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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPexhibit991rightsagreement.htm
EX-4.4 - EXHIBIT 4.4 - COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPa41cmcofirstamendmenttorig.htm
EX-3.5 - EXHIBIT 3.5 - COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPa32cmcofiftharbylaws.htm
8-K - 8-K 03.29.18 - COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPa8krightsagreement032618.htm


Exhibit 3.4
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPORATION
(Under Section 805 of the Business Corporation Law)
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The undersigned, Alan S. Korman, Vice President - Corporate Development, General Counsel and CHRO of Columbus McKinnon Corporation, a New York corporation (the "CORPORATION"), hereby certifies as follows:
1. The name of the Corporation is COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPORATION. The name under which the Corporation was formed is COLUMBUS MCKINNON CHAIN CO., INC.
2. The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed by the Department of State on September 23, 1929.
3. The amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation effected by this Certificate of Amendment is to eliminate the series of preferred shares, par value $1.00 per share, of Columbus McKinnon Corporation (the “Corporation”) entitled the "Series A Junior Participating Preferred Shares", none of which shares of such series are outstanding and none of which shares of such series will be issued subject to the Certificate of Incorporation. This Certificate of Amendment constitutes a series elimination. It does not change the number of authorized preferred shares under Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation.
4. When this Certificate of Amendment becomes accepted for filing, it shall have the effect of eliminating from the Certificate of Incorporation all matters set forth therein with respect to the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Shares. In furtherance thereof, Article NINTH of the Certificate of Incorporation, relating to the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Shares, is hereby stricken out in its entirety, without substituting a new Article in lieu thereof.
5. Following the elimination of the 50,000 shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Shares, the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall continue to be authorized to issue up to 1,000,000


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preferred shares, par value $1.00 per share, under Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation.
6. The Board of Directors of the Corporation authorized the amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation under the authority vested in said Board under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and of Section 502 of the Business Corporation Law.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed this Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and affirm the statements herein contained as true under penalties of perjury this 29th day of March, 2018.
By: /s/ Alan S. Korman
Name:    Alan S. Korman
Title:    Vice President - Corporate Development, General Counsel and CHRO




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