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Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
INCREASING THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES
OF
SOUTH JERSEY INDUSTRIES, INC.
Pursuant to Section 14A:7-15.1 3 of the
New Jersey Business Corporation Act
To: The Department of the Treasury
State of New Jersey
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 14A:7-15.1(3) of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, the undersigned corporation executes the following Certificate of
Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation:
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The name of the corporation is SOUTH JERSEY INDUSTRIES, INC. (the "Corporation'').
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The following amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation was approved by the directors and thereafter duly adopted by the shareholders of the corporation on the 16th day of October, 2020.
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RESOLVED, that the first sentence of Article 3 of the Certificate of Incorporation be amended to read as follows:
"THIRD: The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 222,500,000 shares, divided into two
classes consisting of 220,000,000 shares of common stock ("Common Stock"), $1.25 par value per share, and 2,500,000 shares of preference stock ("Preference Stock"), without par value."
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The number of shares outstanding at the time of the amendment was: 100,587,912.
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The total number of shares entitled to vote thereon was: 100,587,912.
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The number of votes cast for or against and the number of abstentions with respect to each matter voted upon, applicable are set forth below:
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Votes For
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Votes Against
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Abstentions
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Proposal 1: Charter Amendment
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85,588,252
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3,483,926
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177,980
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73,749,098
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15,280,608
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220,452
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By: /s/ Michael J. Renna
Michael J. Renna
President & CEO
Dated: October 20, 2020