EXHIBIT 3.1
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BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE NOTICE OF ALTERATION
Corporate and Personal
Property Registries FORM 11 - BC COMPANY
WWW.FIN.GOV.BC.CA/REGISTRIES Section 257 (4)
Business Corporations Act
Telephone: 250 356 - 8626
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (FIPPA)
The personal information requested on this form is made
available to the public under the authority of the Business
Corporations Act. Questions about how the FIPPA applies to
this personal information can be directed to the
Administrative Assistant of the Corporate and Personal
Property Registries at 250 356-1198,
PO Box 9431 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC V8W 9V3.
DO NOT MAIL THIS FORM TO THE CORPORATE AND PERSONAL
PROPERTY REGISTRIES UNLESS YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO
DO SO BY REGISTRY STAFF. THE REGULATION UNDER THE
BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT REQUIRES THIS FORM TO BE
FILED ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.CORPORATEONLINE.GOV.BC.CA
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A. INCORPORATION NUMBER OF COMPANY
BC0698743
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B. NAME OF COMPANY
QLT INC.
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C. ALTERATIONS TO THE NOTICE OF ARTICLES
Please indicate what information on the Notice of Articles is to be altered or
added
[ ] Company name [X] Date of a Resolution or
Court Order
(APPLIES TO SPECIAL RIGHTS OR
RESTRICTIONS ONLY)
[ ] A translation of company name
[X] Pre-existing Company Provisions [X] Authorized Share Structure
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D. ALTERATION EFFECTIVE DATE - Choose ONE of the following:
[X] The alteration is to take effect at the time that this notice is
filed with the registrar.
[ ] The alteration is to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time on ______
being a date that is not more than ten days after the date of the
filing of this notice.
[ ] The alteration is to take effect at _______ [ ] a.m. or [ ] p.m.
Pacific Time on _______ being a date and time that is not more than
ten days after the date of the filing of this notice.
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E. CHANGE OF COMPANY NAME
The company is to change its name from ____________________________________
to (choose ONE of the following):
[ ] _________________________________________________. This name has been
reserved for the company under name reservation number ______________
or
[ ] a name created by adding "B.C. Ltd." after the incorporation number
of the company.
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F. TRANSLATION OF COMPANY NAME
Set out every new translation of the company name, or set out any change or
deletion of an existing translation of the company name to be used outside
of Canada.
ADDITIONS: Set out every new translation of the company name that the
company intends to use outside of Canada.
Rev. 2004/7/27
FORM 11 - Leitch Systems Design Inc. - Approved September 3, 2004 Page 1
Adapted and reprinted with permission of
the Province of British Columbia - (C) 2004
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CHANGES: Change the following translation(s) of the company name:
PREVIOUS TRANSLATION NEW TRANSLATION
OF THE COMPANY NAME OF THE COMPANY NAME
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DELETIONS: Remove the following translation(s) of the company name:
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G. PRE-EXISTING COMPANY PROVISIONS (refer to Part 17 and Table 3 of the
Regulation under the Business Corporations Act)
Complete this item only if the company has resolved that none of the
Pre-existing Company Provisions are to apply to this company.
[X] The company has resolved that the Pre-existing Company Provisions
are no longer to apply to this company.
H. AUTHORIZED SHARE STRUCTURE
Set out the date of each resolution or court order altering special rights
or restrictions attached to a class or series of shares.
YYYY / MM / DD
2005 / 05 / 25
SET OUT THE NEW AUTHORIZED SHARE STRUCTURE
Maximum number of
shares of this class
or series of shares Are there special rights or
that the company is restrictions attached to
authorized to issue, Kind of shares of this class the shares of this class or
or indicate there is or series of shares series of shares?
no maximum number
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MAXIMUM NUMBER OF
Identifying name of class SHARES AUTHORIZED OR PAR VALUE OR WITHOUT
or series of shares NO MAXIMUM NUMBER PAR VALUE TYPE OF CURRENCY YES/NO
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Common Shares 500,000,000 Without Par Value N/A No
First Preference Shares 5,000,000 Without Par Value N/A Yes
I. CERTIFIED CORRECT - I have read this form and found it to be correct.
NAME OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING AUTHORITY SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED SIGNING DATE SIGNED
FOR THE COMPANY AUTHORITY FOR THE COMPANY YYYY/MM/DD
2005/05/27
Janet Grove, Corporate Secretary X /s/ Janet Grove
Rev. 2004/7/27
FORM 11 - Leitch Systems Design Inc. - Approved September 3, 2004 Page 2
Adapted and reprinted with permission of
the Province of British Columbia - (C) 2004