NUCOR CORPORATION

BYLAWS - DECEMBER 20, 2007

NUCOR CORPORATION

BYLAWS - December 20, 2007

CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I - OFFICES	1
ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS	1
ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS	5
ARTICLE IV - NOTICES	12
ARTICLE V - OFFICERS	13
ARTICLE VI - CERTIFICATES OF STOCK	16
ARTICLE VII - GENERAL PROVISIONS	20
ARTICLE VIII - AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS	21

ARTICLE I - OFFICES

Section 1.The corporation's registered office in the State of Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.

Section 2.The corporation may also have offices at such other places, within and without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors may, from time to time, determine, or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1.All meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be fixed, from time to time, by the board of directors. Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be held at such time or place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

Section 2.Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held on the second Thursday of May if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next succeeding business day, at such time as shall be designated by the board of directors, or at such other date and time, within thirteen months after the corporation's last annual meeting of stockholders, as shall be designated by the board of directors. At each annual meeting of stockholders, the stockholders shall elect by plurality vote, by ballot, a board of directors, and transact such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting.

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Section 3.In order to be considered at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, a stockholder’s proposal must be a proper matter for stockholder consideration and must be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the secretary of the corporation. A stockholder’s proposal shall be deemed a proper matter for stockholder consideration unless, pursuant to Rule 14a-8(c) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any similar or successor rule or regulation, the corporation would be entitled to omit such proposal from its proxy statement had such proposal been timely submitted to the Corporation for consideration at an annual meeting of shareholders in accordance with Rule 14a-8.

Any proposal which is requested by a shareholder to be included in the corporation’s proxy statement must comply with the notice requirements set forth in the rules and regulations for stockholder proposals in solicitation of proxies promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act. Notice of any proposal to be presented by a stockholder at any special or annual meeting of stockholders which is not requested to be included in the corporation’s proxy statement shall be delivered in writing to the secretary of the corporation not less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the date of such meeting; provided, however, that if the date of such meeting is first publicly announced or disclosed (in a public filing or otherwise) less than seventy (70) days prior to the date of such meeting, such prior notice shall be given not more than ten (10) days after such date is first so announced or disclosed. Notice of any such proposal to be presented at any stockholders meeting shall include: (i) the text of the proposal to be presented, (ii) a brief written statement of the reasons for such stockholder’s support of the proposal, (iii) the name and address of record of the proposing stockholder, (iv) the class and number of shares of the corporation beneficially owned by such stockholder, (v) a representation that such stockholder is entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy to present the proposal at such meeting, and (vi) a detailed description of any material interest of such stockholder in the proposal. The chairman of the meeting shall determine and declare to the meeting whether a proposal was made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if he should determine that it was not so made, he shall so declare to the meeting and such proposal shall be disregarded.

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Nothing in this Section 3 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to the rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act.

Section 4.Except as may be otherwise provided by law, written notice of each annual meeting of stockholders shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote, not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting.

Section 5.The corporation shall prepare and make, or have prepared and made, at least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. Such list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and subject to the inspection of any stockholder who may be present.

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Section 6.Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by the chairman of the board and shall be called by the chairman of the board or secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the board of directors. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.

Section 7.Except as may be otherwise provided by law, written notice of a special meeting of stockholders, stating the time, place and purposes thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat, not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting.

Section 8.Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice of the meeting.

Section 9.The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by law or by the certificate of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting or as may be required by law, until a quorum shall be present or represented by proxy. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented by proxy, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

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Section 10.When a quorum is present at any meeting of stockholders, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power, present in person or represented by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of law or of the certificate of incorporation or of the bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

Section 11.At any meeting of the stockholders, every stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person, or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such stockholder and bearing a date not more than three years prior to the meeting, unless said instrument provides for a longer period. Each stockholder shall have one vote for each share of stock having voting power, registered in the stockholder's name on the stock books of the corporation as of the record date for the meeting. At all elections of directors, each stockholder of the corporation having voting power shall have the right of cumulative voting as provided in the certificate of incorporation.

ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS

Section 1.The number of directors which shall constitute the whole board of directors shall be not less than three nor more than nine, the precise number to be determined from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders except as provided in Section 2 of this Article III. Directors shall be divided into three classes, each class to be as equal in number as possible. At each annual meeting of stockholders, directors shall be elected for a three-year term, to succeed the class of directors whose term expires in that year.

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Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1 of Article III shall be eligible for election as directors at the annual meeting of stockholders. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of the board of directors, by any nominating committee of or person appointed by the board of directors, or by any stockholder of the corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1. Nominations made by any stockholder shall be made only pursuant to timely notice in writing to the secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than seventy (70) days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10^th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (iii) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such person and (iv) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations for proxies for election of directors pursuant to Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including without limitation such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation’s books, of such stockholder and (ii) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such stockholder. At the request of the board of directors any person nominated by the board of directors, or by any nominating committee of or a person appointed by the board of directors, for election as a director shall furnish to the secretary of the corporation that information required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee. Commencing with the annual meeting of stockholders in 2002, no person shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.

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The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting whether a nomination was made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the bylaws, and if he should determine that it was not so made, he shall so declare to the meeting and such nomination shall be disregarded.

Section 2.Vacancies, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors, may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such directors shall have been chosen, and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified, or until death, resignation or removal.

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Section 3.The business of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors, which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law or by the certificate of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

Section 4.The board of directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders, shall elect a chairman of the board and one or more vice chairmen of the board from among the directors. The chairman of the board and any vice chairman of the board may be either a director who is an executive officer of the corporation or a director who is not employed by the corporation and the board shall designate at the time of election whether the chairman and any vice chairman shall serve in an executive or non-executive capacity. The compensation of the chairman of the board and any vice chairman shall be fixed by the board of directors.

Section 5.The chairman and any vice chairman of the board of directors shall hold office until their respective successors shall be duly chosen and qualified, or until death, resignation or removal. The chairman and any vice chairman of the board of directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors.

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Section 6.The chairman of the board shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the board of directors, and, subject to the power and authority of the board of directors, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The chairman of the board shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may, from time to time, prescribe.

THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Section 7.The vice chairman of the board, or if there be more than one, the vice chairmen of the board, in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the chairman of the board, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the chairman of the board, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may, from time to time, prescribe.

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 8.The board of directors of the corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, within or without the State of Delaware.

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Section 9.The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders, and no notice of such first meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute such first meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event of the failure of the stockholders to fix the time or place of such first meeting of the newly elected board of directors, or in the event such first meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the stockholders, such first meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver or waivers signed by all of the directors.

Section 10.Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall, from time to time, be determined by the board of directors.

Section 11.Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the chairman of the board on two days' notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram or by telefax. Special meetings shall be called by the chairman of the board or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors.

Section 12.At all meetings of the board of directors, the lesser of three directors or a majority of the directors (but not less than one-third of the total number of directors nor less than two directors) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law or by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting, from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

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Section 13.Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of such committee, as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of the board of directors or of such committee.

COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

Section 14.The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation, which, to the extent provided in the resolution and as allowed by law, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of 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.

Section 15.Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors, when requested or required.

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COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

Section 16.The directors shall be paid their expenses, if any, in connection with their attendance at each meeting of the board of directors. Directors may also be paid a fixed amount for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors, or a stated amount per year or per quarter or per month, or both. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Directors who are members of committees may, in addition, be paid a fixed amount for attending each committee meeting.

ARTICLE IV - NOTICES

Section 1.Notices to directors and stockholders shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent to the directors or stockholders at their addresses appearing on the records of the corporation. Notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be sent. Notice to directors may be sent by mail, telegram, telefax, electronic or other communication.

Section 2.Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of law or of the certificate of incorporation or of these bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.

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ARTICLE V - OFFICERS

Section 1.The executive officers of the corporation shall be elected by the board of directors and shall be a president, one or more vice presidents, a treasurer and a secretary. The board of directors may also elect, or any of the executive officers may appoint, one or more assistant treasurers and assistant secretaries. Two or more offices may be held by the same person.

Section 2.The board of directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders, shall elect a president, one or more vice presidents, a treasurer and a secretary, none of whom need be a member of the board of directors.

Section 3.The board of directors may elect such other officers as it shall deem necessary, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined, from time to time, by the board of directors.

Section 4.The compensation of the president, the vice presidents, the treasurer and the secretary shall be fixed by the board of directors.

Section 5.The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors shall be duly chosen and qualified, or until death, resignation or removal. Any officer elected by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors.

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THE PRESIDENT

Section 6.The president shall, in the absence or disability of both the chairman of the board and the vice chairmen of the board, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the chairman of the board, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may, from time to time, prescribe.

THE VICE PRESIDENTS

Section 7.The vice president, or if there be more than one, the vice presidents, in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may, from time to time, prescribe.

THE TREASURER

Section 8.The treasurer shall have custody of the corporation's funds and securities, and shall keep, or have kept, accounts of receipts and disbursements in books and records of the corporation, and shall deposit, or have deposited, moneys and securities in the name and to the credit of the corporation in appropriate depositories. The treasurer shall disburse, or have disbursed, the funds of the corporation for appropriate corporate purposes and with appropriate documentation, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may, from time to time, prescribe.

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THE ASSISTANT TREASURERS

Section 9.The assistant treasurer, or if there be more than one, the assistant treasurers, in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may, from time to time, prescribe.

THE SECRETARY

Section 10.The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the stockholders, and shall record the proceedings of all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the stockholders, and shall perform like duties for the committees of the board of directors, when required or requested. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all special meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the stockholders, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may, from to time, prescribe. The secretary shall keep, or have kept, in custody the seal of the corporation and affix, or have affixed, the same to any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by the secretary's signature.

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THE ASSISTANT SECRETARIES

Section 11.The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries, in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may, from time to time, prescribe.

ARTICLE VI - CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

Section 1.The shares of stock of the corporation shall be represented by a certificate, unless and until the Board of Directors of the corporation adopts a resolution permitting shares to be uncertificated. Notwithstanding the adoption of any such resolution providing for uncertificated shares, every holder of stock in the corporation theretofore represented by certificates and, upon request, every holder of uncertificated shares, shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the chairman of the board or a vice chairman of the board or the president or any vice president, and the treasurer or an assistant treasurer or the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by the stockholder in the corporation.

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Section 2.Where a certificate of stock is signed (1) by a transfer agent or (2) by a transfer clerk acting on behalf of the corporation and a registrar, the signature of any such chairman of the board, vice chairman of the board, president, vice president, treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary or assistant secretary may be facsimile. In case any officer or officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the corporation, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates have been delivered by the corporation, such certificate or certificates may be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon, had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the corporation.

LOST, STOLEN, OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

Section 3.The corporation may issue, or have issued, a new certificate or certificates of stock in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the owner of the certificate or certificates of stock alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, or by the owner's legal representative. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the corporation may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require that the owner of such allegedly lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or the owner's legal representative, give to the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the corporation 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.

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TRANSFERS OF STOCK CERTIFICATES AND UNCERTIFICATED SHARES

Section 4.Transfers of stock of the corporation shall be made on the books of the corporation in the manner prescribed by applicable law and these bylaws. In the case of certificated shares of stock, transfers shall be made only by the person named in the certificate or by such person’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing and only upon the surrender to the corporation, or to the transfer agent of the corporation, of a validly outstanding certificate therefor, properly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, and payment of all necessary transfer taxes; provided, however, that such surrender and endorsement, compliance or payment of taxes shall not be required in any case in which the officers of the corporation shall determine to waive such requirement. In the case of uncertificated shares of stock, transfers shall be made upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of the shares or by such person’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon payment of all necessary transfer taxes and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form. With respect to certificated shares of stock, every certificate exchanged, returned or surrendered to the corporation shall be marked “cancelled,” with the date of cancellation, by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the corporation or the corporation’s transfer agent. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the corporation or the corporation’s transfer agent.

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FIXING DATE FOR DETERMINATION OF STOCKHOLDERS OF RECORD

Section 5.The board of directors may, by resolution, fix a record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of stockholders, or any adjournment thereof, which record date shall not precede the date of such resolution and which record date shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting of stockholders. The board of directors may, by resolution, fix a record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting of stockholders, which record date shall not precede the date of such resolution and which record date shall not be more than ten days after the date of such resolution. The board of directors may, by resolution, fix a record date for determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect to any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, which record date shall not precede the date of such resolution and which record date shall not be more than sixty days prior to such action.

REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS

Section 6.The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on the corporation's stock books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on the corporation's stock books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

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ARTICLE VII - GENERAL PROVISIONS

DIVIDENDS

Section 1.Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions, if any, of the certificate of incorporation may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the board of directors, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions, if any, of the certificate of incorporation.

Section 2.Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside, out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the board of directors, from time to time, in their absolute discretion, believe appropriate.

ANNUAL STATEMENT

Section 3.The board of directors shall present at each annual meeting of stockholders, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the stockholders, a statement of the business and condition of the corporation.

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FISCAL YEAR

Section 4.The fiscal year of the corporation shall be the calendar year, unless otherwise fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

SEAL

Section 5.The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its incorporation and the state in which incorporated. The seal may be used by causing it, or a facsimile thereof, to be impressed or affixed or reproduced.

ARTICLE VIII - AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS

Section 1.These bylaws may be amended, altered, or repealed as follows: (a) at any regular or special meeting of the board of directors, if notice of such amendment, alteration, or repeal is contained in the notice of such special meeting, or (b) at any annual meeting of stockholdersby the affirmative vote of the holders of at least seventy percent (70%) of each class of stock outstanding and entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or (c) at any special meeting of stockholders, by the affirmative vote of at least seventy percent (70%) of each class of stock outstanding and entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders if notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice of such special meeting.

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