EX-3.1 2 dex31.htm SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated By-Laws

Exhibit 3.1

SECOND AMENDMENT

TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

OF

PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY, INC.

The Amended and Restated By-Laws of Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., as previously amended on February 7, 2007 (the “By-Laws”) are hereby amended, effective February 5, 2008, as set forth below:

Section 1 of Article V of the By-Laws is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Section 1. Form of Certificates. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by a certificate, unless and until the Board of Directors of the Corporation adopts a resolution permitting shares to be uncertificated. Notwithstanding the adoption of any such resolution providing for uncertificated shares, every holder of stock of the Corporation theretofore represented by certificates and, upon request, every holder of uncertificated shares, shall be entitled to have a certificate for shares of stock of the Corporation signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President and (ii) by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such stockholder in the Corporation.

Section 4 of Article V of the By-Laws is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Section 4. Transfers. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by applicable law and in these By-Laws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation, and in the case of certificated shares of stock, only by the person named in the certificate or by such person’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate therefore, properly endorsed for transfer and payment of all necessary transfer taxes; or, in the case of uncertificated shares of stock, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of the shares or by such person’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon payment of all necessary transfer taxes and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form; provided, however, that such surrender and endorsement, compliance or payment of taxes shall not be required in any case in which the officers of the Corporation shall determine to waive such requirement. With respect to certificated shares of stock, every certificate exchanged, returned or surrendered to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation, by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or the transfer agent thereof. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred.