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EXHIBIT 3.1.3
FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION
NO. 04-2746201
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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, Joseph W. Alsop , President
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and James D. Freedman , Clerk
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of Progress Software Corporation
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(Exact name of corporation)
located at 14 Oak Park, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 .
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(Street address of corporation in Massachusetts)
certify that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles numbered:
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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 April 23,
1999, by vote of:
11,725,870 shares of Common Stock of 17,269,526 shares outstanding,
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(type, class & series if any)
shares of of shares outstanding, and
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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:
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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: 50,000,000 $.01
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Preferred: Preferred: 1,000,000 $.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: 75,000,000 $.01
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Preferred: Preferred: 1,000,000 $.01
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The foregoing amendments(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.
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SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 5th day of May, 1999,
/s/ JOSEPH W. ALSOP
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Joseph W. Alsop
President
/s/ JAMES D. FREEDMAN
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James D. Freedman
Clerk
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
(General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 72)
I hereby approve the within restated Articles of Amendment,
and the filing fee in the amount of $25,000.00 having been
paid, said article is deemed to have been filed with me this
6th day of May, 1999.
WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
Secretary of the Commonwealth
TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION
Photocopy of the document to be sent to:
James W. Romeo, Esquire
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Progress Software Corporation
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14 Oak Park
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Bedford, MA 01730
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