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FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION
NO. 04-2457335
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
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Examiner SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
ONE ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02108-1512
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Name
Approved
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
(GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 72)
We, Roger G. Little, * President
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and Richard S. Gregorio, , *Clerk
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of Spire Corporation ,
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(Exact name of corporation)
located at: One Patriots Park, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730-2396 ,
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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 June 3,
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1997, by vote of:
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2,538,259 shares of Common of 3,019,525
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(type, class & series, if any)
shares outstanding,
shares of of
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(type, class & series, if any)
shares outstanding, and
shares of of
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(type, class & series, if any)
shares outstanding.
**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 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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P.C.
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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: None Common: 6,000,000 $.01
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Preferred: None Preferred: None N.A.
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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: None Common: 20,000,000 $.01
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Preferred: None Preferred: None N.A.
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VOTED: That Article 3 of the Articles of Organization of this Corporation be
and hereby is amended to read as follows:
"The total number of shares and the par value, if any, of each class
of stock which the corporation is authorized to issue is as follows:
20,000,000 Shares Common Stock, Par Value $.01 per share."
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 3rd day of June, 1997
/s/ , *President
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/s/ , *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
$14,000 having been paid, said article is deemed
to have been filed with me this 5th day of June
1997.
Effective date:
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/s/ William Francis Galvin
WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
Secretary of the Commonwealth
TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION
Photocopy of document to be sent to:
Richard S. Gregorio
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Spire Corporation, One Patriots Park
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Bedford, MA 01730-2396
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