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EXHIBIT (4)-2
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of November 29, 1995,
among MEDPARTNERS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
MEDPARTNERS/XXXXXXXX, INC., a Delaware corporation ("MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx") and
CHEMICAL BANK, a national banking association (the "Rights Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent are parties to that certain
Rights Agreement, dated as of March 1, 1995 (the "Original Rights Agreement");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan and Agreement of Merger, dated as of
August 14, 1995, among the Company, Xxxxxxxx Medical Enterprises, L.P.,
MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx and MPI Merger Corporation, MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx has become
the successor issuer to the Company under the applicable regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act");
WHEREAS, the Company has assigned and transferred the Original Rights
Agreement to MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx, and MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx, as such successor
issuer, has agreed to assume all of the rights, duties and obligations of the
Company under the Original Rights Agreement, as amended by this Amendment No. 1
to Rights Agreement (the Original Rights Agreement and this Amendment No. 1 are
hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Agreement").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Substitution of MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx as Successor Issuer. The
Company by its execution and delivery of this Amendment No. 1 to Rights
Agreement as the wholly-owned subsidiary of MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx, hereby assigns
and transfers to MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx as its successor issuer under the
applicable regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Act, all of its rights,
duties and obligations under the Agreement and MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx hereby
assumes all of the rights, duties and obligations of the Company under the
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Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment No. 1, MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx
shall be the "Company" as defined in the Agreement.
2. Exhibits. Exhibits A, B and C attached to the Original Rights
Agreement are hereby deleted from the Agreement and the new documents attached
hereto as Exhibits A, B and C, respectively, are hereby substituted in their
place and by such attachment become a part of the Agreement.
3. Rights Agent. The Rights Agent hereby acknowledges the
assignment and assumption contained in Section 1 hereof and reconfirms its
position as Rights Agent under the Agreement.
4. Full Force and Effect. The remaining provisions of the
Original Rights Agreement, except as specifically amended by this Amendment No.
1 to Rights Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of
the day and year first above written.
MEDPARTNERS, INC.
By
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Xxxxx X. House
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
ATTESTATION:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Secretary
MEDPARTNERS/XXXXXXXX, INC.
By
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Xxxxx X. House
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
ATTESTATION:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Secretary
CHEMICAL BANK
By
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Name:
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Title:
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ATTESTATION:
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EXHIBIT A
RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
MEDPARTNERS/XXXXXXXX, INC.
MEDPARTNERS/XXXXXXXX, INC., a corporation organized and existing under
and by virtue of the Delaware General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
("DGCL"), does hereby certify:
That the present name of the Corporation is MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx, Inc.
(the "Corporation");
That the date of filing of the original Certificate of Incorporation of
the Corporation with the Secretary of State was August 14, 1995;
That the Board of Directors of the Corporation, by unanimous written
consent, dated November 28, 1995, has adopted a resolution proposing and
declaring advisable this Restated Certificate of Incorporation in accordance
with the provisions of Section 245 of the DGCL;
That this Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted by the
sole Stockholder of the Corporation by written consent, dated November 28, 1995;
That the text of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is
hereby amended and restated to read as herein set forth in full:
ARTICLE I
The name of the Corporation is MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx, Inc.
ARTICLE II
The address of the Corporation's registered office in the State of
Delaware is The Xxxxxxxx-Xxxx Corporation System, Inc. at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, xx
xxx Xxxx xx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx of New Castle. The Registered Agent in charge
thereof is The Xxxxxxxx-Xxxx Corporation System, Inc.
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ARTICLE III
The purposes of the Corporation are to engage in any lawful act or
activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL, including but
not limited to the following:
Section 3.1 To engage in any lawful act or activity for which
corporations may be organized under the DGCL;
Section 3.2 To manufacture, purchase or otherwise acquire, invest
in, own, mortgage, pledge, sell, assign and transfer or otherwise dispose of,
trade, deal in and deal with goods, wares and merchandise and personal property
of every class and description;
Section 3.3 To acquire, and pay for in cash, stock or bonds of
this Corporation or otherwise, the goodwill, rights, assets and property, and to
undertake or assume the whole or any part of the obligations or liabilities of
any person, firm, association or corporation;
Section 3.4 To acquire, hold, use, sell, assign, lease, grant
licenses in respect of, mortgage or otherwise dispose of letters patent of the
United States or any foreign country, patent rights, licenses and privileges,
inventions, improvements and processes, copyrights, trademarks and trade names,
relating to or useful in connection with any business of this Corporation;
Section 3.5 To acquire by purchase, subscription or otherwise,
and to receive, hold, own, guarantee, sell, assign, exchange, transfer,
mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of or deal in and with any of the shares
of the capital stock, or any voting trust certificates in respect of the shares
of capital stock, scrip, warrants, rights, bonds, debentures, notes, trust
receipts, and other securities, obligations, choses in action and evidences of
indebtedness or interest issued or created by any corporations, joint stock
companies, syndicates, associations, firms, trusts or persons, public or
private, or by the government of the United States of America, or by any foreign
government, or by any state, territory, province, municipality or other
political subdivision or by any governmental agency, and as owner thereto to
possess and exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership,
including the right to execute consents and vote thereon, and to do any and all
acts and things necessary or advisable for the preservation, protection,
improvement and enhancement in value thereof;
Section 3.6 To borrow or raise money for any of the purposes of
the Corporation and, from time to time without limit as to amount, to draw,
make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of
exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures and other negotiable or non-negotiable
instruments and evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the payment of any
thereof and of the interest thereon by mortgage upon or pledge, conveyance or
assignment in trust of the whole or any part of the property of the Corporation,
whether
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at the time owned or thereafter acquired, and to sell, pledge or otherwise
dispose of such bonds or other obligations of the Corporation for its corporate
purposes;
Section 3.7 To purchase, receive, take by grant, gift, devise,
bequest or otherwise, lease, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, improve, employ,
use and otherwise deal in and with real or personal property, or any interest
therein, wherever situated, and to sell, convey, lease, exchange, transfer or
otherwise dispose of, or mortgage or pledge, all or any of the Corporation's
property and assets, or any interest therein, wherever situated;
Section 3.8 In general, to possess and exercise all the powers
and privileges granted by the DGCL or by any other law of Delaware or by this
Certificate of Incorporation together with any powers incidental thereto, so far
as such powers and privileges are necessary or convenient to the conduct,
promotion or attainment of the business or purposes of the Corporation.
Section 3.9 The business and purposes specified in the foregoing
clauses shall, except where otherwise expressed, be in nowise limited or
restricted by reference to, or inference from, the terms of any other clause in
this Certificate of Incorporation, but the business and purposes specified in
each of the foregoing clauses of this Article shall be regarded as an
independent business and purpose.
ARTICLE IV
Section 4.1 AUTHORIZATION OF CAPITAL. The total number of shares
of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to
issue is eighty-five million (85,000,000) shares, comprised of (a) seventy-five
million (75,000,000) shares of Common Stock, with a par value of $.001 per share
(the "Common Stock"); (b) five hundred thousand (500,000) shares of Series C
Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the "Series C Preferred Stock"), with a
par value of $.001 per share; and (c) nine million five hundred thousand
(9,500,000) shares of such other Preferred Stock, with a par value of $.001 per
share, as the Board of Directors may decide to issue pursuant to Section 4.3,
which constitutes a total authorized capital of all classes of capital stock of
eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000.00).
A description of the respective classes of stock and a statement of the
designations, preferences, voting powers, relative, participating, optional or
other special rights and privileges, and the qualifications, limitations and
restrictions of the Series C Preferred Stock, such other Preferred Stock as the
Board of Directors may by resolution or resolutions decide to issue, and the
Common Stock are as follows:
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Section 4.2 SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK.
(a) Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series C Preferred
Stock shall have the following voting rights:
(1) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter
set forth, each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder
thereof to one hundred (100) votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the
stockholders of the Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at any time
after the Rights Declaration Date (as defined in subsection 4.2(b)) (i) declare
any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide
the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into
a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the number of votes per share
to which holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock were entitled immediately
prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction
the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(2) Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, the
holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of
Common Stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote
of stockholders of the Corporation.
(3) (A) If at any time dividends on any Series C
Preferred Stock shall be in arrears in an amount equal to six (6) quarterly
dividends thereon, the occurrence of such contingency shall xxxx the beginning
of a period (herein called a "default period") which shall extend until such
time when all accrued and unpaid dividends for all previous quarterly dividend
periods and for the current quarterly dividend period on all shares of Series C
Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart
for payment. During each default period, all holders of Preferred Stock
(including holders of the Series C Preferred Stock) with dividends in arrears in
an amount equal to six (6) quarterly dividends thereon, voting as a class,
irrespective of series, shall have the right to elect two (2) Directors.
(B) During any default period, such voting right
of the holders of Series C Preferred Stock may be exercised initially at a
special meeting called pursuant to subsection 4.2(a)(3)(C) or at any annual
meeting of stockholders, and thereafter at annual meetings of stockholders,
provided that such voting right shall not be exercised unless the holders of ten
percent (10%) in number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding shall
be present in person or by proxy. The absence of a quorum of the holders of
Common Stock shall not affect the exercise by the holders of Series C Preferred
Stock of such voting right. At any meeting at which the holders of Series C
Preferred Stock shall exercise such voting right initially during an existing
default period, they shall have the right, voting as a class, to elect directors
to fill such vacancies, if any, in the Board of Directors as may then exist up
to two (2) Directors or, if such right is exercised at an annual meeting, to
elect two (2) Directors. If the number which may be so elected at any special
meeting does not amount to the required number, the holders of the Series C
Preferred Stock shall have the right to make such increase in the number of
directors as shall be necessary to permit the election by them of the required
number. After the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall have exercised
their right to elect Directors in any default period and during the continuance
of such period, the number of Directors shall not be increased or decreased
except
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by vote of the holders of Series C Preferred Stock as herein provided or
pursuant to the rights of any equity securities ranking senior to or pari passu
with the Series C Preferred Stock.
(C) Unless the holders of Series C Preferred
Stock shall, during an existing default period, have previously exercised their
right to elect Directors, the Board of Directors may order, or any stockholder
or stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than ten percent (10%) of the
total number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding, irrespective of
series, may request, the calling of special meeting of the holders of Series C
Preferred Stock, which meeting shall thereupon be called by the President, a
Vice-President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Notice of such meeting and
of any annual meeting at which holders of Series C Preferred Stock are entitled
to vote pursuant to this subsection 4.2(a)(3)(C) shall be given to each holder
of record of Series C Preferred Stock by mailing a copy of such notice to him at
his last address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation. Such
meeting shall be called for a time not earlier than twenty (20) days and not
later than sixty (60) days after such order or request or in default of the
calling of such meeting within sixty (60) days after such order or request, such
meeting may be called on similar notice by any stockholder or stockholders
owning in the aggregate not less than ten percent (10%) of the total number of
shares of Preferred Stock outstanding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
subsection 4.2(a)(3)(C), no such special meeting shall be called during the
period within sixty (60) days immediately preceding the date fixed for the next
annual meeting of the Corporation stockholders.
(D) In any default period, the holders of Common
Stock, and other classes of stock of the Corporation if applicable, shall
continue to be entitled to elect the whole number of Directors until the holders
of Series C Preferred Stock shall have exercised their right to elect two (2)
Directors voting as a class, after the exercise of which right (x) the Directors
so elected by the holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall continue in office
until their successors shall have been elected by such holders or until the
expiration of the default period, and (y) any vacancy in the Board of Directors
may (except as provided in subsection 4.2(a)(3)(B) hereof) be filled by vote of
a majority of the remaining Directors theretofore elected by the holders of the
class of stock which elected the Director whose office shall have become vacant.
References in this Section 4.2(a)(3)(D) to Directors elected by the holders of a
particular class of stock shall include Directors elected by such Directors to
fill vacancies as provided in clause (y) of the foregoing sentence.
(E) Immediately upon the expiration of a default
period, (x) the right of the holders of Series C Preferred Stock as a class to
elect Directors shall cease, (y) the term of any Directors elected by the
holders of Series C Preferred Stock as a class shall terminate, and (z) the
number of Directors shall be such number as may be provided for in this
Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation irrespective of
any increase made pursuant to the provisions of subsection 4.2(a)(3)(B) hereof
(such number being subject, however, to change thereafter in any manner provided
by law or in the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws). Any vacancies in the
Board of Directors effected by the provisions of clauses (y) and (z) in the
preceding sentence may be filled by a majority of the remaining Directors.
(4) Except as set forth herein, holders of
Series C Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their
consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote
with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate
action.
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(b) Dividends and Distributions.
(1) The holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock
shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors
out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in
cash on the last day of March, June, September and December in each year (each
such date being referred to herein as a "Quarterly Dividend Payment Date"),
commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance
of a share or fraction of a share of Series C Preferred Stock, in an amount per
share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $.001 or (b)
subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, one hundred (100)
times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and one hundred
(100) times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash
dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of
Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by
reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock, since the
immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the
first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or
fraction of a share of Series C Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation
shall at any time after November 10, 1994 (the "Rights Declaration Date"), (i)
declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii)
subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common
Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount to
which holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock were entitled immediately
prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted
by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(2) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or
distribution on the Series C Preferred Stock as provided in subsection 4.2(b)(1)
hereof immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution of the Common
Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that,
in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common
Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next
subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $.001 per share on the
Series C Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.
(3) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on
outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series C
Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record
date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on
such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or
unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after
the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series C Preferred
Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to
accrue and be cumulative From such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but
unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series
C Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at
the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a
share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of
Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of
Series C Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or
distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than thirty
(30) days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.
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(c) Restrictions.
(1) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or
distributions payable on the Series C Preferred Stock as provided in subsection
4.2(b) hereof are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid
dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series C
Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall
not
(A) declare or pay dividends on, make any other
distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration
any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up) to the Series C Preferred Stock;
(B) declare or pay dividends on or make any
other distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to
dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series C
Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series C Preferred Stock
and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in
proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then
entitled;
(C) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for
consideration shares of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series C Preferred Stock,
provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise
acquire shares of any such parity stock in exchange for shares of any stock of
the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution,
liquidation or winding up) to the Series C Preferred Stock; or
(D) purchase or otherwise acquire for
consideration any shares of Series C Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock
ranking on a parity with the Series C Preferred Stock, except in accordance with
a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board
of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of
Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other
relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall
determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the
respective series or classes.
(2) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of
the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of
stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under subsection
4.2(c)(1) hereof, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in
such manner.
(d) Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series C Preferred Stock
purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever
shall be retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such
shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of
Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of preferred stock
to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to
the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein.
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(e) Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.
(1) Upon any liquidation (voluntary or otherwise),
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made to
the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series C Preferred Stock unless,
prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall have
received an amount equal to one hundred (100) times the Exercise Price, plus an
amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether
or not declared, to the date of such payment (the "Series C Liquidation
Preference"). The term "Exercise Price" means the price established by the Board
of Directors for purchase of one unit of Series C Preferred Stock equal to
one-one-hundredth of one share of Series C Preferred Stock. If no shares of
convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding at the time of liquidation, then
following the payment of the full amount of the Series C Liquidation Preference,
no additional distributions shall be made to the holders of shares of Series C
Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Common Stock
shall have received an amount per share (the "Common Adjustment") equal to the
quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Series C Liquidation Preference by (ii)
one hundred (100) (as appropriately adjusted as set forth in subparagraph (3)
below to reflect such events as stock splits, stock dividends and
recapitalizations with respect to the Common Stock) (such number in clause (ii),
the "Adjustment Number"). If any shares of convertible Preferred Stock are
outstanding at the time of liquidation, then the liquidation provisions of
subsection 4.2(c) hereof shall apply. Following the payment of the full amount
of the Series C Liquidation Preference and the Common Adjustment in respect of
all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock and Common Stock,
respectively, holders of Series C Preferred Stock and holders of shares of
Common Stock shall receive their ratable and proportionate share of the
remaining assets to be distributed in the ratio of the Adjustment Number to 1
with respect to such Series C Preferred Stock and Common Stock, on a per share
basis, respectively.
(2) In the event, however, that there are not sufficient
assets available to permit payment in full of the Series C Liquidation
Preference and the liquidation preferences of all other series of Preferred
Stock, if any, which rank on a parity with the Series C Preferred Stock, then
such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of such parity
shares in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences. In the event,
however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in
full of the Common Adjustment, then such remaining assets shall be distributed
ratably to the holders of Common Stock.
(3) In the event the Corporation shall at any time after
the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in
shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii)
combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in
each such case the Adjustment Number in effect immediately prior to such event
shall be adjusted by multiplying such Adjustment Number by a fraction the
numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(f) Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall
enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which
the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or
securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the shares of
Series C Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or
changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment
hereinafter set forth) equal to one hundred (100) times the aggregate amount of
stock, securities,
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cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which
or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. In the event
the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare
any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide
the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into
a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount set forth in the
preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series C
Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the
numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(g) No Redemption. The shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall
not be redeemable.
(h) Amendment. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation
shall not be further amended in any manner which would materially alter or
change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series C Preferred Stock
so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority or more of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred stock, voting
separately as a class.
(i) Fractional Shares. Series C Preferred Stock may be issued in
fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such
holder's fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends,
participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of
holders of Series C Preferred Stock.
Section 4.3 OTHER PREFERRED STOCK. The Board of Directors of the
Corporation is authorized, subject to the consent required by subsection
4.2(d)(1) hereof, the limitations prescribed by law, and the provisions of this
Section 4.3, to adopt one or more resolutions to provide for the issuance from
time to time in one or more series of any number of shares of Preferred Stock up
to a maximum of nine million five hundred thousand (9,500,000) shares, and to
establish the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix
the designation, relative rights, preferences, qualifications and limitations of
the shares of each such series. The authority of the Board of Directors with
respect to each such series shall include, but not be limited to, a
determination of the following:
(a) The number of shares constituting that series and the
distinctive designation of that series;
(b) The dividend rate on the shares of that series, whether
dividends shall be cumulative, and if so, from which date or dates, and whether
they should be payable in preference to, or in another relation to, the
dividends payable on any other class or classes or series of stock;
(c) Whether that series shall have voting rights, in addition to
the voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;
(d) Whether that series shall have conversion or exchange
privileges, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange,
including provision for adjustments for the conversion or exchange rate in such
events as the Board of Directors shall determine;
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(e) Whether or not the shares of that series shall be redeemable,
and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the manner of
selecting shares for redemption if less than all shares are to be redeemed, the
date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, and the amount per
share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different
conditions and at different redemption dates;
(f) Whether that series shall be entitled to the benefit of a
sinking fund to be applied to the purchase or redemption of shares of that
series, and, if so, the terms and amounts of such sinking funds;
(g) The right of the shares of that series to the benefit of
conditions and restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness of the Corporation
or any subsidiary, upon the issuance of any additional stock (including
additional shares of such series or of any other series) and upon the payment of
dividends or the making of other distributions on, and the purchase, redemption
or other acquisition by the Corporation or any subsidiary of any outstanding
stock of the Corporation;
(h) The right of the shares of that series in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation and whether such rights shall be in preference to, or in other
relation to, the comparable rights of any other class or classes or series of
stock; and
(i) Any other relative, participating, optional or other special
rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of that series.
Section 4.4 COMMON STOCK.
(a) Voting Rights. Except as otherwise required by law or this
Certificate of Incorporation, each holder of Common Stock shall have one vote in
respect of each share of stock held by him of record on the books of the
Corporation for the election of Directors and on all matters submitted to a vote
of stockholders of the Corporation.
(b) Dividends. Except as otherwise provided by the resolution or
resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of any series
of Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.3, the holders of shares of Common
Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and if declared by the Board of
Directors, out of the assets of the Corporation which are by law available
therefor, dividends payable either in cash, in property or in shares of capital
stock.
(c) Dissolution, Liquidation or Winding Up. Except as otherwise
provided by the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors providing
for the issuance of any series of Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.4, in
the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the
Corporation, after distribution in full of the preferential amounts, if any, to
be distributed to the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock, the rights of the
holders of Common Stock to receive any remaining assets of the Corporation shall
be as provided in subsections 4.2(c) and 4.2(e).
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ARTICLE V
Section 5.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS. The business and affairs of the
Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors. The
exact number of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by, or in the manner
provided in, the By-laws of the Corporation and may be increased or decreased as
therein provided. Directors of the Corporation need not be elected by ballot
unless required by the By-laws.
Section 5.2 CLASSIFICATION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The Directors
shall be divided into three classes. Each such class shall consist, as nearly as
may be possible, of one-third of the total number of Directors, and any
remaining Directors shall be included within such groups as the Board of
Directors shall designate. The first class of Directors will be elected for a
term which expires in 1996. The second class will be elected for a term which
expires in 1997. The third class will be elected to a term which expires in
1998. At each annual meeting of stockholders, beginning in 1996, successors to
the class of Directors whose term expires at the annual meeting shall be elected
for a three-year term. If the number of Directors is changed, any increase or
decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of
Directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, but in no case shall a
decrease in the number of Directors shorten the term of any incumbent Director.
A director may be removed from office for cause only and, subject to such
removal, death, resignation, retirement or disqualification, shall hold office
until the annual meeting for the year in which his term expires and until his
successor shall be elected and qualify. No alteration, amendment or repeal of
this Article V or the By-laws of the Corporation shall be effective to shorten
the term of any Director holding office at the time of such alteration,
amendment or repeal, to permit any such Director to be removed without cause, or
to increase the number of Directors in any class or in the aggregate from that
existing at the time of such alteration, amendment or repeal until the
expiration of the terms of office of all Directors then holding office, unless
(i) in the case of this Article V, such alteration, amendment or repeal has been
approved by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon, or (ii)
in the case of the By-laws, such alteration, amendment or repeal has been
approved by either the holders of all shares entitled to vote thereon or by a
vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors.
Section 5.3 DIRECTORS APPOINTED BY A SPECIFIC CLASS OF
STOCKHOLDERS. To the extent that any holders of any class or series of stock
other than Common Stock issued by the Corporation shall have the separate right,
voting as a class or series, to elect Directors, the Directors elected by such
class or series shall be deemed to constitute an additional class of Directors
and shall have a term of office for one year or such other period as may be
designated by the provisions of such class or series providing such separate
voting right to the holders of such class or series of stock, and any such class
of Directors shall be in addition to the classes designated above.
Section 5.4 NOMINATIONS. Advance notice of nominations for the
election of Directors shall be given in the manner and to the extent provided in
the By-laws of the Corporation.
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Section 5.5 VACANCIES. Vacancies and newly created directorships
resulting from any increase in the authorized number of Directors may be filled
by a majority of the Board of Directors and any vacancies on the Board of
Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal or other cause shall only
be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors then
in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a
sole remaining director. Any Director elected in accordance with the preceding
sentence of this Section 5.5 shall hold office for the remainder of the full
term of the Directors whose vacancy is so filled and until such Director's
successor shall have been elected and qualified.
ARTICLE VI
The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.
ARTICLE VII
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by
law, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized:
Section 7.1 To adopt, repeal, alter or amend the By-laws of the
Corporation by a vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors.
Section 7.2 To authorize and cause to be executed mortgages and
liens upon the real and personal property of the Corporation.
Section 7.3 To set apart out of any of the funds of the
Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose
and to abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
Section 7.4 By a majority of the whole Board of Directors, to
designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of
the Directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or
more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent
or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. The
By-laws may provide that in the absence or disqualification of a member of a
committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not
disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may
unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the
meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such
committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors,
or in the Bylaws of the Corporation, shall have and may exercise all the powers
and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and
affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to
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be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have
the power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of
Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to
the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the
Corporation's property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a
dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the
By-laws of the Corporation; and, unless the resolution or By-laws expressly so
provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a
dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock.
Section 7.5 When and as authorized by the stockholders in
accordance with statute, to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of
the property and assets of the Corporation, including its goodwill and its
corporate franchises, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration,
which may consist in whole or in part of money or property including shares of
stock in, and/or other securities of, any other corporation or corporations, as
the Board of Directors shall deem expedient and for the best interests of the
Corporation.
ARTICLE VIII
Section 8.1 Except as provided in Section 8.2 of this Article
VIII, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the
Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of the
stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in
writing by such stockholders. Advance notice of items of business to be
considered at any meeting of the stockholders shall be given in the manner and
to the extent provided in the By-laws of the Corporation.
Section 8.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Article VIII
shall not apply to the Corporation if it does not have a class of voting stock
that is either (i) listed on a national securities exchange, (ii) authorized for
quotation on an inter dealer quotation system of the registered national
securities association, or (iii) held of record by more than two thousand
(2,000) stockholders.
ARTICLE IX
Section 9.1 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS. A Director of
the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a Director,
except for liability (i) for any breach of the Director's duty of loyalty to the
Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under
Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the Director
derived an improper personal benefit.
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If the DGCL is amended after the date hereof to authorize action by
corporations organized pursuant to the DGCL to further eliminate or limit the
personal liability of directors, then the liability of a Director of the
Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL, as amended.
Section 9.2 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS.
(a) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be
made a party or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit
or proceeding, whether formal or informal, whether of a civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative nature (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason
of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal
representative, is or was a Director of the Corporation, whether the basis of
such proceeding is an alleged action or inaction in an official capacity or in
any other capacity while serving as a Director, shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware
law, as the same exists or may hereafter exist in the future (but, in the case
of any future change, only to the extent that such change permits the
Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than the law permitted
prior to such charge), against all costs, charges, expenses, liabilities and
losses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees, judgments, fines,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") excise taxes, or
penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or
suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director and shall inure to the
benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators.
(b) The Corporation shall pay expenses actually incurred in
connection with any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided,
however, that if Delaware law then requires, the payment of such expenses
incurred in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only
upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such
Director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be
determined that such Director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified.
(c) If a claim under subsection 9.2(a) hereof is not paid in full
by the Corporation within thirty (30) days after a written claim has been
received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit
against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if
successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also
the expense of prosecuting such claim. Neither the failure of the Corporation
(including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its
stockholders) to have made a determination that indemnification of the claimant
is permissible in the circumstances because the claimant has met the applicable
standard of conduct, if any, nor an actual determination by the Corporation
(including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its
stockholders) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct, shall be a
defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the
standard of conduct.
Section 9.3 INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS.
The Corporation may provide indemnification to employees and agents of the
Corporation to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware law.
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Section 9.4 EXPENSES AS A WITNESS. To the extent that any
Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation is by reason of such
position, or position with another entity at the request of the Corporation, a
witness in any action, suit or proceeding, he or she shall be indemnified
against all costs and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her on
his or her behalf in connection therewith.
Section 9.5 INSURANCE. The Corporation may maintain insurance,
at its expense, to protect itself and any Director, officer, employee or agent
of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the
Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense,
liability or loss under Delaware law.
Section 9.6 INDEMNITY AGREEMENTS. The Corporation may enter into
agreements with any Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation
providing for indemnification to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware
law.
Section 9.7 SEPARABILITY. Each and every paragraph, sentence,
term and provision of this Article IX is separate and distinct, so that if any
paragraph, sentence, term or provision hereof shall be held to be invalid or
unenforceable for any reason, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
affect the validity or unenforceability of any other paragraph, sentence, term
or provision hereof. To the extent required, any paragraph, sentence, term or
provision of this Article IX may be modified by a court of competent
jurisdiction to preserve its validity and to provide the claimant with, subject
to the limitations set forth in this Article IX and any agreement between the
Corporation and claimant, the broadest possible indemnification permitted under
applicable law.
Section 9.8 CONTRACT RIGHT. Each of the rights conferred on
Directors of the Corporation by Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.4 of this Article IX and
on officers, employees or agents of the Corporation by Section 9.4 of this
Article shall be a contract right and any repeal or amendment of the provisions
of this Article shall not adversely affect any right hereunder of any person
existing at the time of such repeal or amendment with respect to any act or
omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or amendment, and, further,
shall not apply to any proceeding, irrespective of when the proceeding is
initiated, arising from the service of such person prior to such repeal or
amendment.
Section 9.9 NONEXCLUSIVITY. The rights conferred in this Article
shall not be exclusive of any other rights that any person may have or hereafter
acquire under any statute, By-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested Directors or otherwise.
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ARTICLE X
The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter or repeal any
provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or
hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders
herein are subject to this reservation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx, Inc. has caused this
Certificate to be signed by Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx., its Executive Vice President,
and attested by Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, its Secretary, this 29th day of November,
1995.
MEDPARTNERS/XXXXXXXX, INC.
[S E A L] By
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
Executive Vice President
ATTEST:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Its Secretary
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF RIGHTS CERTIFICATE
CERTIFICATE NO. R-________
NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER _______________, ________ OR EARLIER IF REDEEMED BY THE
COMPANY. THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY, AT
$0.001 PER RIGHT ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT. UNDER CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES, RIGHTS BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS SUCH TERM IS
DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) AND ANY SUBSEQUENT HOLDER OF SUCH RIGHTS MAY
BECOME NULL AND VOID. [THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED BY THIS RIGHTS CERTIFICATE ARE OR
WERE BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY A PERSON WHO WAS OR BECAME AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR AN
AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE OF AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE
RIGHTS AGREEMENT). ACCORDINGLY, THIS RIGHTS CERTIFICATE AND THE RIGHTS
REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN
SECTION 7(e) OF SUCH AGREEMENT.](1)
RIGHTS CERTIFICATE
MEDPARTNERS/XXXXXXXX, INC.
This certifies that ______________________, or registered assigns, is
the registered owner of the number of Rights set forth above, each of which
entitles the owner thereof, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of
the Rights Agreement, dated as of ______________, ______, as amended (the
"Rights Agreement"), between MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), and Chemical Bank, a national banking association (the "Rights
Agent"), to purchase from the Company at any time prior to 5:00 P.M. (New York
City time) on _______________, ____ at the office or offices of the Rights Agent
designated for such purpose, or its successors as Rights Agent, one
one-hundredth of a fully paid, non-assessable share of Series C Junior
Participating Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock") of the Company, at a
purchase price of $_____ per one one-hundredth of a share (the "Purchase
Price"), upon presentation and surrender of this Rights Certificate with the
Form of Election to Purchase and related Certificate duly executed. The number
of Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate (and the number of shares which
may be purchased upon exercise thereof) set forth above, and the Purchase Price
per share set forth above, are the number and Purchase Price as of based on the
Preferred Stock as constituted at such date. The Company reserves the right to
require prior to the occurrence of a Triggering Event (as such term is defined
in the Rights Agreement) that a number of Rights be exercised so that only whole
shares of Preferred Stock will be issued.
Upon the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (as such term is
defined in the Rights Agreement), if the Rights evidenced by this Rights
Certificate are beneficially owned by (i) an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or
Associate of any such Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights
Agreement), (ii) a transferee of any such Acquiring Person, Associate or
Affiliate, or (iii) under certain circumstances specified in the Rights
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(1) The portion of the legend in brackets shall be inserted only if applicable
and shall replace the preceding sentence.
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Agreement, a transferee of a person who, after such transfer, became an
Acquiring Person, or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person, such
Rights shall become null and void and no holder hereof shall have any right with
respect to such Rights from and after the occurrence of such Section 11(a)(ii)
Event.
As provided in the Rights Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number
and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or other securities, which may be
purchased upon the exercise of the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate
are subject to modification and adjustment upon the happening of certain events,
including Triggering Events.
This Rights Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Rights Agreement, which terms, provisions and conditions are
hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which
Rights Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the
Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the Rights Certificates, which
limitations of rights include the temporary suspension of the exercisability of
such Rights under the specific circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement.
Copies of the Rights Agreement are on file at the above-mentioned office of the
Rights Agent and are also available upon written request to the Rights Agent.
This Rights Certificate, with or without other Rights Certificates,
upon surrender at the principal office or offices of the Rights Agent designated
for such purpose, may be exchanged for another Rights Certificate or Rights
Certificates of like tenor and date evidencing Rights entitling the holder to
purchase a like aggregate number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred
Stock as the Rights evidenced by the Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates
surrendered shall have entitled such holder to purchase. If this Rights
Certificate shall be exercised in part, the holder shall be entitled to receive
upon surrender hereof another Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates for the
number of whole Rights not exercised.
Subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement, the Rights evidenced
by this Certificate may be redeemed by the Company at its option at a redemption
price of $0.001 per Right at any time prior to the earlier of the close of
business on (i) the tenth day following the Stock Acquisition Date (as such time
period may be extended pursuant to the Rights Agreement), and (ii) the Final
Expiration Date. In addition, the Rights may be exchanged, in whole or in part,
for shares of the Common Stock, or shares of preferred stock of the Company
having essentially the same value or economic rights as such shares. Immediately
upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing any such
exchange, and without any further action or any notice, the Rights (other than
Rights which are not subject to such exchange) will terminate and the Rights
will only enable holders to receive the shares issuable upon such exchange.
Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, the decision to
redeem the Rights shall require the concurrence of a majority of the Continuing
Directors.
No fractional shares of Preferred Stock will be issued upon the
exercise of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby (other than fractions which are
integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Stock, which
may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts), but
in lieu thereof a cash payment will be made, as provided in the Rights
Agreement.
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No holder of this Rights Certificate shall be entitled to vote or
receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of shares of Preferred
Stock or of any other securities of the Company which may at any time be
issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Rights
Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any
of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the
election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any
meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or, to
receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as
provided in the Rights Agreement), or to receive dividends or subscription
rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by this Rights
Certificate shall have been exercised as provided in the Rights Agreement.
This Rights Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any
purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent.
WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Company
and its corporate seal.
Dated as of _________________________, __________.
MEDPARTNERS/XXXXXXXX, INC.
By
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Title
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ATTEST:
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Secretary
[ S E A L ]
COUNTERSIGNED:
CHEMICAL BANK
By
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Authorized Signature
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF RIGHTS CERTIFICATE]
(FORM OF ASSIGNMENT)
(To be executed by the registered holder if such holder desires to transfer the
Rights Certificate.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ______________________________ hereby sells,
assigns and transfers unto ______________________________
(Please print name and address of transferee)
this Rights Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein,
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ______________________
Attorney, to transfer the within Rights Certificate on the books of the
within-named Company, with full power of substitution.
Dated: ______________________________, 19_____
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Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
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CERTIFICATE
The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes
that:
(1) This Rights Certificate [ ] is [ ] is not being sold, assigned
and transferred by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or
an Affiliate or Associate of any such Acquiring Person (as such terms are
defined pursuant to the Rights Agreement);
(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the
undersigned, it [ ] did [ ] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by this Rights
Certificate from any Person who is, was or subsequently became an Acquiring
Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person.
Dated: ______________________________, 19_____
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Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
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NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing Assignment and Certificate must
correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in
every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
(To be executed if holder desires to exercise Rights represented by the Rights
Certificate.)
To: MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx, Inc.:
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise __________ Rights
represented by this Rights Certificate to purchase the shares of Preferred Stock
issuable upon the exercise of the Rights (or such other securities of the
Company or of any other person which may be issuable upon the exercise of the
Rights) and requests that certificates for such shares be issued in the name of
and delivered to:
Please insert social security or other identifying number:
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(Please print name and address)
If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this Rights
Certificate, a new Rights Certificate for the balance of such Rights shall be
registered in the name of and delivered to:
Please insert social security or other identifying number:
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(Please print name and address)
Dated: ______________________________, 19_____
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Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
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CERTIFICATE
The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes
that:
(1) the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate [ ] are [ ]
are not being exercised by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring
Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such Acquiring Person (as such terms
are defined pursuant to the Rights Agreement);
(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the
undersigned, it [ ] did [ ] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by this Rights
Certificate from any Person who is, was or became an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person.
Dated: ______________________________, 19_____
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Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
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NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing Election to Purchase and Certificate
must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate
in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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EXHIBIT C
DETAILED SUMMARY OF RIGHTS TO PURCHASE
SERIES C JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK
On November 8, 1994, the Board of Directors of MedPartners, Inc. (the
"Company") adopted a Stockholder Rights Plan, providing that one Right shall be
attached to each share of Common Stock of the Company. Each Right entitles the
registered holder to purchase from the Company a unit (a "Unit") consisting of
one one-hundredth of a share of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock,
without par value (the "Preferred Stock"), at a Purchase Price of $___________
per Unit (the "Purchase Price"), subject to adjustment. As of November 29, 1995,
the Rights Agreement was amended to substitute MedPartners/Xxxxxxxx, Inc., the
successor issuer to MedPartners, Inc. as the "Company". The description and
terms of the Rights are set forth in the Rights Agreement (the "Rights
Agreement"), dated as of March 1, 1995, as amended, between the Company and
Chemical Bank, a national banking association, as Rights Agent (the "Rights
Agent").
Initially, the Rights will be attached to all Common Stock certificates
representing shares then outstanding, and no separate Rights Certificate will be
distributed. The Rights will separate from the Common Stock and a Distribution
Date will occur upon the earlier of (i) 10 days following a public announcement
that a person or group of affiliated or associated persons (an "Acquiring
Person") has acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, beneficial ownership of
10% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (the "Stock Acquisition
Date") or (ii) 10 business days following the commencement of a tender offer or
exchange offer that would result in a person or group beneficially owning 10% or
more of such outstanding shares of Common Stock. Until the Distribution Date,
(i) the Rights will be evidenced by the Common Stock certificates and will be
transferred with and only with such Common Stock certificates, (ii) new Common
Stock certificates will contain a notation incorporating the Rights Agreement by
reference and (iii) the surrender for transfer of any certificates for Common
Stock outstanding will also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated
with the Common Stock represented by such certificate.
The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date and will
expire at the close of business on _______________, ______ unless earlier
redeemed by the Company as described below.
As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, Rights Certificates
will be mailed to holders of record of the Common Stock as of the close of
business on the Distribution Date and, thereafter, the separate Rights
Certificates alone will represent the Rights. Except as otherwise determined by
the Board of Directors, only shares of Common Stock prior to the Distribution
Date will be issued with Rights.
In the event that (A) an Acquiring Person becomes the beneficial owner
of 10% or more of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock (unless such
acquisition is made pursuant to a tender or exchange offer for all outstanding
shares of the Company, at a price determined by a majority of the independent
Directors of the Company who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or
Associates of an Acquiring Person to be fair and otherwise in the best interest
of the Company and its stockholders), (B) an Acquiring Person engages in certain
self-dealing transactions involving the Company, such as (i) merging or
consolidating into or with the Company where the Company survives and the Common
Stock remains outstanding, (ii) transferring assets to the Company
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in exchange for Company securities, or acquiring securities from the Company
other than on the same basis as to all other stockholders, (iii) transferring
assets to or from the Company on terms less favorable than arm's length, (iv)
transferring to or from the Company assets having a fair market value in excess
of $5,000,000, (v) receiving unusual compensation or (vi) receiving any other
financial benefit not provided to all other stockholders, or (C) during such
time as there is an Acquiring Person, there is any reclassification of
securities, recapitalization, merger or consolidation which increases by more
than 1% the amount of Common Sock beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person,
each holder of a Right will thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise,
Common Stock (or, in certain circumstances, cash, property or other securities
of the Company), having a value equal to two times the exercise price of the
Right. The exercise price is the Purchase Price times the number of shares of
Common Stock associated with each Right (initially, one). Notwithstanding any of
the foregoing, following the occurrence of any of the events set forth in this
paragraph (the "Flip-In Events"), all Rights that are, or (under certain
circumstances specified in the Rights Agreement) were, beneficially owned by any
Acquiring Person will be null and void. However, Rights are not exercisable
following the occurrence of any of the Flip-In Events set forth above until such
time as the Rights are no longer redeemable by the Company as set forth below.
In the event that following the Stock Acquisition Date, (i) the Company
is acquired in a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the
surviving corporation (other than a merger that follows a tender offer
determined to be fair to the stockholders of the Company, as described in the
preceding paragraph) or (ii) 50% or more of the Company's assets or earning
power is sold or transferred, each holder of a Right (except Rights which have
previously been voided as set forth above) shall thereafter have the right to
receive, upon exercise of the Right, Common Stock of the acquiring company
having a value equal to two times the exercise price of the Right.
The Purchase Price payable, and the number of Units of Preferred Stock
or other securities or property issuable upon exercise of the Rights are subject
to adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution (i) in the event of a stock
dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or reclassification of, the Preferred
Stock, (ii) if holders of the Preferred Stock are granted certain rights or
warrants to subscribe for Preferred Stock or convertible securities at less than
the current market price of the Preferred Stock, or (iii) upon the distribution
to holders of the Preferred Stock of evidences of indebtedness or assets
(excluding regular quarterly cash dividends) or of subscription rights or
warrants (other than those referred to above).
With certain exceptions, no adjustments in the Purchase Price will be
required until cumulative adjustments amount to at least 1% of the Purchase
Price. No fractional Units will be issued and, in lieu thereof, an adjustment in
cash will be made based on the market price of the Preferred Stock on the last
trading date prior to the date of exercise.
At any time until 10 days following the Stock Acquisition Date, the
Company may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $.001 per
Right. Under certain circumstances, the decision to redeem shall require the
concurrence of a majority of the Continuing Directors (as defined below).
Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering redemption of the
Rights, the Rights will terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights
will be to receive the $.01 redemption price.
The term "Continuing Director" means any member of the Board of
Directors of the Company who was a member of the Board prior to the adoption of
the Rights Plan and any person who is subsequently elected to
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the Board if such person is recommended or approved by a majority of the
Continuing Directors, but shall not include an Acquiring Person, or an affiliate
or associate of an Acquiring Person, or any representative of the foregoing
entities.
Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no
rights as a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right
to vote or to receive dividends. While the distribution of the Rights will not
be taxable to stockholders or to the Company, stockholders may, depending upon
the circumstances, recognize taxable income in the event that the Rights become
exercisable for Common Stock (or other consideration) of the Company as set
forth above.
Other than those provisions relating to the principal economic terms of
the Rights, any of the provisions of the Rights Agreement may be amended by the
Board of Directors of the Company prior to the Distribution Date. After the
Distribution Date, the provisions of the Rights Agreement may be amended by the
Board (in certain circumstances, with the concurrence of the Continuing
Directors) in order to cure any ambiguity, to make changes which do not
adversely affect the interests of holders of Rights (excluding the interest of
any Acquiring Person), or to shorten or lengthen any time period under the
Rights Agreement; provided, however, that no amendment to adjust the time period
governing redemption shall be made at such time as the Rights are not
redeemable.
A copy of the Rights Agreement has been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to a Registration Statement on Form 8-B. A
copy of the Rights Agreement is available free of charge from the Company. This
Summary Description of the Rights does not purport to be complete and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the Rights Agreement, which is
incorporated herein by reference.
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