AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 4.7
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Second Amendment (this “Amendment”) to that certain Rights Agreement dated as of October
25, 2006 between the parties, as amended by a First Amendment as of March 13, 2008 (the “Rights
Agreement”), is entered into as of December 31, 2009 between Energy Focus, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and Mellon Investor Services LLC, a New Jersey limited liability
company (the “Rights Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment have the
meanings given to them in the Rights Agreement.
WHEREAS, Section 27 of the Rights Agreement provides that, prior to the Distribution Date, the
Company and the Rights Agent may from time to time supplement or amend the Rights Agreement without
the approval of any holders of Rights or Rights Certificates in order to change or supplement any
provision of the Agreement in a manner which the Company may deem necessary or desirable;
WHEREAS, on the date of this Amendment, the Distribution Date has not occurred;
WHEREAS, the Company hereby certifies to the Rights Agent that this Amendment is in compliance
with Section 27 of the Rights Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company, pursuant to Section 27 of the Rights
Agreement, has resolved to amend the Rights Agreement to allow The Quercus Trust, and Persons who
are Beneficial Owners through the Trust, to have a beneficial ownership percentage of up to thirty
percent (30%);
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreement below, the parties agree as follows.
1. Amendments. The Rights Agreement is amended as follows:
1.1. Section 1(a) is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“(a) “Acquiring Person” shall mean any Person (as such term is hereinafter defined) who or
which, together with all Affiliates (as such term is hereinafter defined) and Associates
(as such term is hereinafter defined) of such Person, shall be the Beneficial Owner (as
such term is hereinafter defined) of fifteen percent (15%) (except that such percentage
shall be thirty percent (30%) for The Quercus Trust and Persons who or which are Beneficial
Owners through the Trust (Quercus, together with such Persons, the “Quercus Owners”)) or
more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding or who was such a Beneficial Owner at
any time on or after the date hereof, whether or not such Person continues to be the
Beneficial Owner of fifteen percent (15%) (or in the case of the Quercus Owners, thirty
percent (30%)) or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the
foregoing:
(i) in no event shall a Person who or which, together with all Affiliates and
Associates of such Person, is the Beneficial Owner of less than fifteen percent
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(15%) (or in the case of the Quercus Owners, thirty percent (30%)) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock become an Acquiring Person solely as a result of a reduction of the
number of shares of outstanding Common Stock, including repurchases of outstanding shares
of Common Stock by the Company, which reduction increases the percentage of outstanding shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned (as such term is hereinafter defined) by such
Person; provided, however, that any subsequent increase in the amount of Common Stock
Beneficially Owned by such Person, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such
Person, without the prior written approval of the Board shall cause such Person to be an
Acquiring Person (unless, measured at such time, such Person would not be an Acquiring
Person);
(ii) the term Acquiring Person shall not mean: (A) the Company; (B) any Subsidiary(as
such term is hereinafter defined) of the Company; (C) any employee benefit plan of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (D) any entity holding securities of the Company
organized, appointed or established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for or
pursuant to the terms of any such plan; or (E) any underwriter acting in good faith in a
firm commitment underwriting of an offering of the Company’s securities pursuant to
arrangements with the Company that have been approved by the Board (however, the exception
provided by this clause (E) shall no longer be available in the event that any such
underwriter is otherwise an Acquiring Person on or after the date which is forty (40) days
after the date of initial acquisition of the Company’s securities by such underwriter in
connection with such offering); and
(iii) no Person shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person if: (A)(1) any Schedule 13D
under the Exchange Act (as hereinafter defined), or any comparable or successor report,
filed (or required to be filed) by such Person does not (or would not) state any intention
to or reserve the right to control or influence the management or policies of the Company
or engage in any of the actions specified in Item 4 (or any comparable or successor Item)
of such Schedule 13D (other than the disposition of Common Stock), (2) either (x) within
two (2) Business Days of being requested by the Company to advise the Company regarding the
same, such Person certifies in writing to the Company that such Person acquired Beneficial
Ownership of fifteen percent (15%) (or in the case of the Quercus Owners, thirty percent
(30%)) or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock inadvertently or without
knowledge of the terms of the Rights, or (y) the Board determines in good faith that such
Person has become an Acquiring Person inadvertently, (3) such Person divests as promptly as
practicable (as determined in good faith by the Board) a sufficient number of securities so
that such Person would not be deemed to be an Acquiring Person pursuant to the first
sentence of this Section 1(a), (or such other provisions of this Section 1(a) as may be
applicable) and (4) promptly following such Person’s divestiture of such securities, such
Person certifies to the Board that such Person would no longer be deemed an Acquiring
Person as defined pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 1(a) (or such other
provisions of this Section 1(a) as may be applicable); or (B) by reason of such Person’s
Beneficial Ownership of fifteen percent
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(15%) (or in the case of the Quercus Owners, thirty percent (30%)) or more of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock on the date hereof if prior to the Record Date such
Person notifies the Board that such Person is no longer the Beneficial Owner of fifteen
percent (15%) (or in the case of the Quercus Owners, thirty percent (30%)) or more of the
then outstanding shares of Common Stock.”
1.2. The second full paragraph of Exhibit C, entitled “Summary of Rights”, is amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Initially, the Rights will be attached to all Common Stock certificates representing
shares then outstanding, and no separate Rights certificates will be distributed. The
Rights will separate from the Common Stock and a “Distribution Date” will occur upon the
earliest of the following: (i) a public announcement that a person, entity or group of
affiliated or associated persons and/or entities (an “Acquiring Person”) has acquired, or
obtained the right to acquire, beneficial ownership of fifteen percent (15%) (or, in the
case of the Quercus Owners, thirty percent (30%)) or more of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock (other than (A) as a result of repurchases of stock by the Company or certain
inadvertent actions by institutional or certain other shareholders, (B) the Company, any
subsidiary of the Company or any employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary,
and (C) certain other instances set forth in the Rights Agreement); or (ii) ten (10)
business days (unless such date is extended by the Board of Directors) following the
commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer which would result in any person, entity
or group of affiliated or associated persons and/or entities becoming an Acquiring Person
(unless such tender offer or exchange offer is a Permitted Offer (defined below)).”
2. Miscellaneous.
2.1. No Further Amendments. Except as specifically amended by this Second Amendment,
the Rights Agreement shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect, and the Rights Agreement
is hereby ratified and affirmed in all respects.
2.2. Governing Law. This Second Amendment shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the State of Delaware; provided, however, that all provisions regarding the rights,
duties and obligations of the Rights Agent shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within
such State.
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2.3. Counterparts. This Second Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and each of those counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and
all of those counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Second Amendment as of the date first
written above.
| ENERGY FOCUS, INC |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
| Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||
| MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
| Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
| Vice President | ||||
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