Document:

Exhibit

Heritage Financial Corporation

MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE PLAN 

2017

 

Management Incentive Plan

INTRODUCTION

Heritage Financial Corporation and Heritage Bank (the “Company”) are willing to provide annual cash incentive award opportunities for eligible employees, through the use of the Company’s Management Incentive Plan, a performance-based annual incentive compensation plan (the “Plan”).  The annual incentive awards will provide a payment based upon attainment of specified goals and objectives.  The objective is to align the interests of these employees with the interests of the Company in obtaining superior financial results.
		
	I.
	OBJECTIVE & PURPOSE

The Company believes in pay for performance, and desires to implement a performance-based culture.  The Company is committed to rewarding employees for the achievement of annual performance goals.  This Plan is designed to reward and retain high performers, and to drive the long-term financial success of the Company.  The Plan should encourage teamwork and create an environment where executives are rewarded if the Company and his/her department achieve or exceed pre-determined annual performance criteria.  The Plan is also designed to reward employees for achieving and exceeding individual performance criteria.  It is prospective in design with the utilization of a defined payout formula that is based upon the achievement of a combination of pre-determined Company and department/individual performance criteria. 
		
	II.
	PARTICIPATION/ELIGIBILITY

Each Plan Year the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) shall develop a list of eligible employees (or employee groups) for participation in the Plan for the upcoming Plan Year.  In addition to a listing of the eligible employees, the CEO shall also develop a summary of the annual incentive award tiers, the incentive award opportunities for each tier, the weighting of Company versus department/individual performance goals, and a summary of possible payouts.  Each Plan participant shall be notified of eligibility for participation in the Plan. As appropriate, the CEO shall submit to the Compensation Committee (“Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company the forgoing information with respect to the Company’s senior officers, and others as may be requested by the Committee, for the Committee’s review and approval.
		
	A.
	The 2017 Plan is limited to selected employees of the Company.  The CEO will identify such employees for eligibility under the Plan.

Additional eligibility requirements are the following:  
		
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	New employees must be employed by October 31st in a given Plan Year to be eligible for an award related to performance in that Plan Year.

		
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	Employees hired after October 31st must wait until the next fiscal year to be eligible for an award. 

		
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	Employees hired before October 31st who works a partial year will receive pro-rated awards based on hours worked.

		
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	Plan participants must also receive a minimum annual performance review rating of “satisfactory” or equivalent for the Plan Year to be eligible for any payout.  The company 

shall use the annual performance evaluation rating to determine if performance achieves “satisfactory” or equivalent levels.  
		
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	A Plan participant must be an active employee as of the award payout date to receive an award. 

		
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	Generally, participants  are not eligible to participate in other annual or production incentive plan which may exist, such as, but not limited to:

		
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	Employee Annual Incentive Plan

		
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	Cash Management Sales Officer Annual Incentive Plan

		
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	SBA Business Development Officer Incentive Plan

		
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	Mortgage Division Incentive Plans

		
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	Wealth Strategies Advisor Incentive Plans

		
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	Eligible employees who have earned an annual incentive award and terminate employment due to disability or death can receive a pro-rata award for the year, even if they are not employed as of the award payout date based upon target performance.

		
	III.
	PLAN YEAR/PERFORMANCE PERIOD

The Plan operates on a calendar year basis (January 1st to December 31st) and Plan payouts will be made no later than 21⁄2 months after the Plan Year that represents the Performance Period, or a later date that would still permit the payment to constitute a short-term deferral that is not subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (i.e., generally, no later than 21⁄2 months after the end of the year in which a participant obtains a legally binding right to such award).  This same Plan Year (calendar year) is the Performance Period for determining the amount of incentive awards to be paid in the following Plan Year.
		
	IV.
	PLAN DESIGN 

The Plan design incorporates a tiered approach with annual incentive awards that are linked to the achievement of pre-defined performance goals.  The incentive ranges (as a percent of salary) are designed to provide market competitive payouts for the achievement of minimum, target and maximum performance goals.  This design should be reviewed and possibly adjusted on an annual basis to be sure the Plan remains market competitive and includes all the appropriate Plan participants.  The basic Plan design must be approved by the Committee on an annual basis, with respect to each Plan Year/Performance Period.  
		
	V.
	AWARD OPPORTUNITIES

For each Plan Year/Performance Period Minimum, Target, and Maximum Performance award opportunity levels, expressed as a percent of base salary on January 1 of the plan year, will be set for each eligible employee.  The actual payouts will be calculated using a ratable approach, where payouts are calculated as a proportion of minimum, target and maximum performance levels.  
		
	A.
	Minimum Performance:  The minimum level of performance needed to begin to be eligible to receive an incentive award.

		
	B.
	Target Performance:  The budgeted, or expected, level of performance based upon both historical data and management's best judgment of expected performance during the performance period. 

		
	C.
	Maximum Performance:  The level of performance which based upon historical performance and management’s judgment would be exceptional or significantly beyond the expected. 

		
	VI.
	PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

The Plan will provide annual incentive awards to Plan participants based on overall Company and department and/or Individual performance objectives.  Subject to Section XVI, the performance objectives are determined by using the Company’s performance history, peer data, market data, and 

management's judgment of what reasonable levels can be reached, based on previous experience.  Once the Target Performance is established, the Minimum and Maximum payout levels are also determined.  The specific performance criteria for each Plan participant will be based on the Plan’s overall goals, as approved by the Committee, and will be communicated to Plan participants by management.  The communication will clearly define the performance objectives at Minimum, Target, and Maximum Performance levels and will define the potential award opportunity for the Plan participants. Regardless of the actual results relative to set performance objectives, the participant must also receive minimum annual performance review rating of “satisfactory” or equivelent to receive any bonus payment.
		
	A.
	Company Performance - The Company’s performance will be based on the Company’s success as measured by criteria determined by the Committee with input from the CEO.  The percentage of payout for overall Company performance will be allocated based on the specific weighting of the Company’s goal based on the participant’s tier, and the actual performance compared to the pre-determined Minimum, Target, and Maximum Performance levels.  

		
	B.
	Department or Individual Performance - Certain Plan participants may have a portion of their annual incentive award based on a combination of department and/or individual performance criteria.  The number of performance criteria included, the specific type of performance criteria to use, and the weighting of each criteria for the overall incentive award will vary based on the position and role of each Plan participant.

		
	VII.
	AWARD CALCULATION 

The actual award payouts will be calculated using a ratable approach, where award payouts are calculated as a proportion of minimum, target and maximum award opportunities.  If actual performance falls between a performance level, the payout will also fall between the pre-defined performance level on a pro-rated basis.  
		
	VIII.
	EARNING OF ANNUAL INCENTIVE AWARDS

Incentive awards will be earned during each Plan Year/Performance Period.  If the Company does not meet minimum performance levels, there will be no payouts for the Company performance objectives.  However, the Plan participants may still be eligible to receive payouts related to their department or individual performance objectives.
		
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	Plan Trigger:  The Committee may at its discretion establish a plan trigger applicable to any plan year.  The Committee will set any such trigger at the beginning of the performance period.  If established, in order for the Annual Incentive Plan to be funded and “activated”, the Company must achieve a threshold performance level to be determined by the Committee for each Plan Year/Performance Period.  This performance level is not related to the Company Minimum, Target, or Maximum Performance goals.  It is instead a threshold level of performance that needs to be attained for any incentive awards to be paid out.  If this threshold level of performance is not met, the Plan will not be “turned on” for that given year and no payouts will be made, regardless of Company or individual performance.  If a plan trigger is not established  by the Committee at the beginning of the performance period, any payouts will be determined based upon Company, department and/or individual performance objectives as established and approved by the Committee, with input from the CEO, as described in Section VIII. 

		
	IX.
	PAYMENT OF AWARDS

After all performance results are available following year-end, the awards will be calculated for each Plan participant and, as appropriate or required, will be recommended by the CEO for approval by the Committee.  Awards are then paid out less the necessary withholdings. 
The following procedures will apply to the payment of awards: 
		
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	Payments will be declared no later than 21⁄2 months following the end of the Plan Year that constitutes the Performance Period. 

		
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	Payment will be made at the time provided for in Section III.  

		
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	A Plan participant must be an active employee on the date of the award payout in order to receive a payout. 

		
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	The result of the performance criteria is calculated as a percent of the base salary on January 1 of the plan year for participant during the current Plan Year.

		
	X.
	PLAN ADMINISTRATION

Administration of the Plan is the joint responsibility of the Compensation Committee, the CEO and the Human Resources department of the Company.
		
	A.
	Responsibilities of the Compensation Committee

The Committee has the responsibility to approve, amend, or terminate the Plan as necessary.  The actions of the Committee shall be final and binding on all parties.  The Committee shall also review the operating rules of the Plan on an annual basis and revise these rules if necessary.  The Committee also has the sole ability to decide if an extraordinary occurrence totally outside of management’s influence, be it a windfall or a shortfall, has occurred during the current Plan Year, and whether the figures should be adjusted to neutralize the effects of such events.  After approval by the Committee, management shall, as soon as practical, inform each of the Plan participants under the Plan of their potential award under the operating rules adopted for the Plan Year.
		
	B.
	Responsibilities of the CEO

The CEO of the Company administers the program directly and provides liaison to the Committee, including the following specific responsibilities, as may be applicable to certain participants:
		
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	Recommend the Plan participants to be included in the Plan for a Plan Year/Performance Period.  This includes determining if additional employees should be added to the Plan and if any Plan participants should be removed from participating in the Plan.  

		
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	Provide recommendations for the award opportunity amounts at target and maximum for all other Plan participants.  The CEO will review the objectives and evaluations, adjust guideline awards for performance and recommend final awards to the Committee for its approval.

		
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	Provide other appropriate recommendations that may become necessary during the life of the Plan.  This could include such items as changes to Plan provisions.

		
	C.
	Responsibilities of Human Resources

The Human Resources department of the Company will act as the Plan Administrator with regard to responsibilities for tracking the performance criteria during the course of the Plan Year.  The Human Resources department will also have the responsibility of administering 

the amount of the payouts following year end.  Additional responsibilities may be assigned to the Human Resources department by the Committee or CEO.  All necessary reporting to outside auditors for inclusion in annual reporting will be carried out by the CEO or designee.  
		
	XI.
	TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

If a Plan participant is terminated by the Company, or voluntarily terminates his/her employment with the Company prior to payout, no incentive award will be paid. To encourage employees to remain employed by the Company, a participant must be an active employee on the date the incentive is paid to receive an award.  However, there are exceptions for terminations as a result of death, disability, as provided below.
		
	A.
	Disability or Death 

If a participant is disabled and placed on long-term disability, his/her bonus award for the Plan period shall be prorated so that no award will be earned during the period of long-term disability.  In the event of death, the Company will pay to the participant’s estate the pro-rata portion of the target award that had been earned by the participant.  
		
	XII.
	AMENDMENTS AND PLAN TERMINATION

The Company has developed the Plan on the basis of existing business, market and economic conditions, current services, and staff assignments.  If substantial changes occur that affect these conditions, services, assignments, or forecasts, the Company may add to, amend, modify or discontinue any of the terms or conditions of the Plan at any time with approval from the Committee.  The Committee may, at its sole discretion, terminate, change or amend any provision of the Plan as it deems appropriate.  In no event shall an amendment to the Plan cause the Plan to cause any payment hereunder to violate Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) Section 409A, or violate any regulatory requirement applicable to the Company. 
		
	XIII.
	PLAN FUNDING

The Plan shall not be funded.  Amounts due hereunder shall be paid from the general assets of the Company.
		
	XIV.
	CLAIMS AND REVIEW PROCEDURES

		
	A.
	Claims Procedure

A Plan participant or beneficiary (“claimant”) who has not received awards under the Plan that he or she believes should be paid shall make a claim as follows:
		
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	Initiation - Written Claim.  The claimant initiates a claim by submitting to the Plan Administrator a written claim for the benefits.

		
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	Timing of Plan Administrator Response.  The Plan Administrator shall respond to such claimant within 90 days after receiving the claim.  If the Plan Administrator determines that special circumstances require additional time for processing the claim, the Plan Administrator can extend the response period by an additional 90 days by notifying the claimant in writing.

		
	3.
	Notice of Decision.  If the Plan Administrator denies part or all of the claim, the Plan Administrator shall notify the claimant in writing of such denial.

		
	B.
	Review Procedure

If the Plan Administrator denies part or all of the claim, the claimant shall have the opportunity for review by the Plan Administrator of the denial, as follows:

		
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	Initiation - Written Request.  To initiate the review, the claimant, within 60 days after receiving the Plan Administrator’s notice of denial, must file with the Plan Administrator a written request for review.

		
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	Additional Submissions - Information Access.  The claimant shall then have the opportunity to submit written comments, documents, records and other information relating to the claim.  

		
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	Considerations on Review.  In considering the review, the Plan Administrator shall take into account all materials and information the claimant submits relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination.

		
	4.
	Timing of Plan Administrator Response.  The Plan Administrator shall respond in writing to such claimant within 60 days after receiving the request for review.  If the Plan Administrator determines that special circumstances require additional time for processing the claim, the Plan Administrator can extend the response period by an additional 60 days by notifying the claimant in writing.

		
	5.
	Notice of Decision.  The Plan Administrator shall notify the claimant in writing of its decision on review.  The Plan Administrator shall write the notification in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant.

		
	XV.
	COMMUNICATION OF PLAN TO PLAN PARTICIPANTS

Communication of the Plan will be vital to the overall success of the Plan.  Key communication events include the following:
		
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	An initial communication to Plan participants of the Plan details, including the performance targets set for the initial Plan Year.  This will typically take place in the first few months of the Plan Year 

		
	B.
	Communication of new performance targets, Plan procedure changes, etc., at the beginning of each Plan Year.

		
	C.
	Periodic reviews and/or performance updates throughout the Plan Year. These reviews should include a year-to-date performance update and discuss any changes that may be necessary to assure attainment of the Plan targets.

		
	D.
	A year-end review of estimated Plan results, including an estimate of the Company's performance on each performance measure.

		
	E.
	An evaluation discussion surrounding the Plan participants’ final annual incentive awards to be conducted by the appropriate manager upon final determination of year-end results.

		
	XVI.
	RECOUPMENT BY THE COMPANY

		
	A.
	Any bonus payment which is later determined to have been paid in error or based on inaccurate or incomplete information or financial reports will be subject to recoupment by the Bank.

		
	B.
	At the sole discretion of Management or the Compensation Committee, loan or other bank charge-offs or losses may result in elimination or reduction in the originating, supervising or branch Officers future bonus payment.

		
	XVII.
	MISCELLANEOUS

		
	A.
	Binding Effect.  This Plan shall bind the Plan the participant, the Company, and their respective beneficiaries, survivors, executors, successors, administrators and transferees.

		
	B.
	No Guarantee of Employment.  This Plan is not an employment policy or contract.  It does not give the Plan participant the right to remain an employee of the Company, nor does it interfere with the Company's right to discharge the Plan participant.  

		
	C.
	Non-Transferability. Benefits under this Plan cannot be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, attached or encumbered in any manner.

		
	D.
	Reorganization. If the Company shall (1) merge into or consolidate with another company, (2) reorganize, (3) sell substantially all of its assets to another company, firm, or person, or upon a change in control involving Heritage Financial Corporation stock, then the succeeding or continuing company, firm, or person shall succeed to, assume and discharge the obligations of the Company under this Plan. Upon the occurrence of such event, the term “Company” as used in this Plan shall be deemed to refer to the successor or survivor company.

		
	E.
	Tax Withholding.  The Company shall withhold any taxes that are required to be withheld from the benefits provided under this Plan.

		
	F.
	Applicable Law.  The Plan and all rights hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the State of Washington, except to the extent preempted by the laws of the United States of America.

		
	G.
	Entire Plan.  This Plan constitutes the entire Plan between the Company and the Plan participant as to the subject matter hereof.  No rights are granted to the Plan participant by virtue of this Plan other than those specifically set forth herein.

		
	H.
	Code 162(m) Limitation.  

		
	1.
	Any amounts payable hereunder that would not be deductible on account of the limitations of Code Section 162(m) shall be paid in the next following year in which the Company reasonably anticipates that the deduction of such payment would not be barred by the application of Code Section 162(m).

		
	2.
	In the event that the payments hereunder are intended by the Committee to be treated as “performance-based compensation” defined in Code Section 162(m), such amounts shall be payable pursuant to the Company’s 2014 Omnibus Equity Pan, or its successor plan (the “Omnibus Plan”), and may, at the Committee’s discretion, be reflected in an award agreement under the Omnibus plan. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has signed this Plan document as of ______________, 20______.
Company Name:  Heritage Financial Corporation

By:       

Title:SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

FIRST BANCORP

 

 

 

ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EFFECTIVE AS OF

March 3, 2017

 

 

 

    

     

    

INDEX TO

SECOND AMENDED
AND RESTATED BYLAWS

of

FIRST BANCORP

	ARTICLE 1 Offices	1
	ARTICLE 2 Meetings of Shareholders	1
	Section 1. Place of Meeting	1
	Section 2. Annual Meeting	1
	Section 3. Substitute Annual
    Meeting	2
	Section 4. Special Meetings	2
	Section 5. Notice of Meetings	2
	Section 6. Quorum.	2
	Section 7. Conduct of Business	3
	Section 8. Shareholders’
    List	3
	Section 9. Voting of Shares	3
	Section 10. Proxies	4
	ARTICLE 3 Board of Directors	4
	Section 1. General Powers	4
	Section 2. Number, Term
    and Qualification	4
	Section 3. Removal	5
	Section 4. Vacancies	5
	Section 5. Compensation	5
	Section 6. Nomination of
    Directors	5
	Section 7. Communications
    with Directors	6
	Section 8. Evaluation of
    Business Combinations	6
	ARTICLE 4 Meetings of Directors	8
	Section 1. Annual and Regular
    Meetings	8
	Section 2. Special Meetings	8
	Section 3. Notice of Meetings	9
	Section 4. Quorum.	9
	Section 5. Manner of Acting	9
	Section 6. Presumption
    of Assent	9
	Section 7. Action Without
    Meeting	9
	Section 8. Meeting by Communications
    Device	10

 

    

     

    

	ARTICLE 5 Committees	10
	Section 1. Election and
    Powers	10
	Section 2. Removal; Vacancies	11
	Section 3. Meetings	11
	Section 4. Minutes	11
	ARTICLE 6 Officers	11
	Section 1. Titles	11
	Section 2. Election; Appointment	11
	Section 3. Removal	12
	Section 4. Vacancies	12
	Section 5. Compensation	12
	Section 6. Chair of the
    Board of Directors	12
	Section 7. Chief Executive
    Officer	12
	Section 8. President.	12
	Section 9. Executive Vice
    Presidents and Vice Presidents	12
	Section 10. Treasurer;
    Assistant Treasurers	13

 

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	Section 11. Secretary;
    Assistant Secretaries	13
	Section 12. Chief Financial
    Officer	14
	Section 13. Controller
    and Assistant Controllers	14
	Section 14. Voting of Stocks	14
	Section 15. Chair and CEO
    Succession; President	14
	ARTICLE 7 Capital Stock	15
	Section 1. Certificates
    For Shares	15
	Section 2. Stock Transfer
    Books; Transfer Agent and Registrar	16
	Section 3. Lost Certificates	16
	Section 4. Distribution
    or Share Dividend Record Date	16
	Section 5. Holders of Record	15
	Section 6. Shares Held
    By Nominees	16
	Section 7. Transfer Agent
    and Registrar	17
	ARTICLE 8 Indemnification	17
	Section 1. Indemnification
    Provisions	17
	Section 2. Definitions	18
	Section 3. Settlements	18
	Section 4. Litigation Expense
    Advances	18
	Section 5. Approval of
    Indemnification Payments	18
	Section 6. Suits by Claimant	18
	Section 7. Consideration;
    Personal Representatives and Other Remedies	19
	Section 8. Scope of Indemnification
    Rights	19
	Section 9. Extension of
    Indemnification Rights to Additional Employees	19
	ARTICLE 9 Emergency Bylaws	19
	Section 1. Effectiveness	19

 

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	Section 2. Board Meetings	20
	Section 3. Principal Office	20
	Section 4. Specific Powers	20
	Section 5. Nonexclusive
    Powers	20
	ARTICLE 10 General Provisions	20
	Section 1. Dividends and
    Other Distributions	20
	Section 2. Seal	20
	Section 3. Waiver of Notice	20
	Section 4. Checks	21
	Section 5. Bond	21
	Section 6. Fiscal Year	21
	Section 7. Amendments	21
	ARTICLE 11 Anti-Takeover Statutes	22

 

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SECOND AMENDED
AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

FIRST BANCORP

ARTICLE 1

Offices

The Corporation
may have offices at such places, either within or without the State of North Carolina, as the Board of Directors may from time
to time determine.

ARTICLE 2

Meetings of Shareholders

Section 1. Place
of Meeting. Each meeting of shareholders shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of North Carolina,
as shall be designated in the notice of the meeting.

Section 2. Annual
Meeting. The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held at such time as shall be set by the Board of Directors on a specific
date in the second or third calendar quarter of each year, for the purpose of electing directors of the Corporation and the transaction
of such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting in accordance with these Bylaws. To be properly brought before
an annual meeting, business must be (i) specified in the notice of annual meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board
of Directors, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by a shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting in
compliance with the procedure set forth in this Section 2. In addition to any other applicable requirements for business to be
properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to
the Secretary. To be timely, a shareholder’s notice must be in writing and delivered or mailed to and received by the Secretary
not less than sixty (60) days before the first anniversary of the date on which the Corporation’s proxy statement in connection
with the last annual shareholders’ meeting was mailed or otherwise released to the shareholders. A shareholder’s notice
to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description
of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting,
(ii) the name and address as they appear on the Corporation’s books of the shareholder proposing such business, (iii) the
class, series, and number of the Corporation’s shares that are owned of record and beneficially by such shareholder, and
(iv) any material interest of such shareholder in such business. No business shall be conducted at the annual meeting except in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 2 shall be deemed to
preclude discussion by any shareholder of any business properly brought before the annual meeting and provided further that this
Section 2 shall not apply to the nomination of directors by shareholders, which is governed by Article 3, Section 6 of these Bylaws.
In the event that a shareholder attempts to bring business before an annual meeting without complying with the provisions of this
Section 2, the Chair of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine that the business was not properly brought before the
meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, and, if the Chair shall so determine, the Chair shall so declare to the shareholders
present at the meeting and any such business shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
2 regarding shareholder proposals and the provisions of Article 3, Section 6, regarding nominations of directors, a shareholder
shall also comply with all applicable requirements of state law and of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder, with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2 and Article
3, Section 6.

     

     

    

Section 3. Substitute
Annual Meeting. If the annual meeting of shareholders is not held within the period designated by these Bylaws, a substitute
annual meeting may be called in accordance with Section 4 of this Article 2. A meeting so called shall be designated and treated
for all purposes as the annual meeting of shareholders.

Section 4. Special
Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the
Board of Directors.

Section 5. Notice
of Meetings. At least ten (10) and no more than sixty (60) days prior to any annual or special meeting of shareholders, the
Corporation shall notify shareholders of the date, time and place of the meeting and, in the case of a special or substitute annual
meeting or where otherwise required by law, shall briefly describe the purpose or purposes of the meeting. Only business within
the purpose or purposes described in the notice may be taken at a special meeting. Unless otherwise required by the Corporation’s
Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the “Articles of Incorporation”), or by law, the Corporation shall be
required to give notice only to shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting. If an annual or special shareholders’ meeting
is adjourned to a different date, time or place, notice thereof need not be given if the new date, time or place is announced at
the meeting before adjournment; provided, however, that notice must be given if such meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120
days after the date fixed for the original meeting or if a new record date is otherwise fixed for the adjourned meeting. If a new
record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed pursuant to Article 7, Section 5, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given
to persons who are shareholders as of the new record date. It shall be the primary responsibility of the Secretary to give the
notice, but notice may be given by or at the direction of the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of Directors.
If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be effective when deposited in the United States mail with postage then prepaid, correctly
addressed to the shareholders’ addresses shown in the Corporation’s current record of shareholders.

Section 6. Quorum.
A majority of the votes entitled to be cast by a voting group on a matter, represented in person or by proxy at a meeting of shareholders,
shall constitute a quorum for that voting group for any action on that matter, unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise
or other quorum requirements are fixed by law, including by a court of competent jurisdiction acting pursuant to Section 55-7-03
of the General Statutes of North Carolina. Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, it is deemed present for quorum
purposes for the remainder of the meeting and any adjournment thereof, unless a new record date is or must be set for the adjournment.
Action may be taken by a voting group at any meeting at which a quorum of that voting group is represented, regardless of whether
action is taken at that meeting by any other voting group. In the absence of a quorum at the opening of any meeting of shareholders,
such meeting may be adjourned from time to time by a vote of the majority of the shares voting on the motion to adjourn.

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Section 7. Conduct
of Business. The Chair 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 determined by the Chair to be appropriate. The
date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the shareholders will vote at the meeting shall
be announced at the meeting.

Section 8. Shareholders’
List. After fixing a record date for a meeting, the Corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all its
shareholders that are entitled to notice of the shareholders’ meeting. The list shall be arranged by voting group, if any
(and within each voting group by class or series of shares), and shall show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder.
The shareholders’ list shall be available for inspection by any shareholder, personally or by or with his, her or its representative,
at any time during regular business hours, beginning two (2) business days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list
was prepared and continuing through the meeting or any adjournment thereof, at a place identified in the meeting notice in the
city where the meeting will be held. The list shall also be available at the meeting and shall be subject to inspection by any
shareholder, personally or by or with his, her or its representative, at any time during the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Section 9. Voting
of Shares.

(a)       Except
as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, each outstanding share of voting capital stock of the Corporation
shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the shareholders. Shares may be voted (i)
in person, (ii) over the internet, (iii) by telephone or (iv) by one or more proxies (subject to Section 10 of this Article 2).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, decide for any shareholder meeting not to permit
voting over the internet or by telephone. Action on a matter (other than the election of directors) by a voting group for which
a quorum is present is approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the
action, unless the vote of a greater number if required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation. Absent special circumstances,
the shares of the Corporation are not entitled to vote if they are owned, directly or indirectly, by a second corporation, domestic
or foreign, and the Corporation owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares entitled to vote for directors of the second
corporation, except that this provision shall not limit the power of the Corporation to vote shares held by it or a subsidiary
thereof in a fiduciary capacity.

(b)       In
the case of election of directors, those nominees who receive a majority of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in such
election shall be deemed to have been elected as directors; provided, however, that in the event two (2) or more nominees are presented
for election to the same directorship, the nominee receiving a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the
election of a nominee to such directorship shall be deemed elected to the directorship.

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Section 10. Proxies.
Shares may be voted by one (1) or more proxies authorized by a written appointment of proxy signed by the shareholder or the shareholder’s
duly authorized attorney-in-fact. In addition, proxies may be appointed in the form of (a) a photocopy, telegram, cablegram, facsimile
or equivalent reproduction, (b) an electronic record that bears the shareholder’s electronic signature and that may be directly
reproduced in paper form by an automated process, and (c) any kind of telephonic transmission authorized by the Board of Directors,
even if not accompanied by written communication, under circumstances or together with information from which the Corporation can
reasonably determine that the appointment was made or authorized by the shareholder. An appointment of proxy is valid for 11 months
from the date of its execution, unless a different period is expressly provided in the appointment form.

ARTICLE 3

Board of Directors

Section 1. General
Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors except as
otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation or by applicable law.

Section 2. Number,
Term and Qualification.

(a)       The
number of directors of the Corporation shall consist of not less than seven (7) nor more than 25, the exact number within such
minimum and maximum limits to be fixed and determined from time to time, by resolution of a majority of the Board of Directors,
which number shall be stated in the notice of the meeting of shareholders, or by resolution of the shareholders at any meeting
thereof. Directors need not be residents of the State of North Carolina. No person other than an incumbent director or a person
appointed or to be appointed to the Board of Directors in connection with a merger transaction with the Corporation will be eligible
to stand for election as a director after the person shall have attained the age of seventy-two (72) years, and no incumbent director
or other appointed person will be eligible to stand for reelection as a director after he or she shall have attained the age of
seventy-two (72) years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors, on a case-by-case basis at its sole discretion,
may approve an exception to the mandatory retirement age. Unless an exception is approved, a director who attains the age of seventy-two
(72) years shall retire from the Board at the end of the term for which the director was elected.

(b)       The
Board of Directors shall be composed of one (1) class. Each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the annual meeting
of shareholders following the annual meeting at which such director was elected or appointed, as applicable, or the director’s
earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. In the event of any increase or decrease in the authorized number of directors,
each director then serving as such shall nevertheless continue as a director until the expiration of the director’s current
term or the director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. In the event of the death, resignation, removal
or disqualification of a director during the director’s elected term of office, subject to Article 3, Section 9, the Board
of Directors or, subject to the provisions of these Bylaws and applicable law, the shareholders, may appoint the director’s
successor, who shall serve until the next annual shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected.

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Section 3. Removal.
Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any director may be removed from office, with or
without cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation’s voting stock. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if a director is elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the shareholders of that voting group may participate
in the vote to remove him. If any directors are so removed, new directors may be elected at the same meeting by such voting group
of shareholders entitled to elect such director. Notice of a shareholders’ meeting to remove any director shall state that
the purpose, or one (1) of the purposes, of the meeting is removal of the director and shall otherwise be governed by Section 5
of Article 2.

Section 4. Vacancies.
Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation and subject to Article 3, Section 9, a vacancy occurring in the Board
of Directors, including, without limitation, a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors or from the failure
by the shareholders to elect the full authorized number of directors, may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors or
by the sole director remaining in office. Subject to the requirements of applicable law and these Bylaws, the shareholders may
elect a director at any time to fill a vacancy not filled by the directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected
to serve until the next annual shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected.

Section 5. Compensation.
The directors shall not receive compensation for their services as such, except that by resolution of the Board of Directors or
by a committee established for such purpose, the directors may be paid fees (in such form as such Board of Directors or a committee
established for such purpose may determine), which may include but are not restricted to fees for attendance at meetings of the
Board or of a committee, and they may be reimbursed for expenses of attendance. Any director may serve the Corporation in any other
capacity and receive compensation therefor.

Section 6. Nomination
of Directors. Subject to the provisions of Article 3, Section 9, and any rights of holders of preferred shares, only persons
who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6 shall be eligible for election as directors. Nomination
for election of any person to serve as a director shall be made by the Board of Directors or the nominating committee of the Board
of Directors. Nomination for election of any person to serve as a director may also be made by a shareholder if such nomination
is made in compliance with the procedure set forth in this Section 6. Notice of nominations made by shareholders entitled to vote
for the election of directors shall be received in writing by the Secretary not less than 50 nor more than 75 days before the first
anniversary of the date of the Corporation’s proxy statement in connection with the last meeting of shareholders called for
the election of directors. Each notice shall set forth (i) the name, age, business address, residence address (if known), social
security number (if known) and telephone number of each nominee proposed in such notice, (ii) the principal occupation or employment
of each such nominee, (iii) the nominee’s qualifications to serve as director, (iv) an executed written consent of the nominee
to serve as a director of the Corporation if so elected, (v) the number and class of capital shares of the Corporation beneficially
owned by each such nominee, (vi) the name and record address of the shareholder making the nomination, (vii) the class, series,
and number of the Corporation’s shares that are owned of record or beneficially by the shareholder making the nomination,
(viii) a representation that the shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the nominees, (ix)
a description of all arrangements or understandings between the shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming
such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the shareholder, and (x) any material
interest of the shareholder in the proposed nomination. The Secretary shall deliver all such notices to the nominating committee,
or such other committee as may be appointed by the Board of Directors from time to time for the purpose of recommending to the
Board of Directors candidates to serve as director or, in the absence of such other committee, to the Board of Directors, for review.
Subject to Section 9 of this Article 3, the nominating committee or such other committee shall thereafter make its recommendation
with respect to nominees to the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors shall thereafter make its determination as to whether
such candidate should be nominated for election as director. The Chair of any meeting of shareholders called for election of directors
may, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, and if the Chair
should so determine, the Chair shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 6 regarding nominations of directors and the provisions of Article 2, Section 2 regarding
shareholder proposals, a shareholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of state law, the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder, and applicable rules and policies of securities markets or exchanges with respect to the matters
set forth in this Section 6 and Article 2, Section 2.

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Section 7. Communications
with Directors. Shareholders may communicate with the Board of Directors on any matter pursuant to this Section 7 other than
the proposal for business at a shareholders’ meeting (which is governed by Article 2, Section 2) and the nomination of directors
(which is governed by Article 3, Section 6) by writing to the Chair of the Board of Directors through the Secretary of the Corporation.
If a response on behalf of the Board of Directors or an individual director is appropriate, the Chair or another appropriate director
will gather any information and documentation necessary for responding to the communication and will provide, or will direct another
appropriate Board member to provide, such information, documentation and response to the shareholder.

Section 8. Evaluation
of Business Combinations. The Board of Directors, when evaluating any offer of another party to (a) make a tender or exchange
offer for any equity security of the Corporation, (b) merge the Corporation with another corporation or (c) purchase or otherwise
acquire all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Corporation, shall, in connection with the exercise of its
judgment in determining what is in the best interests of the Corporation, give due consideration to all relevant factors, including
without limitation the social and economic effects on the employees, customers and other constituents of the Corporation and its
subsidiaries and on the communities in which the Corporation and its subsidiaries operate or are located.

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ARTICLE 4

Meetings of Directors

Section 1. Annual
and Regular Meetings. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of
the shareholders (or as soon thereafter as is practicable). The Board of Directors may by resolution provide for the holding of
regular meetings of the Board on specified dates and at specified times. If any date for which a regular meeting is scheduled shall
be a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on a date designated in the notice of the meeting during either the same week in
which the regularly scheduled date falls or during the preceding or following week. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors
shall be held at such places as may be designated in the notice of the meeting.

Section 2. Special
Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the Chair of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President or any two (2) directors. Such meetings may be held at the time and place designated in the notice
of the meeting.

Section 3. Notice
of Meetings. Unless the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws provide otherwise, the annual and regular meetings of the
Board of Directors may be held without notice of the date, time, place or purpose of the meeting. The Secretary or other person
or persons giving notice of a regular meeting to be held on a date other than the usual scheduled time or a special meeting shall
give notice by any usual means of communication to be sent at least two (2) days before the meeting if notice is sent by means
of telephone, telecopy, electronic mail, or personal delivery and at least five (5) days before the meeting if notice is sent by
mail. A director’s attendance at, or participation in, a meeting for which notice is required shall constitute a waiver of
notice, unless the director at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon arrival) objects to holding the meeting or transacting
business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

Section 4. Quorum.
Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the Board
of Directors consists of a majority of the number of directors prescribed at the time of the meeting by the Board of Directors;
provided, however, that if no such number is prescribed, a majority of the directors in office shall constitute a quorum.

Section 5. Manner
of Acting. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the act 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 6. Presumption
of Assent. A director of the Corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any corporate
matter is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless the director objects at the beginning of the meeting (or
promptly upon arrival) to holding, or transacting business at, the meeting, or unless the director’s dissent or abstention
is entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless the director shall file written notice of his or her dissent or abstention to
such action with the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or with the Corporation immediately after adjournment
of the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.

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Section 7. Action
Without Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, action required or permitted to be taken at a
meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all members of the Board. The action
must be evidenced by one (1) or more written consents signed by each director before or after such action, describing the action
taken, and included in the minutes or filed with the corporate records. Action taken without a meeting is effective when the last
director signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. A director’s consent to action taken
without a meeting may be in electronic form and delivered by electronic means.

Section 8. Meeting
by Communications Device. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may permit any
or all directors to participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication
by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting
by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

ARTICLE 5

Committees

Section 1. Election
and Powers. The Board of Directors shall establish executive, nominating, compensation and audit committees and, subject to
Article 3, Section 9, upon the recommendation of the Chair, shall appoint two (2) or more directors to serve at the pleasure of
the Board on each such committee. Such appointees shall satisfy all applicable requirements for service on such committees established
under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the rules and policies of relevant securities markets
or exchanges, and the applicable provisions of Section 162(m) the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder. The Board of Directors may create one (1) or more additional committees and, subject to Article
3, Section 9, upon the recommendations of the Chair, appoint two (2) or more directors to serve at the pleasure of the Board on
each such committee. The creation of any such committee and the appointment of members to it must be approved by a majority of
all of the directors in office when such action is taken. To the extent specified by the Board of Directors or in the Articles
of Incorporation, each committee shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business
and affairs of the Corporation, except that no committee shall have authority to do the following:

(a)       Authorize
distributions;

(b)       Approve
or propose to shareholders action required to be approved by shareholders under the North Carolina Business Corporation Act;

(c)       Fill
vacancies on the Board of Directors or on any of its committees;

(d)       Amend
the Articles of Incorporation;

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(e)       Adopt,
amend or repeal these Bylaws;

(f)       Approve
a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval;

(g)       Authorize
or approve the reacquisition of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the Board of Directors; or

(h)       Authorize
or approve the issuance, sale or contract for sale of shares, or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences and
limitations of a class or series of shares, except that the Board of Directors may authorize a committee (or a senior executive
officer of the Corporation) to do so within limits specifically prescribed by the Board of Directors.

Section 2. Removal;
Vacancies. Any member of a committee may be removed by the Board at any time with or without cause, and, subject to the provisions
of Article 3, Section 9, vacancies in the membership of a committee by means of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification
or removal shall be filled by the Board of Directors upon the recommendation of the Chair.

Section 3. Meetings.
The provisions of Article 4 governing meetings of the Board of Directors, action without meeting, notice, waiver of notice and
quorum and voting requirements shall apply to the committees of the Board of Directors and their members.

Section 4. Minutes.
Each committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings and shall report thereon to the Board of Directors at or before the next meeting
of the Board.

ARTICLE 6

Officers

Section 1. Titles.
The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chair of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary
and a Chief Financial Officer, and may include one (1) or more Vice Chairs of the Board of Directors, a Chief Operating Officer,
a Chief Administrative Officer, one (1) or more Executive Vice Presidents, one (1) or more additional Vice Presidents, a Treasurer,
a Controller, one (1) or more Assistant Treasurers, one (1) or more Assistant Secretaries, one (1) or more Assistant Controllers,
and such other officers as shall be deemed necessary. The officers shall have the authority and perform the duties as set forth
herein or as from time to time may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, by the Chief Executive Officer (to the extent that
the Chief Executive Officer is authorized by the Board of Directors to prescribe the authority and duties of officers) or by the
President (to the extent the President is authorized by the Board of Directors to prescribe the authority and duties of officers).
Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same individual, but no officer may act in more than one (1) capacity where action
of two (2) or more officers is required.

Section 2. Election;
Appointment. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected from time to time by the Board of Directors or appointed from
time to time by the Chief Executive Officer (to the extent that the Chief Executive Officer is authorized by the Board of Directors
to appoint officers) or by the President (to the extent that the President is authorized by the Board of Directors to appoint officers).Section
3. Removal. Any officer may be removed by the Board of Directors at any time with or without cause whenever in its judgment
the best interests of the Corporation will be served, but removal shall not itself affect the officer’s contract rights,
if any, with the Corporation.

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Section 4. Vacancies.
Vacancies among the officers may be filled and new offices may be created and filled by the Board of Directors or by the Chief
Executive Officer (to the extent the Chief Executive Officer authorized by the Board of Directors to appoint officers) or the President
(to the extent the President is authorized by the Board of Directors to appoint officers).

Section 5. Compensation.
The compensation of the officers shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors or by a committee established for such
purpose.

Section 6. Chair
of the Board of Directors. The Chair of the Board of Directors, if such officer is elected, shall preside at meetings of the
Board of Directors and shall have such other authority and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall designate.
In the Chair’s absence from a meeting of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chair (if such role has been designated by the Board
of Directors and in order of tenure in such office) shall preside at such meeting.

Section 7. Chief
Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors. The
Chief Executive Officer shall have overall responsibility and authority for administering the affairs of the Corporation. The Chief
Executive Officer shall exercise all of the powers customarily exercised by a chief executive officer of any corporation by whatever
name called unless expressly limited by the Board of Directors. All officers of the Corporation shall report to the Chief Executive
Officer to the extent that the Chief Executive Officer may require; provided, however, that during the Specified Period, all officers
other than the Chief Executive Officer and President shall report to the President. The Chief Executive Officer shall have such
other powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall designate or as may be provided by applicable law or
elsewhere in these Bylaws.

Section 8. President.
The President shall be in general charge of the affairs of the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business. The President
may perform such acts, not inconsistent with applicable law or the provisions of these Bylaws, as may be performed by the president
of a corporation by whatever name called and may sign and execute all authorized notes, bonds, contracts and other obligations
in the name of the Corporation. The President shall exercise the powers of the Chief Executive Officer during the Chief Executive
Officer’s absence or inability to act. The President shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board
of Directors shall designate or as may be provided by applicable law or elsewhere in these Bylaws. The President of the Corporation
shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.

Section 9. Executive
Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents. The Executive Vice Presidents, if such officers are elected, shall exercise the powers
of the President during the President’s absence or inability to act in the order of seniority established by the Board of
Directors or a committee thereof. In the event that the President and all Executive Vice Presidents are absent or unable to act,
any other Vice President designated by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof may exercise the powers of the President.
Any action taken by an Executive Vice President in the performance of the duties of the President shall be presumptive evidence
of the absence or inability to act of the President at the time the action was taken. The Vice Presidents shall have such other
powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer (to the extent that
the Chief Executive Officer is authorized by the Board of Directors to prescribe the authority and duties of other officers), or
the President (to the extent that the President is authorized by the Board of Directors to prescribe the authority and duties of
other officers).

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Section 10. Treasurer;
Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors,
the Chief Executive Officer (to the extent the Chief Executive Officer is authorized by the Board of Directors to prescribe the
authority and duties of such officer), or the President (to the extent that the President is authorized by the Board of Directors
to prescribe the authority and duties of such officer). Each Assistant Treasurer, if such officer is elected, shall have such powers
and perform such duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer (if authorized by the Board of
Directors to prescribe the authority and duties of other officers), or the President (to the extent that the President is authorized
by the Board of Directors to prescribe the authority and duties of other officers), and the Assistant Treasurers shall exercise
the powers of the Treasurer during that officer’s absence or inability to act.

Section 11. Secretary;
Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall keep accurate records of the acts and proceedings of all meetings of shareholders
and of the Board of Directors and shall give all notices required by law and by these Bylaws. The Secretary shall have general
charge of the corporate books and records and shall have the responsibility and authority to maintain and authenticate such books
and records. The Secretary shall have general charge of the corporate seal and shall affix the corporate seal to any lawfully executed
instrument requiring it. The Secretary shall have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation and shall keep
at an office of the Corporation a record of shareholders, showing the name and address of each shareholder and the number and class
of the shares held by each. The Secretary shall sign such instruments as may require the signature of the Secretary, and in general
shall perform the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the
Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer (to the extent that the Chief Executive Officer is authorized by the Board of Directors
to prescribe the authority and duties of other officers), or the President (to the extent that the President is authorized by the
Board of Directors to prescribe the authority and duties of other officers). Each Assistant Secretary, if such officer is elected,
shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer (if authorized
by the Board of Directors to prescribe the authority and duties of other officers), or the President (to the extent that the President
is authorized by the Board of Directors to prescribe the authority and duties of other officers), and the Assistant Secretaries
shall exercise the powers of the Secretary during that officer’s absence or inability to act.

Section 12. Chief
Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have custody of all funds and securities belonging to the Corporation
and shall receive, deposit or disburse the same under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Chief Financial Officer shall
keep full and accurate accounts of the finances of the Corporation, which may be consolidated or combined statements of the Corporation
and one (1) or more of its subsidiaries as appropriate, that include a balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year, an income
statement for that year, and a statement of cash flows for the year unless that information appears elsewhere in the financial
statements. If financial statements are prepared for the Corporation on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles,
the annual financial statements must also be prepared on that basis. The Corporation shall mail the annual financial statements,
or a written notice of their availability, to each shareholder within 120 days of the close of each fiscal year. The Chief Financial
Officer shall in general perform all duties incident to the office and such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by
the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer (to the extent that the Chief Executive Officer is authorized by the Board
of Directors to prescribe the authority and duties of other officers), or the President (to the extent that the President is authorized
by the Board of Directors to prescribe the authority and duties of other officers).

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Section 13. Controller
and Assistant Controllers. The Controller, if such office is elected, shall have charge of the accounting affairs of the Corporation
and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer (to the extent
that the Chief Executive Officer is authorized by the Board of Directors to prescribe the authority and duties of other officers),
or the President (to the extent the President is authorized by the Board of Directors to prescribe the authority and duties of
other officers) shall designate. Each Assistant Controller shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned by
the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer (to the extent that the Chief Executive Officer is authorized by the Board
of Directors to prescribe the authority and duties of other officers), or the President (to the extent that the President is authorized
by the Board of Directors to prescribe the authority and duties of other officers), and the Assistant Controllers shall exercise
the powers of the Controller during that officer’s absence or inability to act.

Section 14. Voting
of Stocks. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall have full power and authority
on behalf of the Corporation to attend, act and vote at meetings of the shareholders of any corporation in which the Corporation
may hold stock, and at such meetings shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of
such stock and which, as the owner, the Corporation might have possessed and exercised if present. The Board of Directors may by
resolution from time to time confer such power and authority upon any other person or persons.

ARTICLE 7

Capital Stock

Section 1. Certificate
For Shares. The Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of some or all of the shares of the Corporation’s classes
or series of capital stock without issuing certificates to represent such shares (i.e. book entry form). If shares are represented
by certificates, the certificates shall be in such form as required by law and as determined by the Board of Directors. Certificates
shall be signed, either manually or in facsimile, by the Chief Executive Officer or the President and by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and entered into the stock transfer
books of the Corporation. When shares are represented by certificates, the Corporation shall issue and deliver, to each shareholder
to whom such shares have been issued or transferred, certificates representing the shares owned by him. When shares are not represented
by certificates and ownership is recorded in book entry form, then within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of such
shares, the Corporation shall send the shareholder to whom such shares have been issued or transferred a written statement of the
information required by law to be on certificates. Shares represented by certificates may become held in book entry form upon surrender
of such certificates to the Corporation in compliance with N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-6-26.

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Section 2. Stock
Transfer Books; Transfer Agent and Registrar. The Corporation shall keep or cause to be kept a book or set of books, to be
known as the stock transfer books of the Corporation, containing the name of each shareholder of record, together with such shareholder’s
address and the number and class or series of shares held by him. Transfers of shares of the Corporation shall be made only on
the stock transfer books of the Corporation (i) by the holder of record thereof or by his, her or its legal representative, who
shall provide proper evidence of authority to transfer; (ii) by his, her or its attorney authorized to effect such transfer by
power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary; and (iii) on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such
shares (if the shares are represented by certificates).

The Board of Directors
may direct the Corporation to maintain in North Carolina or elsewhere one or more transfer offices or agencies and also one or
more registry offices which offices and agencies may establish rules and regulations for the issue, transfer and registration of
stock certificates. No certificates for shares of stock in respect of which a transfer agent and registrar shall have been designated
shall be valid unless countersigned by such transfer agent and registered by such registrar.

Section 3. Lost
Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofor issued
by the Corporation claimed to have been lost or destroyed, upon receipt of an affidavit of such fact from the person claiming the
certificate to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors shall require
that the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate, or his, her or its legal representative, give the Corporation a bond in such
sum and with such surety or other security as the Board of Directors may direct as indemnification against any claims that may
be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate claimed to have been lost or destroyed, except where the Board
of Directors by resolution finds that in the judgment of the Board of Directors the circumstances justify omission of a bond.

Section 4. Distribution
or Share Dividend Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix a date as the record date for determining shareholders entitled
to a distribution or share dividend. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors for such determination, it shall be the
date the Board of Directors authorizes the distribution or share dividend.

Section 5. Holders
of Record. Except as otherwise required by law, the Corporation may treat the person or entity in whose name shares stand of
record on its books as the absolute owner of such shares and the person or entity exclusively entitled to receive notification
and distributions, to vote, and to otherwise exercise the rights, powers, and privileges of ownership of such shares.

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Section 6. Shares
Held by Nominees. The Corporation shall recognize a beneficial owner of shares registered in the name of the nominee as the
owner and shareholder of such shares for certain purposes if the nominee in whose name such shares are registered files with the
Secretary a written certificate in a form prescribed by the Corporation, signed by the nominee, indicating the following: (i) the
name, address, and taxpayer identification number of the nominee; (ii) the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of
the beneficial owner; (iii) the number and class or series of shares registered in the name of the nominee as to which the beneficial
owner shall be recognized as the shareholder; and (iv) the purposes for which the beneficial owner shall be recognized as the shareholder.

The purposes for
which the Corporation shall recognize the beneficial owner as the shareholder may include the following: (i) receiving notice of,
voting at, and otherwise participating in shareholders’ meetings; (ii) executing consents with respect to the shares; (iii)
exercising dissenters’ rights under the North Carolina Business Corporation Act; (iv) receiving distributions and share dividends
with respect to the shares; (v) exercising inspection rights; (vi) receiving reports, financial statements, proxy statements, and
other communications from the Corporation; (vii) making any demand upon the Corporation required or permitted by law; and (viii)
exercising any other rights or receiving any other benefits of a shareholder with respect to the shares.

The certificate
shall be effective ten (10) business days after its receipt by the Corporation and until it is changed by the nominee, unless the
certificate specifies a later effective time or an earlier termination date.

If the certificate
affects less than all of the shares registered in the name of the nominee, the Corporation may require the shares affected by the
certificate to be registered separately on the books of the Corporation and be represented by a share certificate that bears a
conspicuous legend stating that there is a nominee certificate in effect with respect to the shares represented by that share certificate.

Section 7. Transfer
Agent and Registrar. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars of transfers
and may require all stock certificates to be signed or countersigned by the transfer agent and registered by the registrar of transfers.

ARTICLE 8

Indemnification

Section 1. Indemnification
Provisions. Any person who at any time serves or has served as a director or officer of the Corporation or of any wholly owned
subsidiary of the Corporation, or in such capacity at the request of the Corporation for any other foreign or domestic corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or as a trustee or administrator under any employee benefit plan of the
Corporation or of any wholly owned subsidiary thereof (a “Claimant”), shall have the right to be indemnified
and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent from time to time permitted by law against all liabilities and litigation
expenses (as hereinafter defined) in the event a claim shall be made or threatened against that person in, or that person is made
or threatened to be made a party to, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, and whether or not brought by or on behalf of the Corporation, including all appeals therefrom
(a “proceeding”), arising out of that person’s status as such or that person’s activities in any
such capacity; provided, however, that such indemnification shall not be available with respect to (a) that portion of any liabilities
or litigation expenses with respect to which the Claimant is entitled to receive payment under any insurance policy or (b) any
liabilities or litigation expenses incurred on account of any of the Claimant’s activities which were at the time taken known
or believed by the Claimant to be clearly in conflict with the best interests of the Corporation.

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Section 2. Definitions.
As used in this Article 8, (a) “liabilities” shall include, without limitation, (1) payments to satisfaction
of any judgment, money decree, excise tax, fine or penalty for which Claimant had become liable in any proceeding and (2) payments
in settlement of any such proceeding subject, however, to Section 3 of this Article; (b) “litigation expenses”
shall include, without limitation, (1) reasonable costs and expenses and attorneys’ fees and expenses actually incurred by
the Claimant in connection with any proceeding and (2) reasonable costs and expenses and attorneys’ fees and expenses in
connection with the enforcement of rights to the indemnification granted hereby or by applicable law, if such enforcement is successful
in whole or in part; and (c) “disinterested directors” shall mean directors who are not party to the proceeding in
question.

Section 3. Settlements.
The Corporation shall not be liable to indemnify the Claimant for any amounts paid in settlement of any proceeding effected without
the Corporation’s written consent. The Corporation will not unreasonably withhold its consent to any proposed settlement.

Section 4. Litigation
Expense Advances.  

(a)       Except
as provided in subsection (b) below, any litigation expenses shall be advanced to any Claimant within 30 days of receipt by the
Secretary of the Corporation of a demand therefor, together with an undertaking by or on behalf of the Claimant to repay to the
Corporation such amount unless it is ultimately determined that the Claimant is entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation against
such expenses. The Secretary shall promptly forward notice of the demand and undertaking immediately to all directors of the Corporation.

(b)       Within
ten (10) days after mailing of notice to the directors pursuant subsection (a) above, any disinterested director may, if desired,
call a meeting of disinterested directors to review the reasonableness of the expenses so requested. No advance shall be made if
a majority of the disinterested directors affirmatively determines that the item of expense is unreasonable in amount; but if the
disinterested directors determine that a portion of the expense item is reasonable, the Corporation shall advance such portion.

Section 5. Approval
of Indemnification Payments. Except as provided in Section 4 of this Article, the Board of Directors shall take all such action
as may be necessary and appropriate to authorize the Corporation to pay the indemnification required by Section 1 of this Article,
including, without limitation, making a good faith evaluation of the manner in which the Claimant acted and of the reasonable amount
of indemnity due the Claimant. In taking any such action, any Claimant who is a director of the Corporation shall not be entitled
to vote on any matter concerning such Claimant’s right to indemnification.

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Section 6. Suits
by Claimant. No Claimant shall be entitled to bring suit against the Corporation to enforce his or her rights under this Article
until sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, together with any undertaking to repay as required
by Section 4 of this Article 8. It shall be a defense to any such action that the Claimant’s liabilities or litigation expenses
were incurred on account of activities described in clause (b) of Section 1 of this Article 8, but the burden of proving this defense
shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation to have made a determination prior to the commencement of the
action to the effect that indemnification of the Claimant is proper in the circumstances, nor an actual determination by the Corporation
that the Claimant had not met the standard of conduct described in such clause (b) of Section 1, shall be a defense to the action
or create a presumption that the Claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

Section 7. Consideration;
Personal Representatives and Other Remedies. Any person who, during such time as this Article 8 or corresponding provisions
of predecessor Bylaws is or has been in effect, serves or has served in any of the aforesaid capacities for or on behalf of the
Corporation shall be deemed to be doing so or to have done so in reliance upon, and as consideration for, the right of indemnification
provided herein or therein. The right of indemnification provided herein or therein shall inure to the benefit of the legal representatives
of any person who qualifies or would qualify as a Claimant hereunder, and the right shall not be exclusive of any other rights
to which the person or legal representative may be entitled apart from this Article.

Section 8. Scope
of Indemnification Rights. Except as otherwise set forth in these Bylaws, or as otherwise required by law, the rights granted
herein shall not be limited by the provisions of Section 55-8-51 of the General Statutes of North Carolina or any successor statute.

Section 9. Extension
of Indemnification Rights to Additional Employees. The Board of Directors may, from time to time as it deems appropriate, extend
the indemnification rights provided by this Article 8 on terms consistent with this Article 8 to any person other than a director
or officer who serves or who has served as an employee or agent of the Corporation or of any wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation,
or in such capacity at the request of the Corporation for any other foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, or as a trustee or administrator under any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or of any wholly
owned subsidiary thereof.

ARTICLE 9

Emergency Bylaws

 

Section 1. Effectiveness.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Bylaws or the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, the emergency Bylaws
provided in this Article 9 shall be effective during any emergency resulting from a military or terrorist attack on the United
States or on a locality in which the Corporation conducts its principal business or customarily holds meetings of its Board of
Directors or its shareholders, or during any nuclear or atomic disaster, or during the existence of any other catastrophic event
or similar emergency, as a result of which a quorum of the Board of Directors, or of the executive committee of the Board of Directors,
if any, cannot readily be assembled for action. To the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of the emergency Bylaws in this
Article 9, the provisions of the regular Bylaws shall remain in effect during such emergency. Upon termination of the emergency,
the emergency Bylaws in this Article 9 shall cease to be effective.

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Section 2. Board
Meetings. During any such emergency, a meeting of the Board of Directors may be called by any officer or director of the Corporation.
Notice of the time and place of the meeting shall be given by the person calling the meeting to such of the directors as it may
be feasible to reach at the time by any available means of communication, including publication, television, internet or radio.
Such advance notice shall be given as, in the judgment of the person calling the meeting, circumstances permit. At any such meeting
of the Board of Directors, a quorum shall consist of a majority of the number of directors prescribed at the time of the meeting
by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that if no such number is prescribed, a majority of the directors in office shall
constitute a quorum. To the extent required to constitute a quorum at the meeting, the officers present shall be deemed, in order
of rank and within the same rank in order of seniority, directors for the meeting. The Board of Directors may take any action at
any such meeting which it deems necessary for managing the Corporation during the emergency.

Section 3. Principal
Office. During the emergency, the Board of Directors may change the principal offices of the Corporation or designate several
alternative principal offices, or authorize the officers to do so, which change or designation shall last for the duration of the
emergency.

Section 4. Specific
Powers. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board of Directors, acting pursuant to Section 2 of this Article
9, is authorized to make all necessary determinations of fact regarding the extent and severity of the emergency and the availability
of members of the Board; to designate and replace officers, agents and employees of the Corporation and otherwise provide for continuity
of management; and to adopt rules of procedure and fill vacancies in the Board of Directors.

Section 5. Nonexclusive
Powers. The emergency powers provided in this Article 9 shall be in addition to any powers provided by law.

ARTICLE 10

General Provisions

Section 1. Dividends
and Other Distributions. The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay or make, dividends
and other distributions with respect to its outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law.

Section 2. Seal.
The seal of the Corporation, if the Board of Directors determines to adopt one, shall be in the form approved by the Board of Directors.

Section 3. Waiver
of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given to a shareholder, director or other person under the provisions of these
Bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation or by applicable law, a waiver in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to the
notice, whether before or after the date and time stated in the notice, and delivered to the Corporation shall be equivalent to
giving the notice.

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Section 4. Checks.
All checks, drafts or orders for the payment of money shall be signed by the officer or officers or other individuals that the
Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Section 5. Bond.
The Board of Directors may by resolution require any or all officers, agents and employees of the Corporation to give bond to the
Corporation, with sufficient sureties, conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices or positions,
and to comply with such other conditions as may from time to time be required

Section 6. Fiscal
Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

Section 7. Amendments.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation’s shareholders may amend or repeal any one or more of these
Bylaws even though these Bylaws may also be amended or repealed by its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may amend or
repeal these Bylaws, subject to the following:

(a)       The
Board of Directors may not amend these Bylaws to the extent otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, a Bylaw adopted
by the shareholders or by the North Carolina Business Corporation Act.

(b)       A
Bylaw adopted, amended or repealed by the shareholders may not be readopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors if neither
the Articles of Incorporation nor a Bylaw adopted by the shareholders authorizes the Board of Directors to adopt, amend or repeal
that particular Bylaw or these Bylaws generally.

(c)       A
Bylaw that fixes a greater quorum or voting requirement for the Board of Directors may be amended or repealed:

(i)        If
originally adopted by the shareholders, only by the shareholders, unless such bylaw as originally adopted by the shareholders provides
that such bylaw may be amended or repealed by the Board of Directors; or

(ii)        If
originally adopted by the Board of Directors, either by the shareholders or by the Board of Directors.

(d)       A
Bylaw that fixes a greater quorum or voting requirement for the Board of Directors may not be adopted by the Board of Directors
by a vote less than a majority of the directors then in office and may not itself be amended by a quorum or vote of the directors
less than the quorum or vote prescribed in such bylaw or prescribed by the shareholders.

Section 8. Exclusive
Forum. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for
(i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a
fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s
shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the Corporation
arising pursuant to any provision of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act or the Corporation’s articles of incorporation
or bylaws (as either may be amended from time to time), or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director
or officer or other employee of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine must be a state court located within
the Town of Southern Pines in Moore County, North Carolina (or, if no state court located within the State of North Carolina has
jurisdiction, the federal district court for the Middle District of North Carolina).

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ARTICLE 11

Anti-Takeover Statutes

The provisions of
Article 9 of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act, entitled “the North Carolina Shareholder Protection Act,”
shall not apply to the Corporation. The provisions of Article 9A of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act, entitled “the
North Carolina Control Share Acquisition Act,” shall not apply to the Corporation.

 

 

 

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