Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:
A. The name of the corporation is Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. The corporation was originally
incorporated under the same name and the original Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation was filed with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 11, 1999.
B. This Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware by the Board of Directors and the Stockholders of the corporation.
C. Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, this Certificate
of Incorporation restates and integrates and further amends the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of
this corporation.
D. The text of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation is Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (the "Company")
ARTICLE II
The address of the Company's registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, in the City of
Wilmington, Delaware 19801, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The
Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE III
The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Company is to engage in any lawful
act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
ARTICLE IV
1. Authorized Capital. The Company is authorized to issue two classes of shares of stock to be designated,
respectively, Common Stock, $.001 par value and Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value. The total number of
shares that the Company is authorized to issue is 405,000,000. The number of shares of Common Stock
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