Exhibit 3.1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
FURIEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of the Corporation is Furiex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
ARTICLE II
REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT
The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is located at Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The registered agent of the Corporation at such address is the Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE III
CORPORATE PURPOSE
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.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL STOCK
The total number of shares of capital stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one thousand (1,000) shares, which shall be shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share.
ARTICLE V
RESERVATION OF RIGHT TO AMEND BYLAWS
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
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ARTICLE VI
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The election of directors need not be conducted by written ballot except and to the extent provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VII
LIMITATION ON LIABILITY
To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, no present or former director or officer of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer. Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article VII, nor the adoption of any provision of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation inconsistent with this Article VII, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any modification of law, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article VII in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article VII, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal, modification or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature, by reason of the fact such person is or was a director, officer or 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, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the full extent permitted by law, and the Corporation may adopt bylaws or enter into agreements with any such person for the purpose of providing for such indemnification.
ARTICLE IX
RESERVATION OF RIGHT TO AMEND
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, restate, change or repeal any provisions contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law and all the provisions of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and all rights, preferences, privileges and powers conferred in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation on stockholders, directors, officers or any other persons are subject to the rights reserved in this Article IX.
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