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EXHIBIT 3(b)
FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION
No. 04-2436093
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, Neal F. Finnegan , President
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and Eric R. Fischer , Clerk
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of UST Corp.
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(Exact name of corporation)
located at: 40 Court Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 .
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(Street address of corporation in Massachusetts)
certify that these Articles of Amendment affecting article numbered:
Three (3)
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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 10 , 1998, by vote of: 20,244,825 shares of
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UST Corp. Common Stock of 29,878,628 shares outstanding.
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(type, class & series, if any)
par value of $0.625
being at least a majority of each type, class or series outstanding and
entitled to vote thereon:
VOTED: to amend the Corporation's Restated Articles of Organization to increase
the number of authorized shares of the Corporation's Common Stock from
45,000,000 to 75,000,000
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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:
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: 45,000,000 $0.625
Preferred: Preferred: 4,000,000 $1.00
(300,000 Series A Junior Participating @ 1.00)
Change the total authorized to:
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 $0.625
Preferred: Preferred: 4,000,000 $1.00
(300,000 Series A Junior Participating @ 1.00)
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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 18th day of June, 1998 .
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/s/ Neal F. Finnegan , President
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Neal F. Finnegan
/s/ Eric R. Fischer , Clerk
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Eric R. Fischer
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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 $30,000 having been paid, said article is deemed to have been filed
with me this 22nd day of June, 1998.
/s/ William Francis Galvin
William Francis Galvin
Secretary of the Commonwealth
TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION
Photocopy of document to be sent to:
Eric R. Fischer
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40 Court Street
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Boston, Massachusetts
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(617) 726-7377