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EXHIBIT 3.5
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 4.04 of the Texas Business
Corporation Act, the undersigned corporation adopts the following articles of
amendment to its articles of incorporation:
ARTICLE ONE
The name of the corporation is CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
ARTICLE TWO
The following amendment to the articles of incorporation, increasing
the number of shares that the corporation is authorized to issue from
910,000,000 shares to 1,510,000,000 shares, was adopted by the shareholders of
the corporation on April 27, 2000. The amendment alters or changes Article Four,
Section 1 of the original or amended articles of incorporation and the full text
of such section is as follows:
"ARTICLE FOUR
Section 1. Authorized Shares. The aggregate number of shares
which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is
1,510,000,000 shares, consisting of three classes of capital stock:
(a) 1,500,000,000 shares of Common Stock ("Common Stock"), par
value of $.10 each;
(b) 2,000,000 shares of Class A Preferred Stock ("Class A
Preferred Stock"), par value of $1.00 each; and
(c) 8,000,000 shares of Class B Preferred Stock ("Class B
Preferred Stock"), par value of $1.00 each."
ARTICLE THREE
The number of shares of the corporation outstanding at the time of such
adoption was 338,916,186; and the number of shares entitled to vote thereon was
338,870,380.
ARTICLE FOUR
The number of shares voted for such amendment was 287,342,604; and the
number of shares voted against such amendment was 14,579,626.
Dated May 1, 2000.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
by: /s/ Kenneth E. Wyker
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Kenneth E. Wyker
Senior Vice President for Legal
Affairs and Secretary
