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Exhibit 4.2
FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION
No. 04-3002117
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
William Francis Galvin
Secretary of the Commonwealth
One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
(GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 72)
We, Michael Astrue, Vice President and Clerk of Biogen, Inc. located at 14
Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142 certify that these Articles of Amendment
affecting articles numbered: 3 of the Articles of Organization were duly adopted
at a meeting held on June 11, 1999, by vote of: 62,563,266 shares of Common of
75,263,543 shares outstanding, being at least a majority of each type, class or
series outstanding and entitled to vote thereon.
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To change the number of shares and the par value (if any) of any type,
class or series of stock which the corporation is authorized to issue, fill in
the following:
The total presently authorized is:
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WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
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TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE
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Common: Common: 110,000,000 $.01
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Preferred: Preferred
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Change the total authorized to:
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WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
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TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common: Common: 375,000,000 $.01
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Preferred: Preferred
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