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Articles of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation

 Exhibit 4.3 
 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF 
 THE 
 AMENDED AND RESTATED 
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 
 OF 
 PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED 

 I. 
 The name of the
corporation is Philip Morris Incorporated (the “Corporation”). 
 II. 
 The amendment adopted is to change Article I of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to be and read as follows: 
 “The name of the Corporation is PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.” 
 III. 
 The foregoing amendment was approved by the sole stockholder of the Corporation by consent on
January 13, 2003, in accordance with Sections 13.1-657 and 13.1-688.E of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the “VSCA”). 
 IV. 
 Pursuant to Section 13.1-606 of the VSCA, the Certificate of Amendment shall become effective at eight
o’clock a.m. on January 14, 2003. 
 The undersigned, Denise F. Keane, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the
Corporation, declares that the facts herein stated are true as of January 13, 2003. 
  

			
	Philip Morris Incorporated
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Denise F. Keane

	Name:	 	Denise F. Keane
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATION 
 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT 
  

	1.	The name of the Corporation is PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED. 

  

	2.	The amendment and restatement amends and restates the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation to read as set forth in Exhibit A. 

  

	3.	The amendment and restatement was adopted on August 1, 1990, by the consent of the Corporation’s sole shareholder in accordance with Chapter 9 of Title 13.1 of the
Virginia Code. 

  

	4.	The amendment and restatement shall be come effective at the close of business on August 1, 1990. 

  

	5.	Upon the effectiveness of the amendment and restatement, the 119,139,384 issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, $1 par value, shall be converted
automatically into ten (10) shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, $1 par value. 

 Dated: August 1, 1990. 
  

			
	PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Donald Fried

	Name:	 	Donald Fried
	Title:	 	Vice President

 AMENDED AND RESTATED 
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 
 OF 
 PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED 
 ARTICLE I 
 The name of the Corporation is PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED. 
 ARTICLE II 
 The purpose for which the Corporation is organized is the transaction of any or all
lawful business not required to be specifically stated in these Articles. 
 ARTICLE III 
 In the absence of a by-law fixing the number of directors, the number shall be fifteen. 
 ARTICLE IV 
 The Corporation shall have authority to issue ten (10) shares
of Common Stock, $1 par value (“Common Stock”). No holder of Common Stock, as such, shall have any preemptive right to acquire proportional amounts of the Corporation’s unissued shares. 
 ARTICLE V 
 1. In this Article:

 (a) “eligible person” means a person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation or a person
who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, trustee, partner, officer or employee of another corporation, affiliated corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. A person shall
be considered to be serving an employee benefit plan at the Corporation’s request if his duties to the Corporation also impose duties on, or otherwise involve services by, him to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan;

 (b) “expenses” included, without limitation, counsel fees; 
 (c) “liability” means the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine (including any excise tax assessed with
respect to an employee benefit plan), or reasonable expenses incurred with respect to a proceeding; 

 (d) “party” includes, without limitation, an individual who was, is, or is
threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding; and 
 (e) “proceeding” means any threatened,
pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative and whether formal or informal. 
 2. To the full extent that the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, as it exists on the date hereof or as hereafter amended, permits the limitation or elimination of the liability of directors, officers or other eligible persons, no director or
officer of the Corporation or other eligible person made a party to any proceeding shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages arising out of any transaction, occurrence or course of conduct, whether occurring prior
or subsequent to the effective date of this Article. 
 3. To the full extent permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, as it exists
on the date hereof or as hereafter amended, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party to any proceeding, including a proceeding brought by or in the right of the Corporation or brought by or on behalf of stockholders of the
Corporation, by reason of the fact that such person is or was an eligible person against any liability incurred by him in connection with such proceeding. To the same extent, the Corporation is empowered to enter into a contract to indemnify any
eligible person against liability in respect of any proceeding arising from any act or omission, whether occurring before or after the execution of such contract. 
 4. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not of itself create a presumption that the eligible person did not
meet any standard of conduct that is or may be a prerequisite to the limitation or elimination of liability provided in Section 2 to his entitlement to indemnification under Section 3 of this Article. 
 5. The Corporation shall indemnify under Section 3 of this Article any eligible person who prevails in the defense of any proceeding. Any other
indemnification under Section 3 of this Article (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because the eligible
person has met any standard of conduct that is a prerequisite to his entitlement to indemnification under Section 3 of this Article. 
 The determination shall be made: 
 (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of
directors not at the time parties to this proceeding; 
 (b) if a quorum cannot be obtained under clause (a) of this
Section 5, by majority vote of a committee duly designated by the Board of Directors (in which designation directors who are parties may participate), consisting solely of two or more directors not at the time parties to the proceeding;

  

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 (c) by special legal counsel; 
 (i) selected by the Board of Directors or its committee in the manner prescribed in clause (a) or (b) of this Section 5; or 
 (ii) if a quorum of the Board of Directors cannot be obtained under clause (a) of this Section 5 and a committee cannot be designated under
clause (b) of this Section 5, selected by a majority vote of the full Board of Directors, in which selection directors who are parties may participate; or 
 (d) by the holders of Common Stock, but shares owned by or voted under the control of directors who are at the time parties to the
proceeding may not be voted on the determination. 
 Authorization of indemnification and evaluation as to reasonableness of expenses shall be made in the
same manner as the determination that indemnification is appropriate, except that if the determination is made by special legal counsel, such authorizations and evaluations shall be made by those entitled under clause (c) of this Section 5
to select counsel. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event there has been a change in the composition of a majority of the Board of
Directors after the date of the alleged act or omission with respect to which indemnification, an advance of reimbursement is claimed, any determination as to such indemnification, advance or reimbursement shall be made by special legal counsel
agreed upon by the Board of Directors and the eligible person. If the Board of Directors and the eligible person are unable to agree upon such special legal counsel, the Board of Directors and the eligible person each shall select a nominee, and the
nominees shall select such special legal counsel. 
 6. The Corporation may pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by any
eligible person (and for a person referred to in Section 7 of this Article) who is a party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding or the making of any determination under Section 3 if any such person furnishes
the Corporation: 
 (a) a written statement, executed personally, of his good faith belief that he has met any standard of
conduct that is a prerequisite to his entitlement to indemnification pursuant to Section 3 or 7 of this Article; and 
 (b) a written undertaking, executed personally or on his behalf, to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that he did not meet such standard of conduct. 
  

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 The undertaking required by clause (b) of this Section 6 shall be an unlimited general
obligation but need not be secured and may be accepted without reference to financial ability to make repayment. 
 Authorizations of
payments under this Section shall be made by the person specified in Section 5. 
 7. The Corporation is empowered to indemnify or
contract to indemnify any person not specified in Section 3 of this Article who was, is or may become a party to any proceeding, by reason of the fact that he is or was an agent of or consultant to the Corporation, to the same or lesser extent
as if such person were specified as one to whom indemnification is granted in Section 3. The provisions of Sections 4, 5 and 6 of this Article, to the extent set forth therein, shall be applicable to any indemnification provided hereafter
pursuant to this Section. 
 8. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to all proceedings commenced after it becomes effective,
arising from any act or omission, whether occurring before or after such effective date. No amendment or repeal of this Article shall impair or otherwise diminish the rights provided under this Article (including those created by contract) with
respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. The Corporation shall promptly take all such actions and make all such determinations and authorizations as shall be necessary or appropriate to comply with its obligation
to make any indemnity against liability, or to advance any expenses, under this Article and shall promptly pay or reimburse all reasonable expenses incurred by any eligible person or by a person referred to in Section 7 of this Article in
connection with such actions and determinations or proceedings of any kind arising therefrom. 
 9. The Corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance to indemnify it against the whole or any portion of the liability assumed by it in accordance with this Article and may also procure insurance, in such amounts as the Board of Directors may determine, on behalf of any eligible person (and
for a person referred to in Section 7 of this Article) against any liability asserted against or incurred by him whether or not the Corporation would have power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article.

 10. Every reference herein to directors, officers, trustees, partners, employees, agents or consultants shall include former directors,
officers, trustees, partners, employees, agents or consultants and their respective heirs, executors and administrators. The indemnification hereby provided and provided hereafter pursuant to the power hereby conferred by this Article shall not be
exclusive of any other rights to which any person may be entitled, including any right under policies of insurance that may be purchased and maintained by the Corporation or others, with respect to claims, issues or matters in relation to which the
Corporation would not have the power to indemnify such person under the provisions of this Article. 
  

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 11. Nothing herein shall prevent or restrict the power of the Corporation to make or provide for any
further indemnity, or provisions for determining entitlement to indemnify, pursuant to one or more indemnification agreements, by-laws, or other arrangements (including without limitation, creation of trust funds or security interests funded by
letters of credit or other means) approved by the Board of Directors (whether or not any of the directors of the Corporation shall be a party to or beneficiary of any such agreements, by-laws or arrangements); provided, however, that
any provision of such agreements, by-laws or other arrangements shall not be effective if and to the extent that it is determined to be contrary to this Article or applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, but other provisions of any such
agreements, by-laws or other arrangements shall not be affected by any such determination. 
 12. Each provision of this Article shall be
severable, and an adverse determination as to any such provision shall in no way affect the validity of any other provision. 
 Dated: August 1, 1990.

  

 -5-Amended and Restated By-Laws of Philip Morris USA Inc.

 Exhibit 4.4 
 AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS 
 OF 
 PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. 
 ARTICLE I 
 OFFICES 
 The corporation may have
offices, either within or without the Commonwealth of Virginia, at such place or places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require. 
 ARTICLE II 
 MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS 
 SECTION 1. ANNUAL MEETINGS. – Annual Meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place, either within or without the Commonwealth of
Virginia, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors, by resolution, shall determine and set forth in the notice of the meeting. At each annual meeting, the stockholders entitled to vote shall elect a Board of Directors, and they may
transact such other corporate business as may properly come before the meeting. 
 SECTION 2. SPECIAL MEETINGS. – Special
meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by the President or Secretary or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Business transacted at a special meeting shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notice.

  

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 SECTION 3. VOTING. – At any meeting of the stockholders, each holder of Common Stock shall
have one vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of Common Stock standing in his or her name on the books of the corporation on the date, not more than seventy days prior to such meeting, fixed by the Board of Directors as the record date for
the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to vote. Every proxy shall be in writing, dated and signed by the stockholder entitled to vote or his or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes
cast by shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present; all other questions shall be decided by majority of votes of all votes cast on the matter at a meeting at which a quorum is present, except as otherwise
provided by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the “Act”). 
 SECTION 4. QUORUM. – Except as otherwise required by the
Act, the presence, in person or by proxy, of stockholders holding a majority of the Common Stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders. 
 SECTION 5. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. – Written notice stating the place, date and time of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled
to vote thereat at his or her address as it appears on the records of the corporation, not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, except as otherwise required by the Act. Unless otherwise required by the Act, notice
of an annual meeting need not state the purpose or purposes of the meeting, but notice of a special meeting shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. 
  

					
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 SECTION 6. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. – Any action required or permitted by the Act to be taken
at a meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting and without action by the Board of Directors, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, describing the action taken, shall be signed by all stockholders entitled to
vote thereon and delivered to the Secretary for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. 
 ARTICLE III

 DIRECTORS 
 SECTION 1. NUMBER AND TERM. The number of directors shall be three, subject to amendment of the By-Laws by the directors or stockholders. Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the stockholders and each director shall
be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify. Directors need not be stockholders. 
 SECTION 2. RESIGNATIONS. – Any director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect when the notice is
delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date. 
  

					
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 SECTION 3. VACANCIES. – If the office of any director becomes vacant, the remaining directors
in office, though less than a quorum, by a majority vote may appoint any qualified person to fill such vacancy, who shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor shall be duly chosen. 
 SECTION 4. REMOVAL. – Any director may be removed with or without cause at anytime by the affirmative vote of a majority of all votes
entitled to be cast at a meeting of the stockholders called for the purpose, and the vacancies thus created may be filled, at the meeting held for the purpose of removal, by the affirmative vote of a majority of all votes entitled to be cast.

 SECTION 5. COMMITTEES. – The Board of Directors may by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole Board of
Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two or more of the directors of the corporation. 
 Any such
committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors or in these By-Laws and except as limited by the Act, shall have and may exercise all the authority of the Board of Directors. 
 SECTION 6. MEETINGS. – The newly-elected directors may hold their first meeting, if a quorum be present, immediately after the annual meeting
of the stockholders; or the time and place of such meeting may be fixed by consent, in writing, of all the directors. 
 Regular meetings of
the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such places and times as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. 
  

					
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 Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President, any Vice President designated
by the President or the Secretary, or on the written request of any two directors on at least one day’s notice to each director and shall be held at such place or places as may be determined by the directors or as shall be stated in the call of
the meeting. The President shall preside over regular and special meetings of the Board of Directors. 
 SECTION 7. QUORUM. – A
majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a
quorum is obtained, and no further notice need be given other than by announcement at the meeting so adjourned. 
 SECTION 8.
COMPENSATION. – Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors or as members of committees but by resolution of the Board of Directors a fixed fee and expenses of attendance may be allowed for attendance at
each meeting. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent or otherwise and receiving compensation therefore. 
 SECTION 9. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. – 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 members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the Board of Directors or the committee
or with the corporate records. 
  

					
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 SECTION 10. CONFERENCE TELEPHONE. – At any meeting of the Board of Directors, participation
of any one or more members of the Board of Directors by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment, allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 ARTICLE IV 
 OFFICERS

 SECTION 1. OFFICERS. – The officers of the corporation shall be a President, a Treasurer, and a Secretary, all of whom
shall be elected by the Board of Directors and who shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. In addition, the Board of Directors may elect one or more Vice Presidents (any of whom may be designated Executive Vice President
or Senior Vice President), and such Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers as it may deem proper. The officers shall be elected at the first meeting of the Board of Directors and after each annual meeting of stockholders. More than one
office may be held by the same person. 
 SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICERS AND AGENTS. – The Board of Directors may appoint such other
officers and agents as it may deem advisable, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. 
  

					
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 SECTION 3. PRESIDENT. – The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation
and shall have general supervision, direction and control of the business and management of the corporation. Except as the Board of Directors shall authorize the execution thereof in some other manner, he or she shall execute bonds, mortgages and
other contracts on behalf of the corporation, and shall cause the seal to be affixed to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed the seal shall be attested by the signature by the Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary or an
Assistant Treasurer. The President shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders. 
 SECTION 4. VICE
PRESIDENTS. – In the absence or disability of the President, each Vice President shall, unless the Board of Directors otherwise prescribes, have all the powers and functions of the President. Each Vice President shall perform such duties as
the President or the Board of Directors shall prescribe. 
 SECTION 5. TREASURER. – The treasurer shall have custody of the
corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate account of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation. He or she shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation in
such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. 
 The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be
ordered by the Board of Directors or the President, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements. He or she shall render to the President and Board of Directors at the regular meetings of the Board of 

  

					
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Directors, or whenever they may request it, and account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. If
required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. 
 SECTION 8. SECRETARY. – The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and directors and all other
notices required by law or by these By-Laws. In case of his or her absence or refusal or neglect so to do, any such notice may be given by any person thereunto directed by the President or by the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall record all
the proceedings of the meeting of the corporation and of the directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors or the President. The Secretary shall have
the custody of the seal of the corporation and shall affix the same to all instruments requiring it, when authorized by the Board of Directors or the President, and shall attest the same. 
 SECTION 9. ASSISTANT TREASURERS AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. – Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries, if any, shall have such powers
and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them, respectively, by the Board of Directors. The duties of the Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries shall include acting as Treasurer or Secretary, respectively, in the absence of the
Treasurer or Secretary. 
  

					
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 ARTICLE V 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 SECTION 1. CONTRACTS. – The President, any Vice President, the Treasurer
and such other persons as the Board of Directors may authorize shall have the power to execute any contract or other instrument on behalf of the corporation; no other officer, agent or employee shall, unless otherwise in these By-Laws provided, have
any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or acknowledgment, or pledge its credit or render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose or to any amount. 
 SECTION 2. LOANS. – The President, any Vice President, the Treasurer and such other persons as the Board of Directors may authorize shall have the power to effect loans and advances at any time for the
corporation from any bank, trust company or other institution, or from any corporation, firm or individual, and for such loans and advances may make, execute and deliver promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the corporation, and, as
security for the payment of any and all loans, advances, indebtedness and liability of the corporation, may pledge, hypothecate or transfer any and all stocks, securities and other personal property at any time held by the corporation, and to that
end endorse, assign and deliver the same. 
 SECTION 3. VOTING OF STOCK HELD. – The President, any Vice President or the
Secretary may from time to time appoint an attorney or attorneys or agent or agents of the corporation to cast the votes that the corporation may be entitled to cast as a stockholder or otherwise in any other corporation, any of whose stock or
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by the corporation, at meetings of the holders of the stock or other securities of such other corporation, or to consent in writing to any action by any
other such corporation, and may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such consent, and may execute or cause to be executed on behalf of the corporation such written proxies, consents, waivers
or other instruments as such officer may deem necessary or proper in the premises; or the President, any Vice President or the Secretary may attend any meeting of the holders of stock or other securities of such other corporation and thereat vote or
exercise any and all powers of the corporation as the holder of such stock or other securities of such other corporation. 
 SECTION 4.
STOCKHOLDERS RECORD DATE. – In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof or to express consent to corporate action in writing without
a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall be not more than seventy days before the date of such a meeting or action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjournment meeting. 
 SECTION 5. DIVIDENDS. – Subject to the provisions of the Act, the Board of Directors may authorize, and the corporation may make, distributions to its stockholders. 
  

					
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 SECTION 6. SEAL. – The corporate seal shall be circular in form and shall bear around the
circumference the words and the numbers, “Philip Morris USA Inc. 1919” and in the center the words “Corporate Seal Virginia.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or
otherwise. 
 SECTION 7. FISCAL YEAR. – The fiscal year of the corporation may be determined by resolution of the Board of
Directors and, if not otherwise determined, shall be the calendar year. 
 ARTICLE VI 
 AMENDMENTS 
 These By-Laws may be
altered or repealed, and By-Laws may be made, at any annual meeting of the stockholders (or at any special meeting of stockholders, if notice of the proposed alteration or repeal or By-Law or By-Laws to be made is contained in the notice of such
special meeting), or by the Board of Directors. 
  

					
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