CERTIFICATE OF
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
RATHGIBSON, INC.
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William S. Anacker, being the Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer of RathGibson, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under
and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
"Corporation"), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY as follows:
FIRST: The Corporation filed its original Certificate of
Incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State on May 5, 1999 (the
"Certificate of Incorporation").
SECOND: The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
restates and integrates and further amends the Certificate of Incorporation of
this Corporation.
THIRD: That the Board of Directors of the Corporation, pursuant to
a unanimous written consent, adopted resolutions authorizing the Corporation to
amend, integrate and restate the Certificate of Incorporation in its entirety to
read as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof (the
"Restated Certificate").
FOURTH: That the stockholders of the Corporation, pursuant to
written consent, approved and adopted the Restated Certificate in accordance
with Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.
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State of Delaware
Secretary of State
Division of Corporations
Delivered 10:57 PM 09/26/2005
FILED 10:58 PM 09/26/2005
SRV 050788119 - 3038817 FILE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Vice President herein
above named, for the purpose of restating and integrating and further amending
the Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, under penalty of perjury does hereby declare and certify that
this is the act and deed of the Corporation and the facts stated herein are
true, and accordingly has hereunto signed this Certificate of Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation this 26th day of September 2005.
RATHGIBSON, INC.
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ William S. Anacker
___________________________________
Name: William S. Anacker
EXHIBIT A
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
RATHGIBSON, INC.
ARTICLE ONE
The name of the corporation is RathGibson, Inc.
ARTICLE TWO
The address of the corporation's registered office in the State of
Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle,
19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust
Company.
ARTICLE THREE
The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted
is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be
organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE FOUR
The total number of shares of stock which the corporation has
authority to issue is 260,000 shares of Common Stock, with a par value of $.01
per share.
ARTICLE FIVE
The corporation is to have perpetual existence.
ARTICLE SIX
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 or repeal the by-laws of the corporation.
ARTICLE SEVEN
Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of
Delaware, as the by-laws of the corporation may provide. The books of the
corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as
may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws
of the corporation. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless
the by-laws of the corporation so provide.
ARTICLE EIGHT
To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director
of this corporation shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders
for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any repeal or
modification of this ARTICLE EIGHT shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such repeal
or modification.
ARTICLE NINE
The corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE TEN
The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal
any provision contained in this certificate of incorporation in the manner now
or hereafter prescribed herein and by the laws of the State of Delaware, and all
rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this
reservation.
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