EXHIBIT 3.3
FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION
NO. 04-2906463
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
Secretary of the Commonwealth
One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
(GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 72)
We, Douglas F. Flood Senior Vice President,
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and W. Robert Kellegrew, Jr. Assistant Clerk,
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of FTP Software, Inc.
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(Exact name of corporation)
located at 100 Brickstone Square, 5th Floor, Andover, Massachusetts
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(Street address of corporation in Massachusetts)
01801
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certify that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles numbered:
Article 3
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(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 August 22, 1996, by vote of:
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the corporation's
26,340,371 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, of 33,418,988
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(type, class & series, if any)
shares outstanding,
shares of of
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(type, class & series, if any)
shares outstanding, and
shares of of
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(type, class & series, if any)
shares outstanding,
being at least a majority of each type, class or series
outstanding and entitled to vote thereon:
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:
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WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
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TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE
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Common: Common: 50,000,000 $.01
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Preferred: Preferred: 5,000,000 $.01
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(Junior
Preferred: 500,000 $.01)
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Change the total authorized to:
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WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
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TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE
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Common: Common: 100,000,000 $.01
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Preferred: Preferred: 5,000,000 $.01
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(Junior
Preferred: 500,000 $.01)
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See Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof.
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: .
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SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 22nd day of August, 1996.
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/s/Douglas F. Flood , Senior Vice President,
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/s/W. Robert Kellegrew, Jr. , Assistant Clerk.
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Exhibit A
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Article 3 of the Restated Articles of Organization of the corporation, as
amended, is amended to increase the total number of shares of Common Stock, $.01
par value, which the corporation is authorized to issue from 50,000,000 to
100,000,000.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ARTICLES OF AMENDEMENT
(GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 72)
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I hereby approve the within Articles of Amendment and, the filing fee in
the amount of $ having been paid, said articles are deemed
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to have been filed with me this day of
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Effective date:
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WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
Secretary of the Commonwealth
TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION
PHOTOCOPY OF DOCUMENT TO BE SENT TO:
Lisa M. McGrath, Esq.
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FTP Software, Inc.
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100 Brickstone Square, 5th Floor, Andover,
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Massachusetts 01810