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8-K - ALERE INC.form8-k.htm
EX-2.1 - ALERE INC.ex2-1.htm
EX-99.1 - ALERE INC.ex99-1.htm
 
Exhibit 3.1
 
 
ALERE INC.

BY-LAW AMENDMENT


The Amended and Restated By-laws of Alere Inc. are hereby amended to add a new Article VII, as set forth below:

“ARTICLE VII
FORUM FOR ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES.

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action or proceeding asserting a claim arising pursuant to, or seeking to enforce any right, obligation, or remedy under, any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate or these By-Laws (as each may be amended from time to time), or (iv) any action or proceeding asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each case, shall be the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if and only if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any state court located within the State of Delaware or, if and only if all such state courts lack subject matter jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware).”