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EXHIBIT 3.3
CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION
OF
FOURTH AMENDMENT
TO
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
ADVANCED LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Alan J. Ruud, President, of ADVANCED LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., an
Ohio corporation, having its principal office in the City of Solon, Ohio, does
hereby certify that on the 17th day of February, 2000, pursuant to the authority
of Ohio Revised Code Section 1701.71(A) and Article Eleventh of the Second
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of said Corporation,
the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding common shares and
preferred shares of said Corporation entitled to vote at a meeting of
shareholders, approved the following action and adopted the following resolution
amending the existing Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation:
RESOLVED, that, pursuant to Section 1701.71(A) of the Ohio Revised
Code, Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc. (the "Corporation")
effective on the date of filing of a certified copy of this resolution
with the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio, the Second Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of the Corporation
are hereby amended to add the following new Article TWELFTH:
"TWELFTH: Section 1701.831 of the Ohio Revised Code shall not
apply to control share acquisitions of shares of the
Corporation."
Such amendment shall, and does hereby, amend such Second Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation effective on such date.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Alan J. Ruud, President, acting for and on behalf
of said Corporation, has hereunto subscribed his name this 9th day of March,
2000.
/s/Alan J. Ruud
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Alan J. Ruud, President
