Leggett & Platt, Incorporated
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AMENDMENT OF RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 
OF
 
LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
 
TO: Honorable Judith Moriarty
  Secretary of State
  State of Missouri
  Jefferson City, MO 65101
 
Pursuant to the provisions of the General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, the undersigned Corporation certifies the following:
 
I.
 
The name of the corporation is Leggett & Platt, Incorporated. The name under which it was originally organized was Leggett & Platt Spring Bed and Manufacturing Company.
 
II.
 
One amendment to the Corporation’s Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, was adopted by the Corporation’s shareholders on May 12, 1993.
 
III.
 
The amendment is as follows:
 
The introductory paragraph of Article III is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
 
“The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have the authority to issue is Three Hundred Million (300,000,000) shares of Common Stock of One Cent ($.01) par value and One Hundred Million (100,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock without par value.”
 
IV.
 
The only class of the Corporation’s securities entitled to vote on this amendment was the Corporation’s Common Stock, $1.00 par value. Of the 38,254,181 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, issued and outstanding, 38,254,181 shares were entitled to vote on the amendment. No outstanding shares of any class of securities were entitled to vote as a class on the amendment.
 
V.
 
The number of shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, voted for and against the amendment was as follows:
 

No. of Shares
Voted For
  No. of Shares
Voted Against
  No. of Shares
Abstained
24,367,853
  5,975,126  238,454
 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, Thomas D. Sherman, Vice President of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, has executed this instrument and John A. Lyckman, Assistant Secretary of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, has affixed its corporate seal hereto and attested said seal on the 12th day of May, 1993.

 
(CORPORATE SEAL)
  
LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
ATTEST:
   
/s/    John A. Lyckman  /s/    Thomas D. Sherman
John A. Lyckman
  
Thomas D. Sherman
Assistant Secretary
  
Vice President
STATE OF MISSOURI                      )
   
                                                                )ss.
   
COUNTY OF NEWTON                    )
   
 


I, Cindy A. Adams, a notary public, do hereby certify that on this 12th day of May, 1993, personally appeared before me Thomas D. Sherman, who being by me first duly sworn, declared that he is the Vice President of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, that he signed the foregoing document as Vice President of the Corporation, and that the statements therein contained are true.
 
/s/   Cindy A. Adams
Cindy A. Adams, Notary Public
 
My Commission Expires: June 13, 1993
 
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