EXHIBIT 2.2

                       CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND MERGER

                                     MERGING

                         LASER Mortgage Management, Inc.

                            (a Maryland corporation)

                                      INTO

                         LASER Mortgage Management, Inc.

                            (a Delaware corporation)

     LASER Mortgage Management, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Maryland (hereinafter referred to as the "Parent
Corporation"), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

     FIRST: That the Parent Corporation was organized on the 3rd day of
September, 1997, pursuant to the provisions of the Maryland General Corporation
Law, the provisions of which permit the merger of a corporation of another state
and a corporation organized and existing under the laws of said state.

     SECOND: That the Parent Corporation owns all of the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock of LASER Mortgage Management, Inc., a corporation
organized pursuant to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware (hereinafter referred to as the "Surviving Corporation") on the 1st
day of May, 2001.

     THIRD: That the Parent Corporation, by the resolutions of its Board of
Directors, attached hereto as Exhibit A, duly adopted at a meeting held on the
30th day of May, 2001, determined to merge itself into said Surviving
Corporation.

     FOURTH: That this merger has been adopted, approved, certified, executed
and acknowledged by the Parent Corporation in accordance with the laws of the
State of Maryland, under which the Parent Corporation was organized.

     FIFTH: That the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be LASER Mortgage
Management, Inc.

     SIXTH: Anything herein or elsewhere to the contrary notwithstanding, this
merger may be amended or terminated and abandoned by the Board of Directors of
the Parent Corporation at any time prior to the date of filing of the merger
with the Secretary of State.

     SEVENTH: That the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in Appendix A
hereto.

     EIGHTH: That this Certificate of Ownership and Merger shall be effective
upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said LASER Mortgage Management, Inc., a Maryland
corporation, has caused this Certificate to be signed by William J.
Michaelcheck, a duly authorized officer, this 27th day of July, 2001.


                                         LASER MORTGAGE MANAGEMENT, INC.,
                                         a Maryland corporation


                                         By:    /s/ William J. Michaelcheck
                                                -----------------------------
                                         Name:  William J. Michaelcheck
                                         Title: President


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                                   APPENDIX A

                                    RESTATED

                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                         LASER MORTGAGE MANAGEMENT, INC.

     LASER MORTGAGE MANAGEMENT, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing
by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY
CERTIFY:

     1. The name of the Corporation is LASER Mortgage Management, Inc. The date
of filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of
State was May 1, 2001.

     2. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware by written consent of the sole
stockholder in lieu of a meeting of stockholders in accordance with the
provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.

     3. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is amended and
restated to read in full as follows:

     FIRST: The name of this corporation (hereinafter called the "Corporation")
is Laser Mortgage Management, Inc.

     SECOND: The address, including street, number, city and county, of the
registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation
Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle (zip
code 19801); and the name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the
State of Delaware at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

     THIRD: The nature of the business and of the purposes to be conducted and
promoted by the Corporation are to conduct any lawful business, to promote any
lawful purpose, and to engage in any lawful act or activity for which
corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.

     FOURTH: Section 4.1. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK. The total number of shares
of stock that this Corporation shall have authority to issue is twenty five
million (25,000,000) shares, of which five million (5,000,000) shares of the par
value of $.01 per share shall be Preferred Stock and twenty million (20,000,000)
shares of the par value of $.001 per share shall be Common Stock. The holders of
shares of Common Stock shall have one vote per share.

     Section 4.2. PREFERRED STOCK. The Board of Directors of the Corporation is
hereby expressly granted the authority by resolution or resolutions to establish
and issue the Preferred Stock in one or more series with such voting powers,
full or limited, or no voting powers, and with such designations, preferences
and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and with such
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as shall be stated and
expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the establishment and
issuance thereof adopted by the Board of Directors.

     FIFTH: Section 5.1. NUMBER. The number of directors of the Corporation
shall be five (5), which number may be increased or decreased pursuant to the
By-Laws of the Corporation, but shall never be less than the minimum number
required by the Delaware General Corporation Laws (the "DGCL") now or hereafter
in force.

     Section 5.2. CLASSES. The directors shall be divided into three classes as
follows: (1) the term of office of Class I shall be until the 2004 annual
meeting of stockholders and until their successors shall be elected and have
qualified and thereafter shall be for three years and until their successors
shall be elected and have qualified; (2) the term of office of Class II shall be
until the 2002 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors shall
be elected and have qualified and thereafter shall be for three years and until
their successors shall be elected and have qualified; and (3) the term of office
of Class III shall be until the 2003 annual meeting of stockholders and until
their successors shall be elected and have qualified and thereafter shall be for
three years and until their successors shall be elected and have qualified. If
the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be
apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each
class as nearly equal as possible. A director elected by stockholders shall hold
office until the annual meeting for the year in which his or her term expires
and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject,
however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal
from office.

     Section 5.3. DIRECTORS. The names of the directors serving at the time of
the approval of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation and their respective
classes are as follows:


        DIRECTOR                                   CLASS
        --------                                   -----

        Mark W. Hobbs                                I
        Arthur House                                 II
        Ronald J. Artinian                           II
        Jonathan Ilany                               III
        William J. Michaelcheck                      III

     Section 5.4. REMOVAL. Subject to the rights of the holders of any class
separately entitled to elect one or more directors, any director, or the entire
Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause
and then only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of
the combined voting power of all classes of shares of capital stock entitled to
vote in the election for directors voting together as a single class.

     Section 5.5. AMENDMENTS. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, a vote of the
stockholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of all votes entitled to cast
thereon at any duly held annual or special meeting of stockholders and a vote of
at least two-thirds of the Board of Directors is required to amend, alter,
change, repeal or adopt any provisions inconsistent with this Article FIFTH.

     SIXTH: The power to make, alter, or repeal the By-Laws, and to adopt any
new By-Law, shall be vested in the Board of Directors, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, such
action does not conflict with this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

     SEVENTH: Section 7.1. DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this Article
SEVENTH, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

     "AGGREGATE STOCK OWNERSHIP LIMIT" shall mean the Beneficial Ownership of
9.8%, in number of shares or value, of each class of outstanding capital stock
of the Corporation. The number and value of shares of the outstanding capital
stock of the Corporation shall be determined by the Board of Directors in good
faith, which determination shall be conclusive for all purposes hereof.

     "BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP" shall mean ownership of capital stock by a Person,
whether the interest in the shares of capital stock is held directly or
indirectly (including by a nominee), and shall include interests that would be
treated as owned through the application of Section 544 of the Code, as modified
by Sections 856(h)(1)(B) and 856(h)(3)(A) of the Code. The terms "Beneficial
Owner," "Beneficially Owning," "Beneficially Own" and "Beneficially Owned" shall
have the correlative meanings.

     "BUSINESS DAY" shall mean any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is
neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in New York City
are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

     "CAPITAL STOCK" shall mean stock that is either Common Stock, Preferred
Stock or any other class of capital stock of the Corporation classified or
reclassified pursuant to Article FOURTH or this Article SEVENTH.

     "CHARITABLE BENEFICIARY" shall mean one or more beneficiaries of the Trust
as determined pursuant to Section 7.3.6, provided that each such organization
must be described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code and contributions to each
such organization must be eligible for deduction under each Sections
170(b)(1)(A) (without regard to clauses (vii) or (viii) thereof), 2055 and 2522
of the Code, provided selecting such beneficiary or beneficiaries would not
violate Section 7.2.1(a) hereof.

     "CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     "COMMON STOCK OWNERSHIP LIMIT" shall mean Beneficial Ownership or
Constructive Ownership of not more than 9.8 percent (in value or in number of
shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the aggregate of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock of the Corporation. The number and value of outstanding
shares of Common Stock of the Corporation shall be determined by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation in good faith, which determination shall be
conclusive for all purposes hereof.

     "CONSTRUCTIVE OWNERSHIP" shall mean ownership of capital stock by a Person,
whether the interest in the shares of capital stock is held directly or
indirectly (including by a nominee), and shall include interests that would be
treated as owned through the application of Section 318(a) of the Code, as
modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code. The terms "Constructive Owner,"
"Constructively Owns" and "Constructively Owned" shall have the correlative
meanings.

     "EXCEPTED HOLDER" shall mean a stockholder of the Corporation for whom an
Excepted Holder Limit is created by the Charter or by the Board of Directors
pursuant to Section 7.2.7.

     "EXCEPTED HOLDER LIMIT" shall mean, provided that the affected Excepted
Holder agrees to comply with the requirements established by the Board of
Directors pursuant to Section 7.2.7, and subject to adjustment pursuant to
Section 7.2.8, the percentage limit with respect to such holder established by
the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 7.2.7.

     "EXISTING HOLDER" shall mean Ellington Management Group, L.L.C., Highfields
Capital Ltd. and Kingdon Capital Management LLC; provided, however, that any
Person to whom an Existing Holder transfers Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock
will be subject to the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit and the Common Stock
Ownership Limit, unless specifically exempted by the Board of Directors pursuant
to Section 7.2.7.

     "EXISTING HOLDER LIMIT" shall mean (i) for Ellington Management Group,
L.L.C., 1,475,000 shares of Common Stock, (ii) for Highfields Capital Ltd.,
3,275,900 shares of Common Stock and (iii) for Kingdon Capital Management LLC,
1,617,600 shares of Common Stock.

     "INITIAL DATE" shall mean May 1, 2001.

     "MARKET PRICE" on any date shall mean, with respect to any class or series
of outstanding shares of capital stock, the Closing Price for such capital stock
on such date. The "Closing Price" on any date shall mean the last sale price for
such capital stock, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such
day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, for such
capital stock, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated
transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to
trading on the NYSE or, if such capital stock is not listed or admitted to
trading on the NYSE, as reported on the principal consolidated transaction
reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national
securities exchange on which such capital stock is listed or admitted to trading
or, if such capital stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national
securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of
the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System,
or, if such system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotation
system that may then be in use or, if such capital stock is not quoted by any
such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished
by a professional market maker making a market in such capital stock selected by
the Board of Directors of the Corporation or, in the event that no trading price
is available for such capital stock, the fair market value of the capital stock,
as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

     "NYSE" shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.

     "PERSON" shall mean an individual, corporation, joint venture, limited
liability company, unincorporated organization, partnership, estate, state or
political subdivision thereof, government agency, trust (including a trust
qualified under Sections 401(a) or 501(c)(17) of the Code), a portion of a trust
permanently set aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described
in Section 642(c) of the Code, association, private foundation within the
meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, joint stock company or other entity, but
does not include an Underwriter participating in an offering of Common Stock,
Preferred Stock, and/or convertible securities of the Corporation, provided that
the ownership of such Common Stock, Preferred Stock and/or convertible
securities by such Underwriter would not result in the Corporation being
"closely held" within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code and would not
otherwise result in the Corporation's failure to qualify as a REIT.

     "PROHIBITED OWNER" shall mean, with respect to any purported Transfer, any
Person who, but for the provisions of Section 7.2.1, would Beneficially Own or
Constructively Own shares of capital stock, and if appropriate in the context,
shall also mean any Person who would have been the record owner of the shares
that the Prohibited Owner would have so owned.

     "REIT" shall mean a real estate investment trust as defined under Section
856 of the Code.

     "RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE" shall mean the first day on which the Board
of Directors of the Corporation determines that it is no longer in the best
interests of the Corporation to attempt to, or continue to, qualify as a REIT or
that compliance with the restrictions and limitations on Beneficial Ownership,
Constructive Ownership and Transfers of shares of capital stock set forth herein
is no longer required in order for the Corporation to qualify as a REIT.

     "TRANSFER" shall mean any issuance, sale, transfer, gift, assignment,
devise or other disposition, as well as any other event that causes any Person
to acquire Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership, or any agreement to
take any such actions or cause any such events, of capital stock or the right to
vote or receive dividends on capital stock, including (a) the granting or
exercise of any option or warrant (or any disposition of any option or warrant),
(b) any disposition of any securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable
for capital stock or any interest in capital stock or any exercise of any such
conversion or exchange right and (c) Transfers of interests in other entities
that result in changes in Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of capital stock;
in each case, whether voluntary or involuntary, whether owned of record,
Constructively Owned or Beneficially Owned and whether by operation of law or
otherwise. The terms "Transferring" and "Transferred" shall have the correlative
meanings.

     "TRUST" shall mean the trust created pursuant to this Article SEVENTH,
provided for in Section 7.3.1.

     "TRUSTEE" shall mean the Person unaffiliated with the Corporation, a
Prohibited Owner and any Charitable Beneficiary, that is appointed by the
Corporation to serve as trustee of the Trust, and any successor or trustee
appointed by the Trustee.

     "UNDERWRITER" shall mean a securities firm or other similar entity only in
its capacity as a party of an underwriting agreement with the Corporation
entered into with the intent of such firm or other entity acquiring securities
of the Corporation for resale.

     Section 7.2. CAPITAL STOCK

     7.2.1 OWNERSHIP LIMITATIONS. Subject to Section 7.2.10, during the period
commencing on the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date:

     (a) BASIC RESTRICTIONS.

          (i) (1) No Person, other than an Excepted Holder or an Existing
     Holder, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of capital
     stock in excess of the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, (2) no Person,
     other than an Excepted Holder or an Existing Holder, shall Beneficially Own
     or Constructively Own shares of Common Stock in excess of the Common Stock
     Ownership Limit, (3) no Excepted Holder shall Beneficially Own or
     Constructively Own shares of capital stock in excess of the Excepted Holder
     Limit for such Excepted Holder, and (4) no Existing Holder shall
     Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of capital stock in excess of
     the Existing Holder Limit for such Existing Holder.

          (ii) No Person shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of
     capital stock to the extent that such Beneficial or Constructive Ownership
     of capital stock would result in the Corporation being "closely held"
     within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether
     the ownership interest is held during the last half of the taxable year),
     or otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT (including, but not limited to,
     Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership that would result in the
     Corporation owning (actually or Constructively) an interest in a tenant
     that is described in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code if the income derived
     by the Corporation from such tenant would cause the Corporation to fail to
     satisfy any of the gross income requirements of Section 856(c) of the
     Code).

          (iii) Any Transfer of shares of capital stock that, if effective,
     would result in any person Beneficially Owning or Constructively Owning any
     shares of capital stock in violation of Section 7.2.1(a) or Section
     7.2.1(a)(ii) shall be null and void AB INITIO, and the purported transferee
     or purported owner shall acquire no rights to, or economic interest in, any
     capital stock held in violation of these restrictions.

          (iv) Notwithstanding any other provisions contained herein, any
     Transfer of shares of capital stock (whether or not such Transfer is the
     result of a transaction entered into through the facilities of the NYSE or
     any other national securities exchange or automated inter-dealer quotation
     system) that, if effective, would result in the capital stock being
     beneficially owned by less than 100 Persons (determined under the
     principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code) shall be null and void AB
     INITIO, and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such shares
     of capital stock.

     (b) TRANSFER IN TRUST. If, notwithstanding the other provisions contained
in this Article SEVENTH, there is a purported Transfer, change in capital
structure or other event such that, if effective, any Person would Beneficially
Own or Constructively Own Shares of capital stock in violation of Section
7.2.1(a)(i) or Section 7.2.1(a)(ii), or, any Transfer of shares of capital stock
occurs which, if effective, would result in any Person Beneficially Owning or
Constructively Owning shares of capital stock in violation of Section
7.2.1(a)(i) or (a)(ii),

          (i) then that number of shares (rounded to the nearest whole shares)
     of the capital stock, the Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of which
     otherwise would cause such Person to violate Section 7.2.1(a)(i) or (a)(ii)
     shall be automatically transferred to a Trust for the benefit of a
     Charitable Beneficiary, as described in Section 7.3, effective on the close
     of business on the Business Day prior to the date of such purported
     Transfer or other event, and such Person shall acquire no rights in such
     shares; and

          (ii) upon the transfer of a share of capital stock to the Trust
     described in clause (i) of this subsection 7.2.1(b), such share shall have
     such voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights, and shall be subject
     to such terms and limitations, as set forth in Section 7.3 of this Article
     SEVENTH.

     7.2.2 REMEDIES FOR BREACH. If the Board of Directors of the Corporation or
any duly authorized committee thereof shall at any time determine in good faith
that a Transfer or other event has taken place that results in a violation of
Section 7.2.1 or that a Person intends to acquire or has attempted to acquire
Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of any shares of capital stock in
violation of Section 7.2.1 (whether or not such violation is intended), the
Board of Directors or a committee thereof shall take such action as it deems
advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such Transfer or other
event, including, without limitation, causing the Corporation to redeem shares,
refusing to give effect to such Transfer on the books of the Corporation or
instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer or other event; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that any Transfers or attempted Transfers or other events in violation
of Section 7.2.1 shall be null and void and shall automatically result in the
transfer to the Trust described above, and, where applicable, such Transfer (or
other event) shall be void AB INITIO as provided above irrespective of any
action (or non-action) by the Board of Directors or a Committee thereof.

     7.2.3 NOTICE OF RESTRICTED TRANSFER. Any Person who acquires or attempts or
intends to acquire Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of shares of
capital stock that will or may violate Section 7.2.1(a), or any Person who would
have owned shares of capital stock that resulted in a transfer to the Trust
pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.2.1(b) shall immediately give written
notice to the Corporation of such event, or in the case of such proposed or
attempted transaction, give at least 15 days' prior written notice, and shall
provide to the Corporation such other information as the Corporation may request
in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer on the Corporation's
status as a REIT.

     7.2.4 OWNERS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. From the Initial Date and
prior to the Restriction Termination Date:

     (a) every owner of more than five percent (or such lower percentage as
required by the Code or the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) of the
outstanding shares of capital stock, within 30 days after the end of each
taxable year, shall give written notice to the Corporation stating the name and
address of such owner, the number of shares of capital stock Beneficially Owned
and a description of the manner in which such shares are held. Each such owner
shall provide to the Corporation such additional information as the Corporation
may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Beneficial
Ownership on the Corporation's status as a REIT and ensure compliance with the
Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit; and

     (b) each Person who is a Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner of capital
stock and each Person (including the stockholder of record) who is holding
capital stock for a Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner shall provide to the
Corporation such information as the Corporation may request, in good faith, in
order to determine the Corporation's status as a REIT and to comply with
requirements of any taxing authority or governmental authority or to determine
such compliance.

     7.2.5 REMEDIES NOT LIMITED. Nothing contained in this Section 7.2 shall
limit the authority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation to take such
other action as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Corporation and
the interests of its stockholders in preserving the Corporation's status as a
REIT and to ensure compliance with Section 7.2.1(a).

     7.2.6 AMBIGUITY. In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of
the provisions of this Section 7.2, Section 7.3, or any definition contained in
Section 7.1, the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have the power to
determine the application of the provisions of this Section 7.2 or Section 7.3
with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it. If Section 7.2 or
7.3 requires an action by the Board of Directors and this Restated Certificate
of Incorporation fails to provide specific guidance with respect to such action,
the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the action to be taken
so long as such action is not contrary to the provisions of Section 7.1, Section
7.2 or Section 7.3.

     7.2.7 EXCEPTIONS.

     (a) Subject to Section 7.2.1(a)(ii), the Board of Directors of the
Corporation, in its sole discretion, may exempt, prospectively or retroactively,
a Person from the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit and the Common Stock Ownership
Limit, as the case may be, and may establish or increase, prospectively or
retroactively, an Excepted Holder Limit or Existing Holder Limit for such
Person, if:

          (i) the Board of Directors obtains such representations and
     undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary to ascertain that
     no individual's Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of such
     shares of capital stock will violate Section 7.2.1(a)(i) or 7.2.1(a)(ii);

          (ii) such Person does not and represents that it will not, actually
     own or Constructively Own, an interest in a tenant of the Corporation (or a
     tenant of any entity owned or controlled by the Corporation) that would
     cause the Corporation to, actually own or Constructively Own, more than a
     9.8% interest (as set forth in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in such
     tenant and the Board of Directors obtains such representations and
     undertakings from such Persons are reasonably necessary to ascertain this
     fact (for this purpose, a tenant from whom the Corporation (or an entity
     owned or controlled by the Corporation) derives (and is expected to
     continue to derive) a sufficiently small amount of rent that, in the
     opinion of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, rent from such tenant
     would not adversely affect the Corporation's ability to qualify as a REIT,
     shall not be treated as a tenant of the Corporation); and

          (iii) such Person agrees that any violation or attempted violation of
     such representations or undertakings (or other action which is contrary to
     the restrictions contained in Sections 7.2.1 through 7.2.6) will result in
     such shares of capital stock being automatically transferred to a Trust in
     accordance with Sections 7.2.1(b) and 7.3.

     (b) Prior to granting any exception pursuant to Section 7.2.7(a), the Board
of Directors of the Corporation may require a ruling from the Internal Revenue
Service, or an opinion of counsel, in either case in form and substance
satisfactory to the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, as it may deem
necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure the Corporation's status
as a REIT. Notwithstanding the receipt of any ruling or opinion, the Board of
Directors may impose such conditions or restrictions as it deems appropriate in
connection with granting such exception.

     (c) The Board of Directors may only reduce any Excepted Holder Limit or
Existing Holder Limit: (1) with the written consent of such Excepted Holder or
Existing Holder at any time, or (2) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
agreements and understandings entered into with such Excepted Holder or Existing
Holder in connection with the establishment of the Excepted Holder Limit for
that Excepted Holder or the Existing Holder Limit for that Existing Holder. No
Excepted Holder Limit or Existing Holder Limit shall be reduced to a percentage
that is less than the Common Stock Ownership Limit.

     7.2.8 INCREASE IN AGGREGATE STOCK OWNERSHIP AND COMMON STOCK OWNERSHIP
LIMITS. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may from time to time
increase or decrease the Common Stock Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Stock
Ownership Limit; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that:

     (a) Any decrease may be made only prospectively as to subsequent holders
(other than a decrease as a result of a retroactive change in existing law, in
which case such decrease shall be effective immediately);

     (b) Neither ownership limitation may be increased if, after giving effect
to such increase, five Persons could Beneficially Own or Constructively Own, in
the aggregate, more than 50.0% in value of the shares of capital stock then
outstanding; and

     (c) Prior to the modification of either of the ownership limitations, the
Board of Directors of the Corporation may require such opinions of counsel,
affidavits, undertakings or agreements as it may deem necessary or advisable in
order to determine or ensure the Corporation's status as a REIT.

     7.2.9 LEGEND. Each certificate for shares of capital stock or securities
exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of capital stock
shall bear the following legend:

          "The securities represented by this certificate are subject to
          restrictions on Beneficial and Constructive Ownership and Transfer.
          Subject to certain further restrictions and except as expressly
          provided in the Corporation's Certificate, (i) no Person may
          Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of the Corporation's
          Common Stock in excess of 9.8 percent (in value or number of shares)
          of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation unless
          such Person is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder
          Limit shall be applicable) or an Existing Holder (in which case the
          Existing Holder Limit shall be applicable); (ii) no Person may
          Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of capital stock of the
          Corporation in excess of 9.8 percent of the value of the total
          outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation, unless such
          Person is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder Limit
          shall be applicable) or an Existing Holder (in which case the Existing
          Holder Limit shall be applicable); (iii) no Person may Beneficially
          Own or Constructively Own shares of capital stock that would result in
          the Corporation being "closely held" under Section 856(h) of the Code
          or otherwise cause the Corporation to fail to qualify as a REIT; and
          (iv) no Person may Transfer shares of capital stock if such Transfer
          would result in the shares of capital stock of the Corporation being
          owned by fewer than 100 Persons. Any Person who Beneficially Owns or
          Constructively Owns or attempts to Beneficially Own or Constructively
          Own shares of capital stock which causes or will cause a Person to
          Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of capital stock in
          excess or in violation of the above limitations must immediately
          notify the Corporation. Attempted transfers of ownership in violation
          of these restrictions shall be null and void AB INITIO. In addition,
          if any of the restrictions on transfer or ownership are violated, the
          shares of capital stock represented hereby may be automatically
          transferred to a Trustee of a Trust for the benefit of one or more
          Charitable Beneficiaries. In addition, upon the occurrence of certain
          events, attempted Transfers in violation of the restrictions described
          above may be void AB INITIO. All capitalized terms in this legend have
          the meanings defined in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
          the same may be amended from time to time, a copy of which, including
          the restrictions on transfer and ownership, will be furnished to each
          holder of capital stock of the Corporation on request and without
          charge."

     7.2.10 SETTLEMENTS PERMITTED. Nothing contained in this Article SEVENTH or
any provision hereof shall preclude the settlement of any transaction entered
into through the facilities of the NYSE or any other national securities
exchange or automated inter-dealer quotation system. Although settlement of any
transaction is permitted, any transferee in such transaction shall be subject to
all the provisions and limitations set forth in this Article SEVENTH.

     Section 7.3. TRANSFER OF CAPITAL STOCK IN TRUST.

     7.3.1 OWNERSHIP IN TRUST. Upon any purported Transfer or other event
described in Section 9.2.1(b) that would result in a transfer of shares of
capital stock to a Trust, such shares of capital stock shall be deemed to have
been transferred to the Trustee as trustee of a Trust for the exclusive benefit
of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. Such transfer to the Trustee shall be
deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to
the purported Transfer or other event that results in the transfer to the Trust
pursuant to Section 7.2.1(b). The Trustee shall be appointed by the Corporation
and shall be a Person unaffiliated with the Corporation, any Prohibited Owner
and any Charitable Beneficiary. Each Charitable Beneficiary shall be designated
by the Trustee as provided in Section 7.3.6.

     7.3.2 STATUS OF SHARES HELD BY THE TRUSTEE. Shares of capital stock held by
the Trustee shall be issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company. The Prohibited Owner shall have no rights in the shares held by the
Trustee. The Prohibited Owner shall not benefit economically from ownership of
any shares held in trust by the Trustee, shall have no rights to dividends and
shall not possess any rights to vote or other rights attributable to the shares
held in the Trust.

     7.3.3 DIVIDEND AND VOTING RIGHTS. The Trustee shall have all voting rights
and rights to dividends or other distributions with respect to shares of capital
stock held in the Trust, which rights shall be exercised for the exclusive
benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary. Any dividend or other distribution paid
prior to the discovery by the Corporation that the shares of capital stock have
been transferred to the Trustee shall be paid with respect to such shares of
capital stock to the Trustee upon demand and any dividend or other distribution
authorized but unpaid shall be paid when due to the Trustee. Any dividends or
distributions so paid over to the Trustee shall be held in trust for the
Charitable Beneficiary. The Prohibited Owner shall have no voting rights with
respect to shares held in the Trust and, subject to Delaware law, effective as
of the date that the shares of capital stock have been transferred to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall have the authority (at the Trustee's sole discretion)
(i) to rescind as void any vote cast by a Prohibited Owner prior to the
discovery by the Corporation that the shares of capital stock have been
transferred to the Trustee and (ii) to recast such vote in accordance with the
desires of the Trustee acting for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article Seventh, until the Corporation
has received notification that shares of capital stock have been transferred
into a Trust, the Corporation shall be entitled to rely on its share transfer
and other stockholder records for purposes of preparing lists of stockholders
entitled to vote at meetings, determining the validity and authority of proxies
and otherwise conducting votes of stockholders.

     7.3.4 SALE OF SHARES BY TRUSTEE. Within 20 days of receiving notice from
the Corporation that shares of capital stock have been transferred to the Trust,
the Trustee of the Trust shall sell the shares held in the Trust to a person,
designated by the Trustee, whose ownership of the shares will not violate the
ownership limitations set forth in Section 7.3.4. Upon such sale, the interest
of the Charitable Beneficiary in the shares sold shall terminate and the Trustee
shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner and to the
Charitable Beneficiary as provided in this Section 7.3.4. The Prohibited Owner
shall receive the lesser of (1) the price paid by the Prohibited Owner for the
shares or, if the Prohibited Owner did not give value for the shares in
connection with the event causing the shares to be held in the Trust (e.g., in
the case of a gift, devise or other such transaction), the Market Price of the
shares on the day of the event causing the shares to be held in the Trust and
(2) the price per share received by the Trustee from the sale or other
disposition of the shares held in the Trust. Any net sales proceeds in excess of
the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner shall be immediately paid to the
Charitable Beneficiary. If, prior to the discovery by the Corporation that
shares of capital stock have been transferred to the Trustee, such shares are
sold by a Prohibited Owner, then (i) such shares shall be deemed to have been
sold on behalf of the Trust and (ii) to the extent that the Prohibited Owner
received an amount for such shares that exceeds the amount that such Prohibited
Owner was entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 7.3.4, such excess shall
be paid to the Trustee upon demand.

     7.3.5 PURCHASE RIGHT IN STOCK TRANSFERRED TO THE TRUSTEE. Shares of capital
stock transferred to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been offered for sale
to the Corporation, or its designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of
(i) the price per share in the transaction that resulted in such transfer to the
Trust (or, in the case of a devise or gift, the Market Price at the time of such
devise or gift) and (ii) the Market Price on the date the Corporation, or its
designee, accepts such offer. The Corporation shall have the right to accept
such offer until the Trustee has sold the shares held in the Trust pursuant to
Section 7.3.4. Upon such sale to the Corporation, the interest of the Charitable
Beneficiary in the shares sold shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute
the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner.

     7.3.6 DESIGNATION OF CHARITABLE BENEFICIARIES. The Trustee shall designate
one or more nonprofit organizations to be the Charitable Beneficiary of the
interest in the Trust such that (i) the shares of capital stock held in the
Trust would not violate the restrictions set forth in Section 7.2.1(a) in the
hands of such Charitable Beneficiary and (ii) each such organization must be
described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code and contributions to each such
organization must be eligible for deduction under each of Sections 170(b)(1)(A)
(without regard to clauses (vii) or (viii) thereof), 2055 and 2522 of the Code.

     EIGHTH: To the fullest extent that the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, as it exists on the date hereof or as it may hereafter be
amended, permits the limitation or elimination of the liability of directors, no
director of this Corporation shall be personally liable to this Corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a director shall be liable to the
extent provided by applicable law (1) for any breach of the directors' duty of
loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (3) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived any
improper personal benefit. Neither the amendment or repeal of this Article, nor
the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent
with this Article shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director
of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment or repeal.

     NINTH: The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section
145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be
amended and supplemented, or by any successor thereto, indemnify any and all
persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said section from and
against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in
or covered by said section. The Corporation shall advance expenses to the
fullest extent permitted by said section. Such right to indemnification and
advancement of expenses 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. The indemnification and
advancement of expenses provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses
may be entitled under any By-Law, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise.

     TENTH: The Corporation elects, pursuant to Section 228 of General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, to permit stockholder action in lieu
of a meeting upon the unanimous written consent of all stockholders entitled to
take such action at a meeting.


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, LASER Mortgage Management, Inc. has caused this
certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officer this 27th day of July,
2001.


                                        LASER MORTGAGE MANAGEMENT, INC.


                                        By:
                                              ---------------------------------
                                              Name:  William J. Michaelcheck
                                              Title: President


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                                    EXHIBIT A

                                     MERGER


                 RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LASER
               MORTGAGE MANAGEMENT, INC., A MARYLAND CORPORATION,
                   RELATING TO THE REINCORPORATION MERGER AND
                     SUBSEQUENT LIQUIDATION AND DISSOLUTION

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors believes that it is advisable and in the
best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders to cause a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Corporation to be incorporated in the State of Delaware under
the name of LASER Mortgage Management, Inc. ("LASER Delaware"); and

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors believes that it is advisable and in the
best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders to merge with and into
LASER Delaware for the purpose of effectuating a liquidation and dissolution of
the Corporation under Delaware law.

                                     MERGER

     NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that any actions taken by any officer,
director, employee, investment manager or representative of the Corporation in
incorporating LASER Delaware in the State of Delaware be, and it hereby is,
confirmed, ratified and approved in all respects; and it is further

     RESOLVED, that the merger (the "Merger") of the Corporation with and into
LASER Delaware, substantially upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the
Articles of Merger, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Articles of
Merger") and the Certificate of Ownership and Merger, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B (the "Certificate of Ownership and Merger"), with such
non-substantial changes, amendments or modifications thereto with and upon the
advice of counsel as shall be acceptable to any of the Chief Executive Officer,
President, any Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Corporation (each
an "Authorized Officer") and to the Board of Directors of LASER Delaware is
hereby is advised and approved; and it is further

     RESOLVED, that the form, terms and provisions of the Articles of Merger and
the Certificate of Ownership and Merger hereby are approved in all respects; and
it is further

     RESOLVED, that, subject to approval of the stockholders of the Corporation
in accordance with Maryland General Corporation Law, the Authorized Officers of
the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed in the
name of and on behalf of the Corporation to execute, acknowledge, seal and file
with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland
the Articles of Merger, to execute, acknowledge, seal and file with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware the Certificate of Ownership and
Merger, and to take any and all other actions and to execute, acknowledge, seal
and file any and all instruments and documents deemed necessary, appropriate or
advisable in connection therewith as the Authorized Officer executing the same
or performing such acts may approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced
by his execution or performance thereof; and it is further

     RESOLVED, that the Merger shall be effective upon filing with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware the Certificate of Ownership and Merger, which
shall take place after the Articles of Merger are accepted for record by the
State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland; and it is
further

     RESOLVED, that on the date the Merger becomes effective, (1) each issued
share of Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $.001 per share, will be
converted into one share of Common Stock of LASER Delaware, par value $.001 per
share, stockholders of the Corporation will become stockholders of LASER
Delaware and holders of the Corporation's Common Stock shall have no further
claims of any kind or nature against the Corporation, (2) all the outstanding
shares of Common Stock of LASER Delaware now owned by the Corporation will be
canceled and (3) the 1997 Stock Incentive Plan of the Corporation shall be
terminated; and it is further

                           LIQUIDATION AND DISSOLUTION

     RESOLVED, that, subject to the approval of the Merger by the stockholders
of the Corporation in accordance with Maryland General Corporation Law, upon
completion of the Merger, the Board of Directors believes that it is advisable
and in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders that LASER
Delaware be liquidated and dissolved, substantially upon the terms and
conditions as set forth in the Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C (the "Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution"), with
such changes, amendments or modifications thereto with and upon the advice of
counsel as shall be acceptable to any Authorized Officer and the Board of
Directors of LASER Delaware; and it is further

     RESOLVED, that the form, terms and provisions of the Plan of Liquidation
and Dissolution, hereby are approved and adopted in all respects; and it is
further

     RESOLVED, that, notwithstanding that because the liquidation and
dissolution will be accomplished after the Merger under Delaware law no approval
of the stockholders of the Corporation is required under Maryland law to
effectuate the liquidation and dissolution, the Boards of Directors of LASER
Delaware and the Corporation, which is the sole stockholder of LASER Delaware,
have determined not to proceed with the liquidation and dissolution unless the
holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders approve the
Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution; and it is further

     RESOLVED, that, subject to the approval of the holders of at least a
majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation entitled
to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Authorized Officers of the
Corporation be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed in the name
of and on behalf of the Corporation to take any and all other actions and to
execute, acknowledge, seal and file any and all instruments and documents deemed
necessary, appropriate or advisable in connection with the Plan of Liquidation
and Dissolution and the transactions contemplated thereby as the Authorized
Officer executing the same or performing such acts may approve, such approval to
be conclusively evidenced by his execution or performance thereof; and it is
further

                                 PROXY MATERIALS

     RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors believes that the transactions
contemplated by the Articles of Merger and the Plan of Liquidation and
Dissolution are advisable and in the best interests of the Corporation and its
stockholders and hereby directs that the Articles of Merger and the Plan of
Liquidation and Dissolution be submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation
at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on July 27, 2001, and that the
Board of Directors recommends that stockholders vote in favor of the Merger and
the liquidation and dissolution of the Corporation; and it is further

     RESOLVED, that William J. Michaelcheck and Charles R. Howe II, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, be, and each one of them hereby is,
appointed as proxy for the stockholders of the Corporation who submit proxies in
response to management's solicitation for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and
at any adjournments thereof; and it is further

     RESOLVED, that Mark W. Hobbs and Arthur House hereby are nominated as
candidates for election as a Class I Director and Class II Director,
respectively, at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and at any adjournments
thereof; and it is further

     RESOLVED, that a representative of Mellon Investor Services LLC, transfer
agent for the Corporation (with Charles R. Howe II, Secretary of the
Corporation, designated as an alternate, if his services should be required)
hereby is appointed as inspector of election for the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders and at any adjournments or postponements thereof; and it is further

     RESOLVED, that Deloitte & Touche L.L.P. hereby are appointed independent
auditors of the Corporation's affairs for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2001, subject to the approval of the Corporation's shareholders at the Annual
Meeting of Shareholders; and it is further

     RESOLVED, that the stockholders of record of this Corporation at the close
of business on June 20, 2001 (the "Record Date") shall be entitled to notice of
and to vote at such Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and it is further

     RESOLVED, that the forms, terms and provisions of the Notice of Annual
Meeting of Stockholders, Proxy Statement and form of Proxy, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit D, hereby are approved in all respects; and it is further

     RESOLVED, that any actions taken by any officer, director, employee,
investment manager or representative of this Corporation in filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission a preliminary Notice of Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, Proxy Statement and form of Proxy, relating to the Annual Meeting
of Stockholders be, and it hereby is, confirmed, ratified, approved and adopted
in all in all respects; and it is further

     RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers of this Corporation be, and each of
them hereby is, authorized and empowered on behalf of this Corporation to cause
to be delivered to all stockholders of record of this Corporation as of the
Record Date, the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Proxy Statement and
form of Proxy, with such additions and changes thereto and deletions therefrom,
which may be substantial and substantive in nature, with and upon the advice of
counsel, as may be required by any comment received from the Securities and
Exchange Commission with respect to the preliminary copies of such documents
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or as may otherwise be deemed
desirable, as the Authorized Officers preparing and delivering the same may
approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the delivery of such
documents; and it is further

                             CONSENTS AND APPROVALS

     RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers of the Corporation be, and each of
them hereby is, authorized and directed in the name and on behalf of the
Corporation, to make, execute, file and deliver any and all consents, approvals,
certificates, documents, instruments, amendments, papers or writings as may be
required to comply with any federal or state securities or corporation law or
other statutes, rules or regulations in connection with or in furtherance of the
foregoing, and to do any and all other acts necessary or desirable to effectuate
the foregoing resolutions and all the transactions contemplated herein, the
execution and delivery thereof by such Authorized Officers of the Corporation to
be deemed conclusive evidence of the approval by the Corporation of the terms,
provisions and conditions thereof; and it is further

                                     GENERAL

     RESOLVED, that the execution by the Authorized Officers, or any one of
them, of any document or instrument authorized by these resolutions, or any
document or instrument executed in the accomplishment of any action of actions
so authorized, is and shall become upon delivery the enforceable and binding act
and obligation of the Corporation, without the necessity of the signature or
attestation of any other officer of the Corporation or the affixing of any
corporate seal; and it is further

     RESOLVED, that any and all acts, transactions, agreements or certificates
previously signed by any of the officers, directors, employees, investment
manager or representatives on behalf of the Corporation in connection with the
foregoing be, and they hereby are, in all respects approved and ratified as the
true acts and deeds of the Corporation with the same force and effect as if such
act, transaction, agreement or certificate had been specifically authorized in
advance by resolution of the Board of Directors, and that the Authorized
Officer, director, employee, investment manager or representative of the
Corporation did execute the same; and it is further

     RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers of the Corporation be, and each one
of them hereby is, authorized to execute and deliver all such agreements,
amendments, waivers, certificates, instruments and documents and to do all such
further acts and things as such officer or officers may approve in connection
with the transactions contemplated by the foregoing resolutions, the authority
of such officer or officers to execute and deliver the same on behalf of the
Corporation and to do such further acts and things to be conclusively evidenced
by the execution and delivery thereof by such officer or officers or the taking
of any such action.


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                                    EXHIBIT 1

                               ARTICLES OF MERGER

                         LASER MORTGAGE MANAGEMENT, INC.
                            (a Maryland corporation)

                                      INTO

                         LASER MORTGAGE MANAGEMENT, INC.
                            (a Delaware corporation)

                            This is to certify that:

     FIRST: LASER MORTGAGE MANAGEMENT, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Merged
Corporation"), and LASER MORTGAGE MANAGEMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Successor Corporation"), agree to merge.

     SECOND: The Merged Corporation is incorporated in the State of Maryland.
The Successor Corporation was incorporated in the State of Delaware under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware on May 1, 2001.

     THIRD: The merger shall become effective upon filing with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware the Certificate of Ownership and Merger (the
"Effective Time").

     FOURTH: The principal office of the Merged Corporation is located in
Baltimore City. The Successor Corporation has no principal office in the State
of Maryland. The address of the Successor Corporation's resident agent in the
State of Maryland is 300 Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201. The address
of the Successor Corporation's principal office in the State of Delaware is
Corporate Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New
Castle, Delaware 19801.

     FIFTH: The Merged Corporation owns no interest in land in the State of
Maryland.

     SIXTH: (a) The total number of shares of stock which the Merged Corporation
has authority to issue is one hundred million (100,000,000) shares, consisting
of seventy-five million (75,000,000) shares of common stock, par value one-tenth
of one cent ($.001) per share, and twenty-five million (25,000,000) shares of
preferred stock, par value one cent ($.01) per share. The aggregate par value of
all shares of all classes that the Merged Corporation has authority to issue is
$325,000.00.

     (b) The total number of shares of stock which the Successor Corporation has
authority to issue is twenty-five million (25,000,000) shares, consisting of
twenty million (20,000,000) shares of common stock, par value one-tenth of one
cent ($.001) per share, and five million (5,000,000) shares of preferred stock,
par value one cent ($.01) per share. The aggregate par value of all shares of
all classes that the Successor Corporation has authority to issue is $70,000.00.

     SEVENTH: At the Effective Time, the Merged Corporation shall be merged with
and into the Successor Corporation; the separate existence of the Merged
Corporation shall cease and the Successor Corporation shall continue in
existence and shall possess any and all purposes and powers of the Merged
Corporation; and all assets, rights, properties and privileges, as well as all
debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of the Merged Corporation shall be
transferred to, vested in and devolved upon the Successor Corporation without
further act or deed.

     EIGHTH: The manner and basis of converting or exchanging issued stock of
the merging corporations into different stock or other consideration, and the
treatment of any issued stock of the merging corporations not to be converted or
exchanged, shall be as follows:

     (a) Each share of common stock of the Merged Corporation that is
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one
(1) share of common stock of the Successor Corporation at the Effective Time,
without the necessity of any action on the part of the holder thereof.

     (b) Each share of common stock of the Successor Corporation that is
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (all of which are owned by
the Merged Corporation) shall be canceled and become authorized but unissued
shares at the Effective Time.

     (c) Effective as of the Effective Time, each holder of a certificate which
prior thereto represented shares of common stock of the Merged Corporation,
shall, upon surrender of the same, be entitled to receive in exchange therefor a
certificate representing the number of shares of common stock of the Successor
Corporation into which the shares theretofore represented by the certificate so
surrendered shall have been converted as provided in the foregoing paragraph
(a). Until so surrendered, each such outstanding certificate that prior to the
Effective Time represented shares of stock of the Merged Corporation shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes, to evidence ownership of the number of shares
of common stock of the Successor Corporation into which such shares shall have
been so converted.

     NINTH: The terms and conditions of the transaction set forth in these
Articles were advised, authorized and approved by the Merged Corporation and the
Successor Corporation in the manner and by the vote required by their respective
charters and the laws of the State of Maryland and the State of Delaware,
respectively. The manner of approval by the Merged Corporation and the Successor
Corporation was as follows:

     (a) The merger was (i) duly authorized by the board of directors of the
Merged Corporation by adoption at a meeting duly held on April 25, 2001, at
which a quorum was present and at which the board of directors acted by at least
a majority of its members present, of a resolution declaring that the merger is
advisable and approved substantially upon the terms and conditions set forth in
these Articles by adoption at a meeting duly held on May 30, 2001, at which a
quorum was present and at which the board of directors acted by at least a
majority of its members present, of a resolution approving of these Articles and
of a resolution directing that the merger be submitted for consideration at a
meeting of the stockholders of the Merged Corporation, and (ii) duly approved by
the stockholders of the Merged Corporation at a meeting of the stockholders held
on July 27, 2001, pursuant to notice duly given, by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the votes entitled to be cast.

     (d) The board of directors of the Successor Corporation approved the merger
set forth in these Articles by unanimous written consent dated as of May 30,
2001, in the manner prescribed by and in accordance with the provisions of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to mergers. The sole
stockholder of the Successor Corporation approved the merger set forth in these
Articles by written consent dated as of May 30, 2001, in the manner prescribed
by and in accordance with the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware relating to mergers.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Merged Corporation has caused these Articles to be
signed in its corporate name and on its behalf by its President and the
Successor Corporation has caused these Articles to be signed in its corporate
name and on its behalf by its President, each of whom acknowledges that these
Articles are the act of the Merged Corporation and the Successor Corporation,
respectively, and that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief and
under penalties for perjury, all matters and facts contained in these Articles
that relate to the corporation on whose behalf he has signed are true in all
material respects.

                                         LASER MORTGAGE MANAGEMENT, INC.,
                                         a Maryland corporation


                                         ------------------------------------
                                         William J. Michaelcheck, President



ATTEST:


By
  ----------------------------------(SEAL)
  Charles R. Howe, II, Secretary

                                        LASER MORTGAGE MANAGEMENT, INC.,
                                        a Delaware corporation


                                        ------------------------------------
                                        William J. Michaelcheck, President



ATTEST:


By
  ----------------------------------(SEAL)
  Charles R. Howe, II, Secretary