CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., Rights Agent Rights Agreement Dated as of October 1, 2007
CAMERON
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
and
COMPUTERSHARE
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
Rights
Agent
_____________
Dated
as of October 1, 2007
Table
of Contents
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Page
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Section
1.
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Certain
Definitions
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1
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Section
2.
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Appointment
of Rights Agent
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5
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Section
3.
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Issue
of Rights Certificates.
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5
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Section
4.
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Form
of Rights Certificates.
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7
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Section
5.
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Countersignature
and Registration.
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7
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Section
6.
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Transfer,
Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Rights Certificates; Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Rights Certificates.
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8
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Section
7.
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Exercise
of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights.
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9
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Section
8.
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Cancellation
and Destruction of Rights Certificates
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11
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Section
9.
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Reservation
and Availability of Capital Stock.
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11
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Section
10.
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Preferred
Stock Record Date
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12
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Section
11.
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Adjustment
of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of
Rights
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13
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Section
12.
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Certificate
of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares
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20
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Section
13.
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Consolidation,
Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning Power.
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Section
14.
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Fractional
Rights and Fractional Shares.
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Section
15.
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Rights
of Action
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24
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Section
16.
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Agreement
of Rights Holders
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24
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Section
17.
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Rights
Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder
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25
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Section
18.
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Concerning
the Rights Agent.
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25
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Section
19.
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Merger
or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent.
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25
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Section
20.
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Duties
of Rights Agent
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Section
21.
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Change
of Rights Agent
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28
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Section
22.
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Issuance
of New Rights Certificates
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Section
23.
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Redemption
and Termination.
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Section
24.
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Exchange.
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30
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Section
25.
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Notice
of Certain Events.
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31
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Section
26.
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Notices
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32
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Section
27.
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Supplements
and Amendments
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32
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Section
28.
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Successors
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33
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Section
29.
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Determinations
and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc
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33
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Section
30.
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Benefits
of this Agreement
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33
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Section
31.
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Severability
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33
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Section
32.
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Governing
Law
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34
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Section
33.
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Counterparts
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34
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Section
34.
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Descriptive
Headings
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34
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Section
35.
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Force
Majeure
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Exhibit A - | Form of Certificate of Designations of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock |
A-1
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Exhibit B - | Form of Rights Certificate |
B-1
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Exhibit C - | Form of Summary of Rights |
C-1
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RIGHTS
AGREEMENT, dated as of October 1, 2007 (the “Agreement”), between Cameron
International Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and
Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a federally chartered trust company (the
“Rights Agent”).
W
I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS,
on May 1, 1995, the Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York,
predecessor rights agent to the Rights Agent, entered into a Rights Agreement
(as amended, the “Original Agreement”),
WHEREAS,
the Original Agreement will expire on October 31, 2007;
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of the Company deems it advisable and in the best
interest of the Company and its stockholders to adopt a new Rights Agreement,
containing substantially similar terms as the Original Agreement, to replace
the
Original Agreement upon its expiration; and
WHEREAS,
on October 1, 2007 (the “Rights Dividend Declaration Date”), the Board of
Directors of the Company authorized and declared, subject to entering into
this
Agreement, a dividend distribution of one preferred share purchase right (a
“Right”) for each share of Common Stock (as hereinafter defined) of the
Company outstanding as of the Close of business on October 31, 2007 (the
“Record Date”), each Right initially representing the right to purchase
one one-hundredth of a share of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock
of
the Company having the rights, powers and preferences set forth in the
Certificate of Designations of the Company attached hereto as Exhibit A,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, and has
further authorized and directed the issuance of one
Right with respect to each share of Common Stock of the
Company that shall become outstanding between the Record Date and the earliest
of the Distribution Date, the date that the Rights are redeemed as provided
in
Section 23 of the Agreement and the Final Expiration Date (as such terms are
hereinafter defined).
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein
set
forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:
Section
1. Certain
Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms
have the meanings indicated:
(a) “Acquiring
Person” shall mean any Person who or which, together with all Affiliates and
Associates of such Person, shall be the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of
the
shares of Common Stock then outstanding, but shall not include (i) the Company,
any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or
of
any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person or entity organized, appointed
or
established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or
(ii) any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person solely as a result of a
reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding due to the
repurchase of shares of Common Stock by the Company.
(b) “Act”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 9(c).
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(c) “Adjustment
Shares” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
11(a)(ii)(B).
(d) “Affiliate”
and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms
in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended and in effect on the date of this Agreement (the
“Exchange Act”).
(e) “Agreement”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
(f) A
Person
shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, and shall be deemed to
“beneficially own,” any securities:
(i) which
such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, directly or
indirectly, has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the exercise
of
conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise;
provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the
“Beneficial Owner” of, or to “beneficially own,” (A) securities tendered
pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such Person or any of such
Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted
for purchase or exchange, or (B) securities issuable upon exercise of Rights
at
any time prior to the occurrence of a Triggering Event, or (C) securities
issuable upon exercise of Rights from and after the occurrence of a Triggering
Event which Rights were acquired by such Person or any of such Person’s
Affiliates or Associates prior to the Distribution Date or pursuant to
Section 3(a) or Section 22 hereof (the “Original Rights”)
or pursuant to Section 11(i) hereof in connection with an adjustment made
with respect to any Original Rights;
(ii) which
such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, directly or
indirectly, has the right to vote or dispose of or has “beneficial ownership” of
(as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations
under
the Exchange Act), including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or
understanding, whether or not in writing; provided, however, that
a Person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, or to “beneficially
own,” any security under this subparagraph (ii) as a result of an agreement,
arrangement or understanding to vote such security if such agreement,
arrangement or understanding: (A) arises solely from a revocable proxy given
in
response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in
accordance with, the applicable provisions of the General Rules and Regulations
under the Exchange Act, and (B) is not also then reportable by such Person
on
Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report);
or
(iii) which
are
beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any
Affiliate or Associate thereof) with which such Person (or any of such Person’s
Affiliates or Associates) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding
(whether or not in writing), for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting
(except pursuant to a revocable proxy as described in the proviso to
subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph (f))
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or
disposing of any voting securities of the Company;
provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (f) shall cause
a Person engaged in the business as
an underwriter of securities to be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, or to
“beneficially own,” any securities acquired through such Person’s participation
in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting until the expiration of forty
days after the date of such acquisition.
(g) “Business
Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in the State of Texas are authorized or obligated by law
or
executive order to close.
(h) “Close
of business” on any given date shall mean 5:00 P.M., Houston, Texas time, on
such date; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business
Day it shall mean 5:00 P.M., Houston, Texas time, on the next succeeding
Business Day.
(i) “Common
Stock” shall mean the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
Company, except that “Common Stock” when used with reference to any Person other
than the Company shall mean the capital stock of such Person with the greatest
voting power, or the equity securities or other equity interest having power
to
control or direct the management, of such Person.
(j) “Common
Stock Equivalent” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
11(a)(iii).
(k) “Company”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
(l) “Continuing
Director” shall mean (i) any member of the Board of Directors of the
Company, while such Person is a member of the Board, who is not an Acquiring
Person, or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person, or a representative
of an Acquiring Person or of any such Affiliate or Associate, and was a member
of the Board prior to the date of this Agreement, or (ii) any Person who
subsequently becomes a member of the Board, while such Person is a member of
the
Board, who is not an Acquiring Person, or an Affiliate or Associate of an
Acquiring Person, or a representative of an Acquiring Person or of any such
Affiliate or Associate, if such Person’s nomination for election or election to
the Board is recommended or approved by a majority of the Continuing
Directors.
(m) “Current
Value” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
11(a)(iii).
(n) “Distribution
Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
3(a).
(o) “equivalent
preferred stock” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
11(b).
(p) “Exchange
Ratio” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
24(a).
(q) “Expiration
Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
7(a).
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(r) “Final
Expiration Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
7(a).
(s) “Force
Majeure Condition” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
35.
(t) “NASDAQ”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11(d)(i).
(u) “Original
Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the
Recitals.
(v) “Original
Rights” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the definition of
Beneficial Owner.
(w) “Person”
shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership or other
entity.
(x) “Preferred
Stock” shall mean shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock,
par value $.01 per share, of the Company and, to the extent that there are
not a
sufficient number of shares of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock
authorized to permit the full exercise of the Rights, any other series of
preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company designated for such
purpose containing terms substantially similar to the terms of the Series B
Junior Participating Preferred Stock.
(y) “Purchase
Price” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
4(a).
(z) “Record
Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals.
(aa) “Redemption
Price” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
23(a).
(bb) “Rights”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals.
(cc) “Rights
Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
(dd) “Rights
Certificate” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
3(a).
(ee) “Rights
Dividend Declaration Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the
Recitals.
(ff) “Section
11(a)(ii) Event” shall mean any event described in Section
11(a)(ii)(A) or (B).
(gg) “Section
11(a)(ii) Trigger Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
11(a)(iii).
(hh) “Section
13 Event” shall mean any event described in clauses (x), (y) or (z) of
Section 13(a).
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(ii) “Spread”
shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 11(a)(iii).
(jj) “Stock
Acquisition Date” shall mean the first date of public announcement (which,
for purposes of this definition, shall include, without limitation, a report
filed pursuant to Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act) by the Company or an
Acquiring Person that an Acquiring Person has become such.
(kk) “Subsidiary”
shall mean, with reference to any Person, any corporation or other entity of
which a majority of the outstanding capital stock or other equity interests
having ordinary voting power in the election of directors or similar officials
is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person, or otherwise controlled by
such Person.
(ll) “Substitution
Period” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
11(a)(iii).
(mm) “Summary
of Rights” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
3(b).
(nn) “Trading
Day” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section
11(d)(i).
(oo) “Triggering
Event” shall mean any Section 11(a)(ii) Event or any Section 13
Event.
Section
2. Appointment
of Rights Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Rights Agent to
act as agent for the Company and the holders of the Rights (who, in accordance
with Section 3 hereof, shall prior to the Distribution Date also be the
holders of the Common Stock) in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof,
and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Company may
from time to time appoint such Co-Rights Agents as it may deem necessary or
desirable, upon 10 days’ prior written notice to the Rights
Agent. The Rights Agent shall have no duty to supervise, and in no
event be liable for, the acts or omissions of any such Co-Rights
Agent.
Section
3. Issue
of Rights Certificates.
(a) Until
the
earlier of (i) the Close of business on the tenth Business Day after the Stock
Acquisition Date and (ii) the Close of business on the tenth Business Day (or
such later date as the Board of Directors shall determine) after the date that
a
tender or exchange offer by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary
of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary
of
the Company, or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by
the
Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) is first published or
sent or given within the meaning of Rule 14d-2(a) of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Exchange Act, if upon consummation thereof, such Person
would be the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the shares of Common Stock
then
outstanding (the earlier of (i) and (ii) being herein referred to as the
“Distribution Date”), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the
provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 3) by the certificates for
the Common Stock registered in the names of the holders of the Common Stock
(which certificates for Common Stock shall be deemed also to be certificates
for
Rights) and not by separate certificates, and (y) the Rights will be
transferable only in connection with the transfer of the
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underlying
shares of Common Stock (including a
transfer to the Company). As soon as practicable after the
Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will send by first-class, insured, postage
prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Stock as of the Close of
business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the
records of the Company, one or more right certificates, in substantially the
form of Exhibit B hereto (the “Rights Certificates”), evidencing
one Right for each share of Common Stock so held, subject to adjustment as
provided herein. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights
will be evidenced solely by such Rights Certificates.
(b) On
the
Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a
copy
of a Summary of Rights, in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C (the “Summary of Rights”), by first-class,
postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Stock as of the Close
of
business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records
of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Stock
outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights
will
be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof
together with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until
the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the date that the Rights are redeemed
as provided in Section 23 of the Agreement or the Final Expiration Date), the
surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Stock outstanding on the
Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto,
shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such shares
of
Common Stock represented thereby.
(c) Rights
shall be issued in respect of all shares of Common Stock which are issued after
the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date or the
Expiration Date. Certificates representing such shares of Common
Stock shall also be deemed to be certificates for Rights, and shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
This
certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights
as
set forth in the Rights Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2007 (as amended
and restated from time to time, the “Rights Agreement”), between Cameron
International Corporation and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights
Agent, the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a
copy
of which is on file at the principal offices of Cameron International
Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights
Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will
no
longer be evidenced by this certificate. Cameron International
Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights
Agreement, as in effect on the date of mailing, without charge promptly after
receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances
set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, any Person
who
is, was or becomes an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof
(as
such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether currently held by
or on
behalf of such Person or by any subsequent holder, may become null and
void.
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With
respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the earlier
of (i) the Distribution Date or (ii) the Expiration Date, the Rights associated
with the Common Stock represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by
such certificates alone and registered holders of Common Stock shall also be
the
registered holders of the associated Rights, and the transfer of any of such
certificates shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with
the Common Stock represented by such certificates.
Section
4. Form
of Rights Certificates.
(a) The
Rights Certificates (and the forms of election to purchase and of assignment
to
be printed on the reverse thereof) shall each be substantially in the form
set
forth in Exhibit B hereto and may have such marks of identification or
designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed thereon as
the
Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions
of
this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or
with
any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation
of
any stock exchange on which the Rights may from time to time be listed, or
to
conform to usage. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 and
Section 22 hereof, the Rights Certificates, whenever distributed, shall
be dated as of the Record Date and on their face shall entitle the holders
thereof to purchase such number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred
Stock as shall be set forth therein at the price set forth therein (such
exercise price per one one-hundredth of a share, the “Purchase Price”),
but the amount and type of securities purchasable upon the exercise of each
Right and the Purchase Price thereof shall be subject to adjustment as provided
herein.
(b) Any
Rights Certificate issued pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section 22
hereof that represents Rights beneficially owned by: (i) an Acquiring Person
or
any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person, (ii) a transferee of an
Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a
transferee after the Acquiring Person becomes such, or (iii) a transferee of
an
Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a
transferee prior to or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming such
and
receives such Rights pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for
consideration) from the Acquiring Person to holders of equity interests in
such
Acquiring, Person or to any Person with whom such Acquiring Person has any
continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred
Rights or (B) a transfer which the Board of Directors of the Company has
determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has as a
primary purpose or effect avoidance of Section 7(e) hereof, and any
Rights Certificate issued pursuant to Section 6 or Section 11
hereof upon transfer, exchange, replacement or adjustment of any other Rights
Certificate referred to in this sentence, shall contain (to the extent feasible)
the following legend:
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.
Section
5. Countersignature
and Registration.
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(a) The
Rights Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board, its President or any Vice President, either manually or by
facsimile signature, and shall have affixed thereto the Company’s seal or a
facsimile thereof which shall be attested by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, either manually or by facsimile
signature. The Rights Certificates shall be countersigned by the
Rights Agent, either manually or by facsimile signature, and shall not be valid
for any purpose unless so countersigned. In case any officer of the
Company who shall have signed any of the Rights Certificates shall cease to
be
such officer of the Company before countersignature by the Rights Agent and
issuance and delivery by the Company, such Rights Certificates, nevertheless,
may be countersigned by the Rights Agent and issued and delivered by the Company
with the same force and effect as though the person who signed such Rights
Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Rights
Certificates may be signed on behalf of the Company by any person who, at the
actual date of the execution of such Rights Certificate, shall be a proper
officer of the Company to sign such Rights Certificate, although at the date
of
the execution of this Rights Agreement any such person was not such an
officer.
(b) Following
the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will keep or cause to be kept, at its
principal office or offices designated as the appropriate place for surrender
of
Rights Certificates upon exercise or transfer, books for registration and
transfer of the Rights Certificates issued hereunder. Such books
shall show the names and addresses of the respective holders of the Rights
Certificates, the number of Rights evidenced on its face by each of the Rights
Certificates and the date of each of the Rights Certificates.
Section
6. Transfer,
Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Rights Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed,
Lost or Stolen Rights Certificates.
(a) Subject
to the provisions of Section 4(b), Section 7(e) and Section
14 hereof, at any time after the Close of business on the Distribution Date,
and at or prior to the Close of business on the Expiration Date, any Rights
Certificate or Certificates may be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged
for another Rights Certificate or Certificates, entitling the registered holder
to purchase a like number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock
(or, following a Triggering Event, Common Stock, other securities, cash or
other
assets, as the case may be) as the Rights Certificate or Certificates
surrendered then entitled such holder (or former holder in the case of a
transfer) to purchase. Any registered holder desiring to transfer,
split up, combine or exchange any Rights Certificate or Certificates shall
make
such request in writing delivered to the Rights Agent, and shall surrender
the
Rights Certificate or Certificates to be transferred, split up, combined or
exchanged at the principal office or offices of the Rights Agent designated
for
such purpose. Neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be
obligated to take any action whatsoever with respect to the transfer of any
such
surrendered Rights Certificate until the registered holder shall have completed
and signed the certificate contained in the form of assignment on the reverse
side of such Rights Certificate and shall have provided such additional evidence
of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) or
Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Company shall reasonably
request. Thereupon the Rights Agent shall, subject to Section
4(b), Section 7(e) and Section 14 hereof, countersign and
deliver to the Person entitled thereto a Rights Certificate or Rights
Certificates, as the case may be, as so requested. The Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
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tax
or
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer,
split
up, combination or exchange of Rights Certificates.
(b) Upon
receipt by the Company and the Rights Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Rights Certificate,
and, in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to them, and reimbursement to the Company and the Rights Agent
of
all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender to the Rights
Agent and cancellation of the Rights Certificate if mutilated, the Company
will
execute and deliver a new Rights Certificate of like tenor to the Rights Agent
for countersignature and delivery to the registered owner in lieu of the Rights
Certificate so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated.
Section
7. Exercise
of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights.
(a) Subject
to Section 7(e) hereof, the registered holder of any Rights Certificate
may exercise the Rights evidenced thereby (except as otherwise provided herein
including, without limitation, the restrictions on exercisability set forth
in
Section 9(c), Section 11(a)(iii) and Section 23(a) hereof)
in whole or in part at any time after the Distribution Date upon surrender
of
the Rights Certificate, with the form of election to purchase and the
certificate on the reverse side thereof duly executed, to the Rights Agent
at
the principal office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose,
together with payment of the aggregate Purchase Price with respect to the total
number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock (or other securities,
cash or other assets, as the case may be) as to which such surrendered Rights
are then exercisable, at or prior to the earlier of (i) the Close of business
on
October 31, 2017 (the “Final Expiration Date”), or (ii) the time at which
the Rights are redeemed as provided in Section 23 hereof (the earlier of
(i) and (ii) being herein referred to as the “Expiration
Date”).
(b) The
Purchase Price for each one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Stock pursuant
to the exercise of a Right shall initially be $400, and shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 11 and Section
13(a) hereof and shall be payable in accordance with paragraph
(c)
below.
(c) Upon
receipt of a Rights Certificate representing exercisable Rights, with the form
of election to purchase and the certificate duly executed, accompanied by
payment, with respect to each Right so exercised, of the Purchase Price per
one
one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Stock (or other securities, cash or other
assets, as the case may be) to be purchased as set forth below and an amount
equal to any applicable transfer tax, the Rights Agent shall, subject to
Section 20(k) hereof, thereupon promptly (i) (A) requisition from any
transfer agent of the shares of Preferred Stock (or make available, if the
Rights Agent is the transfer agent for such shares) certificates for the total
number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock to be purchased
and
the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes its transfer agent to comply with
all
such requests, or (B) if the Company shall have elected to deposit the total
number of shares of Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of the Rights
hereunder with a depositary agent, requisition from the depositary agent
depositary receipts representing such number of one one-hundredths of a share
of
Preferred Stock as are to be purchased (in which case certificates for the
shares of Preferred Stock represented by such receipts shall be deposited by
the
transfer agent with the depositary agent) and the Company will direct the
depositary agent to comply
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with
such request, (ii) requisition from the Company the
amount of cash, if any, to be paid in lieu of fractional shares in accordance
with Section 14 hereof, (iii)
after receipt of such certificates or depositary receipts, cause the same to
be
delivered to or upon the order of the registered holder of such Rights
Certificate, registered in such name or names as may be designated by such
holder, and (iv) after receipt thereof, deliver such cash, if any, to or upon
the order of the registered holder of such Rights Certificate. The
payment of the Purchase Price (as such amount may be reduced pursuant to
Section 11(a)(iii) hereof) may be
made (x) in cash or by certified bank check or bank draft payable to the order
of the Company, or (y) by delivery of a certificate or certificates (with
appropriate stock powers executed in blank attached thereto) evidencing a number
of shares of Common Stock equal to the then Purchase Price divided by the
closing price (as determined pursuant to Section
11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the Trading
Day immediately preceding the date of such exercise. In the event
that the Company is obligated to issue other securities (including Common Stock)
of the Company, pay cash and/or distribute other property pursuant to
Section 11(a) hereof, the Company
will make all arrangements necessary so that such other securities, cash and/or
other property are available for distribution by the Rights Agent, if and when
appropriate. The Company reserves the right to require prior to the
occurrence of a Triggering Event that upon any exercise of Rights, a number
of
Rights be exercised so that only whole shares of Preferred Stock would be
issued.
(d) In
case
the registered holder of any Rights Certificate shall exercise less than all
the
Rights evidenced thereby, a new Rights Certificate evidencing Rights equivalent
to the Rights remaining unexercised shall be issued by the Rights Agent and
delivered to, or upon the order of, the registered holder of such Rights
Certificate, registered in such name or names as may be designated by such
holder, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, from and after the first occurrence
of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, any Rights beneficially owned by (i) an Acquiring
Person or an Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person, (ii) a transferee
of
an Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a
transferee after the Acquiring Person becomes such, or (iii) a transferee of
an
Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a
transferee prior to or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming such
and
receives such Rights pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for
consideration) from the Acquiring Person to holders of equity interests in
such
Acquiring Person or to any Person with whom the Acquiring Person has any
continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred
Rights or (B) a transfer which the Board of Directors of the Company has
determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has as a
primary purpose or effect the avoidance of this Section 7(e), shall
become null and void without any further action, and no holder of such Rights
shall have any rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights, whether under
any
provision of this Agreement or otherwise. The Company shall use all
reasonable efforts to insure that the provisions of this Section 7(e) and
Section 4(b) hereof are complied with, but shall have no liability to any
holder of Rights Certificates or other Person as a result of its failure to
make
any determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates,
Associates or transferees hereunder.
(f) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Rights Agent nor the
Company shall be obligated to undertake any action with respect to a registered
holder upon the occurrence of any purported exercise as set forth in this
Section 7
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unless
such registered holder shall have (i) completed and signed the certificate
contained in the form of election to purchase set forth on the reverse side
of
the Rights Certificate surrendered for such exercise, and (ii) provided such
additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former
Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Company shall
reasonably request.
Section
8. Cancellation
and Destruction of Rights Certificates. All Rights Certificates
surrendered for the purpose of exercise, transfer, split up, combination or
exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or any of its agents, be delivered
to the Rights Agent for cancellation or in cancelled form, or, if surrendered
to
the Rights Agent, shall be cancelled by it, and no Rights Certificates shall
be
issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions
of
this Agreement. The Company shall deliver to the Rights Agent for
cancellation and retirement, and the Rights Agent shall so cancel and retire,
any other Rights Certificate purchased or acquired by the Company otherwise
than
upon the exercise thereof. The Rights Agent shall deliver all
cancelled Rights Certificates to the Company, or shall, at the written request
of the Company, destroy such cancelled Rights Certificates, and in such case
shall deliver a certificate of destruction thereof to the Company.
Section
9. Reservation
and Availability of Capital Stock.
(a) The
Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be reserved and kept
available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock (and,
following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, out of its authorized and
unissued shares of Common Stock and/or other securities or out of its authorized
and issued shares held in its treasury), the number of shares of Preferred
Stock
(and, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, Common Stock and/or other
securities) that, as provided in this Agreement including Section
11(a)(iii) hereof, will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all
outstanding Rights.
(b) So
long
as the shares of Preferred Stock (and, following the occurrence of a Triggering
Event, Common Stock and/or other securities) issuable and deliverable upon
the
exercise of the Rights may be listed on any national securities exchange, the
Company shall use its best efforts to cause, from and after such time as the
Rights become exercisable, all shares reserved for such issuance to be listed
on
such exchange upon official notice of issuance upon such exercise.
(c) The
Company shall use its best efforts (i) to file, as soon as practicable following
the earliest date after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event on
which the consideration to be delivered by the Company upon exercise of the
Rights has been determined in accordance with Section 11(a)(iii) hereof,
or as soon as is required by law following the Distribution Date, as the case
may be, a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
“Act”), with respect to the securities purchasable upon exercise of the
Rights on an appropriate form, (ii) to cause such registration statement to
become effective as soon as practicable after such filing, and (iii) to cause
such registration statement to remain effective (with a prospectus at all times
meeting the requirements of the Act) until the earlier of (A) the date as of
which the Rights are no longer exercisable for such securities, and (B) the
date
of the expiration of the Rights. The Company will also take such
action as may be appropriate under, or to ensure compliance with, the securities
or “blue sky” laws of the various states in connection
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with
the exercisability of the Rights. The
Company may temporarily suspend, for a period of time not to exceed ninety
(90)
days after the date set forth in clause (i) of the first sentence of this
Section
9(c), the exercisability of the Rights in order to
prepare and file such registration statement and permit it to become
effective. Upon any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public
announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily
suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension
is no
longer in effect. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, the Rights shall not be exercisable in any jurisdiction if the
requisite qualification in such jurisdiction, shall not have been obtained,
the
exercise thereof shall not be permitted under applicable law or a registration
statement shall not have been declared effective.
(d) The
Company covenants and agrees that it will take all such action as may be
necessary to ensure that all one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock
(and, following the occurrence of a Triggering’ Event, Common Stock and/or other
securities) delivered upon exercise of Rights shall, at the time of delivery
of
the certificates for such shares (subject to payment of the Purchase Price),
be
duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and
nonassessable.
(e) The
Company further covenants and agrees that it will pay when due and payable
any
and all federal and state transfer taxes and charges which may be payable in
respect of the issuance or delivery of the Rights Certificates and of any
certificates for a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock
(or Common Stock and/or other securities, as the case may be) upon the exercise
of Rights. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any
transfer tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer or delivery of
Rights Certificates to a Person other than, or the issuance or delivery of
a
number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock (or Common Stock
and/or other securities, as the case may be) in respect of a name other than
that of, the registered holder of the Rights Certificates evidencing Rights
surrendered for exercise or to issue or deliver any certificates for a number
of
one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock (or Common Stock and/or other
securities, as the case may be) in a name other than that of the registered
holder upon the exercise of any Rights until such tax shall have been paid
(any
such tax being payable by the holder of such Rights Certificate at the time
of
surrender) or until it has been established to the Company’s satisfaction that
no such tax is due.
Section
10. Preferred
Stock Record Date. Each person in whose name any certificate for
a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock (or Common Stock
and/or other securities, as the case may be) is issued upon the exercise of
Rights shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record
of
such fractional shares of Preferred Stock (or Common Stock and/or other
securities, as the case may be) represented thereby on, and such certificate
shall be dated, the date upon which the Rights Certificate evidencing such
Rights was duly surrendered and payment of the Purchase Price (and all
applicable transfer taxes) was made; provided, however, that if
the date of such surrender and payment is a date upon which the Preferred Stock
(or Common Stock and/or other securities, as the case may be) transfer books
of
the Company are closed, such Person shall be deemed to have become the record
holder of such shares (fractional or otherwise) on, and such certificate shall
be dated, the next succeeding Business Day on which the Preferred Stock (or
Common Stock and/or other securities, as the case may be) transfer books of
the
Company are open. Prior to the exercise of the Rights
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evidenced
thereby, the holder of a Rights Certificate shall not be entitled to any rights
of a stockholder of the Company with respect to shares for which the Rights
shall be exercisable, including, without limitation, the right to vote, to
receive dividends or other distributions or to exercise any preemptive rights,
and shall not be entitled to receive any notice of any proceedings of the
Company, except as provided herein.
Section
11. Adjustment
of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of
Rights. The Purchase Price, the number and kind of shares covered
by each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment
from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(a)
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this
Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of
Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine
the
outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any
shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock
(including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or
merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except
as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a) and Section 7(e)
hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such
dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or
reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or
capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such date, shall be
proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such
time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then
in
effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or capital
stock, as the case may be, which, if such Right had been exercised immediately
prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of
the
Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled
to
receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or
reclassification. If an event occurs which would require an
adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii)
hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in
addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to
Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) In
the
event:
(A) (1)
any
Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, at
any
time after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, shall merge
into
the Company or otherwise combine with the Company and the Company shall be
the
continuing or surviving corporation of such merger or combination and the Common
Stock of the Company shall remain outstanding and unchanged, or (2) subject
to
the right of redemption granted in Section 23 hereof, any Person (other
than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan
of
the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person or entity
organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms
of any such plan), alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall,
at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become the Beneficial
Owner of more than 20% of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, other
than (x) pursuant to any transaction set forth in Section
13(a)
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hereof, or
(y) pursuant to an offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price
and upon such terms and conditions as a majority of the Continuing Directors
determines to be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders,
other than such Acquiring Person, its Affiliates and its
Associates, or
(B) during
such time as there is an Acquiring Person, there shall be any reclassification
of securities (including any reverse stock split), or recapitalization of the
Company, or any merger or consolidation of the Company with any of its
Subsidiaries or any other transaction or series of transactions involving the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than a transaction or transactions
to
which the provisions of Section 13(a) apply (whether or not with or into
or otherwise involving an Acquiring Person) which has the effect, directly
or
indirectly, of increasing by more than 1% the proportionate share of the
outstanding shares of any class of equity securities of the Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries which is directly or indirectly beneficially owned by any
Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring
Person,
then,
promptly following the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, proper provision
shall be made so that each holder of a Right (except as provided below and
in
Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon
exercise thereof at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the
terms
of this Agreement, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of
Preferred Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock of the Company as shall
equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price
by
the then number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which
a
Right was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section
11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first
occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the “Purchase Price” for each
Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the current market
price
(determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock
on the date of such first occurrence (such number of shares, the “Adjustment
Shares”).
(iii) In
the
event that the number of shares of Common Stock which are authorized by the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation but not outstanding or
reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights are
not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with
the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), the Company shall:
(A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable
upon
the exercise of a Right (the “Current Value”) over (2) the Purchase Price
(such excess, the “Spread”), and (B) with respect to each Right (subject
to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for the
Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash,
(2)
a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities
of the Company (including, without limitation, shares or units of shares of
preferred stock which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have
the same value as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock,
“common stock equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5)
other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having an aggregate
value
equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate
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value
has
been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice
of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of
Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall
not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above
within thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of
a
Section 11(a)(ii) Event and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of
redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y)
being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then
the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise
of a
Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of Common
Stock (to the extent available) and then, if necessary, cash, which shares
and/or cash have an aggregate value equal to the Spread. If the Board
of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely
that
sufficient additional shares of Common Stock could be authorized for issuance
upon exercise in full of the Rights, the thirty (30) day period set forth above
may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than ninety (90) days
after the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date, in order that the Company may seek
stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such
period, as it may be extended, the “Substitution Period”). To
the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant
to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the
Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such
action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend
the
exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period
in
order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the
appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence
and
to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension,
the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability
of
the Rights has been temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement
at
such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of
this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Stock shall be the
current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per
share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value
of
any “common stock equivalent” shall be deemed to have the same value as the
Common Stock on such date.
(b) In
case
the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or
warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for
or
purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after
such
record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges
and
preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“equivalent preferred
stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent
preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of
equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a
security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less
than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)
hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price
to
be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the
Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction,
the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock
outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock
which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred
Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate
initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would
purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be
the
number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on
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such
record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or
equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into
which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially
convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery
of consideration part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the
value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board
of
Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a statement
filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the
holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for
the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose
of
any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively
whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that such rights or
warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the
Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been
fixed.
(c) In
case
the Company shall fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of
Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a
consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation)
of
evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend
out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than
a
dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in
stock
other than Preferred Stock) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those
referred to in Section 11(b) hereof), the Purchase Price to be in effect
after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price
in
effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of
which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section
11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the
fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of
the
Company, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the
Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness
so
to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to
a
share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current
market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share
of Preferred Stock. Such adjustments shall be made successively
whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that such distribution
is
not so made, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price
which
would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(d)
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than
computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “current
market price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the
average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the
thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined)
immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant
to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “current market price” per share of
Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing
prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading
Days
immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the
event that the current market price per share of the Common Stock is determined
during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock
of
(A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such
Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other
than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of
such Common Stock, and prior to the expiration of the requisite thirty (30)
Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set
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forth
above, after the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the
record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification, then, and
in
each such case, the “current market price” shall be properly adjusted to take
into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each day
shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place
on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way,
in
either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting
system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the New
York
Stock Exchange or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted
to
trading on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported in the principal
consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed
on
the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock
are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock are not
listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last
quoted price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked
prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) or such
other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock
are
not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Common
Stock selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If on any
such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair
value
of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company shall be used. The term “Trading Day”
shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange
on which
the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for the
transaction of business or; if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business
Day. If the Common Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or
traded, “current market price” per share shall mean the fair value per share as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose
determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent
and
shall be conclusive for all purposes.
(ii) For
the
purpose of any computation hereunder, the “current market price” per share of
Preferred Stock shall be determined in the same manner as set forth above for
the Common Stock in clause (i) of this Section 11(d) (other than the last
sentence thereof). If the current market price per share of Preferred
Stock cannot be determined in the manner provided above or if the Preferred
Stock is not publicly held or listed or traded in a manner described in clause
(i) of this Section 11(d), the “current market price” per share of
Preferred Stock shall be conclusively deemed to be an amount equal to 100 (as
such number may be appropriately adjusted for such events as stock splits,
stock
dividends and recapitalizations with respect to the Common Stock occurring
after
the date of this Agreement) multiplied by the current market price per share
of
the Common Stock. If neither the Common Stock nor the Preferred Stock
is publicly held or so listed or traded, “current market price” per share of the
Preferred Stock shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described
in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all
purposes. For all purposes of this Agreement, the “current market
price” of one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Stock shall be equal to the
“current market price” of one share of Preferred Stock divided by
100.
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(e) Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no adjustment in the Purchase Price
shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease
of at least one percent (1%) in the Purchase Price; provided,
however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section
11(e) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into
account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this
Section 11 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest
ten-thousandth of a share of Common Stock or other share or one-millionth of
a
share of Preferred Stock, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the
first sentence of this Section 11(e), any adjustment required by this
Section 11 shall be made no later than the earlier of (i) three (3) years
from the date of the transaction which mandates such adjustment, or (ii) the
Expiration Date.
(f) If
as a
result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) or Section
13(a) hereof, the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become
entitled to receive any shares of capital stock other than Preferred Stock,
thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of any
Right and the Purchase Price thereof shall be subject to adjustment from time
to
time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the
provisions with respect to the Preferred Stock contained in Sections
11(a), (b), (c), (e), (g), (h),
(i), (j), (k)
and (m), and the provisions of
Sections 7, 9, 10, 13 and 14 hereof
with respect to the Preferred Stock shall apply on like terms to any such other
shares.
(g) All
Rights originally issued by the Company subsequent to any adjustment made to
the
Purchase Price hereunder shall evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted
Purchase Price, the number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock
purchasable from time to time hereunder upon exercise of the Rights, all subject
to further adjustment as provided herein.
(h) Unless
the Company shall have exercised its election as provided in Section
11(i), upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price as a result of the
calculations made in Sections 11(b) and 11(c), each
Right outstanding immediately prior to the making of such adjustment shall
thereafter evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price,
that
number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock (calculated to the
nearest one-millionth) obtained by (i) multiplying (x) the number of one
one-hundredths of a share covered by a Right immediately prior to this
adjustment, by (y) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such
adjustment of the Purchase Price, and (ii) dividing the product so obtained
by
the Purchase Price in effect immediately after such adjustment of the Purchase
Price.
(i) The
Company may elect on or after the date of any adjustment of the Purchase Price
to adjust the number of Rights, in lieu of any adjustment in the number of
one
one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock purchasable upon the exercise
of a
Right. Each of the Rights outstanding after the adjustment in the
number of Rights shall be exercisable for the number of one one-hundredths
of a
share of Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior
to
such adjustment. Each Right held of record prior to such adjustment
of the number of Rights shall become that number of Rights (calculated to the
nearest one-ten-thousandth) obtained by dividing the Purchase Price in effect
immediately prior to adjustment of the Purchase Price by the Purchase Price
in
effect immediately after adjustment of the Purchase Price. The
Company shall make a public announcement of its election to adjust the number
of
Rights, indicating the record date for the adjustment, and, if known at the
time, the
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amount
of
the adjustment to be made. This record date may be the date on which
the Purchase Price is adjusted or any day thereafter, but, if the Rights
Certificates have been issued, shall be at least ten (10) days later than the
date of the public announcement. If Rights Certificates have been
issued, upon each adjustment of the number of Rights pursuant to this Section
11(i), the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, cause to be
distributed to holders of record of Rights Certificates on such record date
Rights Certificates evidencing, subject to Section 14 hereof, the
additional Rights to which such holders shall be entitled as a result of such
adjustment, or, at the option of the Company, shall cause to be distributed
to
such holders of record in substitution and replacement for the Rights
Certificates held by such holders prior to the date of adjustment, and upon
surrender thereof, if required by the Company, new Rights Certificates
evidencing all the Rights to which such holders shall be entitled after such
adjustment. Rights Certificates so to be distributed shall be issued,
executed and countersigned in the manner provided for herein (and may bear,
at
the option of the Company, the adjusted Purchase Price) and shall be registered
in the names of the holders of record of Rights Certificates on the record
date
specified in the public announcement.
(j) Irrespective
of any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price or the number of one
one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of
the
Rights, the Rights Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue
to express the Purchase Price per one one-hundredth of a share and the number
of
one one-hundredths of a share which were expressed in the initial Rights
Certificates issued hereunder.
(k) Before
taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing the Purchase Price
below the then stated value, if any, of the number of one one-hundredths of
a
share of Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of the Rights, the Company
shall
take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary
in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and
nonassessable such number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock
at
such adjusted Purchase Price.
(l) In
any
case in which this Section 11 shall require that an adjustment in the
Purchase Price be made effective as of a record date for a specified event,
the
Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such event the issuance
to
the holder of any Right exercised after such record date the number of one
one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock and other capital stock or
securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above
the number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock and other capital
stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise on
the
basis of the Purchase Price in effect prior to such adjustment; provided,
however, that the Company shall deliver to such holder a due xxxx
or
other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder’s right to receive such
additional shares (fractional or otherwise) or securities upon the occurrence
of
the event requiring such adjustment.
(m) Anything
in this Section 11 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall be
entitled to make such reductions in the Purchase Price, in addition to those
adjustments expressly required by this Section 11, as and to the extent
that in their good faith judgment the Board of Directors of the Company shall
determine to be advisable in order that any (i) consolidation or subdivision
of
the Preferred Stock, (ii) issuance wholly for cash of any shares of Preferred
Stock at less than the current market price, (iii) issuance wholly for cash
of
shares of
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Preferred
Stock or securities which by their terms are convertible into or exchangeable
for shares of Preferred Stock, (iv) stock dividends, or (v) issuance of rights,
options or warrants referred to in this Section 11, hereafter made by the
Company to holders of its Preferred Stock shall not be taxable to such
stockholders.
(n) The
Company covenants and agrees that it shall not, at any time after the
Distribution Date, (i) consolidate with any other Person (other than a
Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section
11(o) hereof), (ii) merge with or into any other Person (other than a
Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section
11(o) hereof), or (iii) sell or transfer (or permit any Subsidiary to sell
or transfer), in one transaction, or a series of related transactions, assets
or
earning power aggregating more than 50% of the assets or earning power of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any other Person or Persons
(other than the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries in one or more
transactions each of which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), if (x) at
the time of or immediately after such consolidation, merger or sale there are
any rights, warrants or other instruments or securities outstanding or
agreements in effect which would substantially diminish or otherwise eliminate
the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights or (y) prior to,
simultaneously with or immediately after such consolidation, merger or sale,
the
stockholders of the Person who constitutes, or would constitute, the “Principal
Party” for purposes of Section 13(a) hereof shall have received a
distribution of Rights previously owned by such Person or any of its Affiliates
and Associates.
(o) The
Company covenants and agrees that, after the Distribution Date, it will not,
except as permitted by Section 23 or Section 27 hereof, take (or
permit any Subsidiary to take) any action if at the time such action is taken
it
is reasonably foreseeable that such action will diminish substantially or
otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the
Rights.
(p) In
the
event that, at any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to the
Distribution Date, the Company shall (i) declare or pay any dividend on the
Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or (ii) effect a subdivision,
combination or consolidation of the Common Stock (by reclassification or
otherwise than by payment of dividends in Common Stock) into a greater or lesser
number of shares of Common Stock, then, in any such case, (A) the number of
one
one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock purchasable after such event upon
proper exercise of each Right shall be determined by multiplying the number
of
one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock so purchasable immediately
prior to such event by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and the
denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event, and (B) each share of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event shall have issued with respect to it that number
of
Rights which each share of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such
event had issued with respect to it. The adjustments provided for in
this Section 11(p) shall be made successively whenever such a dividend is
declared or paid or such a subdivision, combination or consolidation is
effected.
Section
12. Certificate
of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares. Whenever an
adjustment is made as provided in Section 11 and Section 13
hereof, the Company shall (a)
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promptly
prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment and a brief statement of
the
facts accounting for such adjustment, (b) promptly file with the Rights Agent,
and with each transfer agent for the Preferred Stock and the Common Stock,
a
copy of such certificate, and (c) mail or cause the Rights Agent to mail a
brief
summary thereof to each holder of a Rights Certificate (or, if prior to the
Distribution Date, to each holder of a certificate representing shares of Common
Stock) in accordance with Section 26 hereof. The Rights Agent
shall be fully protected in relying on any such certificate and on any
adjustment therein contained.
Section
13. Consolidation,
Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning Power.
(a) In
the
event that, following the Stock Acquisition Date, directly or indirectly, (x)
the Company shall consolidate with, or merge with and into, any other Person
(other than a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with
Section 11(o) hereof), and the Company shall not be the continuing or
surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger, (y) any Person (other
than a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section
11(o) hereof) shall consolidate with, or merge with or into, the Company,
and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation of such
consolidation or merger and, in connection with such consolidation or merger,
all or part of the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed into
or
exchanged for stock or other securities of any other Person or cash or any
other
property, or (z) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer (or one or more
of
its Subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise transfer), in one transaction or a
series of related transactions, assets or earning power aggregating more than
50% of the assets or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken
as
a whole) to any Person or Persons (other than the Company or any Subsidiary
of
the Company in one or more transactions each of which complies with Section
11(o) hereof), then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made
so that: (i) each holder of a Right, except as provided in Section 7(e)
hereof, shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof
at
the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
such number of validly authorized and issued, fully paid, nonassessable and
freely tradeable shares of Common Stock of the Principal Party (as such term
is
hereinafter defined), not subject to any liens, encumbrances, rights of first
refusal or other adverse claims, as shall be equal to the result obtained by
(1)
multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the number of one one-hundredths
of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is exercisable immediately
prior
to the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event (or, if a Section 11(a)(ii) Event
has occurred prior to the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event, multiplying
the number of such one one-hundredths of a share for which a Right was
exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii)
Event by the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such first
occurrence), and dividing that product (which, following the first occurrence
of
a Section 13 Event, shall be referred to as the “Purchase Price” for each Right
and for all purposes of this Agreement) by (2) 50% of the current market price
(determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) per share of the Common
Stock of such Principal Party on the date of consummation of such Section 13
Event; (ii) such Principal Party shall thereafter be liable for, and shall
assume, by virtue of such Section 13 Event, all the obligations and duties
of
the Company pursuant to this Agreement; (iii) the term “Company” shall
thereafter be deemed to refer to such Principal Party, it being specifically
intended that the provisions of Section 11 hereof shall apply only to
such Principal Party following the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event;
(iv)
such Principal Party shall take such steps (including, but not limited to,
the
reservation of a sufficient number of shares of its
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Common
Stock) in connection with the consummation of any such transaction as may be
necessary to assure that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable,
as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to its shares of Common Stock
thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights; and (v) the provisions
of Section 11(a)(i) hereof shall be of no effect following the first
occurrence of any Section 13 Event.
(b) “Principal
Party” shall mean
(i) in
the
case of any transaction described in clause (x) or (y) of the first sentence
of
Section 13(a), the Person that is the issuer of any securities into which
shares of Common Stock of the Company are converted in such merger or
consolidation, and if no securities are so issued, the Person that is the other
party to such merger or consolidation; and
(ii) in
the
case of any transaction described in clause (z) of the first sentence of
Section 13(a), the Person that is the party receiving the greatest
portion of the assets or earning power transferred pursuant to such transaction
or transactions;
provided,
however, that in any such case, (1) if the Common Stock of such Person is
not at such time and has not been continuously over the preceding twelve (12)
month period registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and such
Person is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of another Person the Common Stock
of
which is and has been so registered, “Principal Party” shall refer to such other
Person; and (2) in case such Person is a Subsidiary, directly or indirectly,
of
more than one Person, the Common Stocks of two or more of which are and have
been so registered, “Principal Party” shall refer to whichever of such Persons
is the issuer of the Common Stock having the greatest aggregate market
value.
(c) The
Company shall not consummate any such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer
unless the Principal Party shall have a sufficient number of authorized shares
of its Common Stock which have not been issued or reserved for issuance to
permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with this Section
13 and unless prior thereto the Company and such Principal Party shall have
executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a supplemental agreement providing
for the terms set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 13 and
further providing that, as soon as practicable after the date of any
consolidation, merger or sale of assets mentioned in paragraph (a) of this
Section 13, the Principal Party will
(i) prepare
and file a registration statement under the Act, with respect to the Rights
and
the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights on an appropriate form,
and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to (A) become
effective as soon as practicable after such filing and (B) remain effective
(with a prospectus at all times meeting the requirements of the Act) until
the
Expiration Date; and
(ii) will
deliver to holders of the Rights historical financial statements for the
Principal Party and each of its Affiliates which comply in all respects with
the
requirements for registration on Form 10 under the Exchange Act.
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The
provisions of this Section 13 shall similarly apply to successive mergers
or consolidations or sales or other transfers. In the event that a
Section 13 Event shall occur at any time after the occurrence of a Section
11(a)(ii) Event, the Rights which have not theretofore been exercised shall
thereafter become exercisable in the manner described in Section
13(a).
Section
14. Fractional
Rights and Fractional Shares.
(a) The
Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights or to distribute
Rights Certificates which evidence fractional Rights. In lieu of such fractional
Rights, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates
with regard to which such fractional Rights would otherwise be issuable, an
amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a
whole
Right. For purposes of this Section 14(a), the current market
value of a whole Right shall be the closing price of the Rights for the Trading
Day immediately prior to the date on which such fractional Rights would have
been otherwise issuable. The closing price of the Rights for any day
shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place
on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way,
in
either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting
system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the New
York
Stock Exchange or, if the Rights are not listed or admitted to trading on the
New York Stock Exchange, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction
reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national
securities exchange on which the Rights are listed or admitted to trading,
or if
the Rights are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange, the last quoted price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high
bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by NASDAQ
or such other system then in use or, if on any such date the Rights are not
quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices
as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Rights
selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If on any such
date no such market maker is making a market in the Rights the fair value of
the
Rights on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of
the
Company shall be used.
(b) The
Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Preferred Stock
(other than fractions which are integral multiples of one one-hundredth of
a
share of Preferred Stock, which may, at the option of the Company, be evidenced
by depositary receipts) upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute
certificates which evidence fractional shares of Preferred Stock (other than
fractions which are integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a share of
Preferred Stock). In lieu of fractional shares of Preferred Stock
that are not integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred
Stock, the Company may pay to the registered holders of Rights Certificates
at
the time such Rights are exercised as herein provided an amount in cash equal
to
the same fraction of the current market value of one one-hundredth of a share
of
Preferred Stock. For purposes of this Section 14(b), the
current market value of one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Stock shall
be
one one-hundredth of the closing price of a share of Preferred Stock (as
determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(ii) hereof) for the Trading Day
immediately prior to the date of such exercise.
(c) Following
the occurrence of a Triggering Event, the Company shall not be required to
issue
fractions of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute
certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In
lieu of fractional
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shares
of
Common Stock, the Company may pay to the registered holders of Rights
Certificates at the time such Rights are exercised as herein provided an
amount
in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of one share
of
Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 14(c), the current
market value of one share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of one
share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof)
for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such
exercise.
(d) The
holder of a Right by the acceptance of the Rights expressly waives his right
to
receive any fractional Rights or any fractional shares upon exercise of a Right,
except as permitted by this Section 14.
Section
15. Rights
of Action. All rights of action in respect of this Agreement are
vested in the respective registered holders of the Rights Certificates (and,
prior to the Distribution Date, the registered holders of the Common Stock);
and
any registered holder of any Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution
Date, of the Common Stock), without the consent of the Rights Agent or of the
holder of any other Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date,
of
the Common Stock), may, in his own behalf and for his own benefit, enforce,
and
may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company
to
enforce, or otherwise act in respect of, his right to exercise the Rights
evidenced by such Rights Certificate in the manner provided in such Rights
Certificate and in this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing or
any remedies available to the holders of Rights, it is specifically acknowledged
that the holders of Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law for any
breach of this Agreement and shall be entitled to specific performance of the
obligations hereunder and injunctive relief against actual or threatened
violations of the obligations hereunder of any Person subject to this
Agreement.
Section
16. Agreement
of Rights Holders. Every holder of a Right by accepting the same
consents and agrees with the Company and the Rights Agent and with every other
holder of a Right that:
(a) prior
to
the Distribution Date, the Rights will be transferable only in connection with
the transfer of Common Stock;
(b) after
the
Distribution Date, the Rights Certificates are transferable only on the registry
books of the Rights Agent if surrendered at the principal office or offices
of
the Rights Agent designated for such purposes, duly endorsed or accompanied
by a
proper instrument of transfer and with the appropriate forms and certificates
fully executed;
(c) subject
to Section 6(a) and Section 7(f) hereof, the Company and the
Rights Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name a Rights Certificate
(or, prior to the Distribution Date, the associated Common Stock certificate)
is
registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby
(notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing on the Rights
Certificates or the associated Common Stock certificate made by anyone other
than the Company or the Rights Agent) for all purposes whatsoever, and neither
the Company nor the Rights Agent, subject to the last sentence of Section
7(e) hereof, shall be required to be affected by any notice to the contrary;
and
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(d) notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Rights
Agent shall have any liability to any holder of a Right or other Person as
a
result of its inability to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement
by reason of any preliminary or permanent injunction or other order, decree
or
ruling issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a governmental,
regulatory or administrative agency or commission, or any statute, rule,
regulation or executive order promulgated or enacted by any governmental
authority, prohibiting or otherwise restraining performance of such obligation;
provided, however, the Company must use its best efforts to have
any such order, decree or ruling lifted or otherwise overturned as soon as
possible.
Section
17. Rights
Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder. No holder, as such,
of any Rights Certificate shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends or be
deemed for any purpose the holder of the number of one one-hundredths of a
share
of Preferred Stock or any other securities of the Company which may at any
time
be issuable on the exercise of the Rights represented thereby, nor shall
anything contained herein or in any Rights Certificate be construed to confer
upon the holder of any Rights Certificate, 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 Section 25
hereof), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until
the
Right or Rights evidenced by such Rights Certificate shall have been exercised
in accordance with the provisions hereof.
Section
18. Concerning
the Rights Agent.
(a) The
Company agrees to pay to the Rights Agent reasonable compensation for all
services rendered by it hereunder and, from time to time, on demand of the
Rights Agent, its reasonable expenses and counsel fees and disbursements and
other disbursements incurred in the administration and execution of this
Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties
hereunder. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent for,
and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, or expense, incurred
without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the
Rights Agent, for anything done or omitted by the Rights Agent in connection
with the acceptance and administration of this Agreement, including the costs
and expenses of defending against any claim of liability in the
premises.
(b) The
Rights Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect
of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in connection with its
administration of this Agreement in reliance upon any Rights Certificate or
certificate for Common Stock or for other securities of the Company, instrument
of assignment or transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter,
notice, direction, consent, certificate, statement, or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to be signed, executed and, where necessary,
verified or acknowledged, by the proper Person or Persons.
Section
19. Merger
or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent.
(a) Any
corporation into which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may be
merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from
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any
merger or consolidation to which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights
Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust or
stock
transfer business of the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent, shall
be
the successor to the Rights Agent under this Agreement without the execution
or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto;
provided, however, that such corporation would be eligible for
appointment as a successor Rights Agent under the provisions of Section
21 hereof. In case at the time such successor Rights Agent shall
succeed to the agency created by this Agreement, any of the Rights Certificates
shall have been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor Rights
Agent
may adopt the countersignature of a predecessor Rights Agent and deliver
such
Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the
Rights
Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor Rights Agent
may
countersign such Rights Certificates either in the name of the predecessor
or in
the name of the successor Rights Agent; and in all such cases such Rights
Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates
and
in this Agreement.
(b) In
case
at any time the name of the Rights Agent shall be changed and at such time
any
of the Rights Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered,
the
Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name and deliver
Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Rights
Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Rights Agent may countersign
such Rights Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name; and
in
all such cases such Rights Certificates shall have the full force provided
in
the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement.
Section
20. Duties
of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent undertakes the duties and
obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and conditions,
by all of which the Company and the holders of Rights Certificates, by their
acceptance thereof, shall be bound:
(a) The
Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be legal counsel for the
Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection to the Rights Agent as to any action taken or
omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such opinion.
(b) Whenever
in the performance of its duties under this Agreement the Rights Agent shall
deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter (including, without
limitation, the identity of any Acquiring Person and the determination of
“current market price”) be proved or established by the Company prior to taking
or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence
in
respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be
conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by the Chairman
of
the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered
to the Rights Agent; and such certificate shall be full authorization to the
Rights Agent for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it under the
provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate.
(c) The
Rights Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own gross negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct.
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(d) The
Rights Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements
of
fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the Rights Certificates
or be
required to verify the same (except as to its countersignature on such Rights
Certificates), but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed
to
have been made by the Company only.
(e) The
Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility in respect of the validity
of
this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due execution
hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect of the validity or execution of any
Rights Certificate (except its countersignature thereof); nor shall it be
responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained
in this Agreement or in any Rights Certificate; nor shall it be responsible
for
any adjustment required under the provisions of Section 11 or Section
13 hereof or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such
adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require
any
such adjustment (except with respect to the exercise of Rights evidenced by
Rights Certificates after actual notice of any such adjustment); nor shall
it by
any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the
authorization or reservation of any shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock
to
be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Rights Certificate or as to whether
any shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock will, when so issued, be validly
authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(f) The
Company agrees that it will perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause
to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further and
other
acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Rights
Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Rights Agent of the provisions
of this Agreement.
(g) The
Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with
respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from the Chairman of the
Board, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant
Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company, and to
apply
to such officers for advice or instructions in connection with its duties,
and
it shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered to be taken by it in
good faith in accordance with instructions of any such officer.
(h) The
Rights Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Rights
Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Rights or other securities of the
Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company
may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or otherwise
act as fully and freely as though it were not Rights Agent under this
Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from acting
in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal
entity.
(i) The
Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested
in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys
or agents, and the Rights Agent shall not be answerable or accountable for
any
act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys or agents or for
any
loss to the Company resulting from any such act, default, neglect or misconduct;
provided, however, reasonable care was exercised in the selection
and continued employment thereof.
(j) No
provision of this Agreement shall require the Rights Agent to expend or risk
its
own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of
any
of its
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duties hereunder or in the exercise of its rights if
there
shall be reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnification against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it.
(k) If,
with
respect to any Right Certificate surrendered to the Rights Agent for exercise
or
transfer, the certificate attached to the form of assignment or form of election
to purchase, as the case may be, has either not been completed or indicates
an
affirmative response to clause 1 and/or 2 thereof, the Rights Agent shall not
take any further action with respect to such requested exercise of transfer
without first consulting with the Company.
Section
21. Change
of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent
may resign and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement upon 30 days’
notice in writing mailed to the Company and to each transfer agent of the Common
Shares or Preferred Shares by registered or certified mail, and the holders
of
the Right Certificates by first-class mail. In the event the transfer
agency relationship in effect between the Company and the Rights Agent
terminates, the Rights Agent will be deemed to resign automatically on the
effective date of such termination; and any required notice will be sent by
the
Company. The Company may remove the Rights Agent or any successor
Rights Agent upon 30 days’ notice in writing, mailed to the Rights Agent or
successor Rights Agent, as the case may be, and to each transfer agent of the
Common Shares or Preferred Shares by registered or certified mail, and to the
holders of the Right Certificates by first-class mail. If the Rights
Agent shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting,
the Company shall appoint a successor to the Rights Agent. If the
Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after
giving notice of such removal or after it has been notified in writing of such
resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent or
by
the holder of a Right Certificate (who shall, with such notice, submit such
holder's Right Certificate for inspection by the Company), then the registered
holder of any Right Certificate may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. Any successor Rights
Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a court, shall be a
corporation or trust company organized and doing business under the laws of
the
United States or of any state of the United States, in good standing, which
is
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust or stock transfer powers
and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority
and
which has individually or combined with an affiliate at the time of its
appointment as Rights Agent a combined capital and surplus of at least $100
million dollars. After appointment, the successor Rights Agent shall
be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it
had
been originally named as Rights Agent without further act or deed; but the
predecessor Rights Agent shall deliver and transfer to the successor Rights
Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder, and execute and deliver
any
further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the
purpose. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment
the Company shall file notice thereof in writing with the predecessor Rights
Agent and each transfer agent of the Common Shares or Preferred Shares, and
mail
a notice thereof in writing to the registered holders of the Right
Certificates. Failure to give any notice provided for in this
Section 21, however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality
or validity of the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment
of the successor Rights Agent, as the case may be.
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Section
22. Issuance
of New Rights Certificates. Notwithstanding any of the provisions
of this Agreement or of the Rights to the contrary, the Company may, at its
option, issue new Rights Certificates evidencing Rights in such form as may
be
approved by its Board of Directors to reflect any adjustment or change in the
Purchase Price and the number or kind or class of shares or other securities
or
property purchasable under the Rights Certificates made in accordance with
the
provisions of this Agreement. In addition, in connection with the
issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock following the Distribution Date
and
prior to the redemption or expiration of the Rights, the Company (a) shall,
with
respect to shares of Common Stock so issued or sold pursuant to the exercise
of
stock options or under any employee plan or arrangement, or upon the exercise,
conversion or exchange of securities hereinafter issued by the Company, and
(b)
may, in any other case, if deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board of
Directors of the Company, issue Rights Certificates representing the appropriate
number of Rights in connection with such issuance or sale; provided,
however, that (i) no such Rights Certificate shall be issued if, and
to
the extent that, the Company shall be advised by counsel that such issuance
would create a significant risk of material adverse tax consequences to the
Company or the Person to whom such Rights Certificate would be issued, and
(ii)
no such Rights Certificate shall be issued if, and to the extent that,
appropriate adjustment shall otherwise have been made in lieu of the issuance
thereof.
Section
23. Redemption
and Termination.
(a) The
Board
of Directors of the Company may, at its option, at any time prior to the earlier
of (i) the Close of business on the tenth Business Day following the Stock
Acquisition Date or (ii) the Final Expiration Date, redeem all but not less
than
all the then outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $.01 per Right, as
such
amount may be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend
or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof (such redemption price
being herein after referred to as the “Redemption Price”);
provided, however, that if, following the occurrence of a Stock
Acquisition Date and following the expiration of the right of redemption
hereunder but prior to any Triggering Event, (i) a Person who is an Acquiring
Person shall have transferred or otherwise disposed of a number of shares of
Common Stock in one transaction or series of transactions, not directly or
indirectly involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which did not
result in the occurrence of a Triggering Event such that such Person is
thereafter a Beneficial Owner of 10% or less of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock, and (ii) there are no other Persons, immediately following the occurrence
of the event described in clause (i), who are Acquiring Persons, then the right
of redemption shall be reinstated and thereafter be subject to the provisions
of
this Section 23. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Agreement to the contrary, the Rights shall not be exercisable after the first
occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event until such time as the Company’s right
of redemption hereunder has expired. The Company may, at its option,
pay the Redemption Price in cash, shares of Common Stock (based on the “current
market price,” as defined in Section 11(d)(i) hereof, of the Common Stock
at the time of redemption) or any other form of consideration deemed appropriate
by the Board of Directors.
(b) Immediately
upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the redemption
of the Rights, evidence of which shall have been filed with the Rights Agent
and
without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise the
Rights will terminate and the only right thereafter of the holders of Rights
shall be to receive the Redemption
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Price
for
each Right so held. Promptly after the action of the Board of
Directors ordering the redemption of the Rights, the Company shall give notice
of such redemption to the Rights Agent and the holders of the then outstanding
Rights by mailing such notice to all such holders at each holder’s last address
as it appears upon the registry books of the Rights Agent or, prior to the
Distribution Date, on the registry books of the Transfer Agent for the Common
Stock. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall
be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each
such notice of redemption will state the method by which the payment of the
Redemption Price will be made.
Section
24. Exchange.
(a) The
Board
of Directors of the Company may, at its option, at any time after any Person
becomes an Acquiring Person, cause the Company to exchange all or part of the
then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that
have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e)
hereof) for shares of Common Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common
Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock
dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof (such exchange
ratio being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Ratio”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company shall
not
be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than
the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the
Company or any such Subsidiary, or any Person holding shares of Common Stock
for
or pursuant to the terms of any such plan), together with all Affiliates and
Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the
shares of Common Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately
upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the exchange
of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without
any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights
shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall
be to receive that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of
such
Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The
Company shall promptly give public notice of such exchange (with prompt written
notice thereof to the Rights Agent); provided, however, that the
failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the legality
or
validity of such exchange. The Company promptly shall mail a notice of any
such
exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they
appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice that
is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not
the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the
method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Stock for Rights will
be
effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which
will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on
the
number of Rights (other than Rights that have become null and void pursuant
to
the provisions of Section 7(e) hereof) held by each holder of
Rights.
(c) In
the
event that there shall not be sufficient shares of Common Stock issued but
not
outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit any exchange of Rights as
contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company, should the
Board of Directors of the Company order any such exchange, shall take all such
action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for
issuance upon exchange of the Rights. In the event the Company
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shall,
after good faith effort, be unable to take all such action as may be necessary
to authorize such additional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall
substitute, for each share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable
upon
exchange of a Right, a number of shares of Preferred Stock or fraction thereof
such that the current per share market price of one share of Preferred Stock
multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the current per share market
price of one share of Common Stock as of the date of issuance of such shares
of
Preferred Stock or fraction thereof.
(d) The
Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock
or to
distribute certificates that evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In
lieu
of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the holders
of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common
Stock would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction
of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes
of this subsection (d), the current market value of a whole share of Common
Stock shall be the closing price of one (1) share of Common Stock (as determined
pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the
Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this
Section 24.
Section
25. Notice
of Certain Events.
(a) In
case
the Company shall propose, at any time after the Distribution Date, (i) to
pay
any dividend payable in stock of any class to the holders of Preferred Stock
or
to make any other distribution to the holders of Preferred Stock (other than
a
regular quarterly cash dividends out of earnings or retained earnings of the
Company), or (ii) to offer to the holders of Preferred Stock rights or warrants
to subscribe for or to purchase any additional shares of Preferred Stock or
shares of stock of any class or any other securities, rights or options, or
(iii) to effect any reclassification of its Preferred Stock (other than a
reclassification involving only the subdivision of outstanding shares of
Preferred Stock), or (iv) to effect any consolidation or merger into or with
any
other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which
complies with Section 11(o) hereof), or to effect any sale or other
transfer (or to permit one or more of its Subsidiaries to effect any sale or
other transfer), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, of
more
than 50% of the assets or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(taken as a whole) to any other Person or Persons (other than the Company and/or
any of its Subsidiaries in one or more transactions each of which complies
with
Section 11(o) hereof), or (v) to effect the liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company, then, in each such case, the Company shall give
to
each holder of a Rights Certificate, to the extent feasible and in accordance
with Section 26 hereof, a notice of such proposed action, which shall
specify the record date for the purposes of such stock dividend, distribution
of
rights or warrants, or the date on which such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up is to take
place
and the date of participation therein by the holders of the shares of Preferred
Stock, if any such date is to be fixed, and such notice shall be so given in
the
case of any action covered by clause (i) or (ii) above at least twenty (20)
days
prior to the record date for determining holders of the shares of Preferred
Stock for purposes of such action, and in the case of any such other action,
at
least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the taking of such proposed action
or the date of participation therein by the holders of the shares of Preferred
Stock whichever shall be the earlier.
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(b) In
case
any Section 11(a)(ii) Event shall occur, (i) the Company shall as soon as
practicable thereafter give to each holder of a Rights Certificate, to the
extent feasible and in accordance with Section 26 hereof, a notice of the
occurrence of such event, which shall specify the event and the consequences
of
the event to holders of Rights under Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, and (ii)
all references in the preceding paragraph to Preferred Stock shall be deemed
thereafter to refer to Common Stock and/or, if appropriate, other
securities.
Section
26. Notices. Notices
or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Rights Agent
or by the holder of any Rights Certificate to or on the Company shall be
sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Rights Agent)
as
follows:
Cameron
International Corporation
0000
Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate
Secretary
Subject
to the provisions of Section 21, any notice or demand authorized by this
Agreement to be given or made by the Company or by the holder of any Rights
Certificate to or on the Rights Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if
sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address
is
filed in writing with the Company) as follows:
Computershare
Trust Company, N.A.
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Client Services
Notices
or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company
or
the Rights Agent to the holder of any Rights Certificate (or, if prior to the
Distribution Date, to the holder of certificates representing shares of Common
Stock) shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed to such holder at the address of such holder as shown on
the
registry books of the Company.
Section
27. Supplements
and Amendments. The Company may from time to time, and the Rights
Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend this Agreement
without the approval of any holders of Right Certificates in order to cure
any
ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein which may
be
defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or to make any
other
provisions with respect to the Rights which the Company may deem necessary
or
desirable, any such supplement or amendment to be evidenced by a writing signed
by the Company and the Rights Agent; provided, however, that, from
and after such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, this Agreement
shall not be amended in any manner which would adversely affect the interests
of
the holders of Rights (other than an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or
Associate of an Acquiring Person). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Rights Agent shall not be required to supplement or amend this Agreement in
a
manner that adversely affects its rights or obligations under this
Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, the limitations on the ability of the Board of Directors of the
Company to amend this Agreement set forth in this Section 27 shall not
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affect
the power or ability of the Board of Directors to take any other action that
is
consistent with its fiduciary duties under Delaware law, including, without
limitation, accelerating or extending the Expiration Date or making any other
amendment to this Agreement that is permitted by this Section 27 or adopting
a
new stockholder rights plan with such terms as the Board of Directors of
the
Company determines in its sole discretion to be appropriate.
Section
28. Successors. All
the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the
Company or the Rights Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their
respective successors and assigns hereunder.
Section
29. Determinations
and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. For all purposes of
this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the
particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Common Stock of which any
Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last
sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under
the
Exchange Act. The Board of Directors of the Company (with, where
specifically provided for herein, the concurrence of the Continuing Directors)
shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Agreement and
to
exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board (with, where
specifically provided for herein, the concurrence of the Continuing Directors)
or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration
of
this Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i)
interpret the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation,
Section 27, this Section 29 and other provisions hereof relating to its powers
or authority hereunder), and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary
or
advisable for the administration of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, any determination as to whether particular Rights shall have become
null and void and any determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to
amend the Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations
and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions
with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board (with, where
specifically provided for herein, the concurrence of the Continuing Directors)
in good faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the
Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not
subject the Board or the Continuing Directors to any liability to the holders
of
the Rights.
Section
30. Benefits
of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed
to give to any Person other than the Company, the Rights Agent and the
registered holders of the Rights Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution
Date, registered holders of the Common Stock) any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the sole
and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered
holders of the Rights Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date,
registered holders of the Common Stock).
Section
31. Severability. If
any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a
court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be
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invalid,
void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants
and
restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and
shall
in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated; provided, however,
that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any such
term, provision, covenant or restriction is held by such court or authority
to
be invalid, void or unenforceable and the Board of Directors of the Company
determines in its good faith judgment that severing the invalid language
from
this Agreement would adversely affect the purpose or effect of this Agreement,
the right of redemption set forth in Section 23 hereof shall be
reinstated and shall not expire until the Close of business on the tenth
Business Day following the date of such determination by the Board of
Directors. Without limiting the foregoing, if any provision requiring
a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company to be Continuing Directors
to act is held by any court of competent jurisdiction or other authority
to be
invalid, void or unenforceable, such determination shall then be made by
the
Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with applicable law and the
Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
By-Laws.
Section
32. Governing
Law. This Agreement, each Right and each Rights Certificate
issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the
State of Delaware and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts made and to
be
performed entirely within such State.
Section
33. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such
counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section
34. Descriptive
Headings. Descriptive headings of the several Sections of this
Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect
the
meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
Section
35. Force
Majeure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall be liable for any delay
or failure in performance resulting directly from any act or event beyond its
reasonable control and without the fault or gross negligence of the delayed
or
non-performing party that causes a sudden, substantial or widespread disruption
in business activities, including, without limitation, acts of God, terrorist
acts, breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunction of computer
facilities, or loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties
with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war, or
civil
unrest (each, a “Force Majeure Condition”); provided that such
delayed or non-performing party shall use reasonable commercial efforts to
resume performance as soon as practicable. If any Force Majeure Condition
occurs, the party delayed or unable to perform shall give prompt written notice
to the other party, stating the nature of the Force Majeure Condition and any
action being taken to avoid or minimize its effect.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
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[Signature
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Exhibit
A
Form
of Certificate of Designations of
Series
B Junior Participating Preferred Stock
A-1
Exhibit A
CERTIFICATE
OF DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS
OF
SERIES
B JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK
of
CAMERON
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Pursuant
to Section 151 of the
General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
Cameron
International Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), certifies that pursuant to the
authority contained in Article Fourth of its Amended and Restated Certificate
of
Incorporation, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 151 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, its Board of Directors of
the
Corporation (the “Board”) has adopted the following
resolution creating a series of preferred stock, $0.01 par value
(“Preferred Stock”), designated as Series B Junior
Participating Preferred Stock:
FURTHER
RESOLVED, That a series of Preferred Stock of the Company be, and it hereby
is,
created, and that the designation and amount thereof, and the voting powers,
preferences, limitations, restrictions, relative rights and distinguishing
designations of such series (in addition to the provisions that are set forth
in
the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, which
are
to be applicable to Preferred Stock of all classes and series) shall be as
set
forth on the Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series
B
Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of
Designations”) as follows:
Section
1. Designation
and Amount. Preferred Stock of the Corporation created and
authorized hereby shall be designated as “Series B Junior Participating
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share” (the “Series B Junior Preferred
Stock”), and the number of shares constituting such series shall be three
million (3,000,000).
Section
2. Dividends
and Distributions.
(a) Subject
to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares of any series
of
Preferred Stock ranking prior and superior to the shares of Series B Junior
Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series
B
Junior Preferred Stock in preference to the holders of Common Stock and or
any
other junior stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared
by
the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefore, dividends
payable quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October (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 B Junior
Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal
to
the greater of (x) $2.00 or (y) subject to the provision for adjustment
hereinafter set forth, 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash
dividends, and 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
A-2
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 B Junior Preferred Stock. In the event the
Corporation shall at any time after the record date for the initial distribution
of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock Purchase Rights pursuant to the Rights
Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2007, between the Corporation and
Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (the “Rights
Declaration Date”), (1) declare any dividend on Common Stock
payable in shares of Common Stock, (2) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock,
or (3) 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 B Junior
Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause
(y)
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.
(b) the
Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series B Junior
Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2(a) immediately after it
declares a dividend or distribution on 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 $2.00 per share on the Series
B
Junior Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.
(c) Dividends
shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series B Junior
Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the
date
of issue of such shares of Series B Junior 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 B Junior 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 B Junior 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 B Junior 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.
Section
3. Voting
Rights. The holders of shares of Series B Junior Preferred
Stock shall have the following voting rights:
(a) Subject
to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share of Series
B
Junior Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 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 (x) declare
any dividend on Common Stock payable
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in
shares
of Common Stock, (y) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (z) 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 B Junior
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 at Common Stack outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator or which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(b) Except
as
otherwise provided in this Certificate of Designations or under applicable
law,
the holders of shares of Series B Junior 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.
(c) (i)
If at
any time dividends on any shares of Series B Junior Preferred Stock shall be
in
arrears in an amount equal to six quarterly dividends thereon, the occurrence
of
such contingency shall xxxx the beginning of a period (a “default
period”) that 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 B Junior Preferred Stock
then
outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment. During
each default period, all holders of the outstanding shares of Series B Junior
Preferred Stock together with any other series of Preferred Stock then entitled
to such a vote under the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation, voting
as a
separate class, shall be entitled to elect two members of the Board at Directors
of the Corporation.
(ii) During
any default period, such voting right of the holders of Preferred Stock may
be
exercised initially at a special meeting called pursuant to Section
3(c)(iii) or at any annual meeting of stockholders, and
thereafter at annual meetings of stockholders. The absence of a
quorum of the holders of Common Stock shall not affect the exercise by the
holders of Preferred Stock of such voting right. At any meeting at
which the holders of Preferred Stock shall exercise such voting right initially
during an existing default period, they shall have the right, voting as a
separate class, to elect Directors to fill such vacancies, if any, in the Board
of Directors as may then exist up to two Directors, or if such right is
exercised at an annual meeting, to elect two Directors. If the number
that may be so elected at any special meeting does not amount to the required
number, the holders of the 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 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 by vote of the holders of Preferred Stock as
herein provided or pursuant to the rights of any equity securities ranking
senior to or pari passu with the Series B Junior Preferred Stock.
(iii) Unless
the holders of 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 Preferred Stock outstanding,
irrespective of series, may request the Chairman or the President call a special
meeting of the holders of Preferred Stock, which meeting shall thereupon be
called by such person. Notice of such meeting and of any
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annual
meeting at which holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote pursuant
to
this Section 3(c)(iii) shall be given to each holder of
record of 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 no earlier than ten (10) days and not
later
than sixty (60) days after such order or request. In the event such
meeting is not called within sixty (60) days after such order or request,
such
meeting may be called on a 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 Section 3(c)(iii), 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 stockholders.
(iv) 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 Preferred Stock shall have exercised
their right to elect two Directors voting as a separate class, after the
exercise of which right (1) the Directors so elected by the holders of 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 (2) any vacancy
in the Board of Directors may (except as provided in Section
3(c)(ii)) be filled by vote of a majority of the remaining
Directors theretofore elected by the class which elected the Director whose
office shall have become vacant. References in this Section
3(c)(iv) to Directors elected by a particular class shall
include Directors elected by such Directors to fill vacancies as provided in
clause (2) of the foregoing sentence.
(d) Immediately
upon the expiration of a default period, (x) the right of the holders of
Preferred Stock, as a separate class, to elect Directors shall cease, (y) the
term of any Directors elected by the holders of Preferred Stock, as a separate
class, shall terminate, and (z) the number of directors shall be such number
as
may be provided for in, or pursuant to, the Certificate of Incorporation or
the
Bylaws irrespective of any increase made pursuant to the provisions of
Section 3(c)(ii) (such number being subject, however, to change
thereafter in any manner provided by law or in the Certificate of Incorporation
or the Bylaws). Any vacancies in the Board of Directors created as a
result of the provisions of clauses (y) and (z) in the preceding sentence may
be
filled by a majority of the remaining Directors, even though less than a
quorum.
(e) Except
as
otherwise provided in this Certificate of Designations or the Certificate of
Incorporation, holders of Series B Junior 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.
Section
4. Certain
Restrictions.
(a) Whenever
quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series
B
Junior Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears,
thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether
or not declared, on shares of Series B Junior Preferred Stock outstanding shall
have been paid in full, the corporation shall not:
(w)
declare or pay or set apart for payment any dividends or make any other
distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or
indirectly, for
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consideration
any shares of any class of stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either
as to
dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series B
Junior
Preferred Stock;
(x) 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 B Junior Preferred Stock, except dividends paid
ratably on the Series B Junior 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;
(y) 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 B Junior 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 B Junior Preferred Stock; or
(z) purchase
or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series B Junior Preferred
Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Junior
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.
(b) 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 Section 4(a), purchase or
otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.
Section
5. Reacquired
Shares. Any shares of Series B Junior 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 in the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section
6. Liquidation,
Dissolution or Winding Up.
(a) Upon
any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, 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 B Junior Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the
holders of shares of Series B Junior Preferred Stock shall have received $100.00
per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and
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distributions
thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment (the
“Series B Liquidation
Preference”). Following the payment of the full amount
of the Series B Liquidation Preference, no additional distributions shall
be
made to the holders of shares of Series B Junior 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 (x) the Series B Liquidation Preference by (y) 100 (as
appropriately adjusted as set forth in Section 6(c) to reflect such
events as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect
to
the Common Stock) (such number in clause (y) being hereinafter referred to
as
the “Adjustment Number”). Following the payment of the
full amount of the Series B Liquidation Preference and the Common Adjustment
in
respect of all outstanding shares of Series B Junior Preferred Stock and
Common
Stock, respectively, holders of Series B Junior 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 B Junior Preferred Stock and Common Stock,
on a
per share basis, respectively.
(b) In
the
event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment
in full of the Series B Liquidation Preference and the liquidation preferences
of all other series of Preferred Stock, if any, which rank on a parity with
the
Series B Junior Preferred Stock, then such remaining assets shall be distributed
ratably to the holders of all such 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.
(c) In
the
event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (x)
declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (y)
subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (z) 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.
Section
7. Consolidation,
Merger,
Share Exchange, Etc. In case the Corporation shall enter
into any consolidation, merger, share exchange, 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 B Junior 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 100 times the aggregate amount of
stock, securities, 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 (x) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in
shares of Common Stock, (y) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (z)
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 B Junior Preferred Stock shall be
adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the
number of shares of Common Stock
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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.
Section
8. No
Redemption. The shares of Series B Junior Preferred Stock
shall not be redeemable.
Section
9. Ranking. The
Series B Junior Preferred Stock shall rank junior to all other series of the
Corporation’s Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends and the
distribution of assets, unless the terms of any such series shall provide
otherwise.
Section
10. Amendment. This
Certificate of Designations shall not be amended in any manner which would
materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the
Series B Junior Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the
affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares
of Series B Junior Preferred Stock, voting together as a single voting
group.
Section
11. Fractional
Shares. Series B Junior 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 B Junior Preferred Stock.
[Signature
Page Follows]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Designations
to
be duly executed on behalf of the Corporation by its duly authorized officer
this 2nd day of October, 2007.
CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | ||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary |
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Exhibit
B
[Form
of Rights Certificate]
Certificate
No. R- ________ Rights
NOT
EXERCISABLE AFTER OCTOBER 31, 2017 OR EARLIER IF REDEEMED BY THE
COMPANY. THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, AT THE OPTION OF THE
COMPANY, AT $.01 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
CAMERON
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
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 October 1, 2007
(the “Rights Agreement”), between Cameron International Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Computershare Trust Company,
N.A., a federally chartered trust company (the “Rights Agent”), to
purchase from the Company at any time prior to 5:00 P.M. (Houston, Texas time)
on October 31, 2017 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, nonassessable share of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock
(the
“Preferred Stock”) of the Company, at a purchase price of $400 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 Purchase Price shall be paid,
at the election of the holder, in cash or shares of Common Stock of the Company
having an equivalent value. 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 October 31, 2007, based on the
Preferred Stock as constituted at such date.
1
The portion of the
legend in brackets shall be inserted only if applicable and shall replace
the
preceding sentence.
B-1
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 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 $.01 per Right at any time prior to the earlier of the close of business
on
(i) the tenth business day following the Stock Acquisition Date (as such time
period may be extended pursuant to the Rights Agreement), and (ii) the Final
Expiration Date. After the expiration of the redemption period but
prior to any Triggering Event, the Company’s right of redemption may be
reinstated if an Acquiring Person reduces his beneficial ownership to 10% or
less of the outstanding shares of Common Stock in a transaction or series of
transactions not involving the Company.
The
Company is not required to issue fractional shares of Preferred Stock 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 may 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: ______________, ______
ATTEST:
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CAMERON
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
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||
By:
|
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||
Secretary
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Title:
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Countersigned:
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COMPUTERSHARE
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
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By:
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Authorized
Signature
|
1
The portion of the
legend in brackets shall be inserted only if applicable and shall replace
the
preceding sentence.
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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.
Date: ________________,
________
Signature |
Signature
Guaranteed:
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); and
(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: ________________,
________
Signature |
Signature
Guaranteed:
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: CAMERON
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
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: ______________________
(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:________________________
(Please
print name and address)
|
Dated: ________________, ________
Signature
|
Signature
Guaranteed:
B-5
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); and
(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: ________________,
________
Signature
|
Signature
Guaranteed:
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.
B-6
Exhibit
C
Form
of Summary of Rights
On
October 1, 2007, subject to entering into the Rights Agreement, as defined
below, the Board of Directors of Cameron International Corporation (the
“Company”) declared a dividend distribution of one preferred share
purchase right (a “Right”) for each outstanding share of common stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) of the Company. The
dividend was payable on October 31, 2007 (the “Record Date”) to
stockholders of record at that date. Each Right entitles the
registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-hundredth of a share
of
Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
“Preferred Stock”), at an exercise price of $400.00 (the “Purchase
Price”) per one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Stock, subject to
adjustment. The description and terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights
Agreement (the “Rights Agreement”) between the Company and Computershare
Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent.
Initially,
the Rights will be evidenced by the 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 at the close of business on the earliest of (i) the tenth
business day 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 20% or more of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (unless the person becomes the owner of
20%
solely by reason of share purchases by the Company) (the “Stock Acquisition
Date”) or (ii) the tenth business day (or such later date as the Board of
Directors of the Company shall determine) following the commencement of a tender
offer or exchange offer that would result in a person or group beneficially
owning 20% or more of the 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 issued (whether upon transfer
or new issuance) after the Record Date will contain a notation incorporating
the
Rights Agreement by reference and (iii) the surrender for transfer of any
certificate of 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 October 31, 2017 (the “Final Expiration Date”),
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.
In
the
event that
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any
Acquiring Person shall merge into or otherwise combine with the
Company
and the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation of such
merger
or
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combination
and the Common Stock of the Company shall remain outstanding and
unchanged, or
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subject
to certain exceptions, any individual or entity becomes the
owner of more than 20% of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding,
or
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during
such time as there is an Acquiring Person there is also a reclassification
or recapitalization of the Company or a transaction involving the
Company
or any of its subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions, that has
the
effect of increasing by more than 1% the proportionate share of the
outstanding shares of any class of equity securities of the Company
or any
of its subsidiaries which is beneficially owned by any Acquiring
Person,
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then
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. However, Rights are not exercisable following the occurrence of any
of
the events set forth in this paragraph until such time as the Rights are no
longer redeemable by the Company as set forth below. Notwithstanding any of
the
foregoing, following the occurrence of any of the events set forth in this
paragraph, 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.
For
example, at an exercise price of $400.00 per Right, each Right not owned by
an
Acquiring Person (or by certain related parties and transferees) following
any
of the events set forth in the preceding paragraph would entitle its holder
to
purchase $800.00 worth of Common Stock (or other consideration, as noted above),
determined pursuant to a formula set forth in the Rights Agreement, for
$400.00.
In
the
event that, at any time following the Stock Acquisition Date, (i) the Company
is
acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction in which the
Company is not the surviving corporation, or in which the Company is the
surviving corporation, but its Common Stock is changed or exchanged, or (ii)
more than 50% of the Company’s assets, cash flow or earning power is sold or
transferred, each holder of a Right (except Rights which previously have been
voided as set forth above) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon
exercise, common stock of the acquiring company having a value equal to two
times the exercise price of the Right.
At
any
time after an Acquiring Person becomes such, the Board of Directors may cause
the Company to exchange the Rights (other than Rights owned by the Acquiring
Person, which will have become null and void), in whole or in part, at an
exchange ratio of one share of Common Stock per Right (subject to adjustment).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such exchange may be effected at any time
after any Person (other than the Company and certain of its affiliates) becomes
the beneficial owner of 50% or more of the outstanding Common
Stock.
The
Purchase Price payable, and the number of shares 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
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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 adjustment in the Purchase Price will be required until
cumulative adjustments amount to at least 1% of the Purchase Price. No
fractional shares of Preferred Stock will be issued, except for integral
multiples of one one-hundredth of a share, 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 the close of business on the tenth business day following the Stock
Acquisition Date, the Company may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part,
at a price of $0.01 per Right (subject to adjustment). 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 $0.01 per Right (subject to adjustment) redemption
price.
Although
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 Preferred Stock
or
Common Stock (or other consideration) of the Company or for common stock of
the
acquiring company as set forth above or in the event that the Rights are
redeemed.
The
terms
of the Rights may be amended by the Company without the consent of the holders
of the Rights, subject to certain limitations contained in the Rights
Agreement.
Until
a
Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no rights as a
stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote or to receive
dividends.
The
Rights Agreement provides that by acceptance of a Right a holder thereof is
bound by certain provisions of the Rights Agreement, including without
limitation provisions limiting the liability of the Rights Agent in certain
circumstances specified in the Rights Agreement.
A
copy of
the Rights Agreement was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
as an
Exhibit to a Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the
Company. 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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