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8-K - FORM 8-K - Brookdale Senior Living Inc.form8-k.htm
EX-3.2 - AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS - Brookdale Senior Living Inc.exhibit3_2.htm
 
 
EXHIBIT 3.1

 
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO
THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC.
 

 
Pursuant to Section 242
of the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware
 
 
 
Brookdale Senior Living Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify as follows:

FIRST:  The first sentence of Article Twelve of the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date, is hereby amended to read in its entirety as set forth below:

“The number of directors which constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be not less than three (3) or more than nine (9).”

SECOND:  The foregoing amendment has been duly adopted in accordance with Section 228 and Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be executed in its corporate name by the undersigned duly authorized officer as of this 12th day of January, 2010.
 

     
By:
 
/s/ T. Andrew Smith
 
   
Name:
T. Andrew Smith
 
   
Title:
Executive Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary