Microfilm Number Filed with the Department of State on Entity Number Secretary of the Commonwealth ARTICLES OF MERGER - DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION DSCB:15-1926 (Rev. 90) In compliance with the requirements of 15 Pa.C.S. 1926 (relating to articles of merger or consolidation), the undersigned business corporations, desiring to effect a merger, hereby state that: 1. The name of the corporation surviving the merger is: Communications Construction Group, Inc. 2. (Check and complete one of the following): X The surviving corporation is a domestic business corporation and the (a) address of its current registered office in the Commonwealth or (b) name of its commercial registered office provider and the county of venue is (the Department is hereby authorized to correct the following information to conform to the records of the Department): (a) 235 East Gay Street West Chester PA 19380 Chester Number and Street City State Zip County (b) c/o Name of Commercial Registered Office Provider County For a corporation represented by a commercial registered office provider, the county in (b) shall be deemed the county in which the corporation is located for venue and official publication purposes. 2 The surviving corporation is a qualified foreign business corporation incorporated under the laws of and the (a) address of its current registered office in this Commonwealth or (b) name of its commercial registered office provider and the county of venue is (the Department is hereby authorized to correct the following information to conform to the records of the Department): (a) N/A Number and Street City State Zip County (b) c/o Name of Commercial Registered Office Provider County For a corporation represented by a commercial registered office provider, the county in (b) shall be deemed the county in which the corporation is located for venue and official publication purposes. The surviving corporation is a nonqualified foreign business corporation incorporated under the laws of and the address of its principal office under the laws of such domiciliary jurisdiction is: N/A Number and Street City State Zip County 3. The name and the address of the registered office in this Commonwealth or name of its commercial registered office provider and the county of venue of each other domestic business corporation and qualified foreign business corporate which is a party to the plan of merger are as follows: Name of Corporation Address of Registered Office or Name County of Commercial Registered Office Provider Communications Construction 235 East Gay Street Chester Group, Inc. West Chester, PA 19380 Dycom Acquisitions, Inc. CT Corporation System Chester 3 4. (Check, and if appropriate complete, one of the following): X The plan of merger shall be effective upon filing these Articles of Merger in the Department of State. The plan of merger shall be effective on Date at . Hour 5. The manner in which the plan of merger was adopted by each domestic corporation is as follows: Name of Corporation Manner of Adoption Communications Construction Approval of Shareholders Group, Inc. Dycom Acquisitions, Inc. Approval of Shareholder 6. Strike out this paragraph if no foreign corporation is a party to the merger). The plan was authorized, adopted and approved, as the case may be, by the foreign business corporation (or each of the foreign business corporations) party to the plan in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated. 7. (Check, and if appropriate complete, one of the following): The plan of merger is set forth in full in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof. X Pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S. 1901 (relating to omission of certain provisions from filed plans) the provisions, if any, of the plan of merger that amend or constitute the operative Articles of Incorporation of the surviving corporation as in effect subsequent to the effective date of the plan are set forth in full in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof. The full text of the plan of merger is on file at the principal place of business of the surviving corporation, the address of which is: 235 East Gay Street West Chester PA 19380 Chester Number and Street City State Zip County 4 IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned corporation or each undersigned corporation has caused these Articles of Merger to be signed by a duly authorized officer thereof this day of , 1997. COMMUNICATIONS CONSTRUCTION GROUP, INC. By: /s/ George Tamasi Title: President DYCOM ACQUISITIONS, INC. By: /s/ Thomas R. Pledger Title: President 5 EXHIBIT 'A' OPERATIVE PROVISIONS OF RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF SURVIVING CORPORATION FIRST. The name of the corporation is: Communication Construction Group, Inc. SECOND. The name of the corporation's commercial registered office provider and county of venue is: C T Corporation System Chester County THIRD. The corporation is incorporated under the provisions of the Business Corporation Law of 1933, as amended by the Business Corporation Law of 1988, Act of December 21, 1988 (P.L. 144, no. 177). PURPOSE. The purpose of the corporation is and it shall have unlimited power to engage in and to do any lawful act concerning any and all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under such Act. FOURTH. The term of the corporation's existence is perpetual. FIFTH. The aggregate number of shares of capital stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock, One Dollar ($1.00) par value.