UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 21 , 201 9 ( June 18 , 201 9 )

 

 

ACCELERIZE INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

000-52635   20-385 8769

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

     

2601 Ocean Park Blvd. , S uite 310

Santa Monica, California

 

 

90405

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

310-314-8804

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

20411 SW Birch Street, Suite 250

Newport Beach, California 92660

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 



 

 

 

 

Item 1.02     Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

Item 2.01     Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

Item 3.02     Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

Item 5.02     Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item 5.03     Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

Item 5.07     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

As previously disclosed, on May 15, 2019, Accelerize Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”), with CAKE Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc., an Ontario, Canada corporation (TSX: CSU) (“Constellation”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell substantially all of the assets associated with its CAKE and Journey by CAKE business (the “Business”) to Constellation for a base purchase price of $19,400,000 plus or minus an estimated closing date adjustment based on the net tangible assets of the Business at the closing, a holdback of $500,000 adjusted pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement and payable on the first anniversary of the closing date, and a three year earnout equal to 30% of the amount that the annual net revenue of the Business exceeds $13,750,000 and payable within 120 days on each of the first, second and third end of month anniversaries of the closing date (the “Sale”). The closing of the Sale took place on June 18, 2019 (the “Closing Date”).

 

On the Closing Date, Constellation acquired all of the assets used by the Company in the Business and assumed the Company’s post-closing obligations under certain vendor, customer and other commercial contracts related to the Business, including the Company’s lease for its headquarters in Newport Beach, California. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents, and the assets associated with its Accelerize trademark, were excluded from the sale of the Business. Constellation assumed the employment agreements of certain of the Company’s employees following the Closing Date, including Santi Pierini, the Company’s former Chief Operating Officer, and Paul Dumais, the Company’s former Senior Vice President, Product Development. The Company and Brian Ross, its Chief Executive Officer, have agreed not to compete with the Business for a period of five years from the closing date and not to solicit from the Business employees, customers, vendors and others with a business relationship with the Business for a period of two years.

 

On the Closing Date, the Company received proceeds of $20,892,667, net of the estimated closing date adjustment. On the Closing Date, the Company paid to (i) SaaS Capital Funding II, LLC (“SaaS Capital”) $4,576,123 in principal, interest and fees to terminate the loan and security agreement between the Company and SaaS Capital and SaaS Capital released its security interest in the Company’s assets associated with the Business, (ii) Beedie Investments Limited (“Beedie”) $7,033,207 in principal, interest and fees to terminate the non-revolving term credit agreement between the Company and Beedie and Beedie released its security interest in the Company’s assets associated with the Business, (iii) Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) $3,644,403 in connection with outstanding invoices due to AWS, (iv) fifteen promissory note holders the aggregate amount of $3,000,000 to terminate the same outstanding principal amount of outstanding promissory notes, (v) a former officer of the Company $850,000 to pay remaining amounts due under a settlement agreement between the Company and such officer, and (vi) financial, legal, accounting and other advisors an aggregate of $1,158,897 for various transaction and related costs. Also on the Closing Date, SaaS Capital’s warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,733,333 shares of the Company’s common stock and Beedie’s warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,935,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were cancelled. Fees in the aggregate amount of (i) $500,000 will be payable to SaaS Capital and (ii) $1,015,861 will be payable to Beedie, from the holdback and earnout payments payable by Constellation under the Asset Purchase Agreement and SaaS Capital and Beedie have a security interest in such amounts.

 

 

 

 

On June 20, 2019, in connection with previously disclosed amendments entered into on May 15, 2019 with the Company’s promissory noteholders, the Company (i) filed a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Series A Certificate”) and issued to certain of its promissory noteholders an aggregate of 500 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, each with a stated value per share of $1,000 which will bear interest at 12% per annum, be convertible into the Company’s common stock at the election of the holder at a conversion price per share to be mutually agreed between the Company and the holder in the future, and be redeemable at the Company’s option following the third year after issuance, without voting rights or a liquidation preference, and (ii) issued an aggregate of 3,500,000 restricted shares of common stock to the promissory noteholders in lieu of paying two years of accrued but unpaid interest under the promissory notes. The securities were issued pursuant to an exemption under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). A copy of the Series A Certificate is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

As previously disclosed, on May 15, 2019, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Emerging Growth Agreement”), with Emerging Growth LLC (the “Seller”), pursuant to which the Company will acquire certain assets from the Seller related to its sponsored content and marketing business (the “Purchase”). The closing of the Purchase occurred on June 20, 2019. In connection with the closing of the Purchase, the Company (i) paid $420,000 in cash to the Seller, (ii) filed a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Series B Certificate”) and issued to the Seller 3,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, each with a stated value per share of $1,000 which will bear interest at 6% per annum and be convertible into the Company’s common stock at the election of the Seller at a conversion price per share to be mutually agreed between the Company and the Seller in the future, without voting rights or a liquidation preference, except with respect to accrued penalty interest, and (iii) issued an aggregate of 30,000,000 restricted shares of common stock to the Seller. The securities were issued pursuant to an exemption under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Under the Emerging Growth Agreement, the Company granted the Seller the right to appoint two members to the Company’s board of directors, which appointment has not yet occurred. A copy of the Series B Certificate is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The Company will file 2017 and 2018 audited financial statements, along with required pro-forma financial information, within 75 days of the closing of the Purchase (or by September 3, 2019).

 

On June 3, 2019, the Company commenced a written consent solicitation from its stockholders to approve the Sale and the first consent was delivered on June 3, 2019. At the time of the closing of the Sale, stockholders representing 63% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock had approved the Sale. The Sale required the written consent of the majority of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock. At the record date for the written consent solicitation the Company had 66,179,709 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. The votes were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

41,917,885

 

696,101

 

27,500

 

-

  

Item 9.01 

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

   

(d)

Exhibits

 

3.1

Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Preferred Stock

3.2

Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B Preferred Stock

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   

ACCELERIZE INC.

 

By:

/s/ Brian Ross

 

Name:

Brian Ross

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date: June 21, 2019

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

ACCELERIZE INC.

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES,

RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS

OF

SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 151 OF THE

Delaware GENERAL CORPORATION LAW

 

The undersigned, Brian Ross, does hereby certify that:

 

1. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Accelerize Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”).

 

2. The Corporation is authorized to issue 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock, none of which is currently issued and outstanding.

 

3. The following resolutions were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”):

 

WHEREAS, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation provides for a class of its authorized stock known as preferred stock, consisting of 2,000,000 shares, $0.001 par value per share, issuable from time to time in one or more series;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized to fix the dividend rights, dividend rate, voting rights, conversion rights, rights and terms of redemption and liquidation preferences of any wholly unissued series of preferred stock and the number of shares constituting any series and the designation thereof, of any of them; and

 

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to fix the rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to a series of the preferred stock, which shall consist of, up to 500 shares of the preferred stock which the Corporation has the authority to issue, as follows:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors does hereby provide for the issuance of a series of preferred stock for cash or exchange of other securities, rights or property and does hereby fix and determine the rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to such series of preferred stock as follows:

 

TERMS OF PREFERRED STOCK

 

Section 1 .            Definitions . For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Affiliate ” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

 

Business Day ” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

Certificates ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).

 

Common Stock ” means the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

Common Stock Equivalents ” means any securities of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.

 

 

 

 

Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).

 

Conversion Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

Corporation Option Redemption ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

 

Corporation Optional Redemption Amount ” means the product of the number of shares of Preferred Stock being redeemed and the Stated Value.

 

Corporation Option Redemption Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

 

Corporation Option Redemption Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

 

Corporation Option Redemption Notice Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

 

Dividend Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

 

Holder ” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2.

 

Junior Securities ” means the Common Stock and all other Common Stock Equivalents of the Corporation other than those securities which are explicitly senior or pari passu to the Preferred Stock in dividend rights or liquidation preference.

 

Liquidation ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.

 

New York Courts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(d).

 

Notice of Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).

 

Original Issue Date ” means the date of the first issuance of any shares of the Preferred Stock regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Preferred Stock and regardless of the number of certificates which may be issued to evidence such Preferred Stock.

 

Person ” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Prime Rate ” means (i) the prime rate of interest in U.S. dollars, as published in The Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition) under the caption “Money Rates” as the Prime Rate; or (ii) if The Wall Street Journal does not publish such rate, the offered one-month rate for deposits in U.S. dollars which appears on Reuters as of 10:00 a.m., New York time, the Trading Day immediately prior to the beginning of such payment date, provided that if at least two rates appear on Reuters on any such Trading Day, the “Prime Rate” for such day shall be the arithmetic mean of such rates.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Stated Value ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business.

 

 

 

 

Trading Market ” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Section 2 .      Designation, Amount and Par Value . The series of preferred stock shall be designated as Series A Preferred Stock (the “ Preferred Stock ”) and the number of shares so designated shall be up to 500 (which shall not be subject to increase without the written consent of a majority of the holders of the Preferred Stock (each, a “ Holder ” and collectively, the “ Holders ”)). Each share of Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.001 per share and a stated value equal to $1,000.00 (the “ Stated Value ”).

 

Section 3 .      Dividends .   

 

a)      Dividends in Cash . Holders shall be entitled to receive, and the Corporation shall pay, cumulative dividends at the rate per share (as a percentage of the Stated Value per share) of 12% per annum, payable quarterly on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, beginning on the first such date after the Original Issue Date and on each date of a Conversion (with respect only to Preferred Stock being converted) and on each Corporation Optional Redemption Date (with respect only to Preferred Stock being redeemed) (each such date, a “ Dividend Payment Date ”) (if any Dividend Payment Date is not a Trading Day, the applicable payment shall be due on the next succeeding Trading Day), in cash.

 

b)      Dividend Calculations . Dividends on the Preferred Stock shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date, and shall be deemed to accrue from such date whether or not earned or declared and whether or not there are profits, surplus or other funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of dividends. Dividends shall cease to accrue with respect to any Preferred Stock converted or redeemed.

 

c)      Late Fees . Any dividends that are not paid within three Trading Days following a Dividend Payment Date shall continue to accrue and shall entail a late fee, which must be paid in cash, at an interest rate equal to the lesser of Prime Rate or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law which shall accrue daily from the Dividend Payment Date through and including the date of actual payment in full.

 

d)      Other Securities . So long as any Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding, neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary thereof shall directly or indirectly pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution upon (other than a dividend or distribution described herein or dividends due and paid in the ordinary course on preferred stock of the Corporation at such times when the Corporation is in compliance with its payment and other obligations hereunder), nor shall any distribution be made in respect of, any Junior Securities as long as any dividends due on the Preferred Stock remain unpaid, nor shall any monies be set aside for or applied to the purchase or redemption (through a sinking fund or otherwise) of any Junior Securities or shares pari passu with the Preferred Stock.

 

Section 4 .      Voting Rights . Except as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise required by law, the Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights. However, as long as any shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock, (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Preferred Stock or alter or amend this Certificate of Designation, (b) increase the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock, or (c) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Section 5 .      Liquidation . Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary (a “ Liquidation ”), the Holders shall be entitled to receive distributions out of the assets, whether capital or surplus, of the Corporation on a pari passu basis with the holders of Common Stock. The Corporation shall mail written notice of any such Liquidation, not less than 45 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each Holder.

  

 

 

 

Section 6 .      Conversion .

 

a)      Right to Convert . Each Holder of Preferred Stock shall have the right, but not the obligation, to convert all or any portion of his, her or its shares of Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock of the Corporation (the “ Conversion ”) at the Conversion price determined pursuant to Section 6(b) (the “ Conversion Shares ”).

 

(b)       Conversion Price . Upon a Conversion, each full share of Preferred Stock shall be convertible into Conversion Shares at a conversion price per share as mutually agreed in the future between the Corporation and the Holder (the “ Conversion Price ”), provided further, that following a Conversion the Corporation shall issue such number of Conversion Shares to the holder of Preferred Stock as would result from dividing (i) the byproduct of multiplying the number of shares of Preferred Stock, subject to an Conversion, by the Stated Value per share of Preferred Stock, by (ii) the Conversion Price.

 

c)      Notice of Conversion . Upon an Conversion of shares of Preferred Stock, the Holder of Preferred Stock shall: (i) deliver an executed notice of Conversion to the Corporation, no later than ten (10) days prior to the record date of such Conversion (the “ Notice of Conversion ”) and (ii) the Holder of Preferred Stock shall surrender or cause to be surrendered only those original certificates of Preferred Stock that shall be converted into Conversion Shares (the “ Certificates ”), duly endorsed. Upon receipt by the Corporation of the Holder’s original certificates representing the Preferred Stock subject to Conversion and the Notice of Conversion, the Corporation shall promptly send a confirmation to such Holder stating that the Preferred Stock Certificates has been received and the date upon which the Corporation expects to deliver the Conversion Shares issuable upon such Conversion and the name and telephone number of a contact person at the Corporation regarding the Conversion Shares.

 

d)      Obligation Absolute . The Corporation’s obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to such Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided , however , that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Corporation of any such action that the Corporation may have against such Holder.

 

e)      Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion . The Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Stock free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Preferred Stock), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 7) upon the conversion of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock and payment of dividends hereunder. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

f)      Fractional Shares . No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Corporation shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

g)      Transfer Taxes and Expenses . The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holders of such shares of Preferred Stock and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid. The Corporation shall pay all transfer agent fees and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.

 

 

 

 

Section 7 .      Optional Redemption .

 

a)      Optional Redemption at Election of Corporation . Subject to the provisions of this Section 8(a), at any time after the three (3) year anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Corporation may deliver a notice to the Holders (a “ Corporation Optional Redemption Notice ” and the date such notice is deemed delivered hereunder, the “Corporation Optional Redemption Notice Date”) of its irrevocable election to redeem some or all of the then outstanding Preferred Stock, for cash in an amount equal to the Corporation Optional Redemption Amount on the 20th Trading Day following the Corporation Optional Redemption Notice Date (such date, the “Corporation Optional Redemption Date” and such redemption, the “Corporation Optional Redemption”). The Corporation Optional Redemption Amount is payable in full on the Corporation Optional Redemption Date. The Corporation covenants and agrees that it will honor all Notices of Conversion tendered from the time of delivery of the Corporation Optional Redemption Notice through the date the Corporation Optional Redemption Amount is paid in full.

 

b)      Redemption Procedure . The payment of cash pursuant to a Corporation Optional Redemption shall be payable on the Corporation Optional Redemption Date. If any portion of the payment pursuant to a Corporation Optional Redemption shall not be paid by the Corporation by the applicable due date, interest shall accrue thereon at an interest rate equal to the lesser of Prime Rate or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law until such amount is paid in full. Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if any portion of the Corporation Optional Redemption Amount remains unpaid after such date, the Holder may elect, by written notice to the Corporation given at any time thereafter, to invalidate such Corporation Optional Redemption, ab initio, and, with respect to the Corporation’s failure to honor the Corporation Optional Redemption, the Corporation shall have no further right to exercise such Corporation Optional Redemption. The Holder may elect to convert the outstanding Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6 prior to actual payment in cash for any redemption under this Section 7 by the delivery of a Notice of Conversion to the Corporation.

 

c)      Adjustment for Reclassification, Exchange, and Substitution . If at any time or from time to time after the Original Issuance Date, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock shall be changed into the same or a different number of shares of any class or classes of stock, whether by recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization, merger, exchange, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise, then, in any such event, each holder of Preferred Stock shall have the right thereafter to convert such stock into the kind and amount of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization, merger, exchange, consolidation, sale of assets or other change by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Preferred Stock could have been converted immediately prior to such recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization, merger, exchange, consolidation, sale of assets or other change, or with respect to such other securities or property by the terms thereof.

 

 

 

 

Section 8 .      Miscellaneous .

 

a)      Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Corporation, at the address set forth above, or such other address as the Corporation may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders delivered in accordance with this Section 8. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Corporation hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or e-mail attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number, e-mail address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation, or if no such facsimile number, e-mail address or address appears on the books of the Corporation, at the principal place of business of such Holder, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or e-mail attachment at the e-mail address set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or e-mail attachment at the e-mail address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

 

b)      Absolute Obligation . Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Certificate of Designation shall alter or impair the obligation of the Corporation, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay liquidated damages, accrued dividends and accrued interest, as applicable, on the shares of Preferred Stock at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

c)      Lost or Mutilated Preferred Stock Certificate . If a Holder’s Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the shares of Preferred Stock so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership hereof reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation.

  

d)      Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Certificate of Designation shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated hereby (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “ New York Courts ”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Certificate of Designation and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Certificate of Designation or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

e)      Waiver . Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder of a breach of any provision of this Certificate of Designation shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Certificate of Designation or a waiver by any other Holders. The failure of the Corporation or a Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Designation on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party (or any other Holder) of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Certificate of Designation on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder must be in writing.

 

 

 

 

f)      Severability . If any provision of this Certificate of Designation is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Designation shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law.

 

g)      Next Business Day . Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

h)      Headings . The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Designation and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

i)      Status of Converted or Redeemed Preferred Stock . If any shares of Preferred Stock shall be converted, redeemed or reacquired by the Corporation, such shares shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as Series A Preferred Stock.

 

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RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Chairman, the president or any vice-president, and treasurer and the secretary or any assistant secretary, of the Corporation be and they hereby are authorized and directed to prepare and file this Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations in accordance with the foregoing resolution and the provisions of Delaware law.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate this 20 th day of June, 2019.

 

 

 

/s/ Brian Ross

 

Name: Brian Ross

 

Title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President

 

 

Exhibit 3.2

 

ACCELERIZE INC.

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES,

RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS

OF

SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 151 OF THE

Delaware GENERAL CORPORATION LAW

 

The undersigned, Brian Ross, does hereby certify that:

 

1. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Accelerize Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”).

 

2. The Corporation is authorized to issue 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock, none of which is currently issued and outstanding.

 

3. The following resolutions were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”):

 

WHEREAS, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation provides for a class of its authorized stock known as preferred stock, consisting of 2,000,000 shares, $0.001 par value per share, issuable from time to time in one or more series;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized to fix the dividend rights, dividend rate, voting rights, conversion rights, rights and terms of redemption and liquidation preferences of any wholly unissued series of preferred stock and the number of shares constituting any series and the designation thereof, of any of them; and

 

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to fix the rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to a series of the preferred stock, which shall consist of, up to 3,000 shares of the preferred stock which the Corporation has the authority to issue, as follows:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors does hereby provide for the issuance of a series of preferred stock for cash or exchange of other securities, rights or property and does hereby fix and determine the rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to such series of preferred stock as follows:

 

TERMS OF PREFERRED STOCK

 

Section 1 .            Definitions . For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Affiliate ” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

 

Business Day ” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

Certificates ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).

 

Common Stock ” means the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.

 

Common Stock Equivalents ” means any securities of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.

 

 

 

 

Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).

 

Conversion Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

 

Dividend Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

 

Holder ” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2.

 

Junior Securities ” means the Common Stock and all other Common Stock Equivalents of the Corporation other than those securities which are explicitly senior or pari passu to the Preferred Stock in dividend rights or liquidation preference.

 

LIBOR Rate ” means (i) the London Interbank Offered Rate rate of interest in U.S. dollars, as published in The Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition) under the caption “Money Rates” as the LIBOR Rate; or (ii) if The Wall Street Journal does not publish such rate, the offered one-month rate for deposits in U.S. dollars which appears on Reuters as of 10:00 a.m., New York time, the Trading Day immediately prior to the beginning of such payment date, provided that if at least two rates appear on Reuters on any such Trading Day, the “LIBOR Rate” for such day shall be the arithmetic mean of such rates.

 

Liquidation ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.

 

New York Courts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).

 

Notice of Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).

 

Original Issue Date ” means the date of the first issuance of any shares of the Preferred Stock regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Preferred Stock and regardless of the number of certificates which may be issued to evidence such Preferred Stock.

 

Person ” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Stated Value ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business.

 

Trading Market ” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

Section 2 .      Designation, Amount and Par Value . The series of preferred stock shall be designated as Series B Preferred Stock (the “ Preferred Stock ”) and the number of shares so designated shall be up to 3,000 (which shall not be subject to increase without the written consent of a majority of the holders of the Preferred Stock (each, a “ Holder ” and collectively, the “ Holders ”)). Each share of Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.001 per share and a stated value equal to $1,000.00 (the “ Stated Value ”).

 

 

 

 

Section 3 .      Dividends .   

 

a)      Dividends in Cash . Holders shall be entitled to receive, and the Corporation shall pay, cumulative dividends at the rate per share (as a percentage of the Stated Value per share) of 6% per annum, payable monthly on the first day of each month, beginning on the first such date after the Original Issue Date and on each date of a Conversion (with respect only to Preferred Stock being converted) (each such date, a “ Dividend Payment Date ”) (if any Dividend Payment Date is not a Trading Day, the applicable payment shall be due on the next succeeding Trading Day), in cash.

 

b)      Dividend Calculations . Dividends on the Preferred Stock shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date, and shall be deemed to accrue from such date whether or not earned or declared and whether or not there are profits, surplus or other funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of dividends. Dividends shall cease to accrue with respect to any Preferred Stock converted or redeemed.

 

c)      Late Fees . Any dividends that are not paid within five Trading Days following a Dividend Payment Date shall continue to accrue and shall entail a late fee, which must be paid in cash, at an interest rate equal to the lesser of LIBOR Rate or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law which shall accrue daily from the Dividend Payment Date through and including the date of actual payment in full.

 

d)      Other Securities . So long as any Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding, neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary thereof shall directly or indirectly pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution upon (other than a dividend or distribution described herein or dividends due and paid in the ordinary course on preferred stock of the Corporation at such times when the Corporation is in compliance with its payment and other obligations hereunder), nor shall any distribution be made in respect of, any Junior Securities as long as any dividends due on the Preferred Stock remain unpaid, nor shall any monies be set aside for or applied to the purchase or redemption (through a sinking fund or otherwise) of any Junior Securities or shares pari passu with the Preferred Stock.

 

Section 4 .      Voting Rights . Except as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise required by law, the Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights. However, as long as any shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock, (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Preferred Stock or alter or amend this Certificate of Designation, (b) increase the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock, or (c) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Section 5 .      Liquidation . Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary (a “ Liquidation ”), the Holders shall be entitled to receive distributions out of the assets, whether capital or surplus, of the Corporation on a pari passu basis with the holders of Common Stock, except that the Holders shall be entitled to payment of any accrued but unpaid late fees pursuant to Section 3(c) before any payment shall be made to the holders of shares of preferred stock of the Company ranking on liquidation junior to the Preferred Stock or holders of Common Stock by reason of their ownership thereof. The Corporation shall mail written notice of any such Liquidation, not less than 45 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each Holder.

  

Section 6 .      Conversion .

 

a)      Right to Convert . Each Holder of Preferred Stock shall have the right, but not the obligation, to convert all or any portion of his, her or its shares of Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock of the Corporation (the “ Conversion ”) at the Conversion price determined pursuant to Section 6(b) (the “ Conversion Shares ”).

 

(b)       Conversion Price . Upon a Conversion, each full share of Preferred Stock shall be convertible into Conversion Shares at a conversion price per share as mutually agreed in the future between the Corporation and the Holder (the “ Conversion Price ”), provided further, that following a Conversion the Corporation shall issue such number of Conversion Shares to the holder of Preferred Stock as would result from dividing (i) the byproduct of multiplying the number of shares of Preferred Stock, subject to an Conversion, by the Stated Value per share of Preferred Stock, by (ii) the Conversion Price.

 

 

 

 

c)      Notice of Conversion . Upon an Conversion of shares of Preferred Stock, the Holder of Preferred Stock shall: (i) deliver an executed notice of Conversion to the Corporation, no later than ten (10) days prior to the record date of such Conversion (the “ Notice of Conversion ”) and (ii) the Holder of Preferred Stock shall surrender or cause to be surrendered only those original certificates of Preferred Stock that shall be converted into Conversion Shares (the “ Certificates ”), duly endorsed. Upon receipt by the Corporation of the Holder’s original certificates representing the Preferred Stock subject to Conversion and the Notice of Conversion, the Corporation shall promptly send a confirmation to such Holder stating that the Preferred Stock Certificates has been received and the date upon which the Corporation expects to deliver the Conversion Shares issuable upon such Conversion and the name and telephone number of a contact person at the Corporation regarding the Conversion Shares.

 

d)      Obligation Absolute . The Corporation’s obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to such Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided , however , that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Corporation of any such action that the Corporation may have against such Holder.

 

e)      Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion . The Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Stock free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Preferred Stock), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 7) upon the conversion of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock and payment of dividends hereunder. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

f)      Fractional Shares . No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Corporation shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

g)      Transfer Taxes and Expenses . The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holders of such shares of Preferred Stock and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid. The Corporation shall pay all transfer agent fees and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.

 

 

 

 

Section 7 .      Miscellaneous .

 

a)      Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Corporation, at the address set forth above, or such other address as the Corporation may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders delivered in accordance with this Section 8. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Corporation hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or e-mail attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number, e-mail address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation, or if no such facsimile number, e-mail address or address appears on the books of the Corporation, at the principal place of business of such Holder, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or e-mail attachment at the e-mail address set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or e-mail attachment at the e-mail address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.

 

b)      Absolute Obligation . Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Certificate of Designation shall alter or impair the obligation of the Corporation, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay liquidated damages, accrued dividends and accrued interest, as applicable, on the shares of Preferred Stock at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

c)      Lost or Mutilated Preferred Stock Certificate . If a Holder’s Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the shares of Preferred Stock so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership hereof reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation.

  

d)      Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Certificate of Designation shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated hereby (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “ New York Courts ”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Certificate of Designation and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Certificate of Designation or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

e)      Amendment Provisio n. If the Corporation issues any subsequent preferred stock prior to conversion or redemption of the Preferred Stock, the Corporation will promptly provide the Holder with written notice thereof, together with a copy of all documentation relating to such subsequent preferred stock and, upon written request of the Holder, any additional information related to such subsequent preferred stock as may be reasonably requested by the Holder. In the event the Holder determines that the terms of the subsequent preferred stock are preferable to the terms of the Preferred Stock, the Holder will notify the Corporation in writing. Promptly after receipt of such written notice from the Holder, the Corporation agrees to amend and restate this instrument to incorporate such preferable terms.

 

 

 

 

f)      Waiver . Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder of a breach of any provision of this Certificate of Designation shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Certificate of Designation or a waiver by any other Holders. The failure of the Corporation or a Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Designation on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party (or any other Holder) of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Certificate of Designation on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder must be in writing.

 

g)      Severability . If any provision of this Certificate of Designation is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Designation shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law.

 

h)      Next Business Day . Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

i)      Headings . The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Designation and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

j)      Status of Converted or Redeemed Preferred Stock . If any shares of Preferred Stock shall be converted, redeemed or reacquired by the Corporation, such shares shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as Series B Preferred Stock.

 

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RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Chairman, the president or any vice-president, and treasurer and the secretary or any assistant secretary, of the Corporation be and they hereby are authorized and directed to prepare and file this Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations in accordance with the foregoing resolution and the provisions of Delaware law.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate this 20 th day of June, 2019.

 

 

 

/s/ Brian Ross

 

Name: Brian Ross

 

Title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President