EX-3.3 3 tex3_3-28351.txt EX-3.3
EXHIBIT 3.3 FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION NO. 04-2911026 ------------------- [ILLEGIBLE] THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Examiner WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN Secretary of the Commonwealth One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT (GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 72) [ILLEGIBLE] Name Approved We, Edmund C. Reiter , *President, ---------------------------------------------- and Kevin Russell , *Clerk --------------------------------------------------- of Aware, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------- (EXACT NAME OF CORPORATION) located at 40 Middlesex Turnpike, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 ----------------------------------------------------- (STREET ADDRESS OF CORPORATION IN MASSACHUSETTS) certified that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles numbered: 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- (NUMBER THOSE ARTICLES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 AND/OR 6 BEING AMENDED) of the Articles of Organization were duly adopted at a meeting held on MAY 31, 2002, by vote of: 17,040,630 shares of Common Stock of 22,667,009 shares outstanding, ---------- ------------------------------------------ ------------ (TYPE, CLASS & SERIES, IF ANY) shares of of shares outstanding, ---------- ------------------------------------------ ------------ (TYPE, CLASS & SERIES, IF ANY) shares of of shares outstanding, ---------- ------------------------------------------ ------------ C (TYPE, CLASS & SERIES, IF ANY) P M 1**being at a majority of each type, class or series outstanding and entitled to vote thereon: R.A. *DELETE THE INAPPLICABLE WORDS. **DELETE THE INAPPLICABLE CLAUSE. [ILLEGIBLE] 1 FOR AMENDMENTS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 70. ----------- 2 FOR AMENDMENTS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 71. P.C. NOTE: IF THE SPACE PROVIDED UNDER ANY ARTICLE OR ITEM ON THIS FORM IS INSUFFICIENT, ADDITIONS SHALL BE SET FORTH ON ONE SIDE ONLY OF SEPARATE 8 1/2 X 11 SHEETS OF PAPER WITH A LEFT MARGIN OF AT LEAST 1 INCH. ADDITIONS TO MORE THAN ONE ARTICLE MAY BE MADE ON A SINGLE SHEET SO LONG AS EACH ARTICLE REQUIRING EACH ADDITION IS CLEARLY INDICATED.
To CHANGE the number of shares and the par value (if any) of any type, class or series of stock which the corporation is authorized to issue, fill in the following:
The total PRESENTLY authorized is: -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS ----------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE ----------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- Common: Common: 30,000,000 $.01 ----------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- ----------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- Preferred: Preferred: ----------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- Series A Participating 50,000 $1.00 Cumulative Preferred Stock ----------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- Undesignated 950,000 $1.00 ----------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- CHANGE the total authorized to: -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS ----------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE ----------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- Common: Common: 70,000,000 $.01 ----------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- ----------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- Preferred: Preferred: ----------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- Series A Participating 50,000 $1.00 Cumulative Preferred Stock ----------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- Undesignated 950,000 $1.00 ----------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- VOTED: To amend the Corporation's Restated Articles of Organization to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, from 30,000,000 to 70,000,000.
The foregoing amendment(s) will become effective when these Articles of Amendment are filed in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 6 unless these articles specify, in accordance with the vote adopting the amendment, a LATER effective date not more than THIRTY DAYS after such filing, in which event the amendment will become effective on such later date. Later effective date: . ---------------------------------------- SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 8th day of July , 2002. -------- -------------- /s/ Edmund C. Reiter , *President, ------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund C. Reiter /s/ Kevin Russell , *Clerk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Russell *DELETE THE INAPPLICABLE WORDS. THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT (GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 72) ================================================================================ I hereby approve the within Articles of Amendment and, the filing fee in the amount of $ 40,000 having been paid, said articles are deemed to have been filed with me this 8TH day of JULY, 2002 . EFFECTIVE DATE: /s/ William Francis Galvin WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION PHOTOCOPY OF DOCUMENT TO BE SENT TO: WILLIAM R. KOLB, ESQ. ------------------------------------------- FOLEY HOAG LLP ------------------------------------------- 155 SEAPORT BOULEVARD ------------------------------------------- BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02210 -------------------------------------------