CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION,
PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS
of
SERIES A-1 CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
of
THE SCO GROUP, INC.
(Pursuant to Section 151 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law)
The SCO Group, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), hereby certifies that the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "Board of Directors" or the "Board"), pursuant to authority of the Board of Directors as required by Section 151 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and in accordance with the provisions of its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, each as amended and restated through the date hereof, has and hereby authorizes a series of the Corporation’s previously authorized Preferred Stock, par value$0.001 per share (the "Preferred Stock"), and hereby states the designation and number of shares, and fixes the relative rights, preferences, privileges, powers and restrictions thereof, as follows:
I. DESIGNATION AND AMOUNT
The designation of this series, which consists of 80,000 shares of Preferred Stock, is the Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series A-1 Preferred Stock") and the face amount shall be One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per share (the "Face Amount").
II. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Certificate of Designation, in addition to the other terms defined herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
A. "business day" means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
B. "Change of Control Event" shall occur if the Corporation shall: (i) sell, convey or dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (the presentation of any such transaction for stockholder approval being conclusive evidence that such transaction involves the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation); (ii) merge or consolidate with or into, or engage in any other business combination with, any other person or entity, in any case, which results in either (A) the holders of the voting securities of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction holding or having the right to direct the voting of fifty percent (50%) or less of the total outstanding voting securities of the Corporation or such other surviving or acquiring person or entity immediately following such transaction or (B) the members of the board of directors or other governing body of the Corporation comprising fifty percent (50%) or less of the members of the board of directors or other governing body of the Corporation or such other surviving or acquiring person or entity immediately following such transaction; or (iii) have fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power of its capital stock owned beneficially by one person, entity or "group" (as such term is used under Section 13 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")).
C. "Closing Sales Price" means, for any security as of any date, the last sales price of such security on the principal trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloom berg Financial Markets (or a comparable reporting service of national reputation selected by the Corporation and reasonably acceptable to the Majority Holders if Bloom berg Financial Markets is not then reporting closing sales prices of such security) (collectively, "Bloomberg"), or if the foregoing does not apply, the last reported sales price of such security on a national exchange or in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloom berg, or, if no such price is reported for such security by Bloom berg, the average of the bid prices of all market makers for such security as reported in the "pink sheets" by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc., in each case for such date or, if such date was not a trading day for such security, on the next preceding date that was a trading day. If the Closing Sales Price cannot be calculated for such security as of either of such dates on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sales Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as reasonably determined by an investment banking firm selected by the Corporation and reasonably acceptable to the Majority Holders, with the costs of such appraisal to be borne by the Corporation.
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