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Exhibit 3.2

BYLAWS

NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY

A Delaware Corporation

Amended and Restated

Effective as of July 24, 2013

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I	OFFICES	1
Section 1.01	Registered Office	1
Section 1.02	Other Offices	1
ARTICLE II	STOCKHOLDERS	1
Section 2.01	Place of Meetings	1
Section 2.02	Quorum; Withdrawal During Meeting; Adjournment	1
Section 2.03	Annual Meetings	2
Section 2.04	Special Meetings	2
Section 2.05	Record Dates	2
Section 2.06	Notice of Meetings	3
Section 2.07	List of Stockholders	4
Section 2.08	Proxies	4
Section 2.09	Voting; Elections; Inspectors	5
Section 2.10	Conduct of Meetings	6
Section 2.11	Treasury Stock	6
Section 2.12	Action Without Meeting	6
Section 2.13	Nominations and Stockholder Business	7
ARTICLE III	BOARD OF DIRECTORS	9
Section 3.01	Power; Number; Term of Office	9
Section 3.02	Quorum; Required Vote for Director Action	10
Section 3.03	Place of Meetings; Order of Business	10
Section 3.04	First Meeting	10
Section 3.05	Regular Meetings	10
Section 3.06	Special Meetings	10
Section 3.07	Removal	10
Section 3.08	Vacancies; Increases in the Number of Directors	11
Section 3.09	Compensation	11
Section 3.10	Action Without a Meeting; Telephone Conference Meeting	11
Section 3.11	Approval or Ratification of Acts or Contracts by Stockholders	11
ARTICLE IV	COMMITTEES	11
Section 4.01	Designation; Powers	11
Section 4.02	Procedure; Meetings; Quorum	12
Section 4.03	Subcommittees	12
ARTICLE V	OFFICERS	12
Section 5.01	Number, Titles and Term of Office	12
Section 5.02	Compensation	12
Section 5.03	Removal	12
Section 5.04	Vacancies	13
Section 5.05	Powers and Duties of the Chief Executive Officer	13
Section 5.06	Chairman of the Board	13
Section 5.07	Powers and Duties of the President	13
Section 5.08	Vice Presidents	13
Section 5.09	Secretary	13
Section 5.10	Assistant Secretaries	14
Section 5.11	Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations	14

ARTICLE VI	INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS	14
Section 6.01	Right to Indemnification	14
Section 6.02	Advance Payment	15
Section 6.03	Appearance as a Witness	15
Section 6.04	Employees and Agents	15
Section 6.05	Right of Claimant to Bring Suit	15
Section 6.06	Nonexclusivity of Rights	16
Section 6.07	Insurance	16
Section 6.08	Savings Clause	16
Section 6.09	Definitions	16
ARTICLE VII	CAPITAL STOCK	16
Section 7.01	Certificates of Stock	16
Section 7.02	Transfer of Shares	17
Section 7.03	Ownership of Shares	17
Section 7.04	Regulations Regarding Certificates	17
Section 7.05	Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates	17
ARTICLE VIII	ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES	18
Section 8.01	Forum	18
ARTICLE IX	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS	18
Section 9.01	Fiscal Year	18
Section 9.02	Corporate Seal	18
Section 9.03	Facsimile Signatures	18
Section 9.04	Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records	18
ARTICLE X	AMENDMENTS	19

BYLAWS

NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY

A Delaware Corporation

(Amended and Restated Effective as of February 5, 2009)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.01 Registered Office. The registered office of Newfield Exploration Company (the “Corporation”) required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) to be maintained in the State of Delaware shall be the registered office named in the original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation (as amended from time to time, the “Charter”), or such other office as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) in the manner provided by law. If the Corporation maintains a principal office within the State of Delaware, the registered office need not be identical to such principal office of the Corporation.

Section 1.02 Other Offices. The Corporation may have other offices at such places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.01 Place of Meetings. All meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation, or at such other place either within or without the State of Delaware specified or fixed in the notices or waivers of notice thereof.

Section 2.02 Quorum; Withdrawal During Meeting; Adjournment. Unless otherwise required by law, the Charter or these bylaws, the holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any such meeting of stockholders for the transaction of business. If there is a required quorum present when any duly organized meeting convenes, stockholders present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the subsequent withdrawal of stockholders or proxies that reduce the total number of voting shares below the number of shares required for a quorum.

Notwithstanding other provisions of the Charter or these bylaws, the chairman of a meeting of stockholders or the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote at such meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, whether or not a quorum is present, have the power to adjourn such meeting from time to time, without any notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the holding of the adjourned meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented by proxy, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called. If a quorum is present at the original duly organized meeting of stockholders, it is also present at an adjourned session of such meeting.

Section 2.03 Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders, for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be considered at the meeting, shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, on such date and at such time as the Board fixes and sets forth in the notice of the meeting. If the Board has not fixed a place for the holding of the annual meeting of stockholders in accordance with this section, such annual meeting shall be held at the principal place of business of the Corporation.

Section 2.04 Special Meetings. Unless otherwise provided in the Charter, special meetings of stockholders for any proper purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board (the “Chairman”) (if any), by the President or by a majority of the Board, or by a majority of the executive committee (if any), and shall be called by the Chairman (if any), by the President or the Secretary upon the written request therefor, stating the purpose or purposes of the meeting, delivered to such officer, signed by the holder(s) of at least 50% of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote at such meeting.

If not otherwise stated in or fixed in accordance with the remaining provisions hereof, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to call a special meeting shall be the date any stockholder first signs the notice of that meeting. Only business within the proper purpose or purposes described in the notice (or waiver thereof) required by these bylaws may be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders.

Section 2.05 Record Dates.

(a) Stockholder Meetings. To determine stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, the Board may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination, which date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of such meeting. If the Board does not fix a record date for any meeting of stockholders, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice of such meeting is given, or, if notice is waived in accordance with Section 9.03 hereof, the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b) Action Without Meeting. If, in accordance with Section 2.12 hereof, corporate action without a meeting of stockholders is to be taken, the Board may fix a record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent in writing to such corporate action, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall not be more than 10 days subsequent to the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board is required by law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office, its principal place of business or to an officer or to agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board and prior action by the Board is required by law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(c) Dividends, Etc. To determine stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in connection with any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall not be more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.

Section 2.06 Notice of Meetings. The President, the Secretary or the other person(s) calling a meeting of stockholders shall cause written notice of the place, date and hour of such meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is called, to be given personally or by mail, or in the case of stockholders who have consented to such delivery, by electronic mail or other means of electronic transmission, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If such notice is mailed, it shall be deemed to have been given to a stockholder when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the record of stockholders of the Corporation. If such notice is given by electronic transmission, it will be deemed given: (a) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (b) if by posting on an electronic network with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (i) such posting and (ii) the giving of such separate notice; or (c) if by other means of electronic transmission, at the time specified in the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Such further notice of meetings of stockholders shall be given as may be required by applicable law.

Any consent to receive notice by electronic transmission shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if (a) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent and (b) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, to the transfer agent or any other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.

A written waiver of any notice of any meeting signed by the person entitled thereto shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of stockholders needs to be specified in a written waiver of notice. Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder attends such meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

Section 2.07 List of Stockholders. The officer or agent having charge of the share transfer records of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 10 days prior to each meeting of stockholders, a complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address and number of registered shares of each stockholder.

Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. Such list also shall be produced at the time and place of the meeting and kept during the whole meeting. Any stockholder who is present at the meeting may inspect such list. The original share transfer records shall be prima facie evidence as to the identity of those stockholders entitled to examine such voting list or transfer records or to vote at any meeting of stockholders. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall not affect the validity of any action taken at such meeting.

Section 2.08 Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy. Proxies for use at any meeting of stockholders shall be filed with the Secretary, or such other officer as the Board may from time to time determine by resolution, before or at the time of such meeting.

A stockholder may authorize a valid proxy by executing a written instrument signed by such stockholder, or such stockholder’s authorized officer, director, employee or agent, or by causing such signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means including, by facsimile signature, or by transmitting, or authorizing the transmission of, a telegram, cablegram, data or voice telephonic communication, electronic mail or other electronic communication to the person designated as the holder of the proxy, a proxy solicitation firm, a proxy support service organization or a like authorized agent. No proxy shall be valid after three years from its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer period. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable and only as long as it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. Proxies by telegram, cablegram, data or voice telephonic communications, electronic mail or other electronic communication must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that such electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. If it is determined that such electronic transmission is valid, the inspectors shall specify the information upon which they relied. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of a writing or transmission created pursuant to this section may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.

Section 2.09 Voting; Elections; Inspectors. Unless otherwise required by law or provided in the Charter, each stockholder shall, on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders, have one vote for each share of capital stock entitled to vote thereon that is registered in his or her name on the record date for such meeting. Shares registered in the name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws (or comparable instrument) of such corporation may prescribe, or in the absence of such provision, as the Board (or comparable body) of such corporation may determine. Shares registered in the name of a deceased person may be voted by his or her executor or administrator, either in person or by proxy.

Unless otherwise required by law, applicable stock exchange rules, the Charter or these bylaws, a vote of stockholders may be taken other than by written ballot; provided, however, that upon demand by stockholders holding a majority of the issued and outstanding stock present in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders, a vote shall be taken by written ballot. Any vote not required to be taken by written ballot may be taken in any manner approved by the presiding officer of the meeting;. Unless otherwise provided in the Charter, all elections of directors shall be taken by written ballot. Each ballot shall state the name of the stockholder or proxy voting and such other information as may be required under the procedures established for the meeting. If authorized by the Secretary, a written ballot may include a ballot submitted by telegram, cablegram, data or voice telephonic communication, electronic mail or other electronic transmission provided that such transmission either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that such transmission was authorized by the stockholder.

The Corporation shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of inspector, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability. The inspectors shall: (a) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each; (b) determine the shares represented at a meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots; (c) count all votes and ballots; (d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors; and (e) certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of their duties.

Each director shall be elected by the vote of a majority of the votes cast with respect to the director at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present; provided that if, as of a date that is 14 days in advance of the date the Corporation files its definitive proxy statement (regardless of whether or not thereafter revised or supplemented) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the shares represented in person or by proxy at any such meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. A majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted “for” a director’s election must exceed the number of votes cast “against” that director’s election. If an incumbent director nominee fails to receive a sufficient number of votes for re-election, such director shall submit an irrevocable resignation in writing to the chairperson of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee of the Board (the "Governance Committee"). The Governance Committee shall make a recommendation to the Board whether to accept or reject the resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The Board shall act on the resignation, taking into account the Governance Committee’s recommendation, and publicly disclose its decision and, if such resignation is rejected, the rationale behind its decision within 90 days from the date of the certification of the election results.

Except as otherwise required by law, applicable stock exchange rules, the Charter or these bylaws, all matters other than the election of directors shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast. Unless otherwise provided in the Charter, cumulative voting for the election of directors shall be prohibited.

Section 2.10 Conduct of Meetings. A meeting of stockholders shall be presided over by the chairman of the meeting, who shall be the Chairman (if any) or his or her designee, or if he or she is not present, the President or his or her designee, or if neither the Chairman (if any) nor President is present, a chairman elected at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, if present, shall act as secretary of the meeting, or if he or she is not present, an Assistant Secretary (if any) shall so act; if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary (if any) is present, then a secretary shall be appointed by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedures for the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion, as the chairman of the meeting shall determine in his or her discretion.

Section 2.11 Treasury Stock. Neither the Corporation nor any other person shall vote, directly or indirectly, shares of the Corporation’s own stock owned by the Corporation, shares of the Corporation’s own stock owned by another corporation the majority of the voting stock of which is owned or controlled by the Corporation, or shares of the Corporation’s own stock held by the Corporation in a fiduciary capacity and such shares shall not be counted for quorum purposes or in determining the number of outstanding shares.

Section 2.12 Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the Charter, any action permitted or required by law, the Charter or these bylaws to be taken at a meeting of stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of at least 66⅔% of the outstanding stock entitled to vote thereon and such consent shall be delivered to the Corporation’s registered office or principal place of business, or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which the proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature thereto and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within 60 days of the first consent delivered to the Corporation in the manner required by this section, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation.

Section 2.13 Nominations and Stockholder Business. Only those persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these bylaws are eligible for election as directors at any meeting of stockholders. Only business that has been brought before a meeting of stockholders in accordance with the procedures set forth in these bylaws shall be conducted at the meeting. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this section and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this section, to declare that such defective nomination or business proposal will be disregarded.

(a) Annual Meetings. Nominations of persons for election to the Board and the proposal of business to be considered by stockholders at an annual meeting of stockholders may be made only (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board or (iii) by a stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this section, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in these bylaws.

For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to this section, (i) such stockholder must give timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary and (ii) such business must be a proper subject for stockholder action under the DGCL.

To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 75 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the prior year’s annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is more than 15 days before or 30 days after such anniversary date, to be timely, notice by the stockholder must be delivered by the later of (i) 75 days prior to such annual meeting and (ii) 10 days after the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting (or the announcement thereof) commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for a stockholder to give the notice described above.

(b) Special Meetings. Nominations of persons for election to the Board and the proposal of business to be considered by stockholders at a special meeting of stockholders may be made only (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board or (iii) by a stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this section, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in these bylaws.

To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation by the later of (i) 75 days prior to such special meeting and (ii) 10 days following the date on which public announcement of the date of the special meeting is first made. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of a special meeting (or the announcement thereof) commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for a stockholder to give the notice described above.

In addition to the foregoing, to be valid, a stockholder’s notice must (a) as to each person whom the stockholder (“Noticing Stockholder”) proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, (i) set forth all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (ii) set forth any material relationships (financial or otherwise) between the Noticing Stockholder and its proposed nominee and (iii) include such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, set forth a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such Noticing Stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the Noticing Stockholder, and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (collectively with the Noticing Stockholder, the “”Holders”), (i) the name and address of the Noticing Stockholder as they appear on the Corporation’s books, (ii) the name and address of all other Holders, if any, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and/or of record by each of the Holders, (iv) the Ownership Information (as defined below) for the Holders, and (v) the Noticing Stockholder’s representation as to the accuracy of the information set forth in the notice. In addition to the foregoing, the Noticing Stockholder also shall provide the Corporation with any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this section. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

For purposes of this section, “public announcement” means a disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the SEC pursuant to Section 9, 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

For purposes of this section, “Ownership Information” means: (a) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole in or part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not the instrument or right is subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of shares of the Corporation or otherwise (a “Derivative Instrument”) that is directly or indirectly owned beneficially by any of the Holders and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation, (b) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which any of the Holders has a right to vote or has granted a right to vote any shares of the Corporation, (c) any short interest held by any of the Holders in any shares of the Corporation (a Holder is deemed to hold a short interest in a security if such Holder directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (d) any rights to dividends on shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by any of the Holders that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (e) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership or limited liability company or similar entity in which any of the Holders is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns any interest in a general partner, is the manager, managing member of directly or indirectly beneficially owns any interest in the manager or managing member of a limited liability company or similar entity, (f) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that any of the Holders is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments and (g) any arrangements, rights or other interests described in the preceding clauses of this paragraph held by any member of the immediate family of any of the Holders that shares the same household with such Holder.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.01 Power; Number; Term of Office. The powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of, the Board. Subject to the restrictions imposed by law or the Charter, the Board may exercise all powers of the Corporation.

Unless otherwise provided in the Charter, the number of directors that constitute the Board shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board (provided that the Board may not decrease the number of directors if it would have the effect of shortening the term of an incumbent director). Each director shall hold office for the term for which he or she is elected and thereafter until his or her successor has been elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. A director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. A resignation is effective when delivered unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events. A resignation that is conditioned upon a director failing to receive a specified vote for re-election as a director may provide that it is irrevocable.

Unless otherwise provided in the Charter, directors need not be stockholders or residents of the State of Delaware.

A Chairman may be appointed by the Board. The Chairman must be a director. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of stockholders and of the Board and shall have such other powers and duties as designated in accordance with these bylaws and as may be assigned to him or her from time to time by the Board. The Chairman may be removed, either with or without cause, by the vote of a majority of the whole Board at a special meeting called for such purpose, or at any regular meeting of the Board, provided the notice for such meeting shall specify that such proposed removal will be considered at the meeting; provided, however, that such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights, if any, of the person so removed. Appointment as Chairman shall not of itself create contractual rights.

Section 3.02 Quorum; Required Vote for Director Action. Unless otherwise required by law, the Charter or these bylaws, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by the Board and the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board.

Section 3.03 Place of Meetings; Order of Business. The directors may hold their meetings and may have an office and keep the books of the Corporation, except as otherwise provided by law, in such place or places, within or outside the State of Delaware, as the Board may from time to time determines by resolution. At all meetings of the Board, business shall be transacted in such order as shall from time to time be determined by the Chairman (if any), or in his or her absence by the President (if the President is a director) or by resolution of the Board.

Section 3.04 First Meeting. Each newly elected Board may hold its first meeting for the transaction of business, if a quorum is present, immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders. Notice of such meeting is not required. At the first meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present following an annual meeting of stockholders, the Board shall elect the officers of the Corporation.

Section 3.05 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at such times and places as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the Board. Notice of such regular meetings is not required.

Section 3.06 Special Meetings. A Special meeting of the Board may be called by the Chairman (if any), the President or, upon written request of any two directors, by the Secretary, at such place (within or without the State of Delaware), date and hour as may be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. A special meeting of the Board may be called on no less than (a) 24 hours’ notice if given to each director personally, by telephone (including a voice messaging system), facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic means or (b) five days’ notice, if notice is mailed to each director, addressed or transmitted to him or her at such director’s usual place of business or other designated location. All notices given to directors by electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been given when directed to the telephone number, electronic mail address, facsimile number or other location provided by the director to the Secretary. Notice of any special meeting need not be given to any director who attends such meeting without protesting the lack of notice to him or her, prior to or at the commencement of such meeting, or to any director who waives notice, whether before or after such meeting.

Section 3.07 Removal. Any one or more directors or the entire Board may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

Section 3.08 Vacancies; Increases in the Number of Directors. Unless otherwise provided in the Charter or these bylaws, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.

Section 3.09 Compensation. Unless otherwise provided in the Charter, the Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation, if any, of directors.

Section 3.10 Action Without a Meeting; Telephone Conference Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the Charter, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

Unless otherwise restricted by the Charter, subject to the requirement for notice of meetings, members of the Board, or members of any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee, as the case may be, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment, by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

Section 3.11 Approval or Ratification of Acts or Contracts by Stockholders. The Board in its discretion may submit any act or contract for approval or ratification at any annual meeting of stockholders, or at any special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of considering any such act or contract, and any act or contract that is approved or ratified by the vote of stockholders holding a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote and present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting (provided that a quorum is present), shall be as valid and as binding upon the Corporation and upon all stockholders as if it had been approved or ratified by every stockholder of the Corporation. In addition, any such act or contract may be approved or ratified by the written consent of stockholders holding 66⅔% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon.

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 4.01 Designation; Powers. The Board may designate one or more committees, each such committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. If a member of a committee is absent or disqualified, the member or members present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in place of any absent or disqualified member. Any such committee , to the extent provided by resolution of the Board, shall have and may exercise such of the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power or authority to (a) approve, adopt or recommend to the stockholders any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (b) amend these bylaws. A member of a committee may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation.

Section 4.02 Procedure; Meetings; Quorum. Any committee designated pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof, shall choose its own chairman and secretary, shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested, shall fix its own rules or procedures, and shall meet at such times and at such place or places as may be provided by such rules or procedures, or by resolution of such committee or resolution of the Board. At every meeting of any such committee, the presence of a majority of all the members thereof shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present shall be necessary for the adoption by it of any resolution.

Section 4.03 Subcommittees. Unless otherwise provided in the Charter or the resolution of the Board designating a committee, a committee may create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 5.01 Number, Titles and Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents (any one or more of whom may be designated Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President) and a Secretary and such other officers as the Board may from time to time elect or appoint. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. An officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. An officer does not need to be a director.

Section 5.02 Compensation. The salaries or other compensation, if any, of the officers of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board.

Section 5.03 Removal. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the vote of a majority of the whole Board at a special meeting called for such purpose, or at any regular meeting of the Board, provided the notice for such meeting shall specify that such proposed removal will be considered at the meeting; provided, however, that such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment as an officer shall not of itself create contractual rights.

Section 5.04 Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation may be filled by the Board.

Section 5.05 Powers and Duties of the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation unless the Board designates another officer as the chief executive officer. Subject to the control of the Board, the chief executive officer shall have general executive charge, management and control of the properties, business and operations of the Corporation with all such powers as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities; he or she may agree upon and execute all leases, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other obligations in the name of the Corporation and may sign all certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation; and he or she shall have such other powers and duties as designated in accordance with these bylaws and as may be assigned to him or her from time to time by the Board. Unless the Board otherwise determines, the chief executive officer shall, in the absence of the Chairman or if there be no Chairman, preside at all meetings of stockholders and (if he or she is a director) of the Board;

Section 5.06 Chairman of the Board. The position of Chairman shall not be an officer of the Corporation.

Section 5.07 Powers and Duties of the President. Unless the Board otherwise determines, the President shall have the authority to agree upon and execute all leases, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other obligations in the name of the Corporation, and he or she shall have such other powers and duties as designated in accordance with these bylaws and as may be assigned to him or her from time to time by the Board.

Section 5.08 Vice Presidents. In the absence of the President, or in the event of his or her inability or refusal to act, a Vice President designated by the Board or, in the absence of such designation, the Vice President who is present and who is senior in terms of time as a Vice President of the Corporation, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President; provided, however, that such Vice President shall not preside at meetings of the Board unless he or she is a director. Each Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

Section 5.09 Secretary. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the Board, committees of directors and of stockholders in books provided for such purpose; he or she shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices; he or she may in the name of the Corporation affix the seal of the Corporation to all contracts of the Corporation and attest thereto; he or she may sign with the other appointed officers all certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation; he or she shall have charge of the certificate books, transfer books and stock ledgers, and such other books and papers as the Board may direct, all of which shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director upon application at the office of the Corporation during business hours; he or she shall have such other powers and duties as designated in accordance with these bylaws and as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board; and he or she shall in general perform all acts incident to the office of Secretary, subject to the control of the chief executive officer and the Board.

Section 5.10 Assistant Secretaries. Each Assistant Secretary (if any) shall have the usual powers and duties pertaining to his or her office, together with such other powers and duties as designated in accordance with these bylaws and as may be prescribed from time to time by the chief executive officer, the Board or the Secretary. The Assistant Secretaries shall exercise the powers of the Secretary during the Secretary’s absence or inability or refusal to act.

Section 5.11 Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the chief executive officer shall have the power to vote and otherwise to act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of security holders of any other corporation, or with respect to any action of security holders thereof, in which the Corporation may hold securities and otherwise, to exercise any and all rights and powers which the Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such other corporation.

ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS,

OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS

Section 6.01 Right to Indemnification. Subject to the limitations and conditions provided in this article, each person who was or is made a party to or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) (hereinafter a “proceeding”), or any appeal in such a proceeding or any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such a proceeding, by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other capacity while serving or having agreed to serve as a director or officer of the Corporation, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment) against all reasonable expense, liability and loss (including without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise or similar taxes, punitive damages or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) actually incurred or suffered by such person in connection with such proceeding, and such indemnification under this article shall continue as to a person who has ceased to serve in the capacity which initially entitled such person to indemnity hereunder and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board. The right to indemnification granted pursuant to this article shall be a contractual right, and no amendment, modification or repeal of this article shall have the effect of limiting or denying any such rights with respect to any acts, omissions, facts or circumstances prior to any such amendment, modification or repeal. It is expressly acknowledged that the indemnification conferred in this article could involve indemnification for negligence or under theories of strict liability.

Section 6.02 Advance Payment. The right to indemnification conferred in this article shall include the right to be paid or reimbursed by the Corporation for the reasonable expenses incurred by a person of the type entitled to be indemnified under Section 6.01 hereof who was, is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding and without any determination as to the person’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification; provided, however, that the payment of such expenses incurred by any such person in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of a written affirmation by such director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification under this article and a written undertaking, by or on behalf of such person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such indemnified person is not entitled to be indemnified under this article or otherwise. Such written undertaking shall only be based on the language under Section 145 of the DGCL and no additional or more restrictive conditions may be imposed upon such person. Advances shall be unsecured and interest-free.

Section 6.03 Appearance as a Witness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the Corporation may pay or reimburse expenses incurred by a director or officer in connection with his or her appearance as a witness or other participation in a proceeding at a time when he or she is not a named defendant or respondent in the proceeding.

Section 6.04 Employees and Agents. The Corporation may, by action of its Board, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation, individually or as a group, with same scope and effect as the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers provided for in this article.

Section 6.05 Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a written claim received by the Corporation from or on behalf of an indemnified party under this article is not paid in full by the Corporation within 90 days after such receipt, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the DGCL for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

Section 6.06 Nonexclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and advancement and payment of expenses conferred in this article shall not be exclusive of any other rights which a director or officer or other person covered by this article may have or hereafter acquire under any law (common or statutory), provision of the Charter, these bylaws, any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section 6.07 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any person who is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, employee, agent or similar functionary of another domestic or foreign corporation, partnership, joint venture, proprietorship, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss asserted against any such person and incurred in any such capacity, or arising out of the person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under this article.

Section 6.08 Savings Clause. If this article or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any grounds by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each director, officer or any other person indemnified in accordance with this article as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any proceeding, to the full extent permitted by any applicable and valid portion of this article to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The rights conveyed by this article shall be contractual rights, and no amendment, modification or repeal of any of the provisions of this article shall have the effect of limiting, denying or otherwise adversely affecting any rights or protections of a director or officer (including a former director or officer) or other person under this article with respect to any acts, omissions, facts or circumstances occurring prior to any such amendment, modification or repeal.

Section 6.09 Definitions. For purposes of this article, reference to the “Corporation” shall include, in addition to the Corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger prior to (or, in the case of an entity specifically designated in a resolution of the Board, after) the adoption hereof and which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had the power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this article with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

ARTICLE VII

CAPITAL STOCK

Section 7.01 Certificates of Stock. The shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided, however, that the Board may determine by resolution that some or all of any or all the classes or series of the Corporation’s stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board, every holder of stock represented by certificates and, upon request, every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer (if any), the President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

Section 7.02 Transfer of Shares. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall only be transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives. Upon (a) surrender to the Corporation or a transfer agent of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, (b) in the case of uncertificated shares, receipt of proper transfer instructions and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form or (c) compliance with the provisions of Section 7.05 hereof, as applicable, and of compliance with any transfer restrictions applicable thereto contained in any agreement to which the Corporation is a party, or of which the Corporation has knowledge by reason of a legend with respect thereto placed upon any such surrendered stock certificate, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate or uncertificated shares, as applicable, to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.

Section 7.03 Ownership of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of capital stock of the Corporation as the owner in fact thereof at that time for purposes of voting such shares, receiving distributions thereon or notices in respect thereof, transferring such shares, exercising rights of dissent, exercising or waiving any preemptive rights, or giving proxies with respect to such shares; and, neither the Corporation nor any of its officers, directors, employees, or agents shall be liable for regarding that person as the owner of those shares at that time for those purposes, regardless of whether or not that person possesses a certificate for those shares.

Section 7.04 Regulations Regarding Certificates. The Board shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the capital stock of the Corporation and its transfer.

Section 7.05 Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates. The Board may determine the conditions upon which a new certificate of stock may be issued in place of any certificate which is alleged to have been lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated; and may, in its discretion, require the owner of such certificate or his or her legal representative to give bond, with sufficient surety, to indemnify the Corporation and each transfer agent and registrar against any and all losses or claims which may arise by reason of the issuance of a new certificate in the place of the one so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated.

ARTICLE VIII

ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES

Section 8.01 Exclusive Forum. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws (as either may be amended from time to time), or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine, shall be a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware), in all cases subject to the court’s having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provision of this Article VIII.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 9.01 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such as established from time to time by the Board.

Section 9.02 Corporate Seal. The Board may provide a suitable seal containing the name of the Corporation. The Secretary shall have charge of the seal (if any). If and when so directed by the Board or a committee thereof, duplicates of the seal may be kept and used by an Assistant Secretary.

Section 9.03 Facsimile Signatures. In addition to the provisions for the use of facsimile signatures elsewhere specifically authorized elsewhere in these bylaws, facsimile signatures of any officer or officers of the Corporation may be used as determined by the Board.

Section 9.04 Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records. A member of the Board, or a member of any committee thereof, shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board, or by any other person as to matters the director reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation, as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and/or net profits of the Corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid, or with which the Corporation’s stock might properly be purchased or redeemed.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

The power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws resides in the stockholders entitled to vote; provided, however, that the Corporation may, in the Charter, confer the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws upon the Board. The fact that such power has been so conferred upon the Board, shall not divest stockholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws.

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