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Exhibit 3(a)(2)
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Certificate of Amendment by Directors of
The Scotts Company reflecting adoption of
Restated Articles of Incorporation attached thereto,
by the Board of Directors of The Scotts Company
on January 18, 2001, as filed with Ohio
Secretary of State on January 29, 2001
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[SECRETARY OF STATE PRESCRIBED BY J. KENNETH BLACKWELL
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
BY DIRECTORS OF
The Scotts Company
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(Name of Corporation)
878361
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(charter number)
G. Robert Lucas, who is the Secretary
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(name) (title)
of the above named Ohio corporation for profit, does hereby certify that:
[X] at a meeting of the directors duly called and held on January 18, 2001
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(date)
[ ] in a writing signed by all the Directors pursuant to Section 1701.54 of
the Ohio Revised Code, the following resolution was adopted pursuant to
Section 1701.72 ( B ) ( insert proper paragraph number) of the Ohio
Revised Code:
RESOLVED, that the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company,
attached hereto as Exhibit __, be, and they hereby are, adopted to
supersede and take the place of the existing Amended Articles of
Incorporation of the Company, as amended, which are of record and
remain in force with the Office of the Ohio Secretary of State as of
January 18, 2001.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the above named officer, acting for and on behalf of the
corporation, has hereunto subscribed his name on January 18, 2001
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(his/her) (date)
Signature: /s/ G. Robert Lucas
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Title: Secretary
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RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
THE SCOTTS COMPANY
FIRST: The name of the corporation shall be The Scotts Company.
SECOND: The place in Ohio where the principal office of the corporation
is to be located is in the City of Marysville, County of Union.
THIRD: The purpose for which the corporation is formed is to engage in
any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be formed under Sections
1701.01 to 1701.98 of the Ohio Revised Code.
FOURTH: The authorized number of shares of the corporation shall be One
Hundred Million, One Hundred and Ninety-Five Thousand (100,195,000), consisting
of One Hundred Million (100,000,000) common shares, each without par value, and
One Hundred and Ninety-Five Thousand (195,000) preferred shares, each without
par value.
The directors of the corporation are authorized to adopt amendments to
the Restated Articles of Incorporation in respect of any unissued preferred
shares and thereby to fix or change, to the fullest extent now or hereafter
permitted by Ohio law: the division of such shares into series and the
designation and authorized number of shares of each series; the dividend or
distribution rights; dividend rate; liquidation rights, preferences and price;
redemption rights and price; sinking fund requirements; voting rights;
pre-emptive rights; conversion rights; restrictions on issuance of shares; and
such other rights, preferences and limitations as shall not be inconsistent with
this Article FOURTH.
FIFTH: The directors of the corporation shall have the power to cause
the corporation from time to time and at any time to purchase, hold, sell,
transfer or otherwise deal with (A) shares of any class or series issued by it,
(B) any security or other obligation of the corporation which may confer upon
the holder thereof the right to convert the same into shares of any class or
series authorized by the articles of the corporation, and (C) any security or
other obligation which may confer upon the holder thereof the right to purchase
shares of any class or series authorized by the articles of the corporation. The
corporation shall have the right to repurchase, if and when any shareholder
desires to sell, or on the happening of any event is required to sell, shares of
any class or series issued by the corporation. The authority granted in this
Article FIFTH of these Articles shall not limit the plenary authority of the
directors to purchase, hold, sell, transfer or otherwise deal with shares of any
class or series, securities or other obligations issued by the corporation or
authorized by its articles.
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SIXTH: No shareholder of the corporation shall have, as a matter of
right, the pre-emptive right to purchase or subscribe for shares of any class,
now or hereafter authorized, or to purchase or subscribe for securities or other
obligations convertible into or exchangeable for such shares or which by
warrants or otherwise entitle the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase
any such share.
SEVENTH: Shareholders of the corporation shall not have the right to
vote cumulatively in the election of directors.
EIGHTH: Notwithstanding any provision of the Ohio Revised Code
requiring for any purpose the vote, consent, waiver or release of the holders of
shares of the corporation entitling them to exercise two-thirds or any other
proportion of the voting power of the corporation or of any class or classes
thereof, such action, unless expressly otherwise provided by statute, may be
taken by the vote, consent, waiver or release of the holders of the shares
entitling them to exercise not less than a majority of the voting power of the
corporation or of such class or classes; provided, however, that the affirmative
vote of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise not less than
two-thirds of the voting power of the corporation, or two-thirds of the voting
power of any class or classes of shares of the corporation which entitle the
holders thereof to vote in respect of any such matter as a class, shall be
required to adopt:
(1) A proposed amendment to this Article EIGHTH;
(2) An agreement of merger or consolidation providing for the
proposed merger or consolidation of the corporation with or
into one or more other corporations and requiring shareholder
approval;
(3) A proposed combination or majority share acquisition involving
the issuance of shares of the corporation and requiring
shareholder approval;
(4) A proposal to sell, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of
all, or substantially all, the assets, with or without the
goodwill, of the corporation; or
(5) A proposed dissolution of the corporation.
NINTH: These Restated Articles of Incorporation take the place of and
supersede the existing articles of incorporation, as amended, of The Scotts
Company.
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