Exhibit 3.1
AMENDMENT
TO
STATEMENT OF DESIGNATIONS
OF
GLOBAL SHIP LEASE, INC. Reg. No. 28891 |
REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
REGISTRAR OF CORPORATIONS
DUPLICATE COPY
The original of this Document was
FILED ON
NON-RESIDENT
December 28, 2022 | ||
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Cynthia Ro | ||
Deputy Registrar |
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
8.75% SERIES B CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PERPETUAL PREFERRED SHARES
Global Ship Lease, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
Republic of the Marshall Islands (the Company), does hereby certify pursuant to the provisions of the Business Corporations Act of the Republic of the Marshall Islands:
1. | That a duly authorized committee of the Companys Board of Directors previously adopted a resolution on August 13, 2014, to create a series of preferred shares of the Company designated as 8.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares (the Series B Preferred Shares). |
2. | That pursuant to resolutions adopted by the unanimous consent of the Board of Directors of the Company on December 28, 2022 the Certificate of Designation for the Series B Preferred Shares, dated August 19, 2014, and as amended on December 9, 2019 (the Certificate of Designation), is further amended to increase the number of authorized Series B Preferred Shares: |
The first sentence of Section 2 of the Certificate of Designation be and it hereby is deleted and replaced in its entirety as follows:
The authorized number of shares of Series B Preferred Shares shall be 104,000 shares, subject to increase by filing a certificate of designation with respect to such additional shares.
3. | All of the other provisions of the Certificate of Designation shall remain unchanged. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designation as of December 28, 2022.
By: |
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Name: Ian J. Webber | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |