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Exhibit 4.6

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

of

CLLR, INC.

          FIRST: The name of the corporation is CLLR, Inc.

          SECOND: The address of the corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209
Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801. The name of its registered
agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

          THIRD: The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which
corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
“DGCL”).

          FOURTH: The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the corporation shall have
authority to issue is 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

          FIFTH: The number of directors of the corporation shall be as from time to time specified in,
or determined in the manner provided in, the Bylaws. Election of directors need not be by written
ballot unless the bylaws so provide.

          SIXTH: In furtherance of, and not in limitation of, the powers conferred by statute, the Board
of Directors is expressly authorized to make, adopt, amend, alter or repeal the bylaws of the
corporation.

          SEVENTH: No director of the corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty 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) under Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit. If the DGCL is amended after the date of filing of
this certificate of incorporation to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the
personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the corporation, in addition
to the limitation on personal liability provided herein, shall be limited to the fullest extent
permitted by the DGCL as amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall not
adversely affect any limitation on the liability of a director existing at the time of such repeal
or modification.

          EIGHT:The name and mailing address of the incorporator is:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name 	 	Mailing Address
	 

	 	James H. Mayor
	 	910 Louisiana Street
	 

	 	 	 	Houston, Texas 77002

 

 

          The powers of the incorporator shall terminate upon the filing of this Certificate of
Incorporation with the office of the Delaware Secretary of State.

          NINTH: The name and mailing address of each person who is to serve as a director of the
corporation until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is elected and
qualified are:

	 	 	 
	Name	 	Mailing Address
	 	 	 
	Steven A. Webster
	 	c/o Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.
	 	 	1000 Louisiana Street
	 	 	Suite 1500
	 	 	Houston, TX 77002
	 	 	 
	Thomas L. Carter, Jr.
	 	c/o Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.
	 	 	1000 Louisiana Street
	 	 	Suite 1500
	 	 	Houston, TX 77002
	 	 	 
	S. P. Johnson IV
	 	c/o Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.
	 	 	1000 Louisiana Street
	 	 	Suite 1500
	 	 	Houston, TX 77002
	 	 	 
	Paul B. Loyd, Jr.
	 	c/o Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.
	 	 	1000 Louisiana Street
	 	 	Suite 1500
	 	 	Houston, TX 77002
	 	 	 
	F. Gardner Parker
	 	c/o Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.
	 	 	1000 Louisiana Street
	 	 	Suite 1500
	 	 	Houston, TX 77002
	 	 	 
	Roger A. Ramsey
	 	c/o Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.
	 	 	1000 Louisiana Street
	 	 	Suite 1500
	 	 	Houston, TX 77002
	Frank A. Wojtek
	 	c/o Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.
	 	 	1000 Louisiana Street
	 	 	Suite 1500
	 	 	Houston, TX 77002

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     The undersigned incorporator hereby acknowledges that the foregoing is his act and deed and
that the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly has executed this certificate this 12th day
of June, 2006.

 /s/
James H. Mayor        
James H. Mayor       

Incorporator     

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Exhibit 4.7

BYLAWS

OF

CLLR, INC.

A Delaware Corporation

(hereinafter called the “Company”)

ARTICLE I

CAPITAL STOCK

     Section 1.1. Certificates Representing Shares. The shares of stock of the Company
shall be represented by certificates of stock, signed in the name of the Company (a) by the
President or a Vice President and (b) by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, certifying the number of shares of stock in the Company
owned by the holder named in the certificate. Any or all of the signatures of such officers on the
certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has
been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is
issued, it may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date
of its issuance.

     Section 1.2. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Board of Directors of the
Company (the “Board of Directors”) may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any
certificate theretofore issued by the Company alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon
the receipt of an affidavit of the fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost,
stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issuance of a new certificate, the Board of Directors
may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of
such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Company a bond
sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against the alleged loss, theft or
destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

     Section 1.3. Transfers of Stock. Stock of the Company shall be transferable in the
manner prescribed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”) and in these
Bylaws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Company only by the person named in
the certificate or by his attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the
certificate therefor, which shall be canceled before a new certificate shall be issued.

     Section 1.4. Beneficial Owners. The Company shall be entitled to recognize the
exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends,
and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its
books as the owner of shares, and 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 notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the DGCL.

     Section 1.5. Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Company, subject to
the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended from time to time
(the “Certificate of Incorporation”), if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any
regular or special meeting, and may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of capital stock of
the Company. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the
Company available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in
its absolute discretion, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for
equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Company, or for any
proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

     Section 2.1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders for the election of
directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and place, either within or without
the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and
stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

     Section 2.2. Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on
such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and
stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. At such annual
meeting the stockholders shall elect, by a plurality vote, a Board of Directors and transact such
other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

     Section 2.3. Special Meetings. Unless otherwise prescribed by the DGCL or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes,
may be called at any time by a majority of the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary
of the Company and shall be called by any such officer at the request in writing of stockholders
owning a majority of the capital stock of the Company issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.
Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.

     Section 2.4. Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to
take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the
place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes
for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by the DGCL, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, the written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten
nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at
such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United
States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the
records of the Company.

     Section 2.5. Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix a date, not less than ten
nor more than sixty days preceding the date of any meeting of the stockholders, as a record date
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determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, such meeting. The Board
of Directors shall not close the books of the Company against transfers of shares during the whole
or any part of such period.

     Section 2.6. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by the DGCL, by the Certificate of
Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority
of the outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote thereat, shall be necessary and
sufficient to constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of
business. In the absence of a quorum, the stockholders so present may, by majority vote, adjourn
the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 2.9 until a quorum shall attend.

     Section 2.7. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the
President, or in the President’s absence, by a chairman designated by the Board of Directors, or,
in the absence of such designation, by a chairman chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall keep
the records of the meeting, but, in his absence, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person
to act as secretary of the meeting.

     Section 2.8. Voting; Proxies. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of
Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled
to one vote for each share of stock held by him which has voting power upon the matter in question.
Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to
corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for
him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date,
unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it
states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest
sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not
irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing
revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary. Voting
at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot and need not be conducted by inspectors
of election unless so determined by the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes
which could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote thereon
which are present in person or by proxy at such meeting. At all meetings of stockholders for the
election of directors, a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect. All other
elections and questions shall, unless otherwise provided by the DGCL, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, be decided by the vote of the holders of shares of stock having a
majority of the votes which could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote
thereon which are present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting.

     Section 2.9. Adjournments. Any meetings of stockholders, annual or special, may
adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be
given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at
which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the Company may transact any business
which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than
thirty 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 stockholder of record entitled to vote at
the meeting.

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     Section 2.10. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer of the Company who
has charge of the stock ledger of the Company shall prepare and make, at least ten days before
every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting,
arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares
registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any
stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period
of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is
to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified,
at the place where the meeting is to be held. The 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 stockholder of
the Company who is present. In lieu of making and producing such list, the Company may make the
information therein available by any other means permitted by the DGCL.

     Section 2.11. Stock Ledger. The stock ledger of the Company shall be the only
evidence as to which stockholders are entitled (a) to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of
stockholders, or (b) to examine either the stock ledger, the list required by Section 2.10 or the
books of the Company.

     Section 2.12. Action by Written Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless
otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be
taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company 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 outstanding stock 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 and shall be delivered to the
Company to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an
officer or agent of the Company having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of
stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Company’s registered office shall be by hand or by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date
of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to
take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within 60 days of the earliest dated consent
delivered in the matter required by this Section 2.12 to the Company, written consents signed by a
sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Company by delivery to its
registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent
of the Company having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are
recorded. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than
unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

     Section 2.13. Amendments. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole
or in part, or new Bylaws may be adopted, only as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or
these Bylaws. Notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new Bylaws shall be
contained in the notice of such meeting of stockholders. All such stockholder alterations,
amendments, repeals or adoptions to these Bylaws must be approved by the holders of two-thirds of
the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote thereon.

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ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

     Section 3.1. Number and Tenure. The business and affairs of the Company shall be
managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist
initially of seven directors, which may be increased or decreased, from time to time, by resolution
of a majority of the members at any time constituting the Board of Directors; provided that no such
decrease shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. Except as
provided in Section 3.2 and except as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, directors
shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at annual meetings of the stockholders, and each
director so elected shall hold office for the full term to which he shall have been elected and
until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until the earliest of his death, resignation
or removal. A director need not be a stockholder of the Company nor a resident of the State of
Delaware.

     Section 3.2. Vacancies. Except as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors,
any newly created directorship or any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors for any cause may
be filled by an affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, though
less than a quorum, or by a plurality of votes cast at a meeting of stockholders, and each director
so elected shall hold office for the remainder of the full term in which the new directorship was
created or the vacancy occurred and until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified,
or until the earliest of his death, resignation or removal.

     Section 3.3. Duties and Powers. The business of the Company shall be managed by or
under the direction of the Board of Directors, which may exercise all such powers of the Company
and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation
or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

     Section 3.4. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held
at such places within or without the State of Delaware and at such times as the Board of Directors
may from time to time determine, and if so determined, notices thereof need not be given.

     Section 3.5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held
at any time, whenever called by the President or a majority of directors then in office, at such
place or places within or without the State of Delaware as may be stated in the notice of the
meeting. Notice of the time and place of a special meeting must be given by the person or persons
calling such meeting at least twenty-four hours before the special meeting. Notice need not be
given to any director or to any member of a committee of director who submits a written waiver of
notice signed by him or her before or after the time stated therein.

     Section 3.6. Meetings by Conference Telephone. Unless otherwise restricted by the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee
designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or
such committee by means of telephone conference or similar communications

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equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and
participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 3.6 shall constitute presence in person at such
meeting.

     Section 3.7. Quorum; Vote Required for Action. Except as may be otherwise
specifically provided by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at all
meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the whole Board of Directors shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of a majority of the directors present at any
meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of
Directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the
directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

     Section 3.8. Organization. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over
by the President, or, in the President’s absence, by a chairman chosen at the meeting. The
Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but, in his absence, the chairman of the meeting
may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

     Section 3.9. Actions of the Board by Written Consent in Lieu of Meeting. Unless
otherwise restricted by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action
required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee
thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all the members of the Board of Directors or committee,
as the case may be, consent thereto in writing setting forth the action so taken, and the writing
or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee.

     Section 3.10. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a
majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to
consist of one or more of the directors of the Company. The Board of Directors may designate one
or more of the directors of the Company to sit on any such committee. The Board of Directors may
designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent
or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a
member of the committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors of an
alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or members thereof
present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a
quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in
place of any absent or disqualified member. Any committee, to the extent permitted by the DGCL and
to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing such committee,
shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the
management of the business and affairs of the Company, and may authorize the seal of the Company to
be affixed to all papers which may require it. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and
report to the Board of Directors when required.

     The designation of any such committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not
operate to relieve the Board of Directors, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed
upon it or him by law, nor shall such committee function where action of the Board of Directors is
required under applicable law. The Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to

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change the membership of any such committee and to fill vacancies in it. A majority of the
members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum. Each such committee may elect a chairman
and appoint such subcommittees and assistants as it may deem necessary. Except as otherwise
provided by the Board of Directors, meetings of any committee shall be conducted in the same manner
as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to this Article III as the same shall from
time to time be amended. Any member of any such committee elected or appointed by the Board of
Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of
the Company will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract
rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of a member of a committee shall
not of itself create contract rights.

     Section 3.11. Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses. The directors shall receive
such compensation for their services as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and may be
paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors. No such
reimbursement shall preclude any director from serving the Company in any other capacity and
receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like
reimbursement for attending committee meetings.

     Section 3.12. 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 the
election of directors.

     Section 3.13. Resignation. Any director of the Company may resign at any time by
giving written notice of his resignation to the President or Secretary. Such resignation shall
take effect at the date of receipt of such notice by the President or Secretary, or at any later
time specified therein. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation
shall not be necessary to make it effective.

     Section 3.14. Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between the Company
and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Company and any other corporation,
partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers
are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this
reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of
the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorized the contract or transaction, or solely
because his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if: (a) the material facts as to his or
their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to
the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith
authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested
directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; (b) the material facts as
to his or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are
known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically
approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (c) the contract or transaction is fair as
to the Company as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board of Directors, a
committee thereof or the stockholders. Interested directors may be counted in determining the
presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the
contract or transaction. Any director of the Company may vote upon any contract or other
transaction

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between the Company and any subsidiary or affiliated corporation without regard to the fact
that he is also a director of such subsidiary or affiliated corporation.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

     Section 4.1. General. The officers of the Company shall consist of a President,
Secretary and Treasurer each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Such other
officers or agents, as may be deemed necessary, may be elected or appointed by the Board of
Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by
the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. The officers of the Company need not
be stockholders of the Company nor need such officers be directors of the Company. Each officer
shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the annual meeting of
stockholders next succeeding his election, and until his successor is elected and qualified or
until the earliest of his death, resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon
written notice to the Company. The Board of Directors may remove any officer with or without
prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the Company. Election or
appointment of an officer or an agent shall not of itself create contractual rights. Any vacancy
occurring in any office of the Company by death, resignation, removal or otherwise may be filled
for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

     Section 4.2. Powers and Duties. The officers of the Company shall have such powers
and duties as generally pertain to their offices, except as modified herein or by the Board of
Directors, as well as such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board of
Directors.

     Section 4.3. Voting Securities Owned by the Company. Powers of attorney, proxies,
waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the
Company may be executed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the President or any Vice
President and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Company, take all such
action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of
security holders of any corporation in which the Company may own securities and at any such meeting
shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such
securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Company might have exercised and possessed if
present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time, confer like powers upon any
other person or persons.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION

     Section 5.1. Right to Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless
each Indemnitee (as this and all other capitalized words not heretofore defined are defined in
Section 5.12 hereof) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or
may hereafter be amended. The rights of an Indemnitee provided under the preceding sentence shall
include, but not be limited to, the right to be indemnified to the fullest extent

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permitted by Section 145(b) of the DGCL in Proceedings by or in the right of the Company and
to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145(a) of the DGCL in all other Proceedings.

     Section 5.2.

     (a) Expenses. If an Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a witness in or
is a party to any Proceeding, and is successful on the merits or otherwise, he shall be indemnified
against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection
therewith. If the Indemnitee is a party to and is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is
successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to any Matter in such Proceeding, the Company shall
indemnify the Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his
behalf relating to each such Matter. The termination of any Matter in such a Proceeding by
dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such Matter.

     (b) Advances. In the event of any threatened or pending Proceeding to which an
Indemnitee is a party or is involved and that may give rise to a right of indemnification under
this Article, following written request to the Company by the Indemnitee, the Company shall
promptly pay to the Indemnitee amounts to cover Expenses reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in
such Proceeding in advance of its final disposition upon the receipt by the Company of (i) a
written undertaking executed by or on behalf of the Indemnitee providing that the Indemnitee will
repay the advance if it shall ultimately be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Company as provided herein and (ii) satisfactory evidence as to the amount of
such Expenses.

     (c) Repayment of Advances or Other Expenses. The Indemnitee agrees that the
Indemnitee shall reimburse the Company for all Expenses paid by the Company in defending any
Proceeding against the Indemnitee in the event and only to the extent that it shall be determined
pursuant to the provisions of this Article or by final judgment or other final adjudication under
the provisions of any applicable law that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the
Company for such Expenses.

     Section 5.3. Determination of Indemnification. The Indemnitee’s entitlement to
indemnification shall be determined in accordance with Section 145(d) of the DGCL. If entitlement
to indemnification is to be determined by Independent Counsel, the Company shall furnish notice to
the Indemnitee within 10 days after receipt of the request for indemnification, specifying the
identity and address of the Independent Counsel. The Indemnitee may, within fourteen days after
receipt of such written notice of selection, deliver to the Company a written objection to such
selection. Such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so
selected does not meet the requirements of Independent Counsel and the objection shall set forth
with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. If there is an objection to the selection
of Independent Counsel, either the Company or the Indemnitee may petition the Court of Chancery of
the State of Delaware or any other court of competent jurisdiction for a determination that the
objection is without a reasonable basis and/or for the appointment of Independent Counsel selected
by the Court.

     Except in the event that the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by
Independent Counsel, if the person or persons empowered under this Section 5.3 to determine

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entitlement to indemnification shall not have made and furnished to the Indemnitee in writing a
determination of whether the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification within 30 days after receipt
by the Company of the Indemnitee’s request therefor, a determination of entitlement to
indemnification shall be deemed to have been made, and the Indemnitee shall be entitled to such
indemnification unless the Indemnitee knowingly misrepresented a material fact in connection with
the request for indemnification or such indemnification is prohibited by law. The termination of
any Proceeding or of any Matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in
this Article) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a
presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, or with respect to any criminal
Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

     Section 5.4. Payments to Independent Counsel. The Company shall pay any and all
reasonable fees and expenses of Independent Counsel incurred acting pursuant to this Article and in
any Proceeding to which it is a party or witness in respect of its investigation and written report
and shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses incident to the procedures in which such Independent
Counsel was selected or appointed. No Independent Counsel may serve if a timely objection has been
made to his selection until a court has determined that such objection is without a reasonable
basis.

     Section 5.5. Right to Bring Suit. In the event that (i) a determination is made
pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this
Article, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof, (iii)
Independent Counsel has not made and delivered a written opinion determining the request for
indemnification (a) within 90 days after being appointed by the court, or (b) within 90 days after
objections to his selection have been overruled by the court, or (c) within 90 days after the time
for the Company or the Indemnitee to object to his selection, or (iv) payment of indemnification is
not made within five days after a determination of entitlement to indemnification, the Indemnitee
shall be entitled to an adjudication in an appropriate court of the State of Delaware, or in any
other court of competent jurisdiction, of his entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of
Expenses. In the event that a determination shall have been made that the Indemnitee is not
entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this
Section 5.5 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial on the merits and the Indemnitee
shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. If a determination shall have
been made or deemed to have been made that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the
Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this
Section 5.5, or otherwise, unless the Indemnitee knowingly misrepresented a material fact in
connection with the request for indemnification, or such indemnification is prohibited by law.

     The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to
this Section 5.5 that the procedures and presumptions of this Article are not valid, binding and
enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court that the Company is bound by all provisions of
this Article. In the event that the Indemnitee, pursuant to this Section 5.5, seeks a judicial
adjudication to enforce his rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Article,

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the Indemnitee shall be entitled to recover from the Company, and shall be indemnified by the
Company against, any and all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in such judicial
adjudication, but only if he prevails therein. If it shall be determined in such judicial
adjudication that the Indemnitee is entitled to receive part but not all of the indemnification or
advancement of Expenses sought, the Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such
judicial adjudication or arbitration shall be appropriately prorated.

     Section 5.6. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights to receive indemnification and
advancement of Expenses as provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which an Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of
Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of the stockholders or disinterested directors, or
otherwise.

     Section 5.7. Other Indemnification. The Company’s obligation, if any, to indemnify
any Indemnitee who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee, agent or
fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Indemnitee may collect as
indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
plan or other enterprise or nonprofit entity.

     Section 5.8. Amendment or Repeal. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article
or any provision thereof shall be effective as to any Indemnitee for acts, omissions, events and
circumstances that occurred, in whole or in part, before such amendment, alteration or repeal.

     Section 5.9. Survival of Rights. The provisions of this Article shall continue as to
an Indemnitee whose Corporate Status has ceased and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs,
executors and administrators.

     Section 5.10. Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, at its
expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense,
liability or loss, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against
such expense, liability or loss under Delaware law.

     Section 5.11. Indemnity Agreements. The Company may enter into indemnity agreements
with the persons who are members of its Board of Directors from time to time, and with such
officers, employees and agents as the Board of Directors may designate.

     Section 5.12. Definitions. For purposes of this Article:

     “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer,
employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise or nonprofit entity which such person is
or was serving at the request of the Company.

     “Expenses” shall include all reasonable costs associated with: attorneys’ fees; retainers;
court costs; transcript costs; fees of experts; witness fees; travel expenses; duplicating costs;

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printing and binding costs; telephone charges; postage; delivery service fees and all other
disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting,
defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, or being or preparing to be a witness
in a Proceeding.

     “Indemnitee” consists of each director and executive officer of the Company and, upon approval
of the Board of Directors, any other person who was or is made, or is threatened to be made a party
or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding by reason of his Corporate Status.

     “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or member of a law firm, that is experienced in
matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the five years previous to his
selection or appointment has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any
matter material to either such party; or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a
claim for indemnification hereunder.

     “Matter” is a claim, a material issue or a substantial request for relief.

     “Proceeding” includes any action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution proceeding,
investigation, administrative hearing or any other proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, except one initiated by an Indemnitee pursuant to Section 5.6
hereof to enforce his rights under this Article.

     Section 5.13. Communications. Any communication required or permitted to be made to
the Company shall be addressed to the Secretary of the Company and any such communication to an
Indemnitee shall be addressed to his home address unless he specifies otherwise.

     Section 5.14. Legality. If any provision or provisions of this Article shall be held
to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby;
and, to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article shall be construed so as to
give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 6.1. Disbursements. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Company
shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of
Directors may from time to time designate.

     Section 6.2. Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given under any
provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver, signed
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 of stockholders, in person or by proxy,
or at a meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof shall constitute a waiver of notice
of such meeting, except when the person attends such meeting for the express purpose

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of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because 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 stockholders, directors or members of a committee
of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

     Section 6.3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Company shall end on the 31st day of
December of each year unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors.

     Section 6.4. Corporate Seal. The Corporate Seal shall have inscribed thereon the name
of the Company, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may
be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced.

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