EXHIBIT 1
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UNISOURCE WORLDWIDE, INC.
and
NATIONAL CITY BANK
as Rights Agent
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 30, 1996
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Table of Contents
Section Page
1. Certain Definitions......................................................................... 2
2. Appointment of Rights Agent................................................................. 5
3. Issue of Rights Certificates................................................................ 6
4. Form of Rights Certificates................................................................. 8
5. Countersignature and Registration........................................................... 9
6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Rights Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed,
Stolen Rights Certificates............................................................. 9
7. Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights............................... 10
8. Cancellation and Destruction of Rights Certificates......................................... 13
9. Reservation and Availability of Capital Stock; Registration of Securities................... 13
10. Capital Stock Record Date.................................................................. 14
11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights................ 15
12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares................................. 25
13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning Power....................... 26
14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares.................................................... 29
15. Rights of Action........................................................................... 30
16. Agreement of Rights Holders................................................................ 30
17. Rights Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Shareholder......................................... 31
18. Concerning the Rights Agent................................................................ 32
19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent.................................. 32
20. Duties of Rights Agent...................................................................... 33
21. Change of Rights Agent...................................................................... 35
23. Redemption and Termination.................................................................. 37
24. Notice of Certain Events.................................................................... 39
25. Notices..................................................................................... 39
26. Supplements and Amendments.................................................................. 40
27. Successors.................................................................................. 41
28. Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc................................... 41
29. Benefits of this Agreement.................................................................. 42
30. Severability................................................................................ 42
31. Governing Law............................................................................... 43
32. Counterparts................................................................................ 43
33. Descriptive Headings........................................................................ 43
Exhibit A Resolution of the Board of Directors with respect to
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Shares
Exhibit B Form of Rights Certificate
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of December 30, 1996 (the "Agreement"),
between UNISOURCE WORLDWIDE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
NATIONAL CITY BANK (the "Rights Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alco Standard
Corporation, an Ohio corporation ("Alco"); and
WHEREAS, Alco, which presently has in place a stockholders' rights
plan, has determined to make a dividend distribution of all the outstanding
shares of the Company Common Stock (as hereinafter defined) to the common
stockholders of Alco (the "Spinoff Distribution"); and
WHEREAS, on December 11, 1996 (the "Rights Dividend Declaration
Date"), the Board of Directors of the Company authorized and declared a dividend
distribution of one Right for each Common Share (as hereinafter defined) of the
Company outstanding at the close of business on December 31, 1996 (the "Record
Date") (which for these purposes shall include all Common Shares presently
entitled to receive dividends) and has authorized the issuance of one Right (as
such number may hereafter be adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section
11(p) hereof) for each Common Share of the Company issued between the Record
Date (whether originally issued or delivered from the Company's treasury) and
the Distribution Date (as hereinafter defined), each Right initially
representing the right to purchase one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (as
hereinafter defined) of the Company having the rights, powers and preferences
set forth in the form of the Resolution of the Board of Directors attached
hereto as Exhibit A, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter
set forth (the "Rights"); and
WHEREAS, the Rights will be held by the Rights Agent under this
Agreement as trustee for the shareholders of the Company until the Distribution
Date; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has considered whether
approval of this Agreement and the distribution of the Rights is in the best
interests of the Company and all other pertinent factors; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has concluded that
approval of this Agreement and the distribution of the Rights is in the best
interests of the Company because the existence of the Rights will help (i)
reduce the risk of coercive two-tiered, front-end loaded or partial offers that
may not offer fair value to all shareholders, (ii) mitigate against market
accumulators who through open market and/or private purchases may achieve a
position of substantial influence or control without paying to selling or
remaining stockholders a fair control premium, (iii) deter market accumulators
who are simply interested in putting the Company into "play," (iv) restrict
self-dealing by a substantial shareholder, and (v) preserve the
Board of Directors' bargaining power and flexibility to deal with third-party
acquirors, to pursue the business strategies of the Company and to otherwise
seek to maximize values for all stockholders.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein set forth, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
parties hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the
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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 Common Shares then outstanding, but shall not include 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person shall become an "Acquiring
Person" as the result of an acquisition of Common Shares by the Company which,
by reducing the number of Common Shares outstanding, increases the proportionate
number of Common Shares beneficially owned by such Person to 20% or more of the
Common Shares then outstanding; provided, however, that if a Person shall become
the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the then outstanding Common Shares by
reason of Common Shares purchased by the Company and shall, after such share
purchases by the Company, become the Beneficial Owner of any additional Common
Shares, then such Person shall be deemed to be an "Acquiring Person."
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a majority of the Continuing Directors then in
office determines in good faith that a Person who would otherwise be an
"Acquiring Person", as defined pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
paragraph (a), has become such inadvertently, and such Person divests as
promptly as practicable a sufficient number of Common Shares so that such Person
would no longer be an Acquiring Person, as defined pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this paragraph (a), then such Person shall not be deemed to be an
"Acquiring Person" for purposes of this Agreement.
(b) "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 hereof
(the "Exchange Act").
(c) A Person shall be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of, and
shall be deemed to "beneficially own," any securities:
(i) that such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to acquire (whether such
right is
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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 payment, 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) that 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 without
limitation 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 oral or written 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) that 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 (c)) or
disposing of any voting securities of the Company,
provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (c) shall cause a person
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engaged in business as an underwriter of securities to be the "Beneficial
Owner" of, or to "beneficially own," any
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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.
(d) "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday
or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized
or obligated by law or executive order to close.
(e) "Close of business" on any given date shall mean 5:00 P.M., New
York, New York, on such date; provided, however, that if such date is not a
Business Day it shall mean 5:00 P.M., New York, New York time, on the next
succeeding Business Day.
(f) "Common Share" shall mean a share of Common Stock of the Company
and, to the extent that there are not a sufficient number of Common Shares
authorized to permit the full exercise of the Rights, shares of any other class
or series of the Company designated for such purpose containing terms
substantially similar to the terms of the Common Shares, except that "Common
Share" when used with reference to any Person other than the Company shall mean
the shares of 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.
(g) "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.
(h) "Distribution Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3 hereof.
(i) "Expiration Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7(a).
(j) "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation,
partnership or other entity.
(k) "Preferred Share" shall mean a share of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company and,
to the extent that there are not
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a sufficient number of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
authorized to permit the full exercise of the Rights, shares of any other series
of Series Preferred Stock of the Company designated for such purpose containing
terms substantially similar to the terms of the Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock.
(l) "Preferred Share Fraction" shall mean one one-hundredth of a
Preferred Share.
(m) "Section 11(a)(ii) Event" shall mean any event described in
Section 11(a)(ii) (A), (B) or (C) hereof.
(n) "Section 13 Event" shall mean any event described in clauses
(x), (y) or (z) of Section 13(a) hereof.
(o) "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.
(p) "Subsidiary" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.
(q) "Trading Day" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11(d)(i) hereof.
(r) "Triggering Event" shall mean any Section 11(a)(ii) Event or
any Section 13 Event.
Unless otherwise specified, where reference is made in this Agreement
to sections of, and the General Rules and Regulations under, the Exchange Act,
such reference shall mean such sections and rules as amended from time to time
and any successor provisions thereto.
Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent.
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(a) The Company hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as agent for
the Company and trustee for the beneficial owners of the Rights (who, in
accordance with Section 3 hereof, shall prior to the Distribution Date also be
the holders of the Common Shares) 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.
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(b) On the Record Date, the Company will deliver a Rights Certificate
to the Rights Agent, registered in the name of the Rights Agent as trustee for
the beneficial owners of the Rights represented thereby, for that number of
Rights equal to the number of Common Shares issued and outstanding on the Record
Date, and the Rights Agent shall hold the Rights represented thereby in trust
for the beneficial owners in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 3. Issue of Rights Certificates.
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(a) Until the earlier of (i) the close of business on the tenth
Business Day after a Stock Acquisition Date involving an Acquiring Person that
has become such in a transaction as to which the Board of Directors has not made
the determination referred to in Section 11(a)(ii)(B) hereof, or (ii) within ten
(10) Business Days (or such later date as may be determined by action of the
Board of Directors prior to such time any Person becomes an Acquiring Person)
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 Common
Shares then outstanding (the earlier of (i) and (ii) being herein referred to as
the "Distribution Date"), (x) beneficial interests in the Rights will be
evidenced (subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 3) by the
certificates for the Common Shares registered in the names of the holders of the
Common Shares (which certificates for Common Shares shall be deemed also to be
certificates for beneficial interests in the Rights) and not by separate
certificates, and (y) the Rights and beneficial interests therein will be
transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying Common
Shares (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 Shares 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 rights certificates, in substantially the
form of Exhibit B hereto (the "Rights Certificates"), evidencing one Right for
each Common Share so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein. In the
event that an adjustment in the number of Rights per Common Share has been made
pursuant to Section 11(p) hereof, at the time of distribution of the Rights
Certificates, the Company shall make the necessary and appropriate rounding
adjustments (in accordance with Section 14(a) hereof) so that Rights
Certificates representing only whole numbers of Rights are distributed and cash
is paid in lieu of any fractional Rights. As of and after the Distribution Date,
the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Rights Certificates. Upon the
distribution of the Rights Certificates as provided in this subsection (a), the
trust
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created hereby shall cease.
(b) With respect to certificates for the Common Shares outstanding as
of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, beneficial interests in the
Rights will be evidenced by such certificates for the Common Shares and the
registered holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of
the beneficial interests in the associated Rights. Until the earlier of the
Distribution Date or the Expiration Date (as such term is defined in Section 7
hereof), the transfer of any certificates representing Common Shares in respect
of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the
Rights associated with such Common Shares. Certificates issued after the Record
Date upon the transfer of Common Shares outstanding on the Record Date shall
bear the legend set forth in subsection (c).
(c) Except as provided in Section 22 hereof, Rights shall be issued
in respect of all Common Shares that are issued (whether originally issued or
delivered from the Company's treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the
earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration Date. Certificates
representing such Common Shares shall also be deemed to be certificates for
beneficial interests in the associated Rights, and shall bear the following
legend:
"This certificate also evidences a beneficial interest in and
entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in the Rights
Agreement between Unisource Worldwide, Inc. (the "Company") and National
City Bank (the "Rights Agent") dated as of December 30, 1996 (the "Rights
Agreement"), and as the same may be amended from time to time, the terms of
which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on
file at the principal offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances,
as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by
separate certificates and beneficial interests therein will no longer be
evidenced by this certificate. The Company 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."
With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the
earlier of (i) the Distribution Date or (ii) the Expiration Date, beneficial
interests in the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such
certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone and registered
holders of Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of beneficial
interests in the associated Rights, and the transfer of any of such certificates
shall also constitute
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the transfer of beneficial interests in the Rights associated with the Common
Shares represented by such certificates.
Section 4. Form of Rights Certificates.
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(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
entitle the holders thereof to purchase such number of Preferred Share Fractions
as shall be set forth therein at the price set forth therein (such exercise
price per Preferred Share Fraction, 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 that the Company knows are 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 oral or written plan, agreement, arrangement
or understanding regarding the transferred Rights or (B) a transfer that the
Board of Directors of the Company has determined is part of an oral or written
plan, agreement, arrangement or understanding that 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
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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 manually countersigned by the
Rights Agent 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 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, the Certificate number and the date of each
of the Rights Certificates.
Section 6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Rights
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Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Rights Certificates.
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(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 Preferred Share
Fractions (or, following a Triggering Event, Common Shares or 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,
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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 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
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Rights.
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(a) Subject to subsection (e), 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 (except as
provided in Section 11(q) hereof) with respect to the total number of Preferred
Share Fractions (or Common Shares, other securities, cash or other assets, as
the case may be) as to which such surrendered Rights are then exercisable
(except as provided in Section 11(q) hereof), at or prior to the earliest of (i)
the close of business on November 8, 2006 (the "Final Expiration Date"), (ii)
the consummation of a transaction contemplated by Section 13(d) hereof, or (iii)
the time at which the Rights are redeemed or terminated as provided in Section
23 hereof (the earlier of (i), (ii) and (iii) being herein referred to as the
"Expiration Date").
(b) The Purchase Price for each Preferred Share Fraction pursuant to
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the exercise of a Right shall initially be $80, and shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time as provided in Sections 11 and 13(a) hereof and
shall be payable in accordance with subsection (c).
(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 Preferred Share Fraction (or Common Shares, 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) and Section 14(b) hereof, thereupon promptly (i) (A) requisition
from any transfer agent of the Preferred Shares (or make available, if the
Rights Agent is the transfer agent for such Shares) certificates for the total
number of Preferred Shares 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 some or all of the total number of
Preferred Shares issuable upon exercise of the Rights hereunder with a
depositary agent, requisition from the depositary agent depositary receipts
representing such number of Preferred Share Fractions as are to be purchased (in
which case certificates for the Preferred Shares 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 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, at the election of the holder of the Rights Certificate, (x) in cash or by
certified bank check or money order payable to the order of the Company or (y)
delivery of Rights if and to the extent authorized by Section 11(q) hereof. In
the event that the Company is obligated to issue other securities of the Company
(including Common Shares) 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.
(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
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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 oral or written plan, 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 an oral or written plan, agreement,
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; provided, however, that the Rights held by an Acquiring Person, an
Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person or the transferees of such persons
referred to above shall not be voided unless the Acquiring Person in question or
an Affiliate or Associate of such Acquiring Person shall be involved in the
transaction giving rise to the Section 11(a)(ii) Event. 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 neither the Company nor the Rights
Agent shall have any liability to any holder of Rights Certificates or other
Person as a result of the Company's 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 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
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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 canceled form,
or, if surrendered to the Rights Agent, shall be canceled 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 canceled Rights Certificates to the Company, or shall, at the
written request of the Company, destroy such canceled Rights Certificates, and
in such case shall
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deliver a certificate of destruction thereof to the Company.
Section 9. Reservation and Availability of Capital Stock;
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Registration of Securities.
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(a) The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be
reserved and kept available for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding Rights
as many of its authorized and unissued Preferred Shares (and, following the
occurrence of a Triggering Event, out of its authorized and unissued Common
Shares and/or other securities or out of its authorized and issued shares held
in its treasury), which together shall at all times after the Distribution Date
be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Rights.
(b) So long as the Preferred Shares (and, following the occurrence of
a Triggering Event, Common Shares 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 and other securities 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 to (i) 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 or statements under the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act"), with respect to the securities purchasable upon exercise of
the Rights on an appropriate form or forms, (ii) cause such registration
statement or statements to become effective as soon as practicable after such
filing, and (iii) cause such registration statement or statements 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 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 subsection (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 unless the requisite qualification in such jurisdiction shall have
been obtained.
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(d) The Company covenants and agrees that it will take all such
action as may be necessary to ensure that all Preferred Shares (and, following a
Triggering Event, Common Shares or other securities) delivered upon exercise of
Rights shall, at the time of delivery of the certificates for such shares or
other securities (subject to payment of the Purchase Price), be duly and validly
authorized and issued and, with respect to Preferred Shares, Common Shares or
other shares of capital stock, 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 that
may be payable in respect of the issuance or delivery of the Rights Certificates
and of any certificates for a number of Preferred Share Fractions (or Common
Shares 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 that 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 Preferred Share
Fractions (or Common Shares 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 Preferred Share Fractions (or Common Shares 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. Capital Stock Record Date. Each person in whose name
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any certificate for a number of Preferred Share Fractions (or Common Shares 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
Preferred Share Fractions (or Common Shares 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 applicable 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 applicable transfer books of the Company are open. Prior to
the exercise of the Rights evidenced thereby, the holder of a Rights Certificate
shall not be entitled to any rights of a shareholder 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.
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Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares
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or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, the number and kind of shares and
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other securities 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 any security of the Company
payable in Preferred Shares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred
Shares, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Shares into a smaller number
of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a
reclassification of the Preferred Shares (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 Preferred Shares 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 adjusted Purchase Price, the aggregate number
and kind of Preferred Shares or capital stock, as the case may be, that,
if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a
time when the Preferred Share transfer books were open, such holder 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) any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any
Acquiring Person, at any time after the Stock Acquisition Date,
directly or indirectly, (1) 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
Shares of the Company or other equity securities of the Company shall
remain outstanding or (2) shall, in one transaction or a series of
transactions, transfer any assets to the Company or to any of its
Subsidiaries in exchange (in whole or in part) for Common Shares, for
shares of other equity securities of the Company, or for securities
exercisable for or convertible into shares of equity securities of the
Company (Common Shares or otherwise) or otherwise obtain from the
Company, with or without consideration, any additional shares of such
equity securities or securities exercisable for or
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convertible into shares of such equity securities (other than pursuant
to a pro rata distribution to all holders of Common Shares), or
(B) 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 20% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding,
unless the event causing the 20% threshold to be crossed is a Section
13 Event, or is an acquisition of Common Shares pursuant to a tender
offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding Common Shares at a price
and on terms determined by at least a majority of the Continuing
Directors, after receiving advice from one or more nationally
recognized investment banking firms, to be in the best interests of the
Company and its stockholders (a "Qualifying Offer"), after taking into
consideration all factors that such members of the Board of Directors
deem relevant, including, without limitation, the long-term prospects
and value of the Company and the prices and terms that such members of
the Board of Directors believe, in good faith, could reasonably be
achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis
designed to realize maximum value, or
(C) 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 Section 13 Event or series of
such Events (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an
Acquiring Person) that 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 that is directly or indirectly beneficially owned by any
Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person,
then, promptly following the first 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 Preferred Share Fractions, such number of Common Shares
of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying
the then current Purchase Price by the then number of Preferred Share
Fractions for which a Right was exercisable immediately
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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 Common Share on the
date of such first occurrence (such number of shares, the "Adjustment
Shares").
(iii) In the event that the number of Common Shares that are
authorized by the Company's 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 the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable
upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value") over the Purchase
Price (such excess, the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right,
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 Shares of the same or a different class
or other equity securities of the Company (including, without
limitation, preferred shares or units of preferred shares that a
majority of the Continuing Directors in office at the time has deemed
(based, among other things, on the dividend and liquidation rights of
such preferred shares) to have substantially the same economic value as
Common Shares (such preferred shares, hereinafter referred to as
"common share 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 value
has been determined by a majority of the Continuing Directors in office
at the time after considering 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, Common Shares (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 Common Shares
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 shareholder
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
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second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company shall provide,
subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly
to all outstanding Rights, and 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. The Company shall make a public
announcement when the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily
suspended, and again when such suspension is no longer in effect. For
purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Shares
shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section
11(d) hereof) per Common Share on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date
and the value of any "common share equivalent" shall be deemed to have
the same value as the Common Shares on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of
rights, options or warrants to holders of any security of the Company
entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within
forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Shares (or
shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the Preferred
Shares ("equivalent preferred shares")) or securities convertible into
Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares at a price per Preferred
Share or per equivalent preferred share (or having a conversion price per
share, if a security convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent
preferred shares) less than the current market price (as determined
pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Preferred Share 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 Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the
number of Preferred Shares that the aggregate offering price of the total
number of Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares 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 Preferred Shares
outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional Preferred
Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares 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 Company, the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Preferred
Shares 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 that would then be in effect if
such record date had not been fixed.
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(c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for a distribution to
all holders of Preferred Shares (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 dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the
Company), assets (other than a regular quarterly dividend referred to
above or dividend payable in Preferred Shares, but including any dividend
payable in stock other than Preferred Shares) 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
Preferred Share on such record date, less the then 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 and shall be conclusive for all purposes) 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 Preferred Share and the
denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined
pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Preferred Share. 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 Common Share on any date shall be deemed to be the
average of the daily closing prices per Common Share 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 Common Share on
any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per
Common Share for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately
following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current
market price per Common Share is determined during a period following the
announcement by the issuer of such Common Share of (A) a dividend or
distribution on such Common Share payable in Common Shares or securities
convertible into Common Shares (other than the Rights), or (B) any
subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Shares, and
prior to the expiration of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten
(10) Trading Day period, as set 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 Trading 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
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system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading
on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Shares 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 Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if the Common
Shares 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 Common Shares 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 Shares selected by
the Board of Directors of the Company. If on any such date no market maker
is making a market in the Common Shares, 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 Common Shares are
listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or,
if the Common Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national
securities exchange, a Business Day. If the Common Shares are 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 Preferred Share shall be determined in the same manner as set
forth above for the Common Shares in clause (i) of this Section 11(d)
(other than the last sentence thereof). If the current market price per
Preferred Share cannot be determined in the manner provided above or if the
Preferred Shares are not publicly held or listed or traded in a manner
described in clause (i) of this Section 11(d), the "current market price"
per Preferred Share shall be conclusively deemed to be an amount equal to
one hundred (as such number may be appropriately adjusted for such events
as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalization with respect to the
Common Shares occurring after the date of this Agreement) multiplied by the
current market price per Common Share. If neither the Common Shares nor the
Preferred Shares are publicly held or so listed or traded, "current market
price" per Preferred 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. For all purposes of this
Agreement, the "current market price" of a Preferred Share Fraction shall
be equal to the "current market price" of one Preferred Share 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 one one-hundredth of a Common Share or one
one-hundred millionth of a Preferred Share, as the case may be. Notwithstanding
the first sentence of this subsection (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 that 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 Shares, 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 Shares contained in
Sections 11(a), (b), (c), (e), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (m) and (q), and the
provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 13 and 14 hereof with respect to
the Preferred Shares 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 Preferred Share
Fractions 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 subsections (b) and (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 Preferred Share
Fractions (calculated to the nearest one one-hundred millionth of a Preferred
Share) obtained by (i) multiplying (x) the number of Preferred Share Fractions
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 Preferred Share Fractions 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
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Preferred Share Fractions 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-hundredth of a Preferred Share) 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
amount of the adjustment to be made. The record date for the adjustment 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 Preferred Share Fractions issuable upon the exercise of the
Rights, the Rights Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue
to express the Purchase Price per Preferred Share Fraction and the number of
Preferred Share Fractions that 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 or par value, if any, of the number of
Preferred Share Fractions issuable upon exercise of the Rights, the Company
shall take any corporate action that may, in the opinion of its counsel, be
necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue such number of
fully paid and nonassessable Preferred Share Fractions 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 Preferred Share Fractions and other capital stock or
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securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above
the number of Preferred Share Fractions 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 Shares, (ii) issuance wholly for cash of any
Preferred Shares at less than the current market price, (iii) issuance wholly
for cash for Preferred Shares or securities which by their terms are convertible
into or exchangeable for Preferred Shares, (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 Shares shall not be taxable to such
shareholders.
(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 that 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 shareholders 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 26 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.
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(p) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in
the event that the Company shall at any time after the Rights Dividend
Declaration Date and prior to the Distribution Date (i) declare a dividend on
the outstanding Common Shares payable in Common Shares, (ii) subdivide the
outstanding Common Shares, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Shares into a
smaller number of shares, the number of Rights associated with each Common Share
then outstanding, or issued or delivered thereafter but prior to the
Distribution Date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the number of
Rights thereafter associated with each Common Share following any such event
shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the number of Rights associated
with each Common Share immediately prior to such event by a fraction the
numerator of which shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding
immediately prior to the occurrence of the event and the denominator of which
shall be the total number of Common Shares outstanding immediately following the
occurrence of such event.
(q) In the event that the Rights become exercisable following a
Section 11(a)(ii) Event, the Company, by action of a majority of the Continuing
Directors in office at the time, may authorize that the Rights, subject to
Section 7(e) hereof, either (i) will only be, or (ii) may, at the option of the
holder entitled to exercise the Rights be, exercisable for, in either case 50%
of the Common Shares (or cash or other securities or assets to be substituted
for the Adjustment Shares pursuant to subsection (a)(iii)) that would otherwise
be purchasable under subsection (a), in consideration of the surrender to the
Company of the Rights so exercised and without other payment of the Purchase
Price. Rights exercised under this subsection (q) shall be deemed to have been
exercised in full and shall be canceled.
Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of
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Shares. Whenever an adjustment is made as provided in Section 11 and Section 13
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hereof, the Company shall (a) 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 Shares and the Common Shares, a copy of such certificate, and (c) 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 Common
Shares) in accordance with Section 25 hereof. The Rights Agent shall be fully
protected in relying on any such certificate and on any adjustment therein
contained and shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any such adjustment
unless and until it shall have received such a certificate.
Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or
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Earning Power.
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(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
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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
Common Shares 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, operating
income, cash flow 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 and except as contemplated by
subsection (d), proper provision shall be made so that:
(i) each holder of a Right, except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof
or subsection (e), 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, non assessable and freely tradeable Common Shares 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 Preferred Share Fractions 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 shares 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 Common Share 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;
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(iv) such Principal Party shall take such steps (including, but not
limited to, the reservation of a sufficient number of its Common Shares) 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 Common
Shares thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights; and
(v) the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) 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 subsection (a), the Person that is the issuer of any
securities into which Common Shares 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 subsection (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 Shares of such
Person are not at such time and have 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
Shares of which are and have 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 Shares 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 Shares 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 Shares that 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 Section
13 event, the Principal Party will
(i) prepare and file a registration statement under the Act, with
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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 that comply
in all respects with the requirements for registration on Form 10 under the
Exchange Act.
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 that have not theretofore been exercised shall thereafter become
exercisable solely in the manner described in Section 13(a).
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Section 13
(other than this subsection (d)) shall not be applicable to, and the term
"Section 13 Event" shall not include, a transaction described in subparagraphs
(x) and (y) of Section 13(a) if (i) such transaction is consummated with a
Person, or Persons who acquired Common Shares pursuant to a Qualifying Offer (or
a wholly owned Subsidiary of any such Person or Persons), (ii) the price per
Common Share offered in such transaction is not less than the price per Common
Share paid to all holders of Common Shares whose shares were purchased pursuant
to such tender offer or exchange offer and (iii) the form of consideration being
offered to the remaining holders of Common Shares pursuant to such transaction
is the same as the form of consideration paid pursuant to such tender or
exchange offer. Upon consummation of any such transaction contemplated by this
subsection (d), all Rights hereunder shall expire.
(e) In the event that the Rights become exercisable under subsection (a)
(except as provided in subsection (d)), the Company, by action of a majority of
the Continuing Directors in office at the time, may authorize that the Rights
either (i) will only be or (ii) may, at the option of the Principal Party be,
exercisable for, 50% of the Common Shares of the Principal Party that would
otherwise be purchasable under subsection (a), in consideration of the surrender
to the Principal Party, as the successor to the Company under subsection (a)
(ii), of the Rights so exercised and without other payment of the Purchase
Price. Rights exercised under this subsection (e) shall be deemed to have been
exercised in full and shall be canceled.
Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares.
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(a) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights, except
prior to the Distribution Date as provided in Section 11(p) hereof, or to
distribute Rights
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Certificates that 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 subsection (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 Preferred
Shares upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates which evidence
fractional Preferred Shares, except in each case for fractions which are
integral multiples of Preferred Shares. In lieu of fractional Preferred Shares
that are not integral multiples of Preferred Shares, 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 a Preferred Share. For purposes of this subsection (b), the
current market value of one Preferred Share shall be the closing price of a
Preferred Share (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 Common Shares upon exercise of the Rights
or to distribute certificates that evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu
of fractional Common Shares, 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
Common Share. For purposes of this subsection (c), the current market value of
one Common Share shall be the closing price of one Common Share (as determined
pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to
the date of such exercise.
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(d) The holder of a Right or a beneficial interest in a Right by the
acceptance thereof expressly waives his right to receive any fractional Rights
or any fractional Common 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
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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 Shares); and any registered holder of any Rights Certificate (or, prior
to the Distribution Date, of the Common Shares), 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 Shares), 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 or beneficial interests
therein, it is specifically acknowledged that the holders of Rights or
beneficial interests therein 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 or
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a beneficial interest in a Right by accepting the same consents and agrees with
the Company and the Rights Agent and with every other such holder that:
(a) prior to the Distribution Date, beneficial interests in the
Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common
Shares;
(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 Share
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 Share 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 a beneficial interest in 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 Shareholder. No
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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 Preferred
Share Fractions or any other securities of the Company (including the Common
Shares) that 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 shareholder of the Company or any right to vote for
the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to shareholders at any
meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to
receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting shareholders (except as
provided in Section 24 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.
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(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 and its
directors, officers, employees and agents, for and to hold each of them harmless
against, any loss, liability, or expense, incurred without negligence, bad faith
or willful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent, for anything done or
omitted by the Rights Agent or any such indemnified party in connection with the
acceptance or administration of this Agreement or the exercise of its duties
hereunder, 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 or in the exercise of its duties
hereunder in reliance upon any Rights Certificate
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or certificate for Common Shares 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
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Agent.
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(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 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 and trust 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
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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
or beneficial interests in the Rights, 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 written opinion of such counsel shall be full
and complete
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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
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
(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 any provision 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 change in the exercisability of the Rights
or any adjustment required under the provisions of this Agreement 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 Common Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Rights
Certificate or as to whether any Common Shares or Preferred Shares 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
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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. Any
application by the Rights Agent for written instructions from the Company may,
at the option of the Rights Agent, set forth in writing any action proposed to
be taken or omitted by the Rights Agent under this Agreement and the date on or
after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The
Rights Agent shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the
Rights Agent in accordance with a proposal included in any such application on
or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less
than five Business Days after the date any officer of the Company actually
receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in
writing to an earlier date) unless, prior to taking any such action (or the
effective date in the case of an omission), the Rights Agent shall have received
written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be
taken or omitted.
(h) The Rights Agent and any shareholder, 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 the Rights
Agent under this Agreement and none of such actions shall constitute a breach of
trust. 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, that the Rights Agent was not
negligent 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 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.
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(k) If, with respect to any Rights 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 or transfer without first consulting with the Company.
(l) The Rights Agent undertakes only the express duties and
obligations imposed on it by this Agreement and no implied duties or obligations
shall be read into this Agreement against the Rights Agent.
(m) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no
event shall the Rights Agent be liable for special, indirect or consequential
loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost
profits).
Section 21. Change of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent or any
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successor Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this
Agreement upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice mailed to the Company and
to each transfer agent of the Common Shares and Preferred Shares by registered
or certified mail, and to the holders of the Rights Certificates by first- class
mail. The Company may remove the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent
upon thirty (30) days' prior written notice mailed to the Rights Agent or
successor Rights Agent, as the case may be, and to each transfer agent of the
Common Shares and Preferred Shares, by registered or certified mail, and to the
holders of the Rights 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 thirty (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 Rights Certificate (who shall, with such notice, submit his
Rights Certificate for inspection by the Company), then any registered holder of
any Rights 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) a corporation organized, doing
business and in good standing under the laws of the United States or of any
state, having a principal office in the State of New York or the State of
Delaware, that is authorized by law to exercise corporate trust and stock
transfer powers and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authority and that has at the time of its appointment as Rights Agent a combined
capital and surplus adequate in the judgment of a majority of Continuing
Directors in office at the time to assure the performance of its duties
hereunder and the protection of the interests of the Company and the holders of
Rights or beneficial interests therein, or (b) an Affiliate of a corporation
described in clause (a) of this sentence. After appointment, the successor
Rights Agent shall be vested with the same powers,
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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 and
Preferred Shares and mail a notice thereof in writing to the registered holders
of the Rights Certificates or, prior to the Distribution Date, to the registered
holders of the Common Shares. 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.
Section 22. Issuance of New Rights Certificates. Notwithstanding
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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, sale or delivery of Common Shares following the Distribution
Date and prior to the redemption or expiration of the Rights, the Company (a)
shall, with respect to Common Shares so issued, sold or delivered pursuant to
the exercise of stock options, stock appreciation rights, grants or awards
outstanding on the Distribution Date under any benefit plan or arrangement for
employees or directors, or upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of
securities outstanding on the Record Date or 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.
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(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 day
following a Stock Acquisition Date (or, if the Stock Acquisition Date shall have
occurred prior to the Record Date, the close of business on the tenth day
following the Record 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
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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 hereinafter referred to as the "Redemption Price") and the Company
may, at its option, pay the Redemption Price either in Common Shares (based on
the "current market price", as defined in Section 11(d)(i) hereof, of the Common
Shares at the time of redemption) or cash; provided, however, if the Board of
Directors of the Company authorizes redemption of the Rights in either of the
circumstances set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this proviso, then there must
be Continuing Directors then in office and such authorization shall require the
concurrence of a majority of such Continuing Directors: (i) such authorization
occurs on or after the time a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, or (ii) such
authorization occurs on or after the date of a change (resulting from a proxy or
consent solicitation) in a majority of the directors in office at the
commencement of such solicitation if any Person who is a participant in such
solicitation has stated (or, if upon the commencement of such solicitation, a
majority of the Board of Directors of the Company has determined in good faith)
that such Person (or any of its Affiliates or Associates) intends to take, or
may consider taking, any action that would result in such Person becoming an
Acquiring Person or that would cause the occurrence of a Triggering Event
unless, concurrent with such solicitation, such Person (or one or more of its
Affiliates or Associates) is making a cash tender offer pursuant to a Schedule
14D-1 (or any successor form) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
for all outstanding Common Shares not beneficially owned by such Person (or by
its Affiliates or Associates); provided further, 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) an Acquiring
Person shall have transferred or otherwise disposed of a number of Common Shares
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 or the Company (with the approval of the
majority of Continuing Directors) shall have issued additional equity
securities, in either instance such that such Person is thereafter a Beneficial
Owner of 10% or less of the outstanding Common Shares, and (ii) there is no
other Acquiring Person immediately following the occurrence of the event
described in clause (i), 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.
(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 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
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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 Shares. 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 redemption will state the method by which the
payment of the Redemption Price will be made.
Section 24. Notice of Certain Events.
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(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 Shares or to make any other distribution to the holders of
Preferred Shares (other than a regular quarterly dividend out of earnings or
retained earnings of the Company), or (ii) to offer to the holders of Preferred
Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase any additional
Preferred Shares or shares of stock of any class or any other securities, rights
or options, or (iii) to effect any reclassification of its Preferred Shares
(other than a reclassification involving only the subdivision of outstanding
Preferred Shares), 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 25
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 Preferred Shares, 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 Preferred Shares 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 Preferred Shares, whichever shall be the earlier.
(b) Upon the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, (i) the Company
shall as soon as practicable thereafter give to each holder of a Right, to the
extent feasible and in accordance with Section 25 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 Shares shall be deemed
thereafter to refer to Common Shares and/or, if appropriate, other securities.
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Section 25. Notices. Notices or demands authorized by this
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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:
Unisource Worldwide, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
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:
National City Bank
0000 Xxxx 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
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 Common
Shares) 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 26. Supplements and Amendments. Prior to the Distribution
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Date and subject to the penultimate sentence of this Section 26, the Company may
and the Rights Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend any
provision of this Agreement without the approval of any holders of certificates
representing Common Shares. From and after the Distribution Date and subject to
the penultimate sentence of this Section 26, the Company may and the Rights
Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend this Agreement
without the approval of any holders of Rights Certificates in order (i) to cure
any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any provision contained herein
which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein, (iii)
to shorten or lengthen any time period hereunder, or (iv) to change or
supplement the provisions hereunder in any manner that the Company may deem
necessary or desirable and that shall not adversely affect the interests of the
holders of Rights Certificates; provided, this Agreement may not be supplemented
or amended to lengthen, pursuant to clause (iii) of this sentence, (A) a time
period relating to when the Rights may be
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redeemed at such time as the Rights are not then redeemable, or (B) any other
time period unless such lengthening is for the purpose of protecting, enhancing
or clarifying the rights of, and/or the benefits to, the holders of Rights. Upon
the delivery of a certificate from an appropriate officer of the Company that
states that the proposed supplement or amendment is in compliance with the terms
of this Section 26, the Rights Agent shall execute such supplement or amendment.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) no
supplement or amendment shall be made that changes the Redemption Price, the
Final Expiration Date, the Purchase Price or the number of Preferred Share
Fractions for which a Right is exercisable, (ii) any supplement or amendment
shall be effective only if there are Continuing Directors and shall require the
concurrence of a majority of such Continuing Directors if: (x) such supplement
or amendment occurs on or after the time a Person becomes an Acquiring Person,
or (y) such supplement or amendment occurs on or after the date of a change
(resulting from a proxy or consent solicitation) in a majority of the directors
in office at the commencement of such solicitation if any Person who is a
participant in such solicitation has stated (or, if upon the commencement of
such solicitation, a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company has
determined in good faith) that such Person (or any of its Affiliates or
Associates) intends to take, or may consider taking, any action that would
result in such Person becoming an Acquiring Person or that would cause the
occurrence of a Triggering Event unless, concurrent with such solicitation, such
Person (or one or more of its Affiliates or Associates) is making a cash tender
offer pursuant to a Schedule 14D-1 (or any successor form) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission for all outstanding Common Shares not
beneficially owned by such Person (or by its Affiliates or Associates), and
(iii) no supplement or amendment that changes the rights and duties of the
Rights Agent under this Agreement shall be effective without the consent of the
Rights Agent. Prior to the Distribution Date, the interests of the beneficial
owners of Rights shall be deemed coincident with the interests of the holders of
Common Shares.
Section 27. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this
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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 28. Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors,
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etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of
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Common Shares outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of
determining the particular percentage of such outstanding Common Shares 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
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administration of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and
power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Agreement, and (ii) make all
determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this
Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to
amend or supplement the Agreement). All such actions, calculations,
interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below,
all omissions with respect to the foregoing) that 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 29. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement
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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 Shares) 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 Shares).
Section 30. Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or
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restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or
other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable for any purpose or under
any set of circumstances or as applied to any Person, such invalid, void or
unenforceable term, provision, covenant or restriction shall continue in effect
to the maximum extent possible for all other purposes, under all other
circumstances and as applied to all other Persons; and 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 day following the date of such determination by the Board of Directors.
Without limiting the foregoing, if any provisions requiring that a determination
be made by less than the entire Board (or at a time or with the concurrence of a
group of directors consisting of less than the entire Board) is held by a court
of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or
unenforceable, such determination shall then be made by the Board in accordance
with applicable law and the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws.
Section 31. Governing Law. This Agreement, each Right and each
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Rights
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Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under
the laws of the Delaware and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of such jurisdiction applicable to contracts made
and to be performed entirely within such jurisdiction.
Section 32. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
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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 33. Descriptive Headings. Descriptive headings of the
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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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
UNISOURCE WORLDWIDE, INC.
By
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Name:
Title:
NATIONAL CITY BANK
By
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
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WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE SOLE DIRECTOR OF
UNISOURCE WORLDWIDE, INC.
ESTABLISHING AND DESIGNATING
SERIES A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED SHARES
AS A SERIES OF THE SERIES PREFERRED STOCK
The undersigned, being the Sole Director of Unisource Worldwide, Inc. (the
"Corporation") hereby adopts the following resolutions by written consent
pursuant to Section 141(f) of the Delaware General Corporation Law:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board of
Directors of the Corporation by Article IV of the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation, the Board of Directors hereby fixes and
determines the voting rights, designations, preferences, qualifications,
privileges, limitations, restrictions, options, conversion rights and other
special or relative rights of the first series of the Series Preferred Stock,
$0.001 par value per share, which shall consist of 1,500,000 shares and shall be
designated as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Shares (the "Series A
Preferred Shares").
Special Terms of the Series A Preferred Shares
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Section 1. Dividends and Distributions.
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(a) The rate of dividends payable per share of Series A Preferred
Shares on the first day of January, April, July and October in each year or such
other quarterly payment date as shall be specified by the Board of Directors
(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 the Series A Preferred Shares,
shall be (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (i) $4.00 or (ii)
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 cash, based upon the fair market value at the time
the non-cash dividend or other distribution is declared or paid as determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors) 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, par value $0.001 per share, of the
Corporation since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or,
with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first
issuance of any share or fraction of a share of the Series A Preferred Shares.
Dividends on the Series A Preferred Shares shall be paid out of funds legally
available for such purpose. In the event the Corporation shall at any time
after December 11, 1996 (the "Rights Declaration Date") (i) declare any dividend
on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide
the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding shares
of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the
amounts to which holders of Series A Preferred Shares were entitled immediately
prior to such event under clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be
adjusted by multiplying each 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) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding
Series A Preferred Shares from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next
preceding the date of issue of such Series A Preferred Shares, 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 Series A Preferred Shares 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 Series A Preferred Shares 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.
Section 2. Voting Rights. In addition to any other voting rights
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required by law, the holders of Series A Preferred Shares shall have the
following voting rights:
(a) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth,
each Series A Preferred Share 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 (i)
declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii)
subdivide the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iii) combine the
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each
such case the number of votes per share to which holders of Series A Preferred
Shares were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by
multiplying such number by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(b) In the event that dividends upon the Series A Preferred Shares
shall be in arrears to an amount equal to six full quarterly dividends thereon,
the holders of such Series A Preferred Shares shall become entitled to the
extent hereinafter provided to vote noncumulatively at all elections of
directors of the Corporation, and to receive notice of all stockholders'
meetings to be held for such purpose. At such meetings, to the extent that
directors are being elected, the holders of such Series A Preferred Shares
voting as a class shall be entitled solely to elect two members of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation; and all other directors of the Corporation
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shall be elected by the other stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote
in the election of directors. Such voting rights of the holders of such Series
A Preferred Shares shall continue until all accumulated and unpaid dividends
thereon shall have been paid or funds sufficient therefor set aside, whereupon
all such voting rights of the holders of shares of such series shall cease,
subject to being again revived from time to time upon the reoccurrence of the
conditions above described as giving rise thereto.
At any time when such right to elect directors separately as a class
shall have so vested, the Corporation may, and upon the written request of the
holders of record of not less than 20% of the then outstanding total number of
shares of all the Series A Preferred Shares having the right to elect directors
in such circumstances shall, call a special meeting of holders of such Series A
Preferred Shares for the election of directors. In the case of such a written
request, such special meeting shall be held within 90 days after the delivery of
such request, and, in either case, at the place and upon the notice provided by
law and in the By-laws of the Corporation; provided, that the Corporation shall
not be required to call such a special meeting if such request is received less
than 120 days before the date fixed for the next ensuing annual or special
meeting of stockholders of the Corporation. Upon the mailing of the notice of
such special meeting to the holders of such Series A Preferred Shares, or, if no
such meeting be held, then upon the mailing of the notice of the next annual or
special meeting of stockholders for the election of directors, the number of
directors of the Corporation shall, ipso facto, be increased to the extent, but
only to the extent, necessary to provide sufficient vacancies to enable the
holders of such Series A Preferred Shares to elect the two directors hereinabove
provided for, and all such vacancies shall be filled only by vote of the holders
of such Series A Preferred Shares as hereinabove provided. Whenever the number
of directors of the Corporation shall have been increased, the number as so
increased may thereafter be further increased or decreased in such manner as may
be permitted by the By-laws and without the vote of the holders of Series A
Preferred Shares, provided that no such action shall impair the right of the
holders of Series A Preferred Shares to elect and to be represented by two
directors as herein provided.
So long as the holders of Series A Preferred Shares are entitled
hereunder to voting rights, any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by the
death or resignation of any director elected by the holders of Series A
Preferred Shares, shall, until the next meeting of stockholders for the election
of directors, in each case be filled by the remaining director elected by the
holders of Series A Preferred Shares having the right to elect directors in such
circumstances.
Upon termination of the voting rights of the holders of any series of
Series A Preferred Shares the terms of office of all persons who shall have been
elected directors of the Corporation by vote of the holders of Series A
Preferred Shares or by a director elected by such holders shall forthwith
terminate.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation or by law, the holders of Series A Preferred
Shares and the holders of Common
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Stock (and the holders of shares of any other series or class entitled to vote
thereon) shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of
stockholders of the Corporation.
Section 3. Reacquired Shares. Any Series A Preferred Shares
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purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever
shall be retired and canceled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such
shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued Series
Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Series Preferred
Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. In the event of
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any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation, the holders of Series A Preferred Shares shall be entitled to
receive the greater of (a) $100 per share, plus accrued dividends to the date of
distribution, whether or not earned or declared, or (b) an amount per share,
subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 100
times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of Common
Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights
Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of
Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iii)
combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
then in each such case the amount to which holders of Series A Preferred Shares
were entitled immediately prior to such event pursuant to clause (b) of the
preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction
the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
Section 5. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall
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enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which
the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or
securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the Series A
Preferred Shares 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 (i) declare any
dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the
outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding shares of
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 A Preferred Shares 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.
Section 6. No Redemption. The Series A Preferred Shares shall not be
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redeemable.
Section 7. Ranking. The Series A Preferred Shares shall rank junior
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to all other series of the Corporation's Series Preferred Stock as to the
payment of dividends and the distribution of assets, unless the terms of any
such series shall provide otherwise.
Section 8. Fractional Shares. Series A Preferred Shares may be
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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 A Preferred Shares.
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the appropriate officers and employees of the Corporation
and its counsel be, and they hereby are, authorized, empowered and directed, in
the name and on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate seal or
otherwise, to take all such further action, to execute all such further
instruments and documents, and to pay all such fees and expenses, as in their
judgment may be necessary, proper or advisable in order fully to carry out the
intent and to accomplish the purposes of the foregoing action, and all actions
heretofore taken by the officers and employees in connection therewith are
hereby ratified and approved.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Consent of the Sole
Director as of the 12th day of December, 1996.
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Sole Director of Unisource
Worldwide, Inc.
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Filed with the undersigned as Secretary of Unisource Worldwide, Inc. on the 12th
day of December, 1996. I do hereby certify that the director executing the
foregoing document constitutes the sole director of Unisource Worldwide, Inc.
entitled to express consent or dissent in writing to the foregoing corporate
action at the time such document was filed with me.
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Secretary
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EXHIBIT B
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[Form of Rights Certificate]
Certificate No. R- Rights
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NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER NOVEMBER 8, 2006 OR AFTER EARLIER REDEMPTION 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.]*
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* The bracketed portion of the legend shall be inserted only if applicable
and shall replace the preceding sentence.
UNISOURCE WORLDWIDE, INC.
RIGHTS CERTIFICATE
This certifies that , or registered assigns,
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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 December 30, 1996 (the "Rights Agreement"),
between Unisource Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
National City Bank, (the "Rights Agent"), to purchase from the Company at any
time prior to 5:00 P.M. (New York, New York time) on November 8, 1996 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 A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Share")
of the Company, at a purchase price (the "Purchase Price") of $80 per one one-
hundredth of a Preferred Share (such fraction, a "Preferred Share Fraction"),
upon presentation and surrender of this Rights Certificate with the Form of
Election to Purchase and related Certificate duly executed. Except as provided
in Sections 11(q) and 13(e) of the Rights Agreement, the Purchase Price shall be
paid, at the option of the Company, in cash or Common Stock, of the Company (the
"Common Shares") having an equivalent value. The number of Rights evidenced by
this Rights Certificate (and the number of Preferred Share Fractions that may be
purchased upon exercise thereof) set forth above, and the Purchase Price per
Preferred Share Fraction set forth above, are the number and Purchase Price as
of December 31, 1996, based on the Preferred Shares as constituted at such date.
Except as otherwise provided in the Rights Agreement, upon the
occurrence of any 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 any such Section 11(a)(ii) Event.
As provided in the Rights Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number
and kind of Preferred Shares or other securities that 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
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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 Company.
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 Preferred Share Fractions 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 day following the Stock Acquisition Date (as such
time period may be extended pursuant to the Rights Agreement), and (ii) the
Final Expiration Date. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights
Agreement, the decision to redeem shall require the concurrence of a majority of
the Continuing Directors.
No fractional Preferred Shares will be issued upon the exercise of any
Right or Rights evidenced hereby (other than fractions which are integral
multiples of a Preferred Share, which may, as the election of the Company, be
evidenced by depositary receipts), but in lieu thereof a cash payment will be
made, as provided in the Rights Agreement.
No holder of this Rights Certificate shall be entitled to vote or
receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of Preferred Shares or
of any other securities of the Company (including Common Shares) that 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 shareholder of the Company or any right to vote for
the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to shareholders at any
meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or, to
receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting shareholders (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
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corporate seal.
Dated as of , 19
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ATTEST UNISOURCE WORLDWIDE, INC.
By
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Secretary Title:
Countersigned
NATIONAL CITY BANK
By
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Authorized Signature
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[Form of Reverse Side of Rights Certificate]
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
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(To be executed by the registered holder if such
holder desires to transfer the Rights Certificate.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED hereby sells,
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assigns and transfers unto
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(Please print name and address of transferee)
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this Rights Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein,
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney,
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to transfer the within Rights Certificate on the books of the within-named
Company, with full power of substitution.
Dated: , 19
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Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
Certificate
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The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes
that:
(1) this Rights Certificate [ ] is [ ] is not being sold, assigned and
transferred by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associate of any such Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined
pursuant to the Rights Agreement);
(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it
[ ] did [ ] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate from
any Person who is, was or subsequently became an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person.
Dated: , 19
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Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
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NOTICE
The signatures 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: UNISOURCE WORLDWIDE, INC.:
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise Rights
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represented by this Rights Certificate to purchase the Preferred Shares issuable
upon the exercise of the Rights (or Common Shares or such other securities of
the Company or of any other person that may be issuable upon the exercise of the
Rights) and requests that certificates for such shares be issued in the name of
and delivered to:
Please insert social security
or other identifying number
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(Please print name and address)
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If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this
Rights Certificate, a new Rights Certificate for the balance of such Rights
shall be registered in the name of and delivered to:
Please insert social security
or other identifying number
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(Please print name and address)
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Dated: , 19
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Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
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Certificate
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The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes
that
(1) the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate [ ] are [ ] are
not being exercised by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring
Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such Acquiring Person (as such terms
are defined pursuant to the Rights Agreement);
(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it
[ ] did [ ] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate from
any Person who is, was or became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or
Associate of an Acquiring Person.
Dated: , 19
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Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
NOTICE
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The signatures to the foregoing Election to Purchase and Certificate
must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate
in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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