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EXHIBIT 3(a)(4)
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STATE OF OHIO
OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE, J. KENNETH BLACKWELL
626239
It is hereby certified that the Secretary of State of Ohio
has custody of the business records for
FRONTSTEP, INC.
and, that said business records show the filing and recording of:
Documents(s) Document No(s):
DOMESTIC/AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES 200031402000
[SECRETARY OF STATE LOGO]
United States of America
State of Ohio
Office of the Secretary of State
Witness my hand and the seal of the Secretary of State at Columbus, Ohio this
8th day of November, A.D. 2000.
/s/ J. Kenneth Blackwell
Ohio Secretary of State
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-Expedite this form--
[THE SEAL OF PRESCRIBED BY J. KENNETH BLACKWELL
THE SECRETARY
OF STATE OF OHIO] Please obtain fee amount and mailing [X] Yes
instructions from the FORMS INVENTORY ---------------------
LIST (using the 3 digit form # located
at the bottom of this form). To obtain
the FORMS INVENTORY LIST or for
assistance, please call Customer
Service:
Central Ohio: (614)-466-3910
TOLL FREE: 1-877-SOS-FILE (1-877-767-3453)
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
BY SHAREHOLDERS TO ARTICLES OF
SYMIX SYSTEMS, INC.
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(Names of Corporation)
626239
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(charter number)
Daniel P. Buettin, who is the Secretary
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(name) (title)
of the above named Ohio corporation organized for profit, does hereby certify
that: (Please check the appropriate box and complete the appropriate
statements.)
[X] a meeting of the shareholders was duly called and held on November 8, 2000,
at which meeting a quorum the shareholders was present in person or by
proxy, and that by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling
them to exercise 89.91% of the voting power of the corporation,
[ ] in a writing signed by all the shareholders who would be entitled to notice
of a meeting held for that purpose, the following resolution to amend the
articles was adopted:
RESOLVED, that Article FIRST of the Company's Amended Articles of
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Incorporation, as amended, be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety
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and amended to read as follows:
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FIRST: The name of the corporation shall be Frontstep, Inc.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the above named officer, acting for and on behalf of the
corporation, has hereunto subscribed his name on November 8, 2000
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(his/her) (date)
Signature: /s/ Daniel P. Buettin
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Title: Secretary
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