THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN Secretary of the Commonwealth One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512 RESTATED ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION (GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 74) We, Cornelius Peterson VIII, President, and Daniel J. Sullivan, Clerk of Digital Products, Inc. located at 411 Waverly Oaks Road, Waltham, MA 02154 do hereby certify that the following Restatement of the Articles of Organization was duly adopted at a meeting held on August 21, 1998 by a vote of the directors and 100 shares of common stock of 100 shares outstanding, being at least a majority of each type, class or series outstanding and entitled to vote thereon: ARTICLE I The name of the corporation is: NETsilicon, Inc. ARTICLE II The purpose of the corporation is to engage in the following business activities: To purchase, import, lease, or otherwise acquire, to invest in, own, hold, use, license the use of, install, handle, maintain, service or repair; to sell, pledge, mortgage, exchange, export, distribute, lease, assign and otherwise dispose of, and generally to trade and deal in and with, as principal or agent, at wholesale, retail, on commission or otherwise, goods, wares, merchandise, commodities, articles of commerce and property of every kind and description, including, without limitation, computers and computer-related equipment; and any and all products, machinery, equipment programs and supplies used or useful in connection therewith. To do any and all acts and things or carry on any business herein described either for itself or as nominee or agent for others. To have and to exercise, without limitation, all of the powers granted by Massachusetts law to, and to carry on any other business or activity which may lawfully be carried on by, business corporations organized under the Business Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, of Massachusetts, whether or not related to those referred to in the foregoing paragraphs. ARTICLE III State the total number of shares and par value, if any, of each class of stock which the corporation is authorized to issue: - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WITHOUT PAR VALUE WITH PAR VALUE - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Common 35,000,000 $.01 - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preferred: Preferred: 5,000,000 $.01 - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARTICLE IV If more than one class of stock is authorized, state a distinguishing designation for each class. Prior to the issuance of any shares of a class, if shares of another class are outstanding, the corporation must provide a description of the preferences, voting powers, qualifications, and special or relative rights or privileges of that class and of each other class of which shares are outstanding and of each series then established within any class. None. ARTICLE V The restrictions, if any, imposed by the Articles of Organization upon the transfer of shares of stock of any class are: None. ARTICLE VI Other lawful provisions, if any, for the conduct and regulation of the business and affairs of the corporation, for its voluntary dissolution, or for limiting, defining, or regulating the powers of the corporation, or of its directors or stockholders, or of any class of stockholders: Article 6A. INDEMNIFICATION 1. Except as limited by law or as provided in Paragraphs 2 and 3, each Officer of this Corporation (and his heirs and personal representatives) shall be indemnified by this Corporation against all expense incurred by him in connection with each Proceeding in which he is involved as a result of his serving or having served as an Officer of this Corporation or, at the request of this Corporation, as a director, officer, employee or other agent of any other organization. 1. No indemnification shall be provided to an Officer with respect to a matter as to which it shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding that he did not act in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interests of this Corporation. 2. In the event that a Proceeding is compromised or settled so as to impose any liability or obligation upon an Officer or upon this Corporation, no indemnification shall be provided to said Officer with respect to a matter if this Corporation has obtained an opinion of counsel that with respect to said matter said Officer did not act in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interests of this Corporation. 3. To the extent authorized by the Board of Directors or the stockholders, this Corporation may pay indemnification in advance of final disposition of a Proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by the person indemnified to repay such indemnification if it shall be established that he is not entitled to indemnification by an adjudication under Paragraph 2 or by an opinion of counsel under Paragraph 3 hereof. 2 4. For the purposes of this Article, (a) "Officer" means any person who serves or has served as a director or in any other office filled by election or appointment by the stockholders or the Board of Directors; (b) "Proceeding" means any action, suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, brought or threatened in or before any court, tribunal, administrative or legislative body or agency; and (c) "Expense" means any liability fixed by a judgment, order, decree, or award in a Proceeding, any amount reasonably paid in settlement of a Proceeding and any professional fees and other disbursements reasonably incurred in a Proceeding. 5. Nothing in this Article shall limit any lawful rights to indemnification existing independently of this Article. Article 6B. TRANSACTIONS WITH INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Unless entered into in bad faith, no contract or transaction by this Corporation shall be void, voidable or in any way affected by reason of the fact that it is with an Interested Person. 2. For the purposes of this Article, "Interested Person" means any person or organization in any way interested in this Corporation whether as an officer, director, stockholder, employee or otherwise, and 3. any other entity in which any such person or organization or this Corporation is in any way interested. 4. Unless such contract or transaction was entered into in bad faith, no Interested Person, because of such interest, shall be liable to this Corporation or to any other person or organization for any loss or expense incurred by reason of such contract or transaction or shall be accountable for any gain or profit realized from such contract or transaction. 5. The provisions of this Article shall be operative notwithstanding the fact that the presence of an Interested Person was necessary to constitute a quorum at a meeting of directors or stockholders of this Corporation at which such contract or transaction was authorized or that the vote of an Interested Person was necessary for the authorization of such contract or transaction. Article 6C. STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS Meetings of Stockholders of this Corporation may be held anywhere in the United States. Article 6D. AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS The By-Laws may provide that the Board of Directors as well as the stockholders may make, amend or repeal the By-Laws of this Corporation, except with respect to any provision thereof which by 3 law, by these Articles or by the By-Laws requires action by the Stockholders. Article 6E. ACTING AS A PARTNER This Corporation may be a partner in any business enterprise which it would have power to conduct by itself. ARTICLE VII The effective date of the restated Articles of Organization of the corporation shall be the date approved and filed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. If a later effective date is desired, specify such date which shall not be more than thirty days after the date of filing. ARTICLE VIII THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE VIII IS NOT A PERMANENT PART OF THE ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION. a. The street address (post office boxes are not acceptable) of the principal office of the corporation in Massachusetts is: 411 Waverly Oaks Road, Waltham, MA 02154 b. The name, residential address and post office address of each director and officer of the corporation is as follows: NAME RESIDENCE POST OFFICE ADDRESS President: 25 Old Village Road Same Cornelius Peterson, VIII Acton, MA 01720 Treasurer: 34 Pillsbury Pasture Road Same Daniel Sullivan Kingston, NH 03848 Clerk: 34 Pillsbury Pasture Road Same Daniel Sullivan Kingston, NH 03848 Directors: 301 W. 57th Street Same Yechiam Yemini New York, NY 10019 Leonard Hecht 18241 Lake Encino Drive Same Encino, CA 91316 Renn Zaphiropoulous 12500 West Highway 56 P.O. Box 1022 Cedar City, VT 84720 Cedar City, VT 84720 Bruce Boyd Roesner 13034 Polvera Avenue Same San Diego, CA 92128 4 c. The fiscal year (i.e., tax year) of the corporation shall end on the last day of the month of: January d. The name and business address of the resident agent, if any, of the corporation is: Corporation Service Company, 84 State Street, Boston, MA 02109 **We further certify that the foregoing Restated Articles of Organization affect no amendments to the Articles of Organization of the corporation as heretofore amended, except amendments to the following articles. Briefly describe amendments below: Article I: The name of the corporation is changed to: "NETsilicon, Inc." Article III: The stock authorization is to be changed. Please see attached Page 3A. SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 24 day of August, 1998, /s/ Cornelius Peterson VIII ___________________________________ Cornelius Peterson VIII, President /s/ Daniel J. Sullivan ___________________________________ Daniel J. Sullivan, Clerk 5 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: The total presently authorized is: - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WITHOUT PAR VALUE WITH PAR VALUE - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Common 100 $.01 - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preferred: Preferred: - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change the total authorized to: - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WITHOUT PAR VALUE WITH PAR VALUE - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES TYPE NUMBER OF SHARES PAR VALUE - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Common 35,000,000 $.01 - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preferred: Preferred: 5,000,000 $.01 - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------