Company: QXO-PB
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001140361-25-014598
Chunk: 25

Company: QXO, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: 424B5
Chunk 25
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Anti-takeover provisions contained in our Charter and amended and restated bylaws, as well as provisions of Delaware law, could impair a takeover attempt. Our Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) and amended and restated bylaws contain, and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) contains, provisions which could have the effect of rendering more difficult, delaying, or preventing an acquisition deemed undesirable by our board of directors. These provisions provide for the following:

| • | the right of JPE to designate a majority of our board of directors; |

| • | the ability of our remaining directors to fill vacancies on our board of directors; |

| • | limitations on stockholders’ ability to call a special stockholder meeting or act by written consent; |

| • | rules regarding how stockholders may present proposals or nominate directors for election at stockholder meetings; |

| • | the right of our board of directors to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval; and |

| • | the limitation of liability of, and provision of indemnification to, our directors and officers. |

These provisions, alone or together, could delay or prevent hostile takeovers and changes in control or changes in our management. In addition, we are subject to Section 203 of the DGCL, which could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control that you may favor. Section 203 provides that, subject to limited exceptions, persons that acquire, or are affiliated with persons that acquire, more than 15% of the outstanding voting stock of a Delaware corporation may not engage in a business combination with that corporation, including by merger, consolidation or acquisitions of additional shares, for a three-year period following the date on which that person or any of its affiliates becomes the holder of more than 15% of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock. Any provision of our Charter, our amended and restated bylaws, or the DGCL that has the effect of delaying or deterring a change in control could limit the opportunity for our stockholders to receive a premium for their shares of our Common Stock, and could also affect the price that some investors are willing to pay for our Common Stock. Our Charter provides that certain courts in the State of Delaware or the federal district courts of the United States for certain types of lawsuits is the sole and exclusive forum for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to