Common use of Issue of Right Certificates Clause in Contracts

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (State Financial Services Corp), Rights Agreement (State Financial Services Corp), Rights Agreement (Gehl Co)

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Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day business day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors (upon approval by a majority of the Continuing Directors) prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will notify the Rights Agent thereof and the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Sandisk Corp), Rights Agreement (Ultratech Stepper Inc), Rights Agreement (Sandisk Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in commence- ment by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePer- son (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1510% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier ear- lier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Distribu- tion Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right CertificatesCertifi- xxxxx) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares out- standing as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribu- tion Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certifi- cate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the -7- Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agree- ment between The Stride Rite Corporation and BankBoston, N.A., dated as of June 18, 1997 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of The Stride Rite Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Stride Rite Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights as- sociated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstand- ing.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Stride Rite Corp), Rights Agreement (Stride Rite Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or after the date of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1520% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares of the Company (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in an Agreement between W-H Energy Services, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, Inc., dated as of May 31, 2002, as it may be amended from time to time (the "Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of W-H Energy Services, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Agreement, such Rights (as defined in the Agreement) will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. W-H Energy Services, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As set forth in the Agreement, Rights beneficially owned by any Person (as defined in the Agreement) who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Agreement) become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares of the Company shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company which are no longer outstanding.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (W-H Energy Services Inc), Rights Agreement (W-H Energy Services Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than any of the Persons referred to in the preceding parenthetical) to commence, administrator, a tender or fiduciary exchange offer the consummation of such a plan) which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or in the case of (i) a Grandfathered Stockholder other than a Second Tier Grandfathered Stockholder, 25%, or (ii) a Second Tier Grandfathered Stockholder, the greater of 15% or such percentage as is beneficially owned by each Amerindo Holder plus 1%, or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), Certificate evidencing one Right for each Common Share so heldheld (and, subject to the terms hereof, one such Right Certificate will also be issued with each Common Share issued after the Close of Business on the Distribution Date and prior to the earlier of the Redemption Date and the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date upon conversion of any Notes). As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of the Summary of Rights by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Close of Business on the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares evidenced thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Arbor Software Corporation and BankBoston, N.A., as Rights Agent, dated as of June 15, 1998 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Arbor Software Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Arbor Software Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, Rights that are or were acquired or beneficially owned by Acquiring Persons (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Arbor Software Corp), Rights Agreement (Arbor Software Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth calendar day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than any of the Persons referred to in the preceding parenthetical) to commence, administrator, a tender or fiduciary exchange offer the consummation of such a plan) which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or, in the case of a Grandfathered Stockholder, 20% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), Certificate evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of the Summary of Rights by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Close of Business on the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares evidenced thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Repligen Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, dated as of March 3, 2003 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Repligen Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Repligen Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights that are or were acquired or beneficially owned by Acquiring Persons (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Repligen Corp), Rights Agreement (Repligen Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of the Close of Business on (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of (determined in accordance with Rule 14d-2 under the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in Exchange Act) by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer (which intention to commence remains in effect for five Business Days after such announcement), the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which that is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights, the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the Rights (and the right to receive Right Certificates therefor) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to the adjustment provisions of Section 11 of this Agreement. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send (directly or through the Rights Agent or its transfer agent) a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares that become outstanding after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date (or, if earlier, the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares that are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Cardiotech International Inc), Rights Agreement (Bank Jos a Clothiers Inc /De/)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until Un- til the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Acqui- sition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Com- pany, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Sub- sidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1520% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first- class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Sum- mary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Xxxx (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expira- tion Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expira- tion Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend substantially in the form of the following: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agree- ment between Schering-Plough Corporation and The Bank of New York, dated as of June 24, 1997 (the "Rights Agree- ment"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated here- in by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Schering-Plough Corpora- tion. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by sepa- rate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Schering-Plough Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written re- quest therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Per- son who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights as- sociated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstand- ing.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Schering Plough Corp), Rights Agreement (Schering Plough Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier Close of (i) Business on the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors, upon approval by a majority of the Continuing Directors) which is the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) such date, if any, as may be determined by action of the Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Personof the Company (upon approval by a majority of the Continuing Directors) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, Certificates and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. References in this Agreement to certificates for common shares shall include certificates for common shares as well as book-entry notations of ownership in the record book of the Company's transfer agent whether or not represented by certificates. (b) The Company will make available, as promptly as practicable following the Record Date, a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the Expiration Date. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or from the Company's treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date. Certificates representing such Common Shares shall bear the following legend: THIS CERTIFICATE ALSO EVIDENCES AND ENTITLES THE HOLDER HEREOF TO CERTAIN RIGHTS AS SET FORTH IN A RIGHTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN XXX XXXXX AND COMPANY (THE "COMPANY") AND THE RIGHTS AGENT THEREUNDER (THE "RIGHTS AGREEMENT"), THE TERMS OF WHICH ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AND A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICES OF THE COMPANY. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, SUCH RIGHTS WILL BE EVIDENCED BY SEPARATE CERTIFICATES AND WILL NO LONGER BE EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE. THE COMPANY WILL MAIL TO THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE A COPY OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE AFTER RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN REQUEST THEREFOR. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, RIGHTS ISSUED TO ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT), INCLUDING SUCH RIGHTS HELD BY A SUBSEQUENT HOLDER, MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Lilly Eli & Co), Rights Agreement (Lilly Eli & Co)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the --------------------------- earlier of (i) the close of business on the tenth day Business Day after the Shares Acquisition Date (or, if the Shares Acquisition Date shall have occurred prior to the Record Date, the close of business on the tenth Business Day after the Record Date) or (ii) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (other than or such later date as the Company, any Subsidiary Board of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and Directors may determine by resolution adopted prior to the Payment Shares Acquisition Date; the earlier of ) (such dates date being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for shares of Common Shares registered in the names Stock of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) Company and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates Rights will be transferable only in connection with the with, and will automatically be transferred by, a transfer of the associated shares of Common SharesStock of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of shares of Common Shares Stock of the Company as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, Certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto described in Section 4 hereof (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each share of Common Share Stock so held. As of On and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On or prior to the Record Date or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a summary of the Rights by first-class mail, to each record holder of shares of Common Stock of the Company as of the close of business on the Record Date or, if such mailing is made prior to the Record Date, to each holder of record as of the date of such mailing, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all shares of Common Stock of the Company issued after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, and certificates evidencing such shares shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: "This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement, dated as of March 5, 1999 (the "Rights Agreement"), between UniSource Energy Corporation and The Bank of New York the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of UniSource Energy Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. UniSource Energy Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As described in the Rights Agreement, Rights beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) and any Transferee shall become null and void." In the event that the Company shall purchase or acquire any shares of Common Stock of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date any Rights associated with such shares of Common Stock shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with shares of Common Stock which are no longer outstanding.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Unisource Energy Corp), Rights Agreement (Unisource Energy Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Acquir- ing Person) after the date of the commencement by any Person -5- (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursu- ant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section Sec- tion 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection con- nection with the transfer of Common Shares. The Company will give the Rights Agent prompt written notice of the Distribution Date. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requestedrequested in writing, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. -6- (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Westvaco Corp), Rights Agreement (Westvaco Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention intent to commence, by any Person (other than the Company, any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, or any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Person Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding shares of Common Stock for or pursuant to commencethe terms of any such plan), a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such the dates in subsections (i) and (ii) hereof being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 3(b) hereof3) by the certificates for the Common Shares Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof the (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificatesb) and not by separate Right CertificatesOn November 1, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As 1996 or as soon as practicable after the Distribution Datethereafter, the Company will prepare and executesend a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock, in substantially the Rights Agent will countersignform attached hereto as Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-first class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Shares Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution DateNovember 1, 1996, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for the Common Stock outstanding as of November 1, a Right Certificate1996, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.certificates for the Common Stock registered in the names of the holders of the Common Stock together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Texas Industries Inc), Rights Agreement (Texas Industries Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until From the date hereof until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth calendar day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date calendar day, if any, as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to may determine in its sole discretion; provided, that the Board of Directors may not postpone such time as any date after a Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (Person, other than an Exempt Person, is first published or sent or given within the Company, any Subsidiary meaning of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such planRule 14d-4(a), or any trusteesuccessor rule, administratorif, or fiduciary of upon consummation thereof, such a plan) becoming Person could become the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% (or in the case of a Grandfathered Person, the Grandfathered Percentage applicable to such Grandfathered Person) or more of the shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the earlier Rights) (the earliest of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof)) by the certificates for the Common Shares Stock of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof of the Common Stock of the Company (which certificates shall also be deemed also to be Right Certificatescertificates for Rights) and not by separate Right Certificates, certificates and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying shares of Common SharesStock of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requestedat the Company's expense, send) , by first-class, insured, postage-postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Shares Stock of the Company as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificateone or more certificates, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a the "Right CertificateCertificates"), evidencing one Right for each share of Common Share Stock of the Company so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein. In the event that an adjustment in the number of Rights per share of Common Stock of the Company has been made pursuant to Section 11(o), the Company may make the necessary and appropriate rounding adjustments (in accordance with Section 14(a)) at the time of distribution of the Right Certificates, so that Right Certificates representing only whole numbers of Rights are distributed and cash is paid in lieu of any fractional Rights. As of and after the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) With respect to certificates for the Common Stock of the Company issued prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates for the Common Stock of the Company on or until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, expiration or termination of the Rights), and the registered holders of the Common Stock of the Company also shall be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, expiration or termination of the Rights), the transfer of any of the certificates for the Common Stock of the Company outstanding prior to the date of this Agreement shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock of the Company represented by such certificate. (c) (i) Certificates for the Common Stock of the Company issued after the Record Date, but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date or the redemption, expiration or termination of the Rights, shall be deemed also to be certificates for Rights, and shall bear a legend, substantially in the following form: THIS CERTIFICATE EVIDENCES AND ENTITLES THE HOLDER HEREOF TO CERTAIN RIGHTS AS SET FORTH IN A SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN DISCOVERY LABORATORIES, INC., AND CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, AS RIGHTS AGENT, DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 6, 2004, AS MAY BE AMENDED, RESTATED, RENEWED OR EXTENDED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE "RIGHTS AGREEMENT"), THE TERMS OF WHICH ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AND A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICES OF DISCOVERY LABORATORIES, INC., AND THE STOCK TRANSFER ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF THE RIGHTS AGENT. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, SUCH RIGHTS WILL BE EVIDENCED BY SEPARATE CERTIFICATES AND WILL NO LONGER BE EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE. DISCOVERY LABORATORIES, INC., MAY REDEEM THE RIGHTS AT A REDEMPTION PRICE OF $0.001 PER RIGHT, SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT. DISCOVERY LABORATORIES, INC., WILL MAIL TO THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE A COPY OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, AS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF MAILING, WITHOUT CHARGE PROMPTLY AFTER RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN REQUEST THEREFOR.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Shareholder Rights Agreement (Discovery Laboratories Inc /De/), Shareholder Rights Agreement (Discovery Laboratories Inc /De/)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's ’s Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1520% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares; provided that if a tender or exchange offer is terminated prior to the occurrence of a Distribution Date, then no Distribution Date shall occur as a result of such tender or exchange offer. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersigncountersign (either manually or by facsimile signature), and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Common Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, certificates for reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c) and certificates issued on the transfer of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Corporation and National City Bank, dated as of August 7, 1996, and as such agreement may be amended (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As described in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Briggs & Stratton Corp), Rights Agreement (Briggs & Stratton Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the close of business on the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement by any Person (other than an Exempt Person) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any such Person (other than an Exempt Person) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a planan Exempt Person) becoming the Beneficial Owner of shares of Common Shares of the Company Stock aggregating 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, either of such dates occurs after the pertinent date occurs before of this Agreement and on or prior to the Record Date, "then the Distribution Date" Date shall mean be the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) thereof, and not by separate Right Certificates, Certificates and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesStock. As soon as practicable after the Company has notified the Rights Agent of the occurrence of the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, countersign and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requestedrequested and at the Company's expense, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution DateDate (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right (subject to adjustment as provided herein) for each share of Common Share Stock so held. As of the and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (i) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Shares of Preferred Stock, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Stock as of the close of business on the Record Date (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. (ii) With respect to shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the Record Date, until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, the Rights associated with such shares of Common Stock will be evidenced by the share certificate for such shares of Common Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof, together with the Summary of Rights. Until the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date (as defined below), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights, shall also, except as otherwise provided herein, constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented thereby. (i) Rights shall be issued in respect of all shares of Common Stock issued or disposed of (including, without limitation, upon transfer of outstanding Common Stock, disposition of Common Stock out of treasury stock or issuance or reissuance of Common Stock out of authorized, but unissued shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date (as defined below), or in certain circumstances provided in Section 22 hereof after the Distribution Date. Certificates issued for Common Stock (including, without limitation, upon transfer of outstanding Common Stock, disposition of Common Stock out of treasury stock or issuance or reissuance of Common Stock out of authorized, but unissued shares) after the Record Date, but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date (as defined below), shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Symbol Technologies, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent, dated as of August 13, 2001, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Symbol Technologies, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Symbol Technologies, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights owned by or transferred to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and certain transferees thereof will become null and void and will no longer be transferable. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate, except as otherwise provided herein, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented thereby. (ii) In the event that the Company purchases or otherwise acquires any Common Stock after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Stock shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Stock which are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this paragraph (c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Symbol Technologies Inc), Rights Agreement (Symbol Technologies Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such planplan and other than a Qualifying Offer) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan and other than a planQualifying Offer) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1520% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Emisphere Technologies, Inc. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company dated as of February 23, 1996 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Emisphere Technologies, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Emisphere Technologies, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Emisphere Technologies Inc), Rights Agreement (Emisphere Technologies Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan or employee stock ownership plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, and other than PepsiCo or any of its Affiliates in connection with a Permitted Acquisition) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, plan and other than PepsiCo or any trusteeof its Affiliates in connection with a Permitted Acquisition) to commence, administrator, a tender or fiduciary exchange offer the consummation of such a plan) which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates in each case shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive re- ceive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, a Distribution Date shall not be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of (i) the consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby, or (ii) the acquisition by PepsiCo or its Affiliates of any Common Shares pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, a Distribution Date shall not be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of the acquisition by a Person of Common Shares from PepsiCo or any of its Affiliates if such transfer is effected in compliance with Section 3.4 of the Shareholder Agreement, but a Distribution Date shall be deemed to have occurred if such Person or any of its Affiliates acquires Beneficial Ownership of additional Common Shares other than pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition and such Person and/or its Affiliates would otherwise be deemed to be an Acquiring Person pursuant to the first sentence of Section 1(a) as a result of such acquisition. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Xxxxxxx Corporation and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, dated as of May 20, 1999 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Xxxxxxx Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Xxxxxxx Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As described in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Heartland Territories Holdings Inc), Rights Agreement (Whitman Corp/New/)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the close of business on the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificatescertificates for Rights) and not by separate Right Certificatescertificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying Common SharesShares (including a transfer to the Company). The Company shall give the Rights Agent prompt written notice of the Distribution Date. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will will, after receipt of written notice of the Distribution Date from the Company, countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, sendsend at the expense of the Company) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing an aggregate number of Rights equal to one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) As soon as practicable after the Record Date, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights Plan, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights Plan"), to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with the Summary of Rights Plan, and registered holders of Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights Plan, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or delivered from the Company's treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date. Certificates representing such Common Shares shall also be deemed to be certificates for Rights. Certificates representing both Common Shares and Rights in accordance with this Section 3 which are executed and delivered (whether the Common Shares represented thereby are originally issued, delivered from the Company's treasury or are presented for transfer) by the Company (including, without limitation, certificates representing reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend substantially equivalent to the following: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in the Rights Agreement between BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORPORATION (the "Company") and ___________________, dated as of December 18, 1999 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement, as in effect on the date of mailing, without charge promptly after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, any Person who is, was or becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether currently held by or on behalf of such Person or by any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. Until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares shall be evidenced by the certificates representing the associated Common Shares alone, and the transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Combination Agreement (Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp), Combination Agreement (Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the close of business on the tenth day Business Day after the Shares Acquisition Date or or, if the tenth Business Day after the Shares Acquisition Date occurs before the Record Date, the close of business on the Record Date and (ii) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in Commencement by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, ) of a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which that is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights) (the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company (or by Book Entry Common Shares of the Company) registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by be separate Right CertificatesCertificates or book entry, and (y) the Right Certificates and the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection transferred with the transfer of Common SharesShares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the close of business on the Distribution DateDate (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company may choose to use book entry in lieu of physical certificates, in which case “Rights Certificates” shall be deemed to mean the uncertificated book entry representing the related Rights. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company may, if it so elects, send (directly or through the Rights Agent or the Company’s transfer agent for the Common Shares) a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares or the transfer of any Book Entry Common Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares (or Book Entry Common Shares) that become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the penultimate sentence of this Section 3(c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the following form: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in the Rights Agreement between Talos Energy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (or any successor rights agent), dated as of October 1, 2024, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights (as defined in the Rights Agreement) will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights that are or were acquired or beneficially owned (as defined in the Rights Agreement) by any Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) or an Associate or Affiliate (each as defined in the Rights Agreement) thereof become null and void. With respect to any Book Entry Common Share of the Company, such legend shall be included in the Ownership Statement in respect of such Common Share or in a notice to the record holder of such Common Share in accordance with applicable law. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, or any Ownership Statement or notice containing the foregoing legend delivered to holders of Book Entry Common Shares, until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented by such certificates or such Book Entry Common Shares shall be evidenced by such certificates or such Book Entry Common Shares (including any Ownership Statement) alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate or the transfer of any Book Entry Common Share shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares of the Company shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company that are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Talos Energy Inc.), Rights Agreement (Talos Energy Inc.)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until The Rights will be evidenced (subject to the earlier provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates (as defined below)) and not by separate Right Certificates, and the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying shares of Common Stock (including a transfer to the Company) until the earliest to occur of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonDirectors) after the date of the commencement by any Person (other than the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person (other than the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to commencethe terms of any such plan) to commence (which intention to commence remains in effect for five Business Days after such announcement), a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (other than including, in the Companycase of both clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 3(a), any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the earlier Rights) or (iii) twenty Business Days prior to the date on which a Transaction is reasonably expected to become effective or be consummated (the earliest of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"); provided, however, that if the tenth day tender or Business Day, as exchange offer referred to in clause (ii) above is terminated prior to the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record occurrence of a Distribution Date, "then no Distribution Date" Date shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions occur as a result of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Sharessuch tender offer. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, and the Rights Agent will countersigncountersign and send, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent willsent, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Shares Stock as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, substantially in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each share of Common Share Stock so held. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company shall file the full text of this Agreement and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights") with the Securities and Exchange Commission. With respect to certificates for the Common Stock, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for the Common Stock shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock. (c) Certificates issued for Common Stock which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Stock referred to in the last sentence of Section 3(c)) prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, shall be deemed also to be certificates for Rights and from and after the date hereof shall bear the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Shareholder Rights Agreement between El Paso Energy Corporation (the "Company") and BankBoston, N.A. (the "Rights Agent") dated as of July 16, 1998 (the "Shareholder Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Shareholder Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Shareholder Rights Agreement without charge after receipt by the Company's corporate secretary of a written request therefor from such holder. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Shareholder Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, any Person who is, was or becomes an Interested Stockholder (as defined in the Shareholder Rights Agreement) and any subsequent holder may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificates shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any shares of Common Stock prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such shares of Common Stock shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Stock which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Shareholder Rights Agreement (El Paso Energy Corp/De), Shareholder Rights Agreement (El Paso Energy Corp/De)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after close of business on the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's ’s Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a planExempt Person) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the Shares Acquisition Date or tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company has prepared a Summary of Rights to Purchase Common Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), a copy of which is available free of charge upon written request from the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, certificates for reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this Section 3(c) and certificates issued on the transfer of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the form below (provided, however, that certificates of Common Shares in existence on the Record Date may bear the legend required by that certain Rights Agreement, dated as of May 26, 1998 (the “1998 Rights Agreement”), between the Company and the Rights Agent (as successor to Firstar Trust Company), and all references to the 1998 Rights Agreement shall be deemed to be references to this Agreement). “This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Badger Meter, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, dated as of February 15, 2008, and as such agreement may be amended (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Badger Meter, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Badger Meter, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether held by such Person or any subsequent holder, shall become null and void.” With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Badger Meter Inc), Rights Agreement (Badger Meter Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, ) of a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of (A) 15% or more of the then outstanding Class B Common Shares or (B) any combination of the Company aggregating Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares representing 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Rights Agent receives written notice of a Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requestedso requested in writing, and provided with all reasonably necessary information, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Class A Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit Annex B hereto (a "‘Class A Right Certificate"), evidencing one Class A Right for each Class A Common Share so held, and a Class B Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Annex C hereto (a ‘Class B Right Certificate,’ together with the Class A Right Certificate, the ‘Right Certificates’), evidencing one Class B Right for each Class B Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. The Company shall notify the Rights Agent in writing upon the occurrence of the Distribution Date.” 4. Section 26 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows, and the Company and the Rights Agent hereby agree that the addresses set forth in this Section 4 shall constitute the proper addresses for notice relating to this Amendment:

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Freescale Semiconductor Inc), Rights Agreement (Freescale Semiconductor Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of --------------------------- (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares aggregating 10% (or 15%, in the case of the Company aggregating 15% a 13G Eligible Person) or more of the then outstanding Common Shares or otherwise would result in any other Person being deemed an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requestedrequested and provided with all necessary information, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first- class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in an Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between U.S. Foodservice and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., dated as of October 4, 1999 (as the same may be amended from time to time, the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of U.S. Foodservice. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. U.S. Foodservice will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and certain transferees thereof may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Us Foodservice/Md/), Rights Agreement (Us Foodservice/Md/)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the close of business on the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the close of business on the tenth Business Day day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Personshall determine) after the date of the commencement ofof (within the meaning of Rule 14d-2 under the Exchange Act), or of the first public announcement of the intention intent of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person's becoming an Acquiring Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 3(a) being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 3(b) hereof3) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates for Common Shares shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. The Board of Directors of the Company may defer the date set forth in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence to a specified later dated or to an unspecified later dated, each to be determined (with the concurrence of a majority of the Independent Directors (as such term is defined in Section 23(a) hereof) following a Shares Acquisition Date) by action of the Board of Directors of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate")A hereto, evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack), Rights Agreement (Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of the --------------------------- Close of Business on the tenth day (or such other date as the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine) after (i) the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, Certificates and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company will make available, as promptly as practicable following the Record Date, a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the Expiration Date. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or from the Company's treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date. Certificates representing such Common Shares shall bear the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Triad Hospitals, Inc. (the "Company") and the Rights Agent thereunder (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, rights issued to any person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the rights agreement), including such rights held by a subsequent holder, may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Triad Hospitals Inc), Rights Agreement (Triad Hospitals Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the close of business on the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day close of business on the fifteenth business day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificatescertificates for Rights) and not by separate Right Certificatescertificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying Common SharesShares (including a transfer to the Company). As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing an aggregate number of Rights equal to one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof, and registered holders of Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or delivered from the Company's treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date. Certificates representing such Common Shares shall also be deemed to be certificates for Rights. Certificates representing both Common Shares and Rights in accordance with this Section 3 which are executed and delivered (whether the Common Shares represented thereby are originally issued, delivered from the Company's treasury or are presented for transfer) by the Company (including, without limitation, certificates representing reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend substantially equivalent to the following: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in the Rights Agreement between Brunswick Corporation (the "Company") and Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, dated as of February 5, 1996 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement, as in effect on the date of mailing, without charge promptly after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, any Person who is, was or becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether currently held by or on behalf of such Person or by any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. Until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares shall be evidenced by the certificates representing the associated Common Shares alone, and the transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. If the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Brunswick Corp), Rights Agreement (Brunswick Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the close of business on the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Class A Common Shares of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Class A Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Original Agreement Date and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Class A Common SharesShares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares of the Company as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Class A Common Share and Class B Common Share so held. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date represented by certificates, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement, dated as of August 17, 1995, between Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation and Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A., as successor-in-interest to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent (as amended, the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares of the Company represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or otherwise acquires any Class A Common Shares or Class B Common Shares of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Class A Common Shares or Class B Common Shares of the Company shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Class A Common Shares or Class B Common Shares of the Company which are no longer outstanding.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp), Rights Agreement (Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit or stock ownership plan or of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Ordinary Shares of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, ) of a tender or exchange offer (other than a Permitted Offer) the consummation of which would result in any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Ordinary Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Ordinary Shares of the Company (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights) (the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the balances indicated in the book-entry account system of the transfer agent for the Ordinary Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which Ordinary Shares shall also be deemed to represent Right Certificates) or, in the case of certificated shares, the certificates for Common Ordinary Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesOrdinary Shares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Ordinary Shares of the Company as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Ordinary Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Ordinary Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Ordinary Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. At any time following the Record Date, the Company will send a copy of the Summary of Rights, by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to any record holder of Ordinary Shares who requests a copy of the Summary of Rights, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Ordinary Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by the balances indicated in the book-entry account system of the transfer agent for the Ordinary Shares or, in the case of certificated shares, such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Ordinary Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares of the Company represented thereby. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Ordinary Shares issued (or delivered from the Company’s treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date and shall be evidenced by the following legends: (i) Confirmation and account statements sent to holders of Ordinary Shares in book-entry form (which Ordinary Shares shall also be deemed to represent certificates for Rights) shall bear the following legend: The ordinary shares par value NIS 0.01 per share, of Syneron Medical Ltd. (the “Corporation”) entitle the holder thereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between the Corporation and AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, dated as of November 11, 2008 (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by the shares to which this statement relates. The Corporation will mail (or cause the Rights Agent to mail) to the holder of shares to which this statement relates a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge promptly after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) may be null and void. The Rights shall not be exercisable, and shall be void so long as held, by a holder in any jurisdiction where the requisite qualification for the issuance to such holder, or the exercise by such holder of the Rights in such jurisdiction, shall not have been obtained or be obtainable. With respect to Ordinary Shares in book-entry form for which there has been sent a confirmation or account statement containing the foregoing legend, until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares shall be evidenced by such Ordinary Shares alone and registered holders of Ordinary Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights, and the transfer of any of such Ordinary Shares shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such shares of Ordinary Shares. (ii) In the case of certificated shares, certificates for Ordinary Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Ordinary Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in an Agreement between Syneron Medical Ltd. (the “Corporation”) and AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Rights Agent, dated as of November 11, 2008, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Agreement, such Rights (as defined in the Agreement) will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Corporation will mail (or cause the Rights Agent to mail) to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As set forth in the Agreement, Rights beneficially owned by any Person (as defined in the Agreement) who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Agreement) become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares of the Company represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares of the Company represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Ordinary Shares of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, any Rights associated with such Ordinary Shares of the Company shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares of the Company which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Syneron Medical Ltd.), Rights Agreement (Syneron Medical Ltd.)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) ; or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit or stock ownership plan or of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Ordinary Shares of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, ) of a tender or exchange offer (other than a Permitted Offer) the consummation of which would result in any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Ordinary Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Ordinary Shares of the Company (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights) (the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the balances indicated in the book-entry account system of the transfer agent for the Ordinary Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which Ordinary Shares shall also be deemed to represent Right Certificates) or, in the case of certificated shares, the certificates for Common Ordinary Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesOrdinary Shares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Ordinary Shares of the Company as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Ordinary Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Ordinary Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Ordinary Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. At any time following the Record Date, the Company will send a copy of the Summary of Rights, by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to any record holder of Ordinary Shares who requests a copy of the Summary of Rights, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Ordinary Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by the balances indicated in the book-entry account system of the transfer agent for the Ordinary Shares or, in the case of certificated shares, such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Ordinary Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares of the Company represented thereby. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Ordinary Shares issued (or delivered from the Company’s treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date and shall be evidenced by the following legends: (i) Confirmation and account statements sent to holders of Ordinary Shares in book-entry form (which Ordinary Shares shall also be deemed to represent certificates for Rights) shall bear the following legend: The ordinary shares par value NIS 0.10 per share, of On Track Innovations Ltd. (the “Corporation”) entitle the holder thereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between the Corporation and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company dated as of January 12, 2009 as may be amended from time to time (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by the shares to which this statement relates. The Corporation will mail (or cause the Rights Agent to mail) to the holder of shares to which this statement relates a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge promptly after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to an Acquiring Person and/or any Associate and/or Affiliate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) may be null and void. The Rights shall not be exercisable, and shall be void so long as held, by a holder in any jurisdiction where the requisite qualification for the issuance to such holder, or the exercise by such holder of the Rights in such jurisdiction, shall not have been obtained or be obtainable. With respect to Ordinary Shares in book-entry form for which there has been sent a confirmation or account statement containing the foregoing legend, until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares shall be evidenced by such Ordinary Shares alone and registered holders of Ordinary Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights, and the transfer of any of such Ordinary Shares shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such shares of Ordinary Shares. (ii) In the case of certificated shares, certificates for Ordinary Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Ordinary Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in an Agreement between On Track Innovations Ltd. (the “Corporation”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent, dated as of January 12, 2009 as may be amended from time to time (the “Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Agreement, such Rights (as defined in the Agreement) will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Corporation will mail (or cause the Rights Agent to mail) to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to an Acquiring Person and/or any Associate and/or Affiliate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) may be null and void. The Rights shall not be exercisable, and shall be void so long as held, by a holder in any jurisdiction where the requisite qualification for the issuance to such holder, or the exercise by such holder of the Rights in such jurisdiction, shall not have been obtained or be obtainable. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares of the Company represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares of the Company represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Ordinary Shares of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, any Rights associated with such Ordinary Shares of the Company shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares of the Company which are no longer outstanding, until such Ordinary Shares so purchased by the Company are again outstanding.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (On Track Innovations LTD), Rights Agreement (On Track Innovations LTD)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth day after (10th) Business Day following the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth (10th) Business Day (or such later date date, if any, as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors may determine prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in that any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) commences, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (Shares, in each case, including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights (the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (xA) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b3(c) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and Rights associated with any uncertificated Common Shares will be evidenced (ysubject to the provisions of Section 3(c) hereof) by the registration of such Common Shares in the Company’s share register in the names of the holders thereof (which registration shall also be deemed to be registration of ownership of the associated Rights) and not by separate Right Certificates and (B) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares of the Company. The Company shall promptly notify the Rights Agent in writing upon the occurrence of the Distribution Date and, if such notification is given orally, the Company shall confirm same in writing on or prior to the Business Day next following. Until such written notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may presume conclusively for all purposes that the Distribution Date has not occurred. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, and upon the written request from the Company, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requestedrequested and provided with all necessary information and documents at the expense of the Company, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution DateDate (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so heldheld (subject to adjustment as provided herein). As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company will make available, or cause to be made available (directly, or at the expense of the Company, upon the written request of the Company and after providing all necessary information and documents, through the Rights Agent or the Company’s transfer agent for the Common Shares), as promptly as practicable on or following the Record Date, a Summary of Rights to Purchase Common Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, to any holder of Rights (other than any Acquiring Person or Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person) who may so request from time to time prior to the Expiration Date. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier Expiration Date), the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. With respect to the Company’s uncertificated Common Shares outstanding as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier Expiration Date), the Rights (other than Rights that have been exchanged pursuant to Section 24 hereof) will be evidenced by the registration of such Common Shares in the Company’s share register in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares, and the registration of transfer of ownership of any uncertificated Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares the ownership of which is so transferred. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or from the Company’s treasury, or in connection with a transfer or exchange of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date (or the earlier Expiration Date). Certificates representing such Common Shares shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement dated as of November 16, 2012, by and between Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation (the “Company”) and the Rights Agent thereunder (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, rights issued to any person who becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), including such rights held by a subsequent holder, may become null and void and may no longer be transferable. In the case of the initial transaction statement or subsequent periodic statements with respect to uncertificated Common Shares, such statements shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: The registration in the share register of Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation (the “Company”) of the shares of common stock to which this initial transaction or subsequent periodic statement relates also evidences and entitles the registered holder of such shares to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2012, by and between the Company and the Rights Agent thereunder (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by such registration. The Company will mail to the registered holder of such shares a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, rights issued to any person who becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), including such rights held by a subsequent holder, may become null and void and may no longer be transferable. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date (and with respect to any such Common Shares), any Rights associated with such Common Shares of the Company shall be deemed cancelled and retired such that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company which are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Rights Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Bryn Mawr Bank Corp), Rights Agreement (Bryn Mawr Bank Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or after the date of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares of the Company (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requestedrequested and upon receipt of a list of stockholders of Common Shares together with such stockholders addresses, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first- class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in an Agreement between Patina Oil & Gas Corporation and Mellon Investor Services LLC, dated as of May 25, 2001, as it may be amended from time to time (the "Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Patina Oil & Gas Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Agreement, such Rights (as defined in the Agreement) will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Patina Oil & Gas Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As set forth in the Agreement, Rights beneficially owned by any Person (as defined in the Agreement) who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Agreement) become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares of the Company shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company which are no longer outstanding.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Patina Oil & Gas Corp), Rights Agreement (Patina Oil & Gas Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors Trustees prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or tenth Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-postage- prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Rights Agreement (Northeast Utilities System), Rights Agreement (Northeast Utilities System)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of the --------------------------- Close of Business on (i) the tenth day Business Day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date - Time, or (ii) the tenth Business Day (Day, or such specified or unspecified later -- date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) of the Company, after the date of the commencement ofof (as determined by reference to Rule 14d- 2(a), as in effect under the Exchange Act on the Record Date), or of the first public announcement of the intention intent of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any entity holding Common Shares for Person organized, appointed or established by the Company or such Subsidiary as a fiduciary pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a employee benefit plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner to commence (which intention to commence remains in effect for five Business Days after such announcement), a tender or exchange offer for an amount of Common Shares Stock of the Company aggregating which, together with the shares of such stock already owned by such Person, constitutes 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares Stock of the Company (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights) (the earlier of such dates described in clauses (i) and (ii) above being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced - (subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 3(b) hereof3) by the certificates for shares of Common Shares Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof of Common Stock (which certificates for Com mon Stock shall also be deemed also to be Right Certificatescertificates for Rights) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the - right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Sharesthe underlying Com mon Stock. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersignsend, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-first class, insured, postage-postage- prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares Stock as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each share of Common Share Stock so held. As , subject to adjustment as provided herein and to the provisions of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.Section 14(a) here-

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Guarantee Life Companies Inc), Rights Agreement (Guarantee Life Companies Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date (or, if the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date occurs before the Record Date, the Close of Business on the Record Date) or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company shall determine prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, that a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, administrator or fiduciary of any such a planplan appointed by the Company) becoming is first published or sent or given within the Beneficial Owner meaning of Common Shares Rule 14d-2(a) of the Company aggregating 15% or more of General Rules and Regulations under the then outstanding Common Shares Exchange Act, if upon consummation thereof, such Person would become an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof)) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right CertificatesCertificates (or, for shares participating in the direct registration system, by notations in the respective book entry accounts for the Common Stock), and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share of the Company so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will make available a Summary of Rights to Purchase Common Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the earlier of the Final Expiration Date or the Redemption Date. With respect to certificates for Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates for the Common Shares of the Company (or, in the case of shares reflected on the direct registration system, the notations in the book entry account) and the registered holders of Common Sharers of the Company shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares of the Company that become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this Section 3(c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in the Rights Agreement between AgFeed Industries, Inc. and Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., dated as of August 10, 2012, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of AgFeed Industries, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Agreement, such Rights (as defined in the Agreement) will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. AgFeed Industries, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As set forth in the Agreement, Rights Beneficially Owned by any Person (as defined in the Agreement) who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Agreement) become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. Similarly, during such time periods, transfers of shares participating in the direct registration system shall also be deemed to be transfers of the associated Rights. In the case of any shares participating in the direct registration system, the Company shall cause the transfer agent for the Common Shares of the Company to include on each direct registration account statement with respect thereto issued prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date a notation to the effect that references to Common Shares of the Company also includes the associated Rights. To the extent that Common Shares of the Company are not represented by certificates, references in this Agreement to certificates shall be deemed to refer to the notations in the book entry accounts reflecting ownership of such shares. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares of the Company shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company which are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Rights Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (AgFeed Industries, Inc.), Rights Agreement (AgFeed Industries, Inc.)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day business day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1510% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which that is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.so

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Samples: Rights Agreement (State Street Corp), Rights Agreement (State Street Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's ’s Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the Acquisition Date or the tenth day Business Day after the commencement or Business Dayannouncement date, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company has prepared a Summary of Rights to Purchase Common Shares, attached as Exhibit B hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), a copy of which is available free of charge from the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares of the Company that become outstanding (including, without limitation, certificates for reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this Section 3(c) and certificates issued on the transfer of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the following form: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between First Business Financial Services, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., dated as of June 5, 2008, and as such agreement may be amended (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of First Business Financial Services, Inc. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. First Business Financial Services, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights issued to, or held by, an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether held by such person or any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (First Business Financial Services, Inc.), Rights Agreement (First Business Financial Services, Inc.)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit or stock ownership plan or of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Ordinary Shares of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, ) of a tender or exchange offer (other than a Permitted Offer) the consummation of which would result in any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Ordinary Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Ordinary Shares of the Company (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights) (the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the balances indicated in the book-entry account system of the transfer agent for the Ordinary Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which Ordinary Shares shall also be deemed to represent Right Certificates) or, in the case of certificated shares, the certificates for Common Ordinary Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesOrdinary Shares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Ordinary Shares of the Company as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution DateDate (except for the Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Ordinary Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Ordinary Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (the "Summary of Rights”), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Ordinary Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. At any time following the Record Date, the Company will send a copy of the Summary of Rights, by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to any record holder of Ordinary Shares who requests a copy of the Summary of Rights, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Ordinary Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by the balances indicated in the book-entry account system of the transfer agent for the Ordinary Shares or, in the case of certificated shares, such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Ordinary Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares of the Company represented thereby. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Ordinary Shares issued (or delivered from the Company’s treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date and shall be evidenced by the following legends: (i) Confirmation and account statements sent to holders of Ordinary Shares in book-entry form (which Ordinary Shares shall also be deemed to represent certificates for Rights) shall bear the following legend: The ordinary shares par value NIS 0.01 per share, of Syneron Medical Ltd. (the “Corporation”) entitle the holder thereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between the Corporation and AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, dated as of December 31, 2010 (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by the shares to which this statement relates. The Corporation will mail (or cause the Rights Agent to mail) to the holder of shares to which this statement relates a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge promptly after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) may be null and void. The Rights shall not be exercisable, and shall be void so long as held, by a holder in any jurisdiction where the requisite qualification for the issuance to such holder, or the exercise by such holder of the Rights in such jurisdiction, shall not have been obtained or be obtainable. With respect to Ordinary Shares in book-entry form for which there has been sent a confirmation or account statement containing the foregoing legend, until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares shall be evidenced by such Ordinary Shares alone and registered holders of Ordinary Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights, and the transfer of any of such Ordinary Shares shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such shares of Ordinary Shares. (ii) In the case of certificated shares, certificates for Ordinary Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Ordinary Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in an Agreement between Syneron Medical Ltd. (the “Corporation”) and AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, as Rights Agent, dated as of December 31, 2010, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Agreement, such Rights (as defined in the Agreement) will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Corporation will mail (or cause the Rights Agent to mail) to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As set forth in the Agreement, Rights beneficially owned by any Person (as defined in the Agreement) who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Agreement) become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares of the Company represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares of the Company represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Ordinary Shares of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, any Rights associated with such Ordinary Shares of the Company shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares of the Company which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Syneron Medical Ltd.), Rights Agreement (Syneron Medical Ltd.)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth fifteenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth fifteenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, ) of a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1510% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares of the Company (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the tenth day or Business Daycontrary, a Distribution Date shall not be deemed to have occurred solely as the case may beresult, after directly or indirectly, of (i) the pertinent date occurs before approval, execution, delivery or performance of the Record DateMerger Agreement, "Distribution Date" shall mean (ii) the Record Dateconsummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by the Merger Agreement or (iii) the public announcement of any of the foregoing), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in an Agreement between August Technology Corporation and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., dated as of June 27, 2005, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of August Technology Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Agreement, such Rights (as defined in the Agreement) will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. August Technology Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As set forth in the Agreement, Rights beneficially owned by any Person (as defined in the Agreement) who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Agreement) become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares of the Company shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company which are no longer outstanding. (d) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give any holder of Rights or any other Person any legal or equitable rights, remedies or claims under this Agreement by virtue of (i) the approval, execution, delivery or performance of the Merger Agreement, (ii) the consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by the Merger Agreement or (iii) the public announcement of any of the foregoing.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (August Technology Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth day after (10th) Business Day following the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth (10th) Business Day (or such later date date, if any, as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors may determine prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in that any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) commences, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1510% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (Shares, in each case, including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights (the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (xA) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b3(c) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and Rights associated with any uncertificated Common Shares will be evidenced (ysubject to the provisions of Section 3(c) hereof) by the registration of such Common Shares in the Company’s share register in the names of the holders thereof (which registration shall also be deemed to be registration of ownership of the associated Rights) and not by separate Right Certificates and (B) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so heldheld (subject to adjustment as provided herein). As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company will make available, or cause to be made available, as promptly as practicable on or following the Record Date, a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the Expiration Date. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date), the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares, and the registration of transfer of ownership of any uncertificated Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares the ownership of which is so transferred. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or from the Company’s treasury, or in connection with a transfer or exchange of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date (or the earlier Expiration Date). Certificates representing such Common Shares shall bear the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in the Rights Agreement dated as of September 6, 2011 by and between Central European Distribution Corporation (the “Company”) and the Rights Agent thereunder (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, rights issued to any person who becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), including such rights held by a subsequent holder, may become null and void and may no longer be transferable. In the case of the initial transaction statement or subsequent periodic statements with respect to uncertificated Common Shares, such statement shall bear the following legend: The registration in the share register of Central European Distribution Corporation (the “Company”) of the shares of common stock to which this initial transaction or subsequent periodic statement relates also evidences and entitles the registered holder of such shares to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2011, by and between the Company and the Rights Agent thereunder (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by such registration. The Company will mail to the registered holder of such shares a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, rights issued to any person who becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), including such rights held by a subsequent holder, may become null and void and may no longer be transferable. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier Expiration Date), the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. With respect to such initial transaction statement or subsequent periodic statements containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier Expiration Date), the Rights associated with such Common Shares with respect to which such statements are issued shall be evidenced solely by the registration of ownership of such Common Shares in the share register of the Company, and the registration of transfer of ownership in such share register shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares the ownership of which is so transferred. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date (and with respect to any such Common Shares), any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired such that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Rights Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Central European Distribution Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Acquisi- tion Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of (determined in accordance with Rule 14d-2 under the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in Exchange Act) by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer (which intention to commence remains in effect for five Business Days after such announcement), the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights, the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the Rights (and the right to receive 6 Right Certificates therefor) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Distri- bution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially substan- tially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to the adjustment provisions of Section 11 of this Rights Agreement. As of the Distribution Distri- bution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send (directly or through the Rights Agent or its transfer agent) a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distri- bution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date shall also consti- tute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Somatogen, Inc. (the "Company") and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C. as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent"), dated as of June 5, 1997, as amended from time to time (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of 7 this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As described in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and certain related persons, whether currently held by or on behalf of such Person or by any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding. Notwith- standing this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Rights Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Somatogen Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth Close of Business on the 15th day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Close of Business Day on the 15th day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement (as such term is defined in Rule 14d-2 of the intention General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act) by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Person Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to commence, the terms of any such plan) relating to a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more (or with respect to the Principal Stockholder, 17.5% or more) of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which that is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights, the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right CertificatesCertificates where the context so requires) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requestedrequested and provided with all necessary information, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a one or more Right CertificateCertificates, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "the “Right Certificate"Certificates”), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 11(i). In the event that an adjustment in the number of Rights per Common Share has been made pursuant to Section 11(i), at the time Right Certificates are distributed, the Company may, to the extent provided in Section 14(a), make the necessary and appropriate adjustments (as set forth in Section 14(a)) so that Right Certificates are distributed representing only whole numbers of Rights and pay cash in lieu of fractional Rights pursuant to Section 14(a) As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof, and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding after the Record Date and (i) prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date or (ii) upon the exercise or conversion, prior to the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, of any option or other security exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares, which option or other security is outstanding on the Distribution Date, shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Rogue Wave Software, Inc. and Mellon Investor Services LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, as Rights Agent, dated as of January 6, 2003 (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which (including restrictions on the transfer of such Rights) are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file with the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor to its Secretary from such holder. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights that are or were acquired or beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Rogue Wave Software Inc /Or/)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of the Close of Business on (i) the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date date, if any, as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) of the Company after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, Certificates and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company will make available, as promptly as practicable following the Record Date, a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the Expiration Date. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall Table of Contents also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or from the Company’s treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date. Certificates representing such Common Shares shall bear the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Spacehab, Incorporated (the “Company”) and the Rights Agent thereunder (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, rights issued to any person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the rights agreement), including such rights held by a subsequent holder, may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Spacehab Inc \Wa\)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Pentair Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the close of business on the tenth day Business Day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to but in no event later than the tenth Business Day after such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, that a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan or compensation arrangement of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any entity holding Common Shares securities of the Company to the extent organized, appointed or established by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such planemployee benefit plan or compensation arrangement) is first published or sent or given within the meaning of Rule 14d-2(a) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, without the Prior Written Approval of the Company, which tender or exchange offer would result in any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company Voting Power aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares Voting Power (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (xy) the Rights each WorldCom Right and each MCI Right will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 3(b) hereof3) by the certificates for Common Shares representing shares of WorldCom Group Stock and MCI Group Stock, respectively, registered in the names of the holders thereof of WorldCom Group Stock and MCI Group Stock, respectively, (which certificates for WorldCom Group Stock and MCI Group Stock shall also be deemed also to be WorldCom Right Certificates and MCI Rights Certificates, respectively) and not by separate Right Certificates, as more fully set forth below, and (yz) the WorldCom Rights (and the right to receive Right Certificates certificates therefor) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Sharesthe underlying shares of WorldCom Group Stock and the MCI Rights (and the right to receive certificates therefor) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying shares of MCI Group Stock, as more fully set forth below. As soon as practicable after the Company has notified the Rights Agent of the occurrence of the Distribution Date, the Company will shall prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent willshall countersign and send, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificateright certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a the "WorldCom Right Certificate"), evidencing one WorldCom Right for each Common Share share of WorldCom Group Stock so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein, and a right certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "MCI Right Certificate", together with the WorldCom Right Certificate, the "Right Certificates"), evidencing one MCI Right for each share of MCI Group Stock so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, expiration or termination of the Rights), the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates for the Common Stock registered in the names of the holders of the Common Stock and the registered holders of the Common Stock shall also be registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, expiration or termination of the Rights), the surrender for transfer of any of the certificates for the Common Stock outstanding in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificate. (c) Certificates for the Common Stock issued prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date or the redemption, expiration or termination of the Rights shall be deemed also to be certificates for Rights and shall have impressed, printed or written on, or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Restated Rights Agreement dated as of June 7, 2001 between WorldCom, Inc. (the "Company") and The Bank of New York (the "Rights Agreement"), as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights may expire or may be redeemed, exchanged or be evidenced by separate certificates and no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge promptly after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, Rights issued to or held by Acquiring Persons or their Affiliates or Associates (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and any subsequent holder of such Rights may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, expiration or termination of the Rights), the Rights associated with Common Stock represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any of such certificates shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with Common Stock represented by such certificates. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Stock prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Stock shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with shares of Common Stock which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Worldcom Inc/ga//)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's ’s Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share of the Company so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company has prepared a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, attached as Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), a copy of which is available free of charge from the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares of the Company that become outstanding (including, without limitation, certificates for reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c) and certificates issued on the transfer of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the following form: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Xxxxxxx Petroleum Corporation and Computershare Trust Company, Inc., dated as of February 23, 2006 and as such agreement may be amended (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Xxxxxxx Petroleum Corporation Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Xxxxxxx Petroleum Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether held by such person or any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Whiting Petroleum Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth Close of Business on the 15th day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Close of Business Day on the 15th day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement (as defined in Rule 14d-2(a) of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer General Rules and Regulations under the consummation of which would result in Exchange Act) by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares shares of Voting Capital Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) relating to a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in beneficial ownership by a Person (other than the Company, or any trusteeSubsidiary of the Company, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating or of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding shares of Voting Capital Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of 15% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding Common Shares shares of Voting Capital Stock (including in either case any such date which that is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights, the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right CertificatesCertificates where the context so requires) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a one or more Right CertificateCertificates, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "the “Right Certificate"Certificates”), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 11(i). In the event that an adjustment in the number of Rights per Common Share has been made pursuant to Section 11(i), at the time Right Certificates are distributed, the Company may, to the extent provided in Section 14(a), make the necessary and appropriate adjustments (as set forth in Section 14(a)) so that Right Certificates are distributed representing only whole numbers of Rights and pay cash in lieu of fractional Rights pursuant to Section 14(a). As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof, and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding after the Record Date and (i) prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date or (ii) upon the exercise or conversion, prior to the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, of any option or other security exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares, which option or other security is outstanding on the Distribution Date, shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between IsoRay, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company N.A., dated as of February 1, 2007 (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which (including restrictions on the transfer of such Rights) are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file with the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor to its Secretary from such holder. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights that are or were acquired or beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares that are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (IsoRay, Inc.)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until The Rights will be evidenced (subject to the earlier provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates (as defined below)) and not by separate Right Certificates, and the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying shares of Common Stock (including a transfer to the Company) until the earliest to occur of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonDirectors) after the date of the commencement by any Person (other than the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person (other than the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to commencethe terms of any such plan) to commence (which intention to commence remains in effect for five Business Days after such announcement), a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (other than including, in the Companycase of both clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 3(a), any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights) (the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"); provided, however, that if the tenth day tender or Business Day, as exchange offer referred to in clause (ii) above is terminated prior to the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record occurrence of a Distribution Date, "then no Distribution Date" Date shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions occur as a result of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Sharessuch tender offer. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, and the Rights Agent will countersigncountersign and send, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent willsent, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Shares Stock as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, substantially in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each share of Common Share Stock so held. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company shall file the full text of this Agreement and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights") with the Securities and Exchange Commission. With respect to certificates for the Common Stock, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for the Common Stock shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock. (c) Certificates issued for Common Stock which become outstanding after the date hereof (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Stock referred to in the last sentence of Section 3(c)) prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, shall be deemed also to be certificates for Rights and from and after the date hereof shall bear the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in an Amended and Restated Shareholder Rights Agreement between El Paso Energy Corporation (the "Company") and BankBoston, N.A. (the "Rights Agent") dated as of January 20, 1999 (the "Shareholder Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Shareholder Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Shareholder Rights Agreement without charge after receipt by the Company's corporate secretary of a written request therefor from such holder. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Shareholder Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, any Person who is, was or becomes an Interested Stockholder (as defined in the Shareholder Rights Agreement) and any subsequent holder may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificates shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any shares of Common Stock prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such shares of Common Stock shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Stock which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Shareholder Rights Agreement (El Paso Energy Corp/De)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person (other than the Company, or any trusteewholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating or of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in beneficial ownership by a Person of 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares of the Company (including in either case any such date which is on or after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b3(c) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Rights Certificates) and not by separate Right Rights Certificates, and (y) the Rights (and the right to receive Right Certificates Rights Certificates) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent Agents will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Rights Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will shall be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) As soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on August 23, 2007, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of August 23, 2007, until the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption, expiration, exchange or termination of the Rights), the Rights shall be evidenced by such certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption, expiration, exchange or termination of the Rights), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on August 23, 2007, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the date of this Agreement, but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration Date shall have impressed, printed, written, stamped or otherwise affixed on to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in the Third Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. and Wxxxx Fargo Bank, N. A., dated August 23, 2007 (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to or held by any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person or any Affiliates or Associates thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption, expiration, exchange or termination of the Rights), the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Harvest Natural Resources, Inc.)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier latest of (A) (i) the tenth day Business Day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement (as defined in Rule 14d-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) by any Person (other than an Exempt Person) of the intention of any Person making of, or intent to commencemake, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a planan Exempt Person) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares Shares, whichever is earlier, (B) such date or the occurrence of such event thereafter which is on or after the Record Date, as may be determined by action of the Board of Directors prior to the Distribution Date as determined by the earlier of (A)(i) or (A)(ii), or (C) such date or the occurrence of such event thereafter as may be determined by action of the Board of Directors from time to time prior to the date or the occurrence of such event on which the Distribution Date would have occurred, but for the most recent determination by the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 3(a) (including in either case any such date which that is after the date of this Agreement and prior to before the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier latest of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof)) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right CertificatesCertificates when the context so requires) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, at the expense of the Company, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a one or more Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), Certificates evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 11(i). If an adjustment in the number of Rights per Common Share has been made pursuant to Section 11(i), at the time Right Certificates are distributed, the Company may, to the extent provided in Section 14(a), make the necessary and appropriate rounding adjustments (as set forth in Section 14(a)) so that Right Certificates are distributed representing only whole numbers of Rights and pay cash in lieu of fractional Rights pursuant to Section 14(a). As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of the Summary of Rights by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the earliest of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the earliest of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date, the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares (including without limitation the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date), with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares evidenced thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares that become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date or as provided in Section 22 of this Agreement, shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Entegris, Inc. and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as Rights Agent, dated as of July 26, 2005, as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented pursuant to its terms (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor from such holder. Under certain circumstances, Rights that are or were acquired or beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the earliest of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares that are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Entegris Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date Date, or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) is first published or sent or given within the meaning of Rule 14d-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, or any trusteeif upon consummation thereof, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming Person would be the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates, as defined below) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the Rights (and the right to receive Right Certificates Certificates) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares (including a transfer to the Company) as more fully set out below. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, execute and the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto hereto (a "" Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right right for each Common Share so held, subject to amendment as provided herein. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or Final Expiration Date (as such terms are defined in Section 7 hereof)), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date, but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement, as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended, between Drug Emporium, Inc. and The Huntington National Bank (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Drug Emporium, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such rights may be redeemed or exchanged, may expire, or may be evidenced by separate certificates and no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Drug Emporium, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by any person who becomes an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) and any subsequent holder of such Rights may become null and void. With respect to such certificates representing Common Shares (whether or not such certificates contain the foregoing legend), until the earlier of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Drug Emporium Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's ’s Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day after the Acquisition Date or the tenth Business DayDay after the commencement or announcement, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares; provided, however, that if a tender or exchange offer is terminated prior to the occurrence of Distribution Date, then no Distribution Date shall occur as a result of such tender or exchange offer. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company has prepared a Summary of Common Share Purchase Rights, attached as Exhibit B hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), a copy of which is available free of charge from the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares that become outstanding (including, without limitation, certificates for reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this Section 3(c) and certificates issued on the transfer of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the following form: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Xxxxxx Co., Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, dated as of October 9, 2009, and as such agreement may be amended (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Xxxxxx Co., Inc. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Xxxxxx Co., Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights issued to, or beneficially owned by, an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether beneficially owned by such person or any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Ladish Co Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day day (or such later date as may be determined by action of a majority of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention intent of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any entity holding Common Shares securities of the Company to the extent organized, appointed or established by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a employee benefit plan) to commence (which intention to commence remains in effect for five Business Days after such announcement), without the prior written approval of a majority of the Board of Directors, a tender or exchange offer which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15securities representing 20% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares Voting Power of the Company (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), ): (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 3(b) hereof3) by the certificates for the Common Shares Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof of the Common Stock (which certificates for Common Stock shall also be deemed also to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, as more fully set forth below, and (y) the Rights (and the right to receive Right Certificates certificates therefor) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying shares of Common SharesStock, as more fully set forth below. As soon as practicable after the Company has notified the Rights Agent of the occurrence of the Distribution Date, the Company will shall prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent willshall countersign and send, if requestedat the expense of the Company, send) by first-class, insured, postage-postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Shares Stock as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificateright certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a the "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each share --------- of Common Share Stock so held. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of --------- Rights"), by first-class postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Stock as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for the Common Stock outstanding as of the Record Date until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, exchange, expiration or termination of the Rights), the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates for the Common Stock registered in the names of the holders of the Common Stock and the registered holders of the Common Stock shall also be registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, exchange, expiration or termination of the Rights), the surrender for transfer of any of the certificates for the Common Stock outstanding in respect of which Rights have been issued (with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto) shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificate. (c) Certificates for the Common Stock issued after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date or the redemption, expiration or termination of the Rights shall be deemed also to be certificates for Rights and shall have impressed, printed or written on, or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. and the Rights Agent, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge promptly following receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, Rights beneficially owned by Acquiring Persons (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and any subsequent holder of such Rights, may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, exchange, expiration or termination of the Rights), the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any of such certificates shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificates. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Stock after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Stock shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Stock which are no longer outstanding. Upon reissuance of such Common Stock by the Company prior to the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption, exchange, expiration or termination of the Rights), the Rights shall again attach to such Common Stock as set forth in this Section 3(c).

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Mercantile Bancorporation Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (Day, or such later date as may be determined by action resolution of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) Directors, after the date of the commencement by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any Benefit Plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the an intention of any Person (other than the Persons referred to commencein the preceding parenthetical) to make, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (other than including, in the Companycase of both (i) and (ii), any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights), the earlier of such dates (i) and (ii) being herein referred to as the "Distribution DateDISTRIBUTION DATE"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection simultaneously and together with the transfer of the underlying Common Shares, provided, however, that if a tender or exchange offer is terminated prior to the occurrence of a Distribution Date, then no Distribution Date shall occur as a result of such tender or exchange offer. Until the 104 Distribution Date, the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares. As soon as is practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) ), by first-class, insured, postage-postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificateone or more right certificates, in substantially the form of attached hereto as Exhibit B hereto (a the "Right CertificateRIGHT CERTIFICATES"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) As promptly as practicable following the Record Date, the Company will send a copy of the Summary of Rights by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares evidenced thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this Section 3(c)) after the Record Date but prior to the Expiration Date shall be deemed also to be certificates for Rights and shall bear the following legend: 105 This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Celadon Group, Inc. and Fleet National Bank dated as of July 12, 2000, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Celadon Group, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Celadon Group, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, any Person who is, was or becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and certain related Persons, whether currently held by or on behalf of such Person or by any subsequent holder, may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone and registered owners of Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Celadon Group Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of the Close of Business on (i) the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date date, if any, as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) of the Company after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, Certificates and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company will make available, as promptly as practicable following the Record Date, a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the Expiration Date. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or from the Company's treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date. Certificates representing such Common Shares shall bear the following legend: THIS CERTIFICATE ALSO EVIDENCES AND ENTITLES THE HOLDER HEREOF TO CERTAIN RIGHTS AS SET FORTH IN A RIGHTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN CYTOGEN CORPORATION (THE "COMPANY") AND THE RIGHTS AGENT THEREUNDER (THE "RIGHTS AGREEMENT"), THE TERMS OF WHICH ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AND A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICES OF THE COMPANY. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, SUCH RIGHTS WILL BE EVIDENCED BY SEPARATE CERTIFICATES AND WILL NO LONGER BE EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE. THE COMPANY WILL MAIL TO THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE A COPY OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE AFTER RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN REQUEST THEREFOR. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, RIGHTS ISSUED TO ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT), INCLUDING SUCH RIGHTS HELD BY A SUBSEQUENT HOLDER, MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Cytogen Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i1) the tenth day after close of business on the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1520% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that if the Shares Acquisition Date or tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" Date shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, and at the expense of the Company, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Payment Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Common Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, certificates for reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c) and certificates issued on the transfer of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the following form: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between IFR Systems, Inc. and Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, as Rights Agent, dated as of February 28,1999, and as such agreement may be amended (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of IFR Systems, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. IFR Systems, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether held by such person or any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Ifr Systems Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of the close of business on (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date Date, or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company (including without limitation the Employee Plans) or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company (including without limitation the Employee Plans) or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1510% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (irrespective of whether any Common Shares are actually purchased pursuant to such offer) (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the earlier Rights), (the earliest of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof regardless of whether a copy of the Summary of Rights is attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Heritage Commerce Corp and GEMISYS Corporation, dated as of November 1, 2001 (the ``Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Heritage Commerce Corp. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Heritage Commerce Corp will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with such Common Shares while they are not outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Heritage Commerce Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day business day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of (determined in accordance with Rule 14d-2 under the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in Exchange Act) by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1520% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights, the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the Rights (and the right to receive Right Certificates therefor) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Exabyte Corporation and The First National Bank of Boston, dated as of January 24, 1991, as amended from time to time (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Exabyte Corporation Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Exabyte Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As described in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Exabyte Corp /De/)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1520% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and Rights associated with any uncertificated Common Shares will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the registration of the Common Shares in the Company's share register in the names of the holders thereof (which registration shall also be deemed to be registration of ownershiop of the associated Rights) and not by separate Rights Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, at the expense of the Company, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. With respect to uncertificated Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by the registration of the Common Shares in the Company's share register in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between CSX Corporation and Xxxxxx Trust Company of New York, dated as of May 29, 1998 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of CSX Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. CSX Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. and, in the case of the initial transaction or subsequent periodic statements with respect to uncertificated Common Shares, the following legend: The registration in the share register of CSX Corporation of the shares of common stock to which this initial transaction or subsequent periodic statement relates also evidences and entitles the registered holder of such shares to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between CSX Corporation and Xxxxxx Trust Company of New York, dated as of May 29, 1998 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of CSX Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by such registration. CSX Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. With respect to such initial transaction or subsequent periodic statements containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares with respect to which such statements are issued shall be evidenced solely by the registration of ownership of such Common Shares in the share register of the Company, and the registration of transfer of ownership in such share register shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares whose ownership is so transferred. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (CSX Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of (determined in accordance with Rule 14d-2 under the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in Exchange Act) by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer (which intention to commence remains in effect for five Business Days after such announcement), the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights, the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the Rights (and the right to receive Right Certificates therefor) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-postage- prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to the adjustment provisions of Section 11 of this Rights Agreement. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send (directly or through the Rights Agent or its transfer agent) a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage- prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Evolving Systems, Inc. (the "Corporation") and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent"), dated as of February 23, 1999, as amended from time to time (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor addressed to the Secretary of the Corporation. As described in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and certain related persons, whether currently held by or on behalf of such Person or by any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Rights Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Evolving Systems Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day day (or such later date as may be determined by action of a majority of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention intent of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any entity holding Common Shares securities of the Company to the extent organized, appointed or established by the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan, Dr. Xxxxxxx X. Kasten or the voting trustee of that certain Voting Trust dated as of October 10, 1997, as may be amended from time to time) to commence (which intention to commence remains in effect for five Business Days after such announcement), without the prior written approval of a majority of the Board of Directors, a tender or exchange offer which would result in any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15securities representing 20% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares Voting Power of the Company (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), ): (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 3(b) hereof3) by the certificates for the Common Shares Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof of the Common Stock (which certificates for Common Stock shall also be deemed also to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, as more fully set forth below, and (y) the Rights (and the right to receive Right Certificates certificates therefor) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying shares of Common SharesStock, as more fully set forth below. As soon as practicable after the Company has notified the Rights Agent of the occurrence of the Distribution Date, the Company will shall prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent willshall countersign and send, if requestedat the expense of the Company, send) by first-class, insured, postage-postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Shares Stock as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificateright certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a the "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each share of Common Share Stock so held. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Stock as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for the Common Stock outstanding as of the Record Date until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, exchange, expiration or termination of the Rights), the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates for the Common Stock registered in the names of the holders of the Common Stock and the registered holders of the Common Stock shall also be registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, exchange, expiration or termination of the Rights), the surrender for transfer of any of the certificates for the Common Stock outstanding in respect of which Rights have been issued (with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto) shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificate. (c) Certificates for the Common Stock issued after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date or the redemption, expiration or termination of the Rights shall be deemed also to be certificates for Rights and shall have impressed, printed or written on, or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Unified Financial Services, Inc. and the Rights Agent, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Unified Financial Services, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Unified Financial Services, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge promptly following receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, Rights beneficially owned by Acquiring Persons (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and any subsequent holder of such Rights, may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, exchange, expiration or termination of the Rights), the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any of such certificates shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificates. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Stock after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Stock shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Stock which are no longer outstanding. Upon reissuance of such Common Stock by the Company prior to the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption, exchange, expiration or termination of the Rights), the Rights shall again attach to such Common Stock as set forth in this Section 3(c).

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Unified Financial Services Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of (determined in accordance with Rule 14d-2 under the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in Exchange Act) by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer (which intention to commence remains in effect for five Business Days after such announcement), the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights, the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the Rights (and the right to receive Right Certificates therefor) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to the adjustment provisions of Section 11 of this Rights Agreement. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send (directly or through the Rights Agent or its transfer agent) a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Xxxxxx Interactive Systems, Inc. (the "Company") and Fleet National Bank, a National Banking Association, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent"), dated as of June 1, 2000, as amended from time to time (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As described in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and certain related persons, whether currently held by or on behalf of such Person or by any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Rights Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Walker Interactive Systems Inc)

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Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of (determined in accordance with Rule 14d-2 under the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in Exchange Act) by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights, the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the Rights (and the right to receive Right Certificates therefor) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. In the event that an adjustment in the number of Rights per Common Share has been made pursuant to Section 11(p) hereof, at the time of distribution of the Right Certificates, the Company may make the necessary and appropriate rounding adjustments (in accordance with Section 14(a) hereof) so that Right Certificates representing only whole numbers of Rights are distributed and cash is paid in lieu of any fractional Rights. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by 5 9 such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with the Summary of Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or, if earlier, the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Nellcor Puritan Bennxxx Xxxorporated and The First National Bank of Boston, dated as of September 1, 1992, as amended from time to time (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Nellcor Puritan Bennxxx Xxxorporated. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Nellcor Puritan Bennxxx Xxxorporated will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, RIGHTS ISSUED TO, OR HELD BY, ANY PERSON WHO IS, WAS OR BECOMES AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR ANY AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE THEREOF (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT), WHETHER CURRENTLY HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF SUCH PERSON OR BY ANY SUBSEQUENT HOLDER, MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Nellcor Puritan Bennett Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's ’s Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Record Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share of the Company so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company has prepared a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, attached as Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), a copy of which is available free of charge from the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares of the Company that become outstanding (including, without limitation, certificates for reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c) and certificates issued on the transfer of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the following form: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Xxxxxx Highland Group, Inc. and The Bank of New York, dated as of February 2, 2005, and as such agreement may be amended (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Xxxxxx Highland Group, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Xxxxxx Highland Group, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether held by such person or any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Hudson Highland Group Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until The Rights will be evidenced by the earlier certificates for Common Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates (as defined below)) and not by separate Right Certificates, and the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying shares of Common Stock (including a transfer to the Company), until the earliest to occur of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonDirectors) after the date of the commencement by any Person (other than the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person (other than the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to commencethe terms of any such plan) to commence (which intention to commence remains in effect for five Business Days after such announcement), a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (other than including, in the Companycase of both clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 3(a), any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights) (the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"); provided, however, that if the tenth day tender or Business Day, as exchange offer referred to in clause (ii) above is terminated prior to the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record occurrence of a Distribution Date, "then no Distribution Date" Date shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions occur as a result of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Sharessuch tender offer. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, and the Rights Agent will countersigncountersign and send, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent willsent, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Shares Stock as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, substantially in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each share of Common Share Stock so held. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) Certificates issued for Common Stock which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Stock referred to in the last sentence of Section 3(b)) prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, shall be deemed also to be certificates for Rights and from and after the date hereof shall bear the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Stockholder Rights Agreement between xxxxxxxx.xxx, inc. (the "Company") and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the "Rights Agent") dated as of October __, 1998 (the "Stockholder Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Stockholder Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Stockholder Rights Agreement without charge after receipt by the Company's corporate secretary of a written request therefor from such holder. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Stockholder Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, any Person who is, was or becomes an Interested Stockholder (as defined in the Stockholder Rights Agreement) and any subsequent holder may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificates shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any shares of Common Stock prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such shares of Common Stock shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Stock which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Stockholder Rights Agreement (Theglobe Com Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of the Close --------------------------- of Business on the tenth day (or such other date as the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine) after (i) the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, Certificates and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company will make available, as promptly as practicable following the Record Date, a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the Expiration Date. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or from the Company's treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date. Certificates representing such Common Shares shall bear the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (the "Company") and the Rights Agent thereunder (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, rights issued to any person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the rights agreement), including such rights held by a subsequent holder, may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Lifepoint Hospitals Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of (determined in accordance with Rule 14d-2 under the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in Exchange Act) by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer (which intention to commence remains in effect for five Business Days after such announcement), the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights, the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the Rights (and the right to receive Right Certificates therefor) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to the adjustment provisions of Section 11 of this Rights Agreement. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send (directly or through the Rights Agent or its transfer agent) a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first- class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Dionex Corporation (the "Corporation") and BankBoston, N.A., as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent"), dated as of June 27, 1999, as amended from time to time (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor addressed to the Secretary of the Corporation. As described in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and certain related persons, whether currently held by or on behalf of such Person or by any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Rights Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Dionex Corp /De)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day day (or such later date as may be determined by action of a majority of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention intent of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any entity holding Common Shares securities of the Company to the extent organized, appointed or established by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a employee benefit plan) to commence (which intention to commence remains in effect for five Business Days after such announcement), without the prior written approval of a majority of the Board of Directors, a tender or exchange offer which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15securities representing 20% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares Voting Power of the Company (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), ): (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 3(b) hereof3) by the certificates for the Common Shares Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof of the Common Stock (which certificates for Common Stock shall also be deemed also to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, as more fully set forth below, and (y) the Rights (and the right to receive Right Certificates certificates therefor) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying shares of Common SharesStock, as more fully set forth below. As soon as practicable after the Company has notified the Rights Agent of the occurrence of the Distribution Date, the Company will shall prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent willshall countersign and send, if requestedat the expense of the Company, send) by first-class, insured, postage-postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Shares Stock as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificateright certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a the "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each share of Common Share Stock so held. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Stock as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for the Common Stock outstanding as of the Record Date until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, exchange, expiration or termination of the Rights), the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates for the Common Stock registered in the names of the holders of the Common Stock and the registered holders of the Common Stock shall also be registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, exchange, expiration or termination of the Rights), the surrender for transfer of any of the certificates for the Common Stock outstanding in respect of which Rights have been issued (with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto) shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificate. (c) Certificates for the Common Stock issued after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date or the redemption, expiration or termination of the Rights shall be deemed also to be certificates for Rights and shall have impressed, printed or written on, or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. and the Rights Agent, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge promptly following receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, Rights beneficially owned by Acquiring Persons (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and any subsequent holder of such Rights, may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, exchange, expiration or termination of the Rights), the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any of such certificates shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificates. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Stock after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Stock shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Stock which are no longer outstanding. Upon reissuance of such Common Stock by the Company prior to the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption, exchange, expiration or termination of the Rights), the Rights shall again attach to such Common Stock as set forth in this Section 3(c).

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Mercantile Bancorporation Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth day after (10th) Business Day following the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth (10th) Business Day (or such later date date, if any, as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors may determine prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in that any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) commences, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (Shares, in each case, including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights (the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (xA) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b3(c) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and Rights associated with any uncertificated Common Shares will be evidenced (ysubject to the provisions of Section 3(c) hereof) by the registration of such Common Shares in the Company’s share register in the names of the holders thereof (which registration shall also be deemed to be registration of ownership of the associated Rights) and not by separate Right Certificates and (B) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so heldheld (subject to adjustment as provided herein). As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company will make available, or cause to be made available, as promptly as practicable on or following the Record Date, a Summary of Rights to Purchase Common Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the Expiration Date. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier Expiration Date), the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. With respect to uncertificated Common Shares outstanding as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier Expiration Date), the Rights (other than Rights that have been exchanged pursuant to Section 24 hereof) will be evidenced by the registration of such Common Shares in the Company’s share register in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares, and the registration of transfer of ownership of any uncertificated Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares the ownership of which is so transferred. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or from the Company’s treasury, or in connection with a transfer or exchange of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date (or the earlier Expiration Date). Certificates representing such Common Shares shall bear the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement dated as of March 5, 2012, by and between COMPUTER SOFTWARE INNOVATIONS, INC. (the “Company”) and the Rights Agent thereunder (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, rights issued to any person who becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), including such rights held by a subsequent holder, may become null and void and may no longer be transferable. In the case of the initial transaction statement or subsequent periodic statements with respect to uncertificated Common Shares, such statements shall bear the following legend: The registration in the share register of COMPUTER SOFTWARE INNOVATIONS, INC. (the “Company”) of the shares of common stock to which this initial transaction or subsequent periodic statement relates also evidences and entitles the registered holder of such shares to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2012, by and between the Company and the Rights Agent thereunder (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by such registration. The Company will mail to the registered holder of such shares a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, rights issued to any person who becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), including such rights held by a subsequent holder, may become null and void and may no longer be transferable. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date (and with respect to any such Common Shares), any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired such that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Rights Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Computer Software Innovations, Inc.)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) 3.1 Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day Business Day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date (or, in the event the Board of Directors determines on or before such tenth day Business Day to effect an exchange in accordance with Section 24 and determines in accordance with Section 24.6 that a later date is advisable, such later date that is not more than twenty days after the Stock Acquisition Date) or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any entity or trustee holding (or acting in a fiduciary capacity in respect of) Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, benefit plan or for the purpose of funding any trustee, administrator, such plan or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares funding other employee benefits for employees of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Common Shares Company) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person (other than any of the Persons referred to in the preceding parenthetical) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates date being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; ”, provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" Date shall mean in no event be prior the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof3.12) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, and, at the request of the Company, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requestedso requested and provided with all necessary information and documents, will, at the expense of the Company, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution DateDate (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate")hereto, evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. The Company shall promptly notify the Rights Agent in writing upon the occurrence of the Distribution Date. Until such written notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may presume conclusively for all purposes that the Distribution Date has not occurred. 3.2 As soon as practicable after the Record Date, the Company will (directly or, at the expense of the Company, through the Rights Agent or its transfer agent if the Rights Agent or transfer agent is directed by the Company and provided with all necessary information and documents) send a copy of the Summary of Rights by first-class, postage-prepaid mail to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates representing Common Shares (or Book Entry Common Shares) outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with the Summary of Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or, if earlier, the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate representing Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. With respect to Book Entry Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights shall be evidenced by the balances indicated in the Book Entry account system of the transfer agent for the Common Shares. Until the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date, the transfer of any Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date (whether represented by certificates or evidenced by the balances indicated in the Book Entry account system of the transfer agent for Common Shares, and, in either case, regardless of whether a copy of the Summary of Rights is submitted with the surrender or request for transfer), shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares. 3.3 Certificates for Common Shares which are issued (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this Section 3.3) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of (i) the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, (ii) the Redemption Date or (iii) the Close of Business on the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Hill International, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent, dated as of May 5, 2015, as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented pursuant to its terms (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Hill International, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Hill International, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights that are or were acquired or beneficially owned by Acquiring Persons (as defined in the Rights Agreement) will become null and void and will no longer be transferable. With respect to Common Shares in Book Entry form for which there has been sent a confirmation or account statement containing the foregoing legend, until the earliest of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares shall be evidenced by such Common Shares alone and registered holders of Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights, and the transfer of any such Common Shares shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares. Notwithstanding this Section 3.3, neither the omission of a legend nor the failure to deliver the notice of such legend required hereby shall affect the enforceability of any part of this Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights. If the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Hill International, Inc.)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, plan or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1520% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Record Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), dated as of the Distribution Date, evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Wicor Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth day after (10th) Business Day following the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth (10th) Business Day (or such later date date, if any, as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors may determine prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in that any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) commences, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1510% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (Shares, in each case, including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights (the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (xA) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b3(c) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and Rights associated with any uncertificated Common Shares will be evidenced (ysubject to the provisions of Section 3(c) hereof) by the registration of such Common Shares in the Company’s share register in the names of the holders thereof (which registration shall also be deemed to be registration of ownership of the associated Rights) and not by separate Right Certificates and (B) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so heldheld (subject to adjustment as provided herein). As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company will make available, or cause to be made available, as promptly as practicable on or following the Record Date, a Summary of Rights to Purchase Common Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the Expiration Date. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier Expiration Date), the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. With respect to uncertificated Common Shares outstanding as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier Expiration Date), the Rights (other than Rights that have been exchanged pursuant to Section 24 hereof) will be evidenced by the registration of such Common Shares in the Company’s share register in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares, and the registration of transfer of ownership of any uncertificated Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares the ownership of which is so transferred. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or from the Company’s treasury, or in connection with a transfer or exchange of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date (or the earlier Expiration Date). Certificates representing such Common Shares shall bear the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement dated as of August 1, 2011, by and between The Talbots, Inc. (the “Company”) and the Rights Agent thereunder (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, rights issued to any person who becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), including such rights held by a subsequent holder, may become null and void and may no longer be transferable. In the case of the initial transaction statement or subsequent periodic statements with respect to uncertificated Common Shares, such statements shall bear the following legend: The registration in the share register of The Talbots, Inc. (the “Company”) of the shares of common stock to which this initial transaction or subsequent periodic statement relates also evidences and entitles the registered holder of such shares to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2011, by and between the Company and the Rights Agent thereunder (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by such registration. The Company will mail to the registered holder of such shares a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, rights issued to any person who becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), including such rights held by a subsequent holder, may become null and void and may no longer be transferable. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date (and with respect to any such Common Shares), any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired such that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Rights Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Talbots Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day business day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such planplan or any Person who or which, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, was the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the outstanding Common Shares of the Company as of the date of this Agreement) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any Person who or which, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, was the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the outstanding Common Shares of the Company as of the date of this Agreement) to commence, a plan) tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Immunomedics, Inc.a nd American Stock Transfer and Trust Company dated as of January 23, 1998 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Immunomedics, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Immunomedics, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Immunomedics Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth day after (10th) Business Day following the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth (10th) Business Day (or such later date date, if any, as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors may determine prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in that any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity Person holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) commences, or after the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any Person holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (Shares, in each case, including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights (the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (xA) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b3(c) hereof) by the balances indicated in the book-entry account system of the transfer agent for the Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which Common Shares shall also be deemed to represent Right Certificates) or, in the case of certificated shares, certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, Certificates and (yB) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requestedrequested and provided with all necessary information, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution DateDate (other than the Person(s) specified in the last sentence of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the CompanyCompany or the transfer agent or registrar for the Common Shares, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates, and the Rights will be transferable only separately from the transfer of the Common Shares. The Company shall promptly notify the Rights Agent in writing upon the occurrence of the Distribution Date, and, if such notification is given orally, the Company shall confirm the same in writing on or prior to the Business Day next following. Until such notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may presume conclusively for all purposes that the Distribution Date has not occurred. (b) The Company will make available, as promptly as practicable following the Record Date, a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the Expiration Date. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date (or, if earlier, any Redemption Date or the Expiration Date), the Rights will be evidenced by the balances indicated in the book-entry account system of the transfer agent for the Common Shares or, in the case of certificated shares, such certificates and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or, if earlier, any Redemption Date or the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or from the Company’s treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date and shall be evidenced by legends in substantially the following forms: (i) Confirmation and account statements sent to holders of Common Shares in book-entry form (which Common Shares shall also be deemed to represent certificates for Rights) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: With respect to Common Shares in book-entry form for which there has been sent a confirmation or account statement containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date (or, if earlier, any Redemption Date or the Expiration Date), the Rights associated with the Common Shares shall be evidenced by such Common Shares alone and registered holders of Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights, and the transfer of any of such Common Shares shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding. (ii) In the case of certificated shares, certificates representing such Common Shares shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date (or, if earlier, any Redemption Date or the Expiration Date), the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Harris Stratex Networks, Inc.)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, that a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trusteeGrandfathered Person) is first published or sent or given within the meaning of Rule 14d-2(a) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, administrator, of which tender or fiduciary of such a plan) exchange offer would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates (i) or (ii) being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificatescertificates for Rights) and not by separate Right Certificatescertificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying Common SharesShares (including a transfer to the Company). The Company shall give the Rights Agent prompt written notice of the Distribution Date. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requestedrequested and at the expense of the Company, send) by first-class, insured, postage-postage- prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto --------- (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. In the event that an adjustment in the number of Rights per Common share has been made pursuant to Section 11(n) hereof, at the time of distribution of Rights Certificates, the Company shall make the necessary and appropriate rounding adjustments (in accordance with Section 14 (a) hereof) so that Rights Certificates only representing whole numbers of Rights are distributed and cash is paid in lieu of any fractional Rights. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with the Summary of Rights Plan, and registered holders of Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights Plan, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or delivered from the Company's treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date, the Final Expiration Date or, in certain circumstances provided in Section 22 hereof, after the Distribution Date. Certificates representing such Common Shares shall also be deemed to be certificates for Rights. Certificates representing both Common Shares and Rights in accordance with this Section 3 which are executed and delivered (whether the Common Shares represented thereby are originally issued, delivered from the Company's treasury or are presented for transfer) by the Company (including, without limitation, certificates representing reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date or, in certain circumstances provided in Section 22 hereof, after the Distribution Date, shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend substantially equivalent to the following: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in the Rights Agreement between Xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, Inc. (the "Company") and Xxxxx Xxxxxx Shareholder Services, LLC, as Rights Agent, dated as of _____________ (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement, as in effect on the date of mailing, without charge promptly after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, any Person who is, was or becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether currently held by or on behalf of such Person or by any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates bearing the foregoing legend, until the earlier of (i) the Distribution Date or (ii) the Final Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares shall be evidenced by the certificates representing the associated Common Shares alone, and the transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Digitalwork Com Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of the Close --------------------------- of Business on (i) the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date date, if any, as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) of the Company after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, Certificates and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company will make available, as promptly as practicable following the Record Date, a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the Expiration Date. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or from the Company's treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date. Certificates representing such Common Shares shall bear the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (the "Company") and the Rights Agent thereunder (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, rights issued to any person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the rights agreement), including such rights held by a subsequent holder, may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Lifepoint Hospitals LLC)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the close of business on the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth close of business on the fifteenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including or in either the case any such date which is after of KDD, more than 20% of the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; then outstanding Common Shares) (the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificatescertificates for Rights) and not by separate Right Certificatescertificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying Common SharesShares (including a transfer to the Company). As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights Plan, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights Plan"), by first class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with the Summary of Rights Plan, and registered holders of Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights Plan, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or delivered from the Company's treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date. Certificates representing such Common Shares shall also be deemed to be certificates for Rights. Certificates representing both Common Shares and Rights in accordance with this Section 3 which are executed and delivered (whether the Common Shares represented thereby are originally issued, delivered from the Company's treasury or are presented for transfer) by the Company (including, without limitation, certificates representing reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend substantially equivalent to the following: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in the Rights Agreement between Pacific Gateway Exchange, Inc. (the

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Pacific Gateway Exchange Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board board of Directors directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan or employee stock ownership plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any entity holding Common Shares Capital Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or after the date of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan or employee stock ownership plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any trustee, administrator, entity holding Capital Stock for or fiduciary pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company Capital Stock aggregating 1520% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares Capital Stock (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates in each case shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesCapital Stock. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares Capital Stock as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share share of Capital Stock so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Pioneer Natural Resources Co)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day business day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares (or, in the case of uncertificated Common Shares, by the book-entry account that evidences record ownership of such Common Shares) registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (b)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between UNOVA, Inc. and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., dated as of , 1997 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of UNOVA, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. UNOVA, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company 3

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Samples: Right Agreement (Unova Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the close of business on the tenth day Business Day after the Shares Share Acquisition Date (or, if the tenth Business Day after the Share Acquisition Date occurs before the Record Date, the close of business on the Record Date) or (ii) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of intent to commence, by any Person to commence(other than the Company or a Related Person), a tender or an exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which that is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such the dates in subsections (i) and (ii) hereof being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof)) by the certificates for the Common Shares Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof (or by Book Entry shares in respect of such Common Stock by notation in accounts reflecting the ownership of such Common Stock), which certificates and Book Entry shares, as applicable, shall also be deemed also to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesStock and (z) the transfer of any shares of Common Stock in respect of which the Rights have been issued will also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such shares of Common Stock. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and or the Rights Agent will, if requestedrequested to do so by the Company and provided with all necessary information and documentation, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Rights Agent, send) ), by first-first class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution DateDate (other than an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the CompanyCompany or the transfer agent or registrar for the shares of Common Stock, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each share of Common Share Stock so held. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. The Company shall promptly notify the Rights Agent in writing upon the occurrence of the Distribution Date and, if such notification is given orally, the Company shall confirm the same in writing within two (2) Business Days. Until such written notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may presume conclusively for all purposes that the Distribution Date has not occurred. (b) On the Record Date or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Preferred Stock Purchase Rights, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Summary of Rights”), by first class, postage-prepaid mail or other means used by the Company to deliver proxy statements to its shareholders, to each record holder of Common Stock as of the close of business on the Record Date at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for the Common Stock (or Book Entry shares of Common Stock) outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof (or such Book Entry shares) together with a copy of the Summary of Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or if earlier, the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Stock (or any Book Entry shares of Common Stock) outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented thereby. (c) The Rights shall be issued in respect of all shares of Common Stock issued by the Company (including, without limitation, upon disposition of Common Stock out of treasury stock or issuance or reissuance of Common Stock out of its authorized maximum number of shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date, or in certain circumstances provided in Section 22, after the Distribution Date. Certificates issued for Common Stock (including, without limitation, upon transfer of outstanding Common Stock, disposition of Common Stock out of treasury stock or issuance or reissuance of Common Stock out of its authorized maximum number of shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend or such substantially similar legend as the Company may deem appropriate and is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange or quotation system on which the shares of Common Stock may from time to time be listed or quoted, or to conform to usage: THIS CERTIFICATE ALSO EVIDENCES AND ENTITLES THE HOLDER HEREOF TO CERTAIN RIGHTS AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN HIGHWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED AND COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. (OR ANY SUCCESSOR RIGHTS AGENT), AS RIGHTS AGENT, DATED AS OF MAY 8, 2018, AS THE SAME MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED OR AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE “RIGHTS AGREEMENT”), THE TERMS OF WHICH ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AND A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF HIGHWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED. THE RIGHTS ARE NOT EXERCISABLE PRIOR TO THE OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN EVENTS SPECIFIED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, SUCH RIGHTS MAY BE REDEEMED, MAY BE EXCHANGED, MAY EXPIRE, MAY BE AMENDED, OR MAY BE EVIDENCED BY SEPARATE CERTIFICATES AND NO LONGER BE EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, RIGHTS ACQUIRED OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY ANY PERSON WHO IS OR BECOMES AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR ANY AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE OF AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) AND THEIR TRANSFEREES WILL BECOME NULL AND VOID AND WILL NO LONGER BE TRANSFERABLE. With respect to any Book Entry shares of Common Stock, such legend in substantially similar form shall be included in a notice to the record holder of such shares in accordance with applicable law. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, or any notice of the foregoing legend delivered to holders of Book Entry shares, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificates or Book Entry shares shall be evidenced by such certificates or Book Entry shares alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate or Book Entry share, except as otherwise provided herein, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or otherwise acquires any Common Stock after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Stock shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Stock which are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 3, neither the omission of a legend nor the failure to deliver the notice of such legend required hereby shall affect the enforceability of any part of this Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Highway Holdings LTD)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of the Close of Business on (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, The Crane Fund or any trustee, administratorThe Crane Fund for Widows and Children) of, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner first public announcement of Common Shares the intention of any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, The Crane Fund or The Crane Fund for Widows and Children) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share of the Company so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) Until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, certificates for Common Shares of the Company (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares of the Company referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (b)) shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Huttig Building Products, Inc. and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., dated as of December 6, 1999 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Huttig Building Products, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Huttig Building Products, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares of the Company prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares of the Company shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Huttig Building Products Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later -5- 9 date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1520% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) Until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, Certificates for Common Shares shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the following form: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Queeny Chemical Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, dated as of August 6, 1997 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Queeny Chemical Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Queeny Chemical Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Queeny Chemical Co)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's ’s Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1520% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the Shares Acquisition Date or the tenth day Business Day after the commencement or Business Dayannouncement, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company has prepared a Summary of Rights to Purchase Common Shares, attached as Exhibit B hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), a copy of which is available free of charge from the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares of the Company that become outstanding (including, without limitation, certificates for reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this Section 3(c) and certificates issued on the transfer of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the following form: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Orion Energy Systems, Inc. and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., dated as of January 7, 2009, and as such agreement may be amended (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Orion Energy Systems, Inc. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Orion Energy Systems, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights issued to, or held by, an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether held by such person or any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Orion Energy Systems, Inc.)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day business day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to or after such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. and U.S. Stock Transfer Corporation, dated as of December 16, 1998 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Pacific Sunwear of California Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares of the Company (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first- class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following (or a substantially similar) legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Providian Bancorp, Inc. and ________, dated as of _____, 1997 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Providian Bancorp, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Providian Bancorp, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As described in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Providian Bancorp Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. The Rights shall be deemed issued, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, as of the Record Date, or if later, the date on which the Common Shares of the Company underlying such Rights become outstanding, provided that: (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth Close of Business on the 10th day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (or, if the 10th day after the Shares Acquisition Date occurs before the Record Date, the Close of Business on the Record Date) and (ii) the tenth Close of Business Day on the 10th day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company shall determine, prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, that a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person or entity holding Common Shares organized, appointed or established by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, ) is first published or any trustee, administrator, sent or fiduciary given within the meaning of such a planRule 14d-2(a) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of General Rules and Regulations under the then outstanding Common Shares Exchange Act, if, upon consummation thereof, such Person would become an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as (i) and (ii), the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights Rights, unless earlier expired, redeemed or terminated, will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) ), or, in the case of Common Shares of the Company held in uncertificated form, by the transaction statement or other record of ownership of such Common Shares of the Company, and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the Rights, including the right to receive Right Certificates Certificates, will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares of the Company. The Company shall promptly notify the Rights Agent in writing upon the occurrence of the Distribution Date and, if such notification is given orally, the Company shall confirm the same in writing on, or prior to, the Business Day next following the day on which such oral notification is given. Until such written notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may presume conclusively for all purposes that the Distribution Date has not occurred. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, and upon written request from the Company, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requestedrequested and provided with all necessary information and documents at the expense of the Company, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution DateDate (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company or the transfer agent or registrar for the Common Shares of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) As soon as practicable after the Record Date, the Company will send (directly, or at the expense of the Company, upon the written request of the Company and after providing all necessary information and documents, through the Rights Agent or the Company’s transfer agent for the Common Shares of the Company) a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to any record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the Close of Business on the Record Date (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person) who may request it prior to the Final Expiration Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company or the transfer agent or registrar for the Common Shares of the Company. With respect to any Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, and until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration Date, (i) in the case of certificated Common Shares of the Company, (A) the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented by any certificate will be evidenced by such certificate and the registered holders of the Common Shares of the Company shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights and (B) the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby, and (ii) in the case of Common Shares of the Company held in uncertificated form, (A) the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company shall be evidenced by the balances indicated in the book-entry account system of the transfer agent for such Common Shares of the Company and the registered holders of the Common Shares of the Company shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights and (B) the transfer of any Common Shares of the Company in the book-entry account system of the transfer agent for such Common Shares of the Company shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares of the Company. (c) In the case of certificated Common Shares of the Company, certificates issued for Common Shares of the Company after the Record Date (including upon transfer or exchange of outstanding Common Shares of the Company), but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration Date, shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the following form: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between NN, Inc. and Computershare Inc., as Rights Agent (or any successor rights agent), dated as of April 15, 2020, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of NN, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Agreement, such Rights (as defined in the Agreement) will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. NN, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As set forth in the Agreement, Rights Beneficially Owned (as defined in the Agreement) by any Person (as defined in the Agreement) who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Agreement) shall be null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or otherwise acquires any Common Shares of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares of the Company shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company which are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights. (d) In the case of Common Shares of the Company held in uncertificated form, the Company shall cause the confirmation and account statements sent to holders of Common Shares of the Company in book-entry form (including upon transfer or exchange of outstanding Common Shares of the Company) prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration Date to bear a legend in substantially the following form: Each share of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of NN, Inc. entitles the holder thereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between NN, Inc. and Computershare Inc., as Rights Agent (or any successor rights agent), dated as of April 15, 2020, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of NN, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Agreement, such Rights (as defined in the Agreement) will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by the shares to which this statement relates. NN, Inc. will mail to the holder of the shares to which this statement relates a copy of the Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As set forth in the Agreement, Rights Beneficially Owned (as defined in the Agreement) by any Person (as defined in the Agreement) who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Agreement) shall be null and void. Notwithstanding this Section 3(d), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Nn Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth Close of Business on the 15th day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Close of Business Day on the 15th day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement (as defined in Rule 14d-2(a) of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer General Rules and Regulations under the consummation of which would result in Exchange Act) by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) relating to a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in beneficial ownership by a Person (other than the Company, or any trusteeSubsidiary of the Company, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15or of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of 20% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which that is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights, the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right CertificatesCertificates where the context so requires) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a one or more Right CertificateCertificates, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "the “Right Certificate"Certificates”), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 11(i). In the event that an adjustment in the number of Rights per Common Share has been made pursuant to Section 11(i), at the time Right Certificates are distributed, the Company may, to the extent provided in Section 14(a), make the necessary and appropriate adjustments (as set forth in Section 14(a)) so that Right Certificates are distributed representing only whole numbers of Rights and pay cash in lieu of fractional Rights pursuant to Section 14(a). As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof, and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. Notwithstanding any legend contained on any such surrendered stock certificate, from and after the Close of Business on the Record Date, the surrender for transfer of any such certificate for Common Shares shall not constitute the transfer of the rights granted pursuant to the Rights Agreement between the Company and Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association (now known as Wxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.), dated as of June 10, 1998, as amended (the “Expiring Rights”), which Expiring Rights expire at the Close of Business on June 30, 2008. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding after the Record Date and (i) prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date or (ii) upon the exercise or conversion, prior to the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, of any option or other security exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares, which option or other security is outstanding on the Distribution Date, shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Digi International Inc. and Wxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., dated as of April 22, 2008 (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which (including restrictions on the transfer of such Rights) are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file with the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor to its Secretary from such holder. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights that are or were acquired or beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Digi International Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after close of business on the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15representing 20% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares Voting Power of the Company (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Payment Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Common Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first- class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, certificates for reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c) and certificates issued on the transfer of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the following form: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Xxxxxx Co., Inc. and Firstar Trust Company, dated as of September 15, 1998, and as such agreement may be amended (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Xxxxxx Co., Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Xxxxxx Co., Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether held by such person or any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Ladish Co Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth Close of Business on the 15th day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Close of Business Day on the 15th day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to of the Company before such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of (as defined in Rule 14d-2 promulgated under the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in Exchange Act) by any Person (other than the Company, any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) relating to a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in beneficial ownership by a Person (other than the Company, or any trusteewholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating or of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which that is after the date of this Agreement and prior to before the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights, the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right CertificatesCertificates when the context so requires) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a one or more Right CertificateCertificates, in substantially the form of Exhibit EXHIBIT B hereto (a the "Right CertificateCertificates"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 11(i). If an adjustment in the number of Rights per Common Share has been made pursuant to Section 11(i), at the time Right Certificates are distributed, the Company may, to the extent provided in Section 14(a), make the necessary and appropriate rounding adjustments (as set forth in Section 14(a)) so that Right Certificates are distributed representing only whole numbers of Rights and pay cash in lieu of fractional Rights pursuant to Section 14(a). As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of EXHIBIT C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier Redemption Date or Final Expiration Date), the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof, and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares (including without limitation the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date), with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. Notwithstanding any legend contained on any such surrendered stock certificate, from and after the Close of Business on the Record Date, the surrender for transfer of any such certificate for Common Shares shall not constitute the transfer of the rights granted pursuant to the Rights Agreement between the Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York dated October 4, 1990, as amended as of March 1, 1993, to change the rights agent thereunder to the Rights Agent (the "Expiring Rights"), which Expiring Rights shall expire at the Close of Business on October 4, 2000. (c) Certificates for Common Shares that become outstanding after the Record Date and (i) before the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date or (ii) upon the exercise or conversion, before the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, of any option or other security exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares, which option or other security is outstanding on the Distribution Date, shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between International Multifoods Corporation and Xxxxx Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A., dated as of September 15, 2000 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which (including restrictions on the transfer of such Rights) are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor from such holder. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights that are or were acquired or beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. If the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but before the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares that are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Share Rights Agreement (International Multifoods Corp)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the close of business on the tenth day Business Day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to but in no event later than the tenth Business Day after such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, that a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan or compensation arrangement of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any entity holding Common Shares securities of the Company to the extent organized, appointed or established by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such planemployee benefit plan or compensation arrangement) is first published or sent or given within the meaning of Rule 14d-2(a) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule) or after the date that a takeover bid by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan or compensation arrangement of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any trusteeentity holding securities of the Company to the extent organized, administratorappointed or established by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan or compensation arrangement) is first made or delivered under Canadian securities laws, in either case, without the Prior Written Approval of the Company, which tender or fiduciary of such a plan) exchange offer or takeover bid would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company Voting Power aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares Voting Power (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (xy) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 3(b) hereof3) by the certificates for the Common Shares Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof of the Common Stock (which certificates for Common Stock shall also be deemed also to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, as more fully set forth below, and (yz) the Rights (and the right to receive Right Certificates certificates therefor) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying shares of Common SharesStock, as more fully set forth below. As soon as practicable after the Company has notified the Rights Agent of the occurrence of the Distribution Date, the Company will shall prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent willshall countersign and send, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Shares Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificateright certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "the “Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each share of Common Share Stock so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) With respect to certificates for the Common Stock outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, expiration or termination of the Rights), the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates for the Common Stock registered in the names of the holders of the Common Stock and the registered holders of the Common Stock shall also be registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, expiration or termination of the Rights), the surrender for transfer of any of the certificates for the Common Stock outstanding in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificate. (c) Certificates for the Common Stock issued after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date or the redemption, expiration or termination of the Rights shall be deemed also to be certificates for Rights and shall have impressed, printed or written on, or otherwise affixed to them a legend substantially to the following effect: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between HEARx Ltd. (the “Company”) and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agreement”), as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights may expire or may be redeemed, exchanged or be evidenced by separate certificates and no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge promptly after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, Rights issued to or held by Acquiring Persons or their Affiliates or Associates (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and any subsequent holder of such Rights may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date (or the earlier redemption, expiration or termination of the Rights), the Rights associated with the Common Stock of the Company represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any of such certificates shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock of the Company represented by such certificates. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Stock of the Company or Exchangeable Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights or Exchangeable Share Rights associated with such Common Stock shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights or Exchangeable Share Rights associated with shares of Common Stock of the Company or Exchangeable Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Hearx LTD)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (or, if the tenth day following the Shares Acquisition Date occurs before the Record Date, the Close of Business on the Record Date), (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such Directors, provided, however, that if that determination occurs after the time as any Person becomes there is an Acquiring Person or an Adverse Person, then that date may be extended only if there are Continuing Directors in office and the extension is authorized by a majority of the Continuing Directors) after the date of the commencement by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares Shares; or (including in either case any such date which is iii) the Close of Business on the tenth day after the date Board of this Agreement and prior Directors of the Company determines, pursuant to the Payment Datecriteria set forth in Section 11(a)(ii)(B) that a Person is an Adverse Person; the earlier of such those dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares (including a transfer to the Company). As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such that holder shown on the records of the Company, a one or more Right CertificateCertificates, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right CertificateCertificates"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to adjustment as provided in this Agreement. If an adjustment in the number of Rights per Common Share has been made, at the time of distribution of the right Certificates, the Company shall make the necessary and appropriate rounding adjustments (in accordance with Section 14(a) of this Agreement) so that Right Certificates representing only whole numbers of Rights are distributed and cash is paid in lieu of any fractional Rights. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such those Right Certificates. (b) As promptly as possible following the Record Date, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Common Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of that holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by those certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof Until the earlier of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, the transfer or surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer or surrender for transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, certificates for reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c) and certificates issued on the transfer of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between SBS Technologies, Inc. and First Security Bank, National Association, dated as of September 15, 1997, and as that agreement may be amended (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which (including restrictions on the transfer of those rights) are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of SBS Technologies, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, those Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. SBS Technologies, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement, as in effect on the date of mailing, without charge after receipt of a written request therefor from that holder. As described in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person or Adverse Person or any Affiliates or Associates thereof (all as defined in the Rights Agreement), whether currently held by or on behalf of that Person or any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. With respect to certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by those certificates shall be evidenced by those certificates alone, the registered holders of Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights and the transfer or surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the surrender for transfer or transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but before the Distribution Date or Expiration Date, any Rights associated with those Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (SBS Technologies Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of the --------------------------- Close of Business on (i) the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date date, if any, as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) of the Company after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, Certificates and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company will make available, as promptly as practicable following the Record Date, a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the Expiration Date. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or from the Company's treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date. Certificates representing such Common Shares shall bear the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Triad Hospitals, Inc. (the "Company") and the Rights Agent thereunder (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, rights issued to any person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the rights agreement), including such rights held by a subsequent holder, may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Triad Hospitals LLC)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of (determined in accordance with Rule 14d-2 under the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in Exchange Act) by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer (which intention to commence remains in effect for five Business Days after such announcement), the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; issuance of the Rights, the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the Rights (and the right to receive Right Certificates therefor) will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held, subject to the adjustment provisions of Section 11 of this Rights Agreement. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send (directly or through the Rights Agent or its transfer agent) a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between MySoftware Company (the "Company") and BankBoston, N.A., as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent"), dated as of June 10, 1998, as amended from time to time (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As described in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and certain related persons, whether currently held by or on behalf of such Person or by any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Rights Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Mysoftware Co)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i1) the tenth day after close of business on the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1520% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that if the Shares Acquisition Date or tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" Date shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, and at the expense of the Company, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Payment Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Common Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, certificates for reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c) and certificates issued on the transfer of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the following form: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between IFR Systems, Inc. and Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, as Rights Agent, dated as of February 28,1999, and as such agreement may be amended (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of IFR Systems, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. IFR Systems, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether held by such person or any subsequent holder, shall become null and void.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Ifr Systems Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) 3.1 Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date (or, in the event that the Board of Directors determines on or before such tenth day to effect an exchange in accordance with Section 24 and determines that a later date is advisable, such later date) and (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding shares of Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, benefit plan or any trustee, administrator, Exempt Person) of a tender or fiduciary exchange offer the consummation of such a plan) which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates (i) or (ii) being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; ”) (provided, however, that if such tender or exchange offer is terminated prior to the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record occurrence of a Distribution Date, "then no Distribution Date" Date shall mean the Record Dateoccur as a result of such tender or exchange offer), (xA) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates (or other evidence of book-entry or other uncertificated ownership) for shares of Common Shares Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right CertificatesCertificates (provided, that each certificate (or other evidence of book-entry or other uncertificated ownership) representing shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the Close of Business on the Record Date evidencing the Rights shall be deemed to incorporate by reference the terms of this Agreement, as amended from time to time), and (yB) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying shares of Common SharesStock. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, at the expense of the Company and upon receipt of all relevant information, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of shares of Common Shares Stock as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution DateDate (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, substantially in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate")hereto, evidencing one Right for each share of Common Share Stock so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein; provided, that the Rights may instead be recorded in book-entry or other uncertificated form, in which case such book-entries or other evidence of ownership shall be deemed to be Right Certificates for all purposes of this Agreement; provided, further, that all procedures relating to actions to be taken or information to be provided with respect to such Rights recorded in book-entry or other uncertificated forms, and all requirements with respect to the form of any Right Certificate set forth in this Agreement, may be modified as necessary or appropriate to reflect book-entry or other uncertificated ownership. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. 3.2 As soon as practicable after the Record Date, the Company will make available a copy of the Summary of Rights to any holder of Rights who may request it prior to the Final Expiration Date. The Company shall provide the Rights Agent with written notice of the occurrence of the Final Expiration Date and the Rights Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of the occurrence of the Final Expiration Date, unless and until it shall have received such written notice. 3.3 Certificates for shares of Common Stock which become outstanding (including reacquired shares of Common Stock referred to in the last sentence of this Section 3.3) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of (i) the Distribution Date, (ii) the Redemption Date, and (iii) the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the following form: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights (as defined in the Rights Agreement) as set forth in a Section 382 Rights Agreement between Gogo Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (or any successor rights agent), dated as of September 23, 2020, as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented pursuant to its terms (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Gogo Inc. and the office or offices of Computershare Trust Company, N.A. designated for such purpose. The Rights are not exercisable prior to the occurrence of certain events specified in the Rights Agreement. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced separately and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Gogo Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, Rights that are or were acquired or Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person (or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement)), including such Rights held by a subsequent holder, may become null and void. Notwithstanding this Section 3.3, the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights. If the Company purchases or acquires any shares of Common Stock after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such shares of Common Stock shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the shares of Common Stock which are no longer outstanding. Rights shall be issued in respect of all shares of Common Stock issued or disposed of (including upon issuance or reissuance of shares of Common Stock out of authorized but unissued shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date, and the Final Expiration Date, or in certain circumstances provided in Section 22 hereof, after the Distribution Date.

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Samples: Section 382 Rights Agreement (Gogo Inc.)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after close of business on the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 1520% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the Shares Acquisition Date or tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B A hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Badger Meter Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) --------------------------- the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day business day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to or after such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary of any Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such a plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by first- class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Gemstar International Group Limited and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, dated as of July 10, 1998 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Gemstar International Group Limited. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Gemstar International Group Limited will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Gemstar International Group LTD)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date (or, if the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date occurs before the Record Date, the Close of Business on the Record Date) or (ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors of the Company shall determine prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, that a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, administrator or fiduciary of any such a planplan appointed by the Company, or any combination of Permitted Holders) becoming is first published or sent or given within the Beneficial Owner meaning of Common Shares Rule 14d-2(a) of the Company aggregating 15% or more of General Rules and Regulations under the then outstanding Common Shares Exchange Act, if upon consummation thereof, such Person would become an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof)) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right CertificatesCertificates (or, for shares participating in the direct registration system, by notations in the respective book entry accounts for the Common Shares), and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requestedrequested and provided with all necessary information and documents at the expense of the Company, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share of the Company so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will make available a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the earlier of the Final Expiration Date or the Redemption Date. With respect to certificates for Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates for the Common Shares of the Company (or, in the case of shares reflected on the direct registration system, the notations in the book entry account) and the registered holders of Common Shares of the Company shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. (c) Certificates for Common Shares of the Company that become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in the penultimate sentence of this Section 3(c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in the Rights Agreement by and between Xxxxx Industries, Inc. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent (or any successor rights agent) dated as of September 1, 2019, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Xxxxx Industries, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Agreement, such Rights (as defined in the Agreement) will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Xxxxx Industries, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As set forth in the Agreement, Rights Beneficially Owned by any Person (as such terms are defined in the Agreement) who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Agreement) become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. Similarly, during such time periods, transfers of shares participating in the direct registration system shall also be deemed to be transfers of the associated Rights. In the case of any shares participating in the direct registration system, the Company shall cause the transfer agent for the Common Shares of the Company to include on each direct registration account statement with respect thereto issued prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date a notation to the effect that references to Common Shares of the Company also includes the associated Rights. To the extent that Common Shares of the Company are not represented by certificates, references in this Agreement to certificates shall be deemed to refer to the notations in the book entry accounts reflecting ownership of such shares. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares of the Company shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company which are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Jason Industries, Inc.)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) a. Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's ’s Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Record Date; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common SharesShares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share of the Company so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. b. The Company has prepared a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, attached as Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), a copy of which is available free of charge from the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. c. Certificates for Common Shares of the Company that become outstanding (including, without limitation, certificates for reacquired Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph (c) and certificates issued on the transfer of Common Shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the following form (provided, however, that certificates for Common Shares of the Company in existence on the Record Date may bear the legend required by the Company’s predecessor rights agreement): This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Pentair, Inc. and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., dated as of December 10, 2004, and as such agreement may be amended (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Pentair, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Pentair, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether held by such person or any subsequent holder, shall become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Pentair Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Until the earlier of the Close of Business on (i) the tenth day after the Shares Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date date, if any, as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) of the Company after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of any trusteePerson (other than the Company, administratorany Subsidiary of the Company, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares any employee benefit plan of the Company aggregating 15% or more of any Subsidiary of the then outstanding Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person becoming an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, Certificates and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close Close of business Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (b) The Company will make available, as promptly as practicable following the Record Date, a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the Expiration Date. With respect to certificates for Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates and the registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Shares. (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Common Shares which are issued (whether originally issued or from the Company's treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date. Certificates representing such Common Shares shall bear the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Nastech Pharmaceutical Company Inc. (the "Company") and the Rights Agent thereunder (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, rights issued to any person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the rights agreement), including such rights held by a subsequent holder, may become null and void. With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Nastech Pharmaceutical Co Inc)

Issue of Right Certificates. (a) One Right shall be associated with each share of Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date, and each additional share of Common Stock that shall become outstanding between the Record Date and the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration Date; provided, however, that, if the number of outstanding Rights are combined into a smaller number of outstanding Rights pursuant to Section 11 hereof, the appropriate fractional Right determined pursuant to such Section shall thereafter be associated with each such share of Common Stock. (b) Until the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date (or, if the Share Acquisition Date shall have occurred prior to the Record Date, the close of business on the tenth day following the Record Date) or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Company's Board of Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement of, or of the first public announcement of the intention intent to commence, by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, or any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Person Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding shares of Common Stock for or pursuant to commencethe terms of any such plan), a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any trustee, administrator, or fiduciary of such a plan) becoming the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares of the Company aggregating 15% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares an Acquiring Person (including in either case any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Payment Dateissuance of the Rights; the earlier of such the dates in subsections (i) and (ii) hereof being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"; provided, however, that if the tenth day or Business Day, as the case may be, after the pertinent date occurs before the Record Date, "Distribution Date" shall mean the Record Date), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for the Common Shares Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed also to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the Common SharesStock. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) ), by first-first class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Shares Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Right Certificate")hereto, evidencing one Right for each share of the Common Share Stock so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. (c) The Company will make available, as promptly as practicable following the Record Date, a copy of a Summary of Rights, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit C, to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the Final Expiration Date. With respect to certificates for the Common Stock outstanding as of the Record Date, or issued subsequent to the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof. Until the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Final Expiration Date, the surrender for transfer of any certificate representing shares of Common Stock in respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such shares of Common Stock. (d) Certificates for the Common Stock issued after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between XXXXXXX EXPLORATION COMPANY and AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC (the “Rights Agent”), dated as of December 10, 2008 (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of XXXXXXX EXPLORATION COMPANY. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Rights Agent will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person or their Affiliates or Associates (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) and any subsequent holder of such Rights are null, void and nontransferable. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires any shares of Common Stock after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such shares of Common Stock shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the shares of Common Stock which are no longer outstanding.

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Samples: Rights Agreement (Brigham Exploration Co)

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