Exhibit 3.1
FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
TELLURIAN INC.
FIRST. The name of the corporation is Tellurian Inc. (the “Corporation”).
SECOND. The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 108 Lakeland Avenue, Dover, County of Kent, Delaware 19901. The name of its registered agent at such address is Capitol Services, Inc.
THIRD. The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.
FOURTH. The total number of shares that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000 shares of Common Stock, and the par value of each such share is $1.00. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes. Each share of Common Stock shall have one vote and the Common Stock shall vote together as a single class.
FIFTH. The board of directors of the Corporation shall have concurrent power with the stockholders to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.
SIXTH. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot except and to the extent provided in the bylaws of the Corporation.
SEVENTH. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no director or officer shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director or officer as a director or officer, as applicable, except (i) for breach of the director’s or officer’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) with respect to any director, pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, (iv) for any transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit or (v) with respect to any officer, in any action by or in the right of the Corporation. If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors or officers, then the liability of a director or officer of the Corporation, as applicable, shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. No amendment to or repeal of this Article Seventh shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director or officer of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director or officer occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.
EIGHTH. The Corporation shall have the authority to the full extent not prohibited by law, as provided in the bylaws of the Corporation or otherwise authorized by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders of the Corporation, to indemnify any person who is or was a director, officer, 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, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise or entity, from and against any and all expenses, liabilities or losses asserted against, or incurred by any such person in any such capacity, or arising out of their status as such; and the indemnification authorized herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
NINTH. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this certificate of incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed herein and by the laws of the State of Delaware, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.