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Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF VERISK ANALYTICS, INC.

Pursuant to the provisions of § 242 and § 245 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
     1. The present name of the corporation is Verisk Analytics, Inc. (the “Corporation”). The date of filing of the original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was May 23, 2008.
     2. The Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety as set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation hereinafter provided for.
     3. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation herein certified has been duly adopted by the stockholders in accordance with the provisions of § 228, 242, and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
     4. This Certificate shall become effective upon the filing of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
     5. The Amended and Restated Certificate Incorporation of the Corporation shall, at the effective time, read as follows:
     FIRST: Name. The name of the corporation is Verisk Analytics, Inc. (the “Corporation”).
     SECOND: Registered Office and Registered Agent. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
     THIRD: Purpose. The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (“Delaware Law”).
     FOURTH: Capital Stock. (a) The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 2,080,000,000, consisting of 1,200,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, 800,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share and 80,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).
     (b) The authorized Class B Common Stock shall be divided into two series of Class B Common Stock, consisting of 400,000,000 shares of Class B (Series 1) Common Stock (the “B-1 Common Stock”) and 400,000,000 shares of Class B (Series 2) Common Stock (the “B-2 Common Stock”). For the avoidance of doubt, B-1 Common Stock and B-2 Common Stock shall vote on all matters as a single class.
     (c) Upon the filing of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Filing Time”) (i) each share of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Old Class A Common Stock”), which is outstanding or held in treasury immediately before the Filing Time, shall automatically, without further action on the part of the Corporation or any holder of such Old Class A Common Stock, be reclassified so that, at the Filing Time, each share of Old Class A Common Stock will become one new validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Class

 


 

A Common Stock”), and (ii) each share of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share of the Corporation (the “Old Class B Common Stock”), which is outstanding or held in treasury immediately before the Filing Time, shall automatically, without further action on the part of the Corporation or any holder of such Old Class B Common Stock, be reclassified as and shall become: (A) 0.5 new validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of B-1 Common Stock and (B) 0.5 new validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of B-2 Common Stock. If the reclassification would result in the issuance of a fractional share, such fractional share shall be rounded up to the next whole share.
     (d) Each holder of the Old Class A Common Stock shall exchange with the Corporation each certificate evidencing such Old Class A Common Stock held by such holder for a certificate evidencing the Class A Common Stock to be issued pursuant to Section (c) of this ARTICLE FOURTH. The reclassification of the Old Class A Common Stock will be deemed to occur at the Filing Time, regardless of when any certificates previously representing such shares of Old Class A Common Stock (if such shares are held in certificated form) are physically surrendered to the Corporation in exchange for certificates representing such new Class A Common Stock. Each holder of the Old Class B Common Stock shall exchange with the Corporation each certificate evidencing such Old Class B Common Stock held by such holder for a certificate evidencing the appropriate number of shares of B-1 Common Stock and B-2 Common Stock, as applicable, to be issued pursuant to Section (c) of this ARTICLE FOURTH. The reclassification of the Old Class B Common Stock into B-1 Common Stock and B-2 Common Stock will be deemed to occur at the Filing Time, regardless of when any certificates previously representing such shares of Old Class B Common Stock (if such shares are held in certificated form) are physically surrendered to the Corporation in exchange for certificates representing such new B-1 Common Stock and B-2 Common Stock.
     (e) The Board of Directors is hereby empowered to authorize by resolution or resolutions from time to time the issuance of one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock and to fix the designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, with respect to each such class or series of Preferred Stock and the number of shares constituting each such class or series, and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such class or series to the extent permitted by the Delaware Law.
     FIFTH: Limitations on Transfer and Conversion. (a) Each share of B-1 Common Stock or B-2 Common Stock sold in the Initial Public Offering shall convert automatically, without any action by the holder of such shares, into one share of Class A Common Stock. Notwithstanding Section (d) of this ARTICLE FIFTH, the number of such shares converted for sale in the Initial Public Offering by any holder thereof will be comprised of an equal number of shares of B-1 Common Stock and B-2 Common Stock; provided, that if the over-allotment option or any portion thereof is not exercised, such shares which would have been sold pursuant to such over-allotment option shall not be so converted and shall be returned to such holder as shares of B-1 Common Stock or B-2 Common Stock, as applicable.
     (b) Each share of B-1 Common Stock remaining outstanding after the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the exercise or lapse of the over-allotment option shall convert automatically, without any action by the holder, into one share of Class A Common Stock upon the 18-month anniversary date of the pricing of the Initial Public Offering.
     (c) Each share of B-2 Common Stock remaining outstanding after the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the exercise or lapse of the over-allotment option shall convert automatically, without any action by the holder, into one share of Class A Common Stock upon the 24-month anniversary date of the pricing of the Initial Public Offering.
     (d) The Board of Directors may approve the conversion of Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock earlier than the times set forth in Sections (b) and (c) of this ARTICLE FIFTH in their sole discretion, in connection with the sale of such Common Stock in a public offering registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or in such other limited circumstances as the Board of Directors may determine; provided that, other than as set forth in Section (a) of this ARTICLE FIFTH, no shares of B-2 Common Stock Beneficially Owned by any Insurer Group may be so converted until all B-1 Common Stock Beneficially Owned by such Insurer Group has been converted.

 


 

     (e) Shares of Class B Common Stock may not be Transferred and any purported Transfer of shares of Class B Common Stock shall be null and void ab initio, except for (i) conversions pursuant to Sections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this ARTICLE FIFTH, (ii) subject to Section (a) of ARTICLE SIXTH, Transfers to any Beneficial Owner or Affiliate of such Beneficial Owner of Class B Common Stock, (iii) subject to Section (a) of ARTICLE SIXTH, Transfers by a holder of Class B Common Stock to any person who succeeds to all or substantially all of the assets of such holder, whether by merger, consolidation, amalgamation, sale of substantially all assets or other similar transaction or to an Affiliate of such person, or (iv) Transfers to the Corporation.
     (f) The Corporation shall provide notice of any automatic conversion of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock to holders of record of such shares as soon as practicable following such conversion; provided, however, that the Corporation may satisfy such notice requirements by providing such notice prior to such conversion. Such notice shall be provided by any means then permitted by Delaware Law; provided, however, that no failure to give such notice nor any defect therein shall affect the validity of the automatic conversion of any shares of Class B Common Stock. Each such notice shall, as appropriate, (i) state the automatic conversion date; (ii) identify the number of outstanding shares of B-1 Common Stock or B-2 Common Stock that are automatically converted; and (iii) the place or places where certificates if any, for such shares may be surrendered in exchange for certificates, if any, representing Class A Common Stock, or the method by which book-entry interest in the Class A Common Stock may be obtained in exchange for such certificates in respect of shares of Class B Common Stock.
     (g) Any shares of Class B Common Stock that have been converted into shares of Class A Common Stock will be retired with no further action by the Corporation and may not be reissued as shares of Class B Common Stock.
     (h) The Corporation shall pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Class A Common Stock on the conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock pursuant to Sections (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this ARTICLE FIFTH.
     (i) As long as any shares of Class B Common Stock shall be outstanding, the Corporation shall reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued or treasury shares of Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock, that number of shares of Class A Common Stock necessary to effect the conversion of all of the then outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock. If at any time the Board of Directors determines that the number of authorized but unissued or treasury shares of Class A Common Stock would be insufficient to effect the conversion of all of the then outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, the Board of Directors shall use all reasonable efforts to cause the Corporation’s authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock to be increased to such number of shares as shall be sufficient to effect such conversion.
     (j) No shares of any class of Common Stock may be subdivided or combined unless the shares of each other class of Common Stock concurrently are subdivided or combined in the same proportion and in the same manner.
     (k) Class A Common Stock shall not carry any conversion rights or otherwise be convertible into Class B Common Stock.
     SIXTH: Limitations on Beneficial Ownership.
     (a) No Insurer Group shall Beneficially Own more than ten percent (10%) of the aggregate outstanding shares of Common Stock.
     (b) If any Transfer is purportedly effected which, if effective, would result in any Insurer Group Beneficially Owning shares of Common Stock in violation of Section (a) of this ARTICLE SIXTH, then the intended Transferee shall acquire no rights in respect of the shares in excess of the amount permitted by Section (a) of this ARTICLE SIXTH, including, without limitation, voting rights or rights to dividends or other distributions with respect to such shares and, subject to Section (e) of this ARTICLE SIXTH, the Transfer of that number of shares of Common Stock that otherwise would cause any Insurer Group to violate Section (a) of this ARTICLE SIXTH shall be null and void ab initio.
     (c) If the Board of Directors shall at any time determine in good faith that a Transfer or other event has purportedly taken place that, if effected would result in a violation of Section (a) of this ARTICLE SIXTH or that an

 


 

Insurer Group intends to acquire or has attempted to acquire Beneficial Ownership of any shares of Common Stock in violation of Section (a) of this ARTICLE SIXTH (whether or not such violation is intended), such shares of Common Stock shall be redeemable for cash or property or exchangeable for other shares of capital stock of the Corporation, in each case, at the option of, and for the amount determined by, the Board of Directors in good faith and in its sole discretion, and the Board of Directors shall take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such Transfer or other event, including, without limitation, causing the Corporation to redeem shares, refusing to give effect to such Transfer on the books of the Corporation or instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer or other event; provided, however, that any Transfer or attempted Transfer or other event in violation of Section (a) of this ARTICLE SIXTH shall be null and void ab initio irrespective of any action (or non-action) by the Board of Directors.
     (d) An Insurer Group who acquires or attempts or intends to acquire Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common Stock that will or may violate Section (a) of this ARTICLE SIXTH shall immediately give written notice to the Corporation of such event, or in the case of such a proposed or attempted transaction, give at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice, and shall provide to the Corporation such other information as the Corporation may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer on the Corporation.
     (e) Nothing in this ARTICLE SIXTH shall preclude the settlement of any transaction entered into through the facilities of the New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Stock Market or any other securities exchange or automated inter-dealer quotation system. The fact that the settlement of any transaction occurs shall not negate the effect of any other provision of this ARTICLE SIXTH and any Transferee in such a transaction shall be subject to all of the provisions and limitations set forth in this ARTICLE SIXTH.
     (f) The Corporation is authorized specifically to seek equitable relief, including injunctive and necessary relief, to enforce the provisions of this ARTICLE SIXTH.
     (g) No delay or failure on the part of the Corporation or the Board of Directors in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any right of the Corporation or the Board of Directors, as the case may be, except to the extent specifically waived in writing as authorized by the Board of Directors.
     (h) In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions of this ARTICLE SIXTH, the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine, in good faith and in its sole discretion, the application of the provisions of this ARTICLE SIXTH, to any situation based on the facts known to it. In the event Section (c) of this ARTICLE SIXTH requires an action by the Board of Directors and this Certificate of Incorporation fails to provide specific guidance with respect to such action, the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the action to be taken so long as such action is not contrary to the provisions of this ARTICLE SIXTH.
     (i) Shares of Class B Common Stock will be legended to reflect the rights of conversion and restrictions on ownership and transfer reflected in ARTICLE FIFTH and this ARTICLE SIXTH.
     SEVENTH: Rights and Preferences. (a) The preferences, limitations and rights of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, and the qualifications and restrictions thereof, shall be in all respects identical, except as otherwise required by law or expressly provided for in this Certificate of Incorporation.
     (b) Subject to Section (b) of ARTICLE SIXTH and ARTICLE NINTH, each holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Certificate of Designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock.
     (c) Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over, or the right to participate with, the Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, dividends may be declared and paid on the Common Stock out of the assets of the Corporation that are by law available therefor at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine. All holders of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to

 


 

participate ratably in any dividend or distribution paid on the Common Stock (regardless of class or series) and no dividend or distribution may be declared or paid on any class or series of Common Stock unless an equivalent dividend is contemporaneously declared and paid on each other class and series of Common Stock. In the event that such dividend is paid in the form of shares of Common Stock, or rights to acquire shares of Common Stock, holders of Class A Common Stock shall receive Class A Common Stock or rights to acquire Class A Common Stock, as the case may be, holders of B-1 Common Stock shall receive B-1 Common Stock or rights to acquire B-1 Common Stock, as the case may be, and holders of B-2 Common Stock shall receive B-2 Common Stock or rights to acquire B-2 Common Stock, as the case may be.
     (d) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and of the preferential and other amounts, if any, to which the holders of Preferred Stock, if any, shall be entitled, the holders of all outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by each such stockholder. For the purposes of this Section (d) of this ARTICLE SEVENTH, neither the voluntary sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all the property or assets of the Corporation nor the consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into one or more other corporations shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, voluntary or involuntary, unless such voluntary sale, conveyance, exchange, transfer, merger or consolidation shall be in connection with a dissolution or winding-up of the business of the Corporation.
     (e) In the event that the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which shares of Common Stock are exchanged for, converted into, or otherwise changed into other stock or securities, or the right to receive cash or any other property, such shares of Common Stock shall be exchanged for or changed into the same per share amount of stock, securities, cash or any other property, as the case may be, into which or for which each share of any other class of Common Stock is exchanged or changed.
     EIGHTH: Bylaws. The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.
     NINTH: Board of Directors. (a) Until such time as a Class B Triggering Event shall have occurred, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors consisting of (i) nine directors (the “Class A Directors”) elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of all Class A Common Stock present in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors (or such other number of Class A Directors between 8 and 10 as shall be determined by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors) and (ii) three directors (the “Class B Directors”) elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of all Class B Common Stock present in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. After a Class B Triggering Event shall have occurred, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors consisting of not less than seven nor more than fifteen directors, the exact number of directors to be determined from time to time solely by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors.
     (b) The directors shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III; provided that until such time as a Class B Triggering Event shall have occurred, one Class B Director will be designated as a Class I director, one Class B Director will be designated as a Class II director and one Class B Director will be designated as a Class III director. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. Each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the third annual meeting of stockholders next following the annual meeting at which such director was elected, provided that directors initially designated as Class I directors shall serve for a term ending on the date of the 2010 annual meeting, directors initially designated as Class II directors shall serve for a term ending on the date of the 2011 annual meeting, and directors initially designated as Class III directors shall serve for a term ending on the date of the 2012 annual meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each director shall hold office until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. In the event of any change in the number of directors, the Board of Directors shall apportion any newly created directorships among, or reduce the number of directorships in, such class or classes as shall equalize, as nearly as

 


 

possible, the number of directors in each class. In no event will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director.
     (c) The names and mailing addresses of the persons who are to serve initially as directors of each Class are:
             
    Name   Mailing Address   Designation
Class I
  J. Hyatt Brown   c/o Insurance Services   Class A Director
 
  Glen A. Dell   Office, Inc.   Class A Director
 
  Samuel G. Liss   545 Washington   Class B Director
 
      Boulevard    
 
      Jersey City, New Jersey    
 
      07310-1686    
Class II
  John F. Lehman, Jr.   c/o Insurance Services   Class A Director
 
  Andrew G. Mills   Office, Inc.   Class A Director
 
  Arthur J. Rothkopf   545 Washington   Class A Director
 
  Constantine Iordanou   Boulevard   Class B Director
 
      Jersey City, New Jersey    
 
      07310-1686    
Class III
  Christopher M. Foskett   c/o Insurance Services   Class A Director
 
  David B. Wright   Office, Inc.   Class A Director
 
  Frank J. Coyne   545 Washington   Class A Director
 
  Thomas F. Motamed   Boulevard   Class B Director
 
    Jersey City, New Jersey    
 
      07310-1686    
     (d) There shall be no cumulative voting in the election of directors. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the bylaws of the Corporation so provide.
     (e) Vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal or otherwise and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors may be filled solely by a majority of the directors then in office (although less than a quorum) or by the sole remaining director, and each director so elected shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the term of the Class to which such director shall have been elected; provided that until such time as a Class B Triggering Event shall have occurred, any such vacancy among the Class A Directors shall be filled by a majority of the remaining Class A Directors, even if such remaining Class A Directors do not constitute a quorum, and any such vacancy among the Class B Directors shall be filled by a majority of the remaining Class B Directors, even if such remaining Class B Directors do not constitute a quorum.
     (f) No director may be removed from office by the stockholders except for cause with the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding securities of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class; provided that until such time as a Class B Triggering Event shall have occurred, any such removal of a Class A Director requires the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of the total voting power of the Class A Common Stock and any such removal of a Class B Director requires the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of the total voting power of the Class B Common Stock.
     (g) After the Class B Triggering Event shall have occurred, (i) all the Class B Directors then in office shall continue serving as directors until the expiration of their respective terms and (ii) the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall, subject to Section (a) of this ARTICLE NINTH, remain at twelve (12) directors, who shall all be elected by the holders of Class A Common Stock.
     (h) Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately as a class or series, to elect directors, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies, removal and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to ARTICLE FOURTH applicable thereto, and such directors so elected shall not be subject to the provisions of this ARTICLE NINTH unless otherwise provided therein.

 


 

     (i) In no event may a majority of (i) the Board of Directors, (ii) a committee of the Board of Directors or (iii) any Class of the Board of Directors, be employed by the Corporation or by an Insurer Group.
     (j) Subject to Section (e) of this ARTICLE NINTH, in no event may a majority of directors constituting a quorum of the Board of Directors or a quorum of a committee of the Board of Directors be employed by the Corporation or by an Insurer Group.
     TENTH: Action By Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be taken only upon the vote of stockholders at an annual or special meeting duly noticed and called in accordance with Delaware Law, as amended from time to time, and may not be taken by written consent of stockholders without a meeting.
     ELEVENTH: Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation and may not be called by any other person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever holders of one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately as a class or series, to elect directors, such holders may call, pursuant to the terms of the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to ARTICLE FOURTH hereto, special meetings of holders of such Preferred Stock for purposes of election of such directors.
     TWELFTH: Indemnification. (1) A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law.
     (2)(a) Each person (and the heirs, executors or administrators of such person) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law. The right to indemnification conferred in this ARTICLE TWELFTH shall also include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in connection with any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware Law. The right to indemnification conferred in this ARTICLE TWELFTH shall be a contract right.
     (b) The Corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to such of the employees and agents of the Corporation to such extent and to such effect as the Board of Directors shall determine to be appropriate and authorized by Delaware Law.
     (3) The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Delaware Law.
     (4) The rights and authority conferred in this ARTICLE TWELFTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may otherwise have or hereafter acquire.
     (5) Neither the amendment nor repeal of this ARTICLE TWELFTH, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law, any modification of law, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this ARTICLE TWELFTH in respect of any acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment, repeal, adoption or modification.
     THIRTEENTH: Amendments. The Corporation reserves the right to amend this Certificate of Incorporation in any manner permitted by Delaware Law and all rights and powers conferred herein on stockholders, directors and officers, if any, are subject to this reserved power; provided, however, that until such time as a Class B Triggering

 


 

Event shall have occurred, no provision of ARTICLE FIFTH, ARTICLE SIXTH, ARTICLE SEVENTH, Sections (a), (b), (e), (f) and (g) of ARTICLE NINTH and this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH may be amended, altered, repealed, or otherwise modified, and no provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with any such provisions may be adopted, whether by means of formal amendment thereto or by means of any merger, consolidation, amalgamation, other business combination or otherwise, without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the outstanding shares of each of the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock, voting separately as a class (and together with no other class); and further provided that after a Class B Triggering Event shall have occurred, no provision of ARTICLE SIXTH may be amended, altered, repealed, or otherwise modified, and no provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with any such provisions may be adopted, whether by means of formal amendment thereto or by means of any merger, consolidation, amalgamation, other business combination or otherwise, without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
     FOURTEENTH: Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Certificate of Incorporation shall have their respective meanings as defined below:
     “Beneficially Own” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (or any successor rules), except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular Insurer Group such Insurer Group will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such Insurer Group has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition; provided that Common Stock held by any person for the benefit of third parties or in customer or fiduciary accounts in the ordinary course of such Insurer Group’s business shall not be deemed to be Beneficially Owned by such person. The terms “Beneficially Owns,” “Beneficial Ownership” and “Beneficially Owned” have a corresponding meaning.
     “Class B Common Stock” means B-1 Common Stock and/or B-2 Common Stock.
     “Class B Triggering Event” shall mean the earlier of (i) the 24-month anniversary date of the pricing of the Initial Public Offering or (ii) the date on which there are no shares of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding.
     “Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or other common stock entitled to vote for the election of directors.
     “Insurer Group” means any insurance company whose primary activity is the writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks underwritten by insurance companies or any other entity controlling, controlled by or under common ownership, management or control with such insurer or reinsurer.
     “Initial Public Offering” means the Corporation’s initial firm commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering the offer and sale of Class A Common Stock to the public.
     “Transfer” means any issuance, sale, transfer, gift, assignment, distribution, devise or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, as well as any other event that causes any person to acquire Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock or the right to vote Common Stock, or any agreement to take any such actions or cause any such events, including (a) any offer, pledge, sale, contract to sell, the sale of any option or contract to purchase, the purchase of any option or contract to sell, the grant of any option, right or warrant to purchase, loan, or any other transfer or disposition of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, (b) entering into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction is described in clause (a) or (b) above or is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise and (c) transfers of interests in other entities that result in changes in Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock, in each case, whether voluntary or involuntary, whether owned of record, or Beneficially Owned and whether by merger, operation of law or otherwise. The terms “Transferring,” “Transferred,” “Transferee” and “Transferor” shall have the correlative meanings.