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Exhibit 3.1(2)
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ABGENIX, INC.
ABGENIX, INC., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify:
FIRST: The name of the corporation is ABGENIX, INC.
SECOND: The corporation's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the state of Delaware on
July 8, 1998.
THIRD: The Board of Directors of the corporation, acting in accordance
with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware, adopted resolutions to amend the Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation of the corporation by deleting the first paragraph of Article
IV and substituting therefor a new first paragraph of Article IV in the
following form:
"This Corporation is authorized to issue two classes
of stock to be designated, respectively, Common Stock and
Preferred Stock. The total number of shares which the
Corporation is authorized to issue is one hundred five
million (105,000,000) shares. One hundred million
(100,000,000) shares shall be Common Stock, each having a
par value of $0.0001. Five million (5,000,000) shares
shall be Preferred Stock, each having a par value of
$0.0001."
FOURTH: Thereafter, pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors,
this Certificate of Amendment was submitted to the stockholders of the
corporation for their approval and was duly adopted in accordance with the
provision of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Abgenix, Inc. has caused this Certificate of
Amendment to be signed by its President and Chief Executive Officer and attested
to by its Secretary this 6th day of June, 2000.
ABGENIX, INC.
/s/ R. Scott Greer
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R. Scott Greer
President and Chief Executive Officer
ATTEST:
/s/ Kurt W. Leutzinger
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Kurt W. Leutzinger
Secretary