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EXHIBIT 3.1
STATE OF DELAWARE
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
MCLAREN AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC., a corporation organized and existing under and
by virtue of the General Corporation law of the State of Delaware,
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
FIRST: That at a meeting of the Board of Directors of McLaren Automotive Group,
Inc., resolutions were duly adopted setting forth a proposed amendment of the
Certificate of Incorporation of said corporation, declaring said amendment to be
advisable and to be recommended to the stockholders of said corporation for
consideration at their annual meeting. The resolution setting forth the proposed
amendment is as follows:
RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation be amended
by changing the Article there numbered "FIRST" so that, as amended, said Article
shall be and read as follows:
"The name of this Corporation is McLaren Performance Technologies, Inc."
SECOND: That thereafter, the annual meeting of the stockholders of said
corporation was duly called and held upon notice in accordance with Section 222
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware at which meeting the
necessary number of shares as required by statute were vote in favor of the
amendment.
THIRD: That said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of
Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
FOURTH: That the capital of said corporation shall not be reduced under or by
reason of said amendment.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate as of the
18th day of April, 2000.
By: /s/ Wiley R. McCoy
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Name: Wiley R. McCoy, President
