EX-99.(A)(2) 3 dex99a2.htm FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION Form of Certificate of Incorporation

Exhibit (a)(2)

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

OFS CAPITAL CORPORATION

FIRST. The name of the corporation is OFS Capital Corporation.

SECOND. The address of the corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD. 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 Delaware.

FOURTH. The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is                     , of which                      shares of the par value of $0.01 per share shall be designated as Common Stock and                      shares of the par value of $0.01 per share shall be designated as Preferred Stock. Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series from time to time by the board of directors, and the board of directors is expressly authorized to fix by resolution or resolutions the designations and the powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of the shares of each series of Preferred Stock, including without limitation the following:

(a) the distinctive serial designation of such series which shall distinguish it from other series;

(b) the number of shares included in such series;

(c) the dividend rate (or method of determining such rate) payable to the holders of the shares of such series, any conditions upon which such dividends shall be paid and the date or dates upon which such dividends shall be payable;


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

(e) the amount or amounts which shall be payable out of the assets of the corporation to the holders of the shares of such series upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up the corporation, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of the shares of such series;

(f) the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which the shares of such series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the corporation or at the option of the holder or holders thereof or upon the happening of a specified event or events;

(g) the obligation, if any, of the corporation to purchase or redeem shares of such series pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which the shares of such series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(h) whether or not the shares of such series shall be convertible or exchangeable, at any time or times at the option of the holder or holders thereof or at the option of the corporation or upon the happening of a specified event or events, into shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the corporation, and the price or prices or rate or rates of exchange or conversion and any adjustments applicable thereto; and

 

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(i) whether or not the holders of the shares of such series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and if so the terms of such voting rights.

Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, the number of authorized shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or series, voting together as a single class, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware or any corresponding provision hereafter enacted.

FIFTH. The name and mailing address of the incorporator is Mark Piesner, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, 1888 Century Park East, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, CA 90067. The powers of the incorporator shall terminate upon the filing of this certificate of incorporation, and the names and mailing addresses of the persons who are to serve as directors until their successors are elected and qualified are as follows:

 

Name

  

Position

  

Director
Class

  

Expiration of
Initial Term

  

Address

Glenn R. Pittson    Chairman    Class III    2014   

2850 West Golf Road, 5th Floor,

Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008

Bilal Rashid    Director    Class III    2013   

2850 West Golf Road, 5th Floor,

Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008

Marc Abrams    Director    Class II    2014   

2850 West Golf Road, 5th Floor,

Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008

Robert J. Cresci    Director    Class II    2013   

2850 West Golf Road, 5th Floor,

Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008

Elaine E. Healy    Director    Class I    2012   

2850 West Golf Road, 5th Floor,

Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008

SIXTH. The board of directors of the corporation is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws of the corporation.

 

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SEVENTH. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot except and to the extent provided in the bylaws of the corporation.

EIGHTH. The number of directors of the corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the board of directors pursuant to the bylaws of the corporation. The directors of the corporation shall be divided into three classes, Class I, Class II, and Class III, as nearly equal in number as reasonably possible, as determined by the board of directors, and the term of office of directors of one class shall expire at each annual meeting of stockholders, and in all cases as to each director such term shall extend until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. The initial term of office of directors of Class I shall expire at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2012, the initial term of office of directors of Class II shall expire at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2013 and the initial term of office of directors of Class III shall expire at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2014. At each annual meeting of stockholders, directors elected to succeed the directors whose terms expire at such annual meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in the third year following the year of their election and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain or attain a number of directors in each class as nearly equal as reasonably possible, but no decrease in the number of directors may shorten the term of any incumbent director. No director may be removed except for cause, and then only by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. For the purpose of this paragraph, “cause” shall mean, with respect to any particular director, conviction of a felony or a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction holding that such director caused

 

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demonstrable, material harm to the Corporation through bad faith or active and deliberate dishonesty.

In the event that the holders of any class or series of stock of the corporation shall be entitled, voting separately as a class, to elect any directors of the corporation, then the number of directors that may be elected by such holders shall be in addition to the number fixed pursuant to the bylaws of the corporation and, except as otherwise expressly provided in the terms of such class or series, the terms of the directors elected by such holders shall expire at the annual meeting of stockholders next succeeding their election without regard to the classification of the remaining directors.

Subject to applicable requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including Section 16(b) thereunder, and except as may be provided by the board of directors in setting the terms of any class or series of Preferred Stock, any and all vacancies on the board of directors may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors in office, even if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum, and any director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the directorship in which such vacancy occurred and until a successor is duly elected and qualifies. Subject to the provisions of this certificate of incorporation, no decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

NINTH. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the holders of any class or series of stock of the corporation, including but not limited to the election of directors, may be taken by written consent or consents but only if such consent or consents are signed by all holders of the class or series of stock entitled to vote on such action.

 

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TENTH. Except as otherwise required by law, special meetings of stockholders may only be called by the chairman of the board of directors, if any, the vice chairman of the board of directors, if any, the president of the corporation or the board of directors, and shall be called by the secretary of the corporation upon the written request, stating the purpose of the meeting, of stockholders who together own of record a majority of the outstanding shares of each class of stock entitled to vote at such meeting.

ELEVENTH. 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, except to the extent that such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including Section 17(h) thereunder, or the Delaware General Corporation Law as currently in effect or as the same may hereafter be amended. No amendment, modification or repeal of this Article ELEVENTH shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director that exists at the time of such amendment, modification or repeal.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed, acknowledge and filed this certificate of incorporation this      day of                     , 2011.

 

  
Mark Piesner

 

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