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nExhibitIII—RestatedCertificateofIncorporation
PursuanttoSection14A:9-5oftheNewJerseyBusinessCorporationAct,EastmanKodakCompanyamends,restates,andintegratesitsCertificateof
Incorporation,asheretoforeamendedandrestated,toreadasfollows:
SECTION1.Thenameofthecorporationis“EastmanKodakCompany.”
SECTION2.TheCompanyisorganizedforthepurposeofengaginginanyactivitywithinthepurposesforwhichcorporationsmaybeorga-
nizedundertheNewJerseyBusinessCorporationAct,asamendedfromtimetotime.
SECTION3.TheCompanyhasauthoritytoissue1,050,000,000shares,consistingof100,000,000sharesofpreferredstock,parvalue
$10.00each,and950,000,000sharesofcommonstock,parvalue$2.50each.
TheBoardofDirectorsmaycausethepreferredstocktobeissuedfromtimetotimeinoneormoreseriesandmaydeterminethedesignationandnumber
ofshares,andtherelativerights,preferences,andlimitationsoftheshares,ofeachsuchseries.TheBoardofDirectorsmaychangethedesignationand
numberofshares,andtherelativerights,preferences,andlimitationsoftheshares,ofeachseriesnosharesofwhichhavebeenissued.
SuchauthorityoftheBoardofDirectorsincludesbutisnotlimitedtotheauthoritytocausetobeissuedoneormoreseriesofpreferredstock
a)entitlingtheholdersthereoftocumulative,noncumulativeorpartiallycumulativedividends;
b)entitlingtheholdersthereoftoreceivedividendspayableonaparitywithorinpreferencetothedividendspayableonthecommonstockoronanyother
seriesofpreferredstock;
c)entitlingtheholdersthereoftopreferentialrightsupontheliquidationof,oruponanydistributionoftheassetsof,theCompany;
d)convertible,attheoptionoftheCompanyoroftheholdersorofboth,intosharesofcommonstockoranyotherseriesofpreferredstock;
e)redeemable,inwholeorinpart,attheoptionoftheCompany,incash,itsbondsorotherproperty,atsuchpriceorprices,withinsuchperiodorperiods,
andundersuchconditionsastheBoardofDirectorsprovides,includingcreationofasinkingfundfortheredemptionthereof;
f)lackingvotingrightsorhavinglimitedvotingrightsorenjoyingspecialormultiplevotingrights.
NoholderofsharesoftheCompanyshallbeentitled,assuch,asamatterofpre-emptiveorpreferentialright,tosubscribefororpurchaseanypartof
anyneworadditionalissueofshares,oranytreasuryshares,orofsecuritiesoftheCompanyorofanysubsidiaryoftheCompanyconvertibleinto,or
exchangeablefor,orcarryingrightsoroptionstopurchaseorsubscribe,orboth,tosharesofanyclasswhatsoever,whethernoworhereafterauthorized,
andwhetherissuedforcash,property,servicesorotherwise.
SECTION4.TheaddressoftheCompany’scurrentregisteredofficeintheStateofNewJerseyis28WestStateStreet,Trenton,NewJersey
08608.ThenameoftheCompany’scurrentregisteredagentisTheCorporationTrustCompany.
SECTION5.TheaffairsoftheCompanyshallbemanagedbyaBoardofDirectors.ExceptasotherwiseprovidedbythisSection,thenumber
ofdirectors,notfewerthannine(9)normorethaneighteen(18),shallbefixedfromtimetotimebyresolutionoftheBoardofDirectors.
Commencingwiththeannualelectionofdirectorsbytheshareholdersin1987,andcontinuinguntiltheannualmeetingofshareholdersin2008,thedirec-
torsshallbedividedintothreeclasses:ClassI,ClassIIandClassIII,eachsuchclass,asnearlyaspossible,tohavethesamenumberofdirectors.The
directorsmayberemovedbyvoteoftheshareholdersonlyforcause.ThetermofofficeoftheinitialClassIdirectorsshallexpireattheannualmeetingof
theshareholdersin1988,thetermofofficeoftheinitialClassIIdirectorsshallexpireattheannualmeetingoftheshareholdersin1989,andthetermsof
officeoftheinitialClassIIIdirectorsshallexpireattheannualmeetingoftheshareholdersin1990.Ateachannualmeetingoftheshareholdersheldafter
1987andcontinuingthroughandincludingtheannualmeetingofshareholdersin2005,thedirectorschosentosucceedthosewhosetermshavethen
expiredshallbeidentifiedasbeingofthesameclassasthedirectorstheysucceedandshallbeelectedbytheshareholdersforatermexpiringatthethird
succeedingannualmeetingoftheshareholders.
Atthe2006annualmeetingofshareholders,thesuccessorsofthedirectorswhosetermsexpireatthatmeetingshallbeelectedforatermexpiringatthe
2008annualmeetingofshareholders.Atthe2007annualmeetingofshareholders,thesuccessorsofthedirectorswhosetermsexpireatthatmeeting
shallbeelectedforatermexpiringatthe2008annualmeetingofshareholders.Atthe2008annualmeetingofshareholdersandateachannualmeeting
ofshareholdersthereafter,alldirectorsshallbeelectedfortermsexpiringatthenextannualmeetingofshareholders.
IntheeventthattheholdersofanyclassorseriesofstockoftheCompanyhavingapreference,astodividendsoruponliquidationoftheCompany,shall
beentitledbyaseparateclassvotetoelectdirectors,asmaybespecifiedpursuanttoSection3,thentheprovisionsofsuchclassorseriesofstockwith
respecttotheirrightsshallapply.Thenumberofdirectorsthatmaybeelectedbytheholdersofanysuchclassorseriesofstockshallbeinadditiontothe
numberfixedpursuanttotheprecedingparagraphofthisSection5andshallnotbelimitedbythemaximumnumberofdirectorssetforthabove.Except
asotherwiseexpresslyprovidedpursuanttoSection3,thenumberofdirectorsthatmaybesoelectedbytheholdersofanysuchclassorseriesofstock
shallbeelectedfortermsexpiringatthenextannualmeetingofshareholdersandwithoutregardtotheclassificationoftheremainingmembersofthe
BoardofDirectors,andvacanciesamongdirectorssoelectedbytheseparateclassvoteofanysuchclassorseriesofstockshallbefilledbytheremaining
nExhibitII—AmendmenttoExecutiveCompensationforExcellenceandLeadershipPl