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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-22-143745
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		15
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220503
ITEM INFORMATION:		Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220506
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220506

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000010456
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				360781620
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04448
		FILM NUMBER:		22902130

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BAXTER PKWY
		STREET 2:		DF2-1W
		CITY:			DEERFIELD
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60015
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8479482000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BAXTER PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		DF2-1W
		CITY:			DEERFIELD
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60015

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BAXTER TRAVENOL LABORATORIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19880522

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BAXTER LABORATORIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19760608
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<td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom" align="right">34,040,779</td>
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<td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom" align="right">411,552,025</td>
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<td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom" align="right">1,901,999</td>
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<td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom" align="right">350,274</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="vertical-align:bottom">&#160;&#160;</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">&#160;</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom" align="right">34,040,779</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:top" align="center">37,478,137</td>
<td style="vertical-align:bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:bottom">&#160;</td>
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<td style="vertical-align:bottom">&#160;</td>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMENDED AND RESTATED </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BAXTER INTERNATIONAL
INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Baxter International Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows:
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) The name of the corporation is Baxter International Inc. The name under which it was originally incorporated was Don Baxter
Intravenous Products Corporation. The date of filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation was October&nbsp;19, 1931. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) This
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates and integrates and further amends the Restated Certificate of
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECOND: </B>The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is located at 1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington,
County of New Castle, 19801. The name of the registered agent of the corporation is The Corporation Trust Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>THIRD: </B>The
purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>FOURTH: </B>The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is two billion, one hundred million
(2,100,000,000) shares, of which one hundred million (100,000,000) shares of no par value shall be preferred stock (the &#147;Preferred Stock&#148;) and of which two billion (2,000,000,000) shares, of the par value of U.S. one dollar (U.S. $1.00)
each, amounting in the aggregate to U.S. two billion dollars (U.S. $2,000,000,000), shall be common stock (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Authority is hereby expressly granted to and vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation to provide for the issue of the Preferred
Stock in one or more series and in connection therewith to fix by resolutions providing for the issue of such series the number of shares to be included in such series and the designations and such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting
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Preferred Stock which are not fixed by this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware. Without limiting
the generality of the grant of authority contained in the preceding sentence, the Board of Directors is authorized to determine any or all of the following, and the shares of each series may vary from the shares of any other series in any or all of
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. The dividend rights, if any, of such series, the dividend preferences, if any, as between such series and any other class or series of
stock, whether and the extent to which shares of such series shall be entitled to participate in dividends with shares of any other series or class of stock, whether and the extent to which dividends on such series shall be cumulative, and any
limitations, restrictions or conditions on the payment of such dividends; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. The time or times during which, the price or prices at
which, and any other terms or conditions on which the shares of such series may be redeemed, if redeemable; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. The rights of such series,
and the preferences, if any, as between such series and any other class or series of stock, in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and whether and the extent to which shares of any such
series shall be entitled to participate in such event with any other class or series of stock; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5. The voting powers, if any, in addition
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such series shall be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of any other series or class of stock, or any other securities, and the terms and conditions, if any, applicable to such rights; </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The terms of the Corporation&#146;s Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock are incorporated from the Certificate of Designation pursuant
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shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds
legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the first day of January, April, July and October in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a &#147;Quarterly Dividend Payment Date&#148;), commencing on the
first Quarterly Dividend Payment date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock, in an amount share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $5.00 or (b)&nbsp;subject
to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set I 00 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all noncash dividends or other distributions 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, par value $1 per share, of the Corporation (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) since the
immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock. In the event the
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any shares of any series of Preferred Stock ranking prior to and superior to the shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, a dividend of $5.00 per share on the Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series B
Junior Participating Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for
the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for
the determination of holders of shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be
cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at
the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">share-by-share</FONT></FONT> 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 B Junior Participating Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 60 days prior to
the date fixed for the payments thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 3. VOTING RIGHTS. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The holders of shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A)&nbsp;Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall
entitle the holder thereof to 100 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i)&nbsp;declare any dividend on Common Stock payable
in shares of Common Stock, (ii)&nbsp;subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii)&nbsp;combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of
Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B)
Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, the holder of shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote collectively as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of
the Corporation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(C) If at any time of any annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors a default in preference dividends
on the Preferred Stock shall exist, the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be increased by two, and the holders of the Preferred Stock of all series shall have the right at such meeting, voting together
as a single class without regard to series, to the exclusion of the holders of Common Stock, to elect two directors of the Corporation to fill such newly created directorships. Such right shall continue until there are no dividends in arrears upon
the Preferred Stock. Each director elected by the holders of shares of Preferred Stock (herein called a &#147;Preferred Director&#148;), shall continue to serve as such director for the full term for which he shall have been elected, notwithstanding
that prior to the end of such term a default in preference dividends shall cease to exist. Any </P>
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Preferred Director may be removed by, and shall not be removed except by, the vote of holders of record of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class without
regard to series, at a meeting of the stockholders, or of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock, called for the purpose. So long as a default in any preference dividends on the Preferred Stock shall exist (A)&nbsp;any vacancy in the office of a
Preferred Director may be filled (except as provided in the following clause (B)) by an instrument in writing signed by the remaining Preferred Director and filed with the Corporation and (B)&nbsp;in the case of the removal of any Preferred
Director, the vacancy may be filled by the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class without regard to series, at the same meeting at which such removal shall be voted. Each director
appointed as aforesaid by the remaining Preferred Director shall be deemed, for all purposes hereof, to be a Preferred Director. Whenever the term of office of the Preferred Directors shall end and a default in preference dividends shall no longer
exist, the number of directors, constituting the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be reduced by two. For the purposes hereof, a &#147;default in preference dividends&#148; on the Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have occurred whenever
the amount of accrued dividends upon any series of the Preferred Stock shall be equivalent to six full quarter yearly dividends or more, and, having so occurred, such default shall be deemed to exist thereafter until, but only until, all accrued
dividends on all shares of Preferred Stock of each and every series then outstanding shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment to the end of the last preceding quarterly dividend period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(D) Except as set forth herein, holders of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent
shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 4. CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) Whenever quarterly dividends or distributions payable on the Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock as provided in Section&nbsp;2
are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">declare or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for
consideration any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">declare or pay dividends on 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 Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock 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; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to
dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such parity 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 Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock, or
any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock, 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, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable
treatment among the respective series or classes. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) The Corporation shall not permit any 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)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such
manner. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 5. REACQUIRED SHARES. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall
be retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by
resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 6.
LIQUIDATION, DISSOLUTION OR WINDING UP. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A) Upon any liquidation (voluntary or otherwise), dissolution or winding up of the Corporation,
no distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares
of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall have received $100 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment (the &#147;Series B Liquidation
Preference&#148;). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series B Liquidation Preference, no additional distributions shall be made to the holders of shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the
holders of shares of Common Stock shall have received an amount per share (the &#147;Common Adjustment&#148;) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i)&nbsp;the Series B Liquidation Preference by (ii) 100 (as appropriately adjusted as set forth
in subparagraph (C)&nbsp;below to reflect such events as stock </P>
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splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect to Common Stock) (such number in clause (ii), the &#147;Adjustment Number&#148;). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series
B Liquidation Preference and the Common Adjustment in respect of all outstanding shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock and Common Stock, respectively, holders of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock and holders of shares
of Common Stock shall receive their ratable and proportionate share of the remaining assets to be distributed in the ratio of the Adjustment Number to 1 with respect to such Preferred Stock and Common Stock, on a per share basis, respectively. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B) In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Series B Liquidation Preference and
the liquidation preferences of all other series of preferred stock, if any, which rank on a parity with the Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock, then such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of such parity shares
in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences. In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Common Adjustment, then such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the
holders of Common Stock. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(C) In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i)&nbsp;declare any
dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii)&nbsp;subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii)&nbsp;combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Adjustment Number in effect
immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such Adjustment 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 7. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In case the Corporation shall enter 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 any such case the shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per
share (subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to 100 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 shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i)&nbsp;declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii)&nbsp;subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or
(iii)&nbsp;combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock
shall 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 8. NO REDEMPTION. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall rank junior to all other series of the Corporation&#146;s Preferred Stock as to the
payment of dividends and the distribution of assets whether or not upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, unless the terms of any such series shall provide otherwise. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 10. AMENDMENT. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall not be further amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock so
as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority or more of the outstanding shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 11. FRACTIONAL SHARES. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock may be issued in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such
holder&#146;s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>FIFTH: </B>The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be the number from time to
time fixed by the Board of Directors but in no event shall be less than nine or more than seventeen. A decrease in the number of directors shall not affect the term of office of any director then in office. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors
then in office; and any other vacancy on the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SIXTH: </B>Until the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, (i)&nbsp;the Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes;
(ii)&nbsp;the term of office for one class of directors will expire each year at the annual meeting of stockholders, in each case until the directors&#146; respective successors are elected and qualified; and (iii)&nbsp;the directors chosen to
succeed those whose terms are expiring shall be identified as being of the same class as the directors whom they succeed and shall be elected for a term expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders or thereafter in each case until
their respective successors are elected and qualified, subject to death, resignation, retirement or removal from office. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding
the foregoing, (i)&nbsp;at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, the directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-year</FONT> term expiring at the 2017 annual meeting of
stockholders; (ii)&nbsp;at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, the directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-year</FONT> term expiring at the 2018 annual meeting of
stockholders; and (iii)&nbsp;at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders and each annual meeting of stockholders thereafter, all directors shall be elected for a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-year</FONT> term expiring at the next annual
meeting of stockholders. Pursuant to such </P>
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procedures, effective as of the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors will no longer be classified under Section&nbsp;141(d) of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware and directors shall no longer be divided into three classes. Prior to the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, (a)&nbsp;any board seats created as a result of an increase in the number of directors comprising the entire Board of Directors
shall be allocated to make the classes of directors as nearly equal as possible, (b)&nbsp;any director elected to fill a term resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same term as the other members of his class or, if the
director is not a member of a class, until the next annual meeting, and (c)&nbsp;a director elected to fill any other vacancy shall have the same remaining term as that of his predecessor. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A director shall hold office until the annual meeting for the year in which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be
elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Whenever
the holders of any one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of
office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of the certificate of incorporation applicable thereto, and such directors so elected shall not be divided into classes pursuant to this Article
<B>SIXTH</B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SEVENTH: </B>The Board of Directors shall have such powers as are permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware,
including, without limitation, without the assent or vote of the stockholders, to make, alter, amend, change, add to, or repeal the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> of the Corporation; to fix and vary the amount to be reserved as
working capital; to authorize and cause to be executed mortgages and liens upon all the property of the Corporation, or any part thereof; to determine the use and disposition of any surplus or net profits over and above the capital stock paid in;
and to fix the times for the declaration and payment of dividends. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>EIGHTH: </B>To the fullest extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>NINTH: </B>The Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to each person who serves as an officer or director of the Corporation or a
subsidiary of the Corporation and each person who serves or may have served at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise from any liability
incurred as a result of such service to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware as it may from time to time be amended, except with respect to an action commenced by such director or officer against the Corporation or
by such director or officer as a derivative action by or in the right of the Corporation. Each person who is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation and each officer or director who commences any action against the Corporation or a derivative
action by or in the right of the Corporation may be similarly indemnified and receive an advance of expenses at the discretion of the Board of Directors. </P>
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power
to indemnify him against such liability under the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Delaware law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indemnification
and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>TENTH: </B>No amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
or repeal of any Article of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall increase the liability or alleged liability or reduce or limit the right to indemnification of any directors, officers or employees of the Corporation for acts
or omissions of such person occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ELEVENTH: </B>All actions required or permitted to be taken
by the stockholders at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by
the holders of record of the outstanding shares of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and
voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation in accordance with this Article <B>ELEVENTH</B> and applicable law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A.
<U>Request for Record Date</U>. The record date for determining the stockholders entitled to consent to a corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be as fixed by the Board of Directors or as otherwise established under this Article
<B>ELEVENTH</B>. Any stockholder(s) of record seeking to have the stockholders of the Corporation authorize or take action by written consent without a meeting shall, by written notice addressed to the Corporate Secretary, delivered to the
Corporation at its principal executive office and signed by holders of record at the time such notice is delivered beneficially owning shares representing in the aggregate at least 25% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote on
the matter, provided that such shares are determined to be &#147;Net Long Shares&#148; (as defined in Section&nbsp;3(a) of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> of the Corporation, as may be amended from time to time) that have been
held continuously for at least one year prior to the date of the written request (the &#147;Requisite Percentage&#148;) request that a record date be fixed for such purpose. For purposes of this Article <B>ELEVENTH</B>, the term &#147;beneficially
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owned&#148; has the meaning ascribed thereto in Rules <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13d-3</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13d-5</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;). Such request must contain the information set forth in Paragraph (B)&nbsp;of this Article <B>ELEVENTH</B>. Following receipt of such request, the Board of Directors shall, by the later of (i)&nbsp;twenty days
after the Corporation&#146;s receipt of such request and (ii)&nbsp;ten days after delivery of any information requested by the Corporation to determine the validity of any such request or whether the request relates to an action that may be taken by
written consent pursuant to this Article <B>ELEVENTH </B>and applicable law, determine the validity of such request and, if appropriate, adopt a resolution fixing the record date for such purpose. The record date for such purpose shall be no more
than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and shall not precede the date upon which such resolution is adopted. If the request required by this Paragraph (A)&nbsp;has been
determined to be valid and to relate to an action that may be effected by written consent pursuant to this Article <B>ELEVENTH </B>and applicable law or if no such determination shall have been made by the date required by this Paragraph (A), and in
either event no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors by the date required by this Paragraph (A), the record date shall be the first date on which a signed written consent relating to the action taken or proposed to be taken by
written consent is delivered to the Corporation in the manner described in Paragraph (E)&nbsp;of this Article <B>ELEVENTH</B>; provided, that if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law or the rules of the stock exchange
upon which the Corporation&#146;s stock is traded, the record date shall be 5:00pm, Central Time, on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B. <U>Request Requirements</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Any request required by Paragraph (A)&nbsp;of this Article <B>ELEVENTH </B>must be delivered by the holders of record of at
least the Requisite Percentage, who shall not revoke such request and who shall continue to beneficially own not less than the Requisite Percentage through the date of delivery of consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to authorize
or take such action, and must: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) contain an agreement to solicit consents in accordance with Paragraph (D)&nbsp;of this
Article <B>ELEVENTH</B>; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) describe the action proposed to be taken by written consent of stockholders (including the
text of any resolutions to be adopted by written consent of stockholders and the language of any proposed amendment to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> of the Corporation); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) contain (x)&nbsp;in the case of any matter (other than a director nomination) proposed to be taken by written consent of
stockholders, the information required by Section&nbsp;2(e) of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> of the Corporation, and (y)&nbsp;in the case of any director nominees proposed to be elected by written consent of stockholders, the
information required by Sections 2(e), 4(d) and 4(f)(D) of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> of the Corporation; </P>
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Long Shares, including the number of shares held of record and disclosure of any short positions, hedges, voting or other arrangements that impact the calculation of such Net Long Shares; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) include an agreement by the requesting stockholder(s) to notify the Corporation immediately in the case of any disposition
prior to the record date set for the action by written consent of any Net Long Shares beneficially owned of record and an acknowledgement that any such disposition shall be deemed a revocation of such request to the extent of such disposition, such
that the number of shares disposed of shall not be included in determining whether the Requisite Percentage has been reached and maintained; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) include documentary evidence that the requesting stockholder(s) beneficially own in the aggregate not less than the
Requisite Percentage as of the date of such written request to the Corporate Secretary. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Corporation may require
the stockholder(s) submitting such request to furnish such other information as may be reasonably requested by the Corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Any requesting stockholder may revoke his, her or its request at any time by written revocation delivered to the Corporate
Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation; provided, however, that if at any time following such revocation (including any revocation resulting from a disposition of shares), the unrevoked valid requests represent in the
aggregate less than the Requisite Percentage, the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may cancel the action by written consent and revoke the fixing of the record date established in connection therewith. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">C. <U>Actions Which May Be Taken by Written Consent</U>. Stockholders are not entitled to act by written consent in lieu of a
meeting of stockholders if (i)&nbsp;the request to act by written consent made pursuant to Paragraph (A)&nbsp;of this Article <B>ELEVENTH</B> (x)&nbsp;does not comply with this Article <B>ELEVENTH</B>, (y)&nbsp;was made in a manner that involved a
violation of Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act or other applicable law, or (z)&nbsp;relates to an item of business that is not a proper subject for stockholder action under applicable law, (ii)&nbsp;any such request is received by the
Corporation during the period commencing ninety days before the first anniversary of the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders and ending on the date of the next annual meeting of stockholders, (iii)&nbsp;an identical or
substantially similar item (as determined by the Board of Directors, a &#147;Similar Item&#148;), other than the election or removal of directors, was presented at a meeting of stockholders held not more than twelve months before the request for a
record date for such action is delivered to the Corporation, (iv)&nbsp;a Similar Item consisting of the election or removal of directors was presented at a meeting of stockholders held not more than ninety days before the request for a record date
was delivered to the Corporation (and, for purposes of this clause, the election or removal of directors shall be deemed a &#147;Similar Item&#148; with </P>
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respect to all items of business involving the election or removal of directors, changing the size of the Board of Directors and the filling of vacancies and/or newly created directorships
resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors), or (v)&nbsp;a Similar Item is included in the Corporation&#146;s notice of meeting as an item of business to be brought before an annual or special meeting of stockholders that has
been called but not yet held or that is called within ninety days after the request is received by the Corporate Secretary. The Board of Directors shall determine whether a record date is required to be set under this Article <B>ELEVENTH</B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">D. <U>Manner of Consent Solicitation</U>. Stockholders may take action by written consent only if consents are solicited by the
stockholder(s) seeking to take action by written consent from all holders of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote on the matter in accordance with this Article <B>ELEVENTH</B>, the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> of the
Corporation, Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, without reliance upon the exemption contained in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-2(b)(2)</FONT> of the Exchange Act, and applicable law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">E. <U>Timing of Delivery</U>. No written consent purporting to take or authorize the taking of a corporate action (each such
written consent is referred to in this Paragraph (E)&nbsp;and in Paragraph (F)&nbsp;of this Article <B>ELEVENTH </B>as a &#147;Consent&#148;) shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless Consents signed by a sufficient
number of stockholders to take such action are delivered to the Corporation in the manner required by Paragraph (F)&nbsp;of this Article <B>ELEVENTH </B>within sixty days of the first date on which a Consent is so delivered to the Corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">F. <U>Delivery of Consents</U>. No Consents may be dated or delivered to the Corporation or its registered office in the State
of Delaware until the date that is sixty days after the date of delivery of a valid request to set a record date. Consents must be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware or its principal place of
business. Delivery must be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. In the event of the delivery to the Corporation of Consents, the Corporate Secretary or such other officer of the Corporation or inspector as the
Board of Directors may designate shall provide for the safe-keeping of such Consents and any related revocations and shall promptly conduct such ministerial review of the sufficiency of all Consents and any related revocations and of the validity of
the action to be taken by written consent as the Corporate Secretary or such other officer of the Corporation, as the case may be, deems necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, whether the stockholders of a number of shares having
the requisite voting power to authorize or take the action specified in the Consents have given their valid and duly executed consent to the taking of such action; provided, however, that if the action to which the Consents relate is the election or
removal of one or more members of the Board of Directors, the Corporate Secretary or such other officer of the Corporation, as the case may be, shall promptly designate two persons, who shall not be members of the Board of Directors, to serve as
inspectors (the &#147;Inspectors&#148;) with respect to such Consent, and such Inspectors shall discharge the functions of the Corporate Secretary or such other officer of the Corporation, as the case may be, under this Article <B>ELEVENTH</B>. If,
after such investigation, the Corporate Secretary, such other officer of the Corporation or the Inspectors, as the case may be, determines that the action purported to have been taken is duly authorized by the
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Consents, that fact shall be certified on the records of the Corporation kept for the purpose of recording the proceedings of meetings of stockholders and the Consents shall be filed in such
records. In conducting the investigation required by this section, the Corporate Secretary, such other officer of the Corporation or the Inspectors, as the case may be, may, at the expense of the Corporation, retain special legal counsel and any
other necessary or appropriate professional advisors as such person or persons may deem necessary or appropriate and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the opinion of such counsel or
advisors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">G. <U>Effectiveness of Consent</U>. Notwithstanding anything in this Certificate of Incorporation to the
contrary, no action may be taken by written consent of the stockholders except in accordance with this Article <B>ELEVENTH </B>and applicable law. If the Board of Directors shall determine that any request to fix a record date or to take stockholder
action by written consent was not properly made in accordance with, or relates to an action that may not be effected by written consent pursuant to, this Article <B>ELEVENTH </B>or applicable law, or the stockholder(s) seeking to take such action do
not otherwise comply with this Article <B>ELEVENTH </B>or applicable law, then the Board of Directors shall not be required to fix a record date in respect of such proposed action, and any such purported action by written consent shall be null and
void. No action by written consent without a meeting shall be effective until such date as the Corporate Secretary, such other officer of the Corporation as the Board of Directors may designate or the Inspectors, as applicable, certify to the
Corporation that the Consents delivered to the Corporation in accordance with Paragraph (F)&nbsp;of this Article <B>ELEVENTH </B>represent at least the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take the corporate action at a meeting at
which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, in accordance with applicable law and this Certificate of Incorporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">H. <U>Challenge to Validity of Consent</U>. Nothing contained in this Article <B>ELEVENTH </B>shall in any way be construed to
suggest or imply that the Board of Directors or any stockholder shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any Consent or related revocations, whether before or after such certification by the Corporate Secretary, such other officer of the
Corporation as the Board of Directors may designate or the Inspectors, as the case may be, or to take any other action with respect thereto (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution, or defense of any litigation, and the seeking
of injunctive relief in such litigation). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I. <U>Board-Solicited Stockholder Action by Written Consent</U>. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth above, (x)&nbsp;none of the foregoing provisions of this Article <B>ELEVENTH </B>shall apply to any solicitation of stockholder action by written consent in lieu of a meeting by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors and (y)&nbsp;the Board of Directors shall be entitled to solicit stockholder action by written consent in accordance with applicable law.<B> </B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>TWELFTH: </B>Special meetings of the stockholders (i)&nbsp;may be called by the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or by the
Corporate Secretary of the Corporation at the direction of the Board of Directors and (ii)&nbsp;subject to the provisions of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws,</FONT> shall be called by the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation upon
written request from record holders of </P>
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at least 15% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote on the matter or matters to be brought before the proposed special meeting, provided that such shares are determined to be
&#147;Net Long Shares&#148; (as defined in Section&nbsp;3(a) of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> of the Corporation, as may be amended from time to time) that have been held continuously for at least one year prior to the date of
the written request. Any such request shall be filed with the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation and otherwise made in accordance with, and subject to, all applicable provisions of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> (including
those set forth in Section&nbsp;3 thereof). Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of Preferred Stock, special meetings of the stockholders may not be called by any other person or persons. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, </B>Baxter International Inc. has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed on its
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BYLAWS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(As Amended and Restated on May&nbsp;5, 2022) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE I </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STOCKHOLDERS
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 1. <U>PLACE OF MEETINGS</U></B>. The Board of Directors may designate the place of meeting for any meetings of
stockholders, but if no designation is made the place of meeting shall be the principal executive offices of the Corporation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION
2. <U>ANNUAL MEETINGS; NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS OF BUSINESS</U></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of
directors and the transaction of other business shall be held at such date and time as determined by the Board of Directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) No
business may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders other than business that is (i)&nbsp;specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (ii)&nbsp;otherwise properly
brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii)&nbsp;otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of
the notice provided for in this Section&nbsp;2 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, such
stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation and comply with the other procedures set forth in this Section&nbsp;2. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) To be timely, a stockholder&#146;s notice to the Corporate Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal
executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that in the event that the annual meeting
is called for a date that is not within 30 days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such notice
of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public disclosure (as defined below) of the date of the annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the public disclosure of an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a
new time period for the giving of a stockholder&#146;s notice as described above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) To be in proper written form, a stockholder&#146;s
notice to the Corporate Secretary must set forth as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting 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 and as to the stockholder giving the notice </P>
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and any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined below), (i) the name, age, business address, residence address and record address of such person, (ii)&nbsp;the principal occupation or
employment of such person, (iii)&nbsp;the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially (within the meaning of Rule
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13d-3</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;)) by such person, (iv)&nbsp;the nominee holder for, and number of, shares owned beneficially but not of record
by such person, (v)&nbsp;whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including but not limited to any
derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions or borrowed or loaned shares) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to manage the risk
or benefit of share price changes in the stock price of the Corporation for such person, to mitigate loss to such person with respect to any share of stock of the Corporation, or to increase or decrease the voting power of such person with respect
to any share of stock of the Corporation or relates to the acquisition or disposition of any shares of stock of the Corporation, (vi)&nbsp;to the extent known by the stockholder giving the notice, the name and address of any other stockholder
supporting the proposal of business on the date of such stockholder&#146;s notice, (vii)&nbsp;a description of all arrangements or understandings between or among such persons or any other person or persons or entity or entities (including their
names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such person and any material interest in such business (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i)&nbsp;through (vii) are referred to as &#147;<U>Stockholder
Information and Disclosable Interests</U>&#148;), (viii) any other information relating to such proposing person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of
proxies in support of the proposal pursuant to Section&nbsp;14 of the Exchange Act and (ix)&nbsp;a representation that the stockholder giving the notice intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the
meeting. A stockholder providing notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to
this Section&nbsp;2 shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10)&nbsp;business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Such update and supplement shall be delivered
to the Corporate Secretary not later than ten (10)&nbsp;business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8)&nbsp;business days prior
to the date for the meeting or, if the meeting is adjourned or postponed, on the first practicable date after any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10)&nbsp;business days
prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) No business shall be conducted at the annual meeting of
stockholders except business brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section&nbsp;2 (including the provision of the information required pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph); <U>provided</U>,
<U>however</U>, that, once business has been properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section&nbsp;2 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the person
presiding over the annual meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the presiding person shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought
before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>public disclosure</U>&#148; shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or
comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) pursuant to Section&nbsp;13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<U>Stockholder Associated Person</U>&#148; of any stockholder proposing business to be brought at an annual meeting, requesting a
special meeting or nominating a person for election as a director, as applicable, shall mean (i)&nbsp;any person acting in concert, directly or indirectly, with such stockholder, (ii)&nbsp;the beneficial owner or beneficial owners of capital stock
of the Corporation, if different, on whose behalf the notice of business to be brought before an annual meeting or a request for a special meeting of stockholders is being made, (iii)&nbsp;any affiliate or associate (each within the meaning of Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> under the Exchange Act) of such stockholder or any such beneficial owner, and (iv)&nbsp;any other person or entity with whom such stockholder or any such beneficial owner (or any of their respective affiliates
and associates) is acting in concert. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 3. <U>SPECIAL MEETINGS</U></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Special meetings of the stockholders (i)&nbsp;may be called by the Chair of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or by the
Corporate Secretary of the Corporation at the direction of the Board of Directors and (ii)&nbsp;subject to the provisions of this Section&nbsp;3, shall be called by the Corporate Secretary upon request in proper written form (each, a
&#147;<U>Special Meeting Request</U>&#148;) from one or more stockholders who have continuously held of record for at least one year as of the date of the Corporate Secretary&#146;s receipt of such request &#147;Net Long Shares&#148; (as defined in
this Section&nbsp;3(a)) representing in the aggregate at least fifteen percent (15%) of the voting power of all outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote on the matter or matters to be brought before the proposed special meeting (such Net
Long Shares held for the requisite period, the &#147;<U>Requisite Percentage</U>&#148;). Any such Special Meeting Request shall be filed with the Corporate Secretary and otherwise made in accordance with, and subject to, this Section&nbsp;3. Subject
to the rights of the holders of any shares of Preferred Stock, special meetings of the stockholders may not be called by any other person or persons. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of calculating the Requisite Percentage, a requesting stockholder&#146;s &#147;Net Long Shares&#148; shall be limited to the
number of shares beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by each requesting stockholder that constitute such stockholder&#146;s &#147;net long position&#148; as defined in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14e-4</FONT> under the Exchange
Act; <U>provided</U> that (i)&nbsp;for the purposes of such definition, reference in such rule to (A) &#147;the date that a tender offer is first publicly announced or otherwise made known by the bidder to holders of the security to be
acquired&#148; shall be the date for determining and/or documenting a stockholder&#146;s or beneficial owner&#146;s Net Long Shares, (B)&nbsp;the &#147;highest tender offer price or stated amount of the consideration offered for the subject
security&#148; shall refer to the closing sales price of the Corporation&#146;s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (or such other securities exchange designated by the Board of Directors if the Corporation&#146;s common stock is not then
listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange) on </P>
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such date (or, if such date is not a trading day, the next succeeding trading day), (C) the &#147;person whose securities are the subject of the offer&#148; shall refer to the Corporation, and
(D) &#147;subject security&#148; shall refer to the issued and outstanding common stock of the Corporation; and (ii)&nbsp;the net long position of such stockholder shall be reduced by the number of shares as to which the Board of Directors
determines such stockholder does not, or will not, have the right to vote on its own behalf at the proposed special meeting or as to which the Board of Directors determines that such stockholder has entered into any derivative or other agreement,
arrangement, or understanding that hedges or transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such shares. In addition, to the extent any affiliates of the stockholder or beneficial owner are
acting in concert with the stockholder or beneficial owner with respect to the calling of the special meeting, the determination of Net Long Shares may include the effect of aggregating the Net Long Shares (including any negative number) of such
affiliate or affiliates. Whether shares constitute Net Long Shares shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. For purposes of this Section&nbsp;1.2, the word &#147;beneficially owned&#148; has the meaning ascribed thereto in Rules <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13d-3</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13d-5</FONT> under the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) To be in proper
written form, a Special Meeting Request must be signed and dated by the stockholder or stockholders (the &#147;<U>Requesting Stockholder</U>&#148;), or a duly authorized agent of each such Requesting Stockholder, requesting the meeting and shall
include a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the special meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the special meeting and as to each Requesting Stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person,
(i)&nbsp;the Stockholder Information and Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section&nbsp;2 of this Article I); (ii) the calculation of the Requesting Stockholder&#146;s Net Long Shares, including the number of shares held of record and disclosure
of any short positions, hedges, voting or other arrangements that impact the calculation of such Net Long Shares; (iii)&nbsp;an agreement by the Requesting Stockholder(s) to notify the Corporation immediately in the case of any reduction prior to
the record date for the special meeting of any Net Long Shares beneficially owned of record and an acknowledgement that any such disposition shall be deemed a revocation of such Special Meeting Request to the extent of such disposition, such that
the number of shares disposed of shall not be included in determining whether the Requisite Percentage has been reached and maintained; and (iv)&nbsp;any other information relating to such Requesting Stockholder that would be required to be
disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies in support of the business to be presented pursuant to Section&nbsp;14 of the Exchange Act. The Requesting Stockholder shall update and
supplement the information required pursuant to this paragraph as of the record date and as of the date that is ten (10)&nbsp;business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Such update and supplement shall be
delivered to the Corporate Secretary not later than ten (10)&nbsp;business days after the record date for the special meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight
(8)&nbsp;business days prior to the date for the special meeting or, if the meeting is adjourned or postponed, on the first practicable date after any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made
as of ten (10)&nbsp;business days prior to the special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;(i) Special meetings
of stockholders shall be held at such places and times as determined by the Board of Directors in their discretion; <U>provided, however</U>, that the date of any such special meeting shall be not more than 90 days after a duly submitted Special
Meeting Request is received by the Corporate Secretary. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section&nbsp;3, a special meeting
requested by stockholders shall not be held if (i)&nbsp;the Board of Directors calls or has called an annual or special meeting of stockholders to be held within 90 days after the Corporate Secretary receives the Special Meeting Request and the
Board of Directors determines in good faith that the business of such meeting includes the business specified in the request, (ii)&nbsp;an annual or special meeting was held not more than 12 months before the date on which the Special Meeting
Request was delivered to the Corporate Secretary that included the business specified by the Requesting Stockholders (as defined below) in the Special Meeting Request, with such determination being made in good faith by the Board of Directors, or
(iii)&nbsp;the Special Meeting Request (a)&nbsp;relates to an item of business that is not a proper subject for stockholder action under applicable law or (b)&nbsp;was made in a manner that involved a violation of applicable law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) No business may be presented by a stockholder or transacted at special meeting of stockholders other than business that is specified in
the Special Meeting Request and otherwise brought before the special meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section&nbsp;3; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that (i)&nbsp;if the business to be conducted at the special meeting
includes the election of directors, nominations for election to the Board of Directors must be made in compliance with Section&nbsp;4 of this Article I, and (ii)&nbsp;nothing herein shall prohibit the Board of Directors from submitting additional
matters to stockholders at any special meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) No business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders except business
brought before the special meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section&nbsp;3 (including the provision of the information required pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph); <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that, once
business has been properly brought before the special meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section&nbsp;3 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the person presiding over the special
meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the special meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the presiding person shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and
such business shall not be transacted. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) In determining whether a special meeting of stockholders has been requested by the holders of
record representing in the aggregate at least the Requisite Percentage, multiple Special Meeting Requests delivered to the Corporate Secretary will be considered together only if (i)&nbsp;each such Special Meeting Request identifies substantially
the same business to be brought before the special meeting (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors in their ), and (ii)&nbsp;such Special Meeting Requests have been dated and delivered to the Corporate Secretary within 60 days of the
earliest dated Special Meeting Request identifying such business. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) Any stockholder may revoke his, her or its Special Meeting Request
at any time by written revocation delivered to the Corporate Secretary. If, at any time after receipt by the Corporate Secretary of a proper Special Meeting Request, there are no longer valid requests from stockholders holding in the aggregate at
least the Requisite Percentage, whether because of revoked requests, transfers of shares of Common Stock or otherwise, the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may cancel the special meeting. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 4. <U>NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER NOMINATIONS OF DIRECTORS; ELECTION OF
DIRECTORS</U></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as
directors of the Corporation, except as may be otherwise provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the &#147;<U>Certificate of Incorporation</U>&#148;) with respect to the right of holders of Preferred
Stock of the Corporation to nominate and elect a specified number of directors in certain circumstances. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any annual meeting of stockholders, or at any special meeting of
stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors (i)&nbsp;by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (a &#147;<U>Board Nominee</U>&#148;) or (ii)&nbsp;by any stockholder of the Corporation (A)&nbsp;who is a stockholder of record on
the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section&nbsp;4 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (B)&nbsp;who complies with the procedures set forth in this Section&nbsp;4.
The foregoing clause (ii)&nbsp;shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at an annual or special meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely
notice thereof in proper written form to the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation and comply with the other procedures set forth in this Section&nbsp;4. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) For director nominations which do not represent an Access Proposal (as defined below) and which are to be considered at a meeting of the
Corporation&#146;s stockholders (a &#147;<U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Access</FONT> Proposal</U>&#148;), to be timely a stockholder&#146;s notice to the Corporate Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal
executive offices of the Corporation (i)&nbsp;in the case of an annual meeting, not less than 90 days nor more than 120&nbsp;days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; <U>provided</U>,
<U>however</U>, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within 30 days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business
on the tenth day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs; and (ii)&nbsp;in the case of a special meeting of
stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which notice of the date of the special meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the special meeting
was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the public disclosure of an adjournment of an annual meeting or special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder&#146;s notice as described above. Any person nominated
pursuant to this subsection (c)&nbsp;shall be referred to as a &#147;<U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Access</FONT> Nominee</U>.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) To be in proper written form, a stockholder&#146;s notice to the Corporate Secretary with respect to an Access Proposal or <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Access</FONT> Proposal must set forth as to each Access Nominee (as defined below) or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Access</FONT> Nominee (collectively with the Access Nominee to
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be voted on at a meeting of the Corporation&#146;s stockholders, the &#147;<U>Stockholder Nominees</U>&#148; and each a &#147;<U>Stockholder Nominee</U>&#148;), as applicable, and as to the
stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined above)&nbsp;(i) the name, age, business address, residence address and record address of such person, (ii)&nbsp;the principal occupation or employment of such person,
(iii)&nbsp;the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned (directly or indirectly) beneficially and of record by such person, (iv)&nbsp;any information relating to such person that would be required to
be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section&nbsp;14 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
(v)&nbsp;the nominee holder for, and number of, shares owned (directly or indirectly) beneficially but not of record by such person, (vi)&nbsp;whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been
entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging
transactions or borrowed or loaned shares) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to manage the risk or benefit of share price changes in the stock price of the Corporation for such person, to mitigate loss to such person with respect to
any share of stock of the Corporation, or to increase or decrease the voting power of such person with respect to any share of stock of the Corporation, or relates to the acquisition or disposition of any shares of stock of the Corporation,
(vii)&nbsp;to the extent known by the stockholder giving the notice, the name and address of any other stockholder supporting the Stockholder Nominee for election or reelection as a director on the date of such stockholder&#146;s notice,
(viii)&nbsp;any proxy (other than a revocable proxy given in response to a solicitation statement filed pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section&nbsp;14(a) of the Exchange Act), voting trust, voting agreement or similar contract, arrangement,
agreement or understanding pursuant to which the stockholder and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is being made, or any Stockholder Associated Person, has a right to vote or direct the voting of any of the Corporation&#146;s
securities, (ix)&nbsp;a description of all agreements, arrangements or understandings between or among such persons pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by the stockholder and any relationship between or among the stockholder giving
notice and any Stockholder Associated Person, on the one hand, and each Stockholder Nominee, on the other hand, including but not limited to, any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with such
nominee&#146;s service or action as a director or any commitment or assurance as to how such nominee will act or vote or any matter, (x)&nbsp;the information that would be required to be set forth in a Schedule 13D filed pursuant to Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13d-1(a)</FONT> or an amendment pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13d1-2(a)</FONT> if such statement were required to be filed under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by
such stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person on whose behalf the notice is given, (xi)&nbsp;a representation that the stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the Stockholder Nominee(s) named in its
notice and (xii)&nbsp;with respect to an Access Proposal, (A)&nbsp;any other information relating to the Access Nominee that is required to be disclosed in solicitation of proxies for election of directors or is otherwise required by the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated under the Exchange Act and (B)&nbsp;the written consent of the Access Nominee to be named in the proxy statement as a director nominee. A stockholder providing notice of a nomination proposed to be made at a
meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section&nbsp;4 shall be true and correct as of the record date for the </P>
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meeting and as of the date that is ten (10)&nbsp;business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Such update and supplement shall be delivered to the Corporate
Secretary not later than ten (10)&nbsp;business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8)&nbsp;business days prior to the date for
the meeting or, if the meeting is adjourned or postponed, on the first practicable date after any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10)&nbsp;business days prior to the
meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each Stockholder Nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected. The immediately foregoing provisions shall not
be construed to extend any applicable deadlines hereunder, enable a stockholder to change the person or persons specified in the notice for election as director after the advance notice deadlines hereunder have expired or limit the
Corporation&#146;s rights with respect to any inaccuracies or other deficiencies in notices provided by a stockholder. The Corporate Secretary shall deliver each stockholder&#146;s notice under this </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;4 that has been timely received to the Board of Directors or a committee designated by the Board of Directors for review. The Corporation may
require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information (i)&nbsp;as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such Stockholder Nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation, (ii)&nbsp;that
could be material to a reasonable stockholder&#146;s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee or (iii)&nbsp;that may reasonably be requested by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such nominee to be included in
the Corporation&#146;s proxy materials pursuant to Section&nbsp;4(f) or to serve as a director of the Corporation. If the person presiding over the meeting determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with such procedures, the presiding
person shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded. Unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the
meeting of stockholders to nominate the individual set forth in the stockholder&#146;s notice of nomination as a director, such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that the Corporation may have received proxies in respect of such vote.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) Except as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation with respect to the right of holders of Preferred Stock of the Corporation to
nominate and elect a specified number of directors in certain circumstances, each director shall be elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to that director&#146;s election at any meeting for the election of directors at
which a quorum is present, <U>provided</U> that if the number of nominees at any such meeting exceeds the number of directors to be elected at the meeting, the directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the shares represented in person
or by proxy at any such meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. For purposes of this Section&nbsp;4, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted &#147;for&#148; exceeds 50% of the number of votes cast with
respect to such nominee. Votes cast with respect to a nominee shall exclude abstentions with respect to such nominee. If a nominee for director is not elected and that nominee is an incumbent director, the director shall promptly tender his or her
resignation to the Board of Directors, subject to acceptance by the Board of Directors. The Corporate Governance Committee will make a recommendation to the Board of Directors on whether to accept or reject the resignation, or whether other action
should be taken. The Board of Directors will act on the tendered resignation, taking into account the Corporate Governance Committee&#146;s recommendation, and publicly disclose its decision and the rationale behind it within 90 days from the date
of the </P>
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certification of the election results. The director who tenders his or her resignation will not participate in the decision of the Board of Directors or the recommendation of the Corporate
Governance Committee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) Subject to the terms and conditions of these Bylaws, the Corporation shall include in its proxy statement for
any annual meeting of stockholders the name, together with the Required Information (as defined below), of any nominee (an &#147;<U>Access Nominee</U>&#148;) identified in a timely notice (an &#147;<U>Access Proposal</U>&#148;) that satisfies this
Section&nbsp;4 delivered to or mailed and received by the Corporation in accordance with this subsection (f)&nbsp;by one or more stockholders who at the time the request is delivered satisfy the ownership and other requirements of this subsection
(f) (such stockholder or stockholders, and any Stockholder Associated Person of such stockholder or stockholders, the &#147;<U>Eligible Stockholder</U>&#148;), and who expressly elects as a part of providing the notice required by this subsection
(f)&nbsp;to have its nominee included in the Corporation&#146;s proxy materials pursuant to this subsection (f). </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">For an Access Proposal in accordance with this subsection (f), to be timely a stockholder&#146;s notice to the
Corporate Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i)&nbsp;not less than 120 days nor more than 150 days before the first anniversary of the date of the Corporation&#146;s proxy
statement in connection with the previous year&#146;s annual meeting of stockholders or (ii)&nbsp;if no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the applicable annual meeting has been changed by more than 30 days from the date
contemplated at the time of the previous year&#146;s proxy statement, not less than 60 days before the date of the applicable annual meeting. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">For purposes of this subsection (f), the &#147;<U>Required Information</U>&#148; that the Corporation shall
include in its proxy statement is (i)&nbsp;the information concerning the Access Nominee and the Eligible Stockholder that, as determined by the Corporation, is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the
SEC, and (ii)&nbsp;if the Eligible Stockholder so elects, a Statement (as defined below). For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, the Corporation may in its sole discretion solicit against, and
include in the proxy statement its own statements or other information relating to, any Eligible Stockholder and/or the Access Nominee, including any information provided to the Corporation with respect to the foregoing. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The number of Access Nominees (including (i)&nbsp;any Access Nominees elected to the Board of Directors at any
of the three preceding annual meetings who are standing for reelection plus (ii)&nbsp;any Access Nominees that were submitted by an Eligible Stockholder for inclusion in the Corporation&#146;s proxy materials pursuant to this subsection (f)&nbsp;but
either are subsequently withdrawn or that become Board Nominees) appearing in the Corporation&#146;s proxy materials with respect to an annual meeting of stockholders shall not exceed the greater of (A)&nbsp;two (2) and (B) 20% of the number of
directors in office as of the last day on which an Access Proposal may be delivered </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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pursuant to clause (A)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;4(f) (the &#147;<U>Final Proxy Access Nomination Date</U>&#148;), or if such amount is not a whole number, the closest whole number below 20% (the
&#147;<U>Permitted Number</U>&#148;); <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that in the event that one or more vacancies for any reason occurs on the Board of Directors at any time after the Final Proxy Access Nomination Date and before the date of the
applicable annual meeting of stockholders and the Board of Directors resolves to reduce the size of the Board of Directors in connection therewith, the Permitted Number shall be calculated based on the number of directors in office as so reduced. In
the event that the number of Access Nominees submitted by Eligible Stockholders pursuant to this subsection (f)&nbsp;exceeds the Permitted Number, each Eligible Stockholder shall select one Access Nominee for inclusion in the Corporation&#146;s
proxy materials until the Permitted Number is reached, with the selection going in the order of the amount (largest to smallest) of shares of the Corporation&#146;s stock eligible to vote in the election of directors each Eligible Stockholder
disclosed as owned in the Access Proposal submitted to the Corporation. If the Permitted Number is not reached after each Eligible Stockholder has selected one Access Nominee, this selection process shall continue as many times as necessary,
following the same order each time, until the Permitted Number is reached. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">An Eligible Stockholder must have owned (as defined below) three percent (3%) or more of the outstanding shares
of the Corporation&#146;s stock eligible to vote in the election of directors continuously for at least three (3)&nbsp;years (the &#147;<U>Required Shares</U>&#148;) as of both the date the Access Proposal is delivered to or mailed and received by
the Corporation in accordance with subsection (f)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;4 and the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting and must continue to own the Required Shares through the annual meeting date. For
purposes of satisfying the foregoing ownership requirement under this subsection (f), (i) the shares of stock of the Corporation owned by one or more stockholders, or by the person or persons who own shares of the Corporation&#146;s stock and on
whose behalf any stockholder is acting, may be aggregated, provided that the number of stockholders and other persons whose ownership of shares is aggregated for such purpose shall not exceed 20, and further provided that the group of stockholders
shall have provided to the Corporate Secretary as a part of providing the Access Proposal a written agreement executed by each of its members designating one of the members as the exclusive member to interact with the Corporation for purposes of
this Section&nbsp;4 on behalf of all members and authorized to act on behalf of all such members with respect to the nomination and matters related thereto, including withdrawal of the nomination, and (ii)&nbsp;a group of funds under common
management and investment control shall be treated as one stockholder or person for this purpose. For the avoidance of doubt, Required Shares will qualify as such if and only if the beneficial owner of such shares as of the date of the Access
Proposal has itself individually beneficially owned such shares continuously for the three-year period ending on that date and through the other applicable </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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dates referred to above (in addition to the other applicable requirements being met). Within the time period specified in subsection (f)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;4 for providing the Access
Proposal, an Eligible Stockholder must provide the following information in writing to the Corporate Secretary: (i)&nbsp;the information required to be provided by subsection (d)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;4; (ii) one or more written statements from
the record holder of the shares (and from each intermediary through which the shares are or have been held during the requisite three-year holding period) verifying that, as of a date within seven (7)&nbsp;calendar days prior to the date the Access
Proposal is delivered to the Corporation, the Eligible Stockholder owns, and has owned continuously for the preceding three years, the Required Shares, and the Eligible Stockholder&#146;s agreement to provide, within five (5)&nbsp;business days
after the record date for the annual meeting, written statements from the record holder and intermediaries verifying the Eligible Stockholder&#146;s continuous ownership of the Required Shares through the record date; (iii)&nbsp;a copy of the
Schedule 14N that has been filed with the SEC as required by Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-18</FONT> under the Exchange Act; (iv)&nbsp;a representation that the Eligible Stockholder (A)&nbsp;acquired the Required Shares in the ordinary
course of business and not with the intent to change or influence control of the Corporation, and does not presently have such intent, (B)&nbsp;has not nominated and will not nominate for election to the Board of Directors at the annual meeting any
person other than the Access Nominee(s) being nominated pursuant to this subsection (f), (C) has not engaged and will not engage in, and has not and will not be, a &#147;participant&#148; in another person&#146;s &#147;solicitation&#148; within the
meaning of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-1(l)</FONT> under the Exchange Act, in support of the election of any individual as a director at the annual meeting other than its Access Nominee(s) or a Board Nominee, (D)&nbsp;will not
distribute to any stockholder any form of proxy for the annual meeting other than the form distributed by the Corporation, (E)&nbsp;intends to continue to own the Required Shares through the date of the annual meeting as to whether it intends to
hold the Shares for at least one (1)&nbsp;year after the date of the annual meeting, and (F)&nbsp;will provide facts, statements and other information in all communications with the Corporation and its stockholders that are or will be true and
correct in all material respects and do not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (v)&nbsp;an undertaking that the
Eligible Stockholder agrees to (A)&nbsp;assume all liability stemming from any legal or regulatory violation arising out of the Eligible Stockholder&#146;s communications with the Corporation&#146;s stockholders or out of the information that the
Eligible Stockholder provided to the Corporation, (B)&nbsp;indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation and each of its directors, officers and employees individually against any liability, loss or damages in connection with any threatened or pending
action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Corporation or any of its directors, officers or employees arising out of any nomination submitted by the Eligible Stockholder pursuant to this subsection,
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with the SEC all soliciting and other materials as required under subdivision (D)&nbsp;of this subsection (f), and (D)&nbsp;comply with all other applicable laws, rules, regulations and listing
standards with respect to any solicitation in connection with the annual meeting; and (vi)&nbsp;if the Eligible Stockholder did not submit the name(s) of the Access Nominee(s) to the Corporate Governance Committee for consideration as Board
Nominee(s) prior to submitting the Access Proposal, a brief explanation as to why the Eligible Stockholder elected not to do so. The inspectors of elections shall not give effect to the Eligible Stockholder&#146;s votes with respect to the election
of directors if the Eligible Stockholder does not comply with the requirements set forth in this subsection (f)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;4. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">For purposes of this subsection (f), an Eligible Stockholder shall be deemed to &#147;own&#148; only those
outstanding shares of the Corporation&#146;s stock as to which a stockholder who is the Eligible Stockholder or is included in the group that constitutes the Eligible Stockholder possesses both (i)&nbsp;the full voting and investment rights
pertaining to the shares and (ii)&nbsp;the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss on) such shares; <U>provided</U> that the number of shares calculated in accordance with clauses (i)&nbsp;and (ii) shall not
include any shares (x)&nbsp;sold by or on behalf of such stockholder in any transaction that has not been settled or closed, (y) borrowed by or on behalf of such stockholder for any purpose or purchased by such stockholder pursuant to an agreement
to resell or (z) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, other derivative or similar agreement entered into by or on behalf of such stockholder whether any such instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares
or with cash based on the notional amount or value of outstanding shares of the Corporation&#146;s stock, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, the purpose or effect of (1)&nbsp;reducing in any manner, to any
extent or at any time in the future, such stockholder&#146;s full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares, and/or (2)&nbsp;hedging, offsetting or altering to any degree gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of such
shares by such stockholder. An Eligible Stockholder shall &#147;own&#148; shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the stockholder retains the right to instruct how the shares are voted with respect to the election of
directors and possesses the full economic interest in the shares. An Eligible Stockholder&#146;s ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during any period in which the stockholder (A)&nbsp;has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy,
power of attorney or other instrument or arrangement that is revocable at any time by the stockholder, or (B)&nbsp;has loaned such shares, <U>provided</U> that the Eligible Stockholder has the power to recall such loaned shares on not more than
three (3)&nbsp;business days&#146; notice and includes with the Access Proposal an agreement that it will promptly recall such loaned shares upon being notified that any of its Access Nominees will be included in the Corporation&#146;s proxy
materials. Whether outstanding shares of the Corporation&#146;s stock are &#147;owned&#148; for these purposes shall be determined by the Board of Directors, which determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Corporation and its
stockholders. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Eligible Stockholder may provide to the Corporate Secretary, within the time period specified in clause
(A)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;4(f) for providing the Access Proposal, a written statement for inclusion in the Corporation&#146;s proxy statement for the annual meeting, not to exceed 500 words, in support of the Access Nominee&#146;s candidacy (the
&#147;<U>Statement</U>&#148;). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section&nbsp;4, the Corporation may omit from its proxy materials any information or Statement (or any portion thereof) that the Board of Directors, in good
faith, believes (i)&nbsp;would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or listing standard; (ii)&nbsp;is not true and correct in all material respects or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (iii)&nbsp;directly or indirectly impugns the character, integrity, or personal reputation of, or directly or indirectly makes charges concerning improper, illegal or immoral conduct
or associations, without factual foundation, with respect to any person. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Corporation shall not be required to include, pursuant to this subsection (f), an Access Nominee in its
proxy materials (i)&nbsp;for any annual meeting for which the Corporate Secretary receives a notice that the Eligible Stockholder or any other stockholder has nominated an Access Nominee for election to the Board of Directors pursuant to the
requirements of subsection (c)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;4 and does not expressly elect as a part of providing the notice to have its nominee included in the Corporation&#146;s proxy materials pursuant to this subsection (f), (ii) if the Eligible
Stockholder who has nominated such Access Nominee has engaged in or is currently engaged in, or has been or is a &#147;participant&#148; in another person&#146;s, &#147;solicitation&#148; within the meaning of Rule
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-1(l)</FONT> under the Exchange Act in support of the election of any individual as a director at the annual meeting other than its Access Nominee(s) or a Board Nominee, (iii)&nbsp;who is not independent under the
listing standards of the principal exchange upon which the Corporation&#146;s stock is traded, any applicable rules of the SEC and any publicly disclosed standards used by the Board of Directors in determining and disclosing the independence of the
Corporation&#146;s directors, as determined by the Board of Directors, (iv)&nbsp;whose election as a member of the Board of Directors would cause the Corporation to be in violation of these Bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation, the listing
standards of the principal exchange upon which the Corporation&#146;s stock is traded, or any applicable state or federal law, rule or regulation, (v)&nbsp;who is or has been, within the past three (3)&nbsp;years, an officer or director of a
competitor, as defined in Section&nbsp;8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, (vi) who is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) or has been convicted in such a criminal proceeding
within the past ten (10)&nbsp;years, (vii) who is subject to any order of the type specified in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (viii)&nbsp;if such
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Access Nominee or the applicable Eligible Stockholder shall have provided information to the Corporation in respect to such nomination (including, without limitation, information contained in the
Statement) that was untrue in any material respect or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, as determined by the Board of Directors,
(ix)&nbsp;if the Eligible Stockholder or applicable Access Nominee otherwise breaches any of its or their obligations, agreements or representations under this Section&nbsp;4 or (x)&nbsp;who was included in the Corporation&#146;s proxy statement as
an Access Nominee (in accordance with the provisions of subsection (f)) in any of the three preceding annual meetings, but failed to receive at least 25% of the votes cast in such Access Nominee&#146;s election. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Chair of the annual meeting shall have the
authority to declare a nomination by an Eligible Stockholder to be invalid, and such nomination shall be disregarded notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation, if the Access Nominee(s) and/or the
applicable Eligible Stockholder shall have breached its or their obligations, agreements or representations under this Section&nbsp;4, as determined by the Board of Directors or the Chair of the annual meeting. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">In addition to the information required to be provided by the Eligible Stockholder by this subsection
(f)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;4, each Access Nominee shall provide to the Corporate Secretary, within two (2)&nbsp;weeks of receipt of the Corporate Secretary&#146;s written request therefor, the following information: (i)&nbsp;a completed copy of
the Corporation&#146;s form of director&#146;s questionnaire and a written consent of the Access Nominee to the Corporation following such processes for evaluation of such nominee as the Corporation follows in evaluating any person being considered
for nomination to the Corporation&#146;s Board of Directors, as provided by the Corporate Secretary; (ii)&nbsp;the Access Nominee&#146;s agreement to comply with the Corporation&#146;s corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality,
share ownership and share trading policies, as provided by the Corporate Secretary; (iii)&nbsp;written confirmation that the Access Nominee (A)&nbsp;does not have, and will not have, any agreement or understanding as to how he or she will vote on
any matter that has not been disclosed to the Corporate Secretary and (B)&nbsp;is not a party to, and will not become a party to, any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification arrangement with any person other than the
Corporation in connection with such nominee&#146;s service or action as a director of the Corporation that has not been disclosed to the Corporate Secretary; and (iv)&nbsp;written disclosure of any transactions between the Eligible Stockholder and
the Access Nominee within the preceding five (5)&nbsp;years. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Eligible Stockholder shall file with the SEC any solicitation or other communication with the
Corporation&#146;s stockholders relating to the annual meeting at which the Access Nominee will be nominated, regardless of whether any such filing is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act or whether any exemption from filing is
available for such solicitation or other communication under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">No person may be a member of more than one (1)&nbsp;group of persons constituting an Eligible Stockholder, and
no shares may be deemed attributed to more than one (1)&nbsp;Eligible Stockholder, under this subsection (f). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Any Access Nominee who is included in the Corporation&#146;s proxy materials for a particular annual meeting of
stockholders but withdraws from or becomes ineligible or unavailable for election at the annual meeting shall be ineligible to be an Access Nominee pursuant to this subsection (f)&nbsp;for the next two (2)&nbsp;annual meetings of stockholders
following the annual meeting for which the Access Nominee has been included in the Corporation&#146;s proxy materials. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">This subsection (f)&nbsp;provides the exclusive method for a stockholder to include a nominee for election to
the Board of Directors in the Corporation&#146;s proxy materials. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 5. <U>VOTING RIGHTS; PROXIES;
QUORUM</U></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Each stockholder entitled to vote in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or
the General Corporation Law of Delaware shall be entitled to one (1)&nbsp;vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of stock entitled to vote held by such stockholder, unless otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) All matters presented to stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present, other than the election of directors, shall be decided by
the affirmative vote of a majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at any meeting duly called and entitled to be voted at such meeting, unless otherwise provided in these Bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable
laws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The holders of a majority of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, at any
meeting duly called, shall constitute a quorum. Any meeting at which a quorum is not present may be adjourned from time to time to some other time by a majority of the stockholders present or represented and entitled to vote at such meeting, but no
other business shall be transacted at such meeting. At an adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 6. <U>NOTICES OF MEETINGS</U></B>. Written notice stating the time and place of any meetings of stockholders and the general nature
of the business to be considered shall be mailed by the Corporate Secretary, or such other officer as the Board of Directors may designate, to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting at such stockholder&#146;s address as it appears on the
records of the Corporation, at least 20 days but not more than 60 days before the date of such </P>
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meeting. Any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at
that address to whom such notice is given. Stockholders not entitled to vote shall not be entitled to receive notice of any meetings except as otherwise provided by law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 7. <U>CONDUCT OF MEETINGS</U></B>. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the
meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the person presiding over any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to
convene and to adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or
procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the presiding person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i)&nbsp;the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting, (ii)&nbsp;rules
and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, (iii)&nbsp;limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies
or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine, (iv)&nbsp;restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, and (v)&nbsp;limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by
participants. The presiding person at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter
or business was not properly brought before the meeting and shall not be transacted or considered. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DIRECTORS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 1.
<U>GENERAL POWERS</U></B>. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authorities by these Bylaws expressly conferred upon them, the Board of Directors
may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law or the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 2. <U>QUORUM</U></B>. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">One-third</FONT> of the total number of the directors (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next whole number) in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of a quorum a majority of those present (or if only one is present, then that one)
may adjourn the meeting without notice until such time as a quorum is present. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 3. <U>REGULAR MEETINGS</U></B>. Regular
meetings may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION
4. <U>SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE</U></B>. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Corporate Secretary at the direction of the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or a majority of the directors then in
office. Special meetings of the independent directors of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the </P>
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Corporate Secretary at the direction of the Lead Director or a majority of the independent directors then in office. Notice of the time and place of each special meeting shall be given to each
applicable director before the start of the meeting at such an interval as the person or persons calling such meeting deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances. Such notice may be given personally or by telephone (including without
limitation to a representative of the director or to the director&#146;s electronic message system) or by electronic transmission or other written communication delivered to the residence, office or other established address of the director. A
written waiver of notice signed by the director entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting,
except when the director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at,
nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 5.
<U>ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING</U></B>. 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 or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the
minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 6.
<U>PRESENCE AT A MEETING</U></B>. Members of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in meetings by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other, and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 7. <U>COMPENSATION OF
DIRECTORS</U></B>. Directors may receive compensation for services to the Corporation in their capacities as directors or otherwise in such manner and in such amounts as may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE III </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>COMMITTEES
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one (1)&nbsp;or more of the directors of
the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one (1)&nbsp;or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Any such committee to the extent provided
in the resolutions creating the committee and to the extent permitted by law, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the business and affairs of the Corporation. Such committee or committees shall have
such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following provisions shall
apply to all committees of the Board of Directors: </P>
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members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified or until the committee is dissolved by a majority of the whole Board of Directors. The chairperson of the committee shall, if present, preside at all meetings of a committee.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and shall report its actions and recommendations to the Board of
Directors at the next meeting of the Board of Directors following each committee meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Board of Directors shall have the power
at any time to change the membership of a committee, and any member of a committee may be removed at any time with or without cause by resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The lesser of a majority of the members or two (2)&nbsp;members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business
at any meeting thereof, and action of a committee must be authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE IV </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OFFICERS
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 1. <U>GENERAL</U></B>. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall consist of a
Chair of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a President, one (1)&nbsp;or more Senior Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, a Corporate Secretary and such other officers as in the judgment of the Board of Directors
may be necessary or desirable. Vice Presidents, Assistant Corporate Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers may be appointed as in the judgment of the Chief Executive Officer may be necessary or desirable, subject to the oversight of the Board of
Directors. The officers of the Corporation shall have such powers and perform such duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors. Any officer of the Corporation may sign any deeds,
mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments that the Board of Directors or a committee thereof has authorized to be executed or are in the ordinary course of business of the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial
Officer, Treasurer or the Corporate Secretary may vote, either in person or by proxy, all the shares of the capital stock of any company that the Corporation owns or is otherwise entitled to vote at any and all meetings of the stockholders of such
company and shall have the power to accept or waive notice of such meetings. Any one (1)&nbsp;person may hold any number of offices of the Corporation unless specifically prohibited by law. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor
shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 2. <U>CHAIR OF THE
BOARD</U></B> OF DIRECTORS. The Chair of the Board of Directors shall be a member of the Board of Directors and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, shall perform such executive, supervisory and management functions and duties, if
any, as may be assigned to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Chair of the Board of Directors shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. He or she shall act as spokesman
for the Board of Directors and as a liaison between the Board of Directors and the Corporation. The Chair of the Board of Directors shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time
to time. </P>
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general supervise and control all of the business affairs of the Corporation, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer shall, in the absence of the Chair of the Board of Directors, preside at all meetings of
the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise designated by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall also be the President of the Corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 4. <U>PRESIDENT</U></B>. The President shall have such duties and authority as the Chief Executive Officer may determine from time
to time. The President shall, in the absence of the Chair of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer, preside at all meetings of stockholders and the Board of Directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 5. <U>CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER</U></B>. The Chief Financial Officer shall have responsibility for the financial affairs of the
Corporation and shall exercise supervisory responsibility for the performance of the duties of the Treasurer and the Controller. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 6. <U>SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTS; VICE PRESIDENTS</U></B>. Any Senior Vice President or Vice President (or Executive or Corporate Vice
President, if applicable) shall have such powers and shall discharge such duties as may be further delegated to him or her from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Senior Vice President (or Executive or Corporate Vice
President, if applicable) more senior to him or her. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 7. <U>TREASURER</U></B>. The Treasurer shall have charge of the funds and
securities of the Corporation and shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 8.
<U>CORPORATE SECRETARY</U></B>. The Corporate Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and the Board of Directors, and all other notices required by law or these Bylaws, and in the case of his or her absence
or refusal or neglect so to do, and if there be no Assistant Corporate Secretary, any such notice may be given as directed by the person or persons upon whose request the meeting is called pursuant to these Bylaws. The Corporate Secretary shall
record the actions of the stockholders and Board of Directors in minutes retained under his or her direction. The Corporate Secretary shall have the custody of the seal of the Corporation and shall affix the same to all instruments requiring it and
may attest the same. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE V </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>RESIGNATIONS; FILLING OF VACANCIES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 1. <U>RESIGNATIONS</U></B>. Any director, member of a committee or officer may resign at any time. Such resignations shall be made
in writing and shall take effect at the time specified therein and, if no time be specified, at the time of the receipt of such resignation by the Chair of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Corporate Secretary. The
acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. </P>
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vacant, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy on the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. A person appointed to fill
a vacancy shall hold office for the unexpired term and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE VI
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CAPITAL STOCK </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 1. <U>CERTIFICATES OF STOCK</U></B>. The Corporation is authorized to issue shares of capital stock of the Corporation in
certificated or in uncertificated form. The shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be registered on the books of the Corporation in the order in which they shall be issued. Any certificates for shares of the common stock, and any other
shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented by certificates, shall be numbered, shall be signed by the Chair of the Board of Directors or the President, and by the Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Corporate Secretary or the Treasurer
or an Assistant Treasurer. Any of or all the signatures on these certificates may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be
such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. Within a reasonable time after
the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the Corporation shall send, or caused to be sent, to the record owner thereof a written statement of the information required by law to be on certificates. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 2. <U>LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES</U></B>. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates or
uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates previously issued by the Corporation and alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming that the
certificate of stock has been lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issuance of a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance
thereof, require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or such owner&#146;s legal representative, to indemnify the Corporation in such manner as the Board of Directors shall require and to give the Corporation a
bond, in such form and amount as the Board of Directors may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate or certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 3. <U>TRANSFER OF SHARES</U></B>. Transfers of shares shall be made upon the books of the Corporation (i)&nbsp;only by the holder
of record thereof, or by a duly authorized agent, transferee or legal representative and (ii)&nbsp;in the case of certificated shares, upon the surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates for such shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 4. <U>RECORD DATE</U></B>. For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a
date as the record date for any such determination of stockholders. Such date shall not be more than </P>
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60 nor less than ten (10)&nbsp;days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. When a determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to
vote at any meeting of stockholders has been made as provided in this Section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, unless the Board of Directors may fix a new record date under this Section for the adjourned meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 5. <U>DIVIDENDS</U></B>. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any
regular or special meeting as provided by law and the Certificate of Incorporation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE VII </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMENDMENTS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as
otherwise provided herein, the Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting. These Bylaws may be amended or repealed
by the affirmative vote of a majority of shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter at any regular meeting of the stockholders or any special meeting of the stockholders, in each case if notice of such proposed amendment
or repeal is contained in the notice of such meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ARTICLE VIII </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 1. <U>SEAL</U></B>. The corporate seal shall have the name of the Corporation inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be
approved from time to time by the Board of Directors. Such seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 2. <U>FISCAL YEAR</U></B>. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year unless otherwise determined by resolution
of the Board of Directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 3. <U>ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION</U></B>. When used in these Bylaws, the terms &#147;written&#148; and
&#147;in writing&#148; shall include any &#147;electronic transmission,&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;232(c) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, including without limitation any telegram, cablegram, facsimile transmission and
communication by electronic mail. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 4. <U>REGISTERED OFFICE</U></B>. Except as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors,
the registered office shall be established and maintained at the office of The Corporation Trust Company, in the City of Wilmington and County of New Castle, and such company shall be the registered agent of the Corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 5. <U>FORUM</U></B>. (a)&nbsp;Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and
exclusive forum for (i)&nbsp;any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii)&nbsp;any action asserting a claim for or based on a breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director or officer or other
employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation&#146;s stockholders, including a claim alleging the aiding and abetting of such a breach of fiduciary duty, (iii)&nbsp;any action asserting a claim arising
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pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws (in each case, as they may be amended from time to time), (iv) any action to
interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of the Certificate of </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Incorporation or Bylaws or (v)&nbsp;any other action asserting a claim governed
by the internal affairs doctrine or that is otherwise an &#147;internal corporate claim&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;115 of the Delaware General Corporation Law shall be, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Court of Chancery in the State
of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of this Section&nbsp;5 is filed in a court other than a court located within
the State of Delaware (a &#147;<U>Foreign Action</U>&#148;) in the name of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x)&nbsp;the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of
Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce this Section&nbsp;5 (an &#147;<U>Enforcement Action</U>&#148;), and (y)&nbsp;having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such Enforcement Action by service
upon such stockholder&#146;s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such stockholder. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and
consented to this Section&nbsp;5. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION 6. <U>SEVERABILITY</U></B>. If any provision or provisions of these Bylaws shall be held to
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a)&nbsp;the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph containing any such
provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (b)&nbsp;to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these
Bylaws (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid,
illegal or unenforceable. </P>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-101.LAB
<SEQUENCE>6
<FILENAME>bax-20220503_lab.xml
<DESCRIPTION>XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION LABEL LINKBASE
<TEXT>
<XBRL>
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  xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityRegistrantName" xlink:to="dei_EntityRegistrantName_lbl" />
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    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_AmendmentFlag" xlink:to="dei_AmendmentFlag_lbl" />
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    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_CurrentFiscalYearEndDate" xlink:to="dei_CurrentFiscalYearEndDate_lbl" />
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    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate" />
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    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" xlink:to="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_lbl" />
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityFileNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity File Number</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityFileNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity File Number</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber" />
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    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, City or Town</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, City or Town</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, State or Province</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Entity Address, State or Province</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, Postal Zip Code</link:label>
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    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_CityAreaCode" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_CityAreaCode" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_CityAreaCode" xlink:to="dei_CityAreaCode_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CityAreaCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">City Area Code</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_CityAreaCode_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">City Area Code</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_LocalPhoneNumber" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_LocalPhoneNumber" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_LocalPhoneNumber" xlink:to="dei_LocalPhoneNumber_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_LocalPhoneNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Local Phone Number</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_LocalPhoneNumber_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Local Phone Number</link:label>
    <link:loc xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2021/dei-2021.xsd#dei_WrittenCommunications" xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="dei_WrittenCommunications" />
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_WrittenCommunications" xlink:to="dei_WrittenCommunications_lbl" />
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_WrittenCommunications_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Written Communications</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:label="dei_WrittenCommunications_lbl" xlink:type="resource" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/terseLabel">Written Communications</link:label>
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<th class="th"><div>May 03, 2022</div></th>
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<td class="text">&#160;<span></span>
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<td class="pl custom" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityRegistrantName', window );">Entity Registrant Name</a></td>
<td class="text">BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC<span></span>
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<td class="text">0000010456<span></span>
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<td class="pl custom" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_CurrentFiscalYearEndDate', window );">Current Fiscal Year End Date</a></td>
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<td class="text">DE<span></span>
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<td class="text">One Baxter Parkway<span></span>
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<td class="pl custom" style="border-bottom: 0px;" valign="top"><a class="a" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.showAR( this, 'defref_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown', window );">Entity Address, City or Town</a></td>
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<td class="text">948-2000<span></span>
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<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Boolean flag that is true when the XBRL content amends previously-filed or accepted submission.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_AmendmentFlag</td>
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<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:booleanItemType</td>
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<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_CityAreaCode">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Area code of city</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_CityAreaCode</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_CurrentFiscalYearEndDate">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>End date of current fiscal year in the format --MM-DD.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_CurrentFiscalYearEndDate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:gMonthDayItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>For the EDGAR submission types of Form 8-K: the date of the report, the date of the earliest event reported; for the EDGAR submission types of Form N-1A: the filing date; for all other submission types: the end of the reporting or transition period.  The format of the date is YYYY-MM-DD.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:dateItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_DocumentType">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The type of document being provided (such as 10-K, 10-Q, 485BPOS, etc). The document type is limited to the same value as the supporting SEC submission type, or the word 'Other'.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_DocumentType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:submissionTypeItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Address Line 1 such as Attn, Building Name, Street Name</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the City or Town</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Code for the postal or zip code</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Name of the state or province.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:stateOrProvinceItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>A unique 10-digit SEC-issued value to identify entities that have filed disclosures with the SEC. It is commonly abbreviated as CIK.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Regulation 12B<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityCentralIndexKey</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:centralIndexKeyItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Indicate if registrant meets the emerging growth company criteria.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Regulation 12B<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:booleanItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityFileNumber">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Commission file number. The field allows up to 17 characters. The prefix may contain 1-3 digits, the sequence number may contain 1-8 digits, the optional suffix may contain 1-4 characters, and the fields are separated with a hyphen.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityFileNumber</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:fileNumberItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Two-character EDGAR code representing the state or country of incorporation.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:edgarStateCountryItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityRegistrantName">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The exact name of the entity filing the report as specified in its charter, which is required by forms filed with the SEC.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Regulation 12B<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityRegistrantName</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>The Tax Identification Number (TIN), also known as an Employer Identification Number (EIN), is a unique 9-digit value assigned by the IRS.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Regulation 12B<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b-2<br></p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>dei:employerIdItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="authRefData" style="display: none;" id="defref_dei_LocalPhoneNumber">
<tr><td class="hide"><a style="color: white;" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.hideAR();">X</a></td></tr>
<tr><td><div class="body" style="padding: 2px;">
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">- Definition</a><div><p>Local phone number for entity.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="top.Show.toggleNext( this );">+ Details</a><div style="display: none;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td><strong> Name:</strong></td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;">dei_LocalPhoneNumber</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding-right: 4px;white-space:nowrap;"><strong> Namespace Prefix:</strong></td>
<td>dei_</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Data Type:</strong></td>
<td>xbrli:normalizedStringItemType</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Balance Type:</strong></td>
<td>na</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong> Period Type:</strong></td>
<td>duration</td>
</tr>
</table></div>
</div></td></tr>
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