EX-3.1 2 d80998dex31.htm EX-3.1 EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

TO THE

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

BAKKT HOLDINGS, INC.

Bakkt Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), certifies that:

 

1.

The name of the Corporation is Bakkt Holdings, Inc. The Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 15, 2021.

 

2.

The Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, is hereby further amended by inserting a new Article XVI, immediately following Article XV, to read as follows:

ARTICLE XVI

Section 16.1 Limited Liability of Officers. No officer of the Corporation will have any personal liability to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as an officer, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as the same exists or hereafter may be amended. If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of officers, then the liability of an officer of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended. No amendment, repeal or elimination of this Article XVI shall eliminate or reduce the effect thereof in respect of any state of facts existing or act or omission occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article XVI, would accrue or arise, or otherwise adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of an officer of the Corporation existing prior to such amendment, repeal or elimination.”

 

3.

This Certificate of Amendment was duly adopted in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

4.

This Certificate of Amendment shall become effective on June 17, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Amendment is duly executed by the undersigned officer of the Corporation on June 17, 2025.

 

By:

 

/s/ Marc D’Annunzio

Name:

 

Marc D’Annunzio

Title:

 

General Counsel and Secretary