Exhibit 3.2
STATE OF MISSOURI
[STATE SEAL] JUDITH K. MORIARTY, SECRETARY OF STATE
P.O. BOX 778, JEFFERSON CITY, MO. 65102
CORPORATION DIVISION
AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
(To be submitted in duplicate)
Pursuant to the provisions of The General and Business Corporation Law of
Missouri, the undersigned Corporation certifies the following:
1. The present name of the Corporation is Empire Gas Acquisition Corporation.
The name under which it was originally organized was Empire Gas Acquisition
Corporation.
2. An amendment to the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation was adopted by
the shareholders on April 25, 1994.
3. Article Number 1. is amended to read as follows:
The name of the corporation (hereinafter the "Corporation") is:
Empire Gas Corporation.
(IF MORE THAN ONE ARTICLE IS TO BE AMENDED OR MORE SPACE IS NEEDED
ATTACH FLY SHEET.)
4. Of the 13,832,270 shares outstanding, 13,832,270 of such shares were
entitled to vote on such amendment.
The number of outstanding shares of any class ENTITLED TO VOTE THEREON AS
A CLASS were as follows:
CLASS NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING SHARES
Common Stock 13,832,270
5. The number of shares voted for and against the amendment was as follows:
CLASS NO. VOTED FOR NO. VOTED AGAINST
Common Stock 13,832,270 0
6. If the amendment changed the number or par value of authorized shares
having a par value, the amount in dollars of authorized shares having a par
value as changed is:
N/A
If the amendment changed the number of authorized shares without par value,
the authorized number of shares without par value as changed and the
consideration proposed to be received for such increased authorized shares
without par value as are to be presently issued are:
7. If the amendment provides for an exchange, reclassification, or
cancellation of issued shares, or a reduction of the number of authorized
shares of any class below the number of issued shares of that class, the
following is a statement of the manner in which such reduction shall be
effected:
N/A
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, Stephen R. Plaster has executed this
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President
instrument and its Valeria Schall has affixed its corporate seal
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Secretary or Assistant Secretary
hereto and attested said seal on the 25th day of April, 1994.
PLACE
CORPORATE SEAL
HERE
(If no seal, state "None.")
NONE
Empire Gas Acquisition Corporation
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Name of Corporation
ATTEST:
/s/ Valeria Schall By /s/ Stephen R. Plaster
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Secretary of Assistant Secretary President or Vice President
State of Missouri )
) ss.
County of Laclede )
I, Jackie Day, a Notary Public, do hereby certify that on this 25th day of
April, 1994, personally appeared before me Stephen R. Plaster who, being by me
first duly sworn, declared that he is the President of Empire Gas Acquisition
Corporation that he signed the foregoing documents as Vice President of the
corporation, and that the statements therein contained are true.
(Notarial Seal) /s/ Jackie Day
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Notary Public
My commission expires 9/30/97
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