Exhibit 3.7
FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION
NO. 04-2495703
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
- ----------- William Francis Galvin
Examiner Secretary of the Commonwealth
One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
(General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 72)
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Name
Approved We, Mitchell G. Tyson President,
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and Robert L. Birnbaum Assistant Clerk,
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of PRI Automation, Inc.
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(Exact name of corporation)
located at 805 Middlesex Turnpike, Billerica, MA 01821
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(Street address of corporation in Massachusetts)
certify that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles
numbered:
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 January 16, 1998 by vote of:
10,541,574 shares of Common Stock of 15,298,656 shares outstanding,
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(type, class & series, if any)
shares of of shares outstanding, and
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(type, class & series, if any)
shares of of shares outstanding,
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(type, class & series, if any)
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P /1/ being at least a majority of each type, class or series
M outstanding and entitled to vote thereon:
R.A.
/1/ For amendments adopted pursuant to Chapter 156B, Section 70.
Note: If the space provided under any article or item on this form
is insufficient, additions shall be set forth on one side only of
- ----------- separate 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper with a left margin of at least
P.C. 1 inch. Additions to more than one article may be made on a single
sheet so long as each article requiring each addition is clearly
indicated.
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: 24,000,000 $.01
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Preferred: Preferred: 400,000 $.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: 50,000,000 $.01
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Preferred: Preferred: 400,000 $.01
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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 30/th/ day of January , 1998,
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/s/ Mitchell G. Tyson , President
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/s/ Robert L. Birnbaum , Assistant Clerk.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
(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 $26,000 having been paid, said
articles are deemed to have been filed with me this 2nd day of
February, 1998.
Effective date: February 2, 1998
WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
Secretary of the Commonwealth
TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION
Photocopy of document to be sent to:
Robert L. Birnbaum, Esq.
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