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Exhibit 3.1 FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION
NO. 04-2897945
JSD
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Examiner
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Name
Approved
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, D. Verne Sharma , *President
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and James A. Lightman , *Clerk / *Assistant Clerk,
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of Summit Technology, Inc.
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(Exact name of corporation)
located at 21 Hickory Drive, Waltham, MA 02154
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(Street address of corporation in Massachusetts)
certify that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles 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
4/29 , 1999, by vote of:
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27,404,640 shares of Common, $.01 par value of 31,153,765 shares outstanding,
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(type, class & series, if any)
shares of of shares outstanding, and
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(type, class & series, if any)
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: / or (2)**being at least two-thirds of each type,
class or series outstanding and entitled to vote thereon and of each type, class
or series of stock whose rights are adversely affected thereby:
*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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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: 60,000,000 $0.01
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Preferred: Preferred: 5,000,000 $0.01
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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: 100,000,000 $0.01
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Preferred: Preferred: 5,000,000 $0.01
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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 29th day of April, 1999.
/s/ D. Verne Sharma
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D. Verne Sharma
/s/ James A. Lightman
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James A. Lightman
*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 $40,000.00 having been paid, said articles are deemed to have been
filed with me this 30th day of April 1999.
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:
Mary C. Kelly Burke
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Ropes & Gray
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One International Place, Boston, MA 02110-2624
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