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PE CORPORATION
and
BANKBOSTON, N.A.,
as Rights Agent
Rights Agreement
Dated as of , 1999
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1. Certain Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Section 3. Issue of Right Certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Section 4. Form of Right Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Section 5. Countersignature and Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Section 6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right
Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right
Certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 7. Exercise of Rights, Purchase Price; Expiration
Date of Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates . . . . . . 11
Section 9. Availability of Shares of Preferred Stock. . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 10. Preferred Stock Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares and
Number of Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares. . 22
Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of
Assets or Earnings Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 15. Rights of Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Section 16. Agreement of Right Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Section 17. Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder . . . . . . 28
Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent . . 28
Section 20. Duties of Rights Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 21. Change of Rights Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Section 22. Issuance of New Right Certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 23. Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 24. Exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 25. Notice of Certain Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 26. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 27. Supplements and Amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Section 28. Successors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Section 29. Benefits of this Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 30. Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors. . . . . 36
Section 31. Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 32. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 33. Counterparts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 34. Descriptive Headings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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RIGHTS AGREEMENT
STOCKHOLDER PROTECTION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as
of , 1999 between PE Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
and BankBoston, N.A., a national banking association, as Rights Agent (the
"Rights Agent", which term shall include any successor Rights Agent hereunder).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of The Xxxxxx-Xxxxx Corporation, a New
York corporation ("P-E Corp.") has approved and recommended to its stockholders
a recapitalization proposal that would create two new classes of common stock
and change its state of incorporation from New York to Delaware (the
"Recapitalization Proposal");
WHEREAS, on ________, 1999 (the "Issue Date"), in connection with the
Recapitalization Proposal, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of
Merger among the Company, PE Merger Corp., a New York corporation and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("Merger Corp."), and P-E Corp., pursuant
to which Merger Corp. shall merge with and into P-E Corp. and P-E Corp. shall
become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the "Merger");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger each outstanding share of the
common stock of P-E Corp. outstanding at the effective time of the Merger
("Effective Time") will be converted into (i) one share of PE Biosystems
Stock (as defined below), together with one preferred share purchase right
representing the right to purchase ("PE Right") one one-thousandth of a
share of Series A Preferred Stock (as defined below), and (ii) .5 of a share
of Celera Genomics Stock (as defined below), together with .5 of one
preferred share purchase right, representing the right to purchase ("Celera
Genomics Right", together with the PE Right, the "Rights") one one-thousandth
of a share of Series B Preferred Stock (as defined below);
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has further authorized and directed
the issuance of one Right (subject to adjustment as provided herein) with
respect to each share of Common Stock (as defined below) which shall be issued
and become outstanding between the Effective Time and the earliest of the close
of business on the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date and the close of
business on the Final Expiration Date (as such terms are hereinafter defined);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Rights may be issued with respect to shares of Common
Stock that shall become outstanding after the Distribution Date and prior to the
Redemption Date and the Final Expiration Date in accordance with Section 22; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to appoint the Rights Agent to act on
behalf of the Company, and the Rights Agent is willing to so act, in connection
with the issuance, transfer, exchange and replacement of Rights Certificates (as
hereinafter defined), the exercise of Rights and other matters referred to
herein;
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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the respective
agreements set forth herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:
Section . CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms have the meaning indicated:
(a) "Acquiring Person" shall mean any Person (as such term is
hereinafter defined) who or which, together with all Affiliates and
Associates of such Person, has acquired, obtained the right to acquire or
otherwise obtained Beneficial Ownership (as such term is hereinafter
defined) of (i) 15% or more of the shares of PE Biosystems Stock then
outstanding or (ii) 15% or more of the shares of Celera Genomics Stock
then outstanding, but shall not include an Exempt Person (as such term is
hereinafter defined); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Board of Directors of
the Company determines in good faith that a Person who would otherwise be
an "Acquiring Person" has become such inadvertently (including, without
limitation, because (i) such Person was unaware that it beneficially owned
a percentage of Common Stock that would otherwise cause such Person to be
an "Acquiring Person" or (ii) such Person was aware of the extent of its
Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock but had no actual knowledge of the
consequences of such Beneficial Ownership under this Rights Agreement) and
without any intention of changing or influencing control of the Company,
and such Person, as promptly as practicable after being advised of such
determination divested or divests himself or itself of Beneficial Ownership
of a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock so that such Person would
no longer be an Acquiring Person, then such Person shall not be deemed to
be or to have become an "Acquiring Person" for any purposes of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person shall become an
"Acquiring Person" as the result of an acquisition of shares of Common
Stock by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares outstanding,
increases the proportionate number of shares beneficially owned by such
Person to (i) 15% or more of the shares of PE Biosystems Stock then
outstanding or (ii) 15% or more of the shares of Celera Genomics Stock
then outstanding, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if a Person shall become the
Beneficial Owner of (i) 15% or more of the shares of PE Biosystems
Stock then outstanding or (ii) 15% or more of the shares of Celera
Genomics Stock then outstanding by reason of such share acquisitions by the
Company and thereafter becomes the Beneficial Owner of any additional
shares of PE Biosystems or Celera Genomics Stock, as the case
may be, (other than pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made by
the Company on the outstanding Common Stock in shares of Common Stock or
pursuant to a split or subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock), then
such Person shall be deemed to be an "Acquiring Person" unless upon the
consummation of the acquisition of such additional shares of
PE Biosystems or Celera Genomics Stock, as the case may be, such Person
does not own (i) 15% or more of the shares of PE Biosystems then
outstanding or (ii) 15% or more of the shares of Celera Genomics Stock then
outstanding. The phrase "then outstanding", when used with reference to a
Person's Beneficial Ownership of securities of the Company, shall mean the
number of such securities then issued and outstanding together with the
number of
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such securities not then actually issued and outstanding which such Person
would be deemed to own beneficially hereunder.
(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 Exchange Act, as in effect on the date of this Agreement.
(c) A Person shall be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of, shall be
deemed to have "Beneficial Ownership" of and shall be deemed to
"Beneficially Own" any securities:
(i) which such Person or any of such Person's
Affiliates or Associates is or may be deemed to beneficially own,
directly or indirectly within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the General
Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date
of this Agreement;
(ii) which such Person or any of such Person's
Affiliates or Associates has (A) the right to acquire (whether such
right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time)
pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than
customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group
members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities), 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,
(x) securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by
or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or
exchange, (y) securities which such Person has a right to acquire on
the exercise of Rights at any time prior to the time a Person becomes
an Acquiring Person or (z) securities issuable upon exercise of Rights
from and after the time a Person becomes an Acquiring Person if such
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 ("original Rights") or pursuant to Section
11(i) or Section 11(n) with respect to an adjustment to original
Rights; or (B) the right to vote or direct the voting of such
securities pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial
Owner of, or to Beneficially Own, any security by reason of such
agreement, arrangement or understanding if the agreement, arrangement
or understanding to vote such security (1) arises solely from a
revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a
public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in
accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated
under the Exchange Act and (2) is not also then reportable on Schedule
13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or
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(iii) which are beneficially owned, directly or
indirectly, by any other Person with which such Person or any of such
Person's Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or
understanding (other than customary agreements with and between
underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide
public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring, holding,
voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to Section
1(c)(ii)(B)) or disposing of any securities of the Company.
(d) "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a
Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, or the State in which the principal office of the Rights
Agent is located, 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.,
Eastern time, on such date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if such date is not a
Business Day it shall mean 5:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the next succeeding
Business Day.
(f) "Celera Genomics Right" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement.
(g) "Celera Genomics Stock" shall mean PE Corporation -- Celera
Genomics Group Common Stock, a class of Common Stock having a par value
of $.01 per share.
(h) "Common Stock", when used in reference to the Company, shall mean
the PE Biosystems Stock and/or Celera Genomics Stock as the context
requires. "Common Stock" when used with reference to any Person other than
the Company shall mean the capital stock (or, in the case of an
unincorporated entity, the equivalent equity interest) with the greatest
voting power of such other Person or, if such other Person is a subsidiary
of another Person, the Person or Persons which ultimately control such
first-mentioned Person.
(i) "Common Stock equivalents" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.
(j) "Distribution Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3
hereof.
(k) "equivalent preferred shares" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11(b) hereof.
(l) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(m) "Exempt Person" shall mean (i) the Company, (ii) any Subsidiary
(as such term is hereinafter defined) of the Company, (iii) any employee
benefit plan of the
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Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or (iv) any entity or trustee
holding Common Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or for
the purpose of funding any such plan or funding other employee benefits for
employees of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company.
(n) "Expiration Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(a) hereof.
(o) "Final Expiration Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7 hereof.
(p) "invalidation time" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11(a) hereof.
(q) "Issue Date" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to
this Agreement.
(r) "NASDAQ" shall mean The National Association of Securities
Dealers Automated Quotations.
(s) "New York Stock Exchange" shall mean the New York Stock Exchange,
Inc.
(t) "Pacific Stock Exchange" shall mean the Pacific Exchange.
(u) "PE Biosystems Stock" shall mean PE Corporation - PE Biosystems
Common Stock, a class of Common Stock having a par value of $.01 per share.
(v) "PE Right" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement.
(w) "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, partnership,
association, group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange
Act, as such Rule is in effect on the date of this Agreement), corporation
or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise)
of such entity.
(x) "Preferred Stock" shall mean the Series A Preferred Stock and/or
the Series B Preferred Stock, as the context requires.
(y) "Purchase Price" shall mean the Series A Purchase Price and/or
the Series B Purchase Price, as the context requires.
(z) "Record Date" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to
this Agreement.
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(aa) "Redemption Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7(a) hereof.
(bb) "Redemption Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
23(a) hereof.
(cc) "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(dd) "Series A Preferred Stock" shall mean the Series A Participating
Junior Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, of the Company having the rights
and preferences set forth in the form of Certificate of Designations
attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A.
(ee) "Series B Preferred Stock" shall mean the Series B Participating
Junior Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, of the Company having the rights
and preferences set forth in the form of Certificate of Designations
attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A.
(ff) "Series A Purchase Price" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7(b) hereof.
(gg) "Series B Purchase Price" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7(b) hereof.
(hh) "Spread" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii)
hereof.
(ii) "Stock Acquisition Date" shall mean the first date of public
announcement including, without limitation, a report filed pursuant to
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act by the Company or an Acquiring Person
that an Acquiring Person has become such or such earlier date as a majority
of the Board of Directors shall become aware of the existence of an
Acquiring Person.
(jj) "Subsidiary" of any Person shall mean any corporation or other
entity of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary
voting power sufficient to elect a majority of the Board of Directors or
other persons performing similar functions are beneficially owned, directly
or indirectly, by such Person, and any corporation or other entity that is
otherwise controlled by such Person.
(ll) "Substitution Period" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11(a)(iii) hereof.
(mm) "Trading Day", when used with respect to any securities, shall
mean a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for the
transaction of business or, if such securities are not listed or admitted
to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, a day on which the principal
national securities exchange on which such securities are listed or
admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if such
securities are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange, a Business Day.
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(nn) "Transfer Tax" shall mean any tax or charge, including any
documentary stamp tax, imposed or collected by any governmental or
regulatory authority in respect of any transfer of any security, instrument
or right including Rights, shares of Common Stock and shares of Series A
and Series B Preferred Stock.
(oo) "Trigger Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11(a)(iii).
Section 2. APPOINTMENT OF RIGHTS AGENT. The Company hereby appoints
the Rights Agent to act as agent for the Company and the holders of the Rights
(who, in accordance with Section 3 hereof, shall prior to the Distribution Date
also be the holders of Common Stock) in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Company may
from time to time appoint such co-Rights Agents as it may deem necessary or
desirable, upon ten (10) days' prior written notice to the Rights Agent. The
Rights Agent shall have no duty to supervise, and shall in no event be liable
for, the acts or omissions of any such co-Rights Agent.
Section 3. ISSUE OF RIGHT CERTIFICATES. (a) Until the earlier of
(i) the tenth day after a public announcement that a Person and/or group of
Affiliates or Associates of such Person (other than an Exempt Person) has
acquired, obtained the right to acquire, or otherwise obtained Beneficial
Ownership of (i) 15% or more of the shares of PE Biosystems Stock then
outstanding or (ii) 15% or more of the shares of Celera Genomics Stock then
outstanding; or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be
determined by action of the Board of Directors prior to such time as any
Person becomes an Acquiring Person) following the commencement of a tender or
exchange offer that would result in such Person and/or group beneficially
owning (i) 15% or more of the shares of PE Biosystems Stock then outstanding
or (ii) 15% or more of the shares of Celera Genomics Stock then outstanding
(the earlier of such dates, the "Distribution Date"), each PE Right and each
Celera Genomics Right will be evidenced only by the certificates representing
shares of PE Biosystems Stock and Celera Genomics Stock, respectively, then
outstanding. Until the Distribution Date, no separate rights certificates
will be distributed and the PE Rights will be transferred with and only with
the PE Biosystems Stock, and the Celera Genomics Rights will be transferred
with and only with the Celera Genomics Stock.
At the close of business on the Distribution Date, the Rights will
separate from the Common Stock and become exercisable as described below.
The Rights will expire on the tenth anniversary of the adoption of this
Agreement (the "Expiration Date"), unless extended or terminated as described
herein. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will
prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will
send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by
first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common
Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution Date (other than any
Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person), at
the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right
Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "PE Right
Certificate"), evidencing one PE Right (subject to adjustment as provided
herein) for each share of PE Biosystems Stock so held and a Right
Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (a "Celera Genomics
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Right Certificate", together with the PE Right Certificate, the "Right
Certificates,") evidencing one Celera Genomics Right (subject to adjustment as
provided herein) for each share of Celera Genomics Stock so held. As of the
close of business of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely
by such Right Certificates.
(b) Until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by
certificates of Common Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof.
Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final
Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Stock
outstanding on the Issue Date or issued subsequent to the Issue Date and prior
to the Distribution Date, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights
associated with the Common Stock represented thereby.
Certificates issued for Common Stock (including, without limitation,
upon transfer of outstanding Common Stock, disposition of Common Stock out of
treasury stock, or issuance or reissuance of Common Stock out of authorized but
unissued shares) prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption
Date or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written
on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend:
This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to
certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between
PE Corporation (the "Company") and BankBoston, N.A., dated as
of , 1999 as the same may be amended from time to time (the
"Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated
herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal
executive offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as
set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights may be redeemed,
may be exchanged for shares of Common Stock or other securities
or assets of the Company or may be evidenced by separate certificates
and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. PE Corporation
will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights
Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor.
UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT,
RIGHTS OWNED BY OR TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES AN ACQUIRING
PERSON (AS DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) AND CERTAIN TRANSFEREES
THEREOF WILL BECOME NULL AND VOID AND WILL NO LONGER BE TRANSFERABLE.
With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the
Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by
such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the
surrender for transfer of any such certificate, except as otherwise provided
herein, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the
Common Stock represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or
otherwise acquires any Common Stock prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights
associated with such Common Stock
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shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled
to exercise any Rights associated with the Common Stock which are no longer
outstanding.
Notwithstanding this paragraph (b), the omission of a legend shall not
affect the enforceability of any part of this Agreement or the rights of any
holder of the Rights.
Section 4. FORM OF RIGHT CERTIFICATES. The Right Certificates (and
the forms of election to purchase shares and of assignment to be printed on the
reverse thereof) shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B
hereto for the PE Rights and Exhibit C hereto for the Celera Genomics
Rights 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 the New York
Stock Exchange, Pacific Stock Exchange, NASDAQ or of any other stock exchange or
automated quotation system on which the Rights may from time to time be listed,
or to conform to usage. Subject to the provisions of Sections 11, 13 and 22
hereof, the Right Certificates shall entitle the holders thereof to purchase
such number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock as shall be set
forth therein at the price per one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock
set forth therein, but the number of such one one-thousandths of a share of
Preferred Stock and the Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment as
provided herein.
Section 5. COUNTERSIGNATURE AND REGISTRATION. (a) The Right
Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, the President, any of the Vice Presidents, the Treasurer or
the Controller of the Company, either manually or by facsimile signature, shall
have affixed thereto the Company's seal or a facsimile thereof, and shall be
attested by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, either
manually or by facsimile signature. The Right Certificates shall be
countersigned either manually or by facsimile by the Rights Agent and shall not
be valid for any purpose unless countersigned. In case any officer of the
Company who shall have signed any of the Right Certificates shall cease to be
such officer of the Company before countersignature by the Rights Agent and
issuance and delivery by the Company, such Right 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 Right
Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Right
Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by any Person who, at the
actual date of the execution of such Right Certificate, shall be a proper
officer of the Company to sign such Right 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 an office or agency designated for such purpose, books for
registration and transfer of the Right Certificates issued hereunder. Such
books shall show the names and addresses of the respective holders of the Right
Certificates, the number of Rights evidenced on its face by each of the Right
Certificates and the date of each of the Right Certificates.
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Section 6. TRANSFER, SPLIT UP, COMBINATION AND EXCHANGE OF RIGHT
CERTIFICATES; MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN RIGHT CERTIFICATES. (a)
Subject to the provisions of Sections 7(e), 11(a)(ii) and 14 hereof, at any time
after the close of business on the Distribution Date, and prior to the close of
business on the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, any
Right Certificate or Right Certificates may be transferred, split up, combined
or exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right Certificates, entitling the
registered holder to purchase a like number of one one-thousandths of a share of
Preferred Stock as the Right Certificate or Right Certificates surrendered then
entitled such holder to purchase. Any registered holder desiring to transfer,
split up, combine or exchange any Right Certificate or Right Certificates shall
make such request in writing delivered to the Rights Agent, and shall surrender
the Right Certificate or Right Certificates to be transferred, split up,
combined or exchanged at the office or agency of the Rights Agent designated for
such purpose. Thereupon the Rights Agent shall countersign and deliver to the
Person entitled thereto a Right Certificate or Right 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 Right Certificates.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, at any
time after the Distribution Date and prior to the close of business on the
earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, upon receipt by the
Company and the Rights Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of the
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Right Certificate, and, in case of
loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to
them, and, at the Company's request, 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 Right Certificate if mutilated, the Company
will make and deliver a new Right Certificate of like tenor to the Rights Agent
for delivery to the registered holder in lieu of the Right Certificate so lost,
stolen, destroyed or mutilated.
Section 7. EXERCISE OF RIGHTS, PURCHASE PRICE; EXPIRATION DATE OF
RIGHTS. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Rights shall become
exercisable on or after the Distribution Date, and thereafter the registered
holder of any Right Certificate may, subject to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof and
except as otherwise provided herein, exercise the Rights evidenced thereby in
whole or in part upon surrender of the Right Certificate, with the form of
election to purchase on the reverse side thereof duly executed, to the Rights
Agent at the office or agency of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose,
together with payment of the applicable Purchase Price for each one
one-thousandth of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, in the case of a
PE Right, and one one-thousandth of a share of Series B Preferred
Stock, in the case of a Celera Genomics Right, as to which the Rights are
exercised, at any time which is both after the Distribution Date and prior to
the earliest of (i) the close of business on , 2009 (the "Final
Expiration Date"), (ii) the effective time at which the Rights are redeemed and
thereby terminate, as provided in Section 23 hereof (the "Redemption Date") or
(iii) the time at which such Rights are exchanged as provided in Section 24
hereof.
(b) The purchase price shall be initially $ ("Series A
Purchase Price") for each one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Preferred
Stock, purchasable upon the exercise of
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a PE Right, and $__________ ("Series B Purchase Price") for each one
one-thousandth of a share of Series B Preferred Stock, purchasable upon the
exercise of a Celera Genomics Right. The Purchase Price and the number of one
one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock or other securities or property to
be acquired upon exercise of a Right shall be subject to adjustment from time to
time as provided in Sections 11 and 13 hereof and shall be payable in lawful
money of the United States of America in accordance with paragraph (c) of this
Section 7.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, upon receipt of a Right
Certificate representing exercisable Rights, with the form of election to
purchase duly executed, accompanied by payment of the aggregate Purchase Price
for the shares of Preferred Stock to be purchased and an amount equal to any
applicable Transfer Tax required to be paid by the holder of such Right
Certificate in accordance with Section 9 hereof, in cash or by certified check,
cashier's check or money order payable to the order of the Company, the Rights
Agent shall thereupon promptly: (i) (A) requisition from any transfer agent of
the Preferred Stock certificates for the number of shares of Preferred Stock to
be purchased and the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes its transfer agent to
comply with all such requests, or (B) requisition from the depositary agent
depositary receipts representing interests in such number of one one-thousandths
of a share of Preferred Stock as are to be purchased (in which case certificates
for the Preferred Stock represented by such receipts shall be deposited by the
transfer agent with the depositary agent) and the Company hereby directs the
depositary agent to comply with such request; (ii) when appropriate, requisition
from the Company the amount of cash to be paid in lieu of issuance of fractional
shares in accordance with Section 14 hereof; (iii) promptly 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 Right Certificate, registered in
such name or names as may be designated by such holder; and (iv) when
appropriate, after receipt, promptly deliver such cash to or upon the order of
the registered holder of such Right Certificate.
(d) Except as otherwise provided herein, in case the registered
holder of any Right Certificate shall exercise less than all the Rights
evidenced thereby, a new Right Certificate evidencing Rights equivalent to the
exercisable Rights remaining unexercised shall be issued by the Rights Agent to
the registered holder of such Right Certificate or to his duly authorized
assigns, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof.
(e) 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 of Rights upon the occurrence of any
purported transfer or exercise of Rights pursuant to Section 6 hereof or this
Section 7 unless such registered holder shall have (i) completed and signed the
certificate contained in the form of assignment or election to purchase set
forth on the reverse side of the Rights Certificate surrendered for such
transfer or exercise and/or (ii) provided such additional evidence of the
identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) thereof as the
Company shall reasonably request.
Section 8. CANCELLATION AND DESTRUCTION OF RIGHT CERTIFICATES. All
Right Certificates surrendered for the purpose of exercise, transfer, split up,
combination or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or to any of its
agents, be delivered to the Rights Agent for
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cancellation or in canceled form, or, if surrendered to the Rights Agent, shall
be canceled by it, and no Right 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 Right Certificate
purchased or acquired by the Company otherwise than upon the exercise thereof.
The Rights Agent shall deliver all canceled Right Certificates to the Company,
or shall, at the written request of the Company, destroy such canceled Right
Certificates, and in such case shall deliver a certificate of destruction
thereof to the Company.
Section 9. AVAILABILITY OF SHARES OF PREFERRED STOCK.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be
reserved and kept available out of its authorized and unissued shares of
Preferred Stock or any shares of Preferred Stock held in its treasury, the
number of shares of Preferred Stock that will be sufficient to permit the
exercise in full of all outstanding Rights.
(b) So long as the shares of Preferred Stock (and, following the time
that a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, shares of Common Stock and other
securities) issuable upon the exercise of Rights may be listed or admitted to
trading on the New York Stock Exchange or listed on any other national
securities exchange or quotation system, the Company shall use its best efforts
to cause, from and after such time as the Rights become exercisable, all shares
reserved for such issuance to be listed or admitted to trading on the New York
Stock Exchange, Pacific Stock Exchange, NASDAQ or listed on any other exchange
or quotation system upon official notice of issuance upon such exercise.
(c) From and after such time as the Rights become exercisable, the
Company shall use its best efforts, if then necessary to permit the issuance of
shares of Preferred Stock (and following the time that a Person first becomes an
Acquiring Person, shares of Common Stock and other securities) upon the exercise
of Rights, to register and qualify such shares of Preferred Stock (and following
the time that a Person first becomes an Acquiring Person, shares of Common Stock
and other securities) under the Securities Act and any applicable state
securities or "Blue Sky" laws (to the extent exemptions therefrom are not
available), cause such registration statement and qualifications to become
effective as soon as possible after such filing and keep such registration and
qualifications effective until the earlier of the date as of which the Rights
are no longer exercisable for such securities and the Final Expiration Date.
The Company may temporarily suspend, for a period of time not to exceed ninety
(90) days, the exercisability of the Rights in order to prepare and file a
registration statement under the Securities Act 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 and until
a registration statement under the Securities Act (if required) shall have been
declared effective.
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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 shares of Preferred Stock (and,
following the time that a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, shares of Common
Stock and other securities) delivered upon exercise of Rights shall, at the time
of delivery of the certificates therefor (subject to payment of the Purchase
Price), be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and
nonassessable shares.
(e) The Company further covenants and agrees that it will pay when
due and payable any and all federal and state Transfer Taxes and charges which
may be payable in respect of the issuance or delivery of the Right Certificates
or of any shares of Preferred Stock (or shares of Common Stock or other
securities) upon the exercise of Rights. The Company shall not, however, be
required (i) to pay any Transfer Tax which may be payable in respect of any
transfer or delivery of Right Certificates to a Person other than, or the
issuance or delivery of certificates or depositary receipts for the Preferred
Stock (or shares of Common Stock or other securities) in a name other than that
of the registered holder of the Right Certificate evidencing Rights surrendered
for exercise or (ii) to issue or deliver any certificates or depositary receipts
for Preferred Stock (or shares of Common Stock or other securities) upon the
exercise of any Rights until any such Transfer Taxes shall have been paid (any
such tax being payable by the holder of such Right Certificate at the time of
surrender) or until it has been established to the Company's reasonable
satisfaction that no such tax is due.
Section 10. PREFERRED STOCK RECORD DATE. Each Person in whose name
any certificate for Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock is
issued upon the exercise of Rights shall for all purposes be deemed to have
become the holder of record of the shares of Preferred Stock represented thereby
on, and such certificate shall be dated, the date upon which the Right
Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered and payment of the
Purchase Price (and any applicable Transfer Taxes) was made. Prior to the
exercise of the Rights evidenced thereby, the holder of a Right Certificate
shall not be entitled to any rights of a holder of Preferred Stock for which the
Rights shall be exercisable, including, without limitation, the right to vote or
to receive dividends or other distributions, and shall not be entitled to
receive any notice of any proceedings of the Company, except as provided herein.
Section 11. ADJUSTMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE, NUMBER OF SHARES AND NUMBER
OF RIGHTS. The Purchase Price, the number of shares of Preferred Stock or other
securities or property purchasable upon exercise of each Right and the number of
Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in
this Section 11.
(a) (i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of
this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable
in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred
Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller
number of Preferred Stock or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock
in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such
reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which
the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as
otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect
at the time of
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the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such
subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind
of shares of capital stock issuable on such date, shall be
proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised
after such time shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and
kind of shares of capital stock which the holder would have owned upon
such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend,
subdivision, combination or reclassification; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of
one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of
capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right.
(ii) Subject to Section 24 of this Agreement, in the
event that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, then (A) the
Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price in effect
immediately prior to such Person becoming an Acquiring Person
multiplied by the number of one-thousandths of a share of Preferred
Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such
Person becoming an Acquiring Person, whether or not such Right was
then exercisable, and (B) each holder of a Right, except as otherwise
provided in this Section 11(a)(ii) and Subsection 11(a)(iii) hereof,
shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise at a price
equal to the Purchase Price (as so adjusted), in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and in lieu of shares of Preferred Stock, such
number of shares of PE Biosystems Stock or Celera Genomics Stock,
as the case may be (or at the option of the Company, such number of
one one-thousandths of a share of Series A Preferred Stock or Series B
Preferred Stock, as the case may be) as shall equal the result
obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Series A Purchase Price
or Series B Purchase Price, as the case may be, by the number of one
one-thousandths of a share of Series A Preferred Stock or Series B
Preferred Stock, as the case may be, for which a Right is then
exercisable and dividing that product by (y) 50% of the then current
per share market price of the Company's PE Biosystems Stock or
Celera Genomics Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof),
as the case may be, on the date such Person became an Acquiring
Person; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Purchase Price and the number of
shares of PE Biosystems Stock or Celera Genomics Stock so
receivable upon exercise of a Right shall thereafter be subject to
further adjustment as appropriate in accordance with Section 11(f)
hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
however, from and after the earlier of the time (the "invalidation
time") when any Person first becomes an Acquiring Person and the
Distribution Date, any Rights that are beneficially owned by (x) any
Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of any Acquiring
Person), (y) a transferee of any Acquiring Person (or any such
Affiliate or Associate) who becomes a transferee after the
invalidation time or (z) a transferee of any Acquiring Person (or any
such Affiliate or Associate) who became a transferee prior to or
concurrently with the invalidation time pursuant to either (I) a
transfer from the Acquiring Person to holders of its equity securities
or to any Person with whom it has any continuing agreement,
arrangement or
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understanding regarding the transferred Rights or (II) a transfer
which the Board of Directors has determined is part of a plan,
arrangement or understanding which has the purpose or effect of
avoiding the provisions of this paragraph, and subsequent transferees
of such Persons, shall be void without any further action and any
holder of such Rights shall thereafter have no rights whatsoever with
respect to such Rights under any provision of this Agreement. The
Company shall use all reasonable efforts to ensure that the provisions
of this Section 11(a)(ii) are complied with, but shall have no
liability to any holder of Right Certificates or other Person as a
result of its determination or its failure to make any determination
with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates, Associates or
transferees hereunder. From and after the invalidation time, no Right
Certificate shall be issued pursuant to Section 3 or Section 6 hereof
that represents Rights that are or have become void pursuant to the
provisions of this paragraph, and any Right Certificate delivered to
the Rights Agent that represents Rights that are or have become void
pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall be canceled. From
and after the occurrence of an event specified in Section 13(a)
hereof, any Rights that theretofore have not been exercised pursuant
to this Section 11(a)(ii) shall thereafter be exercisable only in
accordance with Section 13 and not pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii).
(iii) The Company may at its option substitute for a share of
PE Biosystems Stock or Celera Genomics Stock, as the case may be,
issuable upon the exercise of Rights in accordance with the foregoing
subparagraph (ii) such number or fractions of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock, as the case may be,
having an aggregate current market value equal to the current per
share market price of a share of PE Biosystems Stock or Celera
Genomics Stock, as the case may be. In the event that there shall not
be sufficient shares of PE Biosystems Stock or Celera Genomics
Stock, as the case may be, issued but not outstanding or authorized
but unissued to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in
accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii), the Board of
Directors shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law and any
material agreements then in effect to which the Company is a party (A)
determine the excess of (1) the value of the shares of PE Biosystems
Stock or Celera Genomics Stock, as the case may be, issuable
upon the exercise of a Right in accordance with the foregoing
subparagraph 11(a)(ii) (the "Current Value") over (2) the then current
Series A Purchase Price or Series B Purchase Price, as the case may
be, multiplied by the number of one one-thousandths of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock, as the case may
be, for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to the time
that the Acquiring Person became such (such excess, the "Spread"), and
(B) with respect to each Right (other than Rights which have become
void pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii)), make adequate provision to
substitute for the shares of PE Biosystems Stock or Celera
Genomics Stock, as the case may be, issuable in accordance with
subparagraph (ii) upon exercise of the Right and payment of the
applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Series A
Purchase Price or Series B
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Purchase Price, as the case may be, (3) shares of Preferred Stock or other
equity securities of the Company (including, without limitation, shares or
fractions of shares of preferred stock which, by virtue of having dividend,
voting and liquidation rights substantially comparable to those of the
shares of Common Stock, are deemed in good faith by the Board of Directors
to have substantially the same value as the shares of Common Stock (such
shares of preferred stock and shares or fractions of shares of preferred
stock are hereinafter referred to as "Common Stock equivalents"), (4) debt
securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the
foregoing, having a value which, when added to the value of the shares of
Common Stock actually issued upon exercise of such Right, shall have an
aggregate value equal to the Current Value (less the amount of any
reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been
determined by the Board of Directors upon the advice of a nationally
recognized investment banking firm selected in good faith by the Board of
Directors; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if the Company shall not make adequate
provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within thirty (30)
days following the date that the Acquiring Person became such (the "Trigger
Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, to the extent
permitted by applicable law and any material agreements then in effect to
which the Company is a party, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right
and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of
PE Biosystems Stock or Celera Genomics Stock, as the case may be (to the
extent available), and then, if necessary, such number or fractions of
shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock, as the
case may be (to the extent available), and then, if necessary, cash, which
shares and/or cash have an aggregate value equal to the Spread. If, upon
the date any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, the Board of Directors
shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional
shares of PE Biosystems Stock and Celera Genomics Stock could be
authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, then, if the
Board of Directors so elects, the thirty (30) day period set forth above
may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than ninety
(90) days after the Trigger Date, in order that the Company may seek
stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such
thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the
"Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that
some action need be taken pursuant to the second and/or third sentence of
this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to
Section 11(a)(ii) hereof and the last sentence of this Section 11(a)(iii)
hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights
and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration
of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of
additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution
to be made pursuant to such second sentence and to determine the value
thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a
public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has
been temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time
as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this
Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the shares of PE Biosystems Stock
and Celera
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Genomics Stock shall be the current per share market price (as
determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i)) on the Trigger Date and the
per share or fractional value of any Common Stock equivalent shall be
deemed to equal the current per share market price of the Common
Stock. The Board of Directors of the Company may, but shall not be
required to, establish procedures to allocate the right to receive
shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Rights among holders
of Rights pursuant to this Section 11(a)(iii).
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of
rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling
them (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such
record date) to subscribe for or purchase Preferred Stock (or shares having
similar rights, privileges and preferences as the Preferred Stock
("equivalent preferred shares")) or securities convertible into Preferred
Stock or equivalent preferred shares at a price per share of Preferred
Stock or equivalent preferred shares (or having a conversion price per
share, if a security convertible into shares of Preferred Stock or
equivalent preferred shares) less than the then current per share market
price of the Preferred Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof)
on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record
date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect
immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which
shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record
date plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate
offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or
equivalent preferred shares to so be offered (and/or the aggregate initial
conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would
purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall
be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date
plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock 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);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon
the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the
shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right.
In case such subscription price may be paid in a consideration, part or all
of which shall 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. Shares of Preferred Stock and
equivalent 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, options or warrants are not so
issued, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which
would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a
distribution to all holders of the Preferred Stock (including any such
distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the
Company is the continuing or surviving corporation) of evidences of
indebtedness or assets (other than a regular
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quarterly cash dividend or a dividend payable in Preferred Stock) or
subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section
11(b) hereof), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date
shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately
prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
the then current per share market price of the Preferred Stock (determined
pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on such record date, less the fair market
value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company
whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights
Agent) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be
distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one
share of Preferred Stock, and the denominator of which shall be such
current per share market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)
hereof) of the Preferred Stock; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no event shall
the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than
the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company to be
issued upon exercise of one Right. 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 again be
adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such
record date had not been fixed.
(d) (i) Except as otherwise provided herein, for the purpose of any
computation hereunder, the "current per share market price" of any security
(a "Security" for the purpose of this Section 11(d)(i)) on any date shall
be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such
Security for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to
such date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event that the current per share
market price of the Security is determined during a period following the
announcement by the issuer of such Security of (A) a dividend or
distribution on such Security payable in shares of such Security or
securities convertible into such shares, or (B) any subdivision,
combination or reclassification of such Security, and prior to the
expiration of thirty (30) Trading Days 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
per share market price shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect the
current market price per share equivalent of such Security. The closing
price for each day shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in case
no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and
asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported by the principal
consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed
or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the Pacific Stock
Exchange, NASDAQ or, if the Security is 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 Security is listed or
admitted to trading or, if the Security is 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 Security is 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 Security selected by
the Board of Directors of the Company.
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(ii) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, if the Preferred
Stock is publicly traded, the "current per share market price" of the
Preferred Stock shall be determined in accordance with the method set forth
in Section 11(d)(i). If the Preferred Stock is not publicly traded but the
Common Stock is publicly traded, the "current per share market price" of
the Preferred Stock shall be conclusively deemed to be the current per
share market price of the PE Biosystems Stock or the Celera Genomics
Stock, as the case may be, as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i)
multiplied by one thousand (appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock
split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date
hereof). If neither the Common Stock nor the Preferred Stock is publicly
traded, "current per share market price" 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.
(e) No adjustment in the Purchase Price shall be required unless such
adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 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
ten-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock or share of Common Stock or
other share or security as the case may be. Notwithstanding the first
sentence of this Section 11(e), any adjustment required by this Section 11
shall be made no later than the earlier of (i) three years from the date of
the transaction which requires such adjustment or (ii) the date of the
expiration of the right to exercise any Rights.
(f) If as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 11(a)
hereof, the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become entitled
to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than the
Preferred Stock, thereafter the Purchase Price and the number of such other
shares so receivable upon exercise of a Right shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent
as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Preferred Stock
contained in Sections 11(a), 11(b), 11(c), 11(e), 11(h), 11(i) and 11(m)
and the provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 13 and 14 hereof with respect to
the Preferred Stock shall apply on like terms to any such other shares.
(g) All Rights originally issued by the Company subsequent to any
adjustment made to the Purchase Price hereunder shall evidence the right to
purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, the number of one-thousandths of
a share of Preferred Stock purchasable from time to time hereunder upon
exercise of the Rights, all subject to further adjustment as provided
herein.
(h) Unless the Company shall have exercised its election as
provided in Section 11(i), upon each adjustment of the Series A Purchase
Price or Series B Purchase Price, as the case may be, as a result of the
calculations made in Sections 11(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
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one-thousandths of a share of Series A Preferred Stock or Series B
Preferred Stock (calculated to the nearest one ten-thousandth of a share of
Preferred Stock), as the case may be, obtained by (i) multiplying (x) the
number of one-thousandths of a share covered by a PE Biosystems Right or
Celera Genomics Right, as the case may be, immediately prior to such
adjustment by (y) the Series A Purchase Price or Series B Purchase Price,
as the case may be, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment of the
Series A Purchase Price or Series B Purchase Price, as the case may be, and
(ii) dividing the product so obtained by the Series A Purchase Price or
Series B Purchase Price, as the case may be, in effect immediately after
such adjustment of the Series A Purchase Price or Series B Purchase Price,
as the case may be.
(i) The Company may elect on or after the date of any adjustment of
the Series A Purchase Price or Series B Purchase Price, as the case may be,
to adjust the number of PE Rights or Celera Genomics Rights, as
the case may be, in substitution for any adjustment in the number of one
one-thousandths of a share of Series A Preferred Stock or Series B
Preferred Stock, as the case may be, purchasable upon the exercise of a
PE Right or Celera Genomics Right, as the case may be. Each of
the Rights outstanding after such adjustment of the number of Rights shall
be exercisable for the number of one one-thousandths of a share of
Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such
adjustment. Each Right held of record prior to such adjustment of the
number of Rights shall become that number of Rights (calculated to the
nearest one ten-thousandth) obtained by dividing the Series A Purchase
Price or Series B Purchase Price, as the case may be, in effect immediately
prior to adjustment of the Series A Purchase Price or Series B Purchase
Price, as the case may be, by the Series A Purchase Price or Series B
Purchase Price, as the case may be, in effect immediately after adjustment
of the Series A Purchase Price or Series B Purchase Price, as the case may
be. 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. This record
date may be the date on which the Purchase Price is adjusted or any day
thereafter, but, if the Right Certificates have been issued, shall be at
least 10 days later than the date of the public announcement. If Right
Certificates have been issued, upon each adjustment of the number of Rights
pursuant to this Section 11(i), the Company may, as promptly as
practicable, cause to be distributed to holders of record of Right
Certificates on such record date Right 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 Right Certificates held by such holders prior to the
date of adjustment, and upon surrender thereof, if required by the Company,
new Right Certificates evidencing all the Rights to which such holders
shall be entitled after such adjustment. Right Certificates so to be
distributed shall be issued, executed and countersigned in the manner
provided for herein and shall be registered in the names of the holders of
record of Right Certificates on the record date specified in the public
announcement.
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(j) Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price or
the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock issuable
upon the exercise of the Rights, the Right Certificates theretofore and
thereafter issued may continue to express the Purchase Price and the number
of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock which were expressed
in the initial Right Certificates issued hereunder.
(k) Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing
the Purchase Price below the then par value, if any, of the Preferred Stock
or other shares of capital stock issuable upon exercise of the Rights, the
Company shall take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its
counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally
issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Preferred Stock or other such
shares 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 issuing to the holder of any Right exercised after such
record date of the Preferred Stock and other capital stock or securities of
the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the
Preferred Stock and other capital stock or securities of the Company, if
any, issuable upon such exercise on the basis of the Purchase Price in
effect prior to such adjustment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall
deliver to such holder a due xxxx or other appropriate instrument
evidencing such holder's right to receive such additional shares 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 it in its sole discretion shall determine to be
advisable in order that any consolidation or subdivision of the Preferred
Stock, issuance wholly for cash of any shares of Preferred Stock at less
than the current market price, issuance wholly for cash or Preferred Stock
or securities which by their terms are convertible into or exchangeable for
Preferred Stock, dividends on Preferred Stock payable in shares of
Preferred Stock or issuance of rights, options or warrants referred to
hereinabove in Section 11(b), hereafter made by the Company to holders of
its Preferred Stock shall not be taxable to such stockholders.
(n) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in
the event that at any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to
the Distribution Date, the Company shall (i) declare or pay any dividend on
the PE Biosystems Stock or Celera Genomics Stock, as the case may be,
payable in PE Biosystems Stock or Celera Genomics Stock, as the case
may be, or (ii) effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the
PE Biosystems Stock or Celera Genomics Stock, as the case may be (by
reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend payable in
PE Biosystems Stock or Celera Genomics Stock, as the case may be) into
a greater or lesser number of shares of PE Biosystems Stock or Celera
Genomics Stock, as the case may be, then in any such case, the number of
Rights associated with each share of PE Biosystems
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Stock or Celera Genomics Stock, as the case may be, then
outstanding, or issued or delivered thereafter, shall be proportionately
adjusted so that the number of Rights thereafter associated with each share
of PE Biosystems Stock or Celera Genomics Stock, as the case may be,
following any such event shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the
number of Rights associated with each share of PE Biosystems Stock or
Celera Genomics Stock, as the case may be, immediately prior to such event
by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of
PE Biosystems Stock or Celera Genomics Stock, as the case may be,
outstanding immediately prior to the occurrence of the event and the
denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of PE Biosystems
Stock or Celera Genomics Stock, as the case may be, outstanding
immediately following the occurrence of such event.
(o) The Company agrees that, after the earlier of the Distribution
Date or the Stock Acquisition Date, it will not, except as permitted by
Sections 23, 24 or 27 hereof, take (or permit any Subsidiary to take) any
action if at the time such action is taken it is reasonably foreseeable
that such action will diminish substantially or eliminate the benefits
intended to be afforded by the Rights.
Section 12. CERTIFICATE OF ADJUSTED PURCHASE PRICE OR NUMBER OF
SHARES. Whenever an adjustment is made as provided in Section 11 or 13 hereof,
the Company shall promptly (a) prepare a certificate setting forth such
adjustment, and a brief statement of the facts accounting for such adjustment,
(b) file with the Rights Agent and with each transfer agent for the Common Stock
or the Preferred Stock a copy of such certificate and (c) mail a brief summary
thereof to each holder of a PE Right Certificate or Celera Genomics
Right Certificate in accordance with Section 25 hereof (if so required under
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 certificate.
Section 13. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE OR TRANSFER OF ASSETS OR
EARNINGS POWER. (a) In the event, directly or indirectly, at any time after
any Person has become an Acquiring Person, (i) the Company shall merge with and
into any other Person, (ii) any Person shall consolidate with the Company, or
any Person shall merge with and into the Company and the Company shall be the
continuing or surviving corporation of such merger and, in connection with such
merger, all or part of the Common Stock shall be changed into or exchanged for
stock or other securities of any other Person (or of the Company) or cash or any
other property, or (iii) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer (or one or
more of its Subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise transfer), in one or more
transactions, assets or earning power aggregating 50% or more of the assets or
earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any
other Person (other than the Company or one or more of its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries), then upon the first occurrence of such event, proper provision
shall be made so that: (A) each holder of record of a Right (other than Rights
which have become void pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii)) shall thereafter have the
right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at a price equal to the then current
Purchase Price multiplied by the number of one one-thousandths of a share of
Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable (whether or not such Right was
then
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exercisable) immediately prior to the time that any Person first became an
Acquiring Person (each as subsequently adjusted thereafter pursuant to Sections
11(a)(i), 11(b), 11(c), 11(h), 11(i) and 11(m)), in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and in lieu of Preferred Stock, such number of validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable and freely tradeable shares of Common Stock of the
Principal Party (as defined herein) 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 Series A Purchase Price or Series B
Purchase Price, as the case may be, by the number of one one-thousandths of a
share of Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock for which a Right
was exercisable immediately prior to the time that any Person first became an
Acquiring Person (as subsequently adjusted thereafter pursuant to Sections
11(a)(i), 11(b), 11(c), 11(h), 11(i) and 11(m)) and (2) dividing that product by
50% of the then current per share market price of the Common Stock of such
Principal Party (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) on the date of
consummation of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer; PROVIDED that the
Purchase Price and the number of shares of Common Stock of such Principal Party
issuable upon exercise of each Right shall be further adjusted as provided in
Section 11(f) of this Agreement to reflect any events occurring in respect of
such Principal Party after the date of the such consolidation, merger, sale or
transfer; (B) such Principal Party shall thereafter be liable for, and shall
assume, by virtue of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, all the
obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this Agreement; (C) the term
"Company" shall thereafter be deemed to refer to such Principal Party; and (D)
such Principal Party shall take such steps (including, but not limited to, the
reservation of a sufficient number of its shares of Common Stock in accordance
with Section 9 hereof) in connection with such 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 the
shares of its Common Stock thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the
Rights; PROVIDED that, upon the subsequent occurrence of any consolidation,
merger, sale or transfer of assets or other extraordinary transaction in respect
of such Principal Party, each holder of a Right shall thereupon be entitled to
receive, upon exercise of a Right and payment of the Purchase Price as provided
in this Section 13(a), such cash, shares, rights, warrants and other property
which such holder would have been entitled to receive had such holder, at the
time of such transaction, owned the Common Stock of the Principal Party
receivable upon the exercise of a Right pursuant to this Section 13(a), and such
Principal Party shall take such steps (including, but not limited to,
reservation of shares of stock) as may be necessary to permit the subsequent
exercise of the Rights in accordance with the terms hereof for such cash,
shares, rights, warrants and other property.
(b) "Principal Party" shall mean
(i) in the case of any transaction described in (i) or (ii) of
the first sentence of Section 13(a) hereof: (A) the Person that is the
issuer of the securities into which the shares of Common Stock are
converted in such merger or consolidation, or, if there is more than one
such issuer, the issuer of the shares of Common Stock which have the
greatest aggregate market value of shares outstanding, or (B) if no
securities are so issued, (x) the Person that is the other party to the
merger, if such Person survives said merger, or, if there is more than one
such Person, the Person the shares of Common Stock
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of which have the greatest aggregate market value of shares
outstanding or (y) if the Person that is the other party to the merger
does not survive the merger, the Person that does survive the merger
(including the Company if it survives) or (z) the Person resulting
from the consolidation; and
(ii) in the case of any transaction described in (iii) of
the first sentence in Section 13(a) hereof, the Person that is the
party receiving the greatest portion of the assets or earning power
transferred pursuant to such transaction or transactions, or, if each
Person that is a party to such transaction or transactions receives
the same portion of the assets or earning power so transferred or if
the Person receiving the greatest portion of the assets or earning
power cannot be determined, whichever of such Persons as is the issuer
of Common Stock having the greatest aggregate market value of shares
outstanding;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in any such case described in the foregoing clause
(b)(i) or (b)(ii), if the Common Stock of such Person is not at such time
or has not been continuously over the preceding 12-month period registered
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, then (1) if such Person is a direct
or indirect Subsidiary of another Person the Common Stock of which is and
has been so registered, the term "Principal Party" shall refer to such
other Person, or (2) if such Person is a Subsidiary, directly or
indirectly, of more than one Person, and the Common Stocks of all of such
persons have been so registered, the term "Principal Party" shall refer to
whichever of such Persons is the issuer of Common Stock having the greatest
aggregate market value of shares outstanding, or (3) if such Person is
owned, directly or indirectly, by a joint venture formed by two or more
Persons that are not owned, directly or indirectly, by the same Person, the
rules set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above shall apply to each of the
owners having an interest in the venture as if the Person owned by the
joint venture was a Subsidiary of both or all of such joint venturers, and
the Principal Party in each such case shall bear the obligations set forth
in this Section 13 in the same ratio as its interest in such Person bears
to the total of such interests.
(c) The Company shall not consummate any consolidation, merger,
sale or transfer referred to in Section 13(a) hereof unless prior thereto
the Company and the Principal Party involved therein shall have executed
and delivered to the Rights Agent an agreement confirming that the
requirements of Sections 13(a) and (b) hereof shall promptly be performed
in accordance with their terms and that such consolidation, merger, sale or
transfer of assets shall not result in a default by the Principal Party
under this Agreement as the same shall have been assumed by the Principal
Party pursuant to Sections 13(a) and (b) hereof and providing that, as soon
as practicable after executing such agreement pursuant to this Section 13,
the Principal Party will:
(i) prepare and file a registration statement under the
Securities Act, if necessary, with respect to the Rights and the
securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights on an appropriate
form, use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to
become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and use its
best efforts to cause such registration statement to remain effective
(with a prospectus at all times meeting the requirements of the
Securities Act) until the Final Expiration Date, and similarly comply
with applicable state securities laws;
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(ii) use its best efforts, if the Common Stock of the
Principal Party shall be listed or admitted to trading on the New York
Stock Exchange, the Pacific Stock Exchange, NASDAQ or on another
national securities exchange, to list or admit to trading (or continue
the listing of) the Rights and the securities purchasable upon
exercise of the Rights on the New York Stock Exchange or such
securities exchange, or, if the Common Stock of the Principal Party
shall not be listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock
Exchange or a national securities exchange, to cause the Rights and
the securities receivable upon exercise of the Rights to be reported
by such other system then in use;
(iii) deliver to holders of the Rights historical
financial statements for the Principal Party which comply in all
respects with the requirements for registration on Form 10 (or any
successor form) under the Exchange Act; and
(iv) obtain waivers of any rights of first refusal or
preemptive rights in respect of the Common Stock of the Principal
Party subject to purchase upon exercise of outstanding Rights.
(d) In case the Principal Party has provision in any of its
authorized securities or in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or
other instrument governing its corporate affairs, which provision would
have the effect of (i) causing such Principal Party to issue (other than to
holders of Rights pursuant to this Section 13), in connection with, or as a
consequence of, the consummation of a transaction referred to in this
Section 13, shares of Common Stock of such Principal Party at less than the
then current market price per share thereof (determined pursuant to Section
11(d) hereof) or securities exercisable for, or convertible into, Common
Stock of such Principal Party at less than such then current market price,
or (ii) providing for any special payment, tax or similar provision in
connection with the issuance of the Common Stock of such Principal Party
pursuant to the provisions of Section 13, then, in such event, the Company
hereby agrees with each holder of Rights that it shall not consummate any
such transaction unless prior thereto the Company and such Principal Party
shall have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a supplemental
agreement providing that the provision in question of such Principal Party
shall have been canceled, waived or amended, or that the authorized
securities shall be redeemed, so that the applicable provision will have no
effect in connection with, or as a consequence of, the consummation of the
proposed transaction.
(e) The Company covenants and agrees that it shall not, at any
time after a Person first becomes an Acquiring Person enter into any
transaction of the type contemplated by (i) - (iii) of Section 13(a) hereof
if (x) at the time of or immediately after such consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer or other transaction there are any rights, warrants or other
instruments or securities outstanding or agreements in effect which would
substantially diminish or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be
afforded by the Rights, (y) prior to, simultaneously with or immediately
after such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer of other transaction, the
stockholders of the Person who constitutes, or would constitute, the
Principal Party for purposes of Section 13(a) hereof shall have received a
distribution of Rights previously owned by such Person or any
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of its Affiliates or Associates or (z) the form or nature of organization
of the Principal Party would preclude or limit the exercisability of the
Rights.
Section 14. FRACTIONAL RIGHTS AND FRACTIONAL SHARES.
(a) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights or
to distribute Right Certificates which evidence fractional Rights (except prior
to the Distribution Date in accordance with Section 11(n) hereof). In lieu of
such fractional Rights, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the
Right 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 the purposes of this Section 14(a), the current
market value of a whole Right shall be the closing price of the Rights for the
Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which such fractional Rights would
have been otherwise issuable. The closing price 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
Stock (other than fractions which are integral multiples of one one-thousandth
of a share of Preferred Stock) upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute
certificates which evidence fractional shares of Preferred Stock (other than
fractions which are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of
Preferred Stock). Interests in fractions of Preferred Stock in integral
multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock may, at the
election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts, pursuant to an
appropriate agreement between the Company and a depositary selected by it;
PROVIDED, that such agreement shall provide that the holders of such depositary
receipts shall have all the rights, privileges and preferences to which they are
entitled as beneficial owners of the Preferred Stock represented by such
depositary receipts. In lieu of fractional shares of Preferred Stock that are
not integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock, the
Company shall pay to the registered holders of Right Certificates at the time
such Rights are exercised as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same
fraction of the current market value of one share of Preferred Stock. For the
purposes of this Section 14(b), the current market value of a share of Preferred
Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Preferred Stock (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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(c) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of
Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of
Common Stock upon the exercise or exchange of Rights. In lieu of such
fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered
holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of
Common Stock would otherwise be issuable in an amount in cash equal to the same
fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock (as
determined in accordance with Section 14(a) hereof) for the Trading Day
immediately prior to the date of such exercise or exchange.
(d) The holder of a Right by the acceptance of the Right expressly
waives his right to receive any fractional Rights or any fractional shares upon
exercise of a Right (except as provided above).
Section 15. RIGHTS OF ACTION. All rights of action in respect of
this Agreement, excepting the rights of action given to the Rights Agent under
Section 18 hereof, are vested in the respective registered holders of the Right
Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the registered holders of the
Common Stock); and any registered holder of any Right Certificate (or, prior to
the Distribution Date, of the Common Stock), without the consent of the Rights
Agent or of the holder of any other Right Certificate (or, prior to the
Distribution Date, of the Common Stock), on his own behalf and for his own
benefit, may 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 Right Certificate (or, prior to
the Distribution Date, such Common Stock) in the manner provided in such Right
Certificate and in this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing or any
remedies available to the holders of Rights, it is specifically acknowledged
that the holders of Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law for any
breach of this Agreement and will be entitled to specific performance of the
obligations under, and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations
of, the obligations of any Person subject to this Agreement.
Section 16. AGREEMENT OF RIGHT HOLDERS. Every holder of a Right, by
accepting the same, consents and agrees with the Company and the Rights Agent
and with every other holder of a Right that:
(a) prior to the Distribution Date, the Rights will be transferable
only in connection with the transfer of the Common Stock;
(b) after the Distribution Date, the Right Certificates are
transferable only on the registry books of the Rights Agent if surrendered
at the office or agency of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose,
duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer; and
(c) the Company and the Rights Agent may deem and treat the Person in
whose name the Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, the
Common Stock certificate) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and
of the Rights evidenced thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership
or writing on the Right Certificates or the
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Common Stock certificate made by anyone other than the Company or the
Rights Agent) for all purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company nor the
Rights Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 17. RIGHT CERTIFICATE HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. No
holder, as such, of any Right Certificate shall be entitled to vote, receive
dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the Preferred Stock or any
other securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the
exercise of the Rights represented thereby, nor shall anything contained herein
or in any Right Certificate be construed to confer upon the holder of any Right
Certificate, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any
right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to
stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any
corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting
stockholders (except as provided in this Agreement), or to receive dividends or
subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Rights evidenced by such Right
Certificate shall have been exercised in accordance with the provisions hereof.
Section 18. CONCERNING THE RIGHTS AGENT. (a) The Company agrees to
pay to the Rights Agent reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it
hereunder and, from time to time, on demand of the Rights Agent, its reasonable
expenses and counsel fees and other disbursements incurred in the administration
and execution of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties
hereunder. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent for, and to
hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense, incurred without gross
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent, for
anything done or omitted by the Rights Agent in connection with the acceptance
and administration of this Agreement, including the costs and expenses of
defending against any claim of liability arising therefrom, directly or
indirectly.
(b) The Rights Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability
for, or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in connection
with, its administration of this Agreement in reliance upon any Right
Certificate or certificate for the Preferred Stock or Common Stock or for other
securities of the Company, instrument of assignment or transfer, power of
attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent,
certificate, statement, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine
and to be signed, executed and, where necessary, verified or acknowledged, by
the proper Person or Persons, or otherwise upon the advice of counsel as set
forth in Section 20 hereof.
Section 19. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OR CHANGE OF NAME OF RIGHTS
AGENT. (a) Any corporation into which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights
Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Rights Agent or any
successor Rights Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the
stock transfer or corporate trust powers 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, 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
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succeed to the agency created by this Agreement, any of the Right Certificates
shall have been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor Rights Agent
may adopt the countersignature of the predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such
Right Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Right
Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor Rights Agent may
countersign such Right Certificates either in the name of the predecessor Rights
Agent or in the name of the successor Rights Agent; and in all such cases such
Right Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Right 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 Right Certificates shall have been countersigned but
not delivered the Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior
name and deliver Right Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time
any of the Right Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Rights
Agent may countersign such Right Certificates either in its prior name or in its
changed name and in all such cases such Right Certificates shall have the full
force provided in the Right Certificates and in this Agreement.
Section 20. DUTIES OF RIGHTS AGENT. The Rights Agent undertakes the
duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and
conditions, by all of which the Company and the holders of Right Certificates,
by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:
(a) The Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be legal
counsel for the Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent as to any action
taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such opinion;
(b) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement
the Rights Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or
matter 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 any one of the Chairman
of the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, the
Treasurer, the Controller or the 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 to the Company and any
other Person only for its own gross negligence, bad faith or wilful
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
Right Certificates (except its countersignature thereof) or be required to
verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall be
deemed to have been made by the Company only;
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(e) The Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility in respect
of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof
(except the due execution hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect of the
validity or execution of any Right 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 Right
Certificate; nor shall it be responsible for any change in the
exercisability of the Rights (including the Rights becoming void pursuant
to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) or any adjustment in the terms of the Rights
(including the manner, method or amount thereof) provided for in Sections
3, 11, 13, 23 and 24, or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that
would require any such change or adjustment (except with respect to the
exercise of Rights evidenced by Right Certificates after receipt of a
certificate furnished pursuant to Section 12, describing such change or
adjustment); nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any
representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any
shares of Preferred Stock or other securities to be issued pursuant to this
Agreement or any Right Certificate or as to whether any shares of Preferred
Stock or other securities will, when issued, be validly authorized and
issued, fully paid and nonassessable;
(f) The Company agrees that it will perform, execute, acknowledge and
deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all
such further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably
be required by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by the
Rights Agent of the provisions of this Agreement;
(g) The Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept
instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from
any person reasonably believed by the Rights Agent to be one of the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Chief Financial
Officer or the Secretary 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 by it in good faith in accordance
with instructions of any such officer or for any delay in acting while
waiting for those instructions. 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 and/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 stockholder, director, officer or
employee of the Rights Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Rights or
other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any
transaction in which the Company may
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be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or otherwise
act as fully and freely as though it were not Rights Agent under this
Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from acting in
any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity;
(i) The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or
powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or
by or through its attorneys or agents, and the Rights Agent shall not be
answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of
any such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the Company resulting from
any such act, default, neglect or misconduct, provided reasonable care was
exercised in the selection and continued employment thereof; and
(j) If, with respect to any Right Certificate surrendered to the
Rights Agent for exercise or transfer, the certificate contained in the
form of assignment or the form of election to purchase set forth on the
reverse thereof, as the case may be, has not been completed to certify the
holder is not an Acquiring Person (or an Affiliate or Associate thereof),
the Rights Agent shall not take any further action with respect to such
requested exercise or transfer without first consulting with the Company.
Section 21. CHANGE OF RIGHTS AGENT. The Rights Agent or any
successor Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this
Agreement upon 30 days' notice in writing mailed to the Company and to each
transfer agent of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock by registered or certified
mail, and, following the Distribution Date, to the holders of the Right
Certificates by first-class mail. The Company may remove the Rights Agent or
any successor Rights Agent upon 30 days' notice in writing, mailed to the Rights
Agent or successor Rights Agent, as the case may be, and to each transfer agent
of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock by registered or certified mail, and,
following the Distribution Date, to the holders of the Right Certificates by
first-class mail. If the Rights Agent shall resign or be removed or shall
otherwise become incapable of acting, the Company shall appoint a successor to
the Rights Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a
period of 30 days after giving notice of such removal or after it has been
notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or
incapacitated Rights Agent or by the holder of a Right Certificate (who shall,
with such notice, submit his Right Certificate for inspection by the Company),
then the registered holder of any Right Certificate may apply to any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. Any successor
Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a court, shall be (A)
a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States
or any State thereof, which is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust or stock transfer powers and is subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authority and which has at the time of its appointment as
Rights Agent a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million 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,
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
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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 Stock or Preferred Stock, and, following the Distribution Date, mail
a notice thereof in writing to the registered holders of the Right Certificates.
Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section 21, however, or any
defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the resignation or
removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment of the successor Rights Agent, as
the case may be.
Section 22. ISSUANCE OF NEW RIGHT CERTIFICATES. Notwithstanding any
of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Rights to the contrary, the
Company may, at its option, issue new Right Certificates evidencing Rights in
such forms 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 Right Certificates
made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. In addition, in
connection with the issuance or sale of Common Stock following the Distribution
Date and prior to the earlier of the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration
Date, the Company may with respect to shares of Common Stock so issued or sold
(i) pursuant to the exercise of stock options, (ii) under any employee plan or
arrangement, (iii) upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of securities,
notes or debentures issued by the Company, or (iv) pursuant to a contractual
obligation of the Company, in each case existing prior to the Distribution Date,
issue Right Certificates representing the appropriate number of Rights in
connection with such issuance or sale.
Section 23. REDEMPTION. (a) The Board of Directors of the Company
may, at any time prior to such time as any Person first becomes an Acquiring
Person, redeem all but not less than all of the then outstanding Rights at a
redemption price of $.01 per Right (appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock
split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof)
(the redemption price being hereinafter referred to as the "Redemption Price").
The redemption of the Rights may be made effective at such time, on such basis
and with such conditions as the Board of Directors in its sole discretion may
establish. The Company may, at its option, pay the Redemption Price in cash,
shares of Common Stock (based on the current market price of the Common Stock at
the time of redemption) or any other form of consideration deemed appropriate by
the Board of Directors.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering
the redemption of the Rights pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 23 (or at
such later time as the Board of Directors may establish for the effectiveness of
such redemption), 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. The Company shall
promptly give public notice of any such redemption; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
failure to give, or any defect in, any such notice shall not affect the validity
of such redemption. Within ten (10) days after such action of the Board of
Directors ordering the redemption of the Rights (or such later time as the Board
of Directors may establish for the effectiveness of such redemption), the
Company shall mail a notice of redemption to all the holders of the then
outstanding Rights at their last addresses as they appear 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
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Stock. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed
given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of
redemption shall state the method by which the payment of the Redemption Price
will be made.
Section 24. EXCHANGE. (a) The Board of Directors of the Company
may, at its option, at any time after any Person first becomes an Acquiring
Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights
(which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the
provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Stock at an
exchange ratio of one share of PE Biosystems Stock per PE Right and one share
of Celera Genomics Stock per Celera Genomics Right, appropriately adjusted to
reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring
after the date hereof (such amount per Right being hereinafter referred to as
the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors
shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time (1) after any
Person (other than an Exempt Person), together with all Affiliates and
Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of shares of Common
Stock aggregating (i) 50% or more of the shares of PE Biosystems Stock then
outstanding or (ii) 50% or more of the shares of Celera Genomics Stock then
outstanding. From and after the occurrence of an event specified in Section
13(a) hereof, any Rights that theretofore have not been exchanged pursuant to
this Section 24(a) shall thereafter be exercisable only in accordance with
Section 13 and may not be exchanged pursuant to this Section 24(a). The
exchange of the Rights by the Board of Directors may be made effective at
such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors
in its sole discretion may establish.
(b) Immediately upon the effectiveness of the action of the Board
of Directors of the Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to
paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without
any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only
right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number
of shares of PE Biosystems Stock or Celera Genomics Stock, as the case may
be, equal to the number of such Rights held by such holder multiplied by the
Exchange Ratio. The Company shall promptly give public notice of any such
exchange; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such
notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company shall
promptly mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of the
Rights so exchanged at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry
books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the
notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the
exchange of the shares of Common Stock for Rights will be effected and, in
the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be
exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the
number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the
provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) The Company may at its option and, in the event that there shall
not be sufficient shares of Common Stock issued but not outstanding or
authorized but unissued to permit an exchange of Rights as contemplated in
accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall substitute to the extent of
such insufficiency, for each share of Common Stock that would otherwise be
issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of shares of Preferred Stock or
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fraction thereof (or equivalent preferred shares as such term is defined in
Section 11(b)) such that the current per share market price (determined
pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) of one share of Preferred Stock (or
equivalent preferred share) multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to
the current per share market price of one share of PE Biosystems Stock or
Celera Genomics Stock, as the case may be (determined pursuant to Section
11(d) hereof) as of the date of such exchange).
Section 25. NOTICE OF CERTAIN EVENTS. (a) In case the Company shall
at any time after the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Stock Acquisition
Date propose (i) to pay any dividend payable in stock of any class to the
holders of its Preferred Stock or to make any other distribution to the holders
of its Preferred Stock (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend), (ii) to
offer to the holders of its Preferred Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for
or to purchase any additional shares of Preferred Stock or shares of stock of
any class or any other securities, rights or options, (iii) to effect any
reclassification of its Preferred Stock (other than a reclassification involving
only the subdivision or combination of outstanding Preferred Stock), (iv) to
effect the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, or (v) to
declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in Common Stock or to
effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the Common Stock (by
reclassification or otherwise than by payment of dividends in Common Stock),
then, in each such case, the Company shall give to each holder of a Right
Certificate, in accordance with Section 26 hereof, a notice of such proposed
action, which shall specify the record date for the purposes of such stock
dividend, or distribution of rights or warrants, or the date on which such
liquidation, dissolution or winding up is to take place and the date of
participation therein by the holders of the Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock,
if any such date is to be fixed, and such notice shall be so given in the case
of any action covered by clause (i) or (ii) above at least 10 days prior to the
record date for determining holders of the Preferred Stock for purposes of such
action, and in the case of any such other action, at least 10 days prior to the
date of the taking of such proposed action or the date of participation therein
by the holders of the Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock, whichever shall be
the earlier.
(b) In case any event described in Section 11(a)(ii) or Section 13
shall occur then the Company shall as soon as practicable thereafter give to
each holder of a Right Certificate (or if occurring prior to the Distribution
Date, the holders of the Common Stock) in accordance with Section 26 hereof, a
notice of the occurrence of such event, which notice shall describe such event
and the consequences of such event to holders of Rights under Section 11(a)(ii)
and Section 13 hereof.
Section 26. NOTICES. Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement
to be given or made by the Rights Agent or by the holder of any Right
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:
PE Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
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Attn: Secretary
Subject to the provisions of Section 21 hereof, any notice or demand authorized
by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or by the holder of any
Right 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:
BankBoston, N.A.
c/o EquiServe Limited Partnership
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Client Administration
Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the
Company or the Rights Agent to the holder of any Right Certificate shall be
sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to such holder at the address of such holder as shown on the registry
books of the Company.
Section 27. SUPPLEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS. Except as otherwise provided
in this Section 27, for so long as the Rights are then redeemable, and at any
time prior to the Distribution Date, the Company may in its sole and absolute
discretion, and the Rights Agent shall if the Company so directs, supplement or
amend any provision of this Agreement in any respect, whether or not such
supplement or amendment is adverse to any holder of the Rights, without the
approval of any holders of the Rights. At any time when the Rights are no
longer redeemable, except as otherwise provided in this Section 27, 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 to (i) cure any ambiguity, (ii) correct or supplement any provision
contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provisions herein, (iii) shorten or lengthen any time period hereunder, or (iv)
change or supplement the provisions hereunder in any manner which the Company
may deem necessary or desirable; PROVIDED that no such supplement or amendment
shall adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights as such (other
than an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person),
and no such amendment may cause the Rights again to become redeemable or cause
the Agreement again to become amendable other than in accordance with this
sentence. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, no supplement or amendment shall be made which decreases the
Redemption Price. Upon the delivery of a certificate from an appropriate
officer of the Company which states that the proposed supplement or amendment is
in compliance with the terms of this Section 27, the Rights Agent shall execute
such supplement or amendment.
Section 28. SUCCESSORS. All the covenants and provisions of this
Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent shall bind
and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
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Section 29. BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT. Nothing in this Agreement
shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the Rights
Agent and the registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the
Distribution Date, the Common Stock) any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of
the Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the Common Stock).
Section 30. DETERMINATIONS AND ACTIONS BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and
authority to administer this Agreement and to exercise the rights and powers
specifically granted to the Board of Directors of the Company or to the Company,
or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Agreement,
including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the
provisions of this Agreement and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary
or advisable for the administration of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend this
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 of Directors of the Company in
good faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the
Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights, as such, and all other parties, and (y)
not subject the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the
Rights.
Section 31. SEVERABILITY. If any term, provision, covenant or
restriction of this Agreement or applicable to this Agreement is held by a court
of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or
unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and
restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall
in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.
Section 32. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and each Right Certificate
issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the
State of Delaware and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts to be made and
performed entirely within such State.
Section 33. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be
deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same instrument.
Section 34. DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. Descriptive headings of the
several Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall
not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions
hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
Attest: PE CORPORATION
By
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Name:
Title:
BANKBOSTON, N.A.
By
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
FORM
OF
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
OF
SERIES A PARTICIPATING JUNIOR PREFERRED STOCK
AND
SERIES B PARTICIPATING JUNIOR PREFERRED STOCK
OF
PE CORPORATION
(Pursuant to Section 151 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)
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The PE Corporation, a corporation organized and existing
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called
the "Corporation"), hereby certifies that the following resolution was duly
adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as required by Section 151
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware at a meeting duly called
and held on ______ __, 1999.
A. Series A Participating Junior Preferred Stock
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the
Board of Directors of the Corporation (hereinafter called the "Board of
Directors" or the "Board") in accordance with the provisions of the
Corporation's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (hereinafter
called the "Certificate of Incorporation"), the Board of Directors hereby
creates a series of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
Corporation and hereby states the designation and number of shares, and fixes
the relative rights, powers and preferences thereof, and the limitations
thereof, as follows:
Section A.. DESIGNATION AND AMOUNT. The shares of such series shall
be designated as "Series A Participating Junior Preferred Stock" (the "Series A
Preferred Stock") and the number of shares constituting the Series A Preferred
Stock shall be 50,000. Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by
resolution of the Board of Directors; PROVIDED, that no decrease shall reduce
the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to a number less than the
number of shares then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for
issuance upon the
exercise of outstanding options, rights or warrants or upon the conversion of
any outstanding securities issued by the Corporation convertible into Series A
Preferred Stock.
Section A.2. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.
(A) Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of any
series of preferred stock of the Corporation (the "Preferred Stock") (or any
similar stock) ranking prior and superior to the Series A Preferred Stock
with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock,
in preference to the holders of PE Corporation-PE Biosystems Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share, of the Corporation (the "PE Biosystems Stock"), PE
Biosystems Corporation-Celera Genomics Group Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, of the Corporation ("Celera Genomics Stock"; together with the PE
Biosystems Stock, the "Common Stock") and of any other stock of the
Corporation ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock, shall be entitled
to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds
legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the
first business day of January, April, July, and October in each year (each
such date being referred to herein as a "Dividend Payment Date"), commencing
on the first Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or
fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, in an amount per share
(rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $10 or (b) subject
to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 1,000 times the
aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 1,000 times the
aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or
other distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of PE Biosystems
Stock, declared on the PE Biosystems Stock since the immediately preceding
Dividend Payment Date or, with respect to the first Dividend Payment Date,
since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series A
Preferred Stock; provided that, in the event of a Disposition (as defined in
the Certificate of Incorporation) resulting in a dividend on the PE
Biosystems Stock, such dividend shall not be paid unless the corresponding
dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock under this Section A.2 is paid at
the same time (and the amount of such corresponding dividend shall be a
preferential amount for the purposes of calculating the Net Proceeds (as
defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) of such Disposition). In the
event the Corporation shall at any time after the effective date ("Effective
Date") of the reincorporation merger of The PE Biosystems Corporation, a New
York corporation, with PE Merger Corp., a subsidiary of the Corporation,
declare or pay any dividend on the PE Biosystems Stock payable in shares of
PE Biosystems Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or
consolidation of the outstanding shares of PE Biosystems Stock (by
reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of PE
Biosystems Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of PE Biosystems
Stock, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series
A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause
(b) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by
a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of PE Biosystems
Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which
is the number of shares of PE Biosystems Stock that were outstanding
immediately prior to such event;
(B) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the
Series A Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) of this Section
immediately after it declares a
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dividend or distribution on the PE Biosystems Stock (other than a dividend
payable in shares of PE Biosystems Stock); PROVIDED that, in the event no
dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the PE Biosystems Stock
during the period between any Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent
Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $10 per share on the Series A Preferred
Stock shall nevertheless be payable, when, as and if declared, on such
subsequent Dividend Payment Date; and
(C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative, whether or not
earned or declared, on outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock from the
Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares, unless
the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first
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
Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination
of holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly
dividend and before such Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such
dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Dividend Payment
Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on
the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount
of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be
allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time
outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination
of holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of
a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be not more
than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.
Section A.3. VOTING RIGHTS. The holders of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:
(A) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth
and except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or
required by law, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the
holder thereof to 1,000 votes on all matters upon which the holders of the PE
Biosystems Stock are entitled to vote. In the event the Corporation shall at
any time after the Effective Date declare or pay any dividend on the PE
Biosystems Stock payable in shares of PE Biosystems Stock, or effect a
subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of PE
Biosystems Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a
dividend in shares of PE Biosystems Stock) into a greater or lesser number of
shares of PE Biosystems Stock, then in each such case the number of votes per
share to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled
immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of PE
Biosystems Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator
of which is the number of shares of PE Biosystems Stock that were outstanding
immediately prior to such event;
(B) Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Certificate of
Incorporation or in any other Certificate of Designations creating a series of
Preferred Stock or any similar stock, and except as otherwise required by law,
the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock,
PE Biosystems Stock and Celera Genomics Stock and any other capital
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stock of the Corporation having general voting rights shall vote together as one
class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation; and
(C) Except as set forth herein, or as otherwise provided by law,
holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and
their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled
to vote with holders of PE Biosystems Stock as set forth herein) for taking
any corporate action.
Section A.4. CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS.
(A) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions
payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Section A.2 are in
arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and
distributions, whether or not earned or declared, on shares of Series A
Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall
not:
(i) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions,
on any shares of stock ranking junior (as to dividends) to the Series
A Preferred Stock;
(ii) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions,
on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (as to dividends) with the
Series A Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series
A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are
payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the
holders of all such shares are then entitled;
(iii) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration
shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred
Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase
or otherwise acquire shares of any such junior stock in exchange for
shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (as to dividends
and upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series A
Preferred Stock or rights, warrants or options to acquire such junior
stock; or
(iv) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any
shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on
a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except in accordance
with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined
by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such
terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective
annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the
respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will
result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or
classes.
(B) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the
Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of
stock of the Corporation unless the
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Corporation could, under paragraph (A) of this Section A.4, purchase or
otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.
Section A.5. REACQUIRED SHARES. Any shares of Series A Preferred
Stock 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 retirement become authorized but unissued
shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of
Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of
Directors, subject to any conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth
herein.
Section A.6. LIQUIDATION, DISSOLUTION OR WINDING UP. Upon any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution
shall be made (A) to the holders of the PE Biosystems Stock or of shares of
any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior, upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, to the Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior
thereto, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have
received the greater of $100 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and
unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not earned or
declared, to the date of such payment, or an aggregate amount per share,
subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth equal to 1,000
times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of shares
of PE Biosystems Stock, and (B) to the holders of shares of stock ranking on
a parity upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up with the Series A
Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Series A Preferred
Stock and all such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which
the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation,
dissolution or winding up. In the event, however, that there are not
sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Series A
liquidation preference and the liquidation preferences of all other classes
and series of stock of the Corporation, if any, that rank on a parity with
the Series A Preferred Stock in respect thereof, then the assets available
for such distribution shall be distributed ratably to the holders of the
Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of such parity shares in the
proportion to their respective liquidation preferences. In the event the
Corporation shall at any time after the Effective Date declare or pay any
dividend on the PE Biosystems Stock payable in shares of PE Biosystems Group
Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the
outstanding shares of PE Biosystems Stock (by reclassification or otherwise
than by payment of a dividend in shares of PE Biosystems Stock) into a
greater or lesser number of shares of PE Biosystems Stock, then in each such
case the aggregate amount to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under the proviso in
clause (A) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such
amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of PE
Biosystems Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator
of which is the number of shares of PE Biosystems Stock that were outstanding
immediately prior to such event.
Section A.7. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC. In case the Corporation
shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction
in which the shares of PE Biosystems Stock are converted into, exchanged for
or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property,
then in any such case each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall at the
same time be similarly converted into, exchanged for or changed into an
amount per share
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(subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to
1,000 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 PE Biosystems Stock is converted, exchanged or converted. In the
event the Corporation shall at any time after the Effective Date declare or
pay any dividend on the PE Biosystems Stock payable in shares of PE
Biosystems Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of
the outstanding shares of PE Biosystems Stock (by reclassification or
otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of PE Biosystems Stock)
into a greater or lesser number of shares of PE Biosystems Stock, then in
each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to
the conversion, exchange or change of shares of Series A Preferred Stock
shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of shares of PE Biosystems Stock outstanding immediately
after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of PE
Biosystems Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
Section A.8. REDEMPTION; CONVERSION.
(A) The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable
from any holder except as provided in this Section A.8.
(B) In the event of a Disposition resulting in a redemption of PE
Biosystems Stock, the Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemed in the same
manner as the PE Biosystems Stock; PROVIDED that the redemption price for the
Series A Preferred Stock shall be 1,000 times the aggregate amount to be
distributed per share to holders of shares of PE Biosystems Stock (and the
aggregate amount of the redemption price for the Series A Preferred Stock
shall be a preferential amount for the purposes of calculating the Net
Proceeds of such Disposition). In the event the Corporation shall at any time
after the Effective Date, declare or pay any dividend on the PE Biosystems
Stock payable in shares of PE Biosystems Stock, or effect a subdivision or
combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of PE Biosystems Stock
(by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of
PE Biosystems Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of PE
Biosystems Stock, then in each such case the amount of the redemption price
for the Series A Preferred Stock under the preceding sentence shall be
adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the number of shares of PE Biosystems Stock outstanding immediately after
such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of PE
Biosystems Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(C) In the event of any conversion of PE Biosystems Stock into
Celera Genomics Stock pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Certificate of
Incorporation, the Series A Preferred Stock shall be converted into the
Series B Preferred Stock in the same manner, and at the same conversion
ratio, as the conversion of the PE Biosystems Stock. In the event the
Company shall at any time after the Effective Date (i) declare or pay any
dividend on the PE Biosystems Stock payable in shares of PE Biosystems Stock,
or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding
shares of PE Biosystems Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by
payment of a dividend in shares of PE Biosystems Stock) into a greater or
lesser number of shares of PE Biosystems Stock or (ii) declare or
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pay any dividend on the Celera Genomics Stock payable in shares of Celera
Genomics Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of
the outstanding shares of Celera Genomics Stock (by reclassification or
otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Celera Genomics Stock)
into a greater or lesser number of shares of Celera Genomics Stock, then in
each such case the conversion ratio for the Series A Preferred Stock under
the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such ratio by (x) a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of PE Biosystems
Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which
is the number of shares of PE Biosystems Stock that were outstanding
immediately prior to such event and (y) another fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of shares of Celera Genomics Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of Celera Genomics Stock that were outstanding immediately after such
event.
Section A.9. RANK. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank, with
respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, junior to all other
series of Preferred Stock, senior to the Common Stock and on parity with the
Series B Participating Junior Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 of the
Corporation (the "Series B Preferred Stock").
Section A.10. AMENDMENT. If any proposed amendment to the
Certificate of Incorporation (including this Certificate of Designations) would
alter, change or repeal any of the preferences, powers or special rights given
to the Series A Preferred Stock so as to affect the Series A Preferred Stock
adversely, then the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
vote separately as a class upon such amendment, and the affirmative vote of
two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, voting
separately as a class, shall be necessary for the adoption thereof, in addition
to such other vote as may be required by the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware.
Section A.11. FRACTIONAL SHARES. Series A Preferred Stock may be
issued in fractions of a share that 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 Stock.
B. Series B Participating Junior Preferred Stock.
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the
Board of Directors of the Corporation (hereinafter called the "Board of
Directors" or the "Board") in accordance with the provisions of the
Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (hereinafter called the
"Certificate of Incorporation"), the Board of Directors hereby creates an
additional series of Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
Corporation and hereby states the designation and number of shares, and fixes
the relative rights, powers and preferences thereof, and the limitations
thereof, as follows:
Section B.1. DESIGNATION AND AMOUNT. The shares of such series shall
be designated as "Series B Participating Junior Preferred Stock" (the "Series B
Preferred Stock") and
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the number of shares constituting the Series B Preferred Stock shall be 30,000.
Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board
of Directors; PROVIDED, that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of
Series B Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of shares then
outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of
outstanding options, rights or warrants or upon the conversion of any
outstanding securities issued by the Corporation convertible into Series B
Preferred Stock.
Section B.2. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.
(A) Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of any
series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation (the "Preferred Stock") (or any
similar stock) ranking prior and superior to the Series B Preferred Stock
with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock,
in preference to the holders of PE Corporation-PE Biosystems Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share, of the Corporation ("PE Biosystems Stock"), PE
Corporation-Celera Genomics Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
Corporation ("Celera Genomics Stock"; together with the PE Biosystems Stock,
the "Common Stock") and of any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior
to the Series B Preferred Stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and
if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the
purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the first business day of
January, April, July, and October in each year (each such date being referred
to herein as a "Dividend Payment Date"), commencing on the first Dividend
Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of
Series B Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest
cent) equal to the greater of (a) $10 or (b) subject to the provision for
adjustment hereinafter set forth, 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount
of all cash dividends, and 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount
(payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other than
a dividend payable in shares of Celera Genomics Stock, declared on the Celera
Genomics Stock since the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date or, with
respect to the first Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any
share or fraction of a share of Series B Preferred Stock; provided that, in
the event of a Disposition (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation)
resulting in a dividend on the Celera Genomics Stock, such dividend shall not
be paid unless the corresponding dividend on the Series B Preferred Stock
under this Section B.2 is paid at the same time (and the amount of such
corresponding dividend shall be a preferential amount for the purposes of
calculating the Net Proceeds (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation)
of such Disposition). In the event the Corporation shall at any time after
the effective date ("Effective Date") of the reincorporation merger of The PE
Biosystems Corporation, a New York corporation, with PE Merger Corp., a
subsidiary of the Corporation, declare or pay any dividend on the Celera
Genomics Stock payable in shares of Celera Genomics Stock, or effect a
subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of
Celera Genomics Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a
dividend in shares of Celera Genomics Stock) into a greater or lesser number
of shares of Celera Genomics Stock, then in each such case the amount to
which holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock were entitled immediately
prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall be
adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the number of shares of Celera Genomics Stock outstanding immediately
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after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Celera
Genomics Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(B) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the
Series B Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) of this Section
immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Celera Genomics
Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Celera Genomics Stock);
provided that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared
on the Celera Genomics Stock during the period between any Dividend Payment Date
and the next subsequent Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $10 per share on
the Series B Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable, when, as and if
declared, on such subsequent Dividend Payment Date.
(C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative, whether or not
earned or declared, on outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock from the
Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares, unless
the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first
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
Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination
of holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly
dividend and before such Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such
dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Dividend Payment
Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on
the shares of Series B Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount
of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be
allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time
outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination
of holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of
a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be not more
than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.
Section B.3. VOTING RIGHTS. The holders of shares of Series B
Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights;
(A) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth and
except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or required by
law, each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to
1,000 votes on all matters upon which the holders of the Celera Genomics Stock
of the Corporation are entitled to vote. In the event the Corporation shall at
any time after the Effective Date declare or pay any dividend on the Celera
Genomics Stock payable in shares of Celera Genomics Stock, or effect a
subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Celera
Genomics Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend
in shares of Celera Genomics Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of
Celera Genomics Stock, then in each such case the number of votes per share to
which holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock were entitled immediately
prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the number of shares of Celera Genomics Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the
number of shares of Celera Genomics Stock that were outstanding immediately
prior to such event.
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(B) Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Certificate of
Incorporation or in any other Certificate of Designations creating a series
of Preferred Stock or any similar stock, and except as otherwise required by
law, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred
Stock, PE Biosystems Stock, Celera Genomics Stock and any other capital stock
of the Corporation having general voting rights shall vote together as one
class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.
(C) Except as set forth herein, or as otherwise provided by law,
holders of Series B Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and
their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to
vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate
action.
Section B.4. CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS.
(A) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions
payable on the Series B Preferred Stock as provided in Section B.2 are in
arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and
distributions, whether or not earned or declared, on shares of Series B
Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall
not:
(i) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions,
on any shares of stock ranking junior (as to dividends) to the Series
B Preferred Stock;
(ii) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions,
on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (as to dividends) with the
Series B Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series
B Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are
payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the
holders of all such shares are then entitled;
(iii) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration
shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series B Preferred
Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase
or otherwise acquire shares of any such junior stock in exchange for
shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (as to dividends
and upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series B
Preferred Stock or rights, warrants or options to acquire such junior
stock; or
(iv) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any
shares of Series B Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on
a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up) with the Series B Preferred Stock, except in accordance
with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined
by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such
terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective
annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the
respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will
result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or
classes.
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(B) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the
Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of
stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (A) of
this Section B.4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in
such manner.
Section B.5. REACQUIRED SHARES. Any shares of Series B Preferred
Stock 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 retirement become authorized but unissued
shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of
Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of
Directors, subject to any conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth
herein.
Section B.6. LIQUIDATION, DISSOLUTION OR WINDING UP. Upon any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall
be made (A) to the holders of the Celera Genomics Stock or of shares of any
other stock of the Corporation ranking junior, upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up, to the Series B Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders
of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall have received the greater of $100
per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and
distributions thereon, whether or not earned or declared, to the date of such
payment, or an aggregate amount per share, subject to the provision for
adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 1,000 times the aggregate amount to
be distributed per share to holders of shares of Celera Genomics Stock, and (B)
to the holders of shares of stock ranking on a parity upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up with the Series B Preferred Stock, except
distributions made ratably on the Series B Preferred Stock and all such parity
stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares
are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In the event,
however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in
full of the Series B Preferred liquidation preference and the liquidation
preferences of all other classes and series of stock of the Corporation, if any,
that rank on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock in respect thereof, then
the assets available for such distribution shall be distributed ratably to the
holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and the holders of such parity shares in
the proportion to their respective liquidation preferences. In the event the
Corporation shall at any time after the Effective Date declare or pay any
dividend on the Celera Genomics Stock payable in shares of Celera Genomics
Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the
outstanding shares of Celera Genomics Stock (by reclassification or otherwise
than by payment of a dividend in shares of Celera Genomics Stock) into a greater
or lesser number of shares of Celera Genomics Stock, then in each such case the
aggregate amount to which holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock were
entitled immediately prior to such event under the proviso in clause (A) of the
preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction
the numerator of which is the number of shares of Celera Genomics Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the
number of shares of Celera Genomics Stock that were outstanding immediately
prior to such event.
Section B.7. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC. In case the Corporation
shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in
which the shares of Celera Genomics Stock are converted into, exchanged for or
changed into other stock or securities, cash
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and/or any other property, then in any such case each share of Series A
Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly converted into, exchanged
for or changed into an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment
hereinafter set forth) equal to 1,000 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 Celera Genomics Stock is converted,
exchanged or converted. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after
the Effective Date declare or pay any dividend on the Celera Genomics Stock
payable in shares of Celera Genomics Stock, or effect a subdivision or
combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Celera Genomics Stock
(by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of
Celera Genomics Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Celera
Genomics Stock, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding
sentence with respect to the conversion, exchange or change of shares of Series
B Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the number of shares of Celera Genomics Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the
number of shares of Celera Genomics Stock that were outstanding immediately
prior to such event.
Section B.8. REDEMPTION; CONVERSION.
(A) The shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable
from any holder except as provided in this Section B.8.
(B) In the event of a Disposition resulting in a redemption of Celera
Genomics Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock shall be redeemed in the same
manner as the Celera Genomics Stock; PROVIDED that the redemption price for the
Series B Preferred Stock shall be 1,000 times the aggregate amount to be
distributed per share to holders of shares of Celera Genomics Stock (and the
aggregate amount of the redemption price for the Series B Preferred Stock shall
be a preferential amount for the purposes of calculating the Net Proceeds of
such Disposition). In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the
Effective Date, declare or pay any dividend on the Celera Genomics Stock payable
in shares of Celera Genomics Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or
consolidation of the outstanding shares of Celera Genomics Stock (by
reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Celera
Genomics Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Celera Genomics
Stock, then in each such case the amount of the redemption price for the Series
B Preferred Stock under the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying
such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of
Celera Genomics Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the number of shares of Celera Genomics Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(C) In the event of any conversion of Celera Genomics Stock into
PE Biosystems Stock pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Certificate of
Incorporation, the Series B Preferred Stock shall be converted into the
Series A Preferred Stock in the same manner, and at the same conversion
ratio, as the conversion of the Celera Genomics Stock. In the event the
Corporation shall at any time after the Effective Date (i) declare or pay any
dividend on the PE Biosystems Stock payable in shares of PE Biosystems Stock,
or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding
shares of PE Biosystems Stock (by
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reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of PE
Biosystems Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of PE Biosystems
Stock or (ii) declare or pay any dividend on the Celera Genomics Stock
payable in shares of Celera Genomics Stock, or effect a subdivision or
combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Celera Genomics
Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in
shares of Celera Genomics Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of
Celera Genomics Stock, then in each such case the conversion ratio for the
Series B Preferred Stock under the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by
multiplying such ratio by (x) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of shares of Celera Genomics Stock outstanding immediately after such
event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Celera Genomics
Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event and (y) another
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of PE Biosystems
Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and the denominator of
which is the number of shares of PE Biosystems Stock that were outstanding
immediately after such event.
Section B.9. RANK. The Series B Preferred Stock shall rank, with
respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, junior to all other
series of Preferred Stock, senior to the Common Stock and on parity with Series
A Preferred Stock.
Section B.10. AMENDMENT. If any proposed amendment to the
Certificate of Incorporation (including this Certificate of Designations) would
alter, change or repeal any of the preferences, powers or special rights given
to the Series B Preferred Stock so as to affect the Series B Preferred Stock
adversely, then the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
vote separately as a class upon such amendment, and the affirmative vote of
two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock, voting
separately as a class, shall be necessary for the adoption thereof, in addition
to such other vote as may be required by the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware.
Section B.11. FRACTIONAL SHARES. Series B Preferred Stock may be
issued in fractions of a share that shall entitle the holder, in proportion to
such holder's fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends,
participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of
holders of Series B Preferred Stock.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designations is executed on
behalf of the Corporation by its and attested by its
Secretary this __ day of _________, 1999.
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Name:
Title:
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Xxxxxxx X
Form of Right Certificate
Certificate No. R- ____ ___ Rights
NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER , 2009 OR EARLIER IF REDEMPTION
OR EXCHANGE OCCURS. THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION AT $.01 PER
RIGHT AND TO EXCHANGE ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT.
UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, RIGHTS
OWNED BY OR TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES AN ACQUIRING PERSON
(AS DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) AND CERTAIN TRANSFEREES THEREOF WILL
BECOME NULL AND VOID AND WILL NO LONGER BE TRANSFERABLE.
Right Certificate
PE CORPORATION
This certifies that ___________ or registered assigns, is the
registered owner of the number of Rights set forth above, each of which entitles
the owner thereof, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights
Agreement, dated as of , , 1999 as the same may be amended from time
to time (the "Rights Agreement"), between PE Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), and BankBoston, N.A. (the "Rights Agent"), to purchase from
the Company at any time after the Distribution Date (as such term is defined
in the Rights Agreement) and prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on
, 2009 at the office or agency of the Rights Agent designated for
such purpose, or of its successor as Rights Agent, one one-thousandth of a
fully paid non-assessable share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Preferred Stock"), of the Company, at a
purchase price of $ per one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock
(the "Purchase Price"), upon presentation and surrender of this Right
Certificate with the Form of Election to Purchase duly executed. The number
of Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate (and the number of one
one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock which may be purchased upon
exercise hereof) set forth above, and the Purchase Price set forth above, are
the number and Purchase Price as of , 1999 based on the Preferred
Stock as constituted at such date. As provided in the Rights Agreement, the
Purchase Price, the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock
(or other securities or property) which may be purchased upon the exercise of
the Rights and the number of Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate are
subject to modification and adjustment upon the happening of certain events.
This Right Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Rights Agreement, which terms, provisions and conditions are
hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which
Rights Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the
Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the Right Certificates. Copies of
the Rights Agreement are on file at the principal executive offices of the
Company and the above-mentioned office or agency of the Rights Agent. The
Company will mail to the holder of this Right Certificate a copy of the Rights
Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor.
This Right Certificate, with or without other Right Certificates, upon
surrender at the office or agency of the Rights Agent designated for such
purpose, may be exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right Certificates of
like tenor and date evidencing Rights entitling the holder to purchase a like
aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock as the Rights evidenced by the
Right Certificate or Right Certificates surrendered shall have entitled such
holder to purchase. If this Right Certificate shall be exercised in part, the
holder shall be entitled to receive upon surrender hereof another Right
Certificate or Right Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised.
Subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement, the Rights
evidenced by this Certificate (i) may be redeemed by the Company at a
redemption price of $.01 per Right or (ii) may be exchanged in whole or in
part for shares of Preferred Stock or shares of the Company's PE Biosystems
Common Stock ("Common Stock") par value $.01 per share.
No fractional shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock will be issued
upon the exercise or exchange of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby (other
than fractions of Preferred Stock which are integral multiples of one
one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock, which may, at the election of the
Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts), but in lieu thereof a cash
payment will be made, as provided in the Rights Agreement.
No holder of this Right Certificate, as such, shall be entitled to
vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the
Preferred Stock or of any other securities of the Company which may at any time
be issuable on the exercise or exchange hereof, nor shall anything contained in
the Rights Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as
such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for
the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any
meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to
receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as
provided in the Rights Agreement) or to receive dividends or subscription
rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by this Right
Certificate shall have been exercised as provided in the Rights Agreement.
This Right Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any
purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent.
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WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Company
and its corporate seal. Dated as of _____________.
ATTEST: PE CORPORATION
By: By:
--------------------------- --------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Countersigned:
BANKBOSTON, N.A.
as Rights Agent
By:
---------------------------
Name:
Title:
Date:
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Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
(To be executed by the registered holder if such
holder desires to transfer the Right Certificate)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED _________________________ hereby sells, assigns and
transfer unto __________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address of transferee)
________________________________________________________________________________
Rights represented by this Right Certificate, together with all right, title
and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
___________________ Attorney, to transfer said Rights on the books of the
within-named Company, with full power of substitution.
Dated: _________________
___________________________________
Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
Signatures must be guaranteed by a bank, trust company, broker, dealer
or other eligible institution participating in a recognized signature guarantee
medallion program
------------------------------------------------------------
(To be completed)
The undersigned hereby certifies that the Rights evidenced by this
Right Certificate are not beneficially owned by, were not acquired by the
undersigned from, and are not being assigned to, an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement).
____________________________
Signature
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Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate - continued
FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
(To be executed if holder desires to exercise
Rights represented by the Rights Certificate)
To PE Corporation:
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise _______________
Rights represented by this Right Certificate to purchase the shares of
Preferred Stock (or other securities or property) issuable upon the exercise
of such Rights and requests that certificates for such shares of Preferred
Stock (or such other securities) be issued in the name of:
___________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address)
___________________________________________________________
If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this Right
Certificate, a new Right Certificate for the balance remaining of such Rights
shall be registered in the name of and delivery to:
Please insert social security
or other identifying number
___________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address)
___________________________________________________________
Dated: ____________________________
________________________________
Signature
(Signature must conform to holder specified on Right Certificate)
Signature Guaranteed:
Signature must be guaranteed by bank, trust company, broker, dealer or
other eligible institution participating in a recognized signature guarantee
medallion program.
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Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate -- continued
(To be completed)
_______________________________________________________________________
The undersigned certifies that the Rights evidenced by this Right
Certificate are not beneficially owned by, and were not acquired by the
undersigned from, an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as
defined in the Rights Agreement)
_______________________________
Signature
_______________________________________________________________________
NOTICE
The signature in the Form of Assignment or Form of Election to
Purchase, as the case may be, must conform to the name as written upon the face
of this Right Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement
or any change whatsoever.
In the event the certification set forth above in the Form of
Assignment or the Form of Election to Purchase, as the case may be, is not
completed, such Assignment or Election to Purchase will not be honored.
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Exhibit C
Form of Right Certificate
Certificate No. R- ____ ___ Rights
NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER , 2009 OR EARLIER IF REDEMPTION OR
EXCHANGE OCCURS. THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION AT $.01 PER
RIGHT AND TO EXCHANGE ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT.
UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT,
RIGHTS OWNED BY OR TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON WHO BECOMES AN ACQUIRING
PERSON (AS DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) AND CERTAIN TRANSFEREES
THEREOF WILL BECOME NULL AND VOID AND WILL NO LONGER BE TRANSFERABLE.
Right Certificate
PE CORPORATION
This certifies that ___________ or registered assigns, is the
registered owner of the number of Rights set forth above, each of which
entitles the owner thereof, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions
of the Rights Agreement, dated as of , 1999 as the same may be
amended from time to time (the "Rights Agreement"), between PE Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and BankBoston, N.A. (the "Rights
Agent"), to purchase from the Company at any time after the Distribution Date
(as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) and prior to 5:00 P.M., New
York City time, on , 2009 at the office or agency of the
Rights Agent designated for such purpose, or of its successor as Rights
Agent, one one-thousandth of a fully paid non-assessable share of Series B
Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the
"Preferred Stock"), of the Company, at a purchase price of $ per one
one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock (the "Purchase Price"), upon
presentation and surrender of this Right Certificate with the Form of
Election to Purchase duly executed. The number of Rights evidenced by this
Right Certificate (and the number of one one-thousandths of a share of
Preferred Stock which may be purchased upon exercise hereof) set forth above,
and the Purchase Price set forth above, are the number and Purchase Price as
of , 1999 based on the Preferred Stock as constituted at such
date. As provided in the Rights Agreement, the Purchase Price, the number of
one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock (or other securities or
property) which may be purchased upon the exercise of the Rights and the
number of Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate are subject to
modification and adjustment upon the happening of certain events.
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This Right Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Rights Agreement, which terms, provisions and conditions are
hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which
Rights Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the
Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the Right Certificates. Copies of
the Rights Agreement are on file at the principal executive offices of the
Company and the above-mentioned office or agency of the Rights Agent. The
Company will mail to the holder of this Right Certificate a copy of the Rights
Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor.
This Right Certificate, with or without other Right Certificates, upon
surrender at the office or agency of the Rights Agent designated for such
purpose, may be exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right Certificates of
like tenor and date evidencing Rights entitling the holder to purchase a like
aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock as the Rights evidenced by the
Right Certificate or Right Certificates surrendered shall have entitled such
holder to purchase. If this Right Certificate shall be exercised in part, the
holder shall be entitled to receive upon surrender hereof another Right
Certificate or Right Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised.
Subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement, the Rights
evidenced by this Certificate (i) may be redeemed by the Company at a redemption
price of $.01 per Right or (ii) may be exchanged in whole or in part for shares
of Preferred Stock or shares of the Company's Celera Genomics Group Stock
("Celera Genomics Stock") par value $.01 per share.
No fractional shares of Preferred Stock or Celera Genomics Stock will
be issued upon the exercise or exchange of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby
(other than fractions of Preferred Stock which are integral multiples of one
one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock, which may, at the election of the
Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts), but in lieu thereof a cash
payment will be made, as provided in the Rights Agreement.
No holder of this Right Certificate, as such, shall be entitled to
vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the
Preferred Stock or of any other securities of the Company which may at any time
be issuable on the exercise or exchange hereof, nor shall anything contained in
the Rights Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as
such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for
the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any
meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to
receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as
provided in the Rights Agreement) or to receive dividends or subscription
rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by this Right
Certificate shall have been exercised as provided in the Rights Agreement.
This Right Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any
purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent.
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WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Company
and its corporate seal. Dated as of _____________.
ATTEST: PE CORPORATION
By: By:
--------------------------- --------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Countersigned:
BANKBOSTON, N.A.
as Rights Agent
By:
---------------------------
Name:
Title:
Date:
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Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
(To be executed by the registered holder if such
holder desires to transfer the Right Certificate)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED _________________________ hereby sells, assigns and
transfer unto __________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address of transferee)
__________________________________________________________________
Rights represented by this Right Certificate, together with all right, title and
interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
___________________ Attorney, to transfer said Rights on the books of the
within-named Company, with full power of substitution.
Dated: _________________
______________________________
Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
Signatures must be guaranteed by a bank, trust company, broker, dealer
or other eligible institution participating in a recognized signature guarantee
medallion program
------------------------------------------------------------
(To be completed)
The undersigned hereby certifies that the Rights evidenced by this
Right Certificate are not beneficially owned by, were not acquired by the
undersigned from, and are not being assigned to, an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement).
_______________________________
Signature
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Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate - continued
FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
(To be executed if holder desires to exercise
Rights represented by the Rights Certificate)
To PE Corporation:
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise _______________
Rights represented by this Right Certificate to purchase the shares of
Preferred Stock (or other securities or property) issuable upon the
exercise of such Rights and requests that certificates for such shares of
Preferred Stock (or such other securities) be issued in the name of:
______________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address)
______________________________________________________________
If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this Right
Certificate, a new Right Certificate for the balance remaining of such Rights
shall be registered in the name of and delivery to:
Please insert social security
or other identifying number
(Please print name and address)
______________________________________________________________
Dated:
___________________________
________________________________
Signature
(Signature must conform to holder specified on Right Certificate)
Signature Guaranteed:
Signature must be guaranteed by bank, trust company, broker, dealer or
other eligible institution participating in a recognized signature guarantee
medallion program.
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Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate -- continued
(To be completed)
_____________________________________________________________
The undersigned certifies that the Rights evidenced by this Right
Certificate are not beneficially owned by, and were not acquired by the
undersigned from, an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as
defined in the Rights Agreement)
____________________________
Signature
__________________________________________________________________
NOTICE
The signature in the Form of Assignment or Form of Election to
Purchase, as the case may be, must conform to the name as written upon the face
of this Right Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement
or any change whatsoever.
In the event the certification set forth above in the Form of
Assignment or the Form of Election to Purchase, as the case may be, is not
completed, such Assignment or Election to Purchase will not be honored.
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