EXHIBIT 4.3
ARTICLES OF EXCHANGE
BETWEEN
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO,
AND
PNM RESOURCES, INC.
(FORMERLY KNOWN AS XXXXXXX CORPORATION)
Pursuant to the provisions of the New Mexico Business Corporation Act,
Public Service Company of New Mexico ("PNM"), a New Mexico corporation, and PNM
Resources, Inc. (formerly known as Xxxxxxx Corporation) ("PNM RESOURCES"), a New
Mexico corporation, adopt the following Articles of Exchange, effective DECEMBER
31, 2001 AT 12:01 A.M. (MT) (the "EFFECTIVE TIME").
PNM is reorganizing into a holding company structure pursuant to the
Plan of Share Exchange (defined below). Prior to the Effective Time, PNM
Resources, Inc. was a wholly-owned subsidiary of PNM. Upon the Effective Time,
PNM Resources will become the parent of PNM. PNM Resources is the acquiring
corporation and PNM is the acquired corporation.
ARTICLE 1
PLAN OF SHARE EXCHANGE
Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Share Exchange dated as of April
17, 2000 ("PLAN OF SHARE EXCHANGE") between PNM and PNM Resources, attached
hereto as part of these Articles of Exchange:
(1) Each share of common stock of PNM ($5.00 par value per share)
issued and outstanding immediately before the Effective Time shall be
automatically exchanged for one share of common stock of PNM Resources (without
par value), which shares of PNM Resources common stock shall thereupon be fully
paid and non-assessable;
(2) PNM Resources shall acquire and become the owner and holder of each
issued and outstanding share of common stock of PNM so exchanged; and
(3) Each share of PNM Resources common stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and shall thereupon
constitute an authorized and unissued share of PNM Resources.
Shares of preferred stock of PNM in existence prior to the Effective
Time shall not be exchanged or otherwise affected in connection with the Plan of
Share Exchange.
ARTICLE 2
OUTSTANDING SHARES
Immediately prior to the Effective Time:
For PNM Resources: 100 shares of PNM Resources common stock issued and
outstanding and owned by PNM, and no issued and outstanding shares of PNM
Resources preferred stock.
For PNM: 39,117,799 shares of PNM common stock issued and
outstanding, and 128,000 shares of preferred stock of PNM issued and outstanding
in one series.
ARTICLE 3
SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL
Approval of the Plan of Share Exchange required the affirmative vote of
the holders of two-thirds of the shares of PNM common stock entitled to vote at
the annual meeting of PNM shareholders held on June 6, 2000.
Holders of 39,535,699 shares of PNM common stock, issued and
outstanding at the close of business on the April 17, 2000 record date, were
entitled to vote on the Plan of Share Exchange. Each share of PNM common stock
was entitled to one vote. Of the 39,535,699 eligible shares, 28,701,001 shares
of PNM common stock were voted in favor of the Plan of Share Exchange, 2,813,624
shares of PNM common stock were voted against the Plan of Share Exchange,
221,815 shares were voted to abstain, and the remainder of the holders of
eligible shares were not voted at the June 6, 2000 meeting of PNM shareholders.
ARTICLE 4
ACQUIRING CORPORATION STATEMENT
The adoption plan, I.E., the Plan of Share Exchange, and performance of
its terms were duly approved by the board of directors of PNM Resources, along
with such other requisite corporate action by PNM Resources.
Dated: December 20, 2001.
PNM RESOURCES, INC.
By /s/ X.X. Xxxxxx
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X.X. Xxxxxx, Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
OF NEW MEXICO
By /s/ X.X. Xxxxxx
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X.X. Xxxxxx, Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer
Attachment - Plan of Share Exchange
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF SHARE EXCHANGE
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF SHARE EXCHANGE (this "Agreement"), dated as
of April 17, 2000, is between PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO, a New Mexico
corporation (the "Company") and the corporation whose shares of Common Stock,
$5.00 par value per share (the "Company Common Stock"), will be acquired
pursuant to the Exchange (as hereinafter defined) provided for herein, and
XXXXXXX CORPORATION, a New Mexico corporation ("Xxxxxxx") and the corporation
which will acquire the Company Common Stock. The Company and Xxxxxxx are
hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the "Companies".
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (a)
80,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, of which 39,535,699 shares are issued
and outstanding as of the date hereof, and (b) 10,000,000 shares of Cumulative
Preferred Stock, no par value ("Company Preferred Stock"), of which 128,000
shares are issued and outstanding in one series as of the date hereof;
WHEREAS, Xxxxxxx is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company with
authorized capital stock consisting of (a) 120,000,000 shares of Common Stock,
without par value ("Xxxxxxx Common Stock"), of which 100 shares are issued and
outstanding as of the date hereof and owned of record by the Company, and (b)
50,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, without par value ("Xxxxxxx Preferred
Stock"), of which no shares are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof;
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of the respective Companies deem it
desirable and in the best interests of the Companies and their shareholders
that, at the Effective Time (as hereinafter defined), Xxxxxxx acquire each share
of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time and that each such share of Company Common Stock be automatically
exchanged for one share of Xxxxxxx Common Stock with the result that Xxxxxxx
becomes the owner of all outstanding Company Common Stock and that each holder
of Company Common Stock becomes the owner of an equal number of shares of
Xxxxxxx Common Stock, all on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
WHEREAS, the implementation of the Exchange is subject, to the extent
required, and among other things as provided herein, to the receipt of orders,
authorizations and approvals of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (the
"PRC"), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the "FERC") and the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (the "NRC"); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has recommended that the
Company's shareholders approve the Exchange and this Agreement, and the Exchange
and this Agreement will be submitted to a vote of the holders of Company Common
Stock pursuant to the New Mexico Business Corporation Act (the "Act").
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the agreements,
covenants and conditions hereinafter contained, and subject to satisfaction of
the conditions herein contained, the parties hereto agree with respect to the
acquisition and exchange provided for herein (the "Exchange") that at the
Effective Time each share of Company Common Stock
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be
automatically exchanged for one share of Xxxxxxx Common Stock, and that the
terms and conditions of the Exchange and the method of carrying the same into
effect are as follows:
ARTICLE I
Subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions contained
herein, the Exchange will be effective upon the filing of Articles of Exchange
(the "Articles") with respect to the Exchange with the Corporations Bureau of
the PRC or at such later time as may be stated in the Articles (the time at
which the Exchange becomes effective being referred to herein as the "Effective
Time").
ARTICLE II
At the Effective Time:
(1) each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be automatically exchanged for one
share of Xxxxxxx Common Stock, which shares of Xxxxxxx Common Stock shall
thereupon be fully paid and non-assessable;
(2) Xxxxxxx shall acquire and become the owner and holder of each
issued and outstanding share of Company Common Stock so exchanged;
(3) each share of Xxxxxxx Common Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and shall thereupon
constitute an authorized and unissued share of Xxxxxxx Common Stock; and
(4) the former holders of Company Common Stock shall be entitled only
to receive shares of Xxxxxxx Common Stock in exchange therefor as provided
herein subject to statutory dissenters' rights under Sections 53-15-3 and
53-15-4 of the Act that may be applicable to such former holders.
Shares of Company Preferred Stock shall not be exchanged or otherwise
affected in connection with the Exchange. Subject to the terms thereof, each
share of Company Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall continue to be issued and outstanding following the
Exchange and shall continue to be a share of Company Preferred Stock of the
applicable series designation.
ARTICLE III
The consummation of the Exchange is subject to the following conditions
precedent at or prior to the Effective Time:
(1) the receipt and continued effectiveness of (a) the approval by the
holders of Company Common Stock as required by the Act and (b) such orders,
authorizations, approvals or waivers from the PRC, the FERC, the NRC and any
other jurisdictive regulatory bodies, boards or agencies, or other parties,
which are required to consummate the Exchange at the
Effective Time and which do not include, in the sole judgment of the Company's
Board of Directors, unacceptable conditions;
(2) a registration statement relating to the shares of Xxxxxxx Common
Stock to be issued or reserved for issuance in connection with the Exchange
shall be effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and shall not
be the subject of any stop order pursuant to Section 8 thereunder;
(3) the approval for listing, upon official notice of issuance, by the
New York Stock Exchange of the shares of Xxxxxxx Common Stock to be issued in
connection with the Exchange;
(4) the receipt of an opinion of counsel or an opinion from the
Company's independent public accountants, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Board of Directors of the Company and of Xxxxxxx, as to the United States
federal income tax consequences of the Exchange; and
(5) the receipt of an opinion, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Company's Board of Directors, from Xxxxxxx & XxXxxx, P.A., counsel to the
Company, as to the legality of Xxxxxxx Common Stock to be issued by Xxxxxxx in
connection with the Exchange.
ARTICLE IV
This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented, or compliance
with any provision or condition hereof may be waived, at any time prior to the
Effective Time (including, without limitation after receipt of the affirmative
vote of holders of the Company Common Stock as provided in Article V hereof), by
the mutual consent of the Boards of Directors of the Company and of Xxxxxxx;
provided, however, that, after receipt of such holder approval, no such
amendment, modification, supplement or waiver shall be made or effected if such
amendment, modification, supplement or waiver would, in the sole judgment of the
Board of Directors of the Company, materially and adversely affect the rights of
the shareholders of the Company.
This Agreement may be terminated and the Exchange abandoned at any time
prior to the Effective Time (including, without limitation, after receipt of the
affirmative vote of holders of the Company Common Stock as provided in Article V
hereof), if the Board of Directors of the Company determines, in its sole
judgment, that consummation of the Exchange would for any reason be inadvisable
or not in the best interests of the Company or its shareholders.
ARTICLE V
The Exchange and this Agreement will be submitted to the holders of
Company Common Stock for approval pursuant to the Act. As required by the Act,
the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of
Company Common Stock will be required to approve the Exchange and this
Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
Following the Effective Time, each holder of an outstanding certificate
or certificates theretofore representing shares of Company Common Stock may, but
shall not be required to, surrender the same to Xxxxxxx for cancellation and
reissuance of a new certificate or certificates in such holder's name or for
cancellation and transfer, and each such holder or transferee will be entitled
to receive a certificate or certificates representing the same number of shares
of Xxxxxxx Common Stock as the shares of Company Common Stock previously
represented by the certificate or certificates surrendered. Until so surrendered
or presented for transfer, each outstanding certificate which, immediately prior
to the Effective Time, represents Company Common Stock shall be deemed and
treated for all corporate purposes to represent the ownership of the same number
of shares of Xxxxxxx Common Stock as though such surrender or transfer and
exchange had taken place. The holders of Company Common Stock at the Effective
Time shall have no right to have their shares of Company Common Stock
transferred on the stock transfer books of the Company, and such stock transfer
books shall be deemed to be closed for this purpose at the Effective Time, and
at and after the Effective Time, such stock transfer books may be deemed to be
the stock transfer books of Xxxxxxx.
ARTICLE VII
Prior to or as of the Effective Time, the Company shall cause those
directors of the Company identified as Xxxxxxx directors in the Company's Proxy
Statement for the Company's 2000 Annual Meeting to be elected directors of
Xxxxxxx, and such directors shall remain as directors of Xxxxxxx at and after
the Effective Time until Xxxxxxx'x 2001 Annual Meeting. Each director of the
Company as of the Effective Time shall also remain a director of the Company at
and after the Effective Time until otherwise determined by Xxxxxxx.
ARTICLE VIII
At the Effective Time, Xxxxxxx shall become sponsor of a dividend
reinvestment and stock purchase plan ("Xxxxxxx Direct Plan") by amendment to the
Company's PNM Direct Plan as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time.
At the Effective Time, all shares of Company Common Stock held under the PNM
Direct Plan (including fractional and uncertificated shares) immediately prior
to the Effective Time shall be automatically exchanged for a like number of
shares (including fractional and uncertificated shares) of Xxxxxxx Common Stock
and shall be held under and pursuant to the Xxxxxxx Direct Plan. At the
Effective Time, Xxxxxxx shall become the sponsor of, and agree to issue Xxxxxxx
Common Stock on and after the Effective Time in connection with, the Company's
Performance Stock Plan and the Company's Director Retainer Plan, each as in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, by appropriate amendments to
these plans.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Company and Xxxxxxx, pursuant to
authorization and approval given by its Board of Directors, has caused this
Agreement to be executed by its President and Chief Executive Officer and its
corporate seal to be affixed hereto and attested by its Secretary as of the date
first above written.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
OF NEW MEXICO
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
ATTEST:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Secretary
XXXXXXX CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
ATTEST:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Secretary
