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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs16\ql 3.1\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs13\ql \~\~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs16\ql Amendment to the FMC Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective May\~19, 2009.\cell{
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\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs16\i\ql Date: May\~19, 2009\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs13\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs16\ql By:\cell\pard\plain\intbl\cf1\f51\fs13\ql \~\cell\pard\plain\intbl\brdrb\brdrs\cf1\f51\fs16\ql /s/ William H. Schumann, III\cell{
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\page{\*\bkmkstart doc_1_2}{\*\bkmkend doc_1_2}\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs16\b\qr Exhibit 3.1\par\pard\plain\sb198\cf1\f51\fs16\b\qc CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT\par\pard\plain\sb198\cf1\f51\fs16\b\qc OF\par\pard\plain\sb198\cf1\f51\fs16\b\qc AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION\par\pard\plain\sb198\cf1\f51\fs16\b\qc OF\par\pard\plain\sb198\cf1\f51\fs16\b\qc FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.\par\pard\plain\sb198\cf1\f51\fs16\ql The undersigned Corporation, in order to amend its Certificate of Incorporation, hereby certifies as follows:\par\pard\plain\sb88\cf1\f51\fs16\b\ql FIRST:\plain\cf1\f51\fs16\ql  The name of the Corporation is:\plain\cf1\f51\fs16\b\ql  FMC Technologies, Inc.\par\pard\plain\sb198\cf1\f51\fs16\b\ql SECOND:\plain\cf1\f51\fs16\ql  The Corporation hereby amends its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as follows:\par\pard\plain\li88\sb88\cf1\f51\fs16\ql Section\~1 of Article IV is hereby amended by deleting all of the text of such section and replacing it with the following in substitution thereof:\par\pard\plain\li88\sb88\cf1\f51\fs16\ql \u8220?The Corporation shall be authorized to issue 312,000,000 shares of capital stock, of which 300,000,000 shares shall be shares of Common\plain\li88\cf1\f51\fs16\ql  Stock, $0.01 par value (\u8220?Common Stock\u8221?), and 12,000,000 shares shall be shares of Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value (\u8220?Preferred\plain\li88\cf1\f51\fs16\ql  Stock\u8221?).\u8221?\par\pard\plain\sb198\cf1\f51\fs16\b\ql THIRD:\plain\cf1\f51\fs16\ql  The written amendment effected herein has been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders of the Corporation in\plain\cf1\f51\fs16\ql  accordance with the provisions of Section\~242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.\par\pard\plain\sb198\cf1\f51\fs16\b\ql IN WITNESS WHEREOF\plain\cf1\f51\fs16\ql , this Certificate has been subscribed this 19\plain\cf1\f51\fs11\ql\super th\plain\cf1\f51\fs16\ql  day of May, 2009, by the undersigned who affirms that the statements made\plain\sa44\cf1\f51\fs16\ql  herein are true under the penalties of perjury.\par\pard\plain\cf1\f51\fs18\ql \~
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