0000913760-14-000091.txt : 20140731 0000913760-14-000091.hdr.sgml : 20140731 20140731170331 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000913760-14-000091 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 POS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140731 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140731 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20140731 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INTL FCSTONE INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000913760 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES [6211] IRS NUMBER: 592921318 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 POS SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-160832 FILM NUMBER: 141007009 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 708 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1500 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-485-3500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 708 THIRD AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 1500 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INTERNATIONAL ASSETS HOLDING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19931020 S-8 POS 1 s-82014julyfcg.htm S-8 POS S-8 2014 JULY FCG



As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2014
Registration No. 333-160832

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on
FORM S-8
To Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-160832)

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

INTL FCSTONE INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
59-2921318 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

708 Third Avenue, Suite 1500
New York, NY 10017
(Address of principal executive offices) (ZIP code)

FCSTONE 2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plans)

Brian T. Sephton
INTL FCStone Inc.
329 North Park Avenue, Suite 350
Winter Park, Florida 32789
(Name and address of agent for service)

(407) 741-5300
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

Scott D. Claassen
Stinson Leonard Street LLP
1201 Walnut, Suite 2900
Kansas City, Missouri 64106
(816) 842-8600

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
[ ]
 
Accelerated filer
[X]
Non-accelerated filer
[ ]
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
[ ]






CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 
Amount to be
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
registered (1)
offering price per share
aggregate offering price
registration fee (2)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
814,511

N/A
N/A
N/A

(1)  
Represents the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be offered pursuant to this registration statement pursuant to FCStone 2006 Equity Incentive Plan. In the event of a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving the Common Stock, in order to prevent dilution, the number of shares of Common Stock registered hereby shall be automatically increased to cover the additional shares of Common Stock in accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933.
(2)
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 covers securities that were originally registered on INTL FCStone Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-160832), as amended. All filing fees payable in connection with the issuance of these securities were previously paid in connection with the initial filing of INTL FCStone Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-160832) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 27, 2009.
.







EXPLANATORY NOTE
INTL FCStone Inc., a Delaware corporation, (formerly International Assets Holding Corporation) hereby amends its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-160832), as amended by pre-effective Amendment No. 1. The Form S-4 related to 8,239,405 shares of INTL FCStone Inc. common stock to be issued in connection with the merger of International Assets Holding Corporation and FCStone Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The merger was completed on September 30, 2009, when FCStone Group, Inc. was merged into a wholly-owned subsidiary of International Assets Holding Corporation, with FCStone Group, Inc. being the surviving corporation.
In connection with the merger, the shareholders of FCStone Group, Inc. received 0.2950 shares of common stock of International Assets Holding Corporation for each share of FCStone Group, Inc. stock outstanding. The shares that were registered on the Form S-4 consisted of the maximum number of shares of INTL FCStone Inc. common stock that could be issuable as merger consideration at the time of the merger, including shares of INTL FCStone Inc. common stock issuable pursuant to FCStone Group, Inc. stock options outstanding at the time of the merger.
Upon completion of the merger, INTL FCStone Inc. assumed FCStone Group, Inc.’s equity-based compensation plans, and all of the FCStone Group, Inc. stock options outstanding at the effective time of the merger became stock options with respect to shares of INTL FCStone Inc. common stock, based on formulae described in the Form S-4. The plans assumed by INTL FCStone Inc. include the FCStone Group, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to 814,511 shares of INTL FCStone Inc. common stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise or settlement of stock options granted under the FCStone Group, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan. All of these stock option awards are held by former employees and former directors of FCStone Group, Inc. and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the option awards were originally registered on the Form S-4.




PART I
Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
The documents containing the information required by Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to associates or others as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act.

PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2013;
(b)
the Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed on February 10, 2014 and May 7, 2014;
(c)
the Registrant’s Current Reports on From 8-K filed on November 21, 2013, January 9, 2014, February 4, 2014, March 4, 2014, April 11, 2014, April 22, 2014 and May 5, 2014; and
(d)
the description of the Common Stock of the Registrant which is contained in the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed on October 13, 1993 (Registration No. 33-70334-A), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities offered hereby remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents; except that nothing in this registration statement shall be deemed to incorporate by reference herein any information included in (i) any document in response to Items 2.01 or 7.01 of a current report on Form 8-K or paragraphs (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3) or (e)(5) of Item 407 of Regulation S-K, (ii) any other information that is furnished to the Commission under applicable rules of the Commission rather than filed with the Commission, and (iii) exhibits furnished in connection with the information furnished.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
In accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), Article 10 of the Registrant’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision eliminating a director’s personal liability to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL prohibits the elimination or limitation of a director’s liability (1) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the



Registrant or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, (3) under Section 174 of the DGCL (relating to unlawful dividend payments or stock redemptions or repurchases), or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Section 145(a) of the DGCL (1) gives Delaware corporations broad powers to indemnify their present and former directors and officers and those of other enterprises, as well as certain other persons, against expenses, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by such directors, officers or other persons in defense of any action, suit or proceeding to which they are made parties by reason of being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or of another enterprise at the request of the corporation, subject to specified conditions and exclusions, provided that such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceedings, provided that such director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person 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 enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit; provided that such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in the by-laws, we shall be required to indemnify any such person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by any such person was authorized by the board.
Section 145(c) of the DGCL provides that to the extent a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify such person against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonable incurred by such person in connection therewith.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL authorizes the corporation to purchase and maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. The indemnification authorized by Section 145 of the DGCL is not exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any bylaws, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, policy of insurance or otherwise.
Article VII of the Registrant’s Bylaws dated August, 2007 (the “Bylaws”) requires the Registrant to indemnify any person (1) against all judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant) or (2) against any expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in an action by or in the right of the Registrant, in either case, by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving as a director or officer of the Registrant or as a director or officer of another enterprise at the Registrant’s request; provided that such person must have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the Registrant’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, that such person must have had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. Article VII further provides that the Registrant shall not indemnify any person for any liabilities or expenses incurred by such person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Registrant in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Registrant, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery determines that the person is entitled to such indemnity. Prior to indemnifying a person pursuant to Article VII of the Registrant’s Bylaws, the Registrant must determine that such person has met the specified standard of conduct required for indemnification unless ordered by a court. Such determination must be made by (x) a majority vote of a quorum of the directors who were not party to the action, suit or proceeding (y) by independent legal counsel in a written opinion if so directed by a quorum of disinterested directors or if such a quorum is not obtainable, or (z) the shareholders. Expenses incurred in connection with the indemnification provisions of Article VII shall be paid by the Registrant in advance of the final disposition of any action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the person who may be entitled to indemnification under Article VII to repay such amounts unless it shall be ultimately determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant. The indemnification provided by Article VII of the Registrant’s Bylaws is not exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under the DGCL.



The Registrant has obtained directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for each of its directors and executive officers which (subject to certain limits and deductibles) (1) insures such persons against loss arising from certain claims made against them by reason of such persons being a director or officer, and (2) insures the Registrant against loss which it may be required or permitted to pay as indemnification due such persons for certain claims. Such insurance may provide coverage for certain matters as to which the Registrant may not be permitted by law to provide indemnification.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following Exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference:
Exhibit
 
Number
Description
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended February 25, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-196413) filed on May 30, 2014)
 
 
3.2
Bylaws of the Company, as amended December 16, 2013
 
 
5.1
Opinion of Shutts & Bowen LLP (previously filed with Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on August 14, 2009 to which this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates)
 
 
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
 
 
23.2
Consent of Shutts & Bowen LLP (set forth in Exhibit 5.1)
 
 
24.1
Power of Attorney included on the signature page of this Registration Statement
 
 



Item 9. Undertakings.
A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.




SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effect Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on July 31, 2014.

 
 
INTL FCSTONE INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ William J. Dunaway
 
 
William J. Dunaway
 
 
Chief Financial Officer




POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of INTL FCStone Inc., hereby severally constitute William J. Dunaway and Brian T. Sephton and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below this Registration Statement and any and all amendments to said Registration Statement and any registration statements for the same offering covered by this Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable INTL FCStone Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ John Radziwill
 
 
 
 
John Radziwill
 
Director and Chairman of the Board
 
July 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Sean M. O’Connor
 
 
 
 
Sean M. O’Connor
 
Director and Chief Executive Officer
 
July 31, 2014
 
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
/s/ Scott J. Branch
 
 
 
 
Scott J. Branch
 
Director and President
 
July 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Paul G. Anderson
 
 
 
 
Paul G. Anderson
 
Director
 
July 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ John M. Fowler
 
 
 
 
John M. Fowler
 
Director
 
July 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Daryl Henze
 
 
 
 
Daryl Henze
 
Director
 
July 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Eric Parthemore
 
 
 
 
Eric Parthemore
 
Director
 
July 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ William J. Dunaway
 
 
 
 
William J. Dunaway
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
July 31, 2014
 
 
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

3.2    Bylaws of the Company, as amended December 16, 2013

23.1    Consent of KPMG LLP


EX-3.2 2 exhibit32fcg.htm EXHIBIT Exhibit 3.2 FCG


Exhibit 3.2


INTL FCSTONE INC.
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BYLAWS
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(As amended December 16, 2013)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. The registered office shall be located in the City of Wilmington, State of Delaware.
Section. 2. The Corporation 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 Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II
MEET1NGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. All meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such place within or without the State as may be from time to time fixed or determined by the board of directors.
Section 2. An annual meeting of the stockholders, commencing with the year l988 shall be held on a date and at a time and place to be determined by the board of directors when they shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors and transact such other business as may properly he brought before the Meeting.
Section 3. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate incorporation, may be called at any time by the president or a majority of the board o£ directors or the holders of not less than one-fifth of all the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the particular meeting, upon written request delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Upon receipt of any such request, it shall be the duty of the secretary to call a special meeting of the stockholders to be held at such time, not more than sixty days thereafter, as the secretary may fix. If the secretary shall neglect to issue such call, the person or persons making the request may issue the call.
Section 4. Written notice of every meeting of the stockholders, specifying the place, date, and hour of the meeting, and in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall he served upon, electronically sent or mailed, postage prepaid, not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, unless a different period of notice is required by statute, to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat.
        





Section 5. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in. the name of each stock-holder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in, the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
Section 6. Business transacted at all special meetings of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
Section 7. The holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy shall be requisite and shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. The stockholders present in person or by proxy at a duly convened meeting can continue to do business until adjournment, not withstanding withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
Section 8. When a quorum is present or represented at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares having voting powers, present in person or represented by proxy, shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation, a different vote is re-quired In which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.
Section. 9. Each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share having voting power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period; and, except where the board of directors has fixed, in advance, a record date, nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting , the record date for determining which shall not be more than sixty stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the next day preceding the day on which the meeting is held.
Section 10. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the stockholders who would be entitled to vote at a meeting for such purpose.

ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. The number of directors which shall constitute the board shall not be less than five (5) or more than twenty-five (25) directors, which board shall be elected by the stockholders at their annual meeting. The board of directors may, by a vote of not less than a majority of the authorized number of directors increase or decrease the number of directors from time to time without a vote of the stockholders provided, however, that any such decrease shall not eliminate any director then in office, and provided further, that any such increase or decrease shall be consistent with the first sentence of this section.





Section 2. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors shall be filled by a majority of the remaining number of the board, though less than a quorum. If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stock-holders holding at least ten percent of the total number of shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by directors then in office as aforesaid, which election shall be governed by the provision of Article II Section 2, as far as applicable.
Section 3. The business of the Corporation shall be managed by its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the certificate of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required to be exercised and done by the stockholders.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 4. The board of directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.
Section 5. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held at the same place as, and immediately following, the annual meeting of the stockholders unless the stockholders shall otherwise fix the time and place of such meeting at the annual meeting of stockholders at which such directors were elected, in which case such meeting shall be held at the time and place so fixed. No notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order to legally constitute such meeting, provided a majority of the whole board shall be present. In the event such meeting is not held at such time and place as provided for above, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for such meetings of the board of directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the directors.
Section 6. Regular meetings of the board of directors may he held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by resolution or at least a majority of the board at a duly convened meeting, or by unanimous written consent.
Section 7. Special meetings of the board may be called by the president on 10 days’ notice to each director. Notice of the time and place of meetings of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, if required, shall be:
(a) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone;
(b) sent by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid; or
(c) sent by facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic transmission,
directed to each director at that director’s address, telephone number, facsimile number or electronic mail address, as the case may be, as shown on the Corporation’s records.
Section 8. At all meetings of the board a majority of the directors in office shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the acts of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the acts of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of directors, the directors





present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 9. If all the directors shall severally or collectively consent in writing or by electronic transmission to any action to be taken by the Corporation, and if the writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board, such action shall be as valid a corporate action as though it had been authorized at a meeting of the board of directors.
Section 10. The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two or more of the directors of the Corporation. The board may designate alternate members of any committee who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting o£ the committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business affairs of the corporation and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. The committee or committees designated shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the board when required.
COMPENSATION 0F DIRECTORS
Section 11. Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services but, by resolution of the board, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the board or at meetings of the executive committee; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefore.
REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
Section 12. The entire board of directors or any individual director may be removed from office without: assigning any cause by the vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all stockholders would be entitled to cast at any annual election of directors. In case the board or any one or more directors be so removed, new directors may be elected at the same meeting.
ARTICLE IV
NOTICES
Section 1. Notices to directors and stockholders shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the directors or stockholders at their addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall he mailed. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram.
Section 2. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these By-Laws a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors (or by the chief executive officer to the extent provided below) and shall be a chairman of the board, a chief executive





officer, a president, any number of vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer. Any of the aforesaid offices may be held by the same person. Except for the office of chief executive officer, secretary and treasurer, the board of directors, in its discretion, may leave vacant for such period of time as it may deem appropriate any office provided for in these By-laws.
Section 2. From time to time, in its discretion, the board of directors may choose such additional officers of the Corporation as it deems appropriate.
Section 3. The board of directors 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.
Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors.
Section 5. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the board of directors.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Section 6. The chairman of the board shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Section 7. The chief executive officer of the Corporation shall have general supervision over the business of the Corporation subject, however, to the control of the board of directors and of any duly authorized committee of directors. The chief executive officer shall, if present and in the absence or non-election of the chairman of the board of directors, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and at all meetings of the board of directors. The chief executive officer may sign and execute in the name of the Corporation deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, and other instruments, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors or by these By-laws exclusively to some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by law otherwise to be signed or executed. The chief executive officer may delegate his or her powers of signature and execution described above to an employee elected to the position of Chief Operating Officer, subject to his or her supervision. In general, the chief executive officer shall perform all duties incident to the office of chief executive officer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the board.
THE PRESIDENT
Section 8. The president shall have general supervision over the operations of the Corporation subject, however, to the control of the board, any duly authorized committee of directors and the chief executive officer. The president shall, if present and in the absence of the chairman of the board and the chief executive officer, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and at all meetings of the board. The president may sign and execute in the name of the Corporation deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, and other instruments, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors or by these By-laws exclusively to some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by law otherwise to be signed or executed. The president may delegate his or her powers of





signature and execution described above to an employee elected as Chief Operating Officer, subject to his or her supervision. In general, the president shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the board of directors or the chief executive officer.
THE VICE PRESIDENTS
Section 9. The vice president or, if there shall be more than one, the vice presidents, in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.
THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES
Section 10. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the executive committee when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or president, under whose Supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the seal or the Corporation and, when authorized by the board of directors, affix the same to any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of an assistant secretary.
Section 11. The assistant secretary, or if there shall he more than one, the assistant secretaries, in the order determined by the board of directors shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.
THE TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS
Section 12. The treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities, shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation, and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board of directors.
Section 13. He shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors at its regular meetings or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.
Section 14. If required by the board of directors, he shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 15. The assistant treasurer or, if there shall be more than one, the assistant treasurers, in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.






ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATES OF SHARES
Section 1. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates or shall be uncertificated shares, as provided by the DGCL. If certificates, the certificates of shares of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in a share register as they are issued. Whether represented by certificates or uncertificated shares, the records of the corporation shall exhibit the name of the registered holder and the number and class of shares and the series, if any, represented thereby and the par value of each share or a statement that such shares are without par value as the case may be.     
Section 2. Every share certificate shall be signed by the president and the secretary and shall be sealed with the corporate seal which may be facsimile, engraved or printed.
Section 3. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be such officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be such at the date of its issue.
LOST CERTIFICATES
Section 4. The board of directors shall direct a new certificate or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the share certificate to be lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or uncertificated shares, the board of directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken certificate, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been 1ost, destroyed or wrongfully taken.
TRANSFER OF SHARES
Section 5. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation (a) upon presentation of the certificate by the registered holder or by a duly authorized attorney, or upon  presentation of proper evidence of authority to transfer the stock, and upon surrender of the appropriate certificate or (b) in the case of uncertificated shares, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of such uncertificated shares, or from a duly authorized attorney or a person presenting proper evidence of authority to transfer the stock.  The person in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as regards the Corporation.
CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS
Section 6. The board of directors may fix a time, not more than sixty nor less than ten days prior to the date of any meeting of stockholders or the date fixed for the payment of any dividend or distribution or the date for the allotment of rights or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares will be made or go into effect, as a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any such dividend or distribution or to receive any such allotment of rights or to exercise the rights in respect to any such change, conversion or exchange of shares. In such case only such stock-holders as shall be stockholders of record, on the date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting





or to receive payment of such dividend or to receive such allotment of rights or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the Corporation after any record date so fixed. The board of directors may close the bocks of the Corporation against transfers of shares during the whole or any part of such period and in such case written or printed notice thereof shall be mailed at least ten days before the closing thereof to each stockholder of record at the address appearing on the records of the Corporation or sup-plied by him to the Corporation for the purpose of notice.
REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS
Section 7. The Corporation shall he entitled to treat the holder of record or any share or shares as the holder in fact thereof and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other person, and shall not be liable for any registration or transfer of shares which are registered or to he registered in the name of a fiduciary or the nominee of a fiduciary unless made with actual knowledge that a fiduciary or nominee of a fiduciary is committing a breach of trust in requesting such registration or transfer, or with knowledge of such facts that its participation therein amounts to bad faith.

ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHER PERSONS
Section 1. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to he made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he 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 or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
Section 2. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he 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 against expense, including attorneys' fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation. No such indemnification against expenses shall be made, however, in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such





expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 3. Indemnification under Sections 1 and 2 of this Article shall be made by the Corporation when ordered by a court or upon a determination that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in those Sections. Such determination shall be made (a) by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit, or proceeding, or (b} if such quorum is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (c) by the stockholders.
Section 4. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding of the kind described in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the person who may be entitled to indemnification under those Sections, to repay such amount: unless it shall ultimately he determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.
Section 5. The indemnification provided in this Article shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
Section 6. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as limiting the power or obligation of the Corporation to indemnify any person, in accordance with the Delaware Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, or in accordance with any similar law adopted in lieu thereof.
Section 7. The corporation shall also indemnify any person against expenses including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in enforcing any right to indemnification under this Article, under the Delaware Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, or under any similar law adopted in lieu thereof.
Section 8. Any person who shall serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or who shall serve, at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be deemed to do so with knowledge of and in reliance upon the rights of indemnification provided in this Article, in the Delaware Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, and in any similar law adopted in Lieu thereof.
Section 9. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as protecting any director, officer, employee or agent against liability to the Corporation or to its shareholders contrary to the provisions of Section 17|(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
INSURANCE
Section 10. 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 liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability.

ARTICLE VI11
GENERAL PROVISIONS





EMERGENCY BYLAWS
Section l. The board of directors of the Corporation may adopt emergency Bylaws, subject to repeal, or change by action of the stockholders, which shall be operative during any emergency resulting from warlike damages or attack on the United States or any nuclear or atomic disaster. The emergency Bylaws may make any provision that may he practical and necessary for the circumstances of the emergency.
INTERESTED DIRECTORS
Section 2. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are also directors or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for such reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the board which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purposes, if:
(a) The material facts as to his interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or known to the board of directors and the board in qood faith authorizes the contract or transaction by a vote sufficient for such purpose without counting the vote of the interested director or directors; or
(h) The material facts as to his interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by a vote of the shareholders or
(c) The contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the board of directors or the stockholders.
Section 3. Interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors which authorizes a contract or transaction in the preceding section.
DIVIDENDS
Section 4. Dividends upon the shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in its shares, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.
Section 5. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation 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 Corporation, or for such other purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
CHECKS
Section 6. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate.
FISCAL YEARS
Section 7. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of





directors.
SEAL
Section 8. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware." The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed by a resolution of a majority of the board of directors.




As Amended August, 2007




EX-23.1 3 exhibit231fcg.htm CONSENT OF KPMG LLP Exhibit 23.1 FCG


Exhibit 23.1


Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm




The Board of Directors
INTL FCStone Inc.:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in Post-Effective Amendment No.1 on Form S-8 to the registration statement (No. 333-160832) on Form S-4 of INTL FCStone Inc. (the Company) of our reports dated January 15, 2014, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of September 30, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash flows, and stockholders’ equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended September 30, 2013, and the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2013, which reports appear in the September 30, 2013 annual report on Form 10-K of the Company.

As discussed in note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company restated its 2012 and 2011 consolidated financial statements to correct a misstatement.

Our report dated January 15, 2014, on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2013, expresses our opinion that the Company did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2013 because of the effect of a material weakness on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria and contains an explanatory paragraph that states a material weakness related to the accurate and timely accounting for certain principal over-the-counter derivative trading activities has been identified and included in management’s assessment.


/s/ KPMG LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
July 31, 2014