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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.4

                             ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                             ENPRO INDUSTRIES, INC.

         Pursuant to Section 55-10-06 of the General Statutes of North
Carolina, the undersigned corporation hereby submits these Articles of
Amendment for the purpose of amending its Restated Articles of Incorporation to
create a series of Preferred Stock designated as Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock:

         1.       The name of the corporation is EnPro Industries, Inc.

         2.       The following resolution relating to the fixing of the
designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the Series A
Junior Participating Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the
corporation was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the corporation at a
meeting held on May 22, 2002, without shareholder approval, which was not
required because the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the corporation
provide that the Board of Directors may determine the designations,
preferences, limitations and relative rights of that class:

                  RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board
of Directors of the Corporation by the Restated Articles of Incorporation, the
Board of Directors hereby creates a series of Preferred Stock designated as
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of
the Corporation and hereby states the designation and number of shares, and
fixes the preferences, limitations and relative rights thereof, as follows:

                 SERIES A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK

                           I. Designation and Amount

         The shares of such series will be designated as Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock (the "SERIES A PREFERRED") and the number of
shares constituting the Series A Preferred is 204,150. Such number of shares
may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors;
provided, however, that no decrease will reduce the number of shares of Series
A Preferred to a number less than the number of shares then outstanding plus
the number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding
options, rights or warrants or upon the conversion of any outstanding
securities issued by the Corporation convertible into Series A Preferred.

                        II. Dividends and Distributions

         Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of any series of
Preferred Stock ranking prior to the Series A Preferred with respect to
dividends, the holders of shares of

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Series A Preferred, in preference to the holders of Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the "COMMON STOCK"), of the Corporation, and of any other
junior stock, will be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the
Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, dividends
payable in cash (except as otherwise provided below) on such dates as are from
time to time established for the payment of dividends on the Common Stock (each
such date being referred to herein as a "DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE"), commencing on
the first Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction
of a share of Series A Preferred (the "FIRST DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE"), in an
amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (i)
$1.00 or (ii) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth,
one hundred times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and one
hundred times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash
dividends, other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a
subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or
otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding
Dividend Payment Date or, with respect to the First Dividend Payment Date,
since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series A
Preferred. In the event that the Corporation at any time (i) declares a
dividend on the outstanding shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common
Stock, (ii) subdivides the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (iii) combines
the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv)
issues any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with
a consolidation or merger in which the Corporation is the continuing or
surviving corporation), then, in each such case and regardless of whether any
shares of Series A Preferred are then issued or outstanding, the amount to
which holders of shares of Series A Preferred would otherwise be entitled
immediately prior to such event under clause (ii) of the preceding sentence
will be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after
such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock
that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

         The Corporation will declare a dividend on the Series A Preferred as
provided in the immediately preceding paragraph immediately after it declares a
dividend on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common
Stock). Each such dividend on the Series A Preferred will be payable
immediately prior to the time at which the related dividend on the Common Stock
is payable.

         Dividends will accrue on outstanding shares of Series A Preferred from
the Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares,
unless (i) the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the
First Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares will accrue
from the date of the first issuance of a share of Series A Preferred or (ii) the
date of issue is a Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for
the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred entitled to receive
a dividend and before such Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such
dividends will accrue from such Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid
dividends will cumulate from the applicable Dividend Payment Date but will not
bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series A Preferred in an amount
less than the

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total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares
will be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at
the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the
determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred entitled to receive
payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date will
be not more than 60 calendar days prior to the date fixed for the payment
thereof.

                              III. Voting Rights

         The holders of shares of Series A Preferred will have the following
voting rights:

         (a)      Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set
forth, each share of Series A Preferred will entitle the holder thereof to one
hundred votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the
Corporation. In the event the Corporation at any time (i) declares a dividend
on the outstanding shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock,
(ii) subdivides the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (iii) combines the
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv)
issues any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with
a consolidation or merger in which the Corporation is the continuing or
surviving corporation), then, in each such case and regardless of whether any
shares of Series A Preferred are then issued or outstanding, the number of
votes per share to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred would
otherwise be entitled immediately prior to such event will be adjusted by
multiplying such number by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to such event.

         Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Restated Articles of
Incorporation, in any other Preferred Stock Designation creating a series of
Preferred Stock or any similar stock, or by law, the holders of shares of
Series A Preferred and the holders of shares of Common Stock and any other
capital stock of the Corporation having general voting rights will vote
together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the
Corporation.

         Except as set forth in the Restated Articles of Incorporation or
herein, or as otherwise provided by law, holders of shares of Series A Preferred
will have no voting rights.

                           IV. Certain Restrictions

         (b)      Whenever regular dividends or other dividends or
distributions payable on the Series A Preferred are in arrears, thereafter and
until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not
declared, on shares of Series A Preferred outstanding have been paid in full,
the Corporation will not:

                  (i)      Declare or pay dividends, or make any other
         distributions, on any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to
         dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the
         shares of Series A Preferred;

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                  (ii)     Declare or pay dividends, or make any other
         distributions, on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as
         to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the
         shares of Series A Preferred, except dividends paid ratably on the
         shares of Series A Preferred and all such parity stock on which
         dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts
         to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

                  (iii)    Redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for
         consideration shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to
         dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the
         shares of Series A Preferred; provided, however, that the Corporation
         may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any
         such junior stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the
         Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
         dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the shares of Series A
         Preferred; or

                  (iv)     Redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for
         consideration any shares of Series A Preferred, or any shares of stock
         ranking on a parity with the shares of Series A Preferred, except in
         accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as
         determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares
         upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the
         respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and
         preferences of the respective series and classes, may determine in
         good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the
         respective series or classes.

         The Corporation will not permit any majority-owned subsidiary of the
Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of
stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (a) of
this Article IV, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in
such manner.

                             V. Reacquired Shares

         Any shares of Series A Preferred purchased or otherwise acquired by
the Corporation in any manner whatsoever will be retired and canceled promptly
after the acquisition thereof. All such shares will upon their cancellation
become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as
part of a new series of Preferred Stock subject to the conditions and
restrictions on issuance set forth herein, in the Restated Articles of
Incorporation of the Corporation, or in any other Preferred Stock Designation
creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar stock or as otherwise
required by law.

                  VI. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up

         Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no
distribution will be made (a) to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior
(either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the
shares of Series A Preferred unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of
Series A Preferred have received $100 per share, plus an amount equal to
accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions

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thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment; provided,
however, that the holders of shares of Series A Preferred will be entitled to
receive an aggregate amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment
hereinafter set forth, equal to one hundred times the aggregate amount to be
distributed per share to holders of shares of Common Stock or (b) to the holders
of shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the shares of Series A Preferred,
except distributions made ratably on the shares of Series A Preferred and all
such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all
such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In
the event the Corporation at any time (i) declares a dividend on the outstanding
shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides the
outstanding shares of Common Stock, (iii) combines the outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues any shares of its
capital stock in a reclassification of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
(including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or
merger in which the Corporation is the continuing or surviving corporation),
then, in each such case and regardless of whether any shares of Series A
Preferred are then issued or outstanding, the aggregate amount to which each
holder of shares of Series A Preferred would otherwise be entitled immediately
prior to such event under the proviso in clause (a) of the preceding sentence
will be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such
event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that
were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

                       VII. Consolidation, Merger, Etc.

         In the event that the Corporation enters into any consolidation,
merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock
are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any
other property, then, in each such case, each share of Series A Preferred will
at the same time be similarly exchanged for or changed into an amount per
share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to
one hundred times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any
other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which
each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. In the event the
Corporation at any time (a) declares a dividend on the outstanding shares of
Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (b) subdivides the outstanding
shares of Common Stock, (c) combines the outstanding shares of Common Stock in
a smaller number of shares, or (d) issues any shares of its capital stock in a
reclassification of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (including any such
reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the
Corporation is the continuing or surviving corporation), then, in each such
case and regardless of whether any shares of Series A Preferred are then issued
or outstanding, the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to
the exchange or change of shares of Series A Preferred will be adjusted by
multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to such event.

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                               VIII. Redemption

         The shares of Series A Preferred are not redeemable.

                                   IX. Rank

         The Series A Preferred rank, with respect to the payment of dividends
and the distribution of assets, junior to all other series of the Corporation's
Preferred Stock, unless the terms of any such series shall provide otherwise.

                                 X. Amendment

         Notwithstanding anything contained in the Restated Articles of
Incorporation of the Corporation to the contrary and in addition to any other
vote required by applicable law, the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
Corporation may not be amended in any manner that would materially alter or
change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Preferred so
as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of at
least 66-2/3% of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred, voting together
as a single series.

         This 31st day of May, 2002.

                                             ENPRO INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                             By:  /s/ Richard L. Magee
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.5

                                     BYLAWS
                                       OF
                             ENPRO INDUSTRIES, INC.

         (Incorporated under the laws of North Carolina, January 11, 2002, and
herein referred to as the "Corporation")

                                   ARTICLE I

                                  SHAREHOLDERS

         Section 1.01      ANNUAL MEETINGS. The Corporation shall hold an
annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of directors and the
transaction of any business within the powers of the Corporation on such date
during the month of April in each year as shall be determined by the Board of
Directors or at such time during the year as the Board of Directors may
prescribe. Subject to Section 1.12 of these Bylaws, any business of the
Corporation may be transacted at such annual meeting. Failure to hold an annual
meeting at the designated time shall not, however, invalidate the corporate
existence or affect otherwise valid corporate acts.

         Section 1.02      SPECIAL MEETINGS. The power to call a special
meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be governed by Article 10
of the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, as such provision may be
amended from time to time.

         Section 1.03      PLACE OF MEETINGS. All meetings of shareholders
shall be held at such place as may be designated in the Notice of Meeting.

         Section 1.04      NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Not less than ten (10) days nor
more than sixty (60) days before the date of every shareholders' meeting, the
Secretary shall give to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting and
each other shareholder entitled to notice of the meeting, written or printed
notice stating the time and place of the meeting and, in the case of a special
meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, either by
mail or by presenting it to him or her personally or by leaving it at his or
her residence or usual place of business. If mailed, such notice shall be
deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the
shareholder at his or her post office address as it appears on the records of
the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. Any meeting of shareholders,
annual or special, may adjourn from time to time without further notice to a
date not more than 120 days after the original record date at the same or some
other place.

         Section 1.05      WAIVER OF NOTICE. Any shareholder may waive notice
of any meeting before or after the meeting. The waiver must be in writing,
signed by the shareholder and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the
minutes or filing with the corporate records. A shareholder's attendance, in
person or by proxy, at a meeting (a) waives objection to lack of notice or
defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder or his proxy at the
beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business
at the meeting; and (b) waives objection to consideration of a particular
matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in
the meeting notice, unless the shareholder or his proxy objects to considering
the matter before it is voted upon.

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         Section 1.06      PRESIDING OFFICER AND SECRETARY AT MEETINGS. At each
meeting of shareholders the Chairman of the Board, or in his or her absence the
President, or in their absence, the person designated in writing by the
Chairman of the Board, or if no person is so designated, then a person
designated by the Board of Directors, shall preside as chairman of the meeting;
if no person is so designated, then the meeting shall choose a chairman by a
majority of all votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum is present. The
chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to determine and
maintain the rules, regulations and procedures for the proper conduct of the
meeting, including but not limited to restricting entry to the meeting after it
has commenced, maintaining order and the safety of those in attendance, opening
and closing the polls for voting, dismissing business not properly submitted,
and limiting time allowed for discussion of the business of the meeting. The
Secretary, or in the absence of the Secretary, a person designated by the
chairman of the meeting, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

         Section 1.07      QUORUM. Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting
group may take action on a matter at the meeting only if a quorum of those
shares exists. A majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter by the
voting group constitutes a quorum of that voting group for action on that
matter.

         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 for any
adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for that
adjourned meeting.

         In the absence of a quorum at the opening of any meeting of
shareholders, such meeting may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of a
majority of the votes cast on the motion to adjourn; and, subject to the
provisions of Section 1.04, at any subsequent session of a meeting that has
been adjourned any business may be transacted that might have been transacted
at the original meeting if a quorum exists with respect to the matter proposed.

         Section 1.08      PROXIES. Shares may be voted either in person or by
one or more proxies authorized by a written appointment of proxy signed by the
shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney in fact. In addition, to the
extent permitted by North Carolina law and as authorized by a resolution duly
adopted by the Board of Directors prior to the commencement of a meeting of
shareholders, shares may be voted by one or more proxies authorized by an
electronic appointment of proxy transmitted by electronic means. An appointment
of proxy is valid for eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless
a different period is expressly provided in the appointment form, and is
effective with respect to any particular matter only if it is received by the
secretary of the meeting, or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate
votes, prior to the closing of the polls with respect to such matter.

         Section 1.09      VOTING OF SHARES. Subject to the provisions of the
Articles of Incorporation, each outstanding share shall be entitled to one vote
on each matter voted on at a meeting of shareholders.

         Except in the election of directors as governed by the provisions of
Section 2.03, if a quorum exists, action on a matter by a voting group is
approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed
the votes cast opposing the action, unless a greater vote is required by law or
the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

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         Absent special circumstances, shares of the Corporation are not
entitled to vote if they are owned, directly or indirectly, by another
corporation in which the Corporation owns, directly or indirectly, a majority
of the shares entitled to vote for directors of the second corporation;
provided that this provision does not limit the power of the Corporation to
vote its own shares held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

         Section 1.10      SHAREHOLDERS' LIST. Before each meeting of
shareholders, the Secretary of the Corporation shall prepare an alphabetical
list of the shareholders entitled to notice of such meeting. The list shall be
arranged by voting group (and within each voting group, by class or series of
shares) and show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder.
The list shall be kept on file at the principal office of the Corporation, or
at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will
be held, for the period beginning two business days after notice of the meeting
is given and continuing through the meeting, and shall be available for
inspection by any shareholder, his agent or attorney, at any time during
regular business hours. The list shall also be available at the meeting and
shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder, his agent or attorney, at
any time during the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

         Section 1.11      INSPECTORS OF ELECTION. In advance of any meeting of
shareholders, the Board of Directors may appoint Inspectors of Election to act
at such meeting or at any adjournment or adjournments thereof. If such
Inspectors are not so appointed or fail or refuse to act, the chairman of any
such meeting may (and shall upon the request of shareholders entitled to cast a
majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting) make such
appointments. No such Inspector need be a shareholder of the Corporation.

         If there are three (3) or more Inspectors of Election, the decision,
act or certificate of a majority shall be effective in all respects as the
decision, act or certificate of all. The Inspectors of Election shall determine
the number of shares outstanding, the voting power of each, the shares
represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity,
validity and effect of proxies; shall receive votes, ballots, assents or
consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in
connection with the vote, count and tabulate all votes, assents and consents,
and determine the result; and do such acts as may be proper to conduct the
election and the vote with fairness to all shareholders. On request, the
Inspectors shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter
determined by them, and shall make and execute a certificate of any fact found
by them.

         Section 1.12      DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS AND SHAREHOLDERS BUSINESS.

         (a)      Advance Notice of Nominations of Directors. Only persons who
are nominated in accordance with the provisions set forth in these Bylaws shall
be eligible to be elected as directors at an annual or special meeting of
shareholders. Nomination for election to the Board of Directors shall be made
by the Board of Directors or a Nominating Committee appointed by the Board of
Directors.

         Nomination at an annual meeting for election of any person to the
Board of Directors may also be made by a shareholder if written notice of the
nomination of such person shall have been delivered to the Secretary of the
Corporation at the principal office of the Corporation not

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less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the
preceding year's annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the
date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more
than 60 days from such anniversary date, notice by shareholder must be so
delivered not earlier than the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not
later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such
annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement
of the date of such meeting is first made. Each such notice shall set forth:
(a) the name and address of the shareholder who intends to make the nomination,
the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made and of the
person or persons to be nominated; (b) the class and number of shares of stock
of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such
shareholder and such beneficial owner, and a representation that the
shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate
the person or persons specified in the notice; (c) 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; (d) all other
information regarding each nominee proposed by such shareholder as would be
required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules
of the Securities and Exchange Commission if the nominee had been nominated by
the Board of Directors; and (e) the written consent of each nominee to serve as
director of the Corporation if so elected.

         In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of shareholders
for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors,
any shareholder who is a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice
of the special meeting, who is entitled to vote at the special meeting and who
complies with the notice procedures set forth in this paragraph may nominate a
person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as
specified in the Corporation's notice of meeting, if the shareholder shall have
delivered written notice of such nomination to the Secretary of the Corporation
at the principal office of the Corporation not earlier than the close of
business on the 120th calendar day prior to such special meeting and not later
than the close of business on the later of the 90th calendar day prior to such
special meeting or the 10th calendar day following the day on which public
announcement is first made of the date of such special meeting and of the
nominees proposed by the Board of Directors or the Nominating Committee of the
Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. Each such notice shall set
forth the information required to be included in shareholder notices as set
forth in the immediately preceding paragraph. In no event shall the public
announcement of an adjournment of a special meeting of shareholders commence a
new time period for the giving of a shareholder's notice as described above.

         The chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge any nomination
of any person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedures.

         (b)      Advance Notice of General Matters. No business shall be
transacted at an annual meeting of shareholders, except such business as shall
be (a) specified in the notice of meeting given as provided in Section 1.04,
(b) otherwise brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors, or (c) otherwise brought before the meeting by a shareholder of
record entitled to vote at the meeting, in compliance with the procedure set
forth in this Section 1.12. For business to be brought before an annual meeting
by a shareholder pursuant to (c) above, the shareholder must have given timely
notice in writing to the Secretary. To be timely, a

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shareholder's notice must be delivered to, or mailed to and received at the
principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 days nor more
than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual
meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual
meeting is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 60 days from
such anniversary date, notice by the shareholder must be so delivered not
earlier than the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the
close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or
the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of
such meeting is first made. Notice of actions to be brought before the annual
meeting pursuant to (c) above 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
brining such business before the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address, as
they appear on the Corporation's books, of each shareholder proposing such
business, (iii) the classes and number of shares of the Corporation that are
owned of record and beneficially by such shareholder, and (iv) any material
interest of such shareholder in such business other than his interest as
shareholder of the Corporation. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the
contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting except in
accordance with the provisions set forth in this Section 1.12. If the chairman
of the annual meeting determines that any business was not properly brought
before the meeting in accordance with provisions prescribed by these Bylaws, he
or she shall so declare to the meeting, and to the extent permitted by law, any
such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

         (c)      2003 Annual Meeting. For purposes of this Section 1.12, with
respect to nominations for election of directors and other business proposed to
be presented at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2003, the annual meeting
of shareholders held in 2002 shall be deemed to have been held on April 30,
2002.

         (d)      General. For purposes of this Section 1.12, "public
announcement" shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow
Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable news service or in a
document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

         Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.12, a
shareholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of state law and
of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to
the matters set forth in this Section 1.12. Nothing in this Section 1.12 shall
be deemed to affect any rights of shareholders to request inclusion of
proposals in the Corporation's proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the
Exchange Act.

                                  ARTICLE II

                               BOARD OF DIRECTORS

         Section 2.01      POWERS. The business and affairs of the Corporation
shall be managed under the direction of its Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors may exercise all the powers of the Corporation, except such as are by
statute or the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws conferred upon or
reserved to the shareholders.

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         Section 2.02      NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. The number of directors of the
Corporation shall be determined in accordance with Article 5(a) of the
Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, as such provision may be amended from
time to time. No person shall be eligible to be elected as a director if he or
she is less than 18 years of age or has attained the age of 70 years.

         Section 2.03      ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. The election of directors of
the Corporation shall be governed by Article 5(b) of the Corporation's Articles
of Incorporation, as such provision may be amended from time to time.

         Section 2.04      CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Board of Directors shall
designate from its membership a Chairman of the Board, who shall have such
powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by these Bylaws and
assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

         Section 2.05      REMOVAL. The removal of directors of the Corporation
shall be governed by Article 5(d) of the Corporation's Articles of
Incorporation, as such provision may be amended from time to time.

         Section 2.06      VACANCIES. Vacancies in the Board of Directors shall
be filled in accordance with Article 5(c) of the Corporation's Articles of
Incorporation, as such provision may be amended from time to time.

         Section 2.07      REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held at such time and place within or without the State of
North Carolina as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

         Section 2.08      SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called at any time, at any place, and for any purpose by the
Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chairman of the Executive Committee,
or upon the request of a majority of the Board of any officer of the
Corporation.

         Section 2.09      NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the Board of
Directors may be held without notice. Notice of the place, day, and hour of
every special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director
twenty-four (24) hours (or more) before the meeting, by telephoning the notice
to such director, or by delivering the notice to him or her personally, or by
sending the notice to him or her by telegraph, or by facsimile, or by leaving
notice at his or her residence or usual place of business, or, in the
alternative, by mailing such notice three (3) days (or more) before the
meeting, postage prepaid, and addressed to him or her at his or her last known
post office address, according to the records of the Corporation. If mailed,
such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States
mail, properly addressed with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by
telegram or by facsimile, such notice shall be deemed to be given when the
telegram is delivered to the telegraph company or when the facsimile is
transmitted. If the notice be given by telephone or by personal delivery, such
notice shall be deemed to be given at the time of the communication or
delivery. Unless required by law, by these Bylaws or by resolution of the Board
of Directors, no notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, need state
the business to be transacted thereat. Any meeting of the Board of Directors,
regular or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or
some other place, and no further notice need be given of any such adjourned
meeting.

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         Section 2.10      WAIVER OF NOTICE. Any director may waive notice of
any meeting before or after the meeting. The waiver must be in writing, signed
by the director entitled to the notice and delivered to the Corporation for
inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A director's
attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice of such
meeting unless the director at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon
arrival, objects to holding the meeting or to transacting business at the
meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the
meeting.

         Section 2.11      TELEPHONE MEETING. Members of the Board, or of any
committee thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of conference
telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time.
Participation in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the
meeting.

         Section 2.12      ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. 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 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.

         Section 2.13      PRESIDING OFFICER AND SECRETARY AT MEETINGS. Each
meeting of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairman of the
Board of Directors or in his or her absence, by the President or if neither is
present by such member of the Board of Directors as shall be chosen by the
meeting. The Secretary, or in his or her absence, an Assistant Secretary, shall
act as secretary of the meeting, or if no such officer is present, a secretary
of the meeting shall be designated by the person presiding over the meeting.

         Section 2.14      QUORUM AND VOTING. At all meetings of the Board of
Directors, one third (1/3) of the Board of Directors, but in no case less than
two (2) directors, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Except in cases in which it is by statute, by the Articles of Incorporation, or
by the Bylaws otherwise provided, the vote of a majority of such quorum at a
duly constituted meeting shall be sufficient to pass any measure. In the
absence of a quorum, the directors present by majority vote and without notice
other than by announcement may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a
quorum shall be present. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall
be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at
the meeting originally notified.

         Section 2.15      PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT. A director who is present at
a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors
when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken
unless (a) he objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon his
arrival, to holding it or to transacting business at the meeting, or (b) his
dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the
meeting, or (c) he files written notice of his dissent or abstention with the
presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or with the Corporation
immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right of dissent or
abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action
taken.

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         Section 2.16      COMPENSATION. The Board of Directors may provide by
resolution for the compensation of directors for their services as such and for
the payment or reimbursement of any or all expenses incurred by them in
connection with such services.

                                  ARTICLE III

                                   COMMITTEES

         Section 3.01      COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD. The Board of Directors may
by resolution create an Executive Committee, an Audit and Risk Management
Committee, a Compensation and Human Resources Committee, a Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee and such other committees of the Board and
appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. The creation of a
committee of the Board and appointment of members to it must be approved by a
majority of the number of directors in office when the action is taken. Each
committee of the Board must have two or more members and, to the extent
authorized by law and specified by the Board of Directors, shall have and may
exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors, shall have and may
exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of
the Corporation, except that a committee may not have such powers or perform
such duties as may be (i) inconsistent with law, (ii) inconsistent with the
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or (iii) inconsistent with the resolution
creating such committee and the authority delegated to it therein. Each
committee member serves at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The
provisions in these Bylaws governing meetings, action without meetings, notice
and waiver of notice, and quorum and voting requirements of the Board of
Directors apply to committees of the Board established under this section.

         Section 3.02      MEETINGS OF COMMITTEES. Each committee of the Board
of Directors shall fix its own rules of procedure consistent with the
provisions of the Board of Directors governing such committee, and shall meet
as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of Directors, and it
shall also meet at the call of its chairman or any two (2) members of such
committee. Unless otherwise provided by such rules or by such resolution, the
provisions of the article of these Bylaws entitled "Board of Directors"
relating to the place of holding and notice required of meetings of the Board
of Directors shall govern committees of the Board of Directors. A majority of
each committee shall constitute a quorum thereof; provided, however, that in
the absence of any member of such committee, the members thereof present at any
meeting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may appoint a member of the
Board of Directors to act in the place of such absent member. Except in cases
in which it is otherwise provided by the rules of such committee or by
resolution of the Board of Directors, the vote of a majority of such quorum at
a duly constituted meeting shall be sufficient to pass any measure.

                                  ARTICLE IV

                                    OFFICERS

         Section 4.01      OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION. The officers of the
Corporation shall consist of a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such
elected Vice-Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers, and other
officers as may from time to time be appointed by or

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under the authority of the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be
held by the same person, but no officer may act in more than one capacity where
action of two or more officers is required.

         Section 4.02      APPOINTMENT AND TERM. The officers of the
Corporation shall be appointed by the Board of Directors or by a duly appointed
officer authorized by the Board of Directors to appoint one or more officers or
assistant officers. Each officer shall hold office until his or her death,
resignation, retirement, removal, disqualification or his or her successor
shall have been appointed.

         Section 4.03      PRESIDENT. The President shall be the Chief
Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall, in the absence of the Chairman
of the Board, preside at all meetings of the shareholders. Subject to the
authority of the Board of Directors, he or she shall have general charge and
supervision of the Business and affairs of the Corporation. He or she may sign
with the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary certificates of stock of the
Corporation. He or she shall have the authority to sign and execute in the name
of the Corporation all deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments.
He or she shall have the authority to vote stock in other corporations, and he
or she shall perform such other duties of management as may be prescribed by a
resolution or resolutions or as otherwise may be assigned to him or her by the
Board of Directors. He or she shall have the authority to delegate such
authorization and power as vested in him or her by these Bylaws to some other
officer or employee or agent of the Corporation as he or she shall deem
appropriate.

         Section 4.04      VICE-PRESIDENTS. In the absence of the President or
in the event of his or her death, inability or refusal to act, the
Vice-Presidents (including any executive or senior vice presidents) in the
order of their length of service, as such, unless otherwise determined by the
Board of Directors, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so
acting shall have the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
President. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board or the President, any
Vice-President may sign, with the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
certificates for shares of the Corporation; and shall perform such other duties
as from time to time may be prescribed by the President or Board of Directors.

         Section 4.05      SECRETARY. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of
the meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors, in books
provided for the purpose; shall see that all notices of such meetings are duly
given in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws of the Corporation, or as
required by law; may sign certificates of shares of the Corporation with the
Chairman of the Board; shall be custodian of the corporate seal; shall see that
the corporate seal is affixed to all documents, the execution of which, on
behalf of the Corporation, under its seal, is duly authorized, and when so
affixed may attest the same; and in general, shall perform all duties incident
to the office of a secretary of a corporation, and such other duties as from
time to time may be assigned to the Secretary by the President or the Board of
Directors.

         Section 4.06      TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have charge of and be
responsible for all funds, securities, receipts and disbursements of the
Corporation, and shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, in the name of the
Corporation, all monies or other valuable effects in such banks, trust
companies, or other depositories as shall, from time to time, be selected by
the Board of Directors; and in general, shall perform all the duties incident
to the office of a treasurer of a

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corporation, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him
or her by the President or the Board of Directors.

         Section 4.07      OFFICERS HOLDING TWO OR MORE OFFICES. Any two (2) or
more of the above mentioned offices, except those of President and
Vice-President, may be held by the same person, but no officer shall execute,
acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity, if such
instrument be required by law, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these
By-Laws, to be executed, acknowledged or verified by any two (2) or more
officers.

         Section 4.08      COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS. The compensation of all
officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by or under the authority of the
Board of Directors, and no officer shall serve the Corporation in any other
capacity and receive compensation therefor unless such additional compensation
shall be duly authorized. The appointment of an officer does not itself create
contract rights.

         Section 4.09      RESIGNATIONS. An officer may resign at any time by
communicating his or her resignation to the Corporation, orally or in writing.
A resignation is effective when communicated unless it specifies in writing a
later effective date. If a resignation is made effective at a later date that
is accepted by the Corporation, the Board of Directors may fill the pending
vacancy before the effective date if the Board provides that the successor does
not take office until the effective date.

         Section 4.10      REMOVAL. Any officer of the Corporation may be
removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors, if such removal is
determined in the judgment of the Board of Directors to be in the best
interests of the Corporation, and any officer of the Corporation duly appointed
by another officer may be removed, with or without cause, by such officer.

                                   ARTICLE V

                                     SHARES

         Section 5.01      CERTIFICATES. Each shareholder shall be entitled to
a certificate or certificates which shall represent and certify the number and
kind of shares owned by such shareholder in the Corporation. Such certificates
shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President, or in their
absence, any Vice-President, and countersigned by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile of such
seal. Shares certificates shall be in such form, not inconsistent with law or
with the charter, as shall be approved by the Board of Directors. When
certificates for stock of any class are countersigned by a transfer agent,
other than the Corporation or its employee, or by a registrar, other than the
Corporation or its employee, any other signature on such certificates may be a
facsimile. In case any officer of the Corporation who has signed any
certificate ceases to be an officer of the Corporation, whether because of
death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate is issued, the
certificate may nevertheless be issued and delivered by the Corporation as if
the officer had not ceased to be such officer as of the date of its issue.

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         Section 5.02      TRANSFER OF SHARES. Shares shall be transferable
only on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof, in person or by
duly authorized attorney, upon the surrender of the certificate representing
the shares to be transferred, properly endorsed. The Board of Directors shall
have power and authority to make such other rules and regulations concerning
the issue, transfer and resignation of certificates of stock as it may deem
expedient.

         Section 5.03      TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS. The Corporation may
have one (1) or more transfer agents and one(1) or more registrars of its
stock, whose respective duties the Board of Directors may, from time to time,
define. No certificate of stock shall be valid until countersigned by a
transfer agent, if the Corporation has a transfer agent, or until registered by
a registrar, if the Corporation has a registrar. The duties of transfer agent
and registrar may be combined.

         Section 5.04      RECORD DATES. The Board of Directors is hereby
empowered to fix, in advance, a date as the record date for the purpose of
determining shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of
shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or
the allotment of any rights, or in order to make a determination of
shareholders for any other proper purpose. Such date in any case shall be not
more than seventy (70) days, and, in the case of a meeting of shareholders, not
less than ten (10) days, prior to the date on which the particular action,
requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. If a record date
is not set and the transfer books are not closed, the record date for the
purpose of making any proper determination with respect to shareholders shall
be fixed in accordance with applicable law.

         Section 5.05      NEW CERTIFICATES. In case any certificate of stock
is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Board of Directors may authorize
the issue of a new certificate in place thereof upon such terms and conditions
as it may deem advisable; or the Board of Directors may delegate such power to
any officer or officers or agents of the Corporation; but the Board of
Directors or such officer or officers, in their discretion, may refuse to issue
such new certificate save upon the order of some court having jurisdiction in
the premises.

                                  ARTICLE VI

                                INDEMNIFICATION

         Any person (1) who at any time serves or has served as an officer,
employee or a director of the Corporation, or (2) who, while serving as an
officer, employee or a director of the Corporation, serves or has served at the
request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, or as a trustee, other fiduciary or administrator under an employee
benefit plan, shall have a right to be indemnified by the Corporation to the
fullest extent permitted by law (provided that any employee of the Corporation
shall have a right to be indemnified by the Corporation acting in his or her
capacity as an employee of the Corporation only upon satisfaction of the
standards of conduct for officers and directors set forth in the North Carolina
Business Corporation Act) against (a) expenses, including attorneys' fees,
incurred by him or her in connection with any threatened, pending or completed
civil, criminal, administrative,

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investigative or arbitrative action, suit or proceeding (and any appeal
therein), whether or not brought by or on behalf of the Corporation, seeking to
hold him or her liable by reason of the fact that such person is or was acting
in such capacity, and (b) payments made by such person in satisfaction of any
liability, judgment, money decree, fine (including an excise tax assessed with
respect to an employee benefit plan), penalty or settlement for which he or she
may have become liable in any such action, suit or proceeding. To the fullest
extent from time to time permitted by law, the Corporation agrees to pay the
indemnitee's expenses, including attorney's fees and expenses incurred in
defending any such action, suit, or proceeding in advance of the final
disposition of such action, suit, or proceeding and without requiring a
preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification;
provided that, the indemnified party first provides the Corporation with (a) a
written affirmation of the indemnified party's good faith belief that such
party meets the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification under the
laws of the State of North Carolina and (b) a written undertaking by or on
behalf of such indemnified party to repay the amount advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined by a final judicial decision from which there is no
further right to appeal that the applicable standard of conduct has not been
met. The foregoing rights of the indemnitee hereunder shall inure to the
benefit of the indemnitee, whether or not he or she is an officer, director,
employee, or agent at the time such liabilities are imposed or expenses are
incurred.

         The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall take all such action
as may be necessary and appropriate to authorize the Corporation to pay the
indemnification required by this bylaw, including without limitation, making a
determination that indemnification is permissible in the circumstances and a
good faith evaluation of the manner in which the claimant for indemnity acted
and of the reasonable amount or indemnity due him. The Board of Directors may
appoint a committee or special counsel to make such determination and
evaluation. The Board may give notice to, and obtain approval by, the
shareholders of the Corporation for any decision to indemnify; provided, that
the indemnitee's rights under this Article VI may not be conditioned upon any
such notice or approval.

         Any person who at any time after the adoption of this bylaw serves or
has served in the aforesaid capacity for or on behalf of the Corporation shall
be deemed to be doing or to have done so in reliance upon and as consideration
for, the right of indemnification provided herein. Such right shall inure to
the benefit of the legal representatives of any such person and shall not be
exclusive of any other rights to which such person may be entitled apart from
the provision of this bylaw, including a right of indemnification under any
statute, agreement or insurance policy.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                               SUNDRY PROVISIONS

         Section 7.01      SEAL. The corporate seal of the Corporation shall
consist of two concentric circles between which is the name of the Corporation
and in the center of which is inscribed "CORPORATE SEAL" and below that "2002";
and such seal, as impressed or affixed on the margin hereof, is hereby adopted
as the corporate seal of the Corporation.

         Section 7.02      AMENDMENTS. Except as otherwise provided in the
Articles of Incorporation or by law, these Bylaws, including any bylaws adopted
by the shareholders, may be amended or repealed and new bylaws may be adopted
by the Board of Directors.

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