Form 8-K
8-K — DeFi Development Corp.
Accession: 0001805526-26-000050
Filed: 2026-06-26
Period: 2026-06-25
CIK: 0001805526
SIC: 6199 (FINANCE SERVICES)
Item: Other Events
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 25, 2026
DEFI DEVELOPMENT CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada 001-41748 83-2676794
(State or other jurisdiction
of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
Identification Number)
6401 Congress Avenue, Suite 250
Boca Raton, FL
33487
(Address of registrant’s principal executive office) (Zip code)
(561) 559-4111
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share DFDV The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock DFDVW The 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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
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. ☐
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On June 25, 2026, DeFi Development Corp. (the “Company”) filed (i) articles of conversion and articles of incorporation with the Nevada Secretary of State and (ii) a certificate of conversion with the Delaware Secretary of State, pursuant to which the reincorporation of the Company from the State of Delaware to the State of Nevada (the “Nevada Reincorporation”) became effective on June 26, 2026, at 3:01 a.m. Eastern Time (12:01 a.m. Pacific Time) (the “Effective Time”). At the Effective Time:
•the Company’s state of incorporation changed from the State of Delaware to the State of Nevada; and
•the internal affairs of the Company ceased to be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware and the Company’s existing Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and Amended and Restated Bylaws, and instead became governed by the laws of the State of Nevada and the articles of incorporation filed with the Nevada Secretary of State (the “Nevada Charter”) and the bylaws (the “Nevada Bylaws”) approved by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”).
The Nevada Reincorporation did not result in any change in headquarters, business, jobs, management, properties, location of any of the Company’s offices or facilities, number of employees, obligations, assets, liabilities or net worth (other than as a result of the transaction costs related to the Nevada Reincorporation). The Nevada Reincorporation did not adversely affect any of the Company’s material contracts with any third parties, and the Company’s rights and obligations under such material contractual arrangements continue to be the rights and obligations of the Company after the Nevada Reincorporation.
At the Effective Time, each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Delaware corporation (the “Delaware common stock”) automatically converted into one outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Nevada corporation (the “Nevada common stock”), and each outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Delaware corporation automatically converted into one outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Nevada corporation. Stockholders do not need to exchange their existing book-entry shares for new book-entry entitlements.
At the Effective Time, each outstanding stock option, restricted share, restricted stock unit, warrant, convertible note, purchase right, or other right to acquire shares of the Company’s common stock, as applicable, became an option, restricted share, restricted stock unit, warrant, convertible note, purchase right, or other right, as applicable, to acquire an equal number of shares of Nevada common stock under the same terms and conditions.
The Nevada common stock continues to be traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the symbol “DFDV.”
Certain rights of the Company’s stockholders changed as a result of the Nevada Reincorporation. A more detailed description of the Plan of Conversion, Nevada Charter, Nevada Bylaws, and the effects of the Nevada Reincorporation is set forth in the Information Statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 5, 2026.
Copies of the Plan of Conversion, Nevada Charter and Nevada Bylaws are filed as Exhibits 2.1, 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
A legal opinion of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into the Company’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-289974, 333-290116 and 333-293054) filed with the SEC on September 2, 2025, September 8, 2025, and January 29, 2026, respectively.
A legal opinion of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP is filed as Exhibit 5.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-295142), filed with the SEC on April 17, 2026, and the prospectus supplement dated May 1, 2026 filed thereunder, as amended and supplemented by supplement no. 1, dated June 1, 2026, with respect to the ATM Shares (as defined in the legal opinion).
A legal opinion of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP is filed as Exhibit 5.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into the Company’s Registration Statements on Form S-1 (File Nos. 333-287964, 333-288067, 333-290133, and 333-291128), filed with the SEC on June 11, 2025 (as amended on June 23, 2025), June 16, 2025 (as amended on June 20, 2025), September 9, 2025 (as amended on October 14, 2025), and October 28, 2025, respectively.
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.
This Form 8-K and the exhibits attached hereto contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the Nevada Reincorporation. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current assumptions, expectations and beliefs and are subject to substantial risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement. These risks include, but are not limited to, market risks, trends and conditions, and are more fully described in the section captioned “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other reports the Company files with the SEC.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
2.1
Plan of Conversion of DeFi Development Corp.
3.1
Articles of Incorporation of DeFi Development Corp.
3.2
Bylaws of DeFi Development Corp.
5.1
Opinion of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP.
5.2
Opinion of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP.
5.3
Opinion of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 26, 2026 DEFI DEVELOPMENT CORP.
By: /s/ Joseph Onorati
Name: Joseph Onorati
Title: Chairman & CEO
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Exhibit 2.1
PLAN OF CONVERSION
OF
DEFI DEVELOPMENT CORP.
This Plan of Conversion (this “Plan of Conversion”) is adopted as of June 25, 2026 to convert DeFi Development Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Delaware Corporation”), to a Nevada corporation to be known as “DeFi Development Corp.” (the “Nevada Corporation”).
1. Converting Entity. The Delaware Corporation is a corporation organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).
2. Converted Entity. The Nevada Corporation shall be a corporation organized under Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”). The name of the Nevada Corporation shall be DeFi Development Corp.
3. The Conversion. The Delaware Corporation shall be converted to the Nevada Corporation (the “Conversion”) pursuant to NRS 92A.195 and Section 266 of the DGCL.
4. Filing of Conversion Documents; Effective Time. As soon as practicable following the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 9 hereof, if this Plan of Conversion shall not have been terminated prior thereto as provided in Section 12 hereof, the Delaware Corporation shall cause (i) articles of conversion meeting the requirements of NRS 92A.205 (the “Nevada Articles of Conversion”) to be properly executed and filed with the Nevada Secretary of State in accordance with such section, (ii) Articles of Incorporation of the Nevada Corporation in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Nevada Articles of Incorporation”) and an Initial List of Directors and Officers, each to be properly executed and filed with the Nevada Secretary of State in accordance with NRS 92A.205 and 92A.207, and (iii) a certificate of conversion meeting the requirements of Section 266 of the DGCL (the “Delaware Certificate of Conversion”) to be properly executed and filed with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with such section, and otherwise make all other filings or recordings as required by the NRS and the DGCL in connection with the Conversion. The Conversion shall become effective at the time designated in the Nevada Articles of Conversion and Delaware Certificate of Conversion as the effective time of the Conversion (the “Effective Time”). The Conversion will have the effects set forth in the NRS and, to the extent necessary, the DGCL, including without limitation the effects set forth in this Plan of Conversion. The Nevada Corporation will be responsible for the payment of all of the Delaware Corporation’s fees and franchise taxes and will be responsible for all of its debts and liabilities.
5. Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. At the Effective Time, the Nevada Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Nevada Corporation, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Nevada Bylaws”), shall govern the Nevada Corporation until amended in accordance with their respective terms and applicable law.
6. Directors and Officers. From and after the Effective Time, by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action on the part of the Delaware Corporation or the Nevada Corporation, or their respective stockholders, (i) the members of the Board of Directors of the Delaware Corporation (the “Delaware Board”) as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall continue as, and shall constitute, all of the members of the board of directors of the Nevada Corporation (the “Nevada Board”), with each director to serve until his or her successor has been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal; (ii) the chair of the Delaware Board as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be, from and after the Effective Time, the chair of the Nevada Board, to serve at the pleasure of the Nevada Board; (iii) each committee of the Delaware Board as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be, from and after the Effective Time, constituted as a committee of the Nevada Board on the same terms and with the same powers and authority as the applicable committee of the Delaware Board as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, and the members of each committee of the Delaware Board as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be, from and after the Effective Time, the members of each such committee of the Nevada Board, each to serve at the pleasure of the Nevada Board; and (iv) the officers of the Delaware Corporation as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall continue as, and shall constitute, all of the officers of the Nevada Corporation (and any designation as an “executive officer” under Rule 3b-7 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or “officer” for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall remain in effect), with each to serve until his or her successor has been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
7. Effect on Capital Stock of the Delaware Corporation. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action on the part of the Delaware Corporation, the Nevada Corporation, the stockholders thereof or any other person, (i) each share of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Delaware Corporation issued and outstanding or held in treasury immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be automatically converted into one (1) share of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Nevada Corporation; and (ii) each share of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Delaware Corporation issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be automatically converted into one (1) share of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Nevada Corporation. At and after the Effective Time: (x) all of the outstanding certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented issued and outstanding shares of common stock or Series A Preferred Stock of the Delaware Corporation shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence ownership of and to represent shares of common stock or Series A Preferred Stock, as applicable, of the Nevada Corporation and shall be so registered on the books and records of the Nevada Corporation and its transfer agent; and (y) all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock and Series A Preferred Stock of the Delaware Corporation that are in uncertificated book-entry form shall automatically become the number and class or series of shares of the Nevada Corporation into which such shares of the Delaware Corporation have been converted as herein provided in accordance with the customary procedures of the Delaware Corporation’s transfer agent. Any shares of common stock or Series A Preferred Stock of the Nevada Corporation may be issued as uncertificated shares, whether upon original issuance, re-issuance or subsequent transfer.
8. Other Effects of the Conversion.
(a)At the Effective Time, any stock option, restricted share, restricted stock unit, warrant, convertible note (including the Company’s April 2030 convertible notes and July 2030 convertible notes), purchase right, equity or equity-based award, or other right to acquire, or any instrument to convert into or exchange for, or that is based on the value of, the common stock or other equity securities of the Company (each, a “Convertible Security”), shall from and after the Effective Time, constitute a stock option, restricted share, restricted stock unit, warrant, convertible note, purchase right, equity or equity-based award, or other right to acquire, or any instrument to convert into or exchange for, or that is based on the value of, the same number of shares common stock or other equity securities of the Nevada Corporation, respectively, and, if applicable, with the same exercise, purchase or conversion price per share, and shall, to the extent permitted by law and otherwise reasonably practicable, have the same term, exercisability, vesting schedule, status and all other terms and conditions of the applicable Convertible Security as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(b)At the Effective Time, automatically by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action by the Delaware Corporation, the Nevada Corporation or any other person, each employment letter or agreement, employee benefit plan or agreement, incentive compensation plan or agreement, or other similar plan or agreement to which the Delaware Corporation is a party, or otherwise maintains, sponsors or contributes (including both cash and equity incentive plans), shall continue to be a plan or agreement of the Nevada Corporation on the same terms and conditions and any references to the Delaware Corporation and the Delaware Board (or any committee thereof) thereunder shall mean the Nevada Corporation and its board of directors (or any committee thereof) on and after the Effective Time. To the extent that any such plan, letter or agreement provides for the issuance, or is otherwise based on the value, of the common stock or Series A Preferred Stock or other equity securities of the Delaware Corporation, as of the Effective Time, automatically by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action on the part of any person, such plan or agreement shall be deemed to provide for the issuance, or be based on the value, of the common stock or Series A Preferred Stock or other equity securities of the Nevada Corporation, respectively. Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, 2023 Equity Incentive Plan and 2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (together, the “Delaware Plans”) and the authority of Delaware Board to administer the Delaware Plans, the shares of common Stock of the Delaware Corporation subject to each Delaware Plan and all outstanding awards thereunder shall be adjusted pursuant to the terms of such Delaware Plan in the manner described above.
(c)At the Effective Time, automatically by virtue of the Conversion and without any further action on the part of any person, each agreement to which the Delaware Corporation is a party shall continue to be an agreement of the Nevada Corporation on the same terms and conditions and any references to the Delaware Corporation thereunder shall, on and after the Effective Time, mean the Nevada Corporation.
(d)The Conversion shall not (i) extinguish the standing of any person or entity who is a plaintiff in any derivative action or suit brought on behalf of the Delaware Corporation (including any appeal therefrom) that is pending at the Effective Time or (ii) extinguish or adversely affect the standing or ability of any person or entity to initiate a derivative action or suit on behalf of the Delaware Corporation regarding acts, omissions or transactions occurring prior to the Effective Time if such person or entity was a stockholder or beneficial owner of the Delaware Corporation at the time of such act, omission or transaction; provided that, in each case, such person or entity shall maintain his or her status as a stockholder or beneficial owner of the Nevada Corporation through the pendency of any such derivative action or suit (any such a person or entity, a “Plaintiff,” and any such derivative action or suit, a “Derivative Action”)). Following the Effective Time, the Nevada Corporation shall not assert that the Conversion, or the application of the laws of the State of Nevada to the Nevada Corporation, extinguished or adversely affected the standing or ability (as applicable) of any Plaintiff to initiate or maintain any Derivative Action.
9. Conditions Precedent. Completion of the Conversion is subject to the following conditions:
(a)the resolution of the Delaware Board approving the Conversion and the Plan of Conversion pursuant to and in accordance with applicable law;
(b)this Plan of Conversion shall have been adopted and approved by the affirmative vote or consent of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the shares of the capital stock of the Delaware Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class; and
(c)any regulatory or contractual approvals that the Delaware Board or any duly authorized committee thereof (in its sole discretion) determines to obtain shall have been so obtained and be in full force and effect.
All of the foregoing conditions are non-waivable, except that the condition set forth in Section 9(c) hereof may be waived by the Delaware Board or any duly authorized committee thereof, and any determination by the Delaware Board or any duly authorized committee thereof prior to the Effective Time concerning the satisfaction or waiver of any condition set forth in this Section 9 shall be final and conclusive to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The filing of the Nevada Articles of Conversion with the Nevada Secretary of State, and the filing of the Delaware Certificate of Conversion with the Delaware Secretary of State, shall be evidence that all conditions to the Conversion have been met or validly waived.
10. Effect of Conversion. From and after the Effective Time, the Conversion shall, for all purposes of the laws of the State of Delaware, have the effects set forth in Section 266 of the DGCL and shall, for all purposes of the laws of the State of Nevada, have the effects set forth in NRS 92A.250(3).
11. Record of Conversion. Prior to the Conversion (unless this Plan of Conversion shall have been terminated as provided in Section 12 hereof), a copy of this Plan of Conversion will be kept at the principal place of business of the Delaware Corporation and, upon the written request of any stockholder of the Delaware Corporation to the Secretary of the Delaware Corporation, a copy of this Plan of Conversion shall be promptly delivered to such stockholder. From and after the Effective Time, a copy of this Plan of Conversion will continue to be kept at the principal place of business of the Nevada Corporation and, upon the written request of any stockholder of the Nevada Corporation to the Secretary of the Nevada Corporation, a copy of this Plan of Conversion shall promptly be delivered to such stockholder.
12. Termination; Abandonment. At any time before the Effective Time, whether before or after approval of the Conversion by the requisite stockholders of the Delaware Corporation as described above, this Plan of Conversion may be terminated and the Conversion may be abandoned, or the consummation of the Conversion may be deferred if, in the opinion of the Delaware Board, such action would be in the best interests of the Delaware Corporation and its stockholders. In the event of termination of this Plan of Conversion, this Plan of Conversion shall become void and of no effect.
13. Foreign Qualifications of Converted Entity. For the purpose of authorizing the Nevada Corporation to do business in any state, territory, or dependency of the United States, including, but not limited to, Delaware, or of any foreign country in which it is necessary or expedient for the Nevada Corporation to transact business, the officers of the Nevada Corporation are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint and substitute all necessary agents or attorneys for service of process, to designate and to prepare, execute, and file, for and on behalf of the Nevada Corporation, all necessary certificates, reports, powers of attorney, and other instruments as may be required by the laws of such state, territory, dependency, or country to authorize the Nevada Corporation to transact business therein, and whenever it is expedient for the Nevada Corporation to cease doing business therein and withdraw therefrom, to revoke any appointment of agent or attorney for service of process, and to file such certificates, reports, revocation of appointment, or surrender of authority as may be necessary to terminate the authority of the Nevada Corporation to do business in any such state, territory, dependency, or country, and all actions taken by the officers of the Nevada Corporation prior to the Effective Time in furtherance of this Section 13 shall be, and each of them hereby is, approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects as the proper acts and deeds of the Nevada Corporation.
14. Plan of Reorganization. It is intended that the Conversion qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (and any similar provision of state or local law). This Plan of Conversion shall constitute, and is adopted as, a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) of the U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code.
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This Plan of Conversion has been adopted by the Delaware Board as of the date set forth above.
DeFi Development Corp.
By: /s/ Joseph Onorati
Name: Joseph Onorati
Its: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT A
Nevada Articles of Incorporation
EXHIBIT B
Nevada Bylaws
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Exhibit 3.1
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
DEFI DEVELOPMENT CORP.
ARTICLE I
The name of this corporation is DeFi Development Corp. (the “Corporation”). The Corporation is the resulting entity in the conversion of DeFi Development Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Delaware Corporation”), into a Nevada corporation (the “Conversion”) and is a continuation of the existence thereof pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes (as amended from time to time and including any successor provisions, the “NRS”) Chapters 78 and 92A.
ARTICLE II
The registered office of the Corporation shall be the street address of its registered agent in the State of Nevada. The Corporation may, from time to time, in the manner provided by law, change the registered agent and registered office within the State of Nevada. The Corporation may also maintain an office or offices for the conduct of its business, either within or without the State of Nevada.
ARTICLE III
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 NRS.
ARTICLE IV
(A) Authorized Capital Stock. The total number of shares of stock of all classes of capital stock that the Company is authorized to issue is 2,000,000,000, consisting of (i) 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”) and (ii) 1,000,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).
(B) Common Stock. All shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be of one and the same class, shall be identical in all respects and shall have equal rights, powers and privileges. Except as otherwise provided for by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) pursuant to this Article IV with respect to the issuance of any series of Preferred Stock or by the NRS, the holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote on all matters requiring stockholder action. On each matter on which holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote, each outstanding share of such Common Stock will be entitled to one vote. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of outstanding Preferred Stock, holders of shares of Common Stock shall have equal rights of participation in the dividends and other distributions in cash, stock or property of the Company when, as and if declared thereon by the Board from time to time out of assets or funds of the Company legally available therefor and shall have equal rights to receive the assets and funds of the Company available for distribution to stockholders in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary.
(C) Preferred Stock. The Board is authorized, subject to any limitations prescribed by law, to provide for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in series, and by filing a certificate of designation establishing each such series pursuant to NRS 78.1955 (each such certificate being hereinafter referred to as a “Preferred Stock Designation”), to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights of the shares of each such series. The Board is further authorized to increase (but not above
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the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock) or decrease (but not below the number of shares of any such series of Preferred Stock then outstanding) the number of authorized shares of any series of Preferred Stock, subject to the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights stated in these Articles of Incorporation (as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time, and including any Preferred Stock Designation(s), these “Articles of Incorporation”). Except as otherwise required by law or provided in these Articles of Incorporation, holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to these Articles of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation filed with respect to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together as a class with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon by law or pursuant to these Articles of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation filed with respect to any series of Preferred Stock). The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, without a vote of the holders of the Preferred Stock, or of any series thereof, unless a vote of any such holders is required pursuant to the terms of any Preferred Stock Designation, irrespective of any applicable provisions of the NRS, including NRS 78.207(3) and 78.390(2) (and any separate class or series vote in this regard pursuant to the NRS is hereby specifically denied, as is any separate class or series vote pursuant to NRS 78.2055(3)). The holders of shares of the Preferred Stock of each series shall be entitled, upon liquidation or dissolution or upon the distribution of the assets of the Corporation, to such preferences, if any, as provided in the resolution or resolutions creating such series of Preferred Stock, and no more, before any distribution of the assets of the Corporation shall be made to the holders of shares of the Common Stock. Whenever the holders of shares of the Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive a preferred distribution and have been paid the full amounts to which they shall be entitled, the holders of shares of the Common Stock shall be entitled to share ratably in all remaining assets of the Corporation.
ARTICLE V
(A) Management by Board of Directors. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred by statute or by these Articles of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation (as amended from time to time, the “Bylaws”), the Board is hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation. The number of directors comprising the whole Board shall be fixed by the Board in the manner provided in the Bylaws. Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.
(B) No Cumulative Voting. No stockholder will be permitted to cumulate votes in any election of directors.
(C) Removal. Any director may be removed from office by the stockholders of the Corporation by not less than the minimum percentage of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon then permitted under and in accordance with NRS 78.335 (which minimum percentage at the time of filing of these Articles of Incorporation is not less than two-thirds of the voting power and which at no time shall be less than a simple majority of the voting power).
(D) Bylaws. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the NRS, the Board is expressly authorized to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws. The Bylaws may also be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders of the Corporation; provided that the
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affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of outstanding voting securities of the Corporation, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders of the Corporation to amend, alter or repeal, or adopt any provision of the Bylaws.
ARTICLE VI
(A) The liability of directors and officers of the Corporation is hereby eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS. If the NRS is amended to further eliminate or limit or authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the liability of directors or officers, then the liability of a director or officer of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS, as so amended.
(B) The Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law (including, without limitation, NRS 78.7502, NRS 78.751 and NRS 78.752), any current and former director and officer of the Corporation who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or as a manager or managing member of a limited liability company, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding. The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any employee or agent of the Corporation who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or as a manager or managing member of a limited liability company, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding.
(C) In addition to any other rights of indemnification permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada or as may be provided for by the Corporation in the Bylaws or by agreement, the expenses of directors and officers incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding, involving alleged acts or omissions of such director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation, must be paid, by the Corporation or through insurance purchased and maintained by the Corporation or through other financial arrangements made by the Corporation, as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.
(D) Neither any amendment nor the repeal of any provision in this Article VI, nor the adoption of any provision of these Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws inconsistent with any provision of this Article VI, shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect the effect of this Article VI in respect of any matter occurring, or any Proceeding accruing or arising or that, but for this Article VI, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision. In the event of any conflict between any section of this Article VI and any other article(s) of these Articles of Incorporation, this Article VI shall control.
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ARTICLE VII
The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in these Articles of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the NRS, and all rights conferred upon the stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.
ARTICLE VIII
(A) Choice of Forum. To the fullest extent permitted by law, and unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada in Clark County, Nevada, shall be the sole and exclusive forum for any actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, administrative or investigative, (a) brought in the name or right of the Corporation or on its behalf, (b) asserting a claim for breach of any fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer or controlling stockholder of the Corporation in such capacity, (c) for any other internal action (as defined in NRS 78.046), including any action arising pursuant to, or to interpret, apply enforce or determine the validity of, any provision of NRS Title 7 (including NRS Chapters 78 or 92A), these Articles of Incorporation, the Bylaws, or any agreement entered into pursuant to NRS 78.365 to which the Corporation is a party or a stated beneficiary thereof, or (d) asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine or as to which the NRS confers jurisdiction on the district courts of the State of Nevada; provided that such exclusive forum provisions will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. In the event that the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada, does not have jurisdiction over any such action, suit or proceeding, then any other state district court located in the State of Nevada shall be the sole and exclusive forum therefor and in the event that no state district court in the State of Nevada has jurisdiction over any such action, suit or proceeding, then a federal district court of the United States located within the State of Nevada shall be the sole and exclusive forum therefor. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States shall be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any claim asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, against any person in connection with any offering of the Corporation’s securities, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any auditor, underwriter, expert, control person, or other defendant, which person shall have the right to enforce this clause.
(B) Limited Waiver of Jury Trials. To the fullest extent not inconsistent with any applicable U.S. federal laws, any and all “internal actions” (as defined in NRS 78.046) must be tried in a court of competent jurisdiction before the presiding judge as the trier of fact and not before a jury. This Article VII(B) shall conclusively operate as a waiver of the right to trial by jury by each party to any such internal action.
ARTICLE IX
The Corporation hereby expressly elects not to be governed by the provisions of NRS 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive.
ARTICLE X
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws, the Corporation is hereby specifically allowed to make any distribution that otherwise would be prohibited by NRS 78.288(2)(b).
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ARTICLE XI
(A) Severability. If any provision or provisions of these Articles of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of these Articles of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of these Articles of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of these Articles of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from individual liability to the fullest extent permitted under Nevada law.
(B) Deemed Notice and Consent. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each and every natural person, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, association or any other entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest (of any nature whatsoever) in any shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed, by reason of and from and after the time of such purchase or other acquisition, to have notice of and to have consented to all of the provisions of (a) these Articles of Incorporation, (b) the Bylaws and (c) any amendment to the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws enacted or adopted in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation, the Bylaws and applicable law.
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DEFI DEVELOPMENT CORP.
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
OF
SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors of DeFi Development Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), by Nevada Revised Statutes (as amended from time to time, the “NRS”) 78.1955 and the Articles of Incorporation (as defined below), the Board of Directors has adopted the following resolution providing for the issuance of a series of One Hundred Thousand (100,000) shares of the Company’s preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority expressly granted to and vested in the Board of Directors of the Company by provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company (as amended from time to time, the “Articles of Incorporation”), there hereby is established and designated, from the authorized shares of the Company’s preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), a series of Preferred Stock designated as the “Series A Preferred Stock” consisting of 100,000 shares, which series shall have the following designations, powers, preferences and relative and other special rights and the following qualifications, limitations and restrictions:
Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)“Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
(b)“Holder” means, individually, a holder and, collectively, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock.
(c)“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
Section 2. Designation, Amount and Par Value. The series of Preferred Stock established by this certificate of designation (as amended from time to time, this “Certificate of Designation”) shall be designated as the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock (hereinafter the “Series A Preferred Stock”) and the number of shares so designated shall be One Hundred Thousand (100,000). Each share of Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.00001 per share.
Section 3. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise required by law, Holders will be entitled to vote, together with the holders of the Common Stock on all matters presented for a vote of the holders of Common Stock. Holders shall have Ten Thousand (10,000) votes per share when voting on matters together with the holders of Common Stock.
Section 4. Protective Provisions. So long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Company shall not and shall cause its subsidiaries not to, without the affirmative vote of each of the Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding: (i) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series A Preferred Stock, (ii) alter or amend this Certificate of Designation, (iii) authorize or create any class of stock ranking as to dividends or distribution of assets upon a Liquidation (as defined in Section 5) or otherwise senior to or pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock,
(iv) amend the Articles of Incorporation or bylaws of the Company so as to affect adversely any rights of any Holders, (v) increase the authorized or designated number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, (vi) issue any additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock or (vii) enter into any agreement with respect to the foregoing.
Section 5. Liquidation. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary (each, a “Liquidation”), the Holders shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Company, an amount equal to the par value of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock.
Section 6. Miscellaneous.
(a)Lost or Mutilated Preferred Stock Certificate. If a Holder’s Series A Preferred Stock certificate is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership hereof reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
(b)Waiver. Any waiver by the Company or a Holder of a breach of any provision of this Certificate of Designation shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Certificate of Designation or a waiver by any other Holder. The failure of the Company or a Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Designation on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party (or any other Holder) of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Certificate of Designation on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Company or a Holder must be in writing.
(c)Severability. If any provision of this Certificate of Designation is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Designation shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances.
(d)Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Designation and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
(e)Status of Converted or Redeemed Preferred Stock. If any shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemed or reacquired by the Company, such shares shall resume, and are hereby restored to, the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock.
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Exhibit 3.2
BYLAWS
OF
DEFI DEVELOPMENT CORP.
(A NEVADA CORPORATION)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Nevada is the address of the corporation’s registered agent in the State of Nevada as determined by the Board of Directors of the corporation (the “Board of Directors”) from time to time.
Section 1.2 Other Offices. The corporation shall also have and maintain an office or principal place of business at such place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, and may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Nevada, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
CORPORATE SEAL
Section 2.1 Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE III
STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
Section 3.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be held at such physical location, either within or without the State of Nevada, as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that the meeting shall not be held at any physical location, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as provided under the Nevada Revised Statutes (as amended from time to time and including any successor statutes, the “NRS”).
Section 3.2 Annual Meeting.
(a) The annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation, for the purpose of election of directors and for such other business as may lawfully come before it, shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (i) pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting of stockholders, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (iii) by any stockholder of the corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in the following paragraph, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section.
(b) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph (a) of this Section,
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(i) the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation,
(ii) such other business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under the NRS and other applicable law,
(iii) if the stockholder, or the beneficial owner on whose behalf any such proposal or nomination is made, has provided the corporation with a Solicitation Notice (as defined in this paragraph), such stockholder or beneficial owner must, in the case of a proposal, have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry any such proposal, or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of a percentage of the corporation’s voting shares reasonably believed by such stockholder or beneficial owner to be sufficient to elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by such stockholder, and must, in either case, have included in such materials the Solicitation Notice, and
(iv) if no Solicitation Notice relating thereto has been timely provided pursuant to this Section, the stockholder or beneficial owner proposing such business or nomination must not have solicited a number of proxies sufficient to have required the delivery of such a Solicitation Notice under this Section. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than thirty (30) days prior to or delayed by more than thirty (30) days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth: (A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposed to nominate for election or reelection as a director all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and Rule 14a-4(d) thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (B) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (C) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of the corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, and (iii) whether either such stockholder or beneficial owner intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of, in the case of the proposal, at least the percentage of the corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, a sufficient number of holders of the corporation’s voting shares to elect such nominee or nominees (an affirmative statement of such intent, a “Solicitation Notice”).
(c) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (b) of this Section to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the corporation is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the corporation at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the corporation.
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(d) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section (or elected or appointed pursuant to Article IV of these bylaws (as amended from time to time, these “Bylaws”)) shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chair of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made, or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be disregarded.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, in order to include information with respect to a stockholder proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholders’ meeting, stockholders must provide notice as required by the regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act.
(f) For purposes of this Section, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service, or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Section 13, 14, or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.
Section 3.3 Special Meetings.
(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be called, for any purpose or purposes, by (i) the Chair of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer, (iii) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by directors representing a quorum of the Board of Directors, or (iv) by the holders of shares entitled to cast not less than 50% of the voting power at the meeting, and shall be held at such physical location, by such means of remote communication (in whole or in part), on such date, and at such time as the Board of Directors shall fix.
(b) If a special meeting is properly called by any person or persons other than the Board of Directors, the request shall be in writing, specifying the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by telegraphic, facsimile or other electronic transmission to the Chair of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Secretary of the corporation. No business may be transacted at such special meeting otherwise than specified in such notice. The Board of Directors shall determine the date, time and physical location of such special meeting, and the means of remote communication (if any), and the date shall be held not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of the receipt of the request. Upon determination of the date, time and physical location of the meeting, and the means of remote communication (if any), the officer receiving the request shall cause notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws. Nothing contained in this paragraph (b) shall be construed as limiting, fixing, or affecting the time when a meeting of stockholders called by action of the Board of Directors may be held.
Section 3.4 Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice, given in writing or by electronic transmission, of each meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, such notice to specify the physical location, if any, date and hour, in the case of special meetings, the purpose or purposes of the meeting, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at any such meeting. If mailed, notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the corporation. Notice of the time, physical location, if any, and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be waived in writing, signed by the person entitled to notice thereof or by electronic transmission by such person, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by any stockholder by his or her attendance thereat in person, including by remote communication, if applicable, or by proxy, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully
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called or convened. Any stockholder so waiving notice of such meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given.
Section 3.5 Quorum and Voting. At all meetings of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by the NRS or by the articles of incorporation (as amended from time to time, the “Articles of Incorporation”), or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person (including by remote communication, if applicable), or by proxy (regardless of whether the proxy has the authority to vote on any matter), of the holders of one-third (1/3) of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, except where otherwise provided by the NRS or by the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes or series, present in person, including by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy (regardless of whether the proxy has authority to vote on any matter), shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that matter. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, either by the chair of the meeting or by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat, but no other business shall be transacted at such meeting. The stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Except as otherwise provided by the NRS, or by the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors, if a quorum is present, action by the stockholders entitled to vote on a matter is approved by and is the act of the stockholders if the number of votes cast in favor of the action exceeds the number of votes cast in opposition to the action, unless voting by classes or series is required for any action of the stockholders by the NRS, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, in which case the number of votes cast in favor of the action by the voting power of each such class or series must exceed the number of votes cast in opposition to the action by the voting power of each such class or series. Except as otherwise provided by the NRS, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, if a quorum is present, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of the shares present in person, including by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote generally on the election of directors.
Section 3.6 Adjournment and Notice of Adjourned Meetings. Any meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time either by the chair of the meeting or by the vote of a majority of the shares present in person, including by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or physical location, if any, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and physical location, if any, thereof 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 pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or applicable law. If the adjournment is for more than sixty (60) days or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 3.7 Voting Rights. For the purpose of determining those stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in whose names shares stand on the stock records of the corporation on the record date, shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders. Every person entitled to vote or execute consents shall have the right to do so either in person, including by remote communication, if applicable, or by an agent or agents authorized by a proxy granted in accordance with the NRS. An agent so appointed need not be a stockholder. No proxy is valid after the expiration of six (6) months from its date of creation unless the proxy provides for a longer period which may not exceed seven (7) years from the date of its creation.
Section 3.8 Joint Owners of Stock. If shares or other securities having voting power stand of record in the names of two (2) or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety, or otherwise, or if two (2) or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary is given written notice to the contrary and is furnished with a copy of the instrument or order appointing them or creating the relationship wherein it is so provided, their acts with respect to voting shall have the following effect: (a) if only one (1) votes, his or her act binds all; (b) if more than one (1) votes, the act of the majority so voting binds all; (c) if more than one (1) votes, but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in question proportionally. If the instrument filed with the Secretary shows that
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any such tenancy is held in unequal interests, a majority or even-split for the purpose of subsection (c) shall be a majority or even-split in interest.
Section 3.9 Action Without Meeting.
(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any action required by statute to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if, before or after the action, a consent in writing, including one sent by electronic transmission setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of at least a majority of the voting power, however if a different proportion of voting power would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, then that proportion of written consents is required.
(b) Every written consent (including one sent by electronic transmission) shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent, and no written consent or electronic transmission shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered to the corporation in the manner herein required, written consents or electronic transmissions signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action are delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Nevada, 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. Delivery made to a corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
(c) An electronic mail, facsimile or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of this Section, provided that any such electronic mail, facsimile or other electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the corporation can determine that the electronic mail, facsimile or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder and the date on which such stockholder or proxyholder or authorized person or persons transmitted such electronic mail, facsimile or electronic transmission. The date on which such electronic mail, facsimile or electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent was signed. No consent given by electronic mail, facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper form shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the state of Nevada, 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. Delivery made to a corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on delivery, consents given by electronic mail, facsimile or other electronic transmission may be otherwise delivered to the principal place of business of the corporation or to an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded if, to the extent and in the manner provided by resolution of the Board of Directors. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.
Section 3.10 Organization.
(a) At every meeting of stockholders, the Chair of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chair has not been appointed or is absent, the Chief Executive Officer, or, if the Chief Executive Officer is absent, a chair of the meeting chosen by a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, shall act as chair of the meeting. The Secretary, or, in his or her absence, an Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the Chief Executive Officer, shall act as secretary of the meeting.
(b) The Board of Directors shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chair of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules,
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regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chair, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in such meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chair shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chair of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.
ARTICLE IV
DIRECTORS
Section 4.1 Number and Term of Office.
The authorized number of directors of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Articles of Incorporation. If for any cause, the directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient.
Section 4.2 Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by the NRS or by the Articles of Incorporation.
Section 4.3 Term of Directors.
(a) Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term or cause the removal of any incumbent director.
(b) No person entitled to vote at an election for directors may cumulate votes to which such person is entitled.
Section 4.4 Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholders, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining director; provided, however, that whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholders, be filled by a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole remaining director so elected. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist under this Bylaw in the case of the death, removal or resignation of any director.
Section 4.5 Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by delivering his or her notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Secretary, such resignation to specify whether it will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Secretary or at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. If no such specification is made, it shall be deemed effective at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so
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resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each Director so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the Director whose place shall be vacated and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.
Section 4.6 Removal. The Board of Directors or any director may be removed from office at any time by not less than the minimum percentage of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the corporation entitled to vote thereon then permitted under and in accordance with NRS 78.335 (which minimum percentage as of the date these Bylaws were adopted is not less than two-thirds of the voting power and which at no time shall be less than a simple majority of the voting power).
Section 4.7 Meetings
(a) Regular Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation, regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or date and at any physical location within or without the State of Nevada and/or by such means of remote communication (if any) which has been designated by the Board of Directors and publicized among all directors, either orally or in writing, including a voice-messaging system or other system designated to record and communicate messages, facsimile, or by electronic mail or other electronic means. No further notice shall be required for a regular meeting of the Board of Directors.
(b) Special Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation, special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and physical location within or without the State of Nevada and/or by such means of remote communication (if any) whenever called by the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer (if a director), or any director.
(c) Meetings by Electronic Communications Equipment. Any member of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone, videoconference or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
(d) Notice of Special Meetings. Notice of the time and physical location (if any) or means of remote communication (if any) of all special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given orally or in writing, by telephone, including a voice messaging system or other system or technology designed to record and communicate messages, facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by electronic mail or other electronic means, during normal business hours, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the date and time of the meeting. If notice is sent by US mail, it shall be sent by first class mail, postage prepaid at least three (3) days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing including by communication sent by electronic transmission at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends the meeting 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.
(e) Waiver of Notice. The transaction of all business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, however called or noticed, or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present who did not receive notice shall sign a written waiver of notice or waive notice by electronic transmission. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
Section 4.8 Quorum and Voting.
(a) Unless the Articles of Incorporation require a greater number, a quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of a majority of the total number of directors then serving; provided, however, that such number shall never be less than one-third (1/3) of the total number of directors except that when one director comprises the Board of Directors, then one director shall constitute a quorum. At any board meeting, whether a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present may adjourn from time to time until the time fixed for the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting. If the Articles of Incorporation
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provide that one or more directors shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter, every reference in this Section to a majority or other proportion of the directors shall refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of the directors.
(b) At each meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, all questions and business shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, unless a different vote be required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
Section 4.9 Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles 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, before or after the action, all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing (including by communication sent by electronic transmission), and such consent(s) are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
Section 4.10 Fees and Compensation. Directors shall be entitled to such compensation for their services as may be approved by the Board of Directors, including, if so approved, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors and at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise and receiving compensation therefor.
Section 4.11 Committees.
(a) Executive Committee. The Board of Directors may appoint an Executive Committee to consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, 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 (if any) to be affixed to all papers which may require it.
(b) Other Committees. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, appoint such other committees as may be permitted by law. Such other committees appointed by the Board of Directors shall consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the resolution or resolutions creating such committees.
(c) Term. The Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section may at any time increase or decrease the number of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a committee. The membership of a committee member shall terminate on the date of his or her death, removal or voluntary resignation from the committee or from the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any time for any reason remove any individual committee member and the Board of Directors may fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the committee. 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, and, in addition, in the absence or disqualification of any member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they 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.
(d) Meetings. Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide, regular meetings of the Executive Committee or any other committee appointed pursuant to this Section shall be held at such times and places as are determined by the Board of Directors, or by any such committee, and when notice thereof has been given to each member of such committee, no further notice of such regular meetings need be given thereafter. Special meetings of any such committee may be held at any physical location and/or means of remote communication which has been determined from time to time by such committee, and may be called by any director who is a member of such committee, upon
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notice to the members of such committee of the time and place of such special meeting given in the manner provided for the giving of notice to members of the Board of Directors of the time and place of special meetings of the Board of Directors. Notice of any special meeting of any committee may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends such special meeting 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. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in the resolutions authorizing the creation of the committee, a majority of the authorized number of members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee.
Section 4.12 Organization. At every meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chair of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chair has not been appointed or is absent, the Chief Executive Officer (if a director), or if the Chief Executive Officer is not a director or is absent, the President (if a director), or if the President is not a director or is absent, the most senior Vice President (if a director) or, in the absence of any such person, a chair of the meeting chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall preside over the meeting. The Secretary, or in his or her absence, any Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the Chief Executive Officer or President, shall act as secretary of the meeting.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 5.1 Officers Designated. The officers of the corporation shall include, if and when designated by the Board of Directors, the President, the Treasurer and the Secretary, or equivalent officers thereof, all of whom shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors or as soon thereafter as practicable. If there is no Chief Executive Officer appointed, then the President shall also serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 5.2(c). The Board of Directors may also appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Controllers and such other officers and agents with such powers and duties as it shall deem necessary. The Board of Directors may assign such additional titles as it shall deem appropriate. Any one person may hold any number of offices of the corporation at any one time unless specifically prohibited therefrom by law. The salaries and other compensation of the officers of the corporation shall be fixed by or in the manner designated by the Board of Directors.
Section 5.2 Tenure and Duties of Officers.
(a) General. All officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors, or, except in the case of the President, Secretary and Treasurer or equivalents thereof, by the Chief Executive Officer or other officer if so authorized by the Board of Directors.
(b) Duties of Chair of the Board of Directors. The Chair of the Board of Directors, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Chair of the Board of Directors shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. If there is no Chief Executive Officer and no President, then the Chair of the Board of Directors shall also serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in paragraph (c) of this Section.
(c) Duties of Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and (if a director) at all meetings of the Board of Directors, unless the Chair of the Board of Directors has been appointed and is present. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business
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and officers of the corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.
(d) Duties of President. In the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer or if the office of Chief Executive Officer is vacant, the President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and (if a director) at all meetings of the Board of Directors, unless the Chair of the Board of Directors has been appointed and is present. If the office of Chief Executive Officer is vacant, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation. The President shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.
(e) Duties of Vice Presidents. The Vice Presidents may assume and perform the duties of the President in the absence or disability of the President or whenever the office of President is vacant. The Vice Presidents shall perform other duties commonly incident to their office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.
(f) Duties of Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall record all acts and proceedings thereof in the minute book of the corporation. The Secretary shall give notice in conformity with these Bylaws of all meetings of the stockholders and of all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof requiring notice. The Secretary shall perform all other duties provided for in these Bylaws and other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer may direct any Assistant Secretary to assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary, and each Assistant Secretary shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to time.
(g) Duties of Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the corporation in a thorough and proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs of the corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Financial Officer, subject to the order of the Board of Directors, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to his or her office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer may direct the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or the Controller or any Assistant Controller to assume and perform the duties of the Chief Financial Officer in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, and each Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer and each Controller and Assistant Controller shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to time.
Section 5.3 Delegation of Authority. The Board of Directors may from time-to-time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.
Section 5.4 Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice in writing including one sent by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors or to the Chief Executive Officer or to the President or to the Secretary. Any such resignation shall be effective when received by the person or persons to whom such notice is given, unless a later time is specified therein, in which event the resignation shall become effective at such later time. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of any such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation shall be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract with the resigning officer.
Section 5.5 Removal. Any officer may be removed from office at any time, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in office at the time, or by the unanimous written (including
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electronic) consent of the directors in office at the time, or by any committee or superior officers upon whom such power of removal may have been conferred by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI
EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION
Section 6.1 Execution of Corporate Instruments. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, determine the method and designate the signatory officer or officers, or other person or persons, to execute on behalf of the corporation any corporate instrument or document, or to sign on behalf of the corporation the corporate name, or to enter into contracts on behalf of the corporation, except where otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, and such execution or signature shall be binding upon the corporation. All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositaries of funds to the credit of the corporation or on special accounts of the corporation shall be signed by such person or persons as the Board of Directors shall authorize so to do. Unless authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
Section 6.2 Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation. All stock and other securities of other corporations and entities owned or held by the corporation for itself, or for other parties in any capacity, shall be voted or consent given, and all proxies with respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such authorization, by the Chair of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any Vice President.
ARTICLE VII
SHARES OF STOCK
Section 7.1 Form and Execution of Certificates. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates or shall be uncertificated if so determined by the Board of Directors. Certificates for the shares of stock, if any, of the corporation shall be in such form as is consistent with applicable law and as shall be prescribed by the Board of Directors. They shall state the name and state of formation of the corporation, the name of the person to whom issued, the number and class of series and designation of any series, and the par value of each share, if any, and shall set forth such legend(s) as may from time to time be required by the NRS or other applicable law. Every holder of shares of stock in the corporation represented by certificate shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the corporation by any two authorized officers, including but not limited to the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by such stockholder in the corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimiles or electronic copies. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile or electronic signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 7.2 Lost Certificates. A new certificate or certificates shall be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. The corporation may require, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or the owner’s legal representative, to agree to indemnify the corporation in such manner as it shall require or to give the corporation a surety bond in such form and amount as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed.
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Section 7.3 Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the corporation to restrict the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, or other disposal of or encumbering of any of the shares of stock of the corporation or any right or interest therein, whether voluntarily or by operation of law, or by gift or otherwise (each, a “Transfer”) of shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the NRS.
(b) Transfers of record of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by attorney duly authorized, and, in the case of stock represented by certificate, upon the surrender of a properly endorsed certificate or certificates for a like number of shares.
Section 7.4 Fixing Record Dates.
(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 or postponement thereof, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, 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, subject to applicable law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. 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 immediately preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day immediately 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 or postponement of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned or postponed meeting. The Board of Directors must fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned or postponed to a date more than sixty (60) days later than the meeting date set for the original 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 date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary, request the Board of Directors to fix a record date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within ten (10) days after the date on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors within ten (10) days of the date on which such a request is received, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by NRS Chapters 78 or 92A, 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 to its registered office in the State of Nevada, 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. Delivery made to the corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting 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, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted. 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.
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Section 7.5 Record Stockholders. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the record owner of shares to receive dividends and other distributions, and to vote as such record owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Nevada.
Section 7.6 Inapplicability of Controlling Interest Statutes. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws to the contrary, and in accordance with the provisions of NRS 78.378, the provisions of NRS 78.378 to 78.3793, inclusive, relating to acquisitions of controlling interests in the Corporation shall not apply to the Corporation or to any acquisition of any shares of the Corporation’s capital stock.
ARTICLE VIII
FISCAL YEAR
Section 8.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 9.1 Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees and Other Agents.
(a) Directors and Officers. The corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS (including, without limitation, NRS 78.7502, 78.751 and 78.752) or any other applicable law; provided, however, that the corporation may modify the extent of such indemnification by individual contracts with its directors and officers; and, provided, further, that the corporation shall not be required to indemnify any director or officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless (i) such indemnification is permitted to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the corporation under the NRS or any other applicable law or (iv) such indemnification is required to be made under paragraph (d) of this Section.
(b) Other Employees and Other Agents. The corporation shall have power to indemnify its other employees and other agents as set forth in the NRS or any other applicable law. The Board of Directors shall have the power to delegate the determination of whether indemnification shall be given to any such person to such officers or other persons as the Board of Directors shall determine.
(c) Expenses. The corporation shall advance to any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or as a manager of a limited liability company, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses incurred by any director or officer in connection with such proceeding; provided, however, that, if the NRS requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by a director or officer 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, by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision of a court of competent jurisdiction from which there is no further right to appeal that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, no advance shall be made by the corporation to an officer of the corporation (except by reason of the fact that such officer is or
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was a director of the corporation, in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, even if not a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person is liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 and acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.
(d) Enforcement. Without the necessity of entering into an express contract, all rights to indemnification and advances to directors and executive officers under this Section shall be deemed to be contractual rights and be effective to the same extent and as if provided for in a contract between the corporation and the director or executive officer. Any right to indemnification or advances granted by this Section to a director or officer shall be enforceable by or on behalf of the person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advances is denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim is made within ninety (90) days of request therefor. The claimant in such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting the claim. In connection with any claim for indemnification, the corporation shall be entitled to raise as a defense to any such action that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the NRS or any other applicable law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. In connection with any claim by an officer of the corporation (except in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such executive officer is or was a director of the corporation) for advances, the corporation shall be entitled to raise as a defense as to any such action clear and convincing evidence that such person is liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 and acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or with respect to any criminal action or proceeding that such person acted without reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was lawful. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the NRS or any other applicable law, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
(e) Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Section shall not be exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any applicable statute, provision of the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office. The corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the NRS or any other applicable law.
(f) Survival of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Section shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
(g) Insurance. To the fullest extent permitted by the NRS, or any other applicable law, the corporation, upon approval by the Board of Directors, may purchase insurance on behalf of any person required or permitted to be indemnified pursuant to this Section.
(h) Amendments. Any repeal or modification of this Section shall only be prospective and shall not affect the rights under these Bylaws in effect at the time of the alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that is the cause of any proceeding against any agent of the corporation.
(i) Saving Clause. If this Section or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director and officer to the full extent not
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prohibited by any applicable portion of this Bylaw that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law. If this Section shall be invalid due to the application of the indemnification provisions of another jurisdiction, then the corporation shall indemnify each director and officer to the full extent under applicable law.
(j) Certain Definitions. For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) The term “proceeding” shall be broadly construed and shall include,
without limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.
(2) The term “expenses” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, court costs, attorneys’ fees, witness fees, fines, amounts paid in settlement or judgment and any other costs and expenses of any nature or kind incurred in connection with any proceeding.
(3) The term the “corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(4) References to a “director,” “executive officer,” “officer,” “employee,” or “agent” of the corporation shall include, without limitation, situations where such person is serving at the request of the corporation as, respectively, a director, executive officer, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
(5) References to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” as referred to in this Section.
ARTICLE X
NOTICES
Section 10.1 Notices.
(a) Notice to Stockholders. Written notice to stockholders of stockholder meetings shall be given as provided in these Bylaws. Without limiting the manner by which notice may otherwise be given effectively to stockholders under any agreement or contract with such stockholder, and except as otherwise required by law, written notice to stockholders for purposes other than stockholder meetings may be sent by United States mail or nationally recognized overnight courier, or by facsimile, telegraph or telex or by electronic mail or other electronic means.
(b) Notice to Directors. Any notice required to be given to any director may be given by the method stated in paragraph (a) of this Section, or as otherwise provided for in these Bylaws. If such notice is not delivered personally, it shall be sent to such address as such director shall have filed in writing with the Secretary, or, in the absence of such filing, to the last known post office address or email address of such director.
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(c) Affidavit of Mailing. An affidavit of mailing, executed by a duly authorized and competent employee of the corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the class of stock affected or other agent, specifying the name and address or the names and addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, or director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or were given, and the time and method of giving the same, shall in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained.
(d) Methods of Notice. It shall not be necessary that the same method of giving notice be employed in respect of all recipients of notice, but one permissible method may be employed in respect of any one or more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in respect of any other or others.
(e) Notice to Stockholders Sharing an Address. Except as otherwise prohibited under the NRS, any notice given under the provisions of NRS, the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Such consent shall have been deemed to have been given if such stockholder fails to object in writing to the corporation within sixty (60) days of having been given notice by the corporation of its intention to send the single notice. Any consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation.
ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENTS
Section 11.1 Amendments. The Board of Directors is expressly empowered to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws of the corporation. Except as otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, the stockholders shall also have power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the corporation; provided, however, that, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the corporation required by the NRS or by the Articles of Incorporation, such action by stockholders shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
ARTICLE XII
CHANGES IN NEVADA LAW
Section 12.1 Changes in Nevada Law. References in these Bylaws to the laws of the State of Nevada or the NRS or to any provision thereof shall be to such law as it existed on the date these Bylaws were adopted or as such law thereafter may be changed; provided that (i) in the case of any change which expands the liability of directors or officers or limits the indemnification rights or the rights to advancement of expenses which the corporation may provide in Article IX, the rights to limited liability, to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses provided in the Articles of Incorporation and/or these Bylaws shall continue as theretofore to the extent permitted by law; and (ii) if such change permits the corporation, without the requirement of any further action by stockholders or directors, to limit further the liability of directors or limit the liability of officers or to provide broader indemnification rights or rights to the advancement of expenses than the Corporation was permitted to provide prior to such change, then liability thereupon shall be so limited and the rights to indemnification and the advancement of expenses shall be so broadened to the extent permitted by law.
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EX-5.1
EX-5.1
Filename: dfdv-6252026xexx51.htm · Sequence: 5
Document
Exhibit 5.1
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
702.382.2101 main
100 North City Parkway, Suite 1600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
June 26, 2026
DeFi Development Corp.
6401 Congress Avenue, Suite 250
Boca Raton, Florida 33487
To the addressee set forth above:
We have acted as local Nevada counsel to DeFi Development Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), which is the resulting entity (as defined in Nevada Revised Statutes 92A.090) in the conversion of DeFi Development Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Delaware Corporation”), into a Nevada corporation (the “Conversion”), in connection with the filing by the Company of a Current Report on Form 8-K, incorporated by reference into the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), on (i) September 2, 2025, as File No. 333-289974, relating to the registration of (a) 103,544 shares (the “September 2021 Plan Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable under the DeFi Development Corp. (formerly Janover Inc.) 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”), (b) 1,115,193 shares of Common Stock (the “September 2023 Plan Shares”) issuable under the DeFi Development Corp. (formerly Janover Inc.) 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2023 Plan” and, together with the 2021 Plan, the “Equity Incentive Plans”), and (c) 1,266,279 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of unexercised stock options previously granted under the 2023 Plan; (ii) September 8, 2025, as File No. 333-290116, relating to the registration of a total of 615,887 shares of Common Stock (the “September 2025 Plan Shares”) that have been issued or may be issued upon the vesting of awards granted under either the 2021 Plan or the 2023 Plan to the selling stockholders named therein (the “Selling Stockholders”), and the sale, if any, of such shares by the Selling Stockholders; and (iii) January 29, 2026, as File No. 333-293054, relating to the registration of (a) an additional 2,396,784 shares of Common Stock (the “January 2023 Plan Shares”) issuable under the 2023 Plan and (b) 399,464 shares of Common Stock (together with the September 2021 Plan Shares, the September 2023 Plan Shares, the September 2025 Plan Shares and the January 2023 Plan Shares, the “Shares”) issuable under the DeFi Development Corp. 2025 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (together with the Equity Incentive Plans, the “Plans”). This opinion letter is being delivered at your request pursuant to the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act.
In our capacity as such counsel, we are familiar with the proceedings taken and proposed to be taken by the Company in connection with the authorization and issuance of the Shares as contemplated by the Plans and as described in the Registration Statements. For purposes of this opinion letter, and except to the extent set forth in the opinion expressed below, we have assumed that all such proceedings have been or will be timely completed in the manner contemplated by the Plans and as presently proposed in the Registration Statements.
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For purposes of issuing this opinion letter, we have (a) made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries, including an examination of originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction as being true copies of (i) the Registration Statements, (ii) the Plans, (iii) the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Company, and (iv) such other agreements, instruments, corporate records (including resolutions of the board of directors and any committee thereof and of the stockholders of the Company) and other documents, or forms thereof, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate, and (b) obtained from officers and other representatives and agents of the Company and from public officials, and have relied upon, such certificates, representations, assurances and public filings as we have deemed necessary or appropriate.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we have, with your permission, assumed without independent verification that (i) the Plans are valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company; (ii) each natural person executing a document has or will have sufficient legal capacity to do so; (iii) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic, the signatures on all documents we reviewed are genuine and all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, photostatic, electronic or facsimile copies conform to the original document; (iv) the statements of fact and representations and warranties set forth in the documents we have reviewed are, or will at all relevant times be, true and correct as to factual matters; (v) all corporate records made available to us by the Company, and all public records we have reviewed, are accurate and complete; (vi) prior to the Conversion, the Delaware Corporation has taken all corporate action required under the laws of the State of Delaware to authorize and approve the Plans and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance by the Company of the Shares; and (vii) immediately after any issuance of Shares, the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, together with the total number of shares of Common Stock then reserved for issuance or obligated to be issued by the Company pursuant to any agreement, plan (including the Plans) or arrangement, or otherwise, will not exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock then authorized under the Company’s articles of incorporation.
We are qualified to practice law in the State of Nevada. The opinion set forth herein is expressly limited to, and based exclusively on, the general corporate laws of the State of Nevada, and we do not purport to be experts on, or to express any opinion with respect to the applicability thereto or the effect thereon of, the laws of any other jurisdiction. We express no opinion concerning, and we assume no responsibility as to laws or judicial decisions related to, or any orders, consents or other authorizations or approvals as may be required by, any federal laws, rules or regulations, including, without limitation, any federal securities laws, rules or regulations, or any state securities or “blue sky” laws, rules or regulations.
Based on the foregoing and in reliance thereon, and having regard to legal considerations and other information that we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized by the Company and, if, when and to the extent issued in accordance with all applicable terms and conditions set forth in the relevant Plan and in exchange for the consideration required thereunder, and as described in the Registration Statements, such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
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The opinion expressed herein is based upon the applicable laws of the State of Nevada and the facts in existence on the date of this opinion letter. In delivering this opinion letter to you, we disclaim any obligation to update or supplement the opinion set forth herein or to apprise you of any changes in any laws or facts after the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, incorporated by reference into the Registration Statements. No opinion is offered or implied as to any matter, and no inference may be drawn, beyond the strict scope of the specific issues expressly addressed by the opinion set forth herein.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, incorporated by reference into the Registration Statements. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
EX-5.2
EX-5.2
Filename: dfdv-6252026xexx52.htm · Sequence: 6
Document
Exhibit 5.2
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
702.382.2101 main
100 North City Parkway, Suite 1600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
June 26, 2026
DeFi Development Corp.
6401 Congress Avenue, Suite 250
Boca Raton, Florida 33487
To the addressee set forth above:
We have acted as local Nevada counsel to DeFi Development Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), which is the resulting entity (as defined in Nevada Revised Statutes 92A.090) in the conversion of DeFi Development Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Delaware Corporation”), into a Nevada corporation (the “Conversion”), in connection with the filing by the Company of a Current Report on Form 8-K, incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (including the Base Prospectus (as defined below) contained therein, the “Registration Statement”) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), on April 17, 2026, as File No. 333-295142, relating to the registration for offering and sale from time to time by the Company of an indeterminate number of the following securities of the Company, with an aggregate offering price of up to $1,000,000,000:
(A) the base prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”) relating to (i) shares (“Base Common Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (“Common Stock”), which Base Common Shares include any shares of Common Stock issuable upon the (x) conversion or exchange, as applicable, of any Debt Securities (as defined below) and (y) exercise of any Warrants (as defined below) to purchase shares of Common Stock; (ii) shares (“Preferred Shares”, and together with Base Common Shares, “Base Shares”) of the Company’s preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share (“Preferred Stock”), in one or more series, which Preferred Shares include any shares of Preferred Stock issuable upon the (x) conversion or exchange, as applicable, of any Debt Securities and (y) exercise of any Warrants to purchase shares of Preferred Stock; (iii) warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock, shares of Preferred Stock, Debt Securities or any combination thereof (“Warrants”), issued pursuant to one or more warrant agreements (each, a “Warrant Agreement”); (iv) senior or subordinated debt securities (“Debt Securities”), to be issued pursuant to one or more indentures in substantially the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (each, as amended or supplemented through and including the date of each issuance of Debt Securities, an “Indenture”), including any Debt Securities issuable upon the exercise of any Warrants to purchase Debt Securities; and (v) units (“Units”, and together with Base Shares, Warrants and Debt Securities, “Base Securities”) comprising any combination of the foregoing Base Securities, to be issued pursuant to one or more unit agreements (each, a “Unit Agreement”); and
(B) the prospectus supplement, dated May 1, 2026, as amended and supplemented by supplement no. 1., dated June 1, 2026 (together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”), relating to shares of Common Stock (“ATM Shares”), with a maximum aggregate offering price of up to $200,000,000,
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issuable from time to time pursuant to the Sales Agreement, dated May 1, 2026 (the “Sales Agreement”), by and between the Delaware Corporation and R.F. Lafferty & Co. Inc., as sales agent.
The Base Securities and ATM Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as “Securities”. This opinion letter is being delivered at your request pursuant to the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act.
In our capacity as such counsel, we are familiar with the proceedings taken and proposed to be taken by the Company in connection with the registration of Securities as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. For purposes of this opinion letter, and except to the extent set forth in the opinions expressed below, we have assumed that all such proceedings have been or will be timely completed in the manner presently proposed in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, as applicable.
For purposes of issuing this opinion letter, we have (a) made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries, including an examination of originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction as being true copies of (i) the Registration Statement, including the Prospectus, (ii) the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Company (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), and (iii) such other agreements, instruments, corporate records (including resolutions of the board of directors and any committee thereof and of the stockholders of the Company) and other documents, or forms thereof, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate, and (b) obtained from officers and other representatives and agents of the Company and from public officials, and have relied upon, such certificates, representations, assurances and public filings as we have deemed necessary or appropriate.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we have, with your permission, assumed without independent verification:
(A)with respect to the opinions set forth in numbered opinion paragraphs 2 and 3 of this opinion letter, that (i)(a) any and all agreements, instruments and other documents (or form thereof) relating to the offering, issuance, registration or sale of any Base Securities, including, without limitation, underwriting agreements, Warrant Agreements (including each warrant certificate contemplated thereby), Indentures (including any officer’s certificate(s) or supplemental indenture(s) relating thereto) and Unit Agreements (including each unit certificate contemplated thereby) (collectively, the “Securities Documents”), have been or will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto; (b) the Company has taken or will take all corporate action required under applicable law in connection with the authorization, offering, issuance and sale of any Base Securities (including, without limitation, any Base Securities or other securities of the Company underlying, or issued or sold pursuant to or upon conversion, exchange or exercise of, any Base Securities or any other agreement, plan or arrangement), (c) all Base Securities have been and will be offered, issued and sold in compliance with all applicable laws, the Governing Documents and the relevant Securities Documents in effect at all relevant times, (d) the voting rights, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions, privileges and relative rights of each series of Preferred Stock (including Preferred Shares) have been or will be fixed and set forth in a
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certificate of designation relating to such series, prepared in the form prescribed by applicable law, duly authorized by the board of directors of the Company, duly signed by an authorized officer of the Company and properly filed with the Nevada Secretary of State (each, a “Certificate of Designation”), and (e) any and all certificates evidencing any Base Securities are or will be properly signed, registered and delivered, as necessary, in accordance with all applicable laws, the Governing Documents and the relevant Securities Documents (romanettes (i)(a) through (i)(e), inclusive, above are referred to collectively herein as the “Corporate Proceedings”); (ii) each of the Securities Documents, the form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, has been or will be executed in substantially the form of such exhibit; (iii) the obligations of each party set forth in the Securities Documents are and will be its valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms; (iv) no Base Securities have been or will be offered, issued or sold in violation, contravention or breach of, nor will any such offering, issuance or sale result in a default under, the Governing Documents, any agreement, certificate, document or other instrument that is binding upon the Company, or any requirement or restriction imposed by any governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body, or court; (v) immediately after any issuance of Base Common Shares, the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, together with the total number of shares of Common Stock then reserved for issuance or obligated to be issued by the Company pursuant to any agreement, plan or arrangement (including, without limitation, pursuant to the terms of any Base Securities), or otherwise, will not exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock then authorized under the Company’s articles of incorporation; (vi) at no time will the total number of shares of Preferred Stock designated pursuant to all then effective Certificates of Designation exceed the total number of shares of Preferred Stock then authorized under the Company’s articles of incorporation; and (vii) immediately after any issuance of Preferred Shares, the total number of issued and outstanding shares of such series of Preferred Stock, together with the total number of shares of such series of Preferred Stock then reserved for issuance or obligated to be issued by the Company pursuant to any agreement, plan or arrangement (including, without limitation, pursuant to the terms of any Base Securities), or otherwise, will not exceed the total number of shares of such series of Preferred Stock then designated under the articles of incorporation or the Certificate of Designation for such series;
(B)with respect to the opinion set forth in numbered opinion paragraph 4 of this opinion letter, that (i) the Sales Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Delaware Corporation and the other parties thereto; (ii) the obligations of each party set forth in the Sales Agreement are and will be its valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with its terms; (iii) prior to each issuance of any ATM Shares, the placement notice under the Sales Agreement with respect to such ATM Shares will be duly executed and delivered by the Company in accordance with the Sales Agreement; (iv) no ATM Shares will be offered, issued or sold in violation, contravention or breach of, nor will any such offering, issuance or sale result in a default under, the Governing Documents, any agreement, certificate, document or other instrument that is binding upon the Company, or any requirement or restriction imposed by any governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body, or court; and (v) immediately after any issuance of ATM Shares, the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, together with the total number of shares of Common Stock then reserved for issuance or obligated to be issued by the Company pursuant to any agreement, plan or arrangement (including, without limitation, pursuant to the Sales
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Agreement or the terms of any Base Securities), or otherwise, will not exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock then authorized under the Company’s articles of incorporation; and
(C)with respect to all opinions set forth in this opinion letter, that (i) prior to the Conversion, the Delaware Corporation has taken all corporate action required under the laws of the State of Delaware in connection with and for the filing of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and the registration of the Securities; (ii) the statements of fact and representations and warranties set forth in the documents we have reviewed are, and at all relevant times will be, true and correct as to factual matters; (iii) each natural person executing a document had or will have sufficient legal capacity to do so; (iv) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic, the signatures on all documents we reviewed are genuine, and any document submitted to us as certified, conformed, photostatic, electronic or facsimile copies conform to the original document; and (v) all corporate records made available to us by the Company, and all public records we have reviewed, are accurate and complete.
We are qualified to practice law in the State of Nevada. The opinions set forth herein are expressly limited to and based exclusively on the general corporate laws of the State of Nevada, and we do not purport to be experts on, or to express any opinion with respect to the applicability thereto or the effect thereon of, the laws of any other jurisdiction. We express no opinion concerning, and we assume no responsibility as to laws or judicial decisions related to, or any orders, consents or other authorizations or approvals as may be required by, any federal laws, rules or regulations, including, without limitation, any federal securities laws, rules or regulations, or any state securities or “blue sky” laws, rules or regulations.
Based upon the foregoing and in reliance thereon, and having regard to legal considerations and other information that we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:
1.The Company is validly existing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Nevada.
2.If and when all Corporate Proceedings have been taken and completed in respect of any offering, issuance or sale of Base Shares, and to the extent such Base Shares have been issued in accordance with all applicable terms and conditions set forth in the relevant Securities Documents, Base Securities and Certificates of Designation, as applicable, including proper conversion, exchange or exercise of any relevant Base Securities and payment in full of all consideration required therefor as authorized by such Corporate Proceedings and prescribed by such Securities Documents, Base Securities and Certificates of Designation, as applicable, and in accordance with the proceedings described in and in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement, such Base Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
3.The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under any Warrants, Debt Securities and Units. If and when all Corporate Proceedings have been taken and completed in respect of any offering, issuance or sale of Warrants, Debt Securities or Units, such Base Securities will be duly authorized.
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4.The ATM Shares have been duly authorized by the Company, and if, when and to the extent any ATM Shares are issued and sold in accordance with the applicable terms of, and in the manner contemplated by, the Sales Agreement, including payment in full to the Company of the consideration for such ATM Shares as required thereunder, and in accordance with the proceedings described in, and in the manner contemplated by, the Registration Statement and Prospectus, such ATM Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
The opinions expressed herein are based upon the applicable laws of the State of Nevada and the facts in existence on the date of this opinion letter. In delivering this opinion letter to you, we disclaim any obligation to update or supplement the opinions set forth herein or to apprise you of any changes in any laws or facts after the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, incorporated by reference in to the Registration Statement. No opinion is offered or implied as to any matter, and no inference may be drawn, beyond the strict scope of the specific issues expressly addressed by the opinions set forth herein.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
EX-5.3
EX-5.3
Filename: dfdv-6252026xexx53.htm · Sequence: 7
Document
Exhibit 5.3
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
702.382.2101 main
100 North City Parkway, Suite 1600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
June 26, 2026
DeFi Development Corp.
6401 Congress Avenue, Suite 250
Boca Raton, Florida 33487
To the addressee set forth above:
We have acted as local Nevada counsel to DeFi Development Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), which is the resulting entity (as defined in Nevada Revised Statutes 92A.090) in the conversion of DeFi Development Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Delaware Corporation”), into a Nevada corporation (the “Conversion”), in connection with the filing by the Company of a Current Report on Form 8-K, incorporated by reference into the Registration Statements on Form S-1, including the prospectuses contained therein (collectively, the “Registration Statements”), previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) on:
(A)June 11, 2025, as File No. 333-287964, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1, filed on June 23, 2025, relating to the registration for offer and resale, from time to time, by the selling stockholders listed therein (collectively, the “June Selling Stockholders”), of up to 12,375,896 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”), comprising (i) 4,306,527 shares of Common Stock (the “Conversion Shares”) issuable upon conversion of convertible notes (the “Convertible Notes”), issued by the Delaware Corporation pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 4, 2025 (the “April 2025 SPA”), by and between the Delaware Corporation and the June Selling Stockholders identified therein, (ii) (a) 2,447,102 shares of Common Stock (the “First Warrant Shares”) issuable upon exercise of warrants with an initial exercise price of $17.14 per share (the “First Warrants”) and (b) 1,957,648 shares of Common Stock (the “Second Warrant Shares”) issuable upon exercise of warrants with an initial exercise price of $21.43 per share (the “Second Warrants”), each issued by the Delaware Corporation pursuant to the April 2025 SPA, (iii) 2,210,866 shares of Common Stock (the “SPA Shares”) issued by the Delaware Corporation pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated May 1, 2025 (the “May 2025 SPA”, and together with the April 2025 SPA, the “SPAs”), by and between the Delaware Corporation and the June Selling Stockholders identified therein and (iv) 1,453,753 shares of Common Stock (together with the First Warrant Shares and the Second Warrant Shares, the “SPA Warrant Shares”) issuable upon exercise of pre-funded warrants with an initial exercise price of $0.0014 per share (together with the First Warrants and the Second Warrants, the “SPA Warrants”) issued by the Delaware Corporation pursuant to the May 2025 SPA;
(B)June 16, 2025, as File No. 333-288067, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1, filed on June 20, 2025, relating to the registration for offer and resale, from time to time, by RK Capital Management LLC and its affiliates identified therein (collectively, “RK Capital”), of up to 39,350,952 shares
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of Common Stock (the “ELOC Shares”) issuable to RK Capital from time to time pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, dated June 11, 2025 (the “ELOC Agreement”), by and between the Delaware Corporation and RK Capital;
(C)on September 9, 2025, as File No. 333-290133, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1, filed on October 14, 2025, relating to the registration for offer and resale, from time to time, by the selling stockholders listed therein (the “September Selling Stockholders”, and together with the June Selling Stockholders and RK Capital, the “Selling Stockholders”), of up to 9,953,543 shares of Common Stock, comprising (i) 4,171,907 shares of Common Stock (together with the SPA Shares, the “Resale Shares”) and (ii) 5,781,636 shares of Common Stock (the “PIPE Warrant Shares”) issuable upon exercise of pre-funded warrants with an initial exercise price of $0.0001 per share (the “PIPE Warrants”), each issued by the Delaware Corporation pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, dated August 24, 2025 (the “Subscription Agreements”), by and between the Delaware Corporation and the September Selling Stockholders named therein; and
(D)on October 28, 2025, as File No. 333-291128, relating to the issuance and sale of up to 3,898,856 shares of Common Stock (together with the SPA Warrant Shares and the PIPE Warrant Shares, the “Warrant Shares”) issuable upon exercise of warrants with an initial exercise price of $22.50 per share (the “Distribution Warrants”, and together with the SPA Warrants and the PIPE Warrants, the “Warrants”), issued by the Delaware Corporation pursuant to a Warrant Agreement, dated October 27, 2025 (the “Warrant Agreement”), by and between the Delaware Corporation and Colonial Stock Transfer Company, Inc., as warrant agent.
The Conversion Shares, the ELOC Shares, the Warrant Shares and the Resale Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Shares”. The Convertible Notes, the SPAs, the ELOC Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Warrants and the Warrant Agreement are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Transaction Documents”.
In our capacity as such counsel, we are familiar with the proceedings taken and proposed to be taken by the Company in connection with the authorization, issuance and resale, as applicable, of the Shares as contemplated by the Transaction Documents and as described in the Registration Statements. For purposes of this opinion letter, and except to the extent set forth in the opinions expressed below, we have assumed that all such proceedings have been or will be timely completed in the manner presently proposed in the Transaction Documents and Registration Statements.
For purposes of issuing this opinion letter, we have (a) made such legal and factual examinations and inquiries, including an examination of originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction as being true copies of (i) the Transaction Documents (except for the Distribution Warrants); (ii) the form of Distribution Warrants attached as an exhibit to the Warrant Agreement; (iii) the Registration Statements, (iv) the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Company, and (v) such other agreements, instruments, corporate records (including resolutions of the board of directors and any committee thereof
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and of the stockholders of the Company) and other documents, or forms thereof, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate, and (b) obtained from officers and other representatives and agents of the Company and from public officials, and have relied upon, such certificates, representations, assurances and public filings as we have deemed necessary or appropriate.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we have, with your permission, assumed without independent verification that (i) each agreement, instrument or other document (or form thereof) we have reviewed or which is referenced herein, including, without limitation, each of the Transaction Documents, has been duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto to the extent due execution and delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness thereof; (ii) each natural person executing a document had, has or at the time of execution will have sufficient legal capacity to do so; (iii) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic, the signatures on all documents we reviewed are genuine and all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, photostatic, electronic or facsimile copies conform to the original document; (iv) the statements of fact and representations and warranties set forth in the documents we have reviewed are, or will at all relevant times be, true and correct as to factual matters; (v) all corporate records made available to us by the Company, and all public records we have reviewed, are accurate and complete; (vi) prior to the Conversion, the Delaware Corporation has taken all corporate action required under the laws of the State of Delaware (a) in connection with and for the filing of the Registration Statements and the registration of the Shares, and (b) to authorize and approve the Transaction Documents and the performance by the Delaware Corporation of its obligations thereunder, including the issuance of Shares to the Selling Stockholders or otherwise, as applicable; (vii) the obligations of each party set forth in the Transaction Documents and in any other documents we have reviewed are its valid and binding obligations, enforceable against such party in accordance with their respective terms; and (viii) immediately after any issuance of Conversion Shares, ELOC Shares or Warrant Shares, as applicable, the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, together with the total number of shares of Common Stock then reserved for issuance or obligated to be issued by the Company pursuant to any agreement, plan or arrangement, or otherwise, will not exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock then authorized under the Company’s articles of incorporation.
We are qualified to practice law in the State of Nevada. The opinions set forth herein are expressly limited to, and based exclusively on, the general corporate laws of the State of Nevada, and we do not purport to be experts on, or to express any opinion with respect to the applicability thereto or the effect thereon of, the laws of any other jurisdiction. We express no opinion concerning, and we assume no responsibility as to laws or judicial decisions related to, or any orders, consents or other authorizations or approvals as may be required by, any federal laws, rules or regulations, including, without limitation, any federal securities laws, rules or regulations, or any state securities or “blue sky” laws, rules or regulations.
Based on the foregoing and in reliance thereon, and having regard to legal considerations and other information that we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:
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1.The Conversion Shares have been duly authorized by the Company, and if, when and to the extent any Conversion Shares are issued in accordance with all applicable terms and conditions of, and in the manner contemplated by, the relevant Transaction Documents (including due and proper conversion of the relevant Convertible Note(s) in accordance therewith), and as described in the relevant Registration Statement, such Conversion Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
2.The ELOC Shares have been duly authorized by the Company, and if, when and to the extent any ELOC Shares are issued and sold in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions of, and in the manner contemplated by, the ELOC Agreement (including payment in full of all consideration required thereunder), and as described in the relevant Registration Statement, such ELOC Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
3.The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized by the Company, and if, when and to the extent any Warrant Shares are issued in accordance with all applicable terms and conditions of, and in the manner contemplated by, the relevant Transaction Documents (including due and proper exercise of the relevant Warrant(s) in accordance therewith and payment in full of all consideration required thereunder), and as described in the relevant Registration Statement(s), such Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
4.The Resale Shares have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
The opinions expressed herein are based upon the applicable laws of the State of Nevada and the facts in existence on the date of this opinion letter. In delivering this opinion letter to you, we disclaim any obligation to update or supplement the opinions set forth herein or to apprise you of any changes in any laws or facts after the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form
8-K, incorporated by reference into the Registration Statements. No opinion is offered or implied as to any matter, and no inference may be drawn, beyond the strict scope of the specific issues expressly addressed by the opinions set forth herein.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, incorporated by reference into the Registration Statements. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
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