Filed by Bowne Pure Compliance





Exhibit 4.1




CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION




OF




FIXED RATE CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES A




OF




PLUMAS BANCORP




Pursuant to Section 401 of the Corporations Code of the State of California:



We, Douglas N. Biddle, President and Chief Executive Officer and Terrance J. Reeson,
Secretary, of Plumas Bancorp organized under the laws of the State of California (hereinafter
called the “Issuer”), do hereby certify as follows:



1. On December 17, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Issuer adopted a resolution
designating 11,976 shares of Preferred Stock as Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock,
Series A.



2. No shares of Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A have been issued.



3. Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Articles of
Incorporation of the Issuer, the following resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Directors on
December 16, 2008 creating the series of Preferred Stock designated as Fixed Rate Cumulative
Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A:



RESOLVED, that pursuant to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Issuer and
applicable law, a series of Preferred Stock of the Issuer be and hereby is created, and that the
designation and number of shares of such series, and the voting and other powers, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications, limitations and
restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series are as follows:



Part 1. Designation and Number of Shares. There is hereby created out of the
authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Issuer a series of preferred stock
designated as the “Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A” (the “Designated
Preferred Stock”). The authorized number of shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be
Eleven Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Six (11,976).



Part 2. Standard Provisions. The Standard Provisions contained in Exhibit A attached
hereto are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of
this Certificate of Determination to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in
full herein.



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Part 3. Definitions. The following terms are used in this Certificate of
Determination (including the Standard Provisions in Exhibit A hereto) as defined below:



(a) “Common Stock” means the common stock, no par value per share, of the Issuer.



(b) “Dividend Payment Date” means February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of
each year.



(c) “Junior Stock” means the Common Stock, and any other class or series of stock of
the Issuer the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks junior to Designated Preferred Stock
as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer.



(d) “Liquidation Amount” means $1,000 per share of Designated Preferred Stock.



(e) “Minimum Amount” means $2,994,000.00.



(f) “Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Issuer (other than
Designated Preferred Stock) the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series
will rank senior or junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights
on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer (in each case without regard to whether
dividends accrue cumulatively or non-cumulatively).



(g) “Signing Date” means “Original Issue Date.”



Part 4. Certain Voting Matters. Holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock will
be entitled to one vote for each such share on any matter on which holders of Designated Preferred
Stock are entitled to vote, including any action by written consent.


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We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct of our own knowledge.



Date: January 5, 2009



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	                                                   /s/ D.N. Biddle
 	 
	 	Name:  	Doug Biddle 	 
	 	Title:  	President and Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 	 	 
	 	                                                   /s/ Terrance J. Reeson
 	 
	 	Name:  	Terrance J. Reeson 	 
	 	Title:  	Secretary 	 


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EXHIBIT A




STANDARD PROVISIONS




Section 1. General Matters. Each share of Designated Preferred Stock shall be
identical in all respects to every other share of Designated Preferred Stock. The Designated
Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of these Standard
Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Determination. The Designated Preferred Stock
shall rank equally with Parity Stock and shall rank senior to Junior Stock with respect to the
payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any dissolution, liquidation or
winding up of the Issuer.



Section 2. Standard Definitions. As used herein with respect to Designated Preferred
Stock:



(a) “Applicable Dividend Rate” means (i) during the period from the Original Issue
Date to, but excluding, the first day of the first Dividend Period commencing on or after the fifth
anniversary of the Original Issue Date, 5% per annum and (ii) from and after the first day of the
first Dividend Period commencing on or after the fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date, 9%
per annum.



(b) “Appropriate Federal Banking Agency” means the “appropriate Federal banking
agency” with respect to the Issuer as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
(12 U.S.C. Section 1813(q)), or any successor provision.



(c) “Business Combination” means a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or
similar transaction that requires the approval of the Issuer’s stockholders.



(d) “Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other
governmental actions to close.



(e) “Bylaws” means the bylaws of the Issuer, as they may be amended from time to time.



(f) “Certificate of Determination” means the Certificate of Determination or
comparable instrument relating to the Designated Preferred Stock, of which these Standard
Provisions form a part, as it may be amended from time to time.



(g) “Charter” means the Issuer’s certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of
association, or similar organizational document.



(h) “Dividend Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).



(i) “Dividend Record Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).



(j) “Liquidation Preference” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).


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(k) “Original Issue Date” means the date on which shares of Designated Preferred Stock
are first issued.



(l) “Preferred Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).



(m) “Preferred Stock” means any and all series of serial preferred stock of the
Issuer, including the Designated Preferred Stock.



(n) “Qualified Equity Offering” means the sale and issuance for cash by the Issuer to
persons other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries after the Original Issue Date of shares of
perpetual Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any combination of such stock, that, in each case,
qualify as and may be included in Tier 1 capital of the Issuer at the time of issuance under the
applicable risk-based capital guidelines of the Issuer’s Appropriate Federal Banking Agency (other
than any such sales and issuances made pursuant to agreements or arrangements entered into, or
pursuant to financing plans which were publicly announced, on or prior to November 17, 2008).



(o) “Standard Provisions” mean these Standard Provisions that form a part of the
Certificate of Determination relating to the Designated Preferred Stock.



(p) “Successor Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).



(q) “Voting Parity Stock” means, with regard to any matter as to which the holders of
Designated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote as specified in Sections 7(a) and 7(b) of these
Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Determination, any and all series of
Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable with respect to
such matter.



Section 3. Dividends.



(a) Rate. Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, on each
share of Designated Preferred Stock if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors or any duly
authorized committee of the Board of Directors, but only out of assets legally available therefor,
cumulative cash dividends with respect to each Dividend Period (as defined below) at a rate per
annum equal to the Applicable Dividend Rate on (i) the Liquidation Amount per share of Designated
Preferred Stock and (ii) the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends for any prior Dividend Period
on such share of Designated Preferred Stock, if any. Such dividends shall begin to accrue and be
cumulative from the Original Issue Date, shall compound on each subsequent Dividend Payment Date
(i.e., no dividends shall accrue on other dividends unless and until the first Dividend Payment
Date for such other dividends has passed without such other dividends having been paid on such
date) and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date, commencing with the
first such Dividend Payment Date to occur at least 20 calendar days after the Original Issue Date.
In the event that any Dividend Payment Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business
Day, the dividend payment due on that date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day
and no additional dividends will accrue as a result of that postponement. The period from and
including any Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date is a
“Dividend Period”, provided that the initial Dividend Period shall be the period from and
including the Original Issue Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date.


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Dividends that are payable on Designated Preferred Stock in respect of any Dividend Period
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of
dividends payable on Designated Preferred Stock on any date prior to the end of a Dividend Period,
and for the initial Dividend Period, shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months, and actual days elapsed over a 30-day month.



Dividends that are payable on Designated Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will be
payable to holders of record of Designated Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of
the Issuer on the applicable record date, which shall be the 15th calendar day immediately
preceding such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date fixed by the Board of Directors or
any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors that is not more than 60 nor less than 10
days prior to such Dividend Payment Date (each, a “Dividend Record Date”). Any such day
that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a
Business Day.



Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable
in cash, securities or other property, other than dividends (if any) declared and payable on
Designated Preferred Stock as specified in this Section 3 (subject to the other provisions of the
Certificate of Determination).



(b) Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains
outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other
shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity
Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common
Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or
otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued
and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period
(including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all
outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and
paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside
for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record
date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other
acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration
of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;
(ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock
or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of
its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of
Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with
the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the
extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date
or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common
Stock.


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When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside
for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date
(or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment
Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to
such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity
Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable
on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates
different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend
Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective
amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and
unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as
provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such
Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from
the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related
to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or
a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including,
in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear
to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors
determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will
provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment
Date.



Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or
other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of
the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other
Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of
Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.



Section 4. Liquidation Rights.



(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the affairs of the Issuer, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Designated
Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive for each share of Designated Preferred Stock, out of
the assets of the Issuer or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for
distribution to stockholders of the Issuer, subject to the rights of any creditors of the Issuer,
before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of
Common Stock and any other stock of the Issuer ranking junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to
such distribution, payment in full in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per
share and (ii) the amount of any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided
in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), whether or not declared, to the date of payment
(such amounts collectively, the “Liquidation Preference”).



(b) Partial Payment. If in any distribution described in Section 4(a) above the assets
of the Issuer or proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with
respect to all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts
payable with respect of any other stock of the Issuer ranking equally with Designated Preferred
Stock as to such distribution, holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the holders of such other
stock shall share ratably in any such distribution in proportion to the full respective
distributions to which they are entitled.


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(c) Residual Distributions. If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all
holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any
other stock of the Issuer ranking equally with Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution
has been paid in full, the holders of other stock of the Issuer shall be entitled to receive all
remaining assets of the Issuer (or proceeds thereof) according to their respective rights and
preferences.



(d) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this
Section 4, the merger or consolidation of the Issuer with any other corporation or other entity,
including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of Designated Preferred Stock receive
cash, securities or other property for their shares, or the sale, lease or exchange (for cash,
securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer, shall not
constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer.



Section 5. Redemption.



(a) Optional Redemption. Except as provided below, the Designated Preferred Stock may
not be redeemed prior to the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the third anniversary
of the Original Issue Date. On or after the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the
third anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Issuer, at its option, subject to the approval of
the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at any time and from time
to time, out of funds legally available therefor, the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the
time outstanding, upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, at a redemption price equal
to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) except as otherwise provided below, any
accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends
on such amount) (regardless of whether any dividends are actually declared) to, but excluding, the
date fixed for redemption.



Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after
the third anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Issuer, at its option, subject to the
approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at any time
and from time to time, the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, upon
notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the
Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) except as otherwise provided below, any accrued and unpaid
dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount)
(regardless of whether any dividends are actually declared) to, but excluding, the date fixed for
redemption; provided that (x) the Issuer (or any successor by Business Combination) has received
aggregate gross proceeds of not less than the Minimum Amount (plus the “Minimum Amount” as defined
in the relevant certificate of determination for each other outstanding series of preferred stock
of such successor that was originally issued to the United States Department of the Treasury (the
“Successor Preferred Stock”) in connection with the Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital
Purchase Program) from one or more Qualified Equity Offerings (including Qualified Equity Offerings
of such successor), and (y) the aggregate redemption price of the Designated Preferred Stock (and
any Successor Preferred Stock) redeemed pursuant to this paragraph may not exceed the aggregate net
cash proceeds received by the Issuer (or any successor by Business Combination) from such Qualified
Equity Offerings (including Qualified Equity Offerings of such successor).


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The redemption price for any shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be payable on the
redemption date to the holder of such shares against surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing
such shares to the Issuer or its agent. Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a redemption
date that occurs subsequent to the Dividend Record Date for a Dividend Period shall not be paid to
the holder entitled to receive the redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be
paid to the holder of record of the redeemed shares on such Dividend Record Date relating to the
Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 3 above.



(b) No Sinking Fund. The Designated Preferred Stock will not be subject to any
mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Holders of Designated Preferred
Stock will have no right to require redemption or repurchase of any shares of Designated Preferred
Stock.



(c) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Designated Preferred
Stock shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of
the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Issuer.
Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for
redemption. Any notice mailed as provided in this Subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have
been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such
notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of
Designated Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Designated Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if shares of Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The
Depository Trust Company or any other similar facility, notice of redemption may be given to the
holders of Designated Preferred Stock at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility.
Each notice of redemption given to a holder shall state: (1) the redemption date; (2) the number of
shares of Designated Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such
holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (3) the
redemption price; and (4) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be
surrendered for payment of the redemption price.



(d) Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of part of the shares of Designated
Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro
rata or in such other manner as the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof may
determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors or a
duly authorized committee thereof shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and
conditions upon which shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time. If
fewer than all the shares represented by any certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be
issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holder thereof.



(e) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on
or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have
been deposited by the Issuer, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called
for redemption, with a bank or trust company doing business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, and having a capital and surplus of at least $500 million and selected by the Board of
Directors, so as to be and continue to be available solely therefor, then, notwithstanding that any
certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on
and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on
all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be
deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption
date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount
payable on such redemption from such bank or trust company, without interest. Any funds unclaimed
at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
released to the Issuer, after which time the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall
look only to the Issuer for payment of the redemption price of such shares.


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(f) Status of Redeemed Shares. Shares of Designated Preferred Stock that are redeemed,
repurchased or otherwise acquired by the Issuer shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of
Preferred Stock (provided that any such cancelled shares of Designated Preferred Stock may be
reissued only as shares of any series of Preferred Stock other than Designated Preferred Stock).



Section 6. Conversion. Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shares shall have no
right to exchange or convert such shares into any other securities.



Section 7. Voting Rights.



(a) General. The holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any voting
rights except as set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by law.



(b) Preferred Stock Directors. Whenever, at any time or times, dividends payable on
the shares of Designated Preferred Stock have not been paid for an aggregate of six quarterly
Dividend Periods or more, whether or not consecutive, the holders of the Designated Preferred Stock
shall have the right, with holders of shares of any one or more other classes or series of Voting
Parity Stock outstanding at the time, voting together as a class, to elect two directors
(hereinafter the “Preferred Directors” and each a “Preferred Director”) at the
Issuer’s next annual meeting of stockholders (or at a special meeting called for that purpose prior
to such next annual meeting) and at each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders until all
accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend
Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on
all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been declared and paid in full at which
time such right shall terminate with respect to the Designated Preferred Stock, except as herein or
by law expressly provided, subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent default
of the character above mentioned; provided that it shall be a qualification for election for any
Preferred Director that the election of such Preferred Director shall not cause the Issuer to
violate any corporate governance requirements of any securities exchange or other trading facility
on which securities of the Issuer may then be listed or traded that listed or traded companies must
have a majority of independent directors. Upon any termination of the right of the holders of
shares of Designated Preferred Stock and Voting Parity Stock as a class to vote for directors as
provided above, the Preferred Directors shall cease to be qualified as directors and the term of
office of all Preferred Directors then in office shall terminate immediately. Any Preferred
Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, and any vacancy created thereby may be
filled, only by the affirmative vote of the holders a majority of the shares of Designated
Preferred Stock at the time outstanding voting separately as a class together with the holders of
shares of Voting Parity Stock, to the extent the voting rights of such holders described above are
then exercisable. If the office of any Preferred Director becomes vacant for any reason
other than removal from office as aforesaid, the remaining Preferred Director may choose a
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(c) Class Voting Rights as to Particular Matters. So long as any shares of Designated
Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or written consent of stockholders
required by law or by the Charter, the vote or written consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3%
of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting as a separate class,
given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called
for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or validating:




(i) Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment or alteration of the
Certificate of Determination for the Designated Preferred Stock or the Charter to authorize
or create or increase the authorized amount of, or any issuance of, any shares of, or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of, any class or
series of capital stock of the Issuer ranking senior to Designated Preferred Stock with
respect to either or both the payment of dividends and/or the distribution of assets on any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer;




(ii) Amendment of Designated Preferred Stock. Any amendment, alteration or
repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Determination for the Designated Preferred
Stock or the Charter (including, unless no vote on such merger or consolidation is required
by Section 7(c)(iii) below, any amendment, alteration or repeal by means of a merger,
consolidation or otherwise) so as to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or
voting powers of the Designated Preferred Stock; or




(iii) Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations. Any
consummation of a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Designated
Preferred Stock, or of a merger or consolidation of the Issuer with another corporation or
other entity, unless in each case (x) the shares of Designated Preferred Stock remain
outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the
Issuer is not the surviving or resulting entity, are converted into or exchanged for
preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (y)
such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have
such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions
thereof, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than
the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions
thereof, of Designated Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a
whole;



provided, however, that for all purposes of this Section 7(c), any increase in the amount of the
authorized Preferred Stock, including any increase in the authorized amount of Designated Preferred
Stock necessary to satisfy preemptive or similar rights granted by the Issuer to other persons
prior to the Signing Date, or the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued
amount, whether pursuant to preemptive or similar rights or otherwise, of any other series of
Preferred Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any other
series of Preferred Stock, ranking equally with and/or junior to Designated Preferred Stock with
respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative)
and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer will not
be deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers, and shall not
require the affirmative vote or consent of, the holders of outstanding shares of the Designated
Preferred Stock.


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(d) Changes after Provision for Redemption. No vote or consent of the holders of
Designated Preferred Stock shall be required pursuant to Section 7(c) above if, at or prior to the
time when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Section, all
outstanding shares of the Designated Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed, or shall have been
called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust
for such redemption, in each case pursuant to Section 5 above.



(e) Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and
conducting any meeting of the holders of Designated Preferred Stock (including, without limitation,
the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a
meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a
meeting or such consents shall conform to the requirements of the Charter, the Bylaws, and
applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which
Designated Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time.



Section 8. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the
Issuer and the transfer agent for Designated Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder
of any share of Designated Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes,
and neither the Issuer nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.



Section 9. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of Designated Preferred
Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class
mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of
Determination, in the Charter or Bylaws or by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
shares of Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust
Company or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the holders of Designated Preferred
Stock in any manner permitted by such facility.



Section 10. No Preemptive Rights. No share of Designated Preferred Stock shall have
any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Issuer, or any warrants, rights or
options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such
warrants, rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted.



Section 11. Replacement Certificates. The Issuer shall replace any mutilated
certificate at the holder’s expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Issuer. The Issuer
shall replace certificates that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the holder’s expense upon
delivery to the Issuer of reasonably satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed,
stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be reasonably required by the Issuer.



Section 12. Other Rights. The shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any
rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other
special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth
herein or in the Charter or as provided by applicable law.



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