Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF ELIMINATION
OF
SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK
AND
SERIES B JUNIOR PARTICIPATING REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK
OF
PFIZER INC.
DECEMBER 14, 2020
Pursuant to Section 151(g) of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
Pfizer Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify as follows:
First: Pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), the Board previously adopted resolutions creating and authorizing the following series of preferred stock:
(i) 7,500 shares of Series A Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), subject to the Certificate of Designations for Series A Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series A Certificate of Designations”), as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 11, 2003;
(ii) 6,250,791.94 shares of Series B Junior Participating Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), subject to the Certificate of Designation of Series B Junior Participating Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series B Certificate of Designation” and, together with the Series A Certificate of Designations, the “Certificates of Designations”), as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 12, 2020.
Second: None of the authorized shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding and none will be issued pursuant to the Series A Certificate of Designations and none of the authorized shares of the Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding and none will be issued pursuant to the Series B Certificate of Designation.
Third: Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board adopted resolutions on December 11, 2020, approving the elimination of each of the Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock as set forth herein:
RESOLVED, that none of the authorized shares of each of the Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding and none will be issued pursuant to the Certificates of Designations;