EX-3.1 2 ex3_1.htm EXHIBIT 3.1

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF ELIMINATION

OF THE

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

OF

PREFERRED STOCK

OF

AULT ALLIANCE, INC.

 

Pursuant to Section 151(g)

of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware

 

Ault Alliance, Inc., formerly known as DPW Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), in accordance with the provisions of Section 151(g) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), hereby certifies as follows:

 

FIRST: Pursuant to the authority to the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) by Section 151 of the DGCL, the Board, by resolution duly adopted, authorized the issuance of, and established the voting powers, designation, preferences and relative, participating and other rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of shares of Series C Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”), as evidenced by the Certificate of Designation with respect to such Series C Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 24, 2020.

 

SECOND: No shares of Series C Preferred Stock are outstanding and none will be issued subject to the Certificate of Designation governing such Series C Preferred Stock.

 

THIRD: Pursuant to a unanimous written consent of the Board dated January 6, 2023, the Board duly adopted the following resolutions approving the proposed elimination of the Series C Preferred Stock as follows:

 

WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Corporation provides for a class of its authorized stock known as preferred stock, comprised of 25,000,000 shares, $0.001 par value per share, issuable from time to time in one or more classes;

 

WHEREAS, the Corporation previously authorized and designated a series of Preferred stock entitled the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Previous Class”), on February 24, 2020 pursuant to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations and Preferences therefor (the “Certificate of Designations”), none of which shares was ever issued;

 

NOW, THEREFORE IT IS RESOLVED, the Corporation hereby eliminates the Certificate of Designations originally filed with the State of Delaware on February 24, 2020 related to the Previous Class, and be it further;

 

RESOLVED, that the Corporation’s Executive Chairman, its Chief Executive Officer and its President (each, an “Authorized Person”) be, and each of them individually is, authorized to execute the foregoing documents and/or instruments in connection with the elimination of the Certificate of Designations on behalf of the Corporation, together with such amendments and changes thereto as such Authorized Person in his sole discretion shall approve, and together with any other documents and/or instruments executed in connection therewith, his signature thereon to be conclusive evidence of such approval; and be it further

 

RESOLVED, that in addition to and without limiting the foregoing, each Authorized Person and the Corporation’s attorney, be and hereby is authorized to take, or cause to be taken, such further action, and to execute and deliver, or cause to be delivered, for and in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, all such instruments and documents as he may deem appropriate in order to effect the purpose or intent of the foregoing resolutions (as conclusively evidenced by the taking of such action or the execution and delivery of such instruments, as the case may be) and all action heretofore taken by such officer in connection with the subject of the foregoing recitals and resolutions be, and it hereby is, approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects as the act and deed of the Corporation; and be it further

 

RESOLVED, that all prior actions taken by the Corporation and/or its officers for and/or on behalf of the Corporation be, and each such action hereby is, approved, ratified and confirmed; and be it further

 

RESOLVED, that this unanimous written consent may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and may be delivered to the Corporation by facsimile or by an e-mail which contains a portable document format (.pdf) file of an executed signature page; and be it further

 

 

FOURTH: In accordance with Section 151(g) of the DGCL, the shares that were designated as Series C Preferred Stock are hereby returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares of the Preferred Stock of the Corporation, without designation as to series.

 

   
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Elimination to be signed by its duly authorized officer on the 19th day of January 2023.

 

     
  AULT ALLIANCE, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Henry Nisser
  Name: Henry Nisser
  Title: President