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Exhibit 3.2.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
GRIFOLS INC.
ARTICLE 1
NAME
The name of the corporation is Grifols Inc. (the “Corporation”).
ARTICLE 2
CORPORATE PURPOSE AND POWERS
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any and all lawful business or activity, not
required to be specifically stated in these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (these
“Articles of Incorporation”), for which a corporation may be organized under the Virginia Stock
Corporation Act.
ARTICLE 3
CAPITAL STOCK
A. The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue
shall be 400,000,000 shares of common stock which shall have a par value of $0.01, and which shall
be voting stock (“Common Stock”), and 40,000,010 shares of preferred stock which shall have a par
value of $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). The shares of Preferred Stock may be divided and
issued from time to time in one or more series as may be designated by the Board of Directors, each
such series to be distinctly titled and to consist of the number of shares designated by the Board
of Directors by filing Articles of Amendment. All shares of any one series of Preferred Stock so
designated by the Board of Directors shall be alike in every particular, except that shares of any
one series issued at different times may differ as to the dates from which dividends thereon (if
any) shall accrue or be cumulative (or both). The designations, preferences, qualifications,
limitations, restrictions, and special or relative rights (if any) of any series of Preferred Stock
may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding. The Board of Directors
is hereby expressly vested with authority to fix by resolution the designations, preferences,
qualifications, limitations, restrictions and special or relative rights (if any) of the Preferred
Stock and each series thereof which may be designated by the Board of Directors.
B. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, each holder of Common Stock shall have full
voting rights and powers equal to the voting rights and powers of each holder of Common Stock and
shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Common Stock held by such holder.
ARTICLE 4
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
A. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a
Board of Directors.
B. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be the
number from time to time fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
C. Any director may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, but only by the
affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) of all of the outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote for that purpose.
ARTICLE 5
PREEMPTIVE AND APPRAISAL RIGHTS
Except as may be set forth in any written agreement between the Corporation and one or more of
its shareholders, no holder of outstanding shares of any class shall have any preemptive right with
respect to (a) any shares of any class of the Corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, (b)
any warrants, rights or options to purchase any such shares, or (c) any obligations convertible
into or exchangeable for any such shares or into warrants, rights or options to purchase any such
shares. To the fullest extent that the Virginia Stock Corporation Act permits the limitation or
elimination of appraisal rights for any class or series of shares, no shareholder of the
Corporation shall have appraisal rights. If the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia are hereafter
amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting appraisal rights, then
appraisal rights shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent then permitted.
ARTICLE 6
BYLAWS
In furtherance and not in limitation of the power conferred by statute, the Board of Directors
is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation subject to any
limitations contained therein.
ARTICLE 7
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the fullest extent that the Virginia Stock Corporation Act permits the limitation or
elimination of the liability of directors or officers, a director or officer of the Corporation
shall not be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages. No amendment to
or repeal of this Article 7 shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability
of any director for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director or officer occurring
prior to such amendment or repeal. If the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia are hereafter
amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of
directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to
the fullest extent then permitted.
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ARTICLE 8
INDEMNIFICATION
The Corporation shall indemnify and shall advance expenses to its officers and directors to
the fullest extent permitted by law from time to time in effect. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Bylaws of the Corporation may provide for indemnification and advancement of
expenses to the Corporation’s officers, directors, employees and agents on such terms and
conditions as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate or advisable, provided
that such Bylaws do not diminish the rights of officers and directors to indemnification and
advancement of expenses.
ARTICLE 9
SHAREHOLDER ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING
Any action required or permitted to be adopted or taken at a shareholders’ meeting may be
adopted or taken without a meeting, and without prior notice, if consents in writing setting forth
the action so adopted or taken are signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than
the minimum number of votes that would be required to adopt or take the action at a meeting at
which all shares entitled to vote on the action were present and voted, if evidenced as
contemplated by, and otherwise in accordance with, Section 13.1-657 of the Virginia Stock
Corporation Act.
ARTICLE 10
SEVERABILITY
In the event that all, some or any part of any provision contained in these Articles of
Incorporation shall be found by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or
unenforceable (as against public policy or otherwise), such provision shall be enforced to the
fullest extent permitted by law and shall be construed as if it had been narrowed only to the
extent necessary so as not to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable; the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Articles of Incorporation shall continue in
full force and effect and shall not be affected or impaired by such illegality, invalidity or
unenforceability of any other provision (or any part or parts thereof) of these Articles of
Incorporation. If and to the extent that any provision contained in these Articles of
Incorporation that is not required by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act to be contained in these
Articles of Incorporation violates any rule of a securities exchange or automated quotation system
on which securities of the Corporation are traded, the Board of Directors is authorized, in its
sole discretion, to suspend or terminate such provision for such time or periods of time and
subject to such conditions as the Board of Directors shall determine in its sole discretion.
ARTICLE 11
AMENDMENT
Any amendment to these Articles of Incorporation shall be made in accordance with the Virginia
Stock Corporation Act.
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ARTICLE 12
SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL OF FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS
Except as otherwise provided in these Articles of Incorporation, a plan of merger or share
exchange pursuant to Section 13.1-718, a transaction involving the sale, lease, exchange or other
disposition of the Corporation’s assets that requires shareholder approval under Section 13.1-724
or a plan of dissolution under Section 13.1-742 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act may be
approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the then
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote on the matter, voting
together as a single class.
ARTICLE 13
ELECTIONS UNDER VIRGINIA STOCK CORPORATION ACT
Pursuant to Section 13.1-727.B.4 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Corporation shall
not be governed by Article 14 (Affiliated Transactions) of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act.
Pursuant to Section 13.1-728.2 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, Article 14.1 (Control Share
Acquisitions) of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act shall not apply to acquisitions of shares of
the Corporation.
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