EX-3.1 2 exhibit3_1.htm CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

 Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

OF THE

POWERS, PREFERENCES, PRIVILEGES,

LIMITATIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND RELATIVE RIGHTS

OF THE

SERIES RX-1 REDEEMABLE, CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

OF

FINDEX.COM, INC.

 

The articles of incorporation (the “Articles of Incorporation”) of Findex.com, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”), provide that the Corporation is authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value of $0.001 per share, in such series and carrying such powers, preferences, privileges, limitations, restrictions, and relative rights and terms as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) shall from time to time deem fit, determine and designate.

 

Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by Article V of the Articles of Incorporation, and pursuant to Section 78.1955 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the Board of Directors, by unanimous written consent dated May 23, 2019, has adopted a resolution providing for the designation, powers, preferences, privileges, limitations, restrictions, and relative rights and terms of one million five hundred thousand (1,500,000) shares of Series RX-1 Redeemable, Convertible Preferred Stock, and that a copy of such resolution is as follows:

 

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the provisions of its Articles of Incorporation, and in accordance with the Nevada Revised Statutes, the Board of Directors hereby authorizes the filing of a Certificate of Designations of the Powers, Preferences, Privileges, Limitations, Restrictions, and Relative Rights of the Series RX-1 Preferred Stock of the Corporation. Accordingly, the Corporation is authorized to issue shares of Series RX-1 Redeemable, Convertible Preferred Stock, par value of $0.001 per share, which series shall carry the following powers, preferences, privileges, limitations, restrictions, and relative rights:

 

(1)       Designation and Number. The Corporation shall have a series of preferred stock designated “Series RX-1 Redeemable, Convertible Preferred Stock”, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series RX-1 Preferred Stock”). The maximum number of shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock issuable shall be 1,500,000 shares.

 

(2)       Dividends. The Series RX-1 Preferred Stock shall carry no dividend rights, either regular, special, or participating.

 

(3)       Liquidation Preference.

 

(a)       Treatment at Liquidation, Dissolution, or Winding-Up.

 

(i)       Series RX-1 Liquidation Value. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any distribution or payment is made to any holders of any shares of the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), the holders of shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be paid first out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to holders of the Corporation’s capital stock whether such assets are capital, surplus, or earnings, an amount equal to $1.00 per share of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock (such amount, as so determined, the “Series RX-1 Liquidation Value” with respect to any such shares). Only after payment has been made to the holders of the Series RX-1 Preferred Stock of the full liquidation preference to which such holders shall collectively be entitled as aforesaid shall the remaining assets be distributed among the holders of Common Stock.

 

(ii)       Adjustment Upon Series RX-1 Preferred Stock Event. In the event that a Series RX-1 Preferred Stock Event occurs at any time or from time to time after the date of its original issuance (for each such share, the “Original Issue Date”), the Series RX-1 Liquidation Value in effect immediately prior to such Series RX-1 Preferred Stock Event shall, simultaneously with the occurrence of such Series RX-1 Preferred Stock Event, be proportionately decreased or increased, as appropriate for equitable reasons. The Series RX-1 Liquidation Value shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of each subsequent Series RX-1 Preferred Stock Event for so long as any shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding. As used herein, the term “Series RX-1 Preferred Stock Event” shall mean: (x) the declaration or payment of any dividend or other distribution on the Series RX-1 Preferred Stock, without consideration, payable to one or more stockholders in additional shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock or other securities or rights convertible into, or entitling the holder thereof to receive, directly or indirectly, additional shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock, (y) a subdivision (by way of forward stock-split) of the outstanding shares of RX-1 Preferred Stock into a greater number of shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock, or (z) a combination or consolidation (by way of reverse stock-split) of the outstanding shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock.

  

(b)       Obligations Upon Shortfall in Available Funds. If, upon any liquidation, dissolution, or winding-up the Corporation pursuant to Section 3(a) above, there shall be insufficient assets or surplus funds of the Corporation to be distributed to the holders of shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock to permit payment to such respective holders of the full Series RX-1 Liquidation Value, then the assets available for payment or distribution to such holders shall be allocated among the holders of the Series RX-1 Preferred Stock, pro rata, in proportion to the full respective preferential amounts to which each such holder of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock is otherwise entitled to receive.

 

(c)       No Deemed Liquidations. For purposes of Section 3(a) above, there shall be no transactions involving the Corporation that shall be deemed a liquidation, dissolution, or winding-up the Corporation that are not an actual liquidation, dissolution, or winding-up the Corporation, including, for example, a sale of all, or substantially all, of the Corporation’s assets, the sale or issuance, or series of related sales or issuances, of a controlling interest in the Common Stock or other equity of the Corporation, or a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity.

 

(d)       Distributions of Property. Whenever the distribution provided for in this Section 3 shall be payable in property other than cash, the value of such distribution shall be the fair market value of such property as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, unless the holders of 50% or more of the then outstanding shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock request, in writing, that an independent appraiser perform such valuation, and that such holders agree to and pay in advance the cost of any such appraisal, in which case the determination of an independent appraiser selected by the Board of Directors and reasonably acceptable to 50% or more of the holders of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock shall be obtained and relied upon by the Corporation for purposes of satisfying the requirements of this Section 3.

 

(4)       Voting Rights. Holders of the Series RX-1 Preferred Stock shall vote on an as-converted-to-Common-Stock basis, together as a single class, with the Common Stock, on all matters requiring the approval, ratification or consent of holders of the Common Stock.

 

(5)       Conversion. The Series RX-1 Preferred Stock shall be subject to the following terms of conversion (the “Terms of Conversion”):

 

(a)       Automatic Conversion; Conversion Ratio. If and when, at any time following the Original Issue Date but before which any such shares shall have been the subject of Voluntary Conversion as provided for in subsection (b) of this Section 5, the Corporation shall either (i) cause to be duly issued any shares of any series of preferred stock senior to or parri passu with the Series RX-1 in liquidation, or (ii) cause to be subdivided the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, or (iii) cause to be combined or consolidated the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock (either of the foregoing (ii) or (iii), a “Common Stock Event”), then, and in such event, all issued and outstanding shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock (whether as of such date certificated or uncertificated) shall, without any action on the part of any holder(s) of the Series RX-1 Preferred Stock, or further action on the part of the Corporation, automatically convert (in any such case, an “Automatic Conversion”) into a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock, and (y) one hundred (100) (the “Conversion Ratio”).

 

(b)       Voluntary Conversion. If and when, at any time following issuance of any shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock and before which any such shares shall have been the subject of Automatic Conversion as provided for in subsection (a) of this Section 5, the holder of shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock shall elect to convert all or any portion of such shares into shares of Common Stock, then, and in such event, such shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock so elected to be converted into shares of Common Stock (whether by then certificated or uncertificated) shall, upon ten (10) business days written notice (specifying the number of shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock to be converted) delivered to the Corporation by the holder of such shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock (“Notice of Voluntary Conversion”), be converted into a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock based on the Conversion Ratio (in any such case, a “Voluntary Conversion”).

 

(c)       Procedural Mechanics of Certification Following Conversion.

 

(i) Automatic Conversion.

 

(A)       Generally. Upon Automatic Conversion, the Corporation shall as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter provide written notice (“Notice of Automatic Conversion”) to all holders of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock that Automatic Conversion has been effected, and thereafter cause the transfer agent for the Corporation (the “Transfer Agent”) to issue and deliver to such holder(s) a certificate reflecting the shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock were automatically converted, registered in each case in the name of such holder(s) and reflecting the number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder(s) shall then be entitled.

 

(B)       Following Series RX-1 Preferred Certification. To the extent that the shares of Series RX-1 Preferred shall have been certificated prior to Automatic Conversion, the Corporation shall include in any Notice of Automatic Conversion the identity, mailing address and telephone number of the Transfer Agent. Upon receipt of such notice from the Corporation, the holder(s) of shares formerly constituting Series RX-1 Preferred Stock shall as soon as practicable thereafter surrender to a nationally recognized overnight common carrier for overnight delivery to the Transfer Agent the original certificates reflecting all shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock held by such holder(s) (or, if such certificates shall have been lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, an affidavit to such effect coupled with an indemnification undertaking with respect thereto in form and amount satisfactory to the Corporation in its exclusive discretion), and, upon receipt by the Transfer Agent of certificates reflecting shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall, through the Transfer Agent and as soon as practicable, issue and deliver to all procedurally compliant holders of the shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock reflected by the certificates received shall have been converted, registered in each case in the name of such holder(s) and reflecting the number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder(s) shall then be entitled.

 

(ii)       Voluntary Conversion.

 

(A)       Generally. Upon receipt by the Corporation of any Notice of Voluntary Conversion, the Corporation shall promptly cause the Transfer Agent to issue and deliver to the corresponding holder a certificate reflecting the shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock were automatically converted, registered in each case in the name of such holder reflecting the number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder shall then be entitled.

 

(B)       Following Series RX-1 Preferred Certification. To the extent that the shares of Series RX-1 Preferred shall have been certificated prior to Voluntary Conversion, the Corporation shall, upon receipt of the corresponding Notice of Voluntary Conversion, provide instructions in writing to the holder of such shares as to how to submit and exchange the existing certificate for Series RX-1 Preferred Stock for a certificate reflecting the shares of Common Stock into which such shares are being converted, including, at a minimum, the identity, mailing address and telephone number of the Transfer Agent. Upon receipt of such instructions from the Corporation, the holder(s) of shares formerly constituting Series RX-1 Preferred Stock shall as soon as practicable thereafter surrender to a nationally recognized overnight common carrier for overnight delivery to the Transfer Agent the original certificates reflecting all shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock held by such holder(s) (or, if such certificates shall have been lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, an affidavit to such effect coupled with an indemnification undertaking with respect thereto in form and amount satisfactory to the Corporation in its exclusive discretion), and, upon receipt by the Transfer Agent of certificates reflecting shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall, through the Transfer Agent and as soon as practicable, issue and deliver to such holder of the shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock reflected by the certificates received shall have been converted, registered in each case in the name of such holder reflecting the number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder shall then be entitled.

 

(d)       Adjustments To Conversion Ratio. If at any time or from time to time after the date upon which the first share of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock shall have been issued by the Corporation (the “Original Issue Date”) but prior to any Automatic Conversion or Voluntary Conversion thereof, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon any such Automatic Conversion or Voluntary Conversion shall, as a result of anything other than a Common Stock Event, be changed into some number of shares of any class or classes of stock, whether by recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization, merger, exchange, sale of assets or otherwise, then, in any such event, each holder of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock shall have the right thereafter to convert such stock into the kind and amount of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization, merger, exchange, sale of assets or other change by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock could have been converted immediately prior to such recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization, merger, exchange, sale of assets or other change, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.

  

(e)       Record Holder. The person or persons entitled to receive shares of Common Stock issuable upon Automatic Conversion of the Series RX-1 Preferred Stock shall be entitled to all of the rights of holders of Common Stock from and after the date of any Automatic Conversion.

 

(f)       No Impairment. The Corporation shall not, by amendment of the Articles of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed under this certificate of designation (this “Certificate of Designation”), including this Section 5 hereof, but shall at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions hereof and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to preserve and protect the rights of the holders of the Series RX-1 Preferred Stock against impairment.

 

(g)       Issuance Taxes. The Corporation shall pay any and all issuance and other taxes, excluding federal, state or local income taxes, that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock upon Automatic Conversion, provided, however, that the Corporation shall not have any responsibility or obligations with respect to the payment of any transfer taxes arising out of any related share transfers.

 

(h)       Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon Automatic Conversion, and, in lieu of any fractional shares to which any holder(s) would otherwise be entitled, the Corporation shall round the number of shares to be issued upon Automatic Conversion up to the nearest whole number.

 

(i)       Reservation of Common Stock. No holder of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock may exercise its rights to convert such Series RX-1 Preferred Stock into Common Stock pursuant to this Section 5 unless the Corporation shall then have available authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock. The Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts, as soon as practicable following the Original Issue Date, to authorize the shares necessary to convert the entirety of the Series RX-1 Preferred Shares as soon as practicable, and to thereafter reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of the Series RX-1 Preferred Stock, such number of its shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock (including any shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock represented by any warrants, options, subscription, or purchase rights for Series RX-1 Preferred Stock).

 

(j)       Retirement of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock. The Series RX-1 Preferred Stock shall be deemed retired for all purposes upon Automatic Conversion.

 

6.       Redemption. For so long as they remain outstanding, all or any portion of the outstanding shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock shall be redeemable at any time by the Corporation at the per share Series RX-1 Liquidation Value upon delivery of written notice to any one or more of the holders of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock for which the rights of redemption are being exercised by the Corporation hereunder.

 

7.       No Preemptive Rights. No holder of the Series RX-1 Preferred Stock shall be entitled to any rights to subscribe for, purchase or receive any part of any new or additional shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation, whether now or hereinafter authorized, or of bonds or debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation, but all such new or additional shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation, or any bond, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for shares, may be issued and disposed of by the Board of Directors on such terms and for such consideration (to the extent permitted by law), and to such person or persons as the Board of Directors in their absolute discretion may deem advisable.

 

8.       Vote to Change the Terms of or Issue Preferred Stock. The affirmative vote at a meeting duly called for such purpose or the written consent without a meeting, of the holders of a majority of the shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock, in addition to any other corporate approvals then required to effect such action, shall be required to approve any change to the language or terms of this Certificate of Designation which would have the effect of amending, altering, changing or repealing any of the powers, preferences, privileges, limitations, restrictions, and/or relative rights of the Series RX-1 Preferred Stock.

 

9.       Lost or Stolen Certificates. In the event that the shares of Series RX-1 Preferred have been certificated, and upon receipt by the Corporation of evidence satisfactory to the Corporation of the loss, theft, mutilation, or destruction of any certificates reflecting shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the holder to the Corporation and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of the certificate(s) reflecting shares of any Series RX-1 Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall execute and deliver new certificate(s) reflecting shares of Series RX-1 Preferred Stock of like tenor and date.

 

10.       Notices. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any notice required by the provisions of this Certificate shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed electronic mail (upon customary confirmation of receipt) if sent during normal business hours of the recipient; if not, then on the next business day, (c) two (2) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, with written verification of receipt. All notices shall be addressed to each holder of record at such holder’s address appearing on the books of the Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and subscribed this Certificate and does affirm the foregoing as true this 24th day of May, 2019.

 

FINDEX.COM, INC.

 

 

By: /s/ Steven Malone______________________

Name: Steven Malone

Title: President & Chief Executive Officer