EXHIBIT 3(i).1
[SEAL] | DEAN HELLER Secretary of State 205 North Carson Street | Entity # C10616-1993 Document Number: | ||
| Carson City, Nevada 89701-4299 (775) 684 5708 Website: secretaryofstate.biz | 20050176084-33 Date Filed: 5/11/2005 2:43:01 PM | |||
| Certificate of Change Pursuant to NRS 78.209 | In the office of /s/ DEAN HELLER Dean Heller Secretary of State | |||
Important: Read attached instructions before completing form.
Certificate of Change filed Pursuant to NRS 78.209
for Nevada Profit Corporations
| 1. | Name of Corporation: | |||
| Ameristar Casinos, Inc. (C10616-1993) | ||||
| 2. | The board of directors have adopted a resolution pursuant to NRS 78.207 and have obtained any required approval of the stockholders. | |||
| 3. | The current number of authorized shares and the par value, if any, of each class or series, if any, of shares before the change: | |||
| Sixty Million (60,000,000) shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, and Thirty Million (30,000,000) shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value | ||||
| 4. | The number of authorized shares and the par value, if any, of each class or series, if any, of shares after the change: | |||
| One Hundred and Twenty Million (120,000,000) shares of common stock, $0.01 par value and Thirty Million (30,000,000) shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value | ||||
| 5. | The number of shares of each affected class or series, if any, to be issued after the change in exchange for each issued share of the same class or series: | |||
| Two shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $0.01 par value, will be issued after the change in exchange for each issued share of common stock, $0.01 par value, held by each stockholder of record of the Corporation at the effective date and time of the change. | ||||
| 6. | The provisions, if any, for the issuance of fractional shares, or for the payment of money or the issuance of scrip to stockholders otherwise entitled to a fraction of a share and the percentage of outstanding shares affected thereby: | |||
| None | ||||
| 7. | Effective date of filing (optional): | June 6, 2005 | ||||
| (must not be later than 90 days after the certificate is filed) | ||||||
| 8. | Officer Signature: | /s/ PETER C. WALSH | Senior Vice President/General Counsel | |||
| Signature | Title | |||||
IMPORTANT: Failure to include any of the above information and submit the proper fees may cause this filing to be rejected.
This form must be accompanied by appropriate fees.