EXHIBIT 3.1.2
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
OFFICE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SECRETARY OF STATE
MICHAEL J. CONNOLLY, Secretary
ONE ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02108
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION
General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 72 NO. 04-3186494
We, James A. Geraghty, President and Mark A. Hofer, Assistant Clerk of:
Genzyme Transgenics Corporation
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(EXACT Name of Corporation)
located at: One Mountain Road, Framingham, MA 01701
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(MASSACHUSETTS Address of Corporation)
do hereby 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 hereby)
of the Articles of Organization were duly adopted at a meeting held on September
28, 1994, by vote of:
5,366,244 shares of Common out of 5,507,034 shares outstanding,
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type, class & series, (if any)
being at least a majority of each type, class or series outstanding and entitled
to vote thereon.(1)
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(1) For amendments adopted pursuant to Chapter 156B, Section 70.
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
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TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES
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COMMON: None
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PREFERRED None
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WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
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TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE
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COMMON: 12,000,000 $0.01
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PREFERRED 5,000,000 $0.01
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CHANGE the total authorized to:
WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS
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TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES
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COMMON: None
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PREFERRED None
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WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
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TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE
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COMMON: 24,000,000 $0.01
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PREFERRED 5,000,000 $0.01
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The foregoing amendment will become effective when these articles of amendment
are filed in accordance with Chapter 156B, Section 6 of the General Laws 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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IN WITNESS WHEREOF AND UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, we have hereunto signed
our names this 30th day of September in the year 1994.
/s/ James A. Geraghty President
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/s/ Mark A. Hofer Assistant Clerk
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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 $12,000 having
been paid, said articles are deemed to have been
filed with me this third day of October 1994.
MICHAEL J. CONNOLLY
Secretary of State
TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION
PHOTOCOPY OF ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO BE
SENT
TO: Joseph L. Johnson III, Esquire
Goodwin, Procter & Hoar
Exchange Place, Boston, MA 02109
Telephone: (617) 570-1000