EX-3 3 slad7-33.txt EXHIBIT 3.3 Exhibit 3.3 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin Secretary of the Commonwealth One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512 Articles of Amendment (General Laws, Chapter 156D; Section 10.06; 950 CMR 113.33) Exact name of corporation: Slade's Ferry Bancorp. Registered office address: 254 French Street Fall River MA 02720 These articles of amendment affect article(s): VI Adopted and approved on: May 10, 2004 Check the appropriate box below: [ ] the incorporators. [ ] the board of directors without shareholder approval and shareholder approval was not required. [X] the board of directors and the shareholders in the manner required by law and the articles of organization. State the article number and the text of the amendment. If the amendment authorizes an exchange, or effects a reclassification or cancellation, of issued shares, state the provisions for implementing the action unless contained in the text of the amendment. Sub-article E is added to ARTICLE VI to read in its entirety as follows: E. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend, rescind or repeal from time to time any of the Bylaws of the Corporation in accordance with the terms thereof; provided, however, that any By-Law made by the Board may be altered, amended, rescinded or repealed in accordance with the terms thereof by the holders of shares of Capital Stock entitled to vote thereon at any annual meeting or special meeting called for that purpose. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of the Bylaws that contains a supermajority voting requirement shall only be altered, amended, rescinded or repealed by a vote of the Board of Directors or the holders of shares of Capital Stock entitled to vote thereon that is not less than the supermajority specified in such provision. To change the number of shares and the par value (if any)* of any type, or to designate a class or series, of stock, or change a designation of class or series of stock, which the corporation is authorized to issue, complete the following: The total presently authorized is: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WITHOUT PAR VALUE WITH PAR VALUE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF NUMBER OF TYPE SHARES TYPE SHARES PAR VALUE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change the total authorized to: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WITHOUT PAR VALUE WITH PAR VALUE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF NUMBER OF TYPE SHARES TYPE SHARES PAR VALUE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The foregoing amendment(s) will become effective when these Articles of Amendment are filed in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 156D, Section 1.25 unless these articles specify, in accordance with the vote adopting the amendment a later effective date not more than ninety days after such filing, in which event the amendment will become effective on such later date. Later effective date: _____________________________________________________ Signed by: /s/ Mary Lynn D. Lenz -------------------------- (Please check appropriate box) [ ] Chairman of the Board [X] President [ ] Other Officer [ ] Court-appointed fiduciary On this 13th day of December, 2004 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS William Francis Galvin Secretary of the Commonwealth One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512 Articles of Amendment (General Laws, Chapter 156D, Section 10.06) I hereby certify that upon examination of these Articles of Amendment, it appears that the provisions of the General Laws relative thereto have been complied with, and the filing fee in the amount of $100 having been paid, said articles are deemed to have been filed with me this 15th day of December 2004 at 1:38 p.m. Effective date: _____________________________ WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN Secretary of the Commonwealth ________ Examiner Filing fee: Minimum filing fee $100.00 per article amended, stock increases $100 per 100,000 shares plus $100 for each additional 100,000 shares or any fraction thereof. ________ Name approval ________ C TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION Contact Information: ________ M Richard A. Schaberg Thacher Proffitt & Wood, LLP 1700 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 347-8400 E-mail: rschaberg@tpw.com A copy of this filing will be available on-line at www.sec.state.ma.us/cor once the document is filed.