Exhibit 3.4
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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
NEIC OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
NEIC Operating Partnership, L.P., a limited partnership organized under the
Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the "Act"), for the purpose of
amending its Amended and Restated Certificate of Limited Partnership pursuant to
Section 17-202 of the Act, hereby certifies that effective on March 31, 1998,
Paragraphs numbered 1 and 4 of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Limited
Partnership are amended to read in their entirety as follows:
1. Name. The name of the limited partnership formed and continued hereby
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is Nvest Companies, L.P.
4. General Partners. The names and business addresses of the general
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partners of the Partnership are:
Nvest Corporation
399 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Nvest, L.P.
399 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Amendment has been duly executed by
the general partners thereunto duly authorized as of the 31st day of March,
1998.
GENERAL PARTNERS:
NVEST CORPORATION
By /s/ Edward N. Wadsworth
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Edward N. Wadsworth
Executive Vice President
NVEST, L.P.
By /s/ Edward N. Wadsworth
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Edward N. Wadsworth
Executive Vice President