Company: FSLY
Filing Date: 2025-12-08
Form Type: 8-A12B
Source: 0001140361-25-044855
Chunk: 3

Company: Fastly, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-08
Form: 8-A12B
Chunk 3
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In general, Section 203 defines a “business combination” to include the following:

| • | any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder; |

| • | any sale, transfer, pledge, or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder; |

| • | subject to certain exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder; |

| • | any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock or any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; or |

| • | the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial benefits by or through the corporation. |

In general, Section 203 defines an “interested stockholder” as an entity or person who, together with the person’s affiliates and associates, beneficially owns, or within three years prior to the time of determination of interested stockholder status did own, 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation. Anti-Takeover Effects of Certain Provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws Our Certificate of Incorporation provides for our board of directors to be divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. Only one class of directors may be elected at each annual meeting of our stockholders, with the other classes continuing for the remainder of their respective three-year terms. Because our stockholders do not have cumulative voting rights, stockholders holding a majority of the voting power of shares of our common stock outstanding are able to elect all of our directors. Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws also provide that directors may be removed by the stockholders only for cause upon the vote of 66 2/3% or more of the voting power of all our outstanding common stock. Furthermore, the authorized number of directors may be changed only by resolution of our board of directors, and vacancies and newly created directorships on our board of directors may, except as otherwise required by law or determined by our board, only be filled by a majority vote of the directors then serving on the board, even though less than a quorum. Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws also provide that all stockholder actions must be effected at a duly called meeting of stockholders and eliminate the right of stockholders to act by written consent without a meeting. Our Bylaws also provide that