Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY
To: The Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 14A:7-18 the undersigned Corporation executes the following Certificate of Amendment to its Restated Certificate of Incorporation:
1. The name of the Corporation is MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY.
The principal office of the Corporation is 485C Route One South, Iselin, New Jersey 08830.
2. Of a total of 20,000 shares of the $8 Cumulative and Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation originally issued, 17,000 total shares have been converted into Common Stock and cancelled and 9,000 of these shares have been converted into Common Stock and cancelled since the Corporation’s most recent Certificate of Amendment addressing this Preferred Stock.
3. Of a total of 2,500 shares of the $7.00 Series Cumulative Preferred Stock of the Corporation originally issued, 1,716 total shares have been redeemed and cancelled and 233 of these shares have been redeemed and cancelled since the Corporation’s most recent Certificate of Amendment addressing this Preferred Stock.
4. Of a total of 17,000 shares of the $7 Cumulative and Convertible Preferred Stock of the Corporation originally issued, 7,427 total shares have been converted into Common Stock and have been cancelled and 5,308 of these shares have been redeemed and cancelled since the Corporation’s most recent Certificate of Amendment addressing this Preferred Stock.
4. The date of adoption of the resolutions of the Board of Directors canceling such shares is September 4, 2019.
5. The aggregate number of authorized shares, including shares outstanding, itemized by classes and series, after giving effect to such cancellation, is a follows:
| Class | Authorized Shares |
| Common Stock, No Par Value: | 40,000,000 | |
| Cumulative Preferred Stock, No Par Value: | | |
| $7 Series | 784 | (Note A) |
| $4.75 Series | 10,000 | |
| Cumulative and Convertible Preferred Stock, | | |
| $7 Series | 9,573 | (Note B) |
| $8 Series | 3,000 | (Note C) |
| All Series | 123,357 | |
| Preference Stock, No Par Value: | 100,000 | |
6. The Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the shares cancelled shall not be reissued; and the Restated Certificate of Incorporation is amended by decreasing the aggregate number of shares which the corporation is authorized to issue by the number of shares cancelled.
| Note A: | Reflects an authorization of 2,500 shares reduced by the number of cancelled shares which are not to be reissued. |
| Note B: | Reflects an authorization of 17,000 shares reduced by the number of cancelled shares which are not to be reissued. |
| Note C: | Reflects an authorization of 20,000 shares reduced by the number of cancelled shares which are not to be reissued. |
| Note D: | Reflects an authorization of 150,000 shares reduced by the number of cancelled shares which are not to be reissued. |
| | MIDDLESEX WATER COMPANY |
| | By: | /s/ Jay L. Kooper |
| | | Jay L. Kooper |
| Dated: September 4, 2019 | Vice President, General Counsel |
| | and Secretary |
(SEAL)
