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                                                                                   EXHIBIT 3.3


                                                                        FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION
                                                                        NO.   04-2911026
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[ILLEGIBLE]                                  THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Examiner                                         WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
                                               Secretary of the Commonwealth
                                   One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512


                                                 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                                           (GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 72)
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Name
Approved                       We,                  Edmund C. Reiter             , *President,
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                               and                    Kevin Russell                   , *Clerk
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                               of                      Aware, Inc.
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                                             (EXACT NAME OF CORPORATION)

                               located at  40 Middlesex Turnpike, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
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                                            (STREET ADDRESS OF CORPORATION IN MASSACHUSETTS)

                            certified that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles numbered:

                                                             3
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                                  (NUMBER THOSE ARTICLES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 AND/OR 6 BEING AMENDED)

              of the Articles of Organization were duly adopted at a meeting held on MAY 31, 2002, by vote of:

              17,040,630 shares of              Common Stock                   of    22,667,009  shares outstanding,
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                                        (TYPE, CLASS & SERIES, IF ANY)

                         shares of                                             of                shares outstanding,
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                                        (TYPE, CLASS & SERIES, IF ANY)

                         shares of                                             of                shares outstanding,
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C                                              (TYPE, CLASS & SERIES, IF ANY)
P
M                1**being at a majority of each type, class or series outstanding and entitled to vote thereon:
R.A.


                                 *DELETE THE INAPPLICABLE WORDS.    **DELETE THE INAPPLICABLE CLAUSE.
[ILLEGIBLE]                        1 FOR AMENDMENTS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 70.
-----------                        2 FOR AMENDMENTS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 71.
P.C.
             NOTE: IF THE SPACE PROVIDED UNDER ANY ARTICLE OR ITEM ON THIS FORM IS INSUFFICIENT, ADDITIONS SHALL BE SET FORTH
             ON ONE SIDE ONLY OF SEPARATE 8 1/2 X 11 SHEETS OF PAPER WITH A LEFT MARGIN OF AT LEAST 1 INCH. ADDITIONS TO MORE
            THAN ONE ARTICLE MAY BE MADE ON A SINGLE SHEET SO LONG AS EACH ARTICLE REQUIRING EACH ADDITION IS CLEARLY INDICATED.
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To CHANGE the number of shares and the par value (if any) of any type, class or
series of stock which the corporation is authorized to issue, fill in the
following:

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The total PRESENTLY authorized is:

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            WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS                                           WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
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      TYPE               NUMBER OF SHARES                        TYPE                    NUMBER OF SHARES          PAR VALUE
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Common:                                            Common:                                  30,000,000               $.01
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Preferred:                                         Preferred:
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                                                   Series A Participating                     50,000                 $1.00
                                                   Cumulative Preferred Stock
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                                                   Undesignated                              950,000                 $1.00
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CHANGE the total authorized to:

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            WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS                                           WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
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      TYPE               NUMBER OF SHARES                        TYPE                    NUMBER OF SHARES          PAR VALUE
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Common:                                            Common:                                  70,000,000               $.01
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Preferred:                                         Preferred:
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                                                   Series A Participating                     50,000                 $1.00
                                                   Cumulative Preferred Stock
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                                                   Undesignated                              950,000                 $1.00
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      VOTED:      To amend the Corporation's Restated Articles of Organization to increase the number of
                  authorized shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, from 30,000,000 to 70,000,000.
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The foregoing amendment(s) will become effective when these Articles of
Amendment are filed in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 6
unless these articles specify, in accordance with the vote adopting the
amendment, a LATER effective date not more than THIRTY DAYS after such filing,
in which event the amendment will become effective on such later date.

Later effective date:                                         .
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SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this   8th    day of     July     , 2002.
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   /s/ Edmund C. Reiter                                            , *President,
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Edmund C. Reiter

   /s/ Kevin Russell                                                    , *Clerk
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Kevin Russell


*DELETE THE INAPPLICABLE WORDS.


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                        THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                    (GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 72)


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I hereby approve the within Articles of Amendment and, the filing fee in the
amount of $ 40,000 having been paid, said articles are deemed to have been filed
with me this 8TH day of JULY, 2002 .





EFFECTIVE DATE:




                           /s/ William Francis Galvin




                             WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
                          SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH






                         TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION
                      PHOTOCOPY OF DOCUMENT TO BE SENT TO:


                              WILLIAM R. KOLB, ESQ.
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                                 FOLEY HOAG LLP
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                              155 SEAPORT BOULEVARD
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                           BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02210
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