Amendments to Rights Agreement The Rights Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) The definition of “Acquiring Person” in Section 1(a) of the Rights Agreement is amended by inserting the following new sentence at the end of such definition: “Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, none of Xxxxxxx Corporation, Smile Acquisition Corp. or any Affiliate or Associate of either shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person or a Beneficial Owner of Common Stock, either individually or collectively, solely as a result of (i) the approval, execution, delivery, announcement or performance of the Merger Agreement; (ii) the commencement or consummation of the Offer; or (iii) the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement.”
(b) The definition of “Stock Acquisition Date” in Section 1(dd) of the Rights Agreement is amended to add the following sentence at the end thereof: “Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, a Stock Acquisition Date shall not be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of (i) the approval, execution, delivery, announcement or performance of the Merger Agreement; (ii) the commencement or consummation of the Offer; or (iii) the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement.”
(c) The definition of “Triggering Event” in Section 1(ii) of the Rights Agreement is amended to add the following sentence at the end thereof: “Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, a Triggering Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of (i) the approval, execution, delivery, announcement or performance of the Merger Agreement; (ii) the commencement or consummation of the Offer; or (iii) the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement.”
(d) The following definitions are added to Section 1 of the Rights Agreement: “(jj) ‘Merger’ shall mean the merger of Smile Acquisition Corp. with and into the Company, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement. (kk) ‘Merger Agreement’ shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of April 12, 2006 by and among Xxxxxxx Corporation, Smile Acquisition Corp. and the Company, as amended from time to time. (ll) ‘Offer’ shall mean the tender offer by Smile Acquisition Corp. commenced pursuant to the Merger Agreement.”
(e) Section 3(a) of the Rights Agreement is amended to add the following sentence at the end thereof: “Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, a Distribution Date shall not be deemed to have occurred solely as the result of (i) the approval, execution, delivery, announcement or performance of the Merger Agreement; (ii) the commencement or consummation of the Offer; or (iii) the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement.”
(f) Section 7(a) of the Rights Agreement is modified, amended and restated in its entirety as follows: “Subject to Section 7(e) hereof, at any time after the Distribution Date, the registered holder of any Rights Certificate may exercise the Rights evidenced thereby (except as otherwise provided herein including, without limitation, the restrictions on exercisability set forth in Section 9(c), Section 11(a)(iii) and Section 23(a) hereof) in whole or in part upon surrender of the Rights Certificate, with the form of election to purchase and the certificate on the reverse side thereof duly executed, to the Rights Agent at the principal office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, together with payment of the aggregate Purchase Price with respect to the total number of one one-hundredths of a share (or other securities, cash or other asserts, as the case may be) as to which such surrendered Rights are then exercisable, at or prior to the earliest of (i) the time immediately prior to the Effective Time (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement), (ii) 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on December 11, 2010, or such later date as may be established by the Board of Directors prior to the expiration of the Rights (such date, as it may be extended by the Board (the ‘Final Expiration Date’), or (iii) the time at which the Rights are redeemed or exchanged as provided in Section 23 or Section 24 hereof (the earliest of (i), (ii) and (iii) being herein referred to as the ‘Expiration Date’).”
(g) Section 11(a)(ii) of the Rights Agreement is amended to add the following at the end thereof immediately prior to the period: “; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, a Section 11(a)(ii) Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of (A) the approval, execution, delivery, announcement or performance of the Merger Agreement; (B) the commencement or consummation of the Offer; or (C) the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement.”
(h) Section 13(a) of the Rights Agreement is amended to add the following at the end thereof immediately prior to the period: “; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, a Section 13 Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of (i) the approval, execution, delivery, announcement or performance of the Merger Agreement; (ii) the commencement or consummation of the Offer; or (iii) the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement.”
(i) Section 25 of the Rights Agreement is amended to add the following new section at the end thereof:
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to give any notice hereunder to any holder of a Rights Certificate solely as a result of (i) the approval, execution, delivery, announcement or performance of the Merger Agreement; (ii) the commencement or consummation of the Offer; or (iii) the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement.”
(j) A new Section 35 with the heading “Termination at the Effective Time” is hereby added to the Rights Agreement reading in its entirety as follows:
(a) This Agreement and the Rights established hereby will terminate in all respects immediately prior to the Effective Time (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement). The Company hereby agrees to promptly notify the Rights Agent, in writing, upon the occurrence of the Effective Time, which notice shall specify (i) that the Effective Time has occurred, and (ii) the date upon which this Agreement and the Rights established hereby were terminated.
(b) The Rights Agent shall not be subject to, nor be required to comply with, or determine if any event has occurred under (including, but not limited to, the commencement or consummation of the Offer, the occurrence of the Merger or the Effective Time), or any Person has complied with, the Merger Agreement or any agreements and documents related to or referred to in the Merger Agreement or any other agreement between or among the parties thereto, even though reference thereto may be made in this Agreement, or to comply with any notice, instruction, direction, request or other communication, paper or document other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement.”
Voting of Underlying Securities, Modification of Indenture The Trustee, as holder of the Underlying Securities, has the right to vote and give consents and waivers in respect of the Underlying Securities as permitted by the Depository and except as otherwise limited by the Trust Agreement. In the event that the Trustee receives a request from the Depository, the Underlying Securities trustee or the Underlying Securities Issuer for its consent to any amendment, modification or waiver of the Underlying Securities, the Underlying Securities Indenture or any other document thereunder or relating thereto, or receives any other solicitation for any action with respect to the Underlying Securities, the Trustee shall mail a notice of such proposed amendment, modification, waiver or solicitation to each Certificateholder of record as of such date. The Trustee shall request instructions from the Certificateholders as to whether or not to consent to or vote to accept such amendment, modification, waiver or solicitation. The Trustee shall consent or vote, or refrain from consenting or voting, in the same proportion (based on the relative outstanding principal balances of the Certificates) as the Certificates of the Trust were actually voted or not voted by the Certificateholders thereof as of a date determined by the Trustee prior to the date on which such consent or vote is required after weighing the votes of the Class A Certificateholders and the Class B Certificateholders in accordance with the Allocation Ratio; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything in the Trust Agreement to the contrary, the Trustee shall at no time vote on or consent to any matter (i) unless such vote or consent would not (based on an Opinion of Counsel) alter the status of the Trust as a "grantor trust" for federal income tax purposes or result in the imposition of tax upon the Certificateholders, or (ii) that would alter the timing or amount of any payment on the Underlying Securities, including, without limitation, any demand to accelerate the Underlying Securities, except in the event of a default under the Underlying Securities or an event that with the passage of time would become an event of default under the Underlying Securities and with the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and 100% of the Call Holders, or (iii) except as provided in the following paragraph, that would result in the exchange or substitution of any of the outstanding Underlying Securities pursuant to a plan for the refunding or refinancing of such Underlying Securities except in the event of a default under the Underlying Securities Indenture and only with the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders and 100% of the Call Holders. The Trustee shall have no liability for any failure to act resulting from Certificateholders' or Call Holders' late return of, or failure to return, directions requested by the Trustee from the Certificateholders and Call Holders. If an offer is made by the Underlying Securities Issuer to issue new obligations in exchange and substitution for any of the Underlying Securities, pursuant to a plan for the refunding or refinancing of the outstanding Underlying Securities or any other offer is made for the Underlying Securities, the Trustee shall notify the Certificateholders, the Call Holders and the Rating Agencies of such offer promptly. Subject to Sections 7(b) and 14 in connection with a tender offer and the exercise of Call Rights or Optional Exchange rights, the Trustee must reject any such offer unless the Trustee is directed by the affirmative vote of 100% of the Certificateholders and 100% of the Call Holders to accept such offer, the Trustee has received the tax opinion described above and if the Trustee is so directed, the Trustee shall promptly notify the Rating Agencies of such direction accompanied by evidence of the affirmative vote of such Certificateholders and Call Holders. If an event of default under the Underlying Securities Indenture occurs and is continuing, and if directed by 100% of the Certificateholders, the Trustee shall vote the Underlying Securities in favor of directing, or take such other action as may be appropriate to direct, the Underlying Securities trustee to declare the unpaid principal amount of the Underlying Securities and any accrued and unpaid interest thereon to be due and payable.
