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Exhibit 3.5.1
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
NPS BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
FIRST: The name of the corporation (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Corporation”)
is:
NPS BioTherapeutics, Inc.
SECOND: The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is
1209 Orange Street, New Castle County, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent
at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which
corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
FOURTH: The aggregate number of all classes of shares which the Corporation shall have the
authority to issue is one thousand (1,000) shares of common stock, par value of $0.01 per share
(the “Common Stock”).
FIFTH: The rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted or imposed upon the Common
Stock are as follows:
1. Dividends. The holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to the payment
of dividends when and as declared by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board”)
out of funds legally available therefore and to receive other distributions from the
Corporation, including distributions of contributed capital, when and as declared by the
Board. Any dividends declared by the Board to the holders of the then outstanding Common
Stock shall be paid to the holders thereof pro rata in accordance with the number of shares
of Common Stock held by each such holder as of the record date of such dividend.
2. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Subject to the rights of any holders
of any class of preferred stock which may from time-to-time come into existence and which
are then outstanding, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the funds and assets of the
Corporation that may be legally distributed to the Corporation’s stockholders shall be
distributed among the holders of the then outstanding Common Stock pro rata, in accordance
with the number of shares of Common Stock held by each such holder.
3. Voting. Each holder of Common Stock shall have full voting rights and
powers equal to the voting rights and powers of each other holder of Common Stock and shall
be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Common Stock held by such holder. Each holder
of Common Stock shall be entitled to notice of any stockholders’ meeting in accordance with
the bylaws of the Corporation (as in effect at the time in question) and applicable law, on
all matters put to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.
At all times, each holder of Common Stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to one vote for
each share of Common Stock held by such stockholder standing in the name of such stockholder on the
books of the Corporation.
SIXTH: The name and address of the Incorporator is as follows:
Eleanor C. Romanelli
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20004
SEVENTH: 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.
EIGHTH: No director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders
for monetary damages for the breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for
any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts
or omissions not in good faith or which involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transactions
from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
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NINTH: Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the
Corporation shall so provide.
TENTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions
contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. All rights conferred upon stockholders herein are
granted subject to this reservation.
ELEVENTH: To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation is authorized to
provide indemnification of (and advancement of expenses to) agents of the Corporation (and any
other persons to which the DGCL permits the Corporation to provide indemnification) through bylaw
provisions, agreements with such agents or other persons, by vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification and advancement otherwise permitted by
Section 145 of the DGCL, subject only to limits created by the DGCL and applicable decisional law,
with respect to actions for breach of duty to the Corporation, its stockholders, and others.
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I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the sole Incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming
a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this
certificate, herein declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and the facts herein
stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of December,
2004.
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Eleanor C. Romanelli |
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Incorporator |
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