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STATE STREET CORP

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Exhibit 3.1

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
William Francis Galvin
Secretary of the Commonwealth
One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512

 

FORM MUST BE TYPED

 

Articles of Amendment

 

FORM MUST BE TYPED

(General Laws Chapter 156D, Section 10.06; 950 CMR 113.34)

 

 

(1) Exact name of corporation:

State Street Corporation

 

 

(2) Registered office address:

155 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111

 

(number, street, city or town, state, zip code)

 

(3) These articles of amendment affect article(s):

3

(specify the number(s) of article(s) being amended (I-VI))

 

(4) Date adopted:

April 18, 2007

 

(month, day, year)

 

 

(5) Approved by:

 

 

 

 

(check appropriate box)

 

 

 

o the incorporations.

 

 

 

o the board of directors without shareholder approval and shareholder approval was not required.

 

 

 

x the board of directors and the shareholders in the manner required by law and the articles of

 

 

organization.

 

 

 

(6) State the article number and the text of the amendment. Unless contained in the text of the amendment, state the provisions for implementing the exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares.

 

 

VOTED: That Article 3 of the Restated Articles of Organization be amended to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock, $1 par value, from 500,000,000 to 750,000,000.

 



To change the number of shares and the par value, * if any, of any type, or to designate a class or series, of stock, or change a designation of class or series of stock, which the corporation is authorized to issue, complete the following:

Total authorized prior to amendment:

WITHOUT PAR VALUE

 

WITH PAR VALUE

TYPE

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES

 

TYPE

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES

 

PAR VALUE

Common

 

0

 

Common

 

500,000,000

 

$1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred

 

3,500,000

 

Preferred

 

0

 

 

 

 

Total authorized after amendment:

WITHOUT PAR VALUE

 

WITH PAR VALUE

TYPE

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES

 

TYPE

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES

 

PAR VALUE

Common

 

0

 

Common

 

750,000,000

 

$1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred

 

3,500,000

 

Preferred

 

0

 

 

 

(7) The amendment shall be effective at the time and on the date approved by the Division, unless a later effective date not more than 90 days from the date and time of filing is specified:___________________________________

 

 

 

 

 

 

*G.L. Chapter 156D eliminates the concept of par value, however a corporation may specify par value in Article III. See G.L. Chapter 156D, Section 6.21, and comments relative thereto.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signed by:

/s/ Richard P. Jacobson

(signature of authorized individual)

 

o Chairman of the board of directors,

 

 

 

 

 

 

o President,

 

 

 

 

 

 

x Other officer,

 

 

 

 

 

 

o Court-appointed fiduciary,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on this

 

18th

 

day of

 

April,                           

 

2007                                                      .

 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

William Francis Galvin
Secretary of the Commonwealth
One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512

Articles of Amendment
(General Laws Chapter 156D, Section 10.06; 950 CMR 113.34)

I hereby certify that upon examination of these articles of amendment, it appears that the provisions
of the General Laws relative thereto have been complied with, and the filing fee in the amount of
$       having been paid, said articles are deemed to have been filed with me this         day of          ,
20     , at        a.m./p.m.

 

               time

 

Effective date:

 

 

 

(must be within 90 days of date submitted)

 

WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
Secretary of the Commonwealth

Filing fee: Minimum filing fee $100 per article amended, stock increases $100 per 100,000 shares, plus $100 for each additional 100,000 shares or any fraction thereof.

 

 

 

 

Examiner

 

 

 

 

 

Name approval

 

TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION

 

 

Contact Information:

C

 

 

 

 

Richard Jacobson, Assistant Secretary

M

 

 

 

 

State Street Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone:

(617) 664-3507

 

 

 

 

 

Email:

rpjacobson@statestreet.com

 

 

 

 

 

Upon filing, a copy of this filing will be available at www.sec.state.ma.us/cor. If the document is rejected, a copy of the rejection sheet and rejected document will be available in the rejected queue.