCA Mezzanine Fund, L.P. and Dover Saddlery, Inc.
     
#14.1(3)
  Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
     
##21.1
  Subsidiaries of the Company
     
*23.1
  Consent of Bingham McCutchen LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
     
&23.2
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
     
*23.3
  Consent of Preti Flaherty Beliveau Pachios & Haley PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.2)
     
*24.1
  Power of Attorney
     
^31.1
  Certification of Principal Executive Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)
     
^31.2
  Certification of Principal Financial Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)
     
^32.1
  Certification by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
     
*99.1
  Consent of William F. Meagher, Jr.
     
 
^   Filed herewith
*
  Incorporated by reference herein to the exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-127888)
     
&
  Filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 on March 31, 2008
     
**
  Filed with the Company’s Form 8-K Current Report on December 14, 2007
     
***
  Filed with the Company’s Form 8-K Current Report on December 28, 2007
     
+++
  Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2007 on November 13, 2007
     
^^^   Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2007 on August 14, 2007

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Number   Description        
 
   
###
  Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2007 on May 15, 2007
 
   
##
  Filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 on April 2, 2007
 
   
#
  Filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 on March 30, 2006
 
   
++
  Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2006, on May 15, 2006
 
   
^^
  Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006 , on August 14, 2006
 
   
+
  Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2006, on November 13, 2006
 
   
  Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement
 
   
(1)
  Amends Employment Agreement filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 on August 26, 2005 as Exhibit 10.30
 
   
(2)
  Amends Employment Agreement filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 on August 26, 2005 as Exhibit 10.31
 
   
(3)
  Amends and restates Code of Conduct and Ethics filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A on October 2, 2005 as Exhibit 14.1
 
   
(4)
  Amends Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of December 11, 2003, with Fleet National Bank, filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 on August 26, 2005 as Exhibit 10.18
 
   
(5)
  Amends Amended and Restated Senior Subordinated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of September 16, 2005, with Patriot Capital Funding, Inc., filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A on October 5, 2005 as Exhibit 10.32.
 
   
(6)
  Pertains to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of December 11, 2003, with Fleet National Bank, filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 on August 26, 2005 as Exhibit 10.16
 
   
(7)
  Amends Lease dated as of May 29, 1997, by and between Dover Massachusetts and CE Holman LLP, filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 on August 26, 2005 as Exhibit 10.6
 
   
(8)
  Pertains to Amended and Restated Senior Subordinated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of September 16, 2005, with Patriot Capital Funding, Inc., filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A on October 5, 2005 as Exhibit 10.32.
 
   
(9)
  Amends and renews Lease Agreement for Shopping Center Space between Sequel Investors Limited Partnership and Old Dominion Enterprises, Inc. dated as of May 20, 1997, as filed on August 14, 2006 with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006 as Exhibit 10.42.

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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, thereunto duly authorized.
         
  DOVER SADDLERY, INC.
 
 
Dated: August 13, 2008  By:   /s/ Michael W. Bruns    
    Michael W. Bruns, Chief Financial Officer   
    (Principal Financial Officer)   

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Exhibit Index
     
Number   Description
 
   
 
   
*1.1
  Form of Underwriting Agreement
 
   
*3.1
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
 
   
*3.2
  Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
 
   
*3.3
  Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to be filed upon completion of this offering
 
   
*3.4
  By-laws of the Company
 
   
*3.5
  Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company to be effective upon completion of this offering
 
   
***3.6
  Amendment to By-Laws of the Company
 
   
^ 3.7
  Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company
 
   
*4.1
  Shareholders Agreement, dated as of September 17, 1998, by and among the Company, Stephen L. Day, Jonathan A.R. Grylls, David Post, Donald Motsenbocker, Thomas Gaines, David J. Powers, James F. Powers, and Michele R. Powers
 
   
*4.2
  First Amendment to Shareholders Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2003, by and among the Company, Stephen L. Day, Jonathan A.R. Grylls, David Post, Thomas Gaines, David J. Powers, James F. Powers, and Michele R. Powers
 
   
*4.3
  Second Amendment to Shareholders Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2005, by and among a majority in interest of the Purchasers (as defined therein) and a majority in interest of the Sellers (as defined therein)
 
   
*4.4
  Instrument of accession, dated as of September 16, 2005, signed by Citizens Ventures, Inc. and accepted by the Company, to that certain Shareholders Agreement, dated as of September 17, 1998, by and among the Company and the Shareholders referenced therein, as amended
 
   
*4.5
  Form of Common Stock Certificate
 
   
*4.6
  Warrant to purchase common stock of the Company issued to Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.
 
   
*4.7
  Amended and Restated 11.50% Senior Secured Subordinated Note, dated September 16, 2005, issued jointly by the Company, Dover Massachusetts and Smith Brothers, Inc. to Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.
 
   
**4.8
  Mezzanine Promissory Note
 
   
**4.9
  Specimen Common Stock Purchase Warrant
 
   
**4.10
  Registration Rights Agreement
 
   
*5.1
  Opinion of Bingham McCutchen LLP
 
   
*5.2
  Opinion of Preti Flaherty Beliveau Pachios & Haley LLP
 
   
*†10.1
  1999 Stock Option Plan (the “1999 Plan”)
 
   
*†10.2
  Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 1999 Plan
 
   
*†10.3
  2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2005 Plan”)
 
   
*†10.4
  Form of Stock Option Agreement under the 2005 Plan
 
   
*†10.5
  Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under the 2005 Plan

 


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Number   Description
 
   
*10.6
  Lease, dated as of May 29, 1997, by and between Dover Massachusetts and CE Holman, LLP
 
   
*10.7
  Lease, dated as of October 12, 2001, by and between David F. Post and Dover Massachusetts
 
   
*10.8
  Lease, dated as of March 1, 2003, by and between Smith Brothers, Inc. and JDS Properties, LLC
 
   
*10.9
  Letter dated February 9, 2005 from the Company to JDS Properties, LLC regarding lease extension
 
   
*10.10
  Lease, dated as of June 22, 2002, by and between Hockessin Square, L.L.C. and Dover Massachusetts
 
   
*10.11
  Letter dated January 25, 2005 from the Company to Hockessin Square, L.L.C. regarding lease extension
 
   
*10.12
  Lease, dated as of November 24, 2003, by and between North Conway Holdings, Inc. and Dover Massachusetts
 
   
*10.13
  Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 14, 1998, by and among the Company, James F. Powers, David J. Powers and Michele R. Powers
 
   
*10.14
  First Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 14, 1998, by and among the Company, James F. Powers, David J. Powers and Michele R. Powers
 
   
*10.15
  Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 17, 1998, by and among the Company, James F. Powers, David J. Powers and Michele R. Powers
 
   
*10.16
  Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2003, by and between Dover Massachusetts and Fleet National Bank
 
   
*10.17
  Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2003, by and between Dover Massachusetts and Fleet National Bank
 
   
*10.18
  Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2003, by and between Dover Massachusetts and Fleet National Bank
 
   
*10.19
  Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2003, by and between the Company and Fleet National Bank
 
   
*10.20
  Shareholder Pledge Agreement, dated as of September 17, 1998, by and among Stephen L. Day, Jonathan A.R. Grylls, David J. Powers, James F. Powers, Michele R. Powers and BankBoston, N.A.
 
   
*10.21
  Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note, dated as of December 11, 2003, by Dover Massachusetts for the benefit of Fleet National Bank
 
   
*10.22
  Letter agreement, dated as of September 16, 2005, by and between Dover Massachusetts and Bank of America, N.A. (successor by merger to Fleet National Bank)
 
   
*10.23
  Security Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2003, by and between Smith Brothers, Inc. and Fleet National Bank
 
   
*10.24
  Guaranty, dated as of December 11, 2003, by Smith Brothers, Inc. to Fleet National Bank
 
   
*10.25
  Redemption Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2005, by and between the Company and Citizens Ventures, Inc.
 
   
*10.26
  Letter agreement, dated as of September 14, 2005, by and between the Company and Citizens Ventures, Inc., amending that certain Redemption Agreement, dated as of August 26, 2005, by and between the Company and Citizens Ventures, Inc.
 
   
*10.27
  License Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2003, by and between Weatherbeeta PTY LTD and the Company
 
   
*10.28
  Settlement Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2003, by and between Libertyville Saddle Shop, Inc. and the Company
 
   
†*10.29
  Employment Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2005, by and between Stephen L. Day and the Company
 
   
†*10.30
  Employment Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2005, by and between Jonathan A.R. Grylls and the Company

 


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Number   Description
 
   
*10.31
  Amended and Restated Subordination Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2005, by and among Bank of America, N.A. (successor by merger to Fleet National Bank), Patriot Capital Funding, Inc. (successor in interest to Wilton Funding, LLC) and Dover Massachusetts, acknowledged by the Company and Smith Brothers, Inc.
 
   
*10.32
  Amended and Restated Senior Subordinated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2005, by and among the Company, Dover Massachusetts, Smith Brothers, Inc., Patriot Capital Funding, Inc. and the Purchasers referenced therein
 
   
*10.33
  Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2005, by and among the Company, Dover Massachusetts, Smith Brothers, Inc. and Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.
 
   
##10.34(1)
  Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement dated as of September 1, 2005 with Stephen L. Day
 
   
##10.35(2)
  Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement dated as of September 1, 2005 with Jonathan A.R. Grylls
 
   
##10.36(4)
  Second Amendment dated as of March 28, 2006 to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement with Bank of America
 
   
##10.37(5)
  Amendment No. 1 dated as of March 28, 2006 to Amended and Restated Senior Subordinated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.
 
   
++10.38
  Agreement of Lease dated March 29, 2006 by and between the Company and Sparks Lot Seven, LLC
 
   
^^10.39
  Commercial Lease executed as of March 9, 2001 between Marvid Crabyl, LLC and Dover Saddlery, Inc., as amended and extended
 
   
^^10.40
  Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of May 19, 2006 among Dover Saddlery, Inc., Dover Saddlery Retain, Inc., Old Dominion Enterprises, Inc. and Reynolds Young, as amended
 
   
^^10.41
  Lease made as of June 2006 between Humphrey and Rodgers and Dover Saddlery Retail, Inc.
 
   
^^10.42
  Agreement of Lease for Shopping Center Space between Sequel Investors Limited Partnership and Old Dominion Enterprises, Inc. Dated as of May 20, 1997
 
^^10.43
  LB’s of Virginia Building Lease Agreement dated November 1, 2000, as amended.
 
   
^^10.44
  Lease agreement made July 10, 2006 between Hopkins Roads Associates and Dover Saddlery Retail, Inc.
 
   
^^10.45(5)
  Consent and Amendment No. 2, dated June 29, 2006, to Amended and Restated Senior Subordinated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.
 
   
^^10.46(6)
  Waiver letter dated as of June 27, 2006 between Bank of America, N.A. and Dover Saddlery, Inc.
 
   
+10.47(7)
  First Amendment and Extension to Lease Agreement dated September 2006 between C.E. Holman Limited Partnership and Dover Saddlery, Inc.
 
   
#10.48(4)
  Third Amendment dated as of March 29, 2007 to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of December 11, 2003, with Bank of America
 
   
#10.49(5)
  Waiver and Amendment No. 3 dated March 30, 2007 to the Amended and Restated Senior Subordinated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with Patriot Capital Funding, Inc.
 
   
###10.50(6)
  Waiver by Bank of America dated May 14, 2007
 
   
###10.51(8)
  Waiver and Consent by Patriot Capital Funding, Inc. dated May 15, 2007
 
   
^^^10.52(6)
  Waiver by Bank of America dated August 9, 2007
 
   
^^^10.53(8)
  Waiver and Consent by Patriot Capital Funding, Inc. dated August 10, 2007
 
   
^^^10.54(9)
  Renewal of Lease for Shopping Center Space executed August 3, 2007 between Sequel Investors Limited Partnership and Old Dominion Enterprises, Inc.

 


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Number   Description
     
^^^10.55
  Shopping Center Lease Agreement dated May 30, 2007 between Pavillion North, Ltd., and Dover Saddlery Retail, Inc.
     
^^^10.56
  First Amendment dated June 25, 2007 to Shopping Center Lease Agreement between Pavillion North, Ltd. and Dover Saddlery Retail, Inc. which amends Exhibit 10.55 filed herewith
     
+++10.57(7)
  Second Amendment and Extension of Lease Agreement dated August 30, 2007 between C.E. Holman Limited Partnership, and Dover Saddlery Retail, Inc.
     
+++10.58(6)
  Waiver and Amendment to Bank of America Loan Agreement dated November 9, 2007
     
**10.59
  Loan and Security Agreement dated December 11, 2007 between RBS Citizens Bank N.A and Dover Saddlery, Inc.
     
**10.60
  Revolving Credit Note dated December 11, 2007 between RBS Citizens Bank N.A. and Dover Saddlery, Inc.
     
**10.61
  Intercreditor, Subordination and Standby Agreement dated December 11, 2007 between RBS Citizens Bank N.A. and Dover Saddlery, Inc.
     
**10.62
  Mezzanine Loan Agreement dated December 11, 2007 between BCA Mezzanine Fund, L.P. and Dover Saddlery, Inc.
     
**10.63
  Mezzanine Security Agreement dated December 11, 2007 between BCA Mezzanine Fund, L.P. and Dover Saddlery, Inc.
     
#14.1(3)
  Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
     
##21.1
  Subsidiaries of the Company
     
*23.1
  Consent of Bingham McCutchen LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
     
&23.2
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
     
*23.3
  Consent of Preti Flaherty Beliveau Pachios & Haley PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.2)
     
*24.1
  Power of Attorney
     
^31.1
  Certification of Principal Executive Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)
     
^31.2
  Certification of Principal Financial Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)
     
^32.1
  Certification by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Periodic Report Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
     
*99.1
  Consent of William F. Meagher, Jr.
     
 
^   Filed herewith
*
  Incorporated by reference herein to the exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-127888)
     
&
  Filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 on March 31, 2008
     
**
  Filed with the Company’s Form 8-K Current Report on December 14, 2007
     
***
  Filed with the Company’s Form 8-K Current Report on December 28, 2007
     
+++
  Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2007 on November 13, 2007
     
^^^
  Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2007 on August 14, 2007
     
###
  Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2007 on May 15, 2007

 


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Number   Description
 
##
  Filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 on April 2, 2007
 
   
#
  Filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 on March 30, 2006
 
   
++
  Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2006, on May 15, 2006
 
   
^^
  Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006 , on August 14, 2006
 
   
+
  Filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2006, on November 13, 2006
 
   
  Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement
 
   
(1)
  Amends Employment Agreement filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 on August 26, 2005 as Exhibit 10.30
 
   
(2)
  Amends Employment Agreement filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 on August 26, 2005 as Exhibit 10.31
 
   
(3)
  Amends and restates Code of Conduct and Ethics filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A on October 2, 2005 as Exhibit 14.1
 
   
(4)
  Amends Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of December 11, 2003, with Fleet National Bank, filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 on August 26, 2005 as Exhibit 10.18
 
   
(5)
  Amends Amended and Restated Senior Subordinated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of September 16, 2005, with Patriot Capital Funding, Inc., filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A on October 5, 2005 as Exhibit 10.32.
 
   
(6)
  Pertains to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of December 11, 2003, with Fleet National Bank, filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 on August 26, 2005 as Exhibit 10.16
 
   
(7)
  Amends Lease dated as of May 29, 1997, by and between Dover Massachusetts and CE Holman LLP, filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 on August 26, 2005 as Exhibit 10.6
 
   
(8)
  Pertains to Amended and Restated Senior Subordinated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of September 16, 2005, with Patriot Capital Funding, Inc., filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A on October 5, 2005 as Exhibit 10.32.
 
   
(9)
  Amends and Renews Lease Agreement for Shopping Center Space between Sequel Investors Limited Partnership and Old Dominion Enterprises, Inc. dated May 20, 1997, as filed on August 14, 2006 with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006 as Exhibit 10.42.

 

EX-3.7 2 b71153dsexv3w7.htm EX-3.7 AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF THE COMPANY exv3w7
Exhibit 3.7
DOVER SADDLERY, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
ARTICLE I. — GENERAL.
1.1. OFFICES. The registered office of Dover Saddlery, Inc. (the “Company”) shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware. The Company 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 Company may require.
1.2. SEAL. The seal, if any, of the Company shall be in the form of a circle and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Company, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.”
1.3. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the Company shall be the period from January 1 through December 31.
ARTICLE II. — STOCKHOLDERS.
2.1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Each meeting of the stockholders shall be held upon notice as hereinafter provided, at such place as the Board of Directors shall have determined and as shall be stated in such notice.
2.2. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held each year on such date and at such time as the Board of Directors may determine. At each annual meeting the stockholders entitled to vote shall elect such members of the Board of Directors as are standing for election, by plurality vote by ballot, and they may transact such other corporate business as may properly be brought before the meeting. At the annual meeting any business may be transacted, irrespective of whether the notice calling such meeting shall have contained a reference thereto, except where notice is required by law, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, or these by-laws.


 

 

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2.3. QUORUM. At all meetings of the stockholders the holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum requisite for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by law, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, or these by-laws. Whether or not there is such a quorum at any meeting, the chairman of the meeting or the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, by a majority vote, may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the 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. At such adjourned meeting, at which the requisite amount of voting stock shall be represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted if the meeting had been held as originally called. The stockholders present in person or by proxy at a duly called meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
2.4. RIGHT TO VOTE; PROXIES. Subject to the provisions of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, each holder of a share or shares of capital stock of the Company having the right to vote at any meeting shall be entitled to one vote for each such share of stock held by him. Any stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders may vote either in person or by proxy, but no proxy that is dated more than three years prior to the meeting at which it is offered shall confer the right to vote thereat unless the proxy provides that it shall be effective for a longer period. A proxy may be granted by a writing executed by the stockholder or his authorized agent or by transmission or authorization of transmission of a telegram, cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization, or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 212 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as it may be amended from time to time (the “DGCL”).
2.5. VOTING. At all meetings of stockholders, except as otherwise expressly provided for by statute, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, or these by-laws, (i) in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on such matter shall be the act of the stockholders and (ii) 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 on the election of directors.
2.6. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETINGS. Written notice of the annual meeting of the stockholders shall be mailed to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at such address as appears on the stock books of the Company at least ten (10)


 

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days (and not more than sixty (60) days) prior to the meeting. The Board of Directors may postpone any annual meeting of the stockholders at its discretion, even after notice thereof has been mailed. It shall be the duty of every stockholder to furnish to the Secretary of the Company or to the transfer agent, if any, of the class of stock owned by him and his post-office address, and to notify the Secretary of any change therein. Notice need not be given to any stockholder who submits a written waiver of notice signed by him before or after the time stated therein. Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder attends the meeting 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. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice.
2.7. STOCKHOLDERS’ LIST. A complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder, and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder, shall be prepared by the Secretary and shall be open to examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten days before such 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, or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal office of the corporation, and said list shall be open to examination during the whole time of said meeting, at the place of said meeting, or, if the meeting held is by remote communication, on a reasonably accessible electronic network and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.
2.8. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise provided by statute, may be called only by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, or a majority of the Board of Directors. Any such person or persons may postpone any special meeting of the stockholders at its or their discretion, even after notice thereof has been mailed.
2.9. NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS. Written notice of a special meeting of stockholders, stating the time and place and object thereof shall be mailed, postage prepaid, not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before such meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat, at such address as appears on the books of the Company. No business may be transacted at such meeting except that referred to in said notice, or in a supplemental notice given also in compliance with the provisions hereof, or such other business as may be germane or supplementary to that stated in said notice or notices. Notice need not be given to any stockholder who submits a written waiver of notice signed by him before or after the time stated therein. Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting,


 

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except when the stockholder attends the meeting 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. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice.
2.10. INSPECTORS.
1. One or more inspectors may be appointed by the Board of Directors before or at any meeting of stockholders, or, if no such appointment shall have been made, the presiding officer may make such appointment at the meeting. At the meeting for which the inspector or inspectors are appointed, he or they shall open and close the polls, receive and take charge of the proxies and ballots, and decide all questions touching on the qualifications of voters, the validity of proxies, and the acceptance and rejection of votes. If any inspector previously appointed shall fail to attend or refuse or be unable to serve, the presiding officer shall appoint an inspector in his place.
2. At any time at which the Company has a class of voting stock that is (i) listed on a national securities exchange, (ii) authorized for quotation on an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association, or (iii) held of record by more than 2,000 stockholders, the provisions of Section 231 of the DGCL with respect to inspectors of election and voting procedures shall apply, in lieu of the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Section 2.10.
2.11. STOCKHOLDERS’ CONSENT IN LIEU OF MEETING. Unless otherwise provided in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company, or any action that may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken only at such a meeting, and not by written consent of stockholders.
2.12. PROCEDURES. For nominations for the Board of Directors or for other business to be properly brought by a stockholder before a meeting of stockholders, the stockholder must first have given timely written notice thereof to the Secretary of the Company. To be timely, a notice of nominations or other business to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders must be delivered to the Secretary not less than 120 nor more than 150 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the Company’s proxy statement delivered to stockholders in connection with the preceding year’s annual meeting, or if the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary, or if no proxy statement was delivered to stockholders by the Company in connection with the preceding year’s annual meeting, such notice must be delivered not earlier than 90 days prior to such annual meeting and not later than the later of (i) 60 days prior to the annual meeting or (ii) 10 days following the date on which public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is first made by the Company. With respect to special meetings of


 

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stockholders, such notice must be delivered to the Secretary not more than 90 days prior to such meeting and not later than the later of (i) 60 days prior to such meeting or (ii) 10 days following the date on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Company. Such notice must contain the name and address of the stockholder delivering the notice and a statement with respect to the amount of the Company’s stock beneficially and/or legally owned by such stockholder, the nature of any such beneficial ownership of such stock, the beneficial ownership of any such stock legally held by such stockholder but beneficially owned by one or more others, and the length of time for which all such stock has been beneficially and/or legally owned by such stockholder, and information about each nominee for election as a director substantially equivalent to that which would be required in a proxy statement pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and/or a description of the proposed business to be brought before the meeting, as the case may be.
ARTICLE III. — DIRECTORS.
3.1. NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, or these by-laws, the property and business of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of a board of directors. Directors need not be stockholders, residents of Delaware, or citizens of the United States. The use of the phrase “whole board” herein refers to the total number of directors which the Company would have if there were no vacancies.
(b) The number of directors constituting the full Board of Directors shall be as determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes of directors, as determined by the Board of Directors, such classes to be as nearly equal in number of directors as possible, having staggered three-year terms of office, the term of office of the directors of the first such class to expire as of the first annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders following the closing of the IPO, those of the second class to expire as of the second annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders following such closing, and those of the third class as of the third annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders following such closing, such that at each annual meeting of stockholders after such closing, nominees will stand for election to succeed those directors whose terms are to expire as of such meeting. Members of the Board of Directors shall hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders at which their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier death, incapacity, resignation, or removal. Except as the DGCL or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation may otherwise require, in the interim between annual meetings of stockholders or special meetings of stockholders called for the election of directors and/or for the removal of one or more directors and for the filling of any vacancy in that connection, any vacancies in the Board of Directors,


 

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including unfilled vacancies resulting from the removal of directors for cause, may be filled by the vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director.
(c) If the office of any director becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation, disqualification, removal, failure to elect, or otherwise, the remaining directors, although more or less than a quorum, by a majority vote of such remaining directors may elect a successor or successors who shall hold office for the unexpired term.
3.2. RESIGNATION. Any director of the Company may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board, the President, or the Secretary of the Company. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, at the time of receipt if no time is specified therein and at the time of acceptance if the effectiveness of such resignation is conditioned upon its acceptance. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
3.3. REMOVAL. Except as may otherwise be provided by the DGCL or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed only for cause and only by the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the Company’s stock entitled to vote for the election of directors.
3.4. PLACE OF MEETINGS AND BOOKS. The Board of Directors may hold their meetings and keep the books of the Company outside the State of Delaware, at such places as they may from time to time determine.
3.5. GENERAL POWERS. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon them by these by-laws, the board may exercise all such powers of the Company and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or by these by-laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
3.6. OTHER COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole board; such committee or committees shall consist of one or more directors of the Company, and to the extent provided in the resolution or resolutions designating them, shall have and may exercise specific powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Company to the extent permitted by statute and shall have power to authorize the seal of the Company to be affixed to all papers that may require it. 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.


 

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3.7. POWERS DENIED TO COMMITTEES. Committees of the Board of Directors shall not, in any event, have any power or authority to amend the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares adopted by the Board of Directors as provided in Section 151(a) of the DGCL, fix the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the Company or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Company or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or authorize the increase or decrease of the shares of any series), adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease, or exchange of all or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets, recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Company or a revocation of a dissolution, or to amend the by-laws of the Company. Further, no committee of the Board of Directors shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock, or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the DGCL, unless the resolution or resolutions designating such committee expressly so provides.
3.8. SUBSTITUTE COMMITTEE MEMBER. In the absence or on the disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of such absent or disqualified member. Any committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the board as may be required by the board.
3.9. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. The Board of Directors shall have the power to fix the compensation of directors and members of committees of the Board. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
3.10. REGULAR MEETINGS. No notice shall be required for regular meetings of the Board of Directors for which the time and place have been fixed. Written, oral, or any other mode of notice of the time and place shall be given for special meetings in sufficient time for the convenient assembly of the directors thereat. Notice need not be given to any director who submits a written waiver of notice signed by him before or after the time stated therein. Attendance of any such person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when he attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not


 

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lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice.
3.11. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the board may be called by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or the President, on two (2) days notice to each director, or such shorter period of time before the meeting as will nonetheless be sufficient for the convenient assembly of the directors so notified; special meetings shall be called by the Secretary in like manner and on like notice, on the written request of two or more directors.
3.12. QUORUM. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the whole board shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically permitted or provided by statute, or by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, or by these by-laws. If at any meeting of the board there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is obtained, and no further notice thereof need be given other than by announcement at said meeting that shall be so adjourned.
3.13. TELEPHONIC PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS. Members of the Board of Directors or any committee designated by such board may participate in a meeting of the board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this section shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
3.14. ACTION BY CONSENT. Unless otherwise restricted by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, 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 written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board or of such committee as the case may be and such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.
ARTICLE IV. — OFFICERS.
4.1. SELECTION; STATUTORY OFFICERS. The officers of the Company shall be chosen by the Board of Directors. There shall be a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, and there may be a Chairman of the Board of Directors, one or more Vice Chairmen, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, and one or more Assistant Treasurers, as the Board of Directors may elect. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except that the offices of President and Secretary shall not be held by the same person simultaneously.


 

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4.2. TIME OF ELECTION. The officers above named shall be chosen by the Board of Directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders. None of said officers need be a director.
4.3. ADDITIONAL OFFICERS. The board may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board.
4.4. TERMS OF OFFICE. Each officer of the Company shall hold office until his successor is chosen and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors.
4.5. COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS. The Board of Directors shall have power to fix the compensation of all officers of the Company. It may authorize any officer, upon whom the power of appointing subordinate officers may have been conferred, to fix the compensation of such subordinate officers.
4.6. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors, and shall have such other duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Directors.
4.7. VICE-CHAIRMEN. The Vice-Chairmen shall perform such of the duties of the Chairman of the Board on behalf of the Company as may be respectively assigned to them from time to time by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board.
4.8. PRESIDENT. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, the President shall be the chief executive officer and head of the Company. Unless there is a Chairman of the Board, the President shall preside at all meetings of directors and stockholders. Under the supervision of the Board of Directors, the President shall have the general control and management of its business and affairs, subject, however, to the right of the Board of Directors to confer any specific power, except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred on the President, upon any other officer or officers of the Company. The President shall perform and do all acts and things incident to the position of President and such other duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Directors.
4.9. VICE-PRESIDENTS. The Vice-Presidents shall perform such of the duties of the President on behalf of the Company as may be respectively assigned to them from time to time by the Board of Directors or by the President. The Board of Directors may designate one of the Vice-Presidents as the Executive Vice-President, and in the absence or inability of the President to act, such Executive


 

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Vice-President shall have and possess all of the powers and discharge all of the duties of the President, subject to the control of the Board of Directors.
4.10. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of all the funds and securities of the Company that may come into his hands as Treasurer, and the power and authority to endorse checks, drafts and other instruments for the payment of money for deposit or collection when necessary or proper and to deposit the same to the credit of the Company in such bank or banks or depository as the Board of Directors, or the officers or agents to whom the Board of Directors may delegate such authority, may designate, and he may endorse all commercial documents requiring endorsements for or on behalf of the Company. He may sign all receipts and vouchers for the payments made to the Company. He shall render an account of his transactions to the Board of Directors as often as the board or the committee shall require the same. He shall enter regularly in the books to be kept by him for that purpose full and adequate account of all moneys received and paid by him on account of the Company. He shall perform all acts incident to the position of Treasurer, subject to the control of the Board of Directors. He shall when requested, pursuant to vote of the Board of Directors, give a bond to the Company conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, the expense of which bond shall be borne by the Company.
4.11. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders; he shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices of the Company. Except as otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, he shall attest the seal of the Company upon all contracts and instruments executed under such seal and shall affix the seal of the Company thereto and to all certificates of shares of capital stock of the Company. He shall have charge of the stock certificate book, transfer book and stock ledger, and such other books and papers as the Board of Directors may direct. He shall, in general, perform all the duties of Secretary, subject to the control of the Board of Directors.
4.12. ASSISTANT SECRETARY. The Board of Directors or any two of the officers of the Company acting jointly may appoint or remove one or more Assistant Secretaries of the Company. Any Assistant Secretary upon his appointment shall perform such duties of the Secretary, and also any and all such other duties as the Board of Directors or the President or the Executive Vice-President or the Treasurer or the Secretary may designate.
4.13. ASSISTANT TREASURER. The Board of Directors or any two of the officers of the Company acting jointly may appoint or remove one or more Assistant Treasurers of the Company. Any Assistant Treasurer upon his appointment shall perform such of the duties of the Treasurer, and also any and all such other duties as the Board of Directors or the President or the Executive Vice-President or the Treasurer or the Secretary may designate.


 

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4.14. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS. The Board of Directors may select such subordinate officers as it may deem desirable. Each such officer shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, authorize any officer to appoint and remove subordinate officers and to prescribe the powers and duties thereof.
ARTICLE V. — STOCK.
5.1. STOCK. The Board of Directors may provide by resolution that some or all of any or all classes and series of the Corporation’s stock may be (i) certificated; or (ii) registered in the holder’s name in uncertificated, book-entry form, in accordance with a direct registration system either (A) approved by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and by the principal securities exchange on which the stock of the Corporation may from time to time be traded, or (B) as may otherwise be authorized by Delaware Law, as any of the foregoing may be approved by the Board of Directors. With respect to certificated shares, the Corporation shall issue certificate(s) of stock, signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if he be elected, Chief Executive Officer, President or Vice-President, and the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Treasurer, or Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, to each stockholder certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation. Any of or all the signatures may be facsimiles. With respect to uncertificated, book-entry shares, the Corporation or its agent shall record in book-entry form the number of shares owned by each stockholder in the Corporation. If shares are uncertificated, a stockholder shall receive a physical certificate of stock only upon written request.
5.2. FRACTIONAL SHARE INTERESTS. The Company may, but shall not be required to, issue fractions of a share. If the Company does not issue fractions of a share, it shall (i) arrange for the disposition of fractional interests by those entitled thereto, (ii) pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or (iii) issue scrip or warrants in registered or bearer form that shall entitle the holder to receive a certificate for a full share upon the surrender of such scrip or warrants aggregating a full share. A certificate for a fractional share shall, but scrip or warrants shall not unless otherwise provided therein, entitle the holder to exercise voting rights, to receive dividends thereon, and to participate in any of the assets of the Company in the event of liquidation. The Board of Directors may cause scrip or warrants to be issued subject to the conditions that they shall become void if not exchanged for certificates representing full shares before a specified date, or subject to the conditions that the shares for which scrip or warrants are exchangeable may be sold by the Company and the proceeds thereof distributed to the holders of scrip or warrants, or subject to any other conditions that the Board of Directors may impose.


 

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5.3. TRANSFERS OF STOCK. Subject to any transfer restrictions then in force, the shares of stock of the Company shall be transferable only upon its books by the holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives and upon such transfer the old certificates shall be surrendered to the Company by the delivery thereof to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers or to such other person as the directors may designate by whom they shall be canceled and new certificates shall thereupon be issued. The Company shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof save as expressly provided by the laws of Delaware.
5.4. RECORD DATE. For the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or the allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion, or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, that shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. If no such 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 at the close of business on the day next 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; the record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed; and the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
5.5. TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one or more registrars and may require all certificates of stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.
5.6. DIVIDENDS.
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law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and the laws of Delaware.
2. Reserves. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Company 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 Company, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Company, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
5.7. LOST, STOLEN, OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES. No certificates for shares of stock of the Company shall be issued in place of any certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, except upon production of such evidence of the loss, theft, or destruction and upon indemnification of the Company and its agents to such extent and in such manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
5.8. INSPECTION OF BOOKS. The stockholders of the Company, by a majority vote at any meeting of stockholders duly called, or in case the stockholders shall fail to act, the Board of Directors shall have power from time to time to determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Company (other than the stock ledger) or any of them, shall be open to inspection of stockholders; and no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by statute or authorized by the Board of Directors or by a resolution of the stockholders.
ARTICLE VI. — MISCELLANEOUS MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS.
6.1. CHECKS, DRAFTS, AND NOTES. All checks, drafts, or orders for the payment of money, and all notes and acceptances of the Company shall be signed by such officer or officers, or such agent or agents, as the Board of Directors may designate.
6.2. NOTICES.
1. Notices to directors may, and notices to stockholders shall, be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the directors or stockholders at their addresses appearing on the books of the Company. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be mailed. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram, telecopy or orally, by telephone or in person.
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laws, a written waiver of notice, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein or the meeting or action to which such notice relates, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except when the person attends a meeting 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.
6.3. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. No contract or transaction between the Company and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Company and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the board of or committee thereof that authorized the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if: (i) the material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee and the board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders of the Company entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction as specifically approved in good faith by vote of such stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Company as of the time it is authorized, approved, or ratified, by the Board of Directors, a committee or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee that authorizes the contract or transaction.


 

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6.4. VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE COMPANY. Subject always to the specific directions of the Board of Directors, (i) any shares or other securities issued by any other corporation and owned or controlled by the Company may be voted in person at any meeting of security holders of such other corporation by the President of the Company if he is present at such meeting, or in his absence by the Treasurer of the Company if he is present at such meeting, and (ii) whenever, in the judgment of the President, it is desirable for the Company to execute a proxy or written consent in respect to any shares or other securities issued by any other corporation and owned by the Company, such proxy or consent shall be executed in the name of the Company by the President, without the necessity of any authorization by the Board of Directors, affixation of corporate seal or countersignature or attestation by another officer, provided that if the President is unable to execute such proxy or consent by reason of sickness, absence from the United States or other similar cause, the Treasurer may execute such proxy or consent. Any person or persons designated in the manner above stated as the proxy or proxies of the Company shall have full right, power and authority to vote the shares or other securities issued by such other corporation and owned by the Company the same as such shares or other securities might be voted by the Company.
ARTICLE VII. — INDEMNIFICATION.
7.1. RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”), by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the Company or serving or having served at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an “Indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action or failure to act in an official capacity as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, 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 Company to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior thereto) (as used in this Article 7, the “Delaware Law”), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnitee’s heirs, executors, and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 7.2 hereof with respect to Proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Company shall indemnify any such Indemnitee in connection with a Proceeding (or part


 

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thereof) initiated by such Indemnitee only if such Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article 7 shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Company the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending any such Proceeding in advance of its final disposition (an “Advancement of Expenses”); provided, however, that, if the Delaware Law so requires, an Advancement of Expenses incurred by an Indemnitee shall be made only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking (an “Undertaking”), by or on behalf of such Indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (a “Final Adjudication”) that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Article 7 or otherwise.
7.2. RIGHT OF INDEMNITEE TO BRING SUIT. If a claim under Section 7.1 hereof is not paid in full by the Company within sixty days after a written claim has been received by the Company, except in the case of a claim for an Advancement of Expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty days, the Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Company to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to an Advancement of Expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) in any suit by the Company to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking the Company shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a Final Adjudication that, the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware Law. Neither the failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware Law, nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the Indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an Advancement of Expenses hereunder, or by the Company to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such Advancement of Expenses, under this Article 7 or otherwise shall be on the Company.


 

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7.3. NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS. The rights to indemnification and to the Advancement of Expenses conferred in this Article 7 shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Company’s Certificate or Incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
7.4. INSURANCE. The Company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under this Article 7 or under the Delaware Law.
7.5. INDEMNIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification, and to the Advancement of Expenses, to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article 7 with respect to the indemnification and Advancement of Expenses of directors and officers of the Company.
7.6 VESTING OF RIGHTS; AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION, REPEAL. The provisions of this Article 7 constitute a contract between the Company and each individual entitled to seek indemnification hereunder. With respect to current or former directors or officers of the Company or other persons currently entitled to seek indemnification hereunder, the Company confirms that rights conferred under this Article 7 vested concurrently with each such person’s commencement of service as to, for or at the request of the Company; remain fully vested as of the date hereof; and shall continue in force and effect and remain fully vested with respect to Proceeding(s) arising from an act or omission occurring or any state of facts existing at the time of or prior to the effective date of this Section 7.6. With respect to any director, officer or other person entitled to seek indemnification hereunder, who has not yet commenced service on behalf of the Company, the rights conferred under this Article 7 shall fully vest, and be deemed to have fully vested, immediately upon such person’s commencing service as a director, officer or otherwise.
Neither amendment nor repeal nor modification of any provision of this Article 7, nor the adoption of any provision of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article 7 shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article 7 in respect of any Proceeding arising from an act or omission occurring or any state of facts existing at the time of or prior to such amendment, repeal, modification or adoption of an inconsistent provision (even in the case of a Proceeding based on such state of facts that is commenced after such inconsistent amendment becomes effective). The rights conferred under this Article 7 shall continue notwithstanding that the person seeking indemnification


 

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has ceased to be affiliated with the Company and shall inure to the benefit of such person’s estate, heirs, executors, administrators, legatees and distributees.
ARTICLE VIII. — AMENDMENTS.
8.1. Amendments. Subject always to any limitations imposed by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws may be altered, amended, or repealed, or new By-Laws may be adopted, only by (i) the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding voting stock of the Company, provided, that the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 67% of the outstanding voting stock of the Company shall be required for any such alteration, amendment, repeal, or adoption that would affect or be inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 2.11, 2.12, and this Section 8.1 (in each case, in addition to any separate class vote that may be required pursuant to the terms of any then outstanding preferred stock of the Company), or (ii) by resolution of the Board of Directors duly adopted by not less than a majority of the directors then constituting the full Board of Directors.

EX-31.1 3 b71153dsexv31w1.htm EX-31.1 SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF CEO exv31w1
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Stephen L. Day, certify that:
1.   I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of DOVER SADDLERY, INC.;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
  a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of fiancial reporting and the preparation of fiancial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. gennerally accepted accounting principles;
 
  c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
  b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
     
Date: August 13, 2008  /s/ Stephen L. Day    
  Stephen L. Day   
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer) 
 

 

EX-31.2 4 b71153dsexv31w2.htm EX-31.2 SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF CFO exv31w2
         
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Michael W. Bruns, certify that:
1.   I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of DOVER SADDLERY, INC.;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
  a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of fiancial reporting and the preparation of fiancial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. gennerally accepted accounting principles;
 
  c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
  b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
     
Date: August 13, 2008  /s/ Michael W. Bruns    
  Michael W. Bruns   
  Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer) 
 

 

EX-32.1 5 b71153dsexv32w1.htm EX-32.1 SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION OF CEO & CFO exv32w1
         
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION
     In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of DOVER SADDLERY, INC. (the “Company”) for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned officers certifies, to the best knowledge and belief of the signatory, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
  (1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
  (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
         
/s/ Stephen L. Day
      /s/ Michael W. Bruns
 
       
Stephen L. Day
      Michael W. Bruns
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
      Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
      (Principal Financial Officer)
 
       
Date: August 13, 2008
      Date: August 13, 2008

 

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