EX-3 3 exhibit30203.txt AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION Exhibit 3.02 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP. Under Section 805 of the Business Corporation Law The undersigned, being respectively the President and the Secretary of Park Electrochemical Corp. (a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York), do hereby certify as follows: (1) The name of the Corporation is Park Electrochemical Corp. The name under which it was originally incorporated is Park Name Plate Inc. (2) The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed by the Department of State of the State of New York on March 31, 1954. The Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed by the Department of State of the State of New York on April 10, 1989. A Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation was filed by the Department of State of the State of New York July 17, 1995; and a Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation was filed by the Department of State of the State of New York August 16, 1995. (3) The provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation are hereby amended to increase the aggregate number of the class of shares designated Common Stock, par value $.10 per share, which the Corporation shall have authority to issue from 30,000,000 shares to 60,000,000 shares. To effect the foregoing, the first sentence of the first paragraph of Article III of the Certificate of Incorporation which states the aggregate number of shares the Corporation shall have authority to issue is hereby amended to read as follows: "The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue shall consist of 60,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the par value of $.10 per share, and 500,000 shares of Preferred Stock of the par value of $1 per share." (4) The foregoing amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation was authorized by a majority vote of the Board of Directors of the Corporation followed by the required vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders of the Corporation duly called and held for such purpose on October 10, 2000. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this certificate this 10th day of October, 2000, and affirm the foregoing statements as true under the penalties of perjury. /s/Brian E. Shore Brian E. Shore President /s/Stephen E. Gilhuley Stephen E. Gilhuley Secretary [exhibit3.02-03]ll