AMENDED and RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

NUI CORPORATION

     Pursuant to Section 14A:9-5 of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, the undersigned corporation hereby executes this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE I

The name of the Company is: NUI Corporation

ARTICLE II

The address of its registered office in the State of New Jersey is 550 Route 202-206 Bedminster, New Jersey 07921 and the name of its registered agent at that address is James R. Van Horn.

ARTICLE III

There are eight (8) Directors of the Company. Their names and addresses are:

John Kean
550 Route 202-206
Bedminster, New Jersey 07921

John Kean, Jr.
550 Route 202-206
Bedminster, New Jersey 07921

Dr. Vera King Farris
550 Route 202-206
Bedminster, New Jersey 07921

James J. Forese
550 Route 202-206
Bedminster, New Jersey 07921

J. Russell Hawkins
550 Route 202-206
Bedminster, New Jersey 07921

Dr. Bernard S. Lee
550 Route 202-206
Bedminster, New Jersey 07921

R. Van Whisnand
550 Route 202-206
Bedminster, New Jersey 07921

John Winthrop
550 Route 202-206
Bedminster, New Jersey 07921

ARTICLE IV

The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act.

ARTICLE V

The total number of shares of stock which the Company shall have authority to issue consists of 30 million shares of common stock without par value, and 5 million shares of preferred stock without par value. Shares of the Company shall not be subject to preemptive rights unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors pursuant to the authority granted by the provisions of Article VI.

ARTICLE VI

The relative rights, preferences and limitations of a share of each class shall be as follows:

(a)  Common Stock.

Each holder of common stock shall be entitled upon all matters voted upon by the Shareholders to one vote for each share of common stock standing in such shareholder's name.

The common stock is subject to all the powers, rights, privileges, preferences and priorities of the preferred stock as are stated and expressed herein and as shall be stated and expressed in any resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to authority expressly granted to and vested in it by the provisions of this Article VI.

(b)  Preferred Stock.

The Board of Directors is authorized subject to limitations prescribed by law and the provisions of this paragraph to provide for the issuance of additional shares of preferred stock, in one or more series and, by filing a certificate pursuant to the applicable law of New Jersey, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series and to fix the designation, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of each such series and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof.

The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each series shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:

(1)  The number of shares constituting such series and the distinctive designation of such series;

(2)  The dividend rate on the shares of such series, whether dividends shall be cumulative, and, if so, from which date or dates, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of dividends on shares of such series;

(3)  Whether the shares of such series shall have voting rights in addition to any voting rights that may be provided by law and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;

(4)  Whether the shares of such series shall have conversion privileges, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion, including provision for adjustments of the conversion rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;

(5)  Whether or not the shares of such series shall be redeemable, and, if so, the terms and conditions of redemption, including the date or dates upon or after which the shares of such series shall be redeemable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates;

(6)  Whether the shares of such series shall have a sinking fund for the redemption or purchase of shares of that series, and, if so, the terms and amount of such sinking fund;

(7)  The rights of the shares of such series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of shares of such series.

(8)   Any other relative rights, preference and limitations of such series.

ARTICLE VII

(a)  Except as otherwise fixed pursuant to Article VI relating to the rights of the holders of any class or series of preferred stock having a preference over the common stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, or to elect additional Directors under specified circumstances, the Board of Directors shall consist of not less than eight (8) nor more than twenty-five (25) persons; provided, however, that the authorized number of Directors may be changed to any number between eight (8) and twenty-five (25) from time to time exclusively by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized Directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board for adoption).

(b)  The Directors (other than those who may be elected by the holders of any class of series of preferred stock having a preference over common stock as to dividends or upon liquidation) shall be classified, with respect to the time for which they severally hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, one class to hold office initially for a term expiring at the annual meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2001, another class to hold office initially for a term expiring at the annual meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2002, and another class to hold office initially for a term expiring at the annual meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2003, with the members of each class to hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. At each annual meeting of the Shareholders of the Company, the successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of Shareholders held in the third year following the year of their election. The election of Directors need not be by ballot.

(c)  Except as otherwise fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article VI relating to the rights of the holders of any class or series of preferred stock having a preference over the common stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect Directors under specified circumstances, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of Directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause may be filled only by a majority vote of the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. If any applicable provision of New Jersey law expressly confers power on Shareholders to fill such a directorship at a special meeting of Shareholders, such a directorship may be filled at such a meeting only by the affirmative vote of at least 75 percent of the then-outstanding shares of the voting stock, voting together as a single class (it being understood that for all purposes of this Article VII and Article XI, each share of the voting stock shall have the number of votes granted to it pursuant to Article VI or any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors pursuant to authority expressly granted to and vested in it by the provisions of Article VI). Any Director elected in accordance with the two preceding sentences shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of Directors in which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until such Director's successor shall have been elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of authorized Directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director.

(d)  Subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of preferred stock having preference over the common stock as to dividends or upon liquidation or to elect Directors under specified circumstances, any Director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75 percent of all of the then-outstanding shares of the voting stock, voting together as a single class. The Company must notify the Director of the grounds of his impending removal and the Director shall have an opportunity, at the expense of the Company, to present his defense to the Shareholders by a statement which accompanies or precedes the Company's solicitation of proxies to remove him.

ARTICLE VIII

Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Shareholders of the Company must be effected at an annual or special meeting of Shareholders of the Company or may be taken without a meeting if all the Shareholders entitled to vote thereon consent thereto in writing.

ARTICLE IX

Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any class or any series of preferred stock having a preference over the common stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, special meetings of Shareholders of the Company may be called only by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized Directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board for adoption).

ARTICLE X

(a)  A Director or officer of the Company shall not be personally liable to the Company or its Shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as Director or officer, as the case may be, except to the extent that such exemption from liability or limitation of liability is not permitted under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act as currently in effect or as subsequently amended. No amendment to or repeal of this Article X and no amendment to or repeal or termination of effectiveness of any law permitting the exemption from or limitation of liability provided for in this Article X shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any Director or officer for or with respect to any acts or omissions of that director or officer occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or termination of effectiveness.

(b)(1)  Right to Indemnification.  Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that such person or anyone for whom such person is the legal representative, is or was a Director or officer of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action or inaction in an official capacity as a Director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a Director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent authorized by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act or any other law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Company to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorney's fees, judgments, fines ERISA, excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in this paragraph (b), the Company shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company. The right to indemnification conferred in this paragraph (b) shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the New Jersey Business Corporation Act requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a Director or officer in his or her capacity as a Director or officer of the Company (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a Director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such Director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced unless it shall ultimately be determined that such Director or officer is entitled to be indemnified under this Section or otherwise. The Company may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the Company with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of Directors and officers.

(2)  Right of Claimant to Bring Suit.  If a claim under subparagraph (b)(1) is not paid in full by the Company within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Company, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney fees) of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Company) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act for the Company to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Company. Neither the failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its Shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because the claimant has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the New Jersey Business Corporation Act nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its Shareholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

(3)  Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this paragraph (b) shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of Shareholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise.

(4)  Insurance. The Company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any Director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act.

ARTICLE XI

(a)  The Company reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon Shareholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class or series of the voting stock required by law or this Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75 percent of all of the then-outstanding shares of the voting stock, voting together as a single class, shall be required to alter, amend or repeal Article VI, VII, VIII, IX, X or this Article XI, or any provision thereof, or any provision of the By-Laws of the Company which is to the same effect as the aforesaid Articles.

(b)  Except as set forth in the final sentence of this subsection (b), the By-Laws of the Company may be altered, amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors then in office. The By-Laws of the Company may also be altered, amended or repealed by the Shareholders, but only by an affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75 percent of all the then-outstanding shares of the voting stock, voting together as a single class. Any By-Law may provide that it may only be altered, amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75 percent of all the then-outstanding shares of the voting stock, voting together as a single class, in which event such By-Law may only be altered, amended or repealed by such vote.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation on behalf of the Corporation this 1st day of March, 2001.

NUI HOLDING COMPANY

By: /S/   John Kean, Jr.

Name:   John Kean, Jr.

Title:     President

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF

NUI CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 14A: 7-2(4) of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act

     NUI CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, (the "Corporation") in accordance with the provisions of Section 14A:7-2(4) thereof, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

     FIRST: The name of the Corporation is NUI Corporation.

     SECOND: Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the said Corporation, the said Board of Directors on March 2, 2001 duly adopted the following resolution creating a series of Preferred Stock designated as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock:

     RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of this Corporation in accordance with the provisions of its Restated Certificate of Incorporation, a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation be and it hereby is created and that the designation and amount thereof and the voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional, and other special rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof are as follows:

Section 1.  Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as "Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock" and the number of shares constituting such series shall initially be one hundred thousand (100,000), no par value, such number of shares to be subject to increase or decrease by action of the Board of Directors as evidenced by a certificate of designations.

Dividends and Distributions. (a) Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares of any series of Preferred Stock ranking prior and superior to the shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A 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 last day of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a "Quarterly Dividend Payment Date"), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $10 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash 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, no par value, of the Corporation (the "Common Stock") 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 A Junior Participating Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after March 2, 2001 (the "Rights Declaration Date") (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence 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.

(b) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) above immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $10 per share on the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

(c) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue of such share 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 A 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 A 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 share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 30 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share of Series A 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) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) 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 A 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.

Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

1. If at any time dividends on any Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall be in arrears in an amount equal to six (6) quarterly dividends thereon, the occurrence of such contingency shall mark the beginning of a period (herein called a "default period") which shall extend until such time when all accrued and unpaid dividends for all previous quarterly dividend periods and for the current quarterly dividend period on all shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment. During each default period, all holders of Preferred Stock (including holders of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock) with dividends in arrears in an amount equal to (6) quarterly dividends thereon, voting as a class, irrespective of series, shall have the right to elect two (2) Directors.

During any default period, such voting right of the holders of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock may be exercised initially at a special meeting called pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of this Section 3(c) or at any annual meeting of stockholders, and thereafter at annual meetings of stockholders, provided that neither such voting right nor the right of the holders of any other series of Preferred Stock, if any, to increase, in certain cases, the authorized number of Directors shall be exercised unless the holders of ten percent (10%) in number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding shall be present in person or by proxy. The absence of a quorum of the holders of Common Stock shall not affect the exercise by the holders of Preferred Stock of such voting right. At any meeting at which the holders of Preferred Stock shall exercise such voting right initially during an existing default period, they shall have the right, voting as a class, to fill such vacancies, if any, in the Board of Directors as may then exist up to two (2) Directors or, if such right is exercised at an annual meeting, to elect two (2) Directors. If the number which may be so elected at any special meeting does not amount to the required number, the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have the right to make such increase in the number of Directors as shall be necessary to permit the election by them of the required number. After the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have exercised their right to elect Directors in any default period and during the continuance of such period, the number of Directors shall not be increased or decreased except by vote of the holders of Preferred Stock as herein provided or pursuant to the rights of any equity securities ranking senior to or pari passu with the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.

Unless the holders of Preferred Stock shall, during an existing default period, have previously exercised their right to elect Directors, the Board of Directors may order, or any stockholder or stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than ten percent (10%) of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding, irrespective of series, may request, the calling of a special meeting of the holders of Preferred Stock, which meeting shall thereupon be called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Notice of such meeting and of any annual meeting at which holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote pursuant to this paragraph (c)(iii) shall be given to each holder of record of Preferred Stock by mailing a copy of such notice to him at his last address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation. Such meeting shall be called for a time not earlier than 10 days and not later than 60 days after such order or request, such meeting may be called on similar notice by any stockholder or stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than ten percent (10%) of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (c)(iii), no such special meeting shall be called during the period within 60 days immediately preceding the date fixed for the next annual meeting of the stockholders.

In any default period, the holders of Common Stock, and other classes of stock of the Corporation if applicable, shall continue to be entitled to elect the whole number of Directors until the holders of Preferred Stock shall have exercised their right to elect two (2) Directors voting as a class, after the exercise of which right (x) the Directors so elected by the holders of Preferred Stock shall continue in office until their successors shall have been elected by such holders or until the expiration of the default period, and (y) any vacancy in the Board of Directors may (except as provided in paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section 3 be filled by vote of a majority of the remaining Directors theretofore elected by the holders of the class of stock which elected the Director whose office shall have become vacant. References in this paragraph (C) to Directors elected by the holders of a particular class of stock shall include Directors elected by such Directors to fill vacancies as provided in clause (y) of the foregoing sentence.

Immediately upon the expiration of a default period, (x) the right of the holders of Preferred Stock as a class to elect Directors shall cease, (y) the term of any Directors elected by the holders of Preferred Stock as a class shall terminate, and (z) the number of Directors shall be such number as may be provided for in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws irrespective of any increase made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section 3 (such number being subject, however, to change thereafter in any manner provided by law or in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws). Any vacancies in the Board of Directors effected by the provisions of clauses (y) and (z) in the preceding sentence may be filled by a majority of the remaining Directors.

Except as set forth herein, holders of Series A 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.

Certain Restrictions. (a) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:

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 A Junior Participating Preferred Stock;

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 A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A 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;

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 A 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 A Junior Participating Preferred Stock; or

purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series A 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.

(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) of this Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A 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 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.

Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. (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 A Junior Participating Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series A 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 "Series A Liquidation Preference"). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series A Liquidation Preference, no additional distributions shall be made to the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall have received an amount per share (the "Common Adjustment") equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Series A Liquidation Preference by (ii) 100 (as appropriately adjusted as set forth in subparagraph C below to reflect such events as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect to the Common Stock) (such number in clause (ii), the "Adjustment Number"). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the Common Adjustment in respect of all outstanding shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock and Common Stock, respectively, holders of Series A 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.

(b)  In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the liquidation preferences of all other series of preferred stock, if any, which rank on a parity with the Series A 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.

(c)  In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) 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.

Consolidation, Merger, etc. 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 A 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) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) 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 A 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.

No Redemption. The shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable.

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

Amendment. The 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 A Junior Participating Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds (2/3) or more of the outstanding shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class.

Fractional Shares. Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock may be issued in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder'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 A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.

THIRD: The Corporation's Restated Certificate of Incorporation is amended so that the rights, preferences and limitations of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock are as stated in the foregoing resolution.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation on behalf of the Corporation this 2nd day of March 2001.

NUI CORPORATION

By:   /s/ John Kean Jr. 

Name: John Kean, Jr.

Title: President