1 FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION NO. 04-2457335 THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN - -------- Examiner SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH ONE ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02108-1512 N/A - -------- Name Approved ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT (GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 72) We, Roger G. Little, * President - ------------------------------------------------------------------- and Richard S. Gregorio, , *Clerk - --------------------------------------------------------------------- of Spire Corporation , - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of corporation) located at: One Patriots Park, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730-2396 , - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Street address of corporation in Massachusetts) certify that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles numbered: 3 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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, -------- 1997, by vote of: - ----, 2,538,259 shares of Common of 3,019,525 - --------- ----------------------------------- ----------------- (type, class & series, if any) shares outstanding, shares of of - --------- ----------------------------------- ----------------- (type, class & series, if any) shares outstanding, and shares of of - --------- ----------------------------------- ----------------- (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. 4 - -------- P.C. 2 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: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common: None Common: 6,000,000 $.01 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Preferred: None Preferred: None N.A. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Change the total authorized to: - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common: None Common: 20,000,000 $.01 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Preferred: None Preferred: None N.A. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 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: ----------------------------- SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 3rd day of June, 1997 /s/ , *President - -------------------------------------------------------- /s/ , *Clerk - ---------------------------------------------------------- *Delete the inapplicable words. 4 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 $14,000 having been paid, said article is deemed to have been filed with me this 5th day of June 1997. Effective date: --------------------------------- /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 ------------------------------------ Spire Corporation, One Patriots Park ------------------------------------ Bedford, MA 01730-2396 ------------------------------------