**Exhibit 3.5**

 
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|   | **FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION** |
|   | **NO.**                    | **   04-2814792** |

 
|                                                                                                                                    |   | **THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| Examiner                                                                                                                                |   | **William Francis Galvin**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|                                                                                                                                    |   | Secretary of the Commonwealth                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|                                                                                                                                    |   | One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts  02108-1512                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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|                                                                                                                                    |   | **ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|                                                                                                                                    |   | **(General Laws, Chapter 156B,  Section 72)**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
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| Name Approved                                                                                                                           |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|                                                                                                                                    |   | We, Eric R. Giler, *President and Natalie J. Massarotti, *Assistant  Clerk,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|                                                                                                                                    |   | of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Brooktrout, Inc. |   |
| [SEAL]                                                                                                                                  |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | *(Exact name of corporation)* |   |
| SECRETARY                                                                                                                               |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| OF STATE                                                                                                                                |   | located at                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 250 First Avenue, Needham, MA 02494 |   |
| RECEIVED                                                                                                                                |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | *(Street address of corporation in  Massachusetts)* |   |
| 04 May 14 PM 3:39                                                                                                                       |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| CORPORATIONS DIVISION                                                                                                                   |   | certify that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles numbered:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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|                                                                                                                                    |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Three |   |
|                                                                                                                                    |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | *(Number those articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and/or  6 being amended)* |   |
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|                                                                                                                                    |   | of the Articles of Organization were duly adopted at a meeting held  on May 5, 2004, by vote of:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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|                                                                                                                                    |   | 11,057,194                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | shares of | Common Stock, $.01 par value | of | 13,032,072 |   shares outstanding, |
|                                                                                                                                    |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   | *(type, class & series, if any)* |   |   |   |
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|                                                                                                                                    |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | shares of |   | of |   |   shares outstanding, and |
|                                                                                                                                    |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   | *(type, class & series, if any)* |   |   |   |
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|                                                                                                                                    |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | shares of |   | of |   |   shares outstanding, |
|                                                                                                                                    |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   | *(type, class & series, if any)* |   |   |   |
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|     C                  o       |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |
|     P                   o |   | (1)** being at least a majority of each type, class or series  outstanding and entitled to vote thereon:/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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|                                                                                                                                    |   | * *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.*                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| P.C.                                                                                                                                    |   | *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  x 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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To *change* the number ofshares and the par value (if any) of any type, class or series of stock whichthe corporation is authorized to issue, fill in the following:

 

The total *presently*authorized is:

 
| **WITHOUT  PAR VALUE STOCKS** |   | **WITH PAR  VALUE STOCKS** |   |
|-------------------------------|--------|----------------------------|--------|
| **TYPE**                      |   | **NUMBER OF  SHARES**      |   | **TYPE** |   | **NUMBER OF  SHARES** |   | **PAR VALUE** |   |
| Common:                       |   | —                     |   | Common: |   | 40,000,000 |   | $ | .01 |   |
|                          |   |                       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Preferred:                    |   | —                     |   | Preferred: |   | 100,000 |   | $ | 1.00 |   |

 

*Change* the totalauthorized to:

 
| **WITHOUT  PAR VALUE STOCKS** |   | **WITH PAR  VALUE STOCKS** |   |
|-------------------------------|--------|----------------------------|--------|
| **TYPE**                      |   | **NUMBER OF  SHARES**      |   | **TYPE** |   | **NUMBER OF  SHARES** |   | **PAR VALUE** |   |
| Common:                       |   | —                     |   | Common: |   | 80,000,000 |   | $ | .01 |   |
|                          |   |                       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Preferred:                    |   | —                     |   | Preferred: |   | 100,000 |   | $ | 1.00 |   |
|                               |        |                            |        |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

 

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The foregoing amendment(s) will become effective when these Articles ofAmendment are filed in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 156B,Section 6 unless these articles specify, in accordance with the voteadopting the amendment, a *later*effective date not more than *thirty days*after such filing, in which event the amendment will become effective on suchlater date.

 
| Later effective date:                                             |                      | . |
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| SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 5th day of May, 2004. |
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| /s/ Eric R. Giler                                                 | ,  *President        |
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| /s/ Natalie J. Massarotti                                         | ,  *Assistant Clerk. |
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* *Delete the inapplicable words.*

 

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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

 

**ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT**

**(General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 72)**

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I hereby approve the within Articles of Amendment and, the filing feein the amount of $40,000 having been paid, said articles are deemed to havebeen filed with me this 14 day of May 2004.

 

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| *Effective date:* |   |   |
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|                                 | /s/ William Francis Galvin |   |
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| **WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN**           |
| ***Secretary of the  Commonwealth*** |

 

 

**TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION**

**Contact information:**

 
|       | Natalie J. Massarotti             |               |
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|       | Brooktrout, Inc.                  |               |
|       | 250 First Ave., Needham, MA 02494 |               |
| Telephone: |                              | (781) 449-4100     |   |
| Email:     |                              | njm@brooktrout.com |   |
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A copy this filing will be available on-line at www.state.ma.us/sec/coronce the document is filed.

 

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