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Exhibit 3.4
FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION
No. 04-2448516
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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, Norman E. Drapeau, Jr. *President
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and Paul D. Birch *Clerk
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of Project Software & Development, Inc.
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(Exact name of corporation)
located at 100 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA 01730
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(Street address of corporation in Massachusetts)
certify that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles numbered:
Article III
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(Number those articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and/or 6 being amended)
of the Articles of the Organization were duly adopted at a meeting held on
December 15, 1999, by vote of:
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8,109,597 shares of Common Stock of 10,650,906 shares outstanding,
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(type, class & series, if any)
shares of of shares outstanding,
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(type, class & series, if any)
shares of of shares outstanding,
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(type, class & series, if any)
(1)** being at least a majority of each type, class or series outstanding and
entitled to vote thereon:
* Delete the inapplicable words. ** Delete the inapplicable clause.
(1) For amendments adopted pursuant to Chapter 156B, Section 70.
(2) For amendments adopted pursuant to Chapter 156B, Section 71.
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 a separate 8 1/2
x 11 sheets of paper with a left margin of at least 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.
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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: 15,350,000 $.01
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Preferred: Preferred: 1,000,000 $.01
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Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock - 16,000; Undesignated - 984,000
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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: 1,000,000 $.01
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Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock - 16,000; Undesignated - 984,000
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Voted: To amend the Company's Restated Articles of Organization to increase the
authorized Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, from 15,350,000 to
50,000,000 shares.
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: _____________________________ .
SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 15th day of December 1999
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/s/ Norman E. Drapeau, Jr. *President
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/s/ Paul D. Birch *Clerk
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* Delete the inapplicable words.
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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 $ _________ having been paid, said articles deemed to have been filed
with me this ______ day of ____________ 19 _____ .
Effective date: _______________________________
WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
Secretary of the Commonwealth
TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION
PHOTOCOPY OF DOCUMENT TO BE SENT TO:
Jeffrey D. Collins, Esq.
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Foley, Hoag & Eliot LLP, One Post Office Square
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Boston, MA 02109
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(617) 832-1265