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EX-4.31

 Exhibit 4.31 

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION 

OF 
 EXCO HOLDING MLP,
INC. 
 December 12, 2012 

This Certificate of Formation of EXCO Holding MLP, Inc. has been duly executed and is filed pursuant to Section 3.005 of the Texas
Business Organizations Code (the “TBOC”) to form a for-profit corporation under the TBOC. 
 FIRST: The name of the
corporation being formed is EXCO Holding MLP, Inc. (the “Corporation”). 
 SECOND: The address of its registered
office in the State of Texas is 350 N. St. Paul Street, Suite 2900, Dallas, TX 75201-4234 in Dallas County, Texas. The name of its registered agent at such address is CT Corporation. 

THIRD: The purpose for which the corporation is formed is for the transaction of any and all lawful business for which a for-profit
corporation may be organized under the TBOC. 
 FOURTH: The total number of shares of capital stock which the corporation shall have
authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock of the par value of One Cent ($0.01) per share. 
 FIFTH: The name of
the incorporator is Denese Alaniz, whose mailing address is c/o Latham & Watkins LLP, 811 Main Street, Suite 3700, Houston, Texas 77002. 

SIXTH: The name and mailing address of the initial directors, who shall each serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until his
successors are elected and qualified, is as follows: 
  

			
	 Name
	    	
Address                      
                                      

		
	Douglas H. Miller	    	 c/o EXCO Resources, Inc.

12377 Merit Drive, Suite 1700
 Dallas, Texas
75251

		
	Stephen F. Smith	    	 c/o EXCO Resources, Inc.
 12377 Merit
Drive, Suite 1700
 Dallas, Texas 75251

		
	Harold L. Hickey	    	 c/o EXCO Resources, Inc.
 12377 Merit
Drive, Suite 1700
 Dallas, Texas 75251

  
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 The number of directors of the Corporation shall be as specified in, or determined in the manner
provided in, the bylaws of the Corporation. Unless and except to the extent that the bylaws of the Corporation so provide, the election of directors need not be by written ballot. 

SEVENTH: In furtherance of, and not in limitation of, the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Texas, the Board of Directors of the
Corporation is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation, subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any bylaw whether adopted by them or otherwise. 

EIGHTH: No director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for an act or omission in
the director’s capacity as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit, whether or not the benefit resulted from an action taken within the scope of the director’s duties, or
(iv) an act or omission for which the liability of a member is expressly provided by an applicable statute. In addition to the circumstances in which a director of the Corporation is not personally liable as set forth in the preceding sentence,
a director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the fullest extent permitted by any future amendments to the TBOC or any other applicable law that further limit or eliminate the personal liability of a director. Any repeal or modification of
all or part of this section by the shareholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or, protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification. 

NINTH: Any action required by the TBOC to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, or any action which may be taken at any
annual or special meeting of shareholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of shares having not less
than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take such action at a meeting at which the holders of all shares entitled to vote on the action were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of any action by shareholders without a
meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those shareholders who did not consent in writing to the taking of such action. 

TENTH: The Corporation shall have the right, subject to any express provisions or restrictions contained in this certificate of incorporation
or bylaws of the Corporation, from time to time, to amend this certificate of incorporation or any provision hereof in any manner now or hereafter provided by law, and all rights and powers of any kind conferred upon a director or stockholder of the
Corporation by this certificate of incorporation or any amendment hereof are subject to such right of the Corporation. 
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 I, the undersigned, being the incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a
corporation pursuant to the TBOC, do make this certificate, hereby declaring that this is my act and deed and that the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand as of the date first set forth above. 

 

	
	
	 /s/ R.L. Hodges

	R.L. Hodges, Incorporator

  
  
  

 
  
  

 
  
  

SIGNATURE PAGE TO EXCO HOLDING MLP, INC. CERTIFICATE OF FORMATIONEX-4.32

 Exhibit 4.32 
  

 
  

BYLAWS 
 OF 

EXCO HOLDING MLP, INC. 

A Texas Corporation 

Date of Adoption: 

December 12, 2012 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Page 
 ARTICLE I 

NAME; OFFICES 
  

							
	 Section 1.
	 	Name	  	 	1	  
	 Section 2.
	 	Registered Agent and Registered Office	  	 	1	  
	 Section 3.
	 	Other Offices	  	 	1	  
	 Section 4.
	 	Place of Keeping Corporate Records	  	 	1	  

 ARTICLE II 

SHAREHOLDERS 
  

							
	 Section 1.
	 	Place of Meetings	  	 	1	  
	 Section 2.
	 	Quorum	  	 	1	  
	 Section 3.
	 	Annual Meetings	  	 	2	  
	 Section 4.
	 	Special Meetings	  	 	2	  
	 Section 5.
	 	Record Date	  	 	2	  
	 Section 6.
	 	Notice of Meetings	  	 	2	  
	 Section 7.
	 	Shares List	  	 	3	  
	 Section 8.
	 	Proxies	  	 	3	  
	 Section 9.
	 	Voting; Elections; Inspectors	  	 	3	  
	 Section 10.
	 	Conduct of Meetings	  	 	4	  
	 Section 11.
	 	Treasury Shares	  	 	4	  
	 Section 12.
	 	Action Without Meeting	  	 	4	  
	 Section 13.
	 	Adjournment of Meetings	  	 	5	  

 ARTICLE III 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
  

							
	 Section 1.
	 	Power; Number; Term of Office	  	 	5	  
	 Section 2.
	 	Quorum	  	 	5	  
	 Section 3.
	 	Place of Meetings: Order of Business	  	 	5	  
	 Section 4.
	 	Regular Meetings	  	 	6	  
	 Section 5.
	 	Special Meetings	  	 	6	  
	 Section 6.
	 	Removal	  	 	6	  
	 Section 7.
	 	Vacancies; Increases in the Number of Directors	  	 	6	  
	 Section 8.
	 	Compensation	  	 	6	  
	 Section 9.
	 	Action Without a Meeting; Telephone Conference Meeting	  	 	6	  
	 Section 10.
	 	Approval or Ratification of Acts or Contracts by Shareholders	  	 	7	  

 ARTICLE IV 

COMMITTEES 
  

									
		 	Section 1.	 	Designation; Powers	  	 	7	  

  
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 ARTICLE V 

OFFICERS 
  

					
	 Section 1.
	 	Number, Titles and Term of Office	  	8
	 Section 2.
	 	Salaries	  	8
	 Section 3.
	 	Removal	  	8
	 Section 4.
	 	Vacancies	  	8
	 Section 5.
	 	Powers and Duties of the Chief Executive Officer	  	8
	 Section 6.
	 	Powers and Duties of the Chairman of the Board	  	8
	 Section 7.
	 	Powers and Duties of the President	  	8
	 Section 8.
	 	Vice Presidents	  	9
	 Section 9.
	 	Treasurer	  	9
	 Section 10.
	 	Secretary	  	9
	 Section 11.
	 	Assistant Secretaries	  	9
	 Section 12.
	 	Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations	  	9

 ARTICLE VI 

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS 
  

							
	 Section 1.
	 	Right to Indemnification	  	 	10	  
	 Section 2.
	 	Indemnification of Employees and Agents	  	 	10	  
	 Section 3.
	 	Right of Claimant to Bring Suit	  	 	10	  
	 Section 4.
	 	Nonexclusivity of Rights	  	 	11	  
	 Section 5.
	 	Insurance	  	 	11	  
	 Section 6.
	 	Savings Clause	  	 	11	  
	 Section 7.
	 	Definitions	  	 	11	  

 ARTICLE VII 

CAPITAL STOCK 
  

							
	 Section 1.
	 	Certificates of Shares	  	 	12	  
	 Section 2.
	 	Transfer of Shares	  	 	12	  
	 Section 3.
	 	Ownership of Shares	  	 	12	  
	 Section 4.
	 	Regulations Regarding Certificates	  	 	13	  
	 Section 5.
	 	Lost or Destroyed Certificates	  	 	13	  

 ARTICLE VIII 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
  

							
	 Section 1.
	 	Fiscal Year	  	 	13	  
	 Section 2.
	 	Corporate Seal	  	 	13	  
	 Section 3.
	 	Notice and Waiver of Notice	  	 	13	  
	 Section 4.
	 	Resignations	  	 	13	  
	 Section 5.
	 	Facsimile Signatures	  	 	14	  
	 Section 6.
	 	Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records	  	 	14	  
	 Section 7.
	 	Form of Records	  	 	14	  
	 Section 8.
	 	Deposits	  	 	14	  

  
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	 Section 9.
	 	Contracts	  	 	14	  
	 Section 10.
	 	Checks, Drafts, Etc	  	 	14	  

 ARTICLE IX 

AMENDMENTS 

  
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 BYLAWS OF 

EXCO HOLDING MLP, INC. 

ARTICLE I 

NAME; OFFICES 

Section 1. Name. The name of the corporation is EXCO Holding MLP, Inc. (the
“Corporation”) 
 Section 2. Registered Agent and Registered Office. The
registered agent and registered office of the Corporation required by the Texas Business Organization Code (the “TBOC’) to be maintained in the State of Texas, shall be the registered agent and registered office
named in the certificate of formation of the Corporation (as the same may be amended and restated from time to time, the “Certificate of Formation”), or such other office as may be designated from time to time
by the Board of Directors in the manner provided by law. Should the Corporation maintain a principal office within the State of Texas such registered office need not be identical to such principal office of the Corporation. 

Section 3. Other Offices. The Corporation may have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Texas as the Board
of Directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require. 
 Section 4. Place of Keeping Corporate
Records. The Corporation shall keep at its registered office in the State of Texas or at its principal place of business, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, if any, a record of its shareholders, as prescribed by
Section 3.151 of the TBOC and shall keep on file at such location the voting list of shareholders for a period of at least ten days prior to any meeting of shareholders. All other records and documents required by law to be kept by the
Corporation permanently shall be kept at the Corporation’s principal office. 
 ARTICLE II

 SHAREHOLDERS 

Section 1. Place of Meetings. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation, or at such
other place within or without the State of Texas as shall be specified or fixed in the notices or waivers of notice thereof. 
 Section 2.
Quorum. Unless otherwise required by law or provided in the Certificate of Formation or these bylaws, the holders of shares with a majority of the voting power entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at any meeting of shareholders for the transaction of business and the act of the holders of a majority of the voting power of such shares so represented at any meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present shall
constitute the act of the meeting of shareholders. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum. 

  
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 Section 3. Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of the shareholders, for the election of
directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Texas, on such date, and at such time as the Board of
Directors shall fix and set forth in the notice of the meeting, which date shall be within thirteen (13) months subsequent to the later of the date of incorporation or the last annual meeting of shareholders. 

Section 4. Special Meetings. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Formation, special meetings of the shareholders for any
purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board (if any), the Chief Executive Officer or a majority of the Board of Directors, or by a majority of the executive committee (if any), and shall be called by the Chairman of
the Board (if any), the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary upon the written request therefor, stating the purpose or purposes of the meeting, delivered to such officer, signed by the holder(s) of at least ten percent (10%) of the issued
and outstanding shares entitled to vote at such meeting. 
 Section 5. Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or
allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of shares or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors of the Corporation may fix, in advance, a date as the record
date for any such determination of shareholders, which date shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. 

If the Board of Directors does not fix a record date for any meeting of the shareholders, the record date for determining shareholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at such meeting shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if in accordance with Article VIII, Section 3 of these bylaws notice is waived, at the close of
business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. If, in accordance with Section 12 of this Article II, corporate action without a meeting of shareholders is to be taken, the record date for determining shareholders
entitled to express consent to such corporate action in writing, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed. The record date for determining shareholders for any
other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. 
 A
determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 Section 6. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of the place, date and hour of all meetings, and, in case of a special meeting, the
purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board (if any) or the Chief Executive Officer, the Secretary or the other person(s) calling the meeting to each shareholder entitled to
vote thereat and shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days 

  
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before the date of the meeting, personally, by mail or by electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 21.3531 of the TBOC. If mailed, notice is given when deposited in the
United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the shareholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. 

Section 7. Shares List. A complete list of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders, arranged in alphabetical order
for each class of shares and showing the address of each such shareholder and the number of shares registered in the name of such shareholder, shall be open to the examination of any shareholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during
ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to the list is provided with the notice of the
meeting, or during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. The shares list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any
shareholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic
network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. 
 Section 8. Proxies.
Each shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders or to express consent or dissent to a corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy. Proxies for use at any meeting of
shareholders shall be filed with the Secretary, or such other officer as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine by resolution, before or at the time of the meeting. All proxies shall be received and taken charge of and all ballots
shall be received and canvassed by the secretary of the meeting who shall decide all questions touching upon the qualification of voters, the validity of the proxies, and the acceptance or rejection of votes, unless an inspector or inspectors shall
have been appointed by the chairman of the meeting, in which event such inspector or inspectors shall decide all such questions. 
 No proxy
shall be valid after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable and coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an
irrevocable power. 
 Should a proxy designate two or more persons to act as proxies, unless such instrument shall provide the contrary, a
majority of such persons present at any meeting at which their powers thereunder are to be exercised shall have and may exercise all the powers of voting or giving consents thereby conferred, or if only one be present, then such powers may be
exercised by that one; or, if an even number attend and a majority do not agree on any particular issue, each proxy so attending shall be entitled to exercise such powers in respect of the same portion of the shares as he or she is of the proxies
representing such shares. 
 Section 9. Voting; Elections; Inspectors. Unless otherwise required by law or provided in the
Certificate of Formation, each shareholder shall have one vote for each share entitled to vote which is registered in his or her name on the record date for the meeting. Shares registered in the name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may
be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaw (or comparable instrument) of such corporation may prescribe, or in 

  
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 the absence of such provision, as the Board of Directors (or comparable body) of such corporation may determine.
Shares registered in the name of a deceased person may be voted by his or her executor or administrator, either in person or by proxy. 

Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Formation or these bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the
holders of shares entitled to vote in the election of directors at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present. All other elections and questions presented to the shareholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall, unless
otherwise provided by the Certificate of Formation, these by-laws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, be
decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of the Corporation which are present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon. Every share vote shall be taken by written ballots, each of which
shall state the name of the shareholder or proxy voting and such other information as may be required under the procedure established for the meeting. 

At any meeting at which a vote is taken by ballots, the chairman of the meeting may appoint one or more inspectors, each of whom shall
subscribe an oath or affirmation to execute faithfully the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. 

Such inspector shall receive the ballots, count the votes and make and sign a certificate of the result thereof. The chairman of the meeting
may appoint any person to serve as inspector, except no candidate for the office of director shall be appointed as an inspector. 
 Unless
otherwise provided in the Certificate of Formation, cumulative voting for the election of directors shall be prohibited. 
 Section 10.
Conduct of Meetings. The meetings of the shareholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board (if any), or if he or she is not present, by the Chief Executive Officer, or if neither the Chairman of the Board (if any), nor Chief
Executive Officer is present, by a chairman elected at the meeting. The Secretary of the Corporation, if present, shall act as secretary of such meetings, or if he or she is not present, an Assistant Secretary shall so act; if neither the Secretary
nor an Assistant Secretary is present, then a secretary shall be appointed by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman of any meeting of shareholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation
of the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion as seem to him in order. 
 Section 11. Treasury Shares. The Corporation shall
not vote, directly or indirectly, shares owned by it or any other corporation, if a majority of shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly by the Corporation and such shares shall
not be counted for quorum purposes. 
 Section 12. Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Formation,
any action permitted or required by law, the Certificate of Formation or these bylaws to be taken at a meeting of shareholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the
action so taken, shall be signed by the 

  
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 holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to
authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than a unanimous written consent shall be given by the
Secretary to those shareholders who have not consented in writing. 
 Section 13. Adjournment of Meetings. Notwithstanding the other
provisions of the Certificate of Formation or these bylaws, the chairman of the meeting or the holders of shares with a majority of the voting power present in person or represented by proxy at any meeting of shareholders, whether or not a quorum is
present, shall have the power to adjourn such meeting from time to time, without any notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the holding of the adjourned meeting; provided, however, if the adjournment is for more than
thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. At any such adjourned meeting
at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called. 

ARTICLE III 
 BOARD OF
DIRECTORS 
 Section 1. Power; Number; Term of Office. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under
the direction of the Board of Directors, and subject to the restrictions imposed by law or the Certificate of Formation, they may exercise all the powers of the Corporation. 

The number of directors of the Corporation shall initially be three and shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of
Directors or by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote, unless the Certificate of Formation fixes the number of directors, in which case a change in the number of directors shall be made only by amendment of the Certificate of
Formation. Each director shall hold office for the term for which he or she is elected, and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. 

Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Formation, directors need not be shareholders or residents of the State of Texas. 

Section 2. Quorum. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Formation, a majority of the total number of directors shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the Board of Directors and the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. 

Section 3. Place of Meetings: Order of Business. The directors may hold their meetings and may have an office and keep the books of the
Corporation, except as otherwise provided by law, in such place or places, within or without the State of Texas, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine by resolution. At all meetings of the Board of Directors business shall be
transacted in such order as shall from time to time be determined by the Chairman of the Board (if any), or in his or her absence by the Chief Executive Officer, or by resolution of the Board of Directors. 

  
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 Section 4. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at
such times and places as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Notice of such regular meetings shall not be required. 

Section 5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board (if any), the Chief
Executive Officer or, on the written request of any two directors, by the Secretary, in each case on at least twenty-four (24) hours personal or written notice or on at least twenty-four (24) hours notice by electronic transmission to each
director. Such notice, or any waiver thereof pursuant to Article VIII, Section 3 hereof, need not state the purpose or purposes of such meeting, except as may otherwise be required by law or provided for in the Certificate of Formation or these
bylaws. 
 Section 6. Removal. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of
a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors; provided that, unless the Certificate of Formation otherwise provides, if the Board of Directors is classified, then the shareholders may effect such removal only for cause;
and provided further that, if the Certificate of Formation expressly grants to shareholders the right to cumulate votes for the election of directors and if less than the entire Board of Directors is to be removed, no director may be removed without
cause if the votes cast against his or her removal would be sufficient to elect him or her if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board of Directors, or, if there be classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of
which such director is a part. 
 Section 7. Vacancies; Increases in the Number of Directors. Unless otherwise provided in the
Certificate of Formation, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office (although less than a quorum), a sole remaining
director or by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote; and any director so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor shall be duly elected and shall qualify, unless sooner
displaced. 
 Section 8. Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Formation, the Board of Directors shall have
the authority to fix the compensation of directors. 
 Section 9. Action Without a Meeting; Telephone Conference Meeting. Unless
otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Formation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the
Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of
Directors or committee. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting, and may be stated as such in any document or instrument filed with the Secretary of State of Texas. 

  
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 Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Formation, subject to the requirement for
notice of meetings, members of the Board of Directors, or members of any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of such Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, by means of a conference telephone or
other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting
for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. 

Section 10. Approval or Ratification of Acts or Contracts by Shareholders. The Board of Directors in its discretion may submit any act
or contract for approval or ratification at any annual meeting of the shareholders, or at any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purpose of considering any such act or contract, and any act or contract that shall be approved or be
ratified by the vote of the holders of shares representing a majority of the voting power entitled to vote and present in person or by proxy at such meeting (provided that a quorum is present), shall be as valid and as binding upon the Corporation
and upon all the shareholders as if it has been approved or ratified by every shareholder of the Corporation. In addition, any such act or contract may be approved or ratified by the written consent of the holders of shares representing a majority
of the voting power entitled to vote and such consent shall be as valid and as binding upon the Corporation and upon all the shareholders as if it had been approved or ratified by every shareholder of the Corporation. 

ARTICLE IV 

COMMITTEES 
 Section
1. Designation; Powers. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, including, if they shall so determine, an executive committee, each such committee to consist of one
or more of the directors of the Corporation. Any such designated committee shall have and may exercise such of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation as may be provided in
such resolution, except that no such committee shall have the power or authority of the Board of Directors in reference to amending the Certificate of Formation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the shareholders an
agreement of merger, recommending to the shareholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the shareholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a
dissolution of the Corporation, or amending, altering or repealing the bylaws or adopting new bylaws for the Corporation and, unless such resolution or the Certificate of Formation expressly so provides, no such committee shall have the power or
authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of shares. Any such designated committee may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In addition to the above, such committee or committees
shall have such other powers and limitations of authority as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. 

  
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 ARTICLE V 

OFFICERS 
 Section
1. Number, Titles and Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer and a Secretary and, if the Board of Directors so elects, a Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice Presidents (any one or more of whom
may be designated Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President), a Treasurer and such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time elect or appoint. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall be duly
elected and shall qualify or until his or her death or until he or she shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights. Any number
of offices may be held by the same person, unless the Certificate of Formation provides otherwise. Except for the Chairman of the Board, if any, no officer need be a director. 

Section 2. Salaries. The salaries or other compensation of the officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time
by the Board of Directors. 
 Section 3. Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed,
either with or without cause, by the vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors at a special meeting called for the purpose, or at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors. 

Section 4. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation may be filled by the Board of Directors. 

Section 5. Powers and Duties of the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation
unless the Board of Directors designates the Chairman of the Board or any other officer as Chief Executive Officer. Subject to the control of the Board of Directors and the executive committee (if any), the Chief Executive Officer shall have general
executive charge, management and control of the properties, business and operations of the Corporation with all such powers as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities; he or she may agree upon and execute all leases, contracts, evidences
of indebtedness and other obligations in the name of the Corporation and may sign all certificates for shares of the Corporation; and shall have such other powers and duties as designated in accordance with these bylaws and as from time to time may
be assigned to him by the Board of Directors. 
 Section 6. Powers and Duties of the Chairman of the Board. If elected, the Chairman
of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors; shall have such other powers and duties as designated in these bylaws and as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors. 

Section 7. Powers and Duties of the President. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, the President shall have the
authority to agree upon and execute all leases, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other obligations in the name of the Corporation; and, unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, he or she shall, in the absence of the Chairman of
the Board or if there be no Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the 

  
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 shareholders and (should he or she be a director) of the Board of Directors; and he or she shall have such other
powers and duties as designated in accordance with these bylaws and as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors. 

Section 8. Vice Presidents. In the absence of the Chief Executive Officer, or in the event of his or her inability or refusal to act, a
Vice President designated by the Board of Directors shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer, and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence of a
designation by the Board of Directors of a Vice President to perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer, or in the event of his or her absence or inability or refusal to act, the Vice President who is present and who is senior in terms of
time as a Vice President of the Corporation shall so act. The Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. 

Section 9. Treasurer. The Treasurer, if any, shall have responsibility for the custody and control of all the funds and securities of
the Corporation, and he or she shall have such other powers and duties as designated in these bylaws and as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors. He or she shall perform all acts incident to the position of
Treasurer, subject to the control of the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors; and he or she shall, if required by the Board of Directors, give such bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such form as the Board of
Directors may require. 
 Section 10. Secretary. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the Board of Directors,
committees of directors and the shareholders, in books provided for that purpose; he or she shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices; he or she may in the name of the Corporation affix the seal of the Corporation to all contracts of the
Corporation and attest the affixation of the seal of the Corporation thereto; he or she may sign with the other appointed officers all certificates for shares of the Corporation; he or she shall have charge of the certificate books, transfer books
and stock ledgers, and such other books and papers as the Board of Directors may direct, all of which shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection of any director upon application at the office of the Corporation during business hours; he or
she shall have such other powers and duties as designated in these bylaws and as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer; and he or she shall in general perform all acts incident to
the office of Secretary, subject to the control of the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors. 
 Section 11. Assistant
Secretaries. Each Assistant Secretary, if any, shall have the usual powers and duties pertaining to his or her office, together with such other powers and duties as designated in these bylaws and as from time to time may be assigned to him or
her by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors. The Assistant Secretaries shall exercise the powers of the Secretary during that officer’s absence or inability or refusal to act. 

Section 12. Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the Chief
Executive Officer shall have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of security holders of or with respect to any action of security holders of any other corporation in which this
Corporation may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers which this Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such other corporation. 

  
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 ARTICLE VI 

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS 

Section 1. Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in
any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative is or was or has agreed
to become a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other capacity while serving or having agreed to serve as a
director or officer, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the TBOC, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such
amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment) against all expense, liability and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in
connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to serve in the capacity which initially entitled such person to indemnity hereunder and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and
administrators; provided, however, that the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof), other than a proceeding (or part thereof) brought under Section 3 of this Article
VI, initiated by such person or his or her heirs, executors and administrators only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the board of directors of the Corporation. 

The right to indemnification conferred in this Article VI shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation
the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the TBOC requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a current, former or proposed director or officer in his or her
capacity as a director or officer or proposed director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is or has been agreed to be rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an
employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such indemnified person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be
determined that such indemnified person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section or otherwise. 
 Section 2. Indemnification
of Employees and Agents. The Corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the Corporation, individually or as a group, with the same scope and effect as the indemnification of directors
and officers provided for in this Article VI. 
 Section 3. Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a written claim received by the
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the Corporation within ninety (90) days after such receipt, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if
successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any
proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the TBOC for the
Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its
shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the TBOC, nor an actual
determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the
claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. 
 Section 4. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and the
advancement and payment of expenses conferred in this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any law (common or statutory), provision of the Certificate of Formation of the
Corporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. 
 Section 5. Insurance. The Corporation
may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any person who is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under
the TBOC. 
 Section 6. Savings Clause. If this Article VI or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of
competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each director and officer of the Corporation, as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in
settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article VI that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article VI shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any Covered Person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the
time of such repeal or modification. 
 Section 7. Definitions. For purposes of this Article, reference to the
“Corporation” shall include, in addition to the Corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger prior to (or, in the case of an entity specifically designated in a
resolution of the Board of Directors, after) the adoption hereof and which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had the power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers and employees or agents, so that any person who is or
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 director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such
constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article with respect to the resulting or
surviving corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. 

ARTICLE VII 

CAPITAL STOCK 

Section 1. Certificates of Shares. Except as provided in this Section 1 of Article VI, the certificates for shares of the capital
stock of the Corporation shall be in such form, not inconsistent with that required by law and the Certificate of Formation, as shall be approved by the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board (if any), Chief Executive Officer or a Vice
President shall cause to be issued to each shareholder one or more certificates, under the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof if the Board of Directors shall have provided for such seal, and signed by the Chairman of the Board (if any),
Chief Executive Officer or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer certifying the number of shares (and, if the shares of the Corporation shall be divided into classes or series, the
class and series of such shares) owned by such shareholder in the Corporation; provided, however, that any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by
the Secretary, or at the office of such transfer agent or transfer agents as the Board of Directors may from time to time by resolution determine. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who shall have signed or whose facsimile signature or
signatures shall have been placed upon any such certificate or certificates shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued by the Corporation, such certificate may nevertheless be issued by the
Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The share certificates shall be consecutively numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued
and shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares. The Board of Directors may deem that any outstanding shares of the Corporation will be uncertificated and registered in such form on the share books of the Corporation. 

Section 2. Transfer of Shares. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Formation regarding the transfer of shares, the shares
of the Corporation shall be transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of
shares. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Formation regarding the transfer of shares, upon surrender to the Corporation or a transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence
of. succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. 

Section 3. Ownership of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of capital stock
of the Corporation as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other
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 Section 4. Regulations Regarding Certificates. The Board of Directors shall have the power
and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration or the replacement of certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation. 

Section 5. Lost or Destroyed Certificates. The Board of Directors may determine the conditions upon which a new certificate of shares
may be issued in place of a certificate which is alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed; and may, in their discretion, require the owner of such certificate or his or her legal representative to give bond, with sufficient surety, to
indemnify the Corporation and each transfer agent and registrar against any and all losses or claims which may arise by reason of the issue of a new certificate in the place of the one so lost, stolen or destroyed. 

ARTICLE VIII 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Section 1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such as established from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 Section 2. Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may provide a suitable seal, containing the name of the Corporation. The
Secretary shall have charge of the seal (if any). If and when so directed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, duplicates of the seal may be kept and used by the Treasurer or by the Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer. 

Section 3. Notice and Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given by law, the Certificate of Formation or under the
provisions of these bylaws, said notice shall be deemed to be sufficient if given by electronic transmission or by deposit of the same in a post office box in a sealed prepaid wrapper addressed to the person entitled thereto at his or her post
office address, as it appears on the records of the Corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the day of such transmission or mailing, as the case may be. 

Whenever notice is required to be given by law, the Certificate of Formation or under any of the provisions of these bylaws, a written waiver
thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting
shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the shareholders, directors, or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so
required by the Certificate of Formation or these bylaws. 
 Section 4. Resignations. Any director, member of a committee or officer
may resign at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing or by electronic transmission and shall take effect at the time specified therein, or if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the Chief Executive Officer or Secretary.
The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective, unless expressly so provided in the resignation. 

  
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 Section 5. Facsimile Signatures. In addition to the provisions for the use of facsimile
signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these bylaws, facsimile signatures of any officer or officers of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board of Directors. 

Section 6. Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records. Each director and each member of any committee designated by the Board of
Directors shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account or reports made to the Corporation by any of its officers, or by an independent certified public accountant, or by an
appraiser selected with reasonable care by the Board of Directors or by any such committee, or in relying in good faith upon other records of the Corporation. 

Section 7. Form of Records. Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock
ledger, books of account, and minute books, may be kept on, or by means of, or be in the form of, any information storage device or method, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time.

 Section 8. Deposits. The funds of the Corporation may be deposited or invested in such bank account, in such investments or with
such other depositaries as determined by the Board of Directors. 
 Section 9. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any
officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. 

Section 10. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness
issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by one or more officers or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. 

ARTICLE IX 

AMENDMENTS 
 If
provided in the Certificate of Formation of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend and repeal from time to time bylaws of the Corporation, subject to the right of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect
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