EXHIBIT 3(i)
 AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
ROYAL BANCSHARES OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
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    The name of the corporation is: Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc.2.
    
    The address of this corporations initial registered office in this Commonwealth is 732
Montgomery Avenue, Narberth, PA 19072, Montgomery County.3.
    
    The corporation is incorporated under the provisions of the Business Corporation Law of 1988.4.
    
    The aggregate number of shares authorized is: 23,500,000.




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Name
    
    AddressRichard J. Hansberry
    
    Barley, Snyder, Senft & Cohen, 126 E. King Street,Lancaster, PA 17602-2893




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Exhibit 3.1
 CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
 OF
 FIXED RATE CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES A
 OF
 ROYAL BANCSHARES OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.
 Corporation
 Board of Directors Fixed Rate
Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A
 RESOLVED,
 Designation and Number of Shares Designated
Preferred Stock
 Standard Provisions
 Definitions
 Common Stock
 Dividend Payment Date
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Junior Stock
 Liquidation Amount
 Minimum Amount
 Parity Stock
 Signing Date
 Certain Voting Matters
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th
 ROYAL BANCSHARES OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.By:
    
    /s/ James J. McSwiggan, Jr.Name: James J. McSwiggan, Jr.Title: President and Chief Operating Officer
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ANNEX A
 STANDARD PROVISIONS
 General Matters
 Standard Definitions
 Applicable Dividend Rate
 Appropriate Federal Banking Agency
 Business Combination
 Business Day
 Bylaws
 Certificate of Designations
 Charter
 Dividend Period
 Dividend Record Date
 Liquidation Preference
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Original Issue Date
 Preferred Director
 Preferred Stock
 Qualified Equity Offering
 Share Dilution Amount
 Standard Provisions
 Successor Preferred Stock
 Voting Parity Stock
 Dividends
 Rate (i.e.,
 A-2




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Dividend Period
  Dividend Record Date
  Priority of Dividends provided
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Share Dilution Amount
 pro rata
  A-4




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Liquidation Rights
 Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation Liquidation
Preference
 Partial Payment
 Residual Distributions
 Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation
 Redemption
 Optional Redemption
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provided Successor Preferred Stock
  No Sinking Fund
 Notice of Redemption
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Partial Redemption pro rata
 Effectiveness of Redemption pro rata
 Status of Redeemed Shares provided
 Conversion
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oting Rights
 General
 Preferred Stock Directors Preferred Directors Preferred Director provided
 Class Voting Rights as to Particular Matters
 Authorization of Senior Stock
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Amendment of Designated Preferred Stock
 Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations
 provided, however,
 Changes after Provision for Redemption
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Procedures for Voting and Consents
 Record Holders
 Notices
 No Preemptive Rights
 Replacement Certificates
 Other Rights
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