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Exhibit 3.2


AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

FIRST NATIONAL BANCSHARES, INC.

(Adopted October 15, 2007)


FIRST NATIONAL BANCSHARES, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE 1    
  OFFICES   1
    Section 1:    Registered Office and Agent   1
    Section 2:    Other Offices   1

ARTICLE 2

 

 
  SHAREHOLDERS   1
    Section 1:    Place of Meetings   1
    Section 2:    Annual Meetings   1
    Section 3:    Special Meetings   1
    Section 4:    Notice   2
    Section 5:    Quorum   2
    Section 6:    Vote; Withdrawal of Quorum   2
    Section 7:    Method of Voting   2
    Section 8:    Record Date   2
    Section 9:    Shareholder Proposals   3

ARTICLE 3

 

 
  DIRECTORS   3
    Section 1:    Management   3
    Section 2:    Number, Classification and Terms of Office of Directors   4
    Section 3:    Qualifications of Directors   4
    Section 4:    Election of Directors   4
    Section 5:    Nomination of Directors   4
    Section 6:    ***Intentionally Deleted***   5
    Section 7:    Emeritus Directors   5
    Section 8:    Vacancies   5
    Section 9:    Removal of Directors   6
    Section 10:    Place of Meetings   6
    Section 11:    Regular Meetings   6
    Section 12:    Special Meetings   6
    Section 13:    Telephone and Similar Meetings   6
    Section 14:    Quorum; Majority Vote   6
    Section 15:    Compensation   6
    Section 16:    Procedure   6
    Section 17:    Action Without Meeting   7

ARTICLE 4

 

 
  BOARD COMMITTEES   7
    Section 1:    Designation   7
    Section 2:    Meetings   7
    Section 3:    Quorum; Majority Vote   7
    Section 4:    Procedure   7
    Section 5:    Action Without Meeting   7
    Section 6:    Telephone and Similar Meetings   7

ARTICLE 5

 

 
  OFFICERS   8
    Section 1:    Offices   8
    Section 2:    Term   8
    Section 3:    Vacancies   8
    Section 4:    Compensation   8
     

    Section 5:    Removal   8
    Section 6:    Chairman of the Board   8
    Section 7:    Chief Executive Officer   8
    Section 8:    President   8
    Section 9:    Vice Presidents   8
    Section 10:    Secretary   9
    Section 11:    Assistant Secretary   9
    Section 12:    Treasurer   9

ARTICLE 6

 

 
  INDEMNIFICATION   9
    Section 1:    Indemnification of Directors   9
    Section 2:    Advancement of Expenses   10
    Section 3:    Indemnification of Officers, Employees and Agents   10
    Section 4:    Insurance   11
    Section 5:    Nonexclusivity of Rights; Agreements   11
    Section 6:    Continuing Benefits; Successors   11
    Section 7:    Interpretation; Construction   11
    Section 8:    Amendment   12
    Section 9:    Severability   12

ARTICLE 7

 

 
  CERTIFICATES AND SHAREHOLDERS   12
    Section 1:    Certificates   12
    Section 2:    Shares without Certificates   12
    Section 3:    Issuance of Shares   12
    Section 4:    Rights of Corporation with Respect to Registered Owners   13
    Section 5:    Registration of the Transfer of Shares   13
    Section 6:    Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates   13
    Section 7:    Restrictions on Shares   13
    Section 8:    Control Share Acquisitions Statute   14
    Section 9:    Voting of Stock Held   14

ARTICLE 8

 

 
  GENERAL PROVISIONS   14
    Section 1:    Distributions   14
    Section 2:    Books and Records   14
    Section 3:    Execution of Documents   14
    Section 4:    Fiscal Year   14
    Section 5:    Seal   14
    Section 6:    Resignation   14
    Section 7:    Computation of Days   15
    Section 8:    Amendment of Bylaws   15
    Section 9:    Construction   15
    Section 10:    Headings   15

AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
FIRST NATIONAL BANCSHARES, INC.

(Adopted October      , 2007)

ARTICLE 1: OFFICES

        Section 1:    Registered Office and Agent.    The registered office of the Corporation shall be at 215 North Pine Street, Spartanburg, South Carolina 29302. The registered agent shall be Jerry L. Calvert.

        Section 2:    Other Offices.    The Corporation may also have offices at such other places within and without the State of South Carolina as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE 2: SHAREHOLDERS

        Section 1:    Place of Meetings.    Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the time and place, within or without the State of South Carolina, stated in the notice of the meeting or in a waiver of notice.

        Section 2:    Annual Meetings.    An annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held each year on the third Thursday of April, if not a legal holiday, but if a legal holiday, then on the next Thursday not a legal holiday, or on such other date and at a time to be set by the Board of Directors in accordance with all applicable notice requirements. At the meeting, the shareholders shall elect directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

        Section 3:    Special Meetings.    

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        Section 4:    Notice.    

        Section 5:    Quorum.    The holders of a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall be requisite and shall constitute a quorum at meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute, by the Articles or by these Bylaws. If a quorum is not present or represented at a meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or represented. At an adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting it is deemed present for quorum purposes.

        Section 6:    Vote; Withdrawal of Quorum.    Except in regards to the election of directors, when a quorum is present at a meeting, action on a matter is approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the express provision of the statutes, the Articles or these Bylaws require a higher vote in which case the express provision shall govern. Directors shall be elected by a plurality vote of the shareholders. The shareholders present at a duly constituted meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, despite the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.

        Section 7:    Method of Voting.    Each outstanding share of common stock shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. Each outstanding share of other classes of stock, if any, shall have such voting rights as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. Proxies delivered by facsimile to the Corporation, if otherwise in order, shall be valid. Votes shall be taken by voice, by hand or in writing, as directed by the chairman of the meeting. Voting for directors shall be in accordance with Article 3, Section 3 of these Bylaws.

        Section 8:    Record Date.    For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, including any special meeting, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of dividends, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not less than ten nor more than seventy days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. Except as otherwise provided by law, if no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders

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entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or of shareholders entitled to receive payment of dividends, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed, or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date.

        Section 9:    Shareholder Proposals.    

ARTICLE 3: DIRECTORS

        Section 1:    Management.    The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board of Directors who may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law, the Articles or these Bylaws directed or required to be done or exercised by the shareholders.

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        Section 2:    Number, Classification and Terms of Office of Directors.    Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be that number as may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, but in no event shall the number be less than five or greater than 25. The initial number of directors shall be 13. The number of members of the Board of Directors can be increased or decreased within the foregoing range at any time by the Board of Directors. In addition, unless provided otherwise by resolution of the Board of Directors, if, in any case after proxy materials for an annual meeting of shareholders have been mailed to shareholders, any person named therein to be nominated at the direction of the Board of Directors becomes unable or unwilling to serve, the number of authorized directors shall be automatically reduced by a number equal to the number of such persons. The members of the Board of Directors need not be shareholders nor need they be residents of any particular state. At any time that the Board has six or more members, unless provided otherwise by the Articles of Incorporation, the terms of office of directors will be staggered by dividing the total number of directors into three classes, with each class accounting for one-third, as near as may be, of the total. The terms of directors in the first class expire at the first annual shareholders' meeting after their election, the terms of the second class expire at the second annual shareholders' meeting after their election, and the terms of the third class expire at the third annual shareholders' meeting after their election. At each annual shareholders' meeting held thereafter, directors shall be chosen for a term of three years to succeed those whose terms expire. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be so apportioned among the classes as to make all classes as nearly equal in number as possible, and when the number of directors is increased and any newly created directorships are filled by the board, the terms of the additional directors shall expire at the next election of directors by the shareholders. Each director, except in the case of his earlier death, written resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal, shall serve for the duration of his term, as staggered, and thereafter until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.

        Section 3:    Qualifications of Directors.    No individual who is or becomes a Business Competitor (as defined below) or who is or becomes affiliated with, employed by or a representative of any individual, corporation, association, partnership, firm, business enterprise or other entity or organization which the Board of Directors, after having such matter formally brought to its attention, determines to be in competition with the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (any such individual, corporation, association, partnership, firm, business enterprise or other entity or organization being hereinafter referred to as a "Business Competitor") shall be eligible to serve as a director if the Board of Directors determines that it would not be in the Corporation's best interests for such individual to serve as a director of the Corporation. Such affiliation, employment or representation may include, without limitation, service or status as an owner, partner, shareholder, trustee, director, officer, consultant, employee, agent, or counsel, or the existence of any relationship which results in the affected person having an express or implied obligation to act on behalf of a Business Competitor; provided, however, that passive ownership of a debt or equity interest not exceeding 2% of the outstanding debt or equity, as the case may be, in any Business Competitor shall not constitute such affiliation, employment or representation. Any financial institution having branches or affiliates in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, shall be presumed to be a Business Competitor unless the Board of Directors determines otherwise.

        Section 4:    Election of Directors.    Directors shall be elected by a plurality vote.

        Section 5:    Nomination of Directors.    

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        Section 6:    Retirement of Directors.    *** Intentionally Deleted.***

        Section 7:    Emeritus Directors.    The Board of Directors may, from time to time, appoint individuals (including individuals who have retired from the Board of Directors) to serve as members of the Emeritus Board of Directors of the Corporation. Each member of the Emeritus Board of Directors of the Corporation, except in the case of his earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal, shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Members of the Emeritus Board of Directors may be removed without cause by a vote of the members of the Board of Directors. Any individual appointed as a member of the Emeritus Board of Directors of the Corporation may, but shall not be required to, attend meetings of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and may participate in any discussions at such meetings, but such individual may not vote or be counted in determining a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. It shall be the duty of the members of the Emeritus Board of Directors of the Corporation to serve as goodwill ambassadors of the Corporation, but such individuals shall not have any responsibility or be subject to any liability imposed upon a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or in any manner otherwise be deemed to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Each member of the Emeritus Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be paid such compensation as may be set from time to time by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and shall remain eligible to participate in any stock option plan in which directors are eligible to participate which is maintained by, or participated in, from time to time by the Corporation, according to the terms and conditions thereof.

        Section 8:    Vacancies.    Except as otherwise provided by law, in the Articles of Incorporation, or in these Bylaws (a) the office of a director shall become vacant if he dies, resigns, or is removed from office, and (b) the Board of Directors may declare vacant the office of a director if (i) he is interdicted or adjudicated an incompetent, (ii) an action is filed by or against him, or any entity of which he is employed as his principal business activity, under the bankruptcy laws of the United States, (iii) in the

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sole opinion of the Board of Directors he becomes incapacitated by illness or other infirmity so that he is unable to perform his duties for a period of six months or longer, or (iv) he ceases at any time to have the qualifications required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws. The remaining directors may, by a majority vote, fill any vacancy on the Board of Directors (including any vacancy resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors, or from the failure of the shareholders to elect the full number of authorized directors) and the Directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified; provided that the shareholders shall have the right at any special meeting called for such purpose prior to action by the Board of Directors to fill the vacancy.

        Section 9:    Removal of Directors.    Unless provided otherwise by the Articles of Incorporation, directors may be removed with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the shares entitled to vote at an election of directors, such vote being taken at a meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose at which a quorum is present.

        Section 10:    Place of Meetings.    Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of South Carolina.

        Section 11:    Regular Meetings.    Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.

        Section 12:    Special Meetings.    Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the chairman, the chief executive officer, or the president of the Corporation, on not less than twenty-four hours notice. Notice of a special meeting may be given by personal notice, telephone, facsimile, electronic communication, overnight courier or United States mail to each director. Any such special meeting shall be held at such time and place as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting. The notice need not describe the purpose or purposes of the special meeting.

        Section 13:    Telephone and Similar Meetings.    Directors may participate in and hold a meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the holding of the meeting or the transacting of any business at the meeting on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

        Section 14:    Quorum; Majority Vote.    At meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the number of directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the Articles or these Bylaws. If a quorum is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

        Section 15:    Compensation.    Each director shall be entitled to receive such reasonable compensation as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. By resolution of the Board of Directors, the directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of committees may, by resolution of the Board of Directors, be allowed compensation for attending committee meetings.

        Section 16:    Procedure.    The Board of Directors shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings. The minutes shall be placed in the minute book of the Corporation.

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        Section 17:    Action Without Meeting.    Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if the action is assented to by all the members of the Board. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.

ARTICLE 4: BOARD COMMITTEES

        Section 1:    Designation.    The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board, designate one or more committees. Each committee must have two or more members who serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. To the extent specified by the Board of Directors, in the Articles or in these Bylaws, each committee may exercise the authority of the Board of Directors. So long as prohibited by law, however, a committee of the Board may not (a) authorize distributions; (b) approve or propose to shareholders action required by the Act to be approved by shareholders; (c) fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or on any of its committees; (d) amend the Articles; (e) adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws; (f) approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval; (g) authorize or approve reacquisition of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the Board of Directors; or (h) authorize or approve the issuance or sale or contract for sale of shares, or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences and limitations of a class or series of shares, except that the Board of Directors may authorize a committee (or a senior executive officer of the Corporation) to do so within limits specifically prescribed by the Board of Directors. Any director may serve one or more committee. Any committee appointed under this Section 1 shall perform such duties and assume such responsibility as may from time to time be placed upon it by the Board of Directors.

        Section 2:    Meetings.    Time, place and notice of all committee meetings shall be as called and specified by the chief executive officer, the committee chairman or any two members of each committee.

        Section 3:    Quorum; Majority Vote.    At meetings of committees, a majority of the number of members designated by the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee, except as otherwise specifically provided by the Act, the Articles or these Bylaws. If a quorum is not present at a meeting of the committee, the members present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

        Section 4:    Procedure.    Committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors at its next regular meeting. The minutes of the proceedings of the committee shall be placed in the minute book of the Corporation.

        Section 5:    Action Without Meeting.    Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of any committee may be taken without a meeting if the action is assented to by all the members of the committee. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.

        Section 6:    Telephone and Similar Meetings.    Committee members may participate in and hold a meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the holding of the meeting or the transacting of any business at the meeting on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

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ARTICLE 5: OFFICERS
Officers

        Section 1:    Officers.    The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a chief executive officer, president and secretary, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may also create and establish the duties of other offices as it deems appropriate. The Board of Directors shall also elect a chairman of the Board and may elect a vice chairman of the Board from among its members. The Board of Directors from time to time may appoint, or may authorize the president to appoint or authorize specific officers to appoint, the persons who shall hold such other offices as may be established by the Board of Directors, including one or more vice presidents (including executive vice presidents, senior vice presidents, assistant vice presidents), one or more assistant secretaries, and one or more assistant treasurers. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

        Section 2:    Term.    Each officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors (or, if appointed pursuant to this Article, at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, the president, or the officer authorized to have appointed the officer) until his or her death, resignation, or removal, or until his or her replacement is elected or appointed in accordance with this Article.

        Section 3:    Vacancies.    Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation may be filled by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in an office which was filled by the president or another officer may also be filled by the president or by any officer authorized to have filled the office vacant.

        Section 4:    Compensation.    The compensation of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors or by a committee or officer appointed by the Board of Directors. Officers may serve without compensation.

        Section 5:    Removal.    All officers (regardless of how elected or appointed) may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors. Any officer appointed by the president or another officer may also be removed, with or without cause, by the president or by any officer authorized to have appointed the officer to be removed. Removal will be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person removed, but shall be effective notwithstanding any damage claim that may result from infringement of such contract rights.

        Section 6:    Chairman of the Board.    The office of the chairman of the board may be filled by the Board at its pleasure by the election of one of its members to the office. The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board and meetings of the shareholders and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.

        Section 7:    Chief Executive Officer.    The chief executive officer shall be responsible for the general and active management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. He shall perform such other duties and have such other authority and powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

        Section 8:    President.    The president shall be responsible for the general and active management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. He shall perform such other duties and have such other authority and powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. The president shall preside as chairman of the Board of Directors during the absence of the Board chairman.

        Section 9:    Vice Presidents.    The vice presidents (executive, senior, or assistant), as such offices are appointed by the Board of Directors, in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, perform the duties and have the authority and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform such other duties and have

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such other authority and powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the president may from time to time delegate.

        Section 10:    Secretary.    

        Section 11:    Assistant Secretary.    The assistant secretaries, as such offices are created by the Board of Directors, in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and have the authority and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the president may from time to time delegate.

        Section 12:    Treasurer.    

ARTICLE 6: INDEMNIFICATION

        Section 1:    Indemnification of Directors.    

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        Section 2:    Advancement of Expenses.    

        Section 3:    Indemnification of Officers, Employees and Agents.    An officer of the Corporation who is not a director is entitled to the same indemnification rights which are provided to directors of the Corporation in Section 1 of this Article 6 and the Corporation shall advance expenses to officers of the Corporation who are not directors to the same extent and in the same manner as to directors as provided in Section 2 of this Article 6. In addition, the Board of Directors shall have the power to

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cause the Corporation to indemnify, hold harmless and advance expenses to any officer, employee or agent of the Corporation who is not a director to the fullest extent permitted by public policy, by adopting a resolution to that effect identifying such officers, employees or agents (by position and name) and specifying the particular rights provided, which may be different for each of the persons identified. Any officer entitled to indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 3 and any officer, employee or agent granted indemnification by the Board of Directors in accordance with the second sentence of this Section 3 shall, to the extent specified herein or by the Board of Directors, be an "Indemnified Party" for the purposes of the provisions of this Article 6.

        Section 4:    Insurance.    The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or who, while a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against liability asserted against or incurred by him in that capacity or arising from his status as a director, officer, employee or agent, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against the same liability under this Article 6.

        Section 5:    Nonexclusivity of Rights; Agreements.    The rights conferred on any person by this Article 6 shall neither limit nor be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, agreement, provision of the Articles, these Bylaws, vote of shareholders or otherwise. The provisions of this Article 6 shall be deemed to constitute an agreement between the Corporation and each person entitled to indemnification hereunder. In addition to the rights provided in this Article 6, the Corporation shall have the power, upon authorization by the Board of Directors, to enter into an agreement or agreements providing to any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation certain indemnification rights. Any such agreement between the Corporation and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation concerning indemnification shall be given full force and effect, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, even if it provides rights to such director, officer, employee or agent more favorable than, or in addition to, those rights provided under this Article 6.

        Section 6:    Continuing Benefits; Successors.    The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Article 6 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person. For purposes of this Article 6, the term "Corporation" shall include any corporation, joint venture, trust, partnership or unincorporated business association that is the successor to all or substantially all of the business or assets of this Corporation, as a result of merger, consolidation, sale, liquidation or otherwise, and any such successor shall be liable to the persons indemnified under this Article 6 on the same terms and conditions and to the same extent as this Corporation.

        Section 7:    Interpretation; Construction.    This Article 6 is intended to provide indemnification to the directors and permit indemnification to the officers of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it may presently exist or may hereafter be amended and shall be construed in order to accomplish this result. To the extent that a provision herein prevents a director or officer from receiving indemnification to the fullest extent intended, such provision shall be of no effect in such situation. If at any time the Act is amended so as to permit broader indemnification rights to the directors and officers of this Corporation, then these Bylaws shall be deemed to automatically incorporate these broader provisions so that the directors and officers of the Corporation shall continue to receive the intended indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

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        Section 8:    Amendment.    Any amendment to this Article 6 that limits or otherwise adversely affects the right of indemnification, advancement of expenses or other rights of any Indemnified Person hereunder shall, as to such Indemnified Person, apply only to claims, actions, suits or proceedings based on actions, events or omissions (collectively, "Post Amendment Events") occurring after such amendment and after delivery of notice of such amendment to the Indemnified Person so affected. Any Indemnified Person shall, as to any claim, action, suit or proceeding based on actions, events or omissions occurring prior to the date of receipt of such notice, be entitled to the right of indemnification, advancement of expenses and other rights under this Article 6 to the same extent as if such provisions had continued as part of the Bylaws of the Corporation without such amendment. This Section 8 cannot be altered, amended or repealed in a manner effective as to any Indemnified Person (except as to Post Amendment Events) without the prior written consent of such Indemnified Person.

        Section 9:    Severability.    Each of the Sections of this Article 6, and each of the clauses set forth herein, shall be deemed separate and independent, and should any part of any such Section or clause be declared invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall in no way render invalid or unenforceable any other part thereof or any separate Section or clause of this Article 6 that is not declared invalid or unenforceable.

ARTICLE 7: CERTIFICATES AND SHAREHOLDERS

        Section 1:    Share Certificates.    Share Certificates in the form determined by the Board of Directors may be delivered representing all shares of which shareholders are entitled. Certificates shall be consecutively numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. At a minimum, each share certificate must state on its face: (a) the name of the Corporation and that it is organized under the laws of South Carolina; (b) the name of the person to whom the certificate is issued; and (c) the number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, the certificate represents. Each share certificate (a) must be signed (either manually or in facsimile) by at least two officers, including the president, the secretary, or such other officer or officers as the Board of Directors shall designate; and (b) may bear the corporate seal or its facsimile. If the person who signed (either manually or in facsimile) a share certificate no longer holds office when the certificate is issued, the certificate is nevertheless valid.

        Section 2.    Shares without Certificates.    The Board of Directors of the Corporation may authorize the issue of some or all of the shares of any or all of its classes or series without certificates in accord with the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 36 of the South Carolina Uniform Commercial Code. Within a reasonable time after the issue or transfer of shares without certificates, the Corporation shall send the shareholder a written statement containing the following information: (a) the name of the Corporation and a statement that it is organized under the laws of South Carolina; (b) the name of the person to whom the shares are issued; (c) the number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, of the shares; (d) if at such time the Corporation is authorized to issue different classes of shares or different series within a class, a summary of the designations, relative rights, preferences, and limitations applicable to each class and the variations in rights, preferences, and limitations determined for each series (and the authority of the Board of Directors to determine variations for future series); and (e) if applicable, a conspicuous notation that the shares are subject to a restriction on their transfer.

        Section 3:    Issuance of Shares.    The Board of Directors may authorize shares to be issued for consideration consisting of any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the Corporation, including cash, promissory notes, services performed, written contracts for services to be performed or other securities of the Corporation. Before the Corporation issues shares, the Board of Directors must determine that the consideration received or to be received for shares to be issued is adequate. That determination by the Board of Directors is conclusive insofar as the adequacy of consideration for the issuance of shares relates to whether the shares are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. When

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the Corporation receives the consideration for which the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of shares, the shares issued therefor are fully paid and nonassessable.

        Section 4:    Rights of Corporation with Respect to Registered Owners.    Prior to due presentation for transfer of registration of its shares, the Corporation may treat the registered owner of the shares as the person exclusively entitled to vote the shares, to receive any dividend or other distribution with respect to the shares, and for all other purposes; and the Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in the shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it has express or other notice of such a claim or interest, except as otherwise provided by law.

        Section 5:    Registration of the Transfer of Shares.    Registration of the transfer of shares of the Corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the Corporation (which stock transfer books may be kept by the Corporation or the transfer agent designated by the Corporation to transfer the shares or other agent designated by the Corporation). If a share certificate in registered form is presented to the Corporation with a request to register a transfer of the shares, or an instruction is presented to the Corporation with a request to register the transfer of uncertificated shares, then, subject to applicable law, the Corporation shall register the transfer as requested if: (a) under the terms of the shares the person seeking registration of transfer is eligible to have the shares registered in their name; (b) the indorsement or instruction is made by the appropriate person or by an agent who has actual authority to act on behalf of the appropriate person; (c) reasonable assurance is given that the indorsement or instruction is genuine and authorized (without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation or its transfer agent, may require that the indorsement or instruction must have been guaranteed by a commercial bank or brokerage firm that is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers and reasonable assurance is given that such endorsements are effective); (d) any applicable law relating to the collection of taxes has been complied with; (e) the transfer does not violate any restriction on transfer imposed by the Corporation in accordance with § 36-8-204 of the South Carolina Code; (f) the registered owner has not made a demand that the shares not be transferred, or if such demand has been made, the procedures set forth in § 36-8-403 of the South Carolina Code permit the transfer; and (g) the transfer is in fact rightful or is to a person otherwise entitled to obtain the shares as a protected purchaser as defined in § 36-8-303 of the South Carolina Code. A person acting as authenticating trustee, transfer agent, registrar, or other agent for the Corporation in the registration of a transfer of its securities, in the issue of new security certificates or uncertificated securities, or in the cancellation of surrendered security certificates has the same obligation to the holder or owner of a certificated or uncertificated security with regard to the particular functions performed as the Corporation has in regard to those functions.

        Section 6:    Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates.    The Corporation shall issue a new certificated shares in place of any certificate for shares previously issued if the registered owner of the certificate: (a) makes proof in affidavit form that the certificate has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken; (b) requests the issuance of a new certificate before the Corporation has notice that the certificate has been acquired by a purchaser for value in good faith and without notice of an adverse claim; (c) gives a bond in such form, and with such surety or sureties, with fixed or open penalty, as the Corporation may direct, to indemnify the Corporation (and its transfer agent and registrar, if any) against any claim that may be made on account of the alleged loss, destruction or theft of the certificate; and (d) satisfies any other reasonable requirements imposed by the Corporation. When a certificate has been lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken, and the holder of record fails to notify the Corporation within a reasonable time after he has notice of it, and the Corporation registers a transfer of the shares represented by the certificate before receiving such notification, the holder of record is precluded from making any claim against the Corporation for the transfer or for a new certificate.

        Section 7:    Restrictions on Shares.    The Board of Directors, on behalf of the Corporation, or the shareholders may impose restrictions on the transfer of shares (including any security convertible into, or carrying a right to subscribe for or acquire shares) to the maximum extent permitted by law. A

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restriction does not affect shares issued before the restriction was adopted unless the holders of the shares are parties to the restriction agreement or voted in favor of the restriction. A restriction on the transfer of shares is valid and enforceable against the holder or a transferee of the holder if the restriction is authorized by this Section 7 and its existence is noted conspicuously on the front or back of the certificate.

        Section 8:    Control Share Acquisitions Statute.    The Corporation elects not to be subject to or governed by the South Carolina Control Share Acquisitions Statute contained in Sections 35-2-101 to 35-2-111 of the South Carolina Code, or any successor provision or provisions.

        Section 9:    Voting of Stock Held.    Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, the president or any executive vice president shall from time to time appoint an attorney or attorneys or agent or agents of this Corporation, in the name and on behalf of this Corporation, to cast the vote which this Corporation may be entitled to cast as a shareholder or otherwise in any other corporation, any of whose stock or securities may be held by this Corporation, at meetings of the holders of the stock or other securities of such other corporation, or to consent in writing to any action by any of such other corporation, and shall instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such consent and may execute or cause to be executed on behalf of this Corporation and under its corporate seal or otherwise, such written proxies, consents, waivers or other instruments as may be necessary or proper; or, in lieu of such appointment, the president or any executive vice president may attend in person any meetings of the holders of stock or other securities of any such other corporation and their vote or exercise any or all power of this Corporation as the holder of such stock or other securities of such other corporation.

ARTICLE 8: GENERAL PROVISIONS

        Section 1:    Distributions.    The Board of Directors may authorize, and the Corporation may make, distributions (including dividends on its outstanding shares) in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by applicable law and the Articles.

        Section 2:    Books and Records.    The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders and Board of Directors.

        Section 3:    Execution of Documents.    The Board of Directors or these Bylaws shall designate the officers, employees and agents of the Corporation who shall have the power to execute and deliver deeds, contracts, mortgages, bonds, debentures, checks and other documents for and in the name of the Corporation, and may authorize such officers, employees and agents to delegate such power (including authority to redelegate) to other officers, employees or agents of the Corporation. Unless so designated or expressly authorized by these Bylaws, no officer, employee or agent shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose or any amount.

        Section 4:    Fiscal Year.    The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the same as the calendar year.

        Section 5:    Seal.    The Corporation may provide a seal which contains the name of the Corporation and the name of the state of incorporation. The seal may be used by impressing it or reproducing a facsimile of it or otherwise.

        Section 6:    Resignation.    A director may resign by delivering written notice to the Board of Directors, the chairman or the Corporation. Such resignation of a director is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date. An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice to the Corporation. Such resignation of an officer is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date. If a resignation of an officer is made effective at a later date and the Corporation accepts the future effective date, the Board of Directors

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may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the Board of Directors provides that the successor does not take office until the effective date.

        Section 7:    Computation of Days.    In computing any period of days prescribed hereunder the day of the act after which the designated period of days begins to run is not to be included. The last day of the period so computed is to be included.

        Section 8:    Amendment of Bylaws.    

        Section 9:    Construction.    If any portion of these Bylaws shall be invalid or inoperative, then, so far as is reasonable and possible: (a) the remainder of these Bylaws shall be considered valid and operative and (b) effect shall be given to the intent manifested by the portion held invalid or inoperative.

        Section 10:    Headings.    The headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of these Bylaws.

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The undersigned hereby certifies that he is the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Corporation and that the foregoing is a complete and accurate copy of the bylaws of First National Bancshares, Inc. as of October     , 2007. The bylaws contained herein were amended and restated by Resolution as of that date by the Corporation's Board of Directors in compliance with any procedural requirements of the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation and the laws of the State of South Carolina, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

        
Jerry L. Calvert
President & Chief Executive Officer

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