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|        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | The      Commonwealth of Massachusetts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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|   | William      Francis Galvin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|   | Secretary      of the Commonwealth                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|   | One      Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | RESTATED      ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|   | (General      Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 74)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|   | We,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | James      C. Bender                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | ,      *President, |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |   |
|   | and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Valerie      L. Pawson                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | ,      *Clerk, |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |   |
|   | of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | AWARE,      INC.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |   |   |   | , |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | (Exact      name of corporation)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | located      at                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | One      Oak Park, Bedford, MA 01730 |   | , |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | (Street      address of corporation Massachusetts)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | do      hereby certify that the following Restatement of the Articles of      Organization was duly adopted at a meeting held      on June 6, 1996 by a vote of the directors/or:                                                                                                                                       |
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|        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | 8,955,935                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | shares      of | Common | of | 10,147,007 |  shares      outstanding, |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (type,      class & series, if any) |   |  |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |   |   |   |   |
|   |      35,910                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | shares      of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Preferred | of |           48,354 |  shares      outstanding, and |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | (type,      class & series, if any) |   |  |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |   |   |   |   |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | shares      of |   | of |   |  shares      outstanding, |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |   | (type,      class & series, if any) |   |   |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | **being      at least a majority of each type, class or series outstanding and entitled      to vote thereon: / **being at least two-thirds of each type, class or      series outstanding and entitled to vote thereon and of each type, class or      series of stock whose rights are adversely affected    thereby: |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | ARTICLE      I                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|   | The      name of the corporation is:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|   | AWARE,      INC.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|   | ARTICLE      II                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | The      purpose of the corporation is to engage in the following business      activities:                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | See      Rider 2 attached                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | *Delete      the inapplicable words.                **Delete the      inapplicable clause.                                                                                                                                                                       |
|   | Note:      If the space provided under any article or item on this form is      insufficient, additions shall be set forth on separate 8 1/2 × 11 sheets      of paper with a left margin of at least 1 inch. Additions to more than one      article may be made on a single sheet so long as each article requiring      each addition is clearlyindicated. |

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| WITHOUT      PAR VALUE |   |   | WITH      PAR VALUE   |
|------------------------|--------|--------|-----------------------|
| TYPE                   |   |   | NUMBER      OF SHARES |   |   | TYPE |   |        NUMBER      OF SHARES |   |   | PAR      VALUE |
| Common:                |   |   |                  |   |   | Common: |   |                30,000,000 |   |   | 1¢ |
|                   |   |   |                  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Preferred:             |   |   |                  |   |   | Preferred: |   |                1,000,000 |   |   | $1.00 |
|                   |   |   |                  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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| I.     | Provisions      Generally Applicable to PreferredShares |

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| IV.    | Provisions      Applicable to Common Shares |

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| III.   | Provisions      Applicable to Series A through Series E Preferred  Shares. |

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| a.                                                                                                                             | The      street address (post office boxes are not acceptable) of the principal      office of the corporation in      Massachusetts is: |
|                                                                                                                           |
|                One      Oak Park, Bedford, MA 01730 |
|                                                                                                                           |
| b.                                                                                                                             | The      name, residential address and post office address of each director and      officer of the corporation is asfollows:            |

|       |   | NAME                   |   | RESIDENTIAL      ADDRESS               POST      OFFICE ADDRESS |
|------------|--------|------------------------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       |   |                   |   |                                                                                                                                       |   |   |
| President: |   | James      C. Bender   |   | 272                                                                                                                                        |   | Farley      Rd., Hollis, NH 03049 |
|       |   |                   |   |                                                                                                                                       |   |   |
| Treasurer: |   | Richard      Moberg    |   | 19                                                                                                                                         |   | Hidden      Brick Road, Hopkinton, MA 01748 |
|       |   |                   |   |                                                                                                                                       |   |   |
| Clerk:     |   | Valerie      L. Pawson |   | 196                                                                                                                                        |   | Eliot      St., Natick, MA 01760 |
|       |   |                   |   |                                                                                                                                       |   |   |
| Directors: |   | James      C. Bender   |   | 272                                                                                                                                        |   | Farley      Road, Hollis, NH 03049 |
|       |   | John      Kerr         |   | 336                                                                                                                                        |   | Essex      Road, Kenilworth, IL 60043 |
|       |   |                   |   |                                                                                                                                       |   |   |
|       |   | John      Stafford     |   | 60                                                                                                                                         |   | Strawberry      Hill Road, Dover, MA 02030 |
|       |   | Charles      Stewart   |   |        7                                                                                                                              |   | Bristol      Road, Northbrook, IL 60093 |
|       |   | Gerald      Fishman    |   | 169                                                                                                                                        |   | Hickory      Road, Weston, MA |

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| c.     | The      fiscal year (i.e., tax year) of the corporation shall end on the last day      of the month of: 12/31 |
|   |                                                                                                           |
| d.     | The      name and business address of the resident agent, if any, of the      corporation is:                  |

|                       |               |
|----------------------------|--------------------|
| /s/      James C. Bender   | ,      *President, |
|                       |               |
| /s/      Valerie L. Pawson | ,      *Clerk,     |

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| SECRETARY      OFTHE      COMMONWEALTH96      AUG 14 PM 12:01 | THE      COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS RESTATED      ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION(General      Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 74) | SECRETARY      OFTHE      COMMONWEALTH96      AUG 14 PM 11:33 |
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| Effective      Date:   |   |

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| Valerie      L. Pawson, Esq. |
|                         |
| Lawson      & Weitzen    |
|                         |
| 425      Summer Street       |
| Boston,      MA 02210-1736   |
|                         |                                        |
| Telephone:         |     (617)      439-4990 |

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|   | FEDERAL      IDENTIFICATION |
|   | NO.                         |  04-2911026 |

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|        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | The      Commonwealth of Massachusetts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   | William      Francis Galvin                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|   | Secretary      of the Commonwealth                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|   | One      Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | CERTIFICATE      OF VOTE OF DIRECTORS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | ESTABLISHING      A CLASS OR SERIES OF STOCK                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (General      Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 26)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | We,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Edmund      C. Reiter                                                                                                                                                                                                  |  ,      *President, |   |
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Kevin      Russell                                                                                                                                                                                                     |  ,      *Clerk,     |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Aware,      Inc.                                                                                                                                                                                                       |  ,             |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (Exact      name of corporation)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | located      at:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                                   40 Middlesex Turnpike, Bedford, MA 01730 |  ,             |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | (Street      Address of corporation in Massachusetts)                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | do      hereby certify that at a meeting of the directors of the corporation held      on October 2, 2001, the      following vote establishing and designating a class or series of stock and      determining the relative rights and preferences thereof was duly      adopted: |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | See      Continuation Sheet 2A                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | *Delete      the inapplicable words.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|   |  Note:      Votes for which the space provided above is not sufficient should be      provided on one side of separate 8 1/2 × 11 sheets of white paper,      numbered 2A, 2B, etc., with a left margin of at least 1    inch. |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

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| VOTED: | That,      pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of the      Corporation in accordance with the provisions of the Amended and Restated      Articles of Organization of the Corporation, the Board of Directors hereby      designates and establishes 50,000 shares of its authorized but unissued      Preferred Stock as its Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock,      $1.00 par value (the “Series A Preferred Stock”); that such Class One      Preferred Stock shall have the terms set forth in their entirety in      Exhibit A to the Rights Agreement presented to this meeting, and such      terms be, and they hereby are, approved; and that the President or any      Vice President and the Clerk or any Assistant Clerk of the Corporation be,      and they hereby are, authorized to execute a Certificate of Vote of      Directors Establishing a Class or Series of Stock (the “Certificate of      Vote of Directors”) setting forth such terms in the name of the      Corporation, and to file the Certificate of Vote of Directors with the      Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and such other      governmental authorities as may be required by  law. |

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|   |           (i)          declare      or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or redeem or      purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock      ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or      winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|   |           (ii)          declare      or pay dividends on or make any other distributions on any shares of stock      ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,      dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except      dividends paid ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity      stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the      total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then      entitled;                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|   |           (iii)          redeem      or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock      ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,      dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock; provided that the      Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares      of any such parity stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the      Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution,      liquidation or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock;    or                                                                                                                        |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|   |           (iv)          purchase      or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series A Preferred      Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series A      Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in      writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all      holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after      consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative      rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall      determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among      the respective series or classes. |

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| SIGNED      UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 2nd day of October, 2001, |
|                                                                       |
| /s/      Edmund C. Reiter, *President,                                     |
| Edmund      C. Reiter                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| /s/      Kevin Russell, *Clerk,                                            |
| Kevin      Russell                                                         |

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| I      hereby approve the within Certificate of Vote of Directors and, the filing      fee in the amount of $100 having been paid, said certificate is deemed to      have been filed with me this 2nd day of October, 2001. |
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| Effective      date:                                                                                                                                                                                               |   |

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|   | SECRETARY      OF THE     |
|   | COMMONWEALTH              |
|   | 01      OCT - 2 PM 3:18   |
|   | CORPORATION      DIVISION |

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| William      R. Kolb             |
| Foley,      Hoag & Eliot LLP |
| One      Post Office Square      |
| Boston,      MA 02109            |
| Telephone:             | (617)      832-1209 |

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|   | The      Commonwealth of MassachusettsWilliam      Francis GalvinSecretary of the      CommonwealthOne Ashburton Place,      Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512                                                                                                                                           |
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|        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | ARTICLES      OF AMENDMENT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|   | (General      Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 72)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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|   | We,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Edmund      C. Reiter                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | ,      *President,                                                                 |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                               |
|   | and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Kevin      Russell                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | ,      *Clerk                                                                      |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                               |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Aware,      Inc.                                                                   |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | (Exact      name of corporation)                                                   |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | located      at                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 40      Middlesex Turnpike, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730                           |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | (Street      address of corporation in Massachusetts)                              |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                               |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | certified      that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles    numbered:    |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                               |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 3                                                                                  |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | (Number      those articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and/or 6 being amended)                  |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | of      the Articles of Organization were duly adopted at a meeting held on May      31, 2002, by vote of:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 17,040,630                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   shares      of                                               | Common      Stock | of | 22,667,009 | shares      outstanding, |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                               | (type,      class & series, if any) |   |   |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                               |   |   |   |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | shares      of                                                                     |   | of |   | shares      outstanding, |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                               | (type,      class & series, if any) |   |   |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                               |   |   |   |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | shares      of                                                                     |   | of |   | shares      outstanding, |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                               | (type,      class & series, if any) |   |   |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                               |   |   |   |   |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1**being      at a majority of each type, class or series outstanding and entitled to      vote thereon:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|   | *Delete      the inapplicable      words.            **Delete      the inapplicable clause.1      For amendments adopted pursuant to Chapter 156B, Section      70.2      For amendments adopted pursuant to Chapter 156B, Section      71. |
|        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Note:      If the space provided under any article or item on this form is      insufficient, additions shall be set forth on one side only of separate 8      1⁄2 × 11 sheets of paper with a left margin of at least 1 inch.      Additions to more than one article may be made on a single sheet so long      as each article requiring each addition is clearly    indicated. |

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| WITHOUT      PAR VALUE STOCKS |                        | WITH      PAR VALUE STOCKS |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
| TYPE                          |  NUMBER      OF SHARES |                       | TYPE |   | NUMBER      OFSHARES |   | PAR      VALUE |
|  Common:                 |                        |                       |   | Common: |   | 30,000,000 |   |   | $ | .01 |   |
|                          |                        |                       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|  Preferred:              |                        |                       |   | Preferred: |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                          |                        |                       |   | Series      A ParticipatingCumulative      Preferred Stock |   | 50,000 |   |   | $ | 1.00 |   |
|                          |                        |                       |   | Undesignated |   | 950,000 |   |   | $ | 1.00 |   |

| WITHOUT      PAR VALUE STOCKS |                        | WITH      PAR VALUE STOCKS |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
| TYPE                          |  NUMBER      OF SHARES |                       | TYPE |   | NUMBER      OFSHARES |   | PAR      VALUE |
|  Common:                 |                        |                       |   | Common: |   | 70,000,000 |   |   | $ | .01 |   |
|                          |                        |                       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|  Preferred:              |                        |                       |   | Preferred: |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                          |                        |                       |   | Series      A ParticipatingCumulative Preferred Stock |   | 50,000 |   |   | $ | 1.00 |   |
|                          |                        |                       |   | Undesignated |   | 950,000 |   |   | $ | 1.00 |   |

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|   | VOTED: | To      amend the Corporation’s Restated Articles of Organization to increase the      number of authorized shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share,      from 30,000,000 to70,000,000. |

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| Later      effective date:   |   | .      |

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| /s/      Edmund C. Reiter | ,      *President, |
| Edmund      C. Reiter     |               |
|                      |               |
| /s/      Kevin Russell    | ,      *Clerk      |
| Kevin      Russell        |               |

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| SECRETARY      OF THECOMMONWEALTH                | /s/      WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN    |   |
| 02      JUL - 8 PM 2:43CORPORATION      DIVISION |  WILLIAM      FRANCIS GALVIN  |   |
|                                             | Secretary      of the Commonwealth |   |
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