8-K
United Homes Group, Inc. (UHG)
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):May 4, 2026
UNITED HOMES GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in itscharter)
| Delaware | 001-39936 | 85-3460766 |
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| (State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization) | (CommissionFile Number) | (I.R.S. EmployerIdentification Number) |
| 917 Chapin Road<br><br> <br>Chapin, South Carolina | 29036 | |
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| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(844) 766-4663
(Registrant’s telephone number, includingarea code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed sincelast report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
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| Class A Common Shares, par value $0.0001 per share | UHG | The<br>Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
| Warrants, each exercisable for one Class A Common Share for $11.50 per share | UHGWW | The<br>Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Emerging growth company x
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Introductory Note
This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed in connection with the consummation on May 4, 2026 (the “Closing Date”) of the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 22, 2026 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among United Homes Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Stanley Martin Homes, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), and Union MergeCo, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined have the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.
On the Closing Date, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Surviving Corporation”).
At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), and Class B common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock” and, together with Class A Common Stock, the “Company Common Stock”) that was issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than shares of Company Common Stock to be canceled pursuant to the Merger Agreement or Dissenting Shares) was converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to $1.18, without interest thereon (the “Per Share Amount”).
| Item 1.02 | Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement. |
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The information set forth in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.02.
Concurrently with the occurrence of the Effective Time, the Company repaid all loans, indebtedness, and other obligations, terminated all credit commitments outstanding, and terminated and released all guarantees in respect thereof and all liens on the assets and property of the Company and its applicable subsidiaries securing such indebtedness, as applicable, under (i) that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2023 (as amended from time to time), among the Company, Great Southern Homes, Inc., Rosewood Communities, Inc., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the lenders party thereto and the other parties party thereto and (ii) that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2024 (as amended from time to time), among the Company, Great Southern Homes, Inc., Rosewood Communities, Inc., Kennedy Lewis Agency Partners LLC, the lenders party thereto and the other parties party thereto.
| Item 2.01 | Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. |
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The information set forth in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.
At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger, the Company’s equity awards and other securities were treated as follows:
| · | Each Company Stock Option that was outstanding and unexercised<br>immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, was canceled as of immediately prior to, and contingent upon, the<br>Effective Time (without regard to the exercise price of such Company Stock Option) in exchange for the right to receive a lump-sum cash<br>payment, less applicable tax withholdings, equal to the amount of the Option Consideration, if any, with respect to such Company Stock<br>Option, except that if the per-share exercise price of any such Company Stock Option was equal to or greater than the Per Share Amount,<br>such Company Stock Option was canceled and terminated without any cash payment being made in respect thereof; |
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| · | Each Company RSU that was outstanding immediately prior to<br>the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, was canceled as of immediately prior to, and contingent upon, the Effective Time in exchange<br>for the right to receive a lump-sum cash payment, less applicable tax withholdings, equal to the Per Share Amount multiplied by the aggregate<br>number of Shares subject to such Company RSU immediately before the Effective Time; and |
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| · | Each Company PSU that was outstanding immediately prior to<br>the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, was canceled as of immediately prior to, and contingent upon, the Effective Time in exchange<br>for the right to receive a lump-sum cash payment, less applicable tax withholdings, equal to the Per Share Amount multiplied by the aggregate<br>number of Shares subject to such Company PSU immediately before the Effective Time (with any performance-based goals deemed to be achieved<br>and satisfied at 100%). |
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In connection with the Merger, immediately prior to the Effective Time, the Company was required to issue 21,886,379 shares of Company Common Stock to satisfy its obligations in respect of the Earn Out Shares, in accordance with the terms of the existing Business Combination Agreement, dated as of September 10, 2022, by and among DiamondHead Holdings Corp., Hestia Merger Sub, Inc. and Great Southern Homes, Inc. and the existing Sponsor Support Agreement, dated as of September 10, 2022, by and among DHP SPAC-II Sponsor LLC, DiamondHead Holdings Corp., and Great Southern Homes, Inc.
Additionally, in connection with the Merger, the strike price of each Warrant was adjusted downwards in accordance with Section 4.4 of the existing Warrant Agreement, dated as of January 25, 2021, by and between DiamondHead Holdings Corp. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, and the strike price of each Stock Warrant was adjusted downwards in accordance with Section 3.4 of the existing Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2022, by and between Clive R. G. (Tom) O’Grady and Great Southern Homes, Inc.
The foregoing description of the Merger and the Merger Agreement contained in this Item 2.01 does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 23, 2026. Such exhibit is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 3.01 | Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing. |
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The information set forth in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.01.
On the Closing Date, in connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Surviving Corporation notified The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) of the consummation of the Merger and requested that Nasdaq delist the Class A Common Stock and the Warrants. As a result, trading of the Class A Common Stock and the Warrants on Nasdaq was suspended prior to the opening of trading on Nasdaq on the Closing Date. On the Closing Date, the Surviving Corporation also requested that Nasdaq file a notification of removal from listing and registration on Form 25 with the SEC to effect the delisting of the Class A Common Stock and the Warrants from Nasdaq and the deregistration of the Class A Common Stock pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, as amended, the “Exchange Act”).
Following the effectiveness of the Form 25, the Surviving Corporation intends to file with the SEC a certification and notice of termination on Form 15 to terminate the registration of the Class A Common Stock and Warrants under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and suspend the Company’s reporting obligations under Section 13 and Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Class A Common Stock and Warrants.
| Item 3.02 | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. |
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The information set forth in the Introductory Note and Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
The Company Common Stock issued by the Company on the Closing Date with respect to the Earn Out Shares (other than 1,571,089 shares of Company Common Stock that were previously registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) were issued pursuant to and in accordance with an exemption from registration under the Securities Act, in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
| Item 3.03 | Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. |
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The information set forth in the Introductory Note, Item 2.01 and Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.
At the Effective Time, the holders of shares of Company Common Stock ceased to have any rights as stockholders of the Company, other than the right to receive the Per Share Amount.
| Item 5.01 | Change in Control of Registrant. |
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The information set forth in the Introductory Note, Item 5.02 and Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01.
As a result of the consummation of the Merger, at the Effective Time, a change in control of the Company occurred and Merger Sub was merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
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The information set forth in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.
In connection with the consummation of the Merger, at the Effective Time, the Employment Agreement Amendment and Waiver, by and between the Company and Michael P. Nieri (the “Employment Agreement Amendment and Waiver”), became effective. Accordingly, as of the Effective Time, Mr. Nieri’s employment terminated and, pursuant to the Employment Agreement Amendment and Waiver, Mr. Nieri, among other things, waived his existing severance and change of control entitlements (including the $6,000,000 cash severance payment payable in connection with a change in control and 60 months’ full healthcare coverage) and will instead receive a one-time cash payment of $675,000 (subject to execution of a release) and COBRA payments for 18 months on the same basis provided to other executives of the Company. The Employment Agreement Amendment and Waiver also amended the scope of certain restrictive covenants applicable to Mr. Nieri and his affiliates.
At the Effective Time, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Robert Dozier, Jr., Jason Enoch, Alan Levine and Michael Nieri, each of whom was a director of the Company as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, ceased to be a director of the Company and a member of any committee of the Company’s Board of Directors and the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time became the directors of the Surviving Corporation.
Immediately after the Effective Time, John G. (Jack) Micenko, Jr., Keith Feldman, Michael Nieri, Clive R. G. (Tom) O’Grady, Robert Penny, Jeremy Pyle and Shelton Twine, each of whom was an officer of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time, ceased to be an officer of the Company and the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time were appointed as officers of the Surviving Corporation.
| Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
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The information set forth in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.
Effective upon completion of the Merger, the certificate of incorporation of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, was amended and restated to be in the form of the certificate of incorporation filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference.
Effective upon completion of the Merger, the bylaws of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, were amended and restated to be in the form of the bylaws filed herewith as Exhibit 3.2. Such exhibit is incorporated by reference.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
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On the Closing Date, Parent issued a press release announcing the closing of the Merger. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference.
On May 4, 2026, as a result of the Merger, in accordance with the terms of the Warrants, each Warrant now represents only the right to purchase and receive, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Warrants, the Merger Consideration. In addition, in connection with the consummation of the Merger, the warrant price for each Warrant was temporarily reduced to, with respect to Public Warrants, $0.93, and with respect to Private Placement Warrants, $0.76, effective from May 4, 2026 (the date this report was filed) until June 3, 2026. Following June 3, 2026, the warrant price will increase back to an amount in excess of the Per Share Amount.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description |
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| 2.1 | Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 22, 2026, by and among United Homes Group, Inc.,<br> Union MergeCo, Inc. and Stanley Martin Homes, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report<br> on Form 8-K filed on February 23, 2026)* |
| 3.1 | Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of United Homes Group, Inc. |
| 3.2 | Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of United Homes Group, Inc. |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated May 4, 2026 |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
| * | The schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of such schedules and exhibits, or any section thereof, to the SEC on a confidential basis upon request. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| United Homes Group, Inc. | ||
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| Date: May 4, 2026 | By: | /s/ Randy L. Kotler |
| Name: | Randy L. Kotler | |
| Title: | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 3.1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
UNITED HOMES GROUP, INC.
United Homes Group, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies as follows:
1. The present name of the Corporation is United Homes Group, Inc. The Corporation was incorporated under the name DiamondHead Holdings Corp. by the filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 7, 2020 and changed its name with the filing of its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 30, 2023 (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”).
2. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Certificate of Incorporation”) amends, integrates and restates the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).
3. The text of the Original Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended, integrated and restated in its entirety to provide as herein set forth in full.
ARTICLE I
NAME OF THE CORPORATION
The name of the Corporation is United Homes Group, Inc.
ARTICLE II
REGISTERED AGENT
The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE III
BUSINESS PURPOSE
The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL STOCK
The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is 1,000 shares and shall consist only of common stock, with a par value of $0.0001 per share.
ARTICLE V
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
**Section 5.01. GeneralPowers.**The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
**Section 5.02. Numberof Directors; Term of Office.**The number of directors of the Corporation which shall constitute the entire Board of Directors shall be as fixed in the bylaws of the Corporation (the “Bylaws”) as adopted or as set from time to time by a duly adopted amendment thereto by the Board of Directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the stockholders and shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation, death or removal.
Section 5.03. NewlyCreated Directorships and Vacancies. Except as otherwise required by law, any newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors and any vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors may only be filled by the affirmative votes of a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. A director so chosen shall hold office for a term of office expiring at the next annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to such director’s earlier death, resignation, or removal.
Section 5.04. Removal. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote at an election of directors.
Section 5.05. WrittenBallot. Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, a director or officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or to its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director or as an officer, as the case may be. No amendment to, modification of, or repeal of this Article VI shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director or officer of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director or officer occurring prior to such amendment.
ARTICLE VII
BYLAWS
**Section 7.01. Boardof Directors.**In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to adopt, amend, alter, or repeal the Bylaws without any action on the part of the stockholders.
Section 7.02. Stockholders. The stockholders shall also have the power to adopt, amend, alter, or repeal the Bylaws; provided that, in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by applicable law or this Certificate of Incorporation, such adoption, amendment, alteration, or repeal by the stockholders shall require the approval of the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two thirds (2/3) in voting power of the shares of the then outstanding voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, and the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two thirds (2/3) in voting power of the shares of the then outstanding voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend this Section 7.02.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware, and all rights conferred herein are granted subject to this reservation.
ARTICLE IX
FORUM SELECTION
Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, (a) (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer, other employee or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws (as either may be amended or restated) or as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine of the law of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be exclusively brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction thereof, the federal district court of the State of Delaware; and (b) the federal district courts of the United States shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article IX.
Exhibit 3.2
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
UNITED HOMES GROUP, INC.
a Delaware corporation
Adopted as of May 4, 2026
ARTICLE I
Offices
Section1.01 Offices. The address of the registered office of United Homes Group, Inc. (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE 19801. The Corporation may have other offices, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) from time to time shall determine or the business of the Corporation may require. The address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section1.02****Registered Agent. The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall designate a registered agent for service of process on the corporation for the state in which the Corporation is incorporated and for each state in which the corporation qualifies to do business. The initial registered agent for service of process in the state of incorporation of the Corporation shall be set forth in its Certificate of Incorporation. Each registered agent and each successor registered agent appointed pursuant to this Section 1.02 shall file a statement in writing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or official of any other state accepting the appointment as registered agent simultaneously with being designated, unless such agent signed the document making the appointment.
Section1.03 Books and Records. Any records administered by or on behalf of the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account, and minute books, may be maintained on any information storage device, method, or one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases); provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time, and, with respect to the stock ledger, the records so kept comply with Section 224 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”). The Corporation shall so convert any records so kept upon the request of any person entitled to inspect such records pursuant to applicable law.
ARTICLE II
Meetings of the Stockholders
Section2.01 Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation (the “Stockholders”) shall be held at such place, if any, either within or without of the State of Delaware, or by means of remote communication, as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting.
Section2.02 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at such date, time and place, if any, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting.
Section2.03 Special Meetings. Special meetings of Stockholders for any purpose or purposes shall be called pursuant to a resolution approved by the Board of Directors and may not be called by any other person or persons. The only business which may be conducted at a special meeting shall be the matter or matters set forth in the notice of such meeting.
Section2.04 Adjournments. Any meeting of the Stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, if any, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communication, if any, are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each Stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for Stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for notice of the adjourned meeting and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each Stockholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting as of the record date fixed for notice of the adjourned meeting.
Section2.05 Notice of Meetings. Notice of the place, if any, date, hour, the record date for determining the Stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for Stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and means of remote communication, if any, of every meeting of Stockholders shall be given by the Corporation not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days before the meeting (unless a different time is specified by law) to every Stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting as of the record date for determining the Stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. The written notice shall be delivered either (i) personally, (ii) by first class mail, by or at the direction of the president, the secretary, or the officer or person(s) calling the meeting or (iii) by email to an email to which such Stockholder has consented to receive notice (which shall be deemed delivered when transmitted to such email address). Without limiting the manner by which notices of meetings otherwise may be given effectively to Stockholders, any such notice may be given by electronic transmission in accordance with applicable law. Notice of any meeting need not be given to any Stockholder who shall, either before or after the meeting, submit a waiver of notice or who shall attend such meeting, except when the Stockholder attends for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Any Stockholder so waiving notice of the meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of the meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given.
Section2.06 List of Stockholders. The Corporation shall prepare a complete list of the Stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of Stockholders (provided, however, if the record date for determining the Stockholders entitled to vote is less than 10 days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the Stockholders entitled to vote as of the 10^th^ day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each Stockholder and the number of shares of each class of capital stock of the Corporation registered in the name of each Stockholder at least 10 days before any meeting of the Stockholders. Such list shall be open to the examination of any Stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, on a reasonably accessible electronic network if the information required to gain access to such list was provided with the notice of the meeting or during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation for a period of at least 10 days before the meeting. If the meeting is to be held at a place, the list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any Stockholder who is present. If the meeting is held solely by means of remote communication, the list shall also be open for inspection by any Stockholder during the whole time of the meeting as provided by applicable law. Except as provided by applicable law, the stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the Stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger and the list of Stockholders or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of Stockholders.
Section2.07 Quorum. Unless otherwise required by law, the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificateof Incorporation”) or these bylaws, at each meeting of the Stockholders, a majority in voting power of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the Stockholders, the Stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power, by the affirmative vote of a majority in voting power thereof, to adjourn the meeting from time to time, in the manner provided in Section 2.04, until a quorum shall be present or represented. A quorum, once established, shall not be broken by the subsequent withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum. At any such adjourned meeting at which there is a quorum, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting originally called.
Section2.08 Conduct of Meetings. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of the Stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. At every meeting of the Stockholders, the chief executive officer, or in his or her absence or inability to act, the president, or, in his or her absence or inability to act, the person whom the chief executive officer shall appoint, shall act as chairman of, and preside at, the meeting. The secretary or, in his or her absence or inability to act, the person whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint secretary of the meeting, shall act as secretary of the meeting and keep the minutes thereof. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of the Stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations, and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations, or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (a) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (b) the determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be voted on at the meeting; (c) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (d) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to Stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (e) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (f) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.
Section2.09 Voting; Proxies. Unless otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation the election of directors shall be decided by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of the Stockholders by the holders of stock entitled to vote in the election. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these bylaws, any matter, other than the election of directors, brought before any meeting of Stockholders shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter. Each Stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of Stockholders or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such Stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after 3 years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A Stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the secretary of the Corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Voting at meetings of Stockholders need not be by written ballot.
Section2.10 Inspectors at Meetings of Stockholders. The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting of Stockholders, may, and shall if required by law, appoint one or more inspectors, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and make a written report thereof. The Board of Directors may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall (a) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, (b) determine the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum and the validity of proxies and ballots, (c) count all votes and ballots, (d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (e) certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of their duties. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the Stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting. No ballot, proxies, votes, or any revocation thereof or change thereto, shall be accepted by the inspectors after the closing of the polls unless the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware upon application by a Stockholder shall determine otherwise. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of Stockholders, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.
Section 2.11 WrittenConsent of Stockholders Without a Meeting.
(a) Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any action required by the DGCL to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of a corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.
(b) An electronic transmission (via DocuSign, SimplyAgree or similar software or program) consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxy holder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxy holder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for purposes of this Section 2.11, provided that any such electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine (i) that the electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxy holder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder or proxy holder and (ii) the date on which such stockholder or proxy holder or authorized person or persons transmitted such electronic transmission.
(c) In the event that the Board of Directors shall have instructed the officers of the Corporation to solicit the vote or written consent of the Stockholders, an electronic transmission of a stockholder written consent given pursuant to such solicitation may be delivered to the Secretary or the President of the Corporation or to a person designated by the Secretary or the President. The Secretary or the President of the Corporation or a designee of the Secretary or the President shall cause any such written consent by electronic transmission to be reproduced in paper form and inserted into the corporate records.
(d) Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those Stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in Section 228 of the DGCL. In the event that the action which is consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any provision of the DGCL, if such action had been voted on by stockholders at a meeting thereof, the certificate filed under such provision shall state, in lieu of any statement required by such provision concerning any vote of stockholders, that written consent has been given in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.
Section2.12 Fixing the Record Date.
(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the Stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the Stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining Stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of Stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the determination of Stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting and in such case shall also fix as the record date for Stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for the determination of Stockholders entitled to vote therewith at the adjourned meeting.
(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the Stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining Stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting: (i) when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery (by hand, or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested) to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of Stockholders are recorded and (ii) if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
(c) In order that the Corporation may determine the Stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the Stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion, or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining Stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
ARTICLE III
Board of Directors
Section3.01 General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in the DGCL or the certificate of incorporation. The Board of Directors may adopt such rules and procedures, not inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws, or applicable law, as it may deem proper for the conduct of its meetings and the management of the Corporation.
Section3.02 Number; Term of Office. The authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time and shall initially be three. Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the Stockholders for a term of one year, provided that, irrespective of the foregoing term, each director shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until the director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification, or removal. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
Section3.03 Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Except as otherwise required by law, any newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors and any vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled only by the affirmative votes of a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. A director so elected shall be elected to hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to such director’s death, resignation or removal.
Section3.04 Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by notice given either in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice by the Corporation or at such later time as is therein specified. Verbal resignation shall not be deemed effective until confirmed by the director in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation.
Section3.05 Removal. Except as prohibited by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholders entitled to vote in an election of directors may remove any director from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority in voting power thereof.
Section 3.06 Feesand Expenses. Directors shall receive such fees and expenses as the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe.
Section3.07 Conduct of any Meeting. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors, if any, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairperson designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence of such designation by a chairperson chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section3.08 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such times and at such places as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors or its chairman.
Section3.09 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such times and at such places as may be determined by the chairman or the chief executive officer on at least 24 hours’ notice to each director given by one of the means specified in Section 3.12 hereof other than by mail or on at least 3 days’ notice if given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the chairman or the chief executive officer in like manner and on like notice on the written request of any two or more directors.
Section3.10 Telephone Meetings. Board of Directors or Board of Directors committee meetings may be held by means of telephone conference or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and be heard. Participation by a director in a meeting pursuant to this Section 3.10 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section3.11 Adjourned Meetings. A majority of the directors present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, including an adjourned meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn and reconvene such meeting to another time and place. At least 24 hours’ notice of any adjourned meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director whether or not present at the time of the adjournment, if such notice shall be given by one of the means specified in Section 3.12 hereof other than by mail, or at least 3 days’ notice if by mail. Any business may be transacted at an adjourned meeting that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.
Section3.12 Notices. Subject to Section 3.09, Section 3.11, and Section 3.13 hereof, whenever notice is required to be given to any director by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these bylaws, such notice shall be deemed given effectively if given in person or by telephone, mail addressed to such director at such director’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, facsimile, email, or by other means of electronic transmission.
Section3.13 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice to directors is required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these bylaws, a waiver thereof, in writing signed by, or by electronic transmission by, the director entitled to the notice, whether before or after such notice is required, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance by a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except when the director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special Board of Directors or committee meeting need be specified in any waiver of notice.
Section3.14 Organization. At each meeting of the Board of Directors, the chairman or, in his or her absence, another director selected by the Board of Directors shall preside. The secretary shall act as secretary at each meeting of the Board of Directors. If the secretary is absent from any meeting of the Board of Directors, an assistant secretary shall perform the duties of secretary at such meeting; and in the absence from any such meeting of the secretary and all assistant secretaries, the person presiding at the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section3.15 Quorum of Directors. Except as otherwise permitted by the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws, or applicable law, the presence of a majority of the Board of Directors shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors.
Section3.16 Action by Majority Vote. Except as otherwise expressly required by these bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation, or by applicable law, the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
Section3.17 Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all directors or members of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee in accordance with applicable law.
Section 3.18 Committeesof the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. If a member of a committee shall be absent from any meeting, or disqualified from voting thereat, the remaining member or members present at the meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by applicable law, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it to the extent so authorized by the Board of Directors. Unless the Board of Directors provides otherwise, at all meetings of such committee, a majority of the then authorized members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the members of the committee present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings. Unless the Board of Directors provides otherwise, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter, and repeal rules and procedures for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules and procedures each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to this Article III with such changes in the context of the provision of this Article III as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board of Directors and its members.
**Section 3.19 Subcommittees.**Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the resolutions of the Board of Directors designating the committee, a committee may create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee.
ARTICLE IV
Officers
Section4.01 Positions and Election. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall include a president, treasurer and secretary. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may also elect a chairman (who must be a director), one or more vice chairmen (who must be directors), and one or more vice presidents, assistant treasurers, assistant secretaries, and other officers as it deems appropriate. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
Section4.02 Subordinate Officers. Notwithstanding Section 4.01, The Board of Directors may appoint, or empower the President or any other officer appointed by it, to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the Corporation may require. Each of such officers and agents shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. For the avoidance of doubt, officers appointed pursuant to this Section 4.02 may be removed by the Board of Directors or the appointing officer.
Section4.03 Removal and Resignation of Officers. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board of Directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.
Section4.04 Vacancies in Offices**.** Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors or pursuant to Section 4.02.
Section4.05 Representation of Shares of Other Companies. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the President or any other person authorized by the Board of Directors or the President is authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of the Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other company or companies standing in the name of the Corporation. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.
Section4.06 Authorities and Duties of Officers. Except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, the officers of the Corporation shall have such powers and duties in the management of the Corporation as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V
Stock Certificates and Their Transfer
Section5.01 Certificates Representing Shares. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates; provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any class or series shall be uncertificated shares that may be evidenced by a book-entry system maintained by the registrar of such stock. If shares are represented by certificates, such certificates shall be in the form, other than bearer form, approved by the Board of Directors. The certificates representing shares of stock of each class shall be signed by, or in the name of, the Corporation by any two authorized officers of the Corporation. Any or all such signatures may be facsimiles. Although any officer, transfer agent, or registrar whose manual or facsimile signature is affixed to such a certificate ceases to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate has been issued, it may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such officer, transfer agent, or registrar were still such at the date of its issue.
Section5.02 Transfers of Stock. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in these bylaws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof, by such person’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing and, in the case of certificated shares, upon the surrender of the certificate thereof, which shall be cancelled before a new certificate or uncertificated shares shall be issued. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred. To the extent designated by the chief executive officer or any president or the treasurer of the Corporation, the Corporation may recognize the transfer of fractional uncertificated shares, but shall not otherwise be required to recognize the transfer of fractional shares.
Section5.03 Transfer Agents and Registrars. The Board of Directors may appoint, or authorize any officer or officers to appoint, one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars.
Section 5.04 Lost,Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the owner of the allegedly lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of the lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate, or the owner’s legal representative to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
Section6.01****Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), where the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 6.03 hereof with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Section6.02****Right to Advancement of Expenses. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, pay the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 6.02 or otherwise.
Section6.03****Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in Section 6.01 and Section 6.02, respectively, shall be contract rights. If a claim under Section 6.01 or Section 6.02 is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (a) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (b) in any suit by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its Stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its Stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Section 6.03 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
Section6.04****Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section6.05****Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL**.**
Section6.06****Amendment of Rights. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article VI that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only and shall not limit or eliminate any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.
Section 6.07 Indemnificationof Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification, and to the advancement of expenses, to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Section 6.07 with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VII
General Provisions
Section7.01 Seal. The seal of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Directors. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise, as may be prescribed by law or custom or by the Board of Directors.
Section 7.02 FiscalYear. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section7.03 Annual Report. The Corporation shall cause an annual report to be sent to the Stockholders to the extent required by applicable law. If and so long as there are fewer than 100 holders of record of the Corporation’s shares, the requirement of sending an annual report to the Stockholders is expressly waived (to the extent permitted under applicable law).
Section7.04 Checks, Notes, Drafts, Etc. All checks, notes, drafts, or other orders for the payment of money of the Corporation shall be signed, endorsed, or accepted in the name of the Corporation by such officer, officers, person, or persons as from time to time may be designated by the Board of Directors or by an officer or officers authorized by the Board of Directors to make such designation.
Section7.05 Dividends. Subject to applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation, dividends upon the shares of capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation’s capital stock, unless otherwise provided by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 7.06 Conflictwith Applicable Law or Certificate of Incorporation. These bylaws are adopted subject to any applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation. Whenever these bylaws may conflict with any applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, such conflict shall be resolved in favor of such law or the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section7.07 Construction. Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the DGCL shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term “person” includes both a corporation and a natural person.
ARTICLE VIII
Amendments
Section 8.01 Boardof Directors. These bylaws may be adopted, amended, or repealed or new bylaws adopted by the Board of Directors without any action on the part of the Stockholders.
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Exhibit 99.1
Stanley Martin Homes Completes Acquisition ofUnited Homes Group
Transaction Expands Presence Across High-GrowthSoutheast Markets and
Strengthens Attainable Housing Platform
RESTON, VA & COLUMBIA, SC, May 4, 2026 — Stanley Martin Homes, LLC (“Stanley Martin Homes”) and United Homes Group, Inc. (“United Homes”) today announced that Stanley Martin Homes has completed its previously announced all-cash acquisition of United Homes for an enterprise value of approximately $221 million.
With the completion of the transaction, United Homes became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stanley Martin Homes. The transaction brings together two complementary homebuilders with a shared focus on delivering attainable housing across high-growth markets in the Southeast. The combination expands Stanley Martin Homes’ regional footprint while strengthening its ability to serve entry-level and first-time move-up buyers.
“This is an important milestone for Stanley Martin Homes,” said Steve Alloy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Stanley Martin Homes. “The acquisition of United Homes is a meaningful step forward in our ability to deliver affordably priced housing to more families across the Southeast.”
Effective today, United Homes’ common stock has ceased trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. United Homes shareholders will receive $1.18 per share in cash for each share of United Homes common stock they owned.
Market Impact
The acquisition significantly expands Stanley Martin Homes’ footprint in South Carolina, one of the fastest-growing housing markets in the country. United Homes closed 1,192 homes in 2025 across Greenville, Spartanburg, Clemson, Columbia, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, as well as Augusta, Georgia. These markets complement Stanley Martin Homes’ existing operations and provide additional scale in regions with strong population and employment growth.
The United Homes acquisition is Stanley Martin Homes’ second acquisition in the past year, following the purchase of the assets and operations of Windsor Homes in September 2025.
Advisors and Legal Representation
Vestra Advisors served as exclusive financial advisor to the Mergers & Acquisitions Committee (the “Special Committee”) of the Board of United Homes. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP served as legal counsel to the Special Committee. Maynard Nexsen PC served as legal counsel to Stanley Martin Homes.
About Stanley Martin Homes
Stanley Martin Homes has been building new homes since 1966. Headquartered in Reston, VA, Stanley Martin Homes is one of the nation’s fastest-growing homebuilders, having built more than 40,000 homes and operating in 18 metropolitan areas and seven states, including Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Named National Builder of the Year in 2021 by Builder Magazine, Stanley Martin Homes is driven to deliver on its mission to “design and build homes people love at a price they can afford.” Equal Housing Opportunity.
Stanley Martin Homes is a subsidiary of the Daiwa House Group. The Daiwa House Group is headquartered in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan and is one of the largest housing, construction, and development companies in the world. For more information about Stanley Martin Homes and its neighborhoods, visit https://www.stanleymartin.com.
About United Homes Group
United Homes Group is a homebuilder headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina focused on delivering attainable single-family homes across high-growth markets in the Southeast, primarily serving entry-level and first-time move-up buyers. United Homes is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stanley Martin Homes.
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John Piedrahita
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