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EXHIBIT 3.2
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
William Francis Galvin
Secretary of the Commonwealth
ONE ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02108
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 72
We George W. Chamillard President and
Donald G. Leka Assistant Clerk of
Teradyne, Inc.
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(EXACT Name of Corporation)
located at 321 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02118
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(MASSACHUSETTS Address of Corporation)
do hereby certify that these ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT affecting Articles
NUMBERED:
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Article 3
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(Number those articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and/or 6 being amended hereby)
of the Articles of Organization were duly adopted at a meeting held on May 23
1996 by vote of:
63,652,370 shares of Common Stock out of 71,452,818 shares outstanding,
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type, class & series (if any)
shares of out of shares outstanding,
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type, class & series (if any)
shares of out of shares outstanding,
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type, class & series (if any)
CROSS OUT being at least a majority of each type, class or series outstanding
INAPPLI- and entitled to vote thereon:(1)
CABLE
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 Amendment or item on this form is
insufficient, additions shall be set forth on a separate 8-1/2 X 11 sheets of
paper leaving a left-hand margin of at least 1 inch for binding. Additions to
more than one Amendment may be continued on a single sheet so long as each
Amendment requiring each such 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
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TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES
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COMMON:
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PREFERRED:
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WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
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TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE
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COMMON: 125,000,000 $0.125
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PREFERRED:
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CHANGE the total authorized to:
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WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS
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TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES
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COMMON:
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PREFERRED:
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WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
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TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE
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COMMON: 250,000,000 $0.125
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PREFERRED:
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, section 72
I hereby approve the within articles of amendment and, the filing fee in
the amount of $125,000.00 having been paid, said articles are deemed to have
been filed with me this 31st day of July 1996
WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
Secretary of the Commonwealth
TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION
PHOTOCOPY OF ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO BE SENT
TO: Kevin M. Barry, Esq.
Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault
125 High Street
Boston, MA 02110
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The foregoing amendment will become effective when these articles of amendment
are filed in accordance with Chapter 156B, Section 6 of the General Laws
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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IN WITNESS WHEREOF AND UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, we have hereunto signed
our names this 31st day of July in the year 1996
/s/ George W. Chamillard President
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/s/ Donald G. Leka Assistant Clerk
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