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EXHIBIT 3.4
Exhibits
Exhibit 3.4 - Certificate of Correction to the Certificate of Amendment of
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Registrant, filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on September 13, 2000
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CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
TO THE
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
IXYS CORPORATION
IXYS Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), formerly
Paradigm Technology, Inc, certifies pursuant to Section 103(f) of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware that:
1. The name of the corporation filing this certificate is IXYS
Corporation and it is a Delaware corporation.
2. The instrument being corrected is entitled "CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF PARADIGM TECHNOLOGY,
INC." and said instrument was filed in the office of the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware on September 23, 1998.
3. An amendment of Section (A) of Article IV of the Corporation's
Certificate of Incorporation was inadvertently omitted from said CERTIFICATE
OF AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF PARADIGM
TECHNOLOGY, INC.
4. As corrected, the resolution relating to, and the amendment of,
Section (A) and Section (B) of Article IV of the Corporation's Certificate of
Incorporation, as set forth in said CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF PARADIGM TECHNOLOGY, INC., should
read in its entirety as follows:
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"RESOLVED, that Sections (A) and (B) of Article IV of the Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation be amended and
restated to read in their entirety as follows:
(A) This Corporation is authorized to issue 45,000,000 shares of its
Capital Stock, which shall be divided into two classes known as "Common
Stock" and "Preferred Stock," respectively.
(B) The total number of shares of Common Stock which this Corporation
is authorized to issue is 40,000,000. The total number of shares of
Preferred Stock which this Corporation is authorized to issue is 5,000,000.
All of the shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock shall have a par
value of $.01 per share. Each fifteen (15) shares of Common Stock of the
Corporation issued as of the date and time immediately preceding September
23, 1998, the effective date of the reverse stock split (the "Split
Effective Date") shall be automatically changed and reclassified, as of the
Split Effective Date and, without further action, into one (1) fully paid
and nonassessable share of Common Stock of the Corporation; provided,
however, that any fractional interest resulting from such change and
reclassification shall be rounded upward to the nearest whole share."
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In Witness Whereof, IXYS Corporation has caused this Certificate of
Correction to be signed by its President and attested to by its Secretary this
13th day of September, 2000.
IXYS Corporation
By: /s/ Nathan Zommer
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Nathan Zommer, President
Attest:
/s/ Arnold P. Agbayani
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Arnold P. Agbayani, Secretary
