EXHIBIT 3(a)
ASTRONICS CORPORATION
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, AS AMENDED
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ASTRONICS CORPORATION
Under §807 of the Business Corporation Law
WE, KEVIN T. KEANE and JOHN B. DRENNING, being respectively the President and Secretary of
ASTRONICS CORPORATION, hereby certify:
1. The name of the Corporation is ASTRONICS CORPORATION. The name under which the Corporation
was formed is ASTRONICS LUMINESCENT, INC.
2. The Certificate of Incorporation was filed by the Department of State on the 5th day of
December 1968.
3. The Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended pursuant to Section 801 of the Business
Corporation Law to effect the following amendments:
(a) To restate the purposes for which the Corporation is formed, as set forth in
Paragraph SECOND of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
(b) To increase the aggregate number of shares of $.01 par value common stock that the
Corporation will have the authority to issue from two million (2,000,000) shares to four
million (4,000,000) shares, as set forth in Paragraph FOURTH of the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation.
(c) To change the location of the office of the Corporation and the address to which the
Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process in any action or proceeding against the
Corporation, as set forth in Paragraphs THIRD and FIFTH of the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, respectively.
(d) To insert a new Paragraph SIXTH to require an eighty percent (80%) vote of the
shareholders to approve certain mergers, consolidations, sales of assets and certain other
transactions; to require the written request of two-thirds (2/3) of the Board of Directors or
eighty percent (80%) of the shareholders to call a special meeting of shareholders; and to
provide that Paragraph SIXTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation cannot be altered,
amended or repealed except by an eighty percent (80%) vote of the shareholders.
4. The Certificate of Incorporation, as amended heretofore and as further amended hereby, is
restated to read as herein set forth in full:
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ASTRONICS CORPORATION
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is ASTRONICS CORPORATION.
SECOND: The purpose for which the Corporation is formed is to engage in any lawful act or
activity for which corporations may be formed under the Business Corporation Law, but it is not
formed to engage in any act or activity requiring the consent or approval of any state official,
department, board, agency or other body without such consent or approval first being obtained;
including, but not limited, to the following:
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To purchase, receive, take by grant, gift, devise, bequest or otherwise, lease or
otherwise acquire, own, hold, improve, employ, use and otherwise deal in and with real
or personal property or any interest therein, wherever situated. |
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To sell, convey, lease, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or mortgage
or pledge, or create a security interest in, all or any of its property, or any
interest therein, wherever situated. |
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To purchase, take, receive, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold,
vote, employ, sell, lend, lease, exchange, transfer, or otherwise dispose of,
mortgage, pledge, use and otherwise deal in and with, bonds
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and other obligations, shares, or other securities or interests issued by others,
whether engaged in similar or different business, governmental or other activities. |
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To make contracts, give guarantees to the extent permitted by law and incur
liabilities, borrow money at such rates of interest as the Corporation may determine,
issue its notes, bonds and other obligations, and secure any of its obligations by
mortgage or pledge of all or any of its property or any interest therein, wherever
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To purchase, receive, take or otherwise acquire, own, hold, sell, lend, exchange,
transfer or otherwise dispose of, pledge, use and otherwise deal in
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To be a promoter, partner, member, associate or manager of other business
enterprises or ventures or to the extent permitted in any other jurisdiction to be an
incorporator of other corporations of any type or kind, to the extent permitted by law. |
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To purchase, receive, secure, apply for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, employ,
use and otherwise deal in and with by grant, license or otherwise, any right, interest,
invention, improvement or process used in connection with or secured under letters
patent or copyright of the United States or of any jurisdiction without the United
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To purchase, receive, take or otherwise acquire, own, hold, improve, employ, use
and otherwise deal in the assets, property, rights and good will of any corporation,
firm, association or entity, engaged in any business which the Corporation is authorized
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To have and exercise all powers necessary or convenient to affect any or all of
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The foregoing enumeration of purposes and powers shall not be deemed to limit or
restrict in any manner the general powers of the Corporation, and the enjoyment and
exercise thereof as conferred by the law of the State of New York upon corporations
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THIRD: The office of the Corporation is to be located in the Village of Orchard Park, County
of Erie and State of New York.
FOURTH: The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is
four million (4,000,000) shares, all of which shall be common shares of the par value of One Cent
($.01) per share.
No holder of any share of the Corporation shall, because of his ownership or shares, have a
preemptive right or other right to purchase, subscribe for, or take any part of any shares or any
part of the notes, debentures, bonds, or other securities convertible into or carrying options or
warrants to purchase shares of the Corporation issued, optioned, or sold by it after its
incorporation, whether the shares be authorized by the Certificate of Incorporation or be
authorized by an Amended Certificate duly filed and in effect at the time of the issuance or sale
of such shares or of such notes, debentures, bonds or other securities convertible into or carrying
options or warrants to purchase shares of the Corporation. Any part of the shares authorized by the
Certificate of Incorporation or by an Amended Certificate duly filed, and any part of the notes,
debentures, bonds, or other securities convertible into or carrying options or warrants to purchase
shares of the Corporation may at any time be issued, optioned for sale and sold, or disposed of by
the Corporation pursuant to resolution of its Board of Directors to such persons and upon such
terms and conditions as made, to such Board, seem proper and advisable without first offering to
existing shareholders the said shares or the said notes, debentures, bonds, or other securities
convertible into or carrying options or warrants to purchase shares of the Corporation, or any part
of any thereof.
FIFTH: The Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the Corporation upon whom process
in any action or proceeding against it may be served with the State of New York, and the address
to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process in any action or proceeding against
the Corporation which may be served upon him is c/o Moot & Sprague, 2300 Main Place Tower,
Buffalo, New York 14202.
SIXTH: The following provisions are inserted for the regulation and conduct of the business
and affairs of the Corporation and are in furtherance of and not in limitation or exclusion of any
powers conferred upon it by statute:
(A) The affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 80% of the
outstanding shares of the
Corporation entitled to vote thereon shall be required
(i) to adopt any agreement for the merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any
subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) with or into any other person (as hereinafter defined)
or the merger of any other person into the Corporation or any subsidiary.
(ii) to authorize any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge or disposition to any other
person of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation or any
subsidiary, or any part of such assets having a then fair market value greater than 50% of the
then fair market value of the total assets of the Corporation or such subsidiary, or
(iii) to authorize the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any subsidiary of any
voting securities of the Corporation in exchange or payment for the securities or property
and assets (including cash) of any other person.
(B) The Provisions of this Paragraph Sixth shall not apply to any transaction
described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section A of this Paragraph Sixth if
(i) prior to the consummation of such transaction, the Board of Directors of the
Corporation shall have adopted a resolution approving the written agreement pursuant to
which which such transaction shall thereafter be consummated or a written memorandum of
understanding with respect to the terms upon which such transaction shall thereafter be
consummated, or
(ii) the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation is, at the time such
transaction is agreed to, the beneficial owner of a majority, by vote, of the voting
interest in the other party or parties to the transaction.
(C) For purposes of this Paragraph Sixth:
(i) a security or securities shall include both equity and debt securities;
(ii) any specified person shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner or to
beneficially own any securities (a) as to which such person or any affiliate or
associate of such person has the right, along or with others, to direct the manner of
exercise of the voting rights of such securities, whether or not such person or any
affiliate or associate of such person has any interest in any income or distribution
with respect to such securities, or (b) which such specified person or any of its
affiliates or associates has the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement or upon
exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or pursuant to the automatic
termination of a trust, discretionary account or similar arrangement, or otherwise, or
(c) which are beneficially owned, within the meaning of clause (a) and (b) hereof, by
any other person with which such specified person or any of its affiliates or
associates has any agreement, arrangement, or relationship or understanding for the
purpose of acquiring, holding, voting, or disposing of such securities;
(iii) a person is any individual, corporation or other entity;
(iv) an affiliate of a specified person is any person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with such specified person;
(v) an associate of a specified person is (a) any person of which such specified
person is an executive officer, principal, member or partner or is, directly or
indirectly, the beneficial owner of 5% or more of any class of equity securities of
such person, (b) any person that bears to the specified person the relationship
described in sub-clause (a) of this clause (v), (c) any trust or other estate in which
such specified person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which such
specified person serves as a trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity, (d) any
relative or spouse of the specified person, or any relative of such spouse, who has
the same home (or is a member of the same household) as such specified person, (e) any
person which controls or is controlled by such specified person, or (f) any other
member or partner in a partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, syndicate or
other group of which the specified person is a member or partner and which is acting
together with the specified person for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing
of any interest in the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation:
(vi) a subsidiary of a specified person is any person, a majority, by vote, of the
voting interest of which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such
specified person.
The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine the meaning and
applicability of each of the above definitions based on information then known to it,
and any determination of the Board of Directors of the Corporation concerning such
matters shall be inclusive and binding for all purposes and with respect to all
persons.
(D) Special meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation may be called at any
time on the written request of two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then serving on the
board, or upon the written request of the holders of not less than 80% of the
outstanding shares of each class of capital stock of the Corporation
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors as of the date on which
such request is actually received by the Corporation.
(E) The provisions set forth in Sections A, B, C, D and E of Paragraph Sixth of
this Restated Certificate of Incorporation may not be altered, amended or repealed in
any respect unless such alteration, amendment or repeal is approved by an affirmative
vote of holders of not less than 80% of the outstanding shares of the Corporation
entitled to vote thereon.
5. The amendments to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and the
restatement thereof were authorized as follows:
(a) as to the amendment specified above in Paragraphs 3.(a) and 3.(b), by a vote of the
holders of a majority of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon at a
meeting duly called and held on May 4, 1984, at which a quorum was present and acting
throughout,
(b) as to the changes specified in Paragraph 3.(c), by a unanimous vote of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation at a meeting duly called and held on February 16, 1984, at which a
quorum was present and acting throughout, and
(c) as to the amendment specified above in Paragraph 3.(d), by a vote of the holders of
two-thirds (2/3) of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon at a
meeting duly called and held on May 4, 1984, at which a quorum was present and acting
throughout.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this Certificate this 4th day of May
1984.
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KEVIN T. KEANE, PRESIDENT |
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JOHN B. DRENNING, SECRETARY |
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VERIFICATION
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COUNTY OF ERIE) |
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JOHN B. DRENNING, being duly sworn, deposes and says, that he is
one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing
certificate, that he has read the same and knows the contents
thereof, and that the statements contained therein are true.
Subscribed to before me the
4th day of May, 1984.
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
ASTRONICS CORPORATION
Under Section 805 of the Business Corporation Law
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT:
1. The name of the Corporation is Astronics Corporation. The Corporation was formed under
the name Astronics Luminescent, Inc.
2. The Certificate of. Incorporation was filed at the Department of State of the State of
New York on the 5th day of December 1968.
3. Paragraph Fourth of the Certificate of Incorporation, setting forth the authorized
shares of the Corporation, is hereby amended to read, in its entirety, as follows:
FOURTH: The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to
issue is fifteen million (15,000,000) shares, consisting of ten million (10,000,000)
shares of Common Stock, Par Value $.01 per share, and five million (5,000,000) shares of
Class B Stock, Par Value $.01 per share.
The relative rights, preferences and limitations of each class of capital stock are to be
fixed as follows:
A. Dividends
Holders of Common Stock and Class B Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends
and other distributions in cash, stock or property of the Corporation as may be declared
thereon by the Board of Directors from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation
legally available therefore, provided that in the case of cash dividends, no dividend may be
paid on the Class B Stock unless an equal or greater dividend is paid concurrently on the
Common Stock, and cash dividends may be paid on the Common Stock in excess of dividends paid,
or without paying dividends, on the Class B Stock. In the case of dividends or other
distributions payable in stock of the Corporation, including share distributions or stock
splits or divisions of stock of the Corporation, such distributions, splits or divisions
shall be in the same proportion with respect to each class of stock, and the Common Stock and
Class B Stock will be treated equally. A dividend or share distribution declared in shares
of Common Stock will be distributed pro rata, as Common Stock, to the holders of Common Stock
and Class B Stock. A dividend or share distribution declared in shares of Class B Stock will
be distributed pro rata, as Class B Stock, to the holders of Common Stock and Class B Stock.
In the case of any combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, the shares of Class B
Stock shall also be combined or reclassified so that the relationship
between the number of shares of Class B Stock and Common Stock outstanding immediately following such combination
or reclassification shall be the same as the relationship between the Class B Stock and the
Common Stock immediately prior to such combination or reclassification.
B. Voting
(1) At every meeting of the shareholders every holder of Common Stock
shall be entitled to one (1) vote in person or by proxy for each share of Common Stock
standing in his name on the transfer books of the Corporation and every holder of Class B
Stock shall be entitled to ten (10) votes in person or by proxy for each share of Class B
Stock standing in his name on the transfer books of the Corporation.
(2) Except in connection with share distributions, stock splits and stock dividends and
anti-dilutive adjustments determined by the Board of Directors for options, stock
subscriptions and warrants outstanding on the date of record for the share distribution,
stock split or stock dividend, the Corporation may not effect the issuance of any shares of
Class B Stock unless and until such issuance is authorized by the holders of a majority of
the voting power of the shares of Common Stock and of Class B Stock entitled to vote, each
voting separately as a class.
(3) No shareholder shall have the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors.
(4) Except as may be otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the
holders of Common Stock and Class B stock shall vote together as a single class.
C. Transfer
(1) No person holding shares of Class B Stock of record (hereinafter called a Class B
Holder) may transfer the Class B Stock, except by gift, devise or bequest, by a transfer to
the estate of a shareholder upon the death of such shareholder, or by a transfer of shares
held in a trust to the grantor of such trust or to any person to whom or for whose benefit
the principal of such trust may be distributed; and the Corporation and the transfer agent
shall not register the transfer of such shares of Class B Stock, whether by sale, assignment,
appointment or otherwise. Any purported transfer of shares of Class B Stock, other than a
transfer of the type described above, shall be null and void and of no effect and the
purported transfer by a Class B Holder will result in the immediate and automatic conversion
of the shares of Class B Stock held by such Class B Holder into shares of Common Stock, on a
one (1) share for one (1) share basis. The purported transferee shall have no rights as a
shareholder of the Corporation and no other rights against, or with respect to, the
Corporation except the right to receive shares of Common Stock upon the immediate and
automatic conversion of his shares of Class B Stock into shares of Common Stock. The estate
of any deceased shareholder, a transferee upon the distribution of the assets of such an
estate, any transferee of the Class B Stock by gift, devise or bequest or a transferee from a
trust of which such transferee was the grantor or a principal beneficiary shall hold the
transferred shares of Class B Stock subject to the same restrictions on transferability as
apply to all Class B Holders under this Paragraph Fourth.
(2) Shares of Class B Stock shall be registered in the name(s) of the beneficial
Owner(s) thereof (as hereafter defined) and not in street or nominee names; provided,
however, certificates representing shares of Class B Stock issued as or in connection with a
share distribution, stock split or stock dividend on the Corporations then outstanding
Common Stock or Class B Stock may be registered in the same name and manner the certificates
representing the shares of Common Stock or Class B Stock with respect to which the shares of
Class B Stock are issued. For the purposes of this Section C, the term beneficial owner(s)
of any shares of Class B Stock shall mean the person or persons who possess the power to
dispose, or to direct the disposition of such shares. Any shares of Class B Stock registered
in street or nominee name may be transferred to the beneficial owner of such shares on
the record date for such share distribution, stock split or stock dividend, upon proof
satisfactory to the Corporation and the transfer agent that such person was in fact the
beneficial owner of such shares on the record date for such share distribution, stock split
or stock dividend.
(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, any Class B Holder may
pledge such holders shares of Class B Stock to a pledgee pursuant to a bona fide pledge of
such shares as collateral security for indebtedness due to the pledgee, provided that such
shares shall not be transferred to or registered in the name of the pledgee and shall remain
subject to the provisions of this Section C. In the event of foreclosure or other similar
action by the pledgee, such pledged shares of Class B Stock may not be transferred to the
pledgee without first being converted into shares of Common Stock.
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Each joint owner of shares of Class B Stock
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A minor for whom shares of Class B Stock are
held pursuant to a Uniform Gifts to Minors Act or similar law shall be
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Unless otherwise specified, the term person
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Persons participating in a thrift or employee
stock purchase plan of the Corporation (or any similar or successor
plans) shall be deemed to be the Class B Holders of the shares of
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(5) Any transfer of share of Class B Stock not permitted hereunder shall result in the
conversion of the transferees shares of Class B Stock into shares of Common Stock, on a one
(1) share for one (1) share basis, effective the date on which certificates representing such
shares are presented for transfer on the books of the Corporation. The Corporation may, in
connection with preparing a list of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of
shareholders, or as a condition to the transfer or the registration of shares of Class B
Stock on the Corporations books, require the furnishing of such affidavits or other proof as
it deems necessary to establish that any person is the beneficial owner of shares of Class B
Stock.
D. Conversion Rights
(1) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section D, each share of Class B Stock
shall be convertible at any time or from time to time, at the option of the respective holder
thereof, at the office of any transfer agent for Class B Stock, and at such other place or
places, if any, as the Board of Directors may designate, or, if the Board of Directors shall
fail so to designate, at the principal office of the Corporation (attention of the Secretary
of the Corporation), into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock. Upon
conversion, the Corporation shall make no payment or adjustment on account of dividends
accrued or in arrears on Class B Stock surrendered for conversion or on account of any
dividends on the Common Stock issuable on such conversion. Before any holder of Class B Stock
shall be entitled to convert the same into Common Stock, he shall surrender the certificate
or certificates for such Class B Stock at the office of said transfer agent (or other place
as provided above), which certificate or certificates, if the Corporation shall so request,
shall be duly endorsed to the Corporation or in blank or accompanied by proper instruments of
transfer to the Corporation (such endorsements or instruments of transfer to be in form
satisfactory to the Corporation), and shall give written notice to the Corporation at said
office that he elects so to convert said Class B Stock in accordance with the terms of this
Section D, and shall state in writing therein the name or names in which he wishes the
certificate or certificates for Common Stock to be issued. Subject to the provision of
subsection (3) of this Section D, such conversion shall be deemed to have been made as of the
date of such surrender of the Class B Stock to be converted; and the person or persons
entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Class B Stock shall be
treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Stock on such date.
(2) The issuance of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon conversion of shares of
Class B Stock shall be made without charge for any stamp or other similar tax in respect of
such issuance. However, if any such certificate is to be issued in a name other than that of
the holder of the share or shares of Class B Stock converted, the person or persons
requesting the issuance thereof shall pay to the Corporation the amount of any tax which may
be payable in respect of any transfer involved in such issuance or shall establish to the
satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid.
(3) The Corporation shall not be required to convert Class B Stock, and no surrender of
Class B Stock shall, be effective for that purpose, while the stock transfer books of the
Corporation are closed for any purpose; but the surrender of Class B Stock for conversion
during any period while such books are so closed shall become effective for conversion
immediately upon the reopening of such books, as if the conversion had been made on the date
such Class B Stock was surrendered.
(4) The Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available,
solely for the purpose of issue upon conversion of the outstanding shares of Class B Stock,
such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be issuable upon the conversion of all such
outstanding shares, provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the
Corporation from satisfying its obligations in respect of the conversion of the outstanding
shares of Class B Stock by delivery of shares of Common Stock which are held in the treasury
of the Corporation. The Corporation covenants that all shares of Common Stock which shall be
issued upon conversion of the shares of Class B Stock, will, upon issue, be fully paid and
non-assessable and not entitled to any preemptive rights. All shares of Class B Stock
converted into Common Stock shall be cancelled and restored to the status of authorized but
unissued shares of Class B Stock.
(5) At any time when the Board of Directors and the holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of Class B Stock approve the conversion of all of the Class B Stock into
Common Stock, then the outstanding shares of Class B Stock shall be converted into shares of
Common Stock. In the event of such a conversion, certificates formerly representing
outstanding shares of Class B Stock shall thereupon and thereafter be deemed to represent the
like number of shares of Common Stock.
E. Liquidation Rights
In the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the
Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for payment of the
debts and other liabilities of the Corporation, the remaining assets and funds of the
Corporation, if any, shall be divided among and paid ratably to the holders of Common Stock
and the holders of Class B Stock. A merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into
any other corporation or a sale or conveyance of all or any part of the assets of the
Corporation (which shall not in fact result in the liquidation of the Corporation and the
distribution of assets to shareholders) shall not be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary
liquidation or dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this
Section E.
F. Preemptive Rights
Subject to any conversion rights of any shares of Class B Stock, no holder of stock of the
Corporation of any class shall be entitled as of right to subscribe for or receive any part of
the authorized stock of the Corporation or any part of any new, additional or increased issues
of stock of any class or of any obligations convertible into any class or classes of stock, but
the Board of Directors may, without offering any such shares of stock or obligations convertible
into stock to shareholders of any class, issue and sell or dispose of the same to such persons
and for such consideration permitted by law as it may from time to time in its absolute
discretion determine.
4. The foregoing amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation was duly authorized at a
meeting of the Board of Directors, followed by approval of a majority of the shareholders
entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders held on April 24, 1987.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate has been subscribed this 30th day of April, 1987, by the
undersigned, who affirm that the statements made herein are true under penalties of perjury.
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Kevin T. Keane |
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President and Chief
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John B. Drenning |
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
THIS CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
ASTRONICS CORPORATION
Under Section 805 of the Business Corporation Law
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT:
1. The name of the Corporation is Astronics Corporation. The Corporation was formed under
the name Astronics Luminescent, Inc.
2. The Certificate of Incorporation was filed at the Department of State of the State of
New York on the 5th day of December 1968.
3. A new paragraph SEVENTH shall be added to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation to
read as-follows:
SEVENTH: No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or
its shareholders for damages for any breach of his duty as a director; provided, however,
that nothing in this paragraph SEVENTH shall eliminate or limit the liability of any
director if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to him establishes that his acts
or omissions were in bad faith or involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law or that he personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantages to which he
was not legally entitled or that his acts violated Section 719 of the Business Corporation
Law of the State of New York. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this paragraph
SEVENTH shall eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any act or omission
occurring prior to the date of the filing of the Certificate of Amendment to the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation that includes this paragraph SEVENTH.
4. The foregoing amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation was duly authorized at a
meeting of the Board of Directors, followed by approval of a majority of the shareholders
entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders held on April 22, 1988.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate has been subscribed this 16th day of May, 1988, by the
undersigned, who affirm that the statements made herein are true under penalties of
perjury.
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Kevin T. Keane |
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John B. Drenning |
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