Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
TAYLOR MORRISON HOME CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
NAME OF CORPORATION
The name of the corporation (the “Corporation”) is: Taylor Morrison Home Corporation
ARTICLE II
REGISTERED OFFICE
The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is c/o the Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801, and the name of its registered agent at that address is the Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE III
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
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK
The Corporation shall be authorized to issue one class of stock to be designated Common Stock; the total number of shares of Common Stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000, and each such share shall have a par value of $0.001.
ARTICLE V
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 5.1 Number. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed by or in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.
Section 5.2 Election. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.
ARTICLE VI
EXISTENCE
The Corporation shall have perpetual existence.
ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENT
Section 7.1 Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation. The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this 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 the laws of the State of Delaware, and all powers, preferences and rights of any nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to this reservation.
Section 7.2 Amendment of Bylaws. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VIII
LIABILITY
Section 8.1 No Personal Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended, no 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, as applicable. Solely for purposes of this Article VIII, “officer” shall have the meaning provided in Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL.
Section 8.2 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (a “Covered Person”) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity or enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 8.4, the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person (other than a Proceeding brought by such Covered Person (i) by way of defense or counterclaim, or (ii) to enforce such Covered Person’s rights to indemnification, advancement or contribution under any agreement, certificate of incorporation, bylaws or under statute or other law) unless the commencement of such Proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized by the Board.
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Section 8.3 Advancement of Expenses. To the extent not prohibited by applicable law, the Corporation shall advance the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person that is or was a director of the Corporation in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition and the Corporation may advance the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by any other Covered Person; provided, however, that, to the extent required by applicable law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or otherwise; such undertaking shall be unsecured and interest free and shall be accepted without regard to the Covered Person’s ability to repay amounts advanced and without regard to the Covered Person’s entitlement to indemnification.
Section 8.4 Claims. If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article VIII is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been received by the Corporation, the Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.
Section 8.5 Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of this Certificate, the bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 8.6 Other Sources.
(a) The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity or enterprise shall be reduced by any amount such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other entity or enterprise.
(b) In all events, (i) the Corporation hereby agrees that it is the indemnitor of first resort with respect to any Covered Person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation (i.e., the Corporation’s obligations to such Covered Person to provide advancement and/or indemnification are primary, and any obligation of any other person or entity, including any stockholder of the Corporation or any affiliate thereof, to provide advancement or indemnification for the same expenses, liabilities, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by such Covered Person are secondary), and (ii) if any such other person or entity pays or causes to be paid, for any reason, any amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder or under any other indemnification agreement (whether pursuant to contract, bylaws or charter) with such Covered Person, then (x) such other person or entity shall be fully subrogated to all rights of such Covered Person with respect to such payment and (y) the Corporation shall fully indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless such other person or entity for all such payments actually made by it. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 8.6 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of any Covered Person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, modification or repeal.
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Section 8.7 Amendment or Repeal. Any amendment, repeal or elimination of this Article VIII, or the adoption of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article VIII, shall not affect its application with respect to an act or omission by a director or officer occurring before such amendment, adoption, repeal or elimination.
Section 8.8 Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses. This Article VIII shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.
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