Description of the Registrant's Securities
Exhibit 4.3
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
General
The following description of our capital stock is intended as a summary only and therefore is not a complete description of our capital stock. This description is based upon, and is qualified by reference to, our Articles of Incorporation, as amended (our “Charter”), our Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended (our “Bylaws”), and applicable provisions of Nevada corporate law. You should read our Charter and Bylaws for the provisions that are important to you.
Our authorized capital stock consists of 120,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share (“Preferred Stock”). We have authorized 1,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series A Preferred”), and 2,000 shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01.
The rights and preferences of any class or series of Preferred Stock, were we to designate or issue additional shares of Preferred Stock, would be established by our Board of Directors in its sole discretion and may have dividend, voting, liquidation and other rights and preferences that are senior to the rights of our Common Stock. The following description of our capital stock and provisions of our Charter and Bylaws are summaries and are qualified by reference to our Charter and Bylaws. Copies of these documents are filed with the SEC as exhibits to our Annual Reports on Form 10-K.
Common Stock
This section describes the general terms of our Common Stock that we may offer from time to time. For more detailed information, a holder of our Common Stock should refer to our Charter and our Bylaws.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in our Charter, or as required by applicable law, all shares of our Common Stock presently outstanding, and any shares of our Common Stock issued upon exercise of stock options and/or warrants, will be fully paid and non-assessable.
Voting Rights
Each holder of Common Stock is entitled to one vote for each share owned on all matters voted upon by shareholders. Except as otherwise provided under Nevada law or our Charter and Bylaws, on matters other than election of directors, action on a matter is approved if the votes cast favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action.
Dividends
Subject to the dividend and liquidation rights of any preferred stock that may then be outstanding, holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends, if our Board of Directors (our “Board”), in its discretion, determines to issue a dividend, and only at the times and in the amounts that our Board may determine. Our Board is not obligated to declare a dividend.
Liquidation Rights
In the event we liquidate, dissolve or wind-up our operations, the holders of the Common Stock are entitled to share equally and ratably in our assets, if any, remaining after the payment of all our debts and liabilities and the liquidation preference of any shares of preferred stock that may then be outstanding.
No Preemptive or Similar Rights
The Common Stock has no preemptive rights, no cumulative voting rights, and no redemption, sinking fund, or conversion provisions.
Listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market
Our Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “FTLF.”
Authorized but Unissued Shares
Authorized but unissued shares of our Common Stock are available for future issuance without stockholder approval, subject to any limitations imposed by applicable listing rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. These additional shares may be used for a variety of corporate finance transactions, acquisitions and employee benefit plans. The existence of authorized but unissued and unreserved Common Stock could make it more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for our Common Stock is Colonial Stock Transfer located in Sandy, Utah.
Anti-takeover Effects of Nevada Law
Certain provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes, or NRS, as described below, may delay or discourage transactions involving an actual or potential change in our control or change in our management, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares or transactions that our stockholders might otherwise deem to be in their best interests.
Combinations with Interested Stockholders
Nevada’s “combinations with interested stockholders” statutes, NRS 78.411 through 78.444, inclusive, prohibit specified types of business “combinations” between certain Nevada corporations and any person deemed to be an “interested stockholder” for two years after such person first becomes an “interested stockholder” unless (1) the corporation’s board of directors approves, in advance, either the combination itself, or the transaction by which such person becomes an interested stockholder, or (2) the combination is approved by the board of directors and 60% of the then-outstanding voting power of the corporation’s stockholders not beneficially owned by the interested stockholder, its affiliates and associates. Further, in the absence of the prior approval described above, certain restrictions may apply even after such two-year period. However, these statutes do not apply to any combination of a corporation and an interested stockholder after the expiration of four years after the person first became an interested stockholder.
For purposes of these statutes, an “interested stockholder” is any person who is (1) the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the voting power of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation, or (2) an affiliate or associate of the corporation and at any time within the two previous years was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of the corporation. The definition of the term “combination” is sufficiently broad to cover most significant transactions between a corporation and an interested stockholder. These statutes generally apply to “resident domestic corporations,” namely Nevada corporations with 200 or more stockholders of record. However, a Nevada corporation may elect in its articles of incorporation not to be governed by these particular laws, but if such election is not made in the corporation’s original articles of incorporation, the amendment (1) must be approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of stock representing a majority of the outstanding voting power of the corporation not beneficially owned by interested stockholders or their affiliates and associates, and (2) is not effective until 18 months after the vote approving the amendment and does not apply to any combination with a person who first became an interested stockholder on or before the effective date of the amendment.
Acquisition of Controlling Interest Statutes
Nevada’s “acquisition of controlling interest” statutes, NRS 78.378 through 78.3793, inclusive, contain provisions governing the acquisition of stockholder voting power above specified thresholds in certain Nevada corporations. These “control share” laws provide generally that any person that acquires a “controlling interest” in certain Nevada corporations may be denied voting rights, unless a majority of the disinterested stockholders of the corporation elects to restore such voting rights. These laws provide that a person acquires a “controlling interest” whenever a person acquires shares of a subject corporation that, but for the application of these provisions of the NRS, would enable that person to exercise (1) one-fifth or more, but less than one-third, (2) one-third or more, but less than a majority or (3) a majority or more, of all of the voting power of the corporation in the election of directors. Once an acquirer crosses one of these thresholds, shares which it acquired in the transaction taking it over the threshold and within the 90 days immediately preceding the date when the acquiring person acquired or offered to acquire a controlling interest become “control shares” to which the voting restrictions described above apply.
In our Bylaws, we have elected not to be governed by, and to otherwise opt out of, the provisions of NRS 78.378 to 78.3793, inclusive. Absent such provision in our Bylaws, these statutes would apply to us as of a particular date if we were to have 200 or more stockholders of record (at least 100 of whom have addresses in Nevada appearing on our stock ledger at all times during the 90 days immediately preceding that date) and do business in the State of Nevada directly or through an affiliated corporation, unless our articles of incorporation or Bylaws in effect on the tenth day after the acquisition of a controlling interest provide otherwise.
NRS 78.139(4) also provides that directors of a Nevada corporation may resist a change or potential change in control of the corporation if the board of directors determines that the change or potential change is opposed to, or not in, the best interest of the corporation upon consideration of any relevant facts, circumstances, contingencies or constituencies that the directors are entitled, but not required, to consider when exercising their directorial powers pursuant to NRS 78.138(4).
The existence of the foregoing provisions and other potential anti-takeover measures could limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our Common Stock. They could also deter potential acquirers of our company, thereby reducing the likelihood that you could receive a premium for your Common Stock in an acquisition.