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EXHIBIT 3.(i)(b)
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”),
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
FIRST: That at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation on February 16, 2006, at which a quorum was present
and acted throughout, resolutions were duly adopted setting forth a proposed amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
the Corporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock (the “Amendment”), declaring the Amendment to be
advisable, and directing that the Amendment be considered at the next annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation.
SECOND: That thereafter on May 5, 2006, the 2006 annual meeting of the Corporation was duly held in accordance with the
by-laws of the Corporation and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, at which meeting the necessary number of
shares of stock as required by statute were voted in favor of the following resolution adopting the Amendment:
AMENDMENT TO RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
INCREASING AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK
RESOLVED, that Article IV of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of this Corporation be amended so
that in its entirety, said Article IV shall read as set forth below:
“ARTICLE IV
The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of capital stock, designated Common Stock and Preferred Stock. The
amount of total authorized capital stock of the Corporation is 1,150,000,000 shares, of which 1,100,000,000 shares shall be shares
of Common Stock, par value $.20 per share, and 50,000,000 shares shall be shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share.
The Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series. The Board of Directors is hereby authorized to issue the shares of
Preferred Stock in such series and to fix, from time to time, before issuance, the number of shares to be included in any series
and the designation, relative powers, preferences and rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of all shares of such
series. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each series shall include, without