EX-3.1 2 b37551poex3-1.txt ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT 1 Exhibit 3.1 FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION NO. 04-3033368 ------------------- 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) Name Approved We, Arthur A. Siciliano , *President/ -------------------------------------------------- and Eric G. Walters , *Clerk/ ------------------------------------------------------ of PolyMedica Corporation , --------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of corporation) located at 11 State Street, Woburn, MA 01801 , ------------------------------------------------------- (Street address of corporation in Massachusetts) certify 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 November 28, 2000 by vote of: ----------------- 10,063,746 shares of Common Stock of 13,271,966 shares outstanding. ---------- --------------- ---------- (type, class & series, if any) shares of of shares outstanding and ---------- --------------- ---------- (type, class & series, if any) shares of of shares outstanding. ---------- --------------- ---------- (type, class & series, if any) C [ ] P [ ] M [ ] R.A. [ ] 2**being at least two-thirds of each type, class or series outstanding and entitled to vote thereon and of each type, class or series of stock whose rights are adversely affected thereby: *Delete the inapplicable words. **Delete the inapplicable clause. For amendments adopted pursuant to Chapter 156B, Section 70. For amendments adopted pursuant to Chapter 156B, Section 71. Note: If the space provided under any articles 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 P.C. so long as each article requiring each addition is clearly indicated. 2 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: 20,000,000 $.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Preferred: Preferred: 3,112,164 $.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: 50,000,000 $.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Preferred: Preferred: 3,112,164 $.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 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 29th day of November, 2000 ---- -------- /s/ Arthur A. Siciliano , *President/ ----------------------------------------------- Arthur A. Siciliano /s/ Eric G. Walters , *Clerk/ ----------------------------------------------- Eric G. Walters *Delete the inapplicable words. 4 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 $ __________ having been paid, said articles are deemed to have been filed with me this _____ day of _____________ 19__. Effective date: ____________________________________________ WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN Secretary of the Commonwealth TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION PHOTOCOPY OF DOCUMENT TO BE SENT TO: Jennifer B. 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