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EXHIBIT 3
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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, William P. Ferry, President, and Richard M. Spaulding, Clerk, of Banyan
Systems Incorporated located at 120 Flanders Road, Westboro, MA 01581, certify
that these Articles of Amendment, affecting articles numbered 1 and 3 of the
Articles of Organization, were duly adopted at a meeting held on May 9, 2000, by
vote 20,029,306 shares of Common Stock of 23,320,488 shares outstanding, being
at least a majority of each type, class or series outstanding and entitled to
vote thereon; being at least two-thirds of each type, class or series
outstanding and entitled to vote thereon and of each type, class or series of
stock whose rights are adversely affected thereby:
The name of the corporation is changed from Banyan Systems Incorporated to
ePresence, Inc.
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
TYPE NUMER OF SHARES TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common: Common: 35,000,000 $0.01
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Preferred: Preferred: 1,000,000 $0.01
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(of which 263,158 shares have been designated Series A
Convertible Preferred; 65,790 shares have been designated
Series B Convertible Preferred; 65,790 shares have designated
Series C Convertible Preferred)
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Change the total authorized to:
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WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
TYPE NUMER OF SHARES TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common: Common: 100,000,000 $0.01
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Preferred: Preferred: 1,000,000 $0.01
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(of which 263,158 shares have been designated Series A
Convertible Preferred; 65,790 shares have been designated
Series B Convertible Preferred; 65,790 shares have designated
Series C Convertible Preferred)
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The foregoing amendment(s) will become effective when these Articles of
Amendment are filed in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 6
unless these articles specify, in accordance with the vote adopting the
amendment, a later effective date not more than thirty days after such filing,
in which event the amendment will become effective on such later date.
Later effective date: ________________________________________.
SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, the 9th day of May, 2000.
/s/ William P. Ferry, President
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/s/ Richard M. Spaulding, Clerk
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