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Exhibit 3.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

MWI VETERINARY SUPPLY, INC.
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1.              The name of the Corporation is:  MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc..

 

2.              The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is:  Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.  The name of its registered agent at such address is:  The Corporation Trust Company.

 

3.              The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

 

4.              The total number of shares of stock, which the Corporation shall have authority to issue, is 100 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

 

5.              The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

 

6.              In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation.

 

7.              To the fullest extent that the laws of the State of Delaware, as they exist on the date hereof or as they may hereafter be amended, permit the limitation or elimination of the liability of directors or officers, no director or officer of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholder for damages for breach of any duty owed to the Corporation or its stockholders.  Neither the amendment or repeal of this provision nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation which is inconsistent with this provision shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director or officer of the Corporation for or with respect to any act or omission of such director or officer occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.

 

8.              Unless and except to the extent that the By-Laws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.