EXHIBIT 3.6
AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
OF RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND PRIVILEGES OF
SERIES A PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK
OF
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
Michael E. Lehman and Michael H. Morris, certify that:
1. They are the Vice President, Corporate Resources and Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary, respectively, of Sun Microsystems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation").
2. Section I. of Item 2. of the Certificate of Designations of Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Series A
Participating Preferred Stock ("Certificate") now reads:
"Section I. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as "SERIES A
PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK." The Series A Participating Preferred Stock shall have a par value
of $0.001 per share, and the number of shares constituting such series shall be 3,000,000.
is amended to read as follows:
Section I. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as "SERIES A
PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK." The Series A Participating Preferred Stock shall have a par value
of $0.001 per share, and the number of shares constituting such series shall be 4,000,000."
3. Pursuant to Section 151 of the Delaware Corporations Code, the foregoing Amended Certificate has been
duly approved by the Board of Directors.
We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Delaware that the matters set forth in
the foregoing Certificate of Amendment are true and correct of our own knowledge.
Executed at Palo Alto, California on November 10, 1999.
/s/ MICHAEL E. LEHMAN
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Michael E. Lehman
Vice President, Corporate Resources and
Chief Financial Officer
/s/ MICHAEL H. MORRIS
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Michael H. Morris
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary