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Exhibit 3.1

 
STATE OF DELAWARE

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
PALATIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Palatin Technologies, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify:

FIRST: The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) is Palatin Technologies, Inc.

SECOND: The date of filing of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was November 21, 1986 under the name Cinedco, Inc. A Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed on August 24, 1993 which contained a change of the name of the corporation to Interfilm, Inc. and a Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed on November 3, 1993. Thereafter a Certificate of Amendment was filed on July 19, 1996 which changed the name of the Corporation to Palatin Technologies, Inc., a Certificate of Amendment was filed on September 5, 1997, a Certificate of Amendment was filed on May 4, 2005, a Certificate of Amendment was filed on July 23, 2010, and a Certificate of Amendment was filed on September 24, 2010.

THIRD: That by unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors of Palatin Technologies, Inc., resolutions were duly adopted setting forth a proposed amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of said Corporation, declaring said amendment to be advisable and calling a meeting of the stockholders of said Corporation for consideration thereof.

FOURTH: That this Certificate of Amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware by the Board of Directors and stockholders of the Corporation.

 
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FIFTH: That the capital of the Corporation shall not be reduced under or by reason of this Certificate of Amendment.

SIXTH: That upon the effectiveness of this Certificate of Amendment, Section 1 of the Article thereof numbered "IV" of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, is hereby amended such that, as amended, said Section 1 shall read in its entirety as follows:


Section 1.  Authorized Capital Stock. The Corporation shall be authorized to issue two classes of shares of capital stock to be designated, respectively, “Preferred Stock” and “Common Stock.” The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is 110,000,000, comprised of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed this 12th day of May, 2011.




By: /s/ Stephen T. Wills                     
Name:  Stephen T. Wills
Title:  Secretary, Executive Vice
                   President and Chief Financial Officer


 
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