Description of Castle Brands Inc. Securities
EXHIBIT 4.15
DESCRIPTION OF CASTLE BRANDS INC.’s SECURITIES
The following summarizes certain material terms and provisions of our capital stock. It does not purport to be complete, however, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Florida law and by the actual terms and provisions contained in our articles of incorporation, as amended, and bylaws.
Overview - Authorized and Outstanding Shares
As of June 14, 2019, under our articles of incorporation, as amended, we had the authority to issue:
| ● | 300,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share; and | |
| ● | 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, which are issuable in series on terms determined by our Board of Directors. |
The following descriptions set forth certain general terms and provisions of our common stock and preferred stock.
Rights of Our Common Stock
Preemptive Rights. The holders of our common stock do not have preemptive rights to purchase or subscribe for any stock or other securities of ours.
Voting Rights. Each outstanding share of our common stock is entitled to one vote per share.
Dividends. Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends or other distributions when and if declared by our Board of Directors. The right of our Board of Directors to declare dividends, however, is subject to any rights of the holders of other classes of our capital stock and the availability of sufficient funds under Florida law to pay dividends.
Liquidation Rights. In the event of the liquidation of our company, subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of other classes of our capital stock, the holders of our common stock are entitled to receive any of our assets available for distribution to our shareholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by them.
Listing. We list our common stock on the NYSE American under the symbol “ROX.”
Additionally, please see “Material Provisions of our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws” below.
Rights of Our Preferred Stock
We are authorized to issue preferred stock with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by our Board of Directors. Accordingly, our Board of Directors is empowered, without shareholder approval, to issue preferred stock with dividend, liquidation, conversion, voting or other rights which could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of our common stock and, in certain instances, could adversely affect the market price of this stock. In the event of issuance, the preferred stock could be utilized, under certain circumstances, as a method of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control of our company or making removal of management more difficult. Please see “Material Provisions of our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws” below.
Material Provisions of our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
Our articles of incorporation, as amended, and bylaws, contain provisions that could discourage, delay or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt at a price which many shareholders may find attractive. The existence of these provisions could limit the price that investors might otherwise pay in the future for shares of our common stock.
Articles of Incorporation, as Amended, and Bylaws
Blank Check Preferred Stock. As noted above, our preferred stock could be issued quickly and utilized, under certain circumstances, as a method of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control of our company or make removal of management more difficult. As of the date of the prospectus, we have no outstanding shares of preferred stock.
Election of Directors. Our articles of incorporation, as amended, provide for the filling of vacancies occurring on the Board of Directors by certain votes of the remaining directors. These provisions may discourage a third party from voting to remove incumbent directors and simultaneously gaining control of the Board of Directors by filling the vacancies created by that removal with its own nominees.
Indemnification. Our articles of incorporation, as amended, and bylaws provide for indemnification of our officers and directors to the fullest extent allowed by applicable law. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us under the provisions that we describe above or otherwise, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC, this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
Florida Anti-Takeover Statute
As a Florida corporation, we are subject to certain anti-takeover provisions that apply to public corporations under Florida law. Pursuant to Section ###-###-#### of the Florida Business Corporation Act, or the Florida Act, a publicly held Florida corporation may not engage in a broad range of business combinations or other extraordinary corporate transactions with an interested shareholder without the approval of the holders of two-thirds of the voting shares of the corporation (excluding shares held by the interested shareholder), unless:
| ● | the transaction is approved by a majority of disinterested directors before the shareholder becomes an interested shareholder; | |
| ● | the interested shareholder has owned at least 80% of the corporation’s outstanding voting shares for at least five years preceding the announcement date of any such business combination; | |
| ● | the interested shareholder is the beneficial owner of at least 90% of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation, exclusive of shares acquired directly from the corporation in a transaction not approved by a majority of the disinterested directors; or | |
| ● | the consideration paid to the holders of the corporation’s voting stock is at least equal to certain fair price criteria. |
An interested shareholder is defined as a person who together with affiliates and associates beneficially owns more than 10% of a corporation’s outstanding voting shares. We have not made an election in our articles of incorporation, as amended, to opt out of Section ###-###-####.
In addition, we are subject to Section ###-###-#### of the Florida Act which prohibits the voting of shares in a publicly held Florida corporation that are acquired in a control share acquisition unless (i) our Board of Directors approved such acquisition prior to its consummation or (ii) after such acquisition, in lieu of prior approval by our Board of Directors, the holders of a majority of the corporation’s voting shares, exclusive of shares owned by officers of the corporation, employee directors or the acquiring party, approve the granting of voting rights as to the shares acquired in the control share acquisition. A control share acquisition is defined as an acquisition that immediately thereafter entitles the acquiring party to 20% or more of the total voting power in an election of directors.
