EX-3.1 2 ef20015611_ex3-1.htm EXHIBIT 3.1
Exhibit 3.1

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
 
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
 
OF
 
GREENHILL & CO., INC.
 
FIRST: Name. The name of the corporation is Greenhill & Co., Inc. (hereinafter, the “Corporation”).
 
SECOND: Address; Registered Office and Agent.  The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19808, and the name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
 
THIRD: Purpose.  The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”).
 
FOURTH: Number of Shares.  The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share.
 
FIFTH: Election of Directors.  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the board of directors, and the directors need not be elected by ballot unless required by the bylaws of the Corporation.
 
SIXTH: Adoption, Amendment or Repeal 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 make, amend or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws without any action on the part of the stockholders of the Corporation; provided that any by-law adopted or amended by the board of directors, and any powers thereby conferred, may be amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders of the Corporation.
 
SEVENTH: Limitation of Liability.
 
a)    A director or officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
 
b)    Each person (and the heirs, executors or administrators of such person) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.
 

c)     The right to indemnification conferred in this ARTICLE SEVENTH shall also include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in connection with any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law.  The right to indemnification conferred in this ARTICLE SEVENTH shall be a contract right.
 
d)    No amendment, modification or repeal of this provision, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, any modification of law, shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
 
e)     The Corporation may, by action of its board of directors, provide indemnification to such of the employees and agents of the Corporation to such extent and to such effect as the board of directors shall determine to be appropriate and authorized by Delaware law.
 
f)     The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of 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 or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Delaware law.
 
g)    The rights and authority conferred in this ARTICLE SEVENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may otherwise have or hereafter acquire.
 
EIGHTH: Certificate Amendments. The Corporation reserves the right to amend and repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation in the manner from time to time as prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware.  All rights herein conferred are granted subject to this reservation.
 

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