Document:

EX-10.3

 Exhibit 10.3 

AMENDMENT NO. 3 dated as of March 8, 2021 (this “Amendment”), to the SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT dated as of January 5, 2018 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Credit Agreement), among ITRON, INC., a Washington corporation (the “Company”), the FOREIGN BORROWERS and GUARANTORS party thereto, the LENDERS and ISSUING LENDERS party thereto and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Wells
Fargo”), as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit
Agreement, the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and 

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that certain provisions of the Credit Agreement be amended as set forth herein; and 

WHEREAS, the undersigned Lenders are willing to amend such provisions of the Credit Agreement, in each case on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 

SECTION 1. Rules of Interpretation. The rules of interpretation set forth in Section 1.2 of the Credit Agreement are hereby
incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis. 
 SECTION 2. Amendments to the Credit Agreement. 

(a) The definition of the term “Disqualified Equity Interests” in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
adding the following test at the end of such definition: “For the avoidance of doubt, any warrant sold by the Company as part of a call spread or similar transaction entered into in connection with the issuance of any Indebtedness permitted
under Section 6.1(d) shall not constitute “Disqualified Equity Interests”. 
 (b) The definition of the term “Interest
Period” in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the text “two (other than in the case of EURIBOR Rate Loans),” in each of clauses (a) and (b) of such definition and (ii) inserting
the text “two or” immediately prior to the text “twelve months” in each of clauses (a) and (b) of such definition. 

 (c) Section 6.1(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by restating clause
(ii) of the proviso to such Section to read in its entirety as follows (new language is represented by bold/underline and deleted language is represented by bold/strikethrough): 

“(ii) such Indebtedness shall not mature or have scheduled amortization payments of principal or payments of
principal, and shall not be subject to mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment or sinking fund obligations, in each case prior to the date that is six (6) months after the Maturity Date in effect hereunder upon the incurrence
thereof (other than (A) customary offers to purchase upon a change of control or asset sale that provide for the prior repayment in full of all of the Obligations and the termination of the Revolving Commitments,
(B) and customary put rights in convertible debt securities providing to the holders thereof the ability to cause a redemption on or after the fifth anniversary of the issuance thereof or upon certain changes in the
price of the Company’s common stock and (C) cash settlement payments in respect of such Indebtedness made upon the conversion thereof in accordance with the net share settlement provisions thereof; provided that the foregoing shall not
prohibit payments made in the form of common Equity Interests of the Company” 
 (d) Section 6.1(d) of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended by adding the following proviso at the end of such Section: 
 “provided, further, that no Credit Party
will be permitted to, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, make any cash settlement payment in respect of any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Section 6.1(d) unless (I) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and would be
continuing or would exist after giving effect to such payment and (II) the Company shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.13 on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to such payment;”

 (e) Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the “and” at the end of clause
(c) thereof, (ii) replacing the period at the end of clause (d) with the text “; and” and (iii) inserting the following new clause (e) in the appropriate alphabetical order: 

“(e) the Company may make cash settlement payments in respect of any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.1(d)
so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and would be continuing or would exist after giving effect to such payment and (ii) the Company shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.13
on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to such payment.” 

  
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 (f) Section 7.1(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by restating in its
entirety the parenthetical statement at the end of such Section to read as follows (new language is represented by bold/underline and deleted language is represented by bold/strikethrough): 

“(other than, in the case of clause (B) or (C), any right of the holder of any convertible debt security incurred under Section
Error! Reference source not found. to require the Company to redeem, settle, convert or purchase such convertible debt security pursuant to its terms unless such right results from a default or an event of default
thereunderas a result of the price of the Company’s common stock exceeding a specified level)” 

SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Credit Parties represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and to each
of the Lenders and Issuing Lenders that: 
 (a) The execution, delivery and performance by the Credit Parties of this Amendment, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, (i) are within each of the Credit Party’s company powers, (ii) require no consent or approval of (including any exchange control approval) or action by or in respect of, or
registration or filing with, any Governmental Authority, agency or official, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (iii) do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law,
regulation or order of any Governmental Authority or the organizational documents of any Credit Party or of any judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon any Credit Party, (iv) do not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on
any asset of a Credit Party except Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and (v) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, loan agreement or other
material agreement or instrument binding upon any Credit Party or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by a Credit Party. 

(b) This Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and each of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement, as amended
hereby, constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. 
 (c) The
representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties in the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall (i) with respect to representations and warranties that contain a materiality qualification or are qualified by Material
Adverse Effect, be true and correct and (ii) with respect to representations and warranties that do not contain a materiality qualification and are not qualified by Material Adverse Effect, be true and correct in all material respects, in each
case as of the Amendment Effective Date as if made on and as of such date, except for any representation or 

  
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warranty made as of an earlier date, which representation and warranty shall (x) with respect to representations and warranties that contain a materiality qualification or are qualified by
Material Adverse Effect, be true and correct as of such earlier date and (y) with respect to representations and warranties that do not contain a materiality qualification and are not qualified by Material Adverse Effect, be true and correct in
all material respects as of such earlier date. 
 (d) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on and as of the Amendment Effective Date. 
 SECTION 4. Effectiveness. This
Amendment shall become effective as of the date first above written (the “Amendment Effective Date”) when (a) the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment that, when taken together, bear the
signatures of (i) the Company and each other Credit Party party hereto and (ii) Lenders comprising the Required Lenders immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date, (b) each of the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3 hereof shall be true and correct and (c) the Administrative Agent shall have received payment of all expenses required to be paid or reimbursed by the Company under or in connection with this Amendment, including those expenses
set forth in Section 9 hereof. 
 SECTION 5. Reaffirmation. Each of the Company and each other Credit Party hereby
(a) reaffirms its obligations under the Credit Agreement and each other Credit Document to which it is a party, in each case as amended by this Amendment, (b) reaffirms all Liens on the Collateral which have been granted by it in favor of
the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) pursuant to the Credit Documents and (c) acknowledges and agrees that the grants of security interests by and the guarantees of the Credit Parties
contained in the Security Agreement and the other Security Documents are, and shall remain, in full force and effect immediately after giving effect to this Amendment. 

SECTION 6. Credit Agreement. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment (a) shall not by implication or otherwise limit,
impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders, the Administrative Agent or any Credit Party under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document and (b) shall not alter,
modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full
force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle any Credit Party to any future consent to, or waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit
Agreement or any other Credit Document in similar or different circumstances. After the Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import
referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Credit Documents to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, 

  
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“thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby. This Amendment shall constitute a
“Credit Document” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. 
 SECTION 7. Applicable Law; Waiver
of Jury Trial. (a) THIS AMENDMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 (b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES AS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 10.13 AND 10.16 OF THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT (AS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE HEREOF) AS IF SUCH SECTIONS WERE SET FORTH IN FULL HEREIN. 
 SECTION 8.
Counterparts; Amendment. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single
contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile transmission or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment. This Amendment may not be
amended nor may any provision hereof be waived except pursuant to a writing signed by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders party hereto. The words “execution”, “signed”,
“signature”, “delivery” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment and/or any documents to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic
Signatures (as defined below), deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature page, physical delivery thereof or the use of a
paper-based recording system, as the case may be. As used herein, “Electronic Signatures” means any electronic symbol or process attached to, or associated with, any contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent
to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record. 
 SECTION 9. Expenses. The Company agrees to reimburse the Administrative
Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment to the extent required under Section 10.5(a) of the Credit Agreement. 

SECTION 10. Headings. The Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment and are
not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Amendment. 
 [Signature Pages Follow] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by
their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first written above. 
  

			
	ITRON, INC.
		
	      By	 	 /s/ Joel Vach

		 	Name: Joel Vach
		 	Title:VP Tax and Corporate Treasurer
	
	ITRON NETWORKED SOLUTIONS, INC.
		
	      By	 	 /s/ Joel Vach

		 	Name: Joel Vach
		 	Title: Director
	
	ITRON METERING SOLUTIONS LUXEMBOURG
		
	      By	 	 /s/ Christopher Hartman

		 	Name: Christopher Hartman
		 	Title: Director
	
	ITRON GLOBAL
		
	      By	 	 /s/ Christopher Hartman

		 	Name: Christopher Hartman
		 	Title: Director

 [Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Signature Page] 

 
			
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and a Lender
		
	      By	 	 /s/ Jessy Hummel

		 	Name: Jessy Hummel
		 	Title: Vice President

 [Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Signature Page] 

 
			
	LENDERS
	
	SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 3
	TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND
	RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS
	OF JANUARY 5, 2018, AMONG ITRON, INC.,
	THE FOREIGN BORROWERS AND
	GUARANTORS PARTY THERETO, THE
	LENDERS AND ISSUING LENDERS PARTY
	THERETO AND WELLS FARGO BANK,
	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS
	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
	
	Name of Institution:
	
	 BMO Harris Bank N.A.

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Joshua Hovermale

		 	Name: Joshua Hovermale
		 	Title: Director

 [Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Signature Page] 

 
			
	 LENDERS

	
	 SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 3

	 TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND

	 RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS

	 OF JANUARY 5, 2018, AMONG ITRON, INC.,

	 THE FOREIGN BORROWERS AND

	 GUARANTORS PARTY THERETO, THE

	 LENDERS AND ISSUING LENDERS PARTY

	 THERETO AND WELLS FARGO BANK,

	 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS

	 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

	
	 Name of Institution:

	
	     BNP PARIBAS

		
	    By	 	 /s/ Michael A. Kowalczuk

		 	Name: Michael A. Kowalczuk
		 	Title: Managing Director
	
	For institutions that require a second signature:
		
	    By	 	 /s/ Chief Marbumrung

		 	Name: Chief Marbumrung
		 	Title: Vice President

 [Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Signature Page] 

 
			
	 LENDERS

	
	 SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 3

	 TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND

	 RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS

	 OF JANUARY 5, 2018, AMONG ITRON, INC.,

	 THE FOREIGN BORROWERS AND

	 GUARANTORS PARTY THERETO, THE

	 LENDERS AND ISSUING LENDERS PARTY

	 THERETO AND WELLS FARGO BANK,

	 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS

	 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

	
	 Name of Institution:

	
	     CITIZENS BANK, N.A.

		
	    By	 	 /s/ A. Paul Dawley

		 	Name: A. Paul Dawley
		 	Title: Senior Vice President
	
	For institutions that require a second signature:
		
	    By	 	          

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 [Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Signature Page] 

 
			
	 LENDERS

	
	 SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 3

	 TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND

	 RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS

	 OF JANUARY 5, 2018, AMONG ITRON, INC.,

	 THE FOREIGN BORROWERS AND

	 GUARANTORS PARTY THERETO, THE

	 LENDERS AND ISSUING LENDERS PARTY

	 THERETO AND WELLS FARGO BANK,

	 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS

	 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

	
	 Name of Institution:

	
	 HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

		
	    By	 	 /s/ Darren Santos

		 	Name: Darren Santos
		 	Title: SVP - 22672
	
	For institutions that require a second signature:
		
	    By	 	          

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 [Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Signature Page] 

 
			
	 LENDERS

	
	 SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 3

	 TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND

	 RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS

	 OF JANUARY 5, 2018, AMONG ITRON, INC.,

	 THE FOREIGN BORROWERS AND

	 GUARANTORS PARTY THERETO, THE

	 LENDERS AND ISSUING LENDERS PARTY

	 THERETO AND WELLS FARGO BANK,

	 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS

	 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

	
	 Name of Institution: ING Bank N.V., Dublin Branch

	
	          

		
	    By	 	 /s/ Sean Hassett

		 	Name: Sean Hassett
		 	Title: Director
	
	For institutions that require a second signature:
		
	    By	 	 /s/ Cormac Langford

		 	Name: Cormac Langford
		 	Title: Director

 [Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Signature Page] 

 
			
	 LENDERS

	
	 SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 3

	 TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND

	 RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS

	 OF JANUARY 5, 2018, AMONG ITRON, INC.,

	 THE FOREIGN BORROWERS AND

	 GUARANTORS PARTY THERETO, THE

	 LENDERS AND ISSUING LENDERS PARTY

	 THERETO AND WELLS FARGO BANK,

	 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS

	 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

	
	 Name of Institution:

	
	         ING Bank, an Branch of ING-DiBa AG

		
	    By	 	 /s/ Nikola Kopp

		 	Name: Nikola Kopp
		 	Title: Director
	
	For institutions that require a second signature:
		
	    By	 	 /s/ Maximilian Cupriak

		 	Name: Maximilian Cupriak
		 	Title: Vice President

 [Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Signature Page] 

 
			
	LENDERS
	
	SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 3
	TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND
	RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS
	OF JANUARY 5, 2018, AMONG ITRON, INC.,
	THE FOREIGN BORROWERS AND
	GUARANTORS PARTY THERETO, THE
	LENDERS AND ISSUING LENDERS PARTY
	THERETO AND WELLS FARGO BANK,
	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS
	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
	
	Name of Institution:
	
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A.,
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kenneth Wong

		 	Name: Kenneth Wong
		 	Title: Vice President

 [Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement Signature Page] 

 
			
	LENDERS
	
	SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 3
	TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND
	RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS
	OF JANUARY 5, 2018, AMONG ITRON, INC.,
	THE FOREIGN BORROWERS AND
	GUARANTORS PARTY THERETO, THE
	LENDERS AND ISSUING LENDERS PARTY
	THERETO AND WELLS FARGO BANK,
	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS
	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
	
	Name of Institution:
	
	 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

		
	By	 	 /s/ Edward B. Hanson

	Name:	 	Edward B. Hanson
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

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EXHIBIT 4.1

 

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

 

The following summarizes the material terms of the capital stock of The Coretec Group Inc. (“Coretec,” “our Company,” “we” or “us”). Coretec is a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, and accordingly its internal corporate affairs are governed by Oklahoma law and by its Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (our “Certificate of Incorporation”) and its Bylaws, as amended (our “Bylaws”), which are filed as exhibits to our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available at www.sec.gov. The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the applicable provisions of Oklahoma law and our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, which are subject to future amendment in accordance with the provisions thereof. Our common stock is registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

Authorized Capital Stock

 

Our authorized capital stock consists of 1,500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0002 per share, and 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0002 per share. The number of shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as of a recent date is set forth on the cover page of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As of the same date, we had preferred stock designated as follows: 500,000 shares designated as Series A Preferred Stock (of which 345,000 were outstanding).

 

Common Stock

 

Voting Rights. Each holder of our common stock is entitled to one vote per share on all matters on which stockholders are generally entitled to vote. Except as otherwise required by law, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock do not have voting rights or powers. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Our Certificate of Incorporation does not provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors.

 

Dividends. We have not declared any dividends to date. We have no present intention of paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future, as we intend to use earnings, if any, to generate growth. The payment of dividends, if any, in the future, rests within the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend, among other things, upon our earnings, capital requirements and our financial condition, as well as other relevant factors. There are no restrictions in our Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws that restrict us from declaring dividends.

 

Other Rights.  The holders of our common stock have no preemptive rights and no rights to convert their common stock into any other securities, and our common stock is not subject to any redemption or sinking fund provisions.

 

Preferred Stock

 

Under our Certificate of Incorporation and subject to the limitations prescribed by law, our Board, without stockholder approval, may issue our preferred stock in one or more series, and may establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in such series and may fix the designation, powers, privileges, preferences and relative participating, optional or other rights, if any, of the shares of each such series and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof.

 

When and if we issue additional shares of preferred stock, we will establish the applicable preemptive rights, dividend rights, voting rights, conversion privileges, redemption rights, sinking fund rights, rights upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up and any other relative rights, preferences and limitations for the particular preferred stock series.

 

 

 

 

Anti-Takeover Effects of Provisions of Oklahoma Law, Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

 

Oklahoma statutory law and our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws contain provisions that could make acquisition of our Company by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise more difficult. These provisions are intended to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and takeover bids that our Board may consider inadequate and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with our Board. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging takeover or acquisition proposals because, among other things, negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms. The description of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws set forth below is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, which have been filed as exhibits to our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Blank Check Preferred Stock.  Our Certificate of Incorporation permits us to issue, without any further vote or action by the stockholders, up to 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares constituting the series and the designation of the series, the voting powers (if any) of the shares of the series, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional and other rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions, of the shares of such series. The ability to issue such preferred stock could discourage potential acquisition proposals and could delay or prevent a change in control.

 

Number of Directors; Filling Vacancies; Removal.  Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that the Board will consist of not less than one nor more than seven members, with the exact number of directors determined by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the Shareholders at an annual or special meeting. In addition, our certificate of incorporation and by-laws provide that a board vacancy resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of a director or other cause, as well as a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining Director, and the Directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced. If there are no Directors in office, then an election of Directors may be held in the manner provided by law.

 

Special Meetings.  Our Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws provide that special meetings of the board may be called by the president on three days' notice to each Director, either personally or by mail or by telegram. Special meetings shall be called by the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice-president or the Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two "Directors unless the board consists of less than three Directors in which case special meetings shall be called by the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice-President or the Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of only one Director. Notice of such meetings shall state the place, date, hour and business to be conducted at such meeting.

 

Section 1090.3 of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act.  Section 1090.3 of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act provides that, subject to certain specified exceptions, a corporation cannot engage in any “business combination” with any “interested stockholder” for a three-year period following the time that such stockholder becomes an interested stockholder unless (1) before that time, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, (2) upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85 percent of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced (excluding certain shares) or (3) on or after such time, both the board of directors of the corporation and at least 66 percent of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder approves the business combination. Section 1090.3 generally defines an "interested stockholder" to include any person that owns 15 percent or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation, or is an affiliate or associate of the corporation and owned 15 percent or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation within a three-year period before the person was determined to be an interested shareholder..

 

Section 1090.3 of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act generally defines a "business combination" to include (1) mergers and sales or other dispositions of 10 percent or more of the corporation's assets with or to an interested stockholder, (2) certain transactions resulting in the issuance or transfer to the interested stockholder of any stock of the corporation or its subsidiaries, (3) certain transactions which would increase the proportionate share of the stock of the corporation or its subsidiaries owned by the interested stockholder and (4) receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit (except proportionately as a stockholder) of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial benefits.

 

 

 

 

Under certain circumstances, 1090.3 of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act makes it more difficult for a person who would be an “interested stockholder” to effect various business combinations with a corporation for a three-year period, although the certificate of incorporation or stockholder-adopted by-laws may exclude a corporation from the restrictions imposed under Section 203. Neither our Certificate of Incorporation nor our Bylaws exclude our Company from the restrictions imposed under Section 1090. We anticipate that Section 1090.3 may encourage companies interested in acquiring our Company to negotiate in advance with our Board since the statute’s supermajority stockholder approval requirement would not be applicable if our Board approves, prior to the time the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, either the business combination or the transaction which results in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder.

 

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, One State Street Plaza, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10004. 

 

 

Market Information

 

Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQB under the symbol “CRTG.”

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