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                                                                     EXHIBIT 3.2







                           AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

                                       OF

                         CANDLEWOOD HOTEL COMPANY, INC.,
                             A DELAWARE CORPORATION


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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I. OFFICES.......................................................................1
           Section 1.1. Registered Office................................................1
           Section 1.2. Other Offices....................................................1

ARTICLE II. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS.....................................................1
           Section 2.1. Place of Meetings................................................1
           Section 2.2. Annual Meeting of Stockholders. .................................1
           Section 2.3. Quorum; Adjourned Meetings and Notice Thereof. ..................1
           Section 2.4. Voting. .........................................................2
           Section 2.5. Proxies. ........................................................2
           Section 2.6. Special Meetings. ...............................................2
           Section 2.7. Notice of Stockholder's Meetings. ...............................2
           Section 2.8. Stockholder Proposals............................................2
           Section 2.9. Maintenance and Inspection of Stockholder List. .................3
           Section 2.10. No Stockholder Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting......3

ARTICLE III. DIRECTORS...................................................................4
           Section 3.1. Number, Election and Tenure......................................4
           Section 3.2. Vacancies. ......................................................4
           Section 3.3. Notification of Nomination. .....................................4
           Section 3.4. Powers. .........................................................5
           Section 3.5. Directors' Meetings. ............................................5
           Section 3.6. Regular Meetings. ...............................................5
           Section 3.7. Special Meetings. ...............................................5
           Section 3.8. Quorum. .........................................................5
           Section 3.9. Action Without Meeting. .........................................6
           Section 3.10. Telephonic Meetings. ...........................................6
           Section 3.11. Committees of Directors. .......................................6
           Section 3.12. Minutes of Committee Meetings. .................................6
           Section 3.13. Compensation of Directors. .....................................6
           Section 3.14. Indemnification.................................................7

ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS.....................................................................9
           Section 4.1. Officers.........................................................9
           Section 4.2. Election of Officers.............................................9
           Section 4.3. Subordinate Officers.............................................9
           Section 4.4. Compensation of Officers. .......................................9
           Section 4.5. Term of Office; Removal and Vacancies...........................10
           Section 4.6. Chairman of the Board. .........................................10
           Section 4.7. President. .....................................................10
           Section 4.8. Vice President. ................................................10
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           Section 4.9. Secretary. .....................................................10
           Section 4.10. Assistant Secretaries. ........................................10
           Section 4.11. Chief Financial Officer. ......................................11
           Section 4.12. Assistant Treasurer............................................11

ARTICLE V. CERTIFICATES OF STOCK........................................................11
           Section 5.1. Certificates....................................................11
           Section 5.2. Signatures on Certificates......................................11
           Section 5.3. Statement of Stock Rights, Preferences, Privileges..............11
           Section 5.4. Lost Certificates...............................................12
           Section 5.5. Transfers of Stock. ............................................12
           Section 5.6. Fixing Record Date. ............................................12
           Section 5.7. Registered Stockholders.........................................12

ARTICLE VI. GENERAL PROVISIONS..........................................................13
           Section 6.1. Dividends.......................................................13
           Section 6.2. Payment of Dividends............................................13
           Section 6.3. Checks..........................................................13
           Section 6.4. Fiscal Year.....................................................13
           Section 6.5. Corporate Seal..................................................13
           Section 6.6. Manner of Giving Notice.........................................13
           Section 6.7. Waiver of Notice................................................13
           Section 6.8. Annual Statement................................................13

ARTICLE VII. AMENDMENTS.................................................................14
           Section 7.1. Amendment by Directors or Stockholders..........................14
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                           AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

                                       OF

                         CANDLEWOOD HOTEL COMPANY, INC.,
                             A DELAWARE CORPORATION


                                   ARTICLE I.
                                     OFFICES

        Section 1.1. Registered Office. The registered office shall be in the
City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.

        Section 1.2. Other Offices. The corporation may also have offices at
such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may
require.

                                   ARTICLE II.
                            MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

        Section 2.1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held
at any place within or without the State of Delaware designated by the Board of
Directors. In the absence of any such designation, stockholders' meetings shall
be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.

        Section 2.2. Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The annual meeting of
stockholders shall be held each year on a date and a time designated by the
Board of Directors. At each annual meeting directors shall be elected and any
other proper business may be transacted.

        Section 2.3. Quorum; Adjourned Meetings and Notice Thereof. A majority
of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at any meeting of
stockholders, the holders of which are present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business except as
otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these
Amended and Restated Bylaws (the "Bylaws"). A quorum, once established, shall
not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum and
the votes present may continue to transact business until adjournment. If,
however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the
stockholders, a majority of the voting stock represented in person or by proxy
may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At
such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any
business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as
originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty 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 thereat.


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        Section 2.4. Voting. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote
of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person
or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting,
unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, or
the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a different vote is required
in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of
such question.

        Section 2.5. Proxies. At each meeting of the stockholders, each
stockholder having the right to vote may vote in person or may authorize another
person or persons to act for him by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing
subscribed by such stockholder and bearing a date not more than three years
prior to said meeting, unless said instrument provides for a longer period. All
proxies must be filed with the Secretary of the corporation at the beginning of
each meeting in order to be counted in any vote at the meeting. Each stockholder
shall have one vote for each share of stock having voting power, registered in
his name on the books of the corporation on the record date set by the Board of
Directors as provided in Article V, Section 5.6 hereof. All elections shall be
had and all questions decided by a plurality vote.

        Section 2.6. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for
any purpose, or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the President and shall be called
by the President or the Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the
Board of Directors, the Chairman or any Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors
and shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as shall be
fixed by the person or persons calling the meeting, but such special meetings
may not be called by any other person or persons. Such request shall state the
purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Business transacted at any special
meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

        Section 2.7. Notice of Stockholder's Meetings. Whenever stockholders are
required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the
meeting shall be given which notice shall state the place, date and hour of the
meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for
which the meeting is called. The written notice of any meeting shall be given to
each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten nor more
than sixty days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, notice is given when
deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the
stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation.

        Section 2.8. Stockholder Proposals. At an annual meeting of
stockholders, only such business shall be conducted, and only such proposals
shall be acted upon, as shall have been brought before the annual meeting (a)
by, or at the direction of, a majority of the directors, or (b) by any
stockholder of the corporation who complies with the notice procedures set forth
in this Section 2.8. For a proposal to be properly brought before an annual
meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must be given timely notice thereof in
writing to the Secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's
notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive
offices of the corporation not less than 60 days prior to the scheduled annual
meeting, regardless of any postponements, deferrals or adjournments of that
meeting to a later

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date; provided, however, that if less than 70 days' notice or prior public
disclosure of the date of the scheduled annual meeting is given or made, notice
by the stockholder, to be timely, must be so delivered or received not later
than the close of business on the tenth day following the earlier of the day on
which such notice of the date of the scheduled annual meeting was mailed or the
day on which such public disclosure was made. A stockholder's notice to the
Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring
before the annual meeting (a) a brief description of the proposal desired to be
brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business
at the annual meeting, (b) the name and address, as they appear on the
corporation's books, of the stockholder proposing such business and any other
stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting such proposal, (c) the
class and number of shares of the corporation's stock which are beneficially
owned by the stockholder on the date of such stockholder notice and by any other
stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting such proposal on the
date of such stockholder notice, and (d) any financial interest of the
stockholder in such proposal.

        The presiding officer of the annual meeting shall determine and declare
at the annual meeting whether the stockholder proposal was made in accordance
with the terms of this Section 2.8. If the presiding officer determines that a
stockholder proposal was not made in accordance with the terms of this Section
2.8, he shall so declare at the annual meeting and any such proposal shall not
be acted upon at the annual meeting.

        This provision shall not prevent the consideration and approval or
disapproval at the annual meeting of reports of officers, directors and
committees of the Board of Directors, but, in connection with such reports, no
new business shall be acted upon at such annual meeting unless stated, filed and
received as herein provided.

        Section 2.9. Maintenance and Inspection of Stockholder List. The officer
who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at
least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the
stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order,
and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered
in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of
any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary
business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either
at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be
specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place
where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the
time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be
inspected by any stockholder who is present.

        Section 2.10. No Stockholder Action by Written Consent Without a
Meeting. Effective upon the closing of the corporation's initial sale of its
Common Stock in a firm commitment underwriting involving a public offering
pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or
special meeting of stockholders may be taken only upon the vote of the
stockholders at an annual or special meeting duly called and may not be taken by
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                                  ARTICLE III.
                                    DIRECTORS

        Section 3.1. Number, Election and Tenure. The authorized number of
directors which shall constitute the Board shall not be less than seven (7) nor
more than twelve (12). The exact number shall be determined from time to time by
resolution of the Board. Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of
stockholders and each director shall serve until such person's successor is
elected and qualified or until such person's death, retirement, resignation or
removal. The directors need not be stockholders. Subject to the rights, if any,
of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding, if any, any and
all directors of the corporation may be removed from office by the stockholders
only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and
two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
corporation at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation,
the notice of which shall state that the removal of a director or directors is
among the purposes of the meeting.

        Section 3.2. Vacancies. Vacancies on the Board of Directors by reason of
death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office, or
otherwise, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the
authorized number of directors shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of
a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a
quorum, or by a sole remaining director. The directors so chosen shall hold
office until the next annual election of directors and until their successors
are duly elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced. If there are no
directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner
provided by statute. If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created
directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority
of the whole Board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the
Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders
holding at least ten percent of the total number of the shares at the time
outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an
election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships,
or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office. No decrease
in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the
term of any incumbent director.

        Section 3.3. Notification of Nomination. Subject to the rights, if any,
of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding, if any, only
persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be
eligible for election as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the
Board of Directors of the corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders
by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, by any nominating committee or
person appointed by the Board, or by any stockholder of the corporation entitled
to vote for the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the
notice procedures set forth in this Section 3.3. Such nominations, other than
those made by or at the direction of the Board or by any nominating committee or
person appointed by the Board, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in
writing to the Secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's
notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive
offices of the corporation not less than 60 days prior to the scheduled annual
meeting, regardless of any postponements, deferrals or adjournments of that
meeting to a later date; provided, however, that if less than 70 days' notice or
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made, notice by the stockholder, to be timely, must be so delivered or received
not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the earlier of
the day on which such notice of the date of the scheduled annual meeting was
mailed or the day on which such public disclosure was made. A stockholder's
notice to the Secretary shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the
stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, (i)
the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (ii) the
principal number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are
beneficially owned by the person and (iii) any other information relating to the
person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations for proxies for
election of directors pursuant to Rule 14a under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended; and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name
and address, as they appear on the corporation's books, of the stockholder and
(ii) the class and number of shares of the corporation's stock which are
beneficially owned by the stockholder on the date of such stockholder notice.
The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other
information as may reasonably be required by the corporation to determine the
eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as director of the corporation.

        The presiding officer of the annual meeting shall determine and declare
at the annual meeting whether the nomination was made in accordance with the
terms of this Section 3.3. If the presiding officer determines that a nomination
was not made in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.3, he shall so
declare at the annual meeting and any such defective nomination shall be
disregarded.

        Section 3.4. Powers. The property and business of the corporation shall
be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors. In addition to
the powers and authorities by these Bylaws expressly conferred upon them, the
Board may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful
acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or
by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the
stockholders.

        Section 3.5. Directors' Meetings. The directors may hold their meetings
and have one or more offices, and keep the books of the corporation outside of
the State of Delaware.

        Section 3.6. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of
Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time
to time be determined by the Board.

        Section 3.7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by the President on forty-eight hours' notice to each
director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be
called by the President or the Secretary in like manner and on like notice on
the written request of two directors unless the Board consists of only one
director; in which case special meetings shall be called by the President or
Secretary in like manner or on like notice on the written request of the sole
director.

        Section 3.8. Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a
majority of the authorized number of directors shall be necessary and sufficient
to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a
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which there is a quorum, shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as
may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, by the Certificate of
Incorporation or by these Bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present at any
meeting of the Board of Directors the directors present thereat may adjourn the
meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the
meeting, until a quorum shall be present. If only one director is authorized,
such sole director shall constitute a quorum.

        Section 3.9. Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted
to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof
may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the
case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed
with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.

        Section 3.10. Telephonic Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors,
or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a
meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference
telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a
meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

        Section 3.11. Committees of Directors. The Board of Directors may, by
resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, 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. In the absence or disqualification of a member of
a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not
disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may
unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the
meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such
committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors,
shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of
Directors 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 which may
require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference
to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or
consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of
all or substantially all of the corporation's property and assets, recommending
to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a
dissolution, or amending the Bylaws of the corporation; and, unless the
resolution or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide, no such
committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to
authorize the issuance of stock.

        Section 3.12. Minutes of Committee Meetings. Each committee shall keep
regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors
when required.

        Section 3.13. Compensation of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by
the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall
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fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if
any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a
fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated
salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the
corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members
of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending
committee meetings.

        Section 3.14. Indemnification.

                      (a) The corporation shall indemnify any person who was or
is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by
reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise, against all
expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, ERISA
excise taxes and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not
act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful.

                      (b) The corporation shall indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or
other enterprise against expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and except that no such indemnification shall be made in respect of
any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to
be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware
or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
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                      (c) To the extent that a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation shall be successful on the merits or otherwise in
defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b),
or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
him in connection therewith.

                      (d) Any indemnification under paragraphs (a) and (b)
(unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized
in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director,
officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b). Such
determination shall be made (1) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of
a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or
proceeding, or (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a
quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion, or (3) by the stockholders.

                      (e) Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal
action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the
final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board
of Directors in the manner provided in paragraph (d) upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay
such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be
indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Section 3.14.

                      (f) The indemnification provided by this Section 3.14
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may
be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to
action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a
person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall
inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a
person.

                      (g) The Board of Directors may authorize, by a vote of a
majority of a quorum of the Board of Directors, the corporation to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability
asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of
his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section 3.14.

                      (h) For the purposes of this Section 3.14, references to
"the corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any
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merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had 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, limited liability company, trust or other
enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this
Section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have
with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had
continued.

                      (i) For purposes of this section, references to "other
enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall
include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee
benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the corporation"
shall include service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director,
officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its
participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and
beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a
manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred to in
this section.

                                   ARTICLE IV.
                                    OFFICERS

        Section 4.1. Officers. The officers of this corporation shall be chosen
by the Board of Directors and shall include a Chairman of the Board, a
President, a Secretary, and a Chief Financial Officer. The corporation may also
have at the discretion of the Board of Directors such other officers as are
desired, including one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant
Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers as may be
appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.3 hereof. In the event
there are two or more Vice Presidents, then one or more may be designated as
Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, or other similar or dissimilar
title. At the time of the election of officers, the directors may by resolution
determine the order of their rank. Any number of offices may be held by the same
person, unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws otherwise
provide.

        Section 4.2. Election of Officers. The Board of Directors, at its first
meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders, shall choose the officers of
the corporation.

        Section 4.3. Subordinate Officers. The Board of Directors may appoint
such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their
offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as
shall be determined from time to time by the Board.

        Section 4.4. Compensation of Officers. The salaries of all officers and
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        Section 4.5. Term of Office; Removal and Vacancies. The officers of the
corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify in
their stead. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be
removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of
Directors. If the office of any officer or officers becomes vacant for any
reason, the vacancy shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

        Section 4.6. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if such
an officer be elected, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the Board
of Directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be
from time to time assigned to him by the Board of Directors or prescribed by
these Bylaws. If there is no President, the Chairman of the Board shall in
addition be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall have the
powers and duties prescribed in Section 4.7 of this Article IV.

        Section 4.7. President. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as
may be given by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board, if there be
such an officer, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the
corporation, unless such an officer is elected separately by the Board of
Directors, and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have
general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the
corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the
absence of the Chairman of the Board, or if there be none, at all meetings of
the Board of Directors. He shall be an ex-oficio member of all committees and
shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the
office of President and Chief Executive Officer of corporations, and shall have
such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or
these Bylaws.

        Section 4.8. Vice President. In the absence or disability of the
President, the Vice Presidents in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of
Directors, or if not ranked, the Vice President designated by the Board of
Directors, shall perform all 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. The Vice Presidents shall have such other duties as from time to time
may be prescribed for them, respectively, by the Board of Directors.

        Section 4.9. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the
Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and
the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose; and shall
perform like duties for the standing committees when required by the Board of
Directors. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the
stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties
as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws. He shall keep in
safe custody the seal of the corporation, and when authorized by the Board,
affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed it shall be
attested by his signature or by the signature of an Assistant Secretary. The
Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the
seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.

        Section 4.10. Assistant Secretaries. The Assistant Secretary, or if
there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the
Board of Directors, or if there be no such determination, the Assistant
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the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the
powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other
powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

        Section 4.11. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall
have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and
accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the
corporation and shall deposit all moneys, and other valuable effects in the name
and to the credit of the corporation, in such depositories as may be designated
by the Board of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may
be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such
disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular
meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his
transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the
corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the
corporation a bond, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be
satisfactory to the Board of Directors, for the faithful performance of the
duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his
death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers,
vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under
his control belonging to the corporation.

        Section 4.12. Assistant Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there
shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the
Board of Directors, or if there be no such determination, the Assistant
Treasurer designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or
disability of the Chief Financial Officer, perform the duties and exercise the
powers of the Chief Financial Officer and shall perform such other duties and
have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time
prescribe.

                                   ARTICLE V.
                              CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

        Section 5.1. Certificates. Every holder of stock of the corporation
shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the
corporation by, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the
President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
or the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Treasurer of the corporation,
certifying the number of shares represented by the certificate owned by such
stockholder in the corporation.

        Section 5.2. Signatures on Certificates. Any or all of 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, it may be issued by the corporation with the
same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date
of issue.

        Section 5.3. Statement of Stock Rights, Preferences, Privileges. If the
corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more
than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and
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restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or
summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the corporation shall
issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as
otherwise provided in section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in
lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back
of the certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or
series of stock, a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to
each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock
or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights.

        Section 5.4. Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new
certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or
certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When
authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of
Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance
thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or
certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner
as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may
direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation
with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

        Section 5.5. Transfers of Stock. Upon surrender to the corporation, or
the transfer agent of the corporation, of a certificate for shares duly endorsed
or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to
transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to
the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the
transaction upon its books.

        Section 5.6. Fixing Record Date. In order that the corporation may
determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
the stockholders, or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate
action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any
dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to
exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or
for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a
record date which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the
date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. 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 of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned
meeting.

        Section 5.7. Registered Stockholders. The corporation shall be entitled
to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in
fact thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or
other claim or interest in such share on the part of any other person, whether
or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, save as expressly provided
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                                   ARTICLE VI.
                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

        Section 6.1. Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the
corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if
any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special
meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in
shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation.

        Section 6.2. Payment of Dividends. Before payment of any dividend there
may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends
such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute
discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for
equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the
corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to
the interests of the corporation, and the directors may abolish any such
reserve.

        Section 6.3. Checks. All checks or demands for money and notes of the
corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of
Directors may from time to time designate.

        Section 6.4. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be
fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

        Section 6.5. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed
thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words
"Corporate Seal, Delaware". Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile
thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

        Section 6.6. Manner of Giving Notice. Whenever, under the provisions of
the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice
is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be
construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by
mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on
the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice
shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the
United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram.

        Section 6.7. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be
given under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of
Incorporation or of these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the
person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time
stated therein, shall be deemed to be equivalent.

        Section 6.8. Annual Statement. The Board of Directors shall present at
each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called
for by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and
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                                  ARTICLE VII.
                                   AMENDMENTS

        Section 7.1. Amendment by Directors or Stockholders. The Board of
Directors is expressly empowered to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws of the
corporation, without the approval of the stockholders. Any adoption, amendment
or repeal of bylaws of the corporation by the Board of Directors shall require
the approval of a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether
or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the
time any resolution providing for adoption, amendment or repeal is presented to
the Board). The stockholders shall also have power to adopt, amend or repeal the
bylaws of the corporation. In addition to any vote of the holders of any class
or series of stock of this corporation required by law or by the Certificate of
Incorporation, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and
two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
corporation shall be required to adopt, amend or repeal any provisions of the
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