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EXHIBIT 1
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New Jersey Department of the Treasury
Division of Revenue
Certificate of Amendment to the
Certificate of Incorporation
(For Us by Domestic Profit Corporation)
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 14A:9-2 (4) and Section 14A:9-4 (3),
Corporations, General, of the New Jersey Statutes, the undersigned corporation
executes the following Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of
Incorporation:
1. The name of the Corporation is: TOTAL-TEL USA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
2. The following amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation was approved
by the directors and thereafter duly adopted by the shareholders of the
corporation on the 12th day of September, 2000:
Resolved, that Article FIRST of the Certificate of Incorporation
be amended to read as follows:
FIRST: The name of the corporation is Covista
Communications, Inc.
3. The number of share outstanding at the time of the adoption of the
amendment was: 7,944,091
The total number of shares entitled to vote thereon was: 7,944,091
4. The number of shares voting for and against such amendment is as follows:
Number of Shares Number of Shares
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Voting For Amendment Voting Against Amendment
7,218,820 17,030
By: /S/ Thomas P. Gunning
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Thomas P. Gunning
Vice President & Secretary
Dated this 12th day of September, 2000
