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Exhibit 3.1
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
EXELIXIS, INC.
Exelixis, Inc., a Delaware corporation, hereby certifies that:
1. The present name of the corporation is Exelixis, Inc. The corporation was incorporated under the name "Exelixis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.” by filing its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 15, 1994.
2. Attached hereto as Exhibit "A" is the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation, which only restates and integrates and does not further amend (except as permitted under §242(a)(1) and §242(b)(1) of the Delaware General Corporation Law) the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation as previously amended or supplemented. There is no discrepancy between the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation as previously amended or supplemented and the provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted by the corporation's Board of Directors in accordance with Section 245 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation is hereby integrated and restated to read in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said corporation has caused this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by its duly authorized officer on this 26th day of May, 2021.
Exelixis, Inc.
By: /s/ Michael M. Morrissey
Michael M. Morrissey
President and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 3.1
EXHIBIT "A"
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
EXELIXIS, INC.
I.
The name of the Corporation is Exelixis, Inc. (the “Corporation”).
II.
The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is: 251 Little Falls Drive, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19808.
The name of the registered agent of the Corporation at such address is Corporation Service Company.
III.
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
IV.
Classes of Stock. This Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock.” The total number of shares which this Corporation is authorized to issue is four hundred and ten million (410,000,000) shares. Four hundred million (400,000,000) shares shall be Common Stock, each having a par value of one-tenth of one cent ($0.001). Ten million (10,000,000) shares shall be Preferred Stock, each having a par value of one-tenth of one cent ($0.001).
Preferred Stock. The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors is hereby authorized, by filing a certificate (a “Preferred Stock Designation”) pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), to fix or alter from time to time the designation, powers, preferences, and rights of the shares of each such series and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, and to establish from time to time the number of shares constituting any such series or any of them; and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issuance of shares of that series, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. In case the number of shares of any series shall be decreased in accordance with the foregoing sentence, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status that they had prior to adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.
V.
A. Board of Directors. For the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and in further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the
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Corporation, of its directors and of its stockholders or any class thereof, as the case may be, it is further provided that:
1. Powers. The management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation shall be vested in its Board of Directors.
2. Number of Directors. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed exclusively by one or more resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors.
3. Election of Directors. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances and the remaining provisions of this section 3, until the Corporation’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, the directors shall be divided into three classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively. At each annual meeting of stockholders held following the closing of the initial public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering the offer and sale of Common Stock to the public (the Initial Public Offering) and prior to or at the Corporation’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders, each director was elected for a three year term, expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders following his or her election. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the term of each director then in office shall expire at the Corporation’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, notwithstanding that such director may have been elected for a term that extended beyond the date of such annual meeting. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, commencing at the Corporation’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, each director elected at such meeting and at each annual meeting of stockholders thereafter to succeed those directors whose terms then expire shall be elected for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders following their election.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, each director shall serve until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
4. Removal of Directors. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.
5. Vacancies.
a. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, and not by the stockholders. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified.
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b. If at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Delaware Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent (10%) of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in offices as aforesaid, which election shall be governed by Section 211 of the DGCL.
B.
1. Bylaw Amendments. Subject to paragraph (h) of Section 43 of the Bylaws, the Bylaws may be altered or amended or new Bylaws adopted by the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the voting stock of the corporation entitled to vote. The Board of Directors shall also have the power to adopt, amend, or repeal Bylaws.
2. Election of Directors by Written Ballot. The directors of the corporation need not be elected by written ballot unless the Bylaws so provide.
3. Action by Written Consent of the Stockholders. No action shall be taken by the stockholders of the corporation except at an annual or special meeting of stockholders called in accordance with the Bylaws or by written consent of stockholders in accordance with the Bylaws prior to the closing of the Initial Public Offering and following the closing of the Initial Public Offering no action shall be taken by the stockholders by written consent.
4. Notice of Meetings. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the corporation.
VI.
A. Indemnification. A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended after approval by the stockholders of this Article to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended.
B. Amendments to Articles VII of the Certificate of Incorporation. Any repeal or modification of this Article VI shall be prospective and shall not affect the rights under this Article VI in effect at the time of the alleged occurrence of any act or omission to act giving rise to liability or indemnification.
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VII.
A. Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, except as provided in paragraph B. of this Article VIII, and all rights conferred upon the stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.
B. Amendments to Articles V, VI, and VII of the Certificate of Incorporation. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class or series of the voting stock required by law, this Certificate of Incorporation or any Preferred Stock Designation, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the voting stock, voting together as a single class, shall be required to alter, amend or repeal Articles V, VI, VII and VIII.
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