EXHIBIT 4.1
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
between
SECURITY CAPITAL GROUP INCORPORATED
and
The First National Bank of Boston
as Rights Agent
Dated as of April 21, 1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
----
Section 1. Certain Definitions........................................................... 1
Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent................................................... 4
Section 3. Issuance of Rights Certificates............................................... 4
Section 4. Form of Right Certificates.................................................... 6
Section 5. Countersignature and Registration............................................. 7
Section 6. Transfer, Division, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates; Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates.................................. 8
Section 7. Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights................. 9
Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates............................ 11
Section 9. Availability of Participating Preferred Shares................................ 11
Section 10. Participating Preferred Shares Record Date.................................... 11
Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares or Number of Rights............ 12
Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares.................... 19
Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning Power.......... 19
Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares....................................... 21
Section 15. Rights of Action.............................................................. 23
Section 16. Agreement of Right Holders.................................................... 23
Section 17. Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Shareholder............................. 24
Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent................................................... 24
Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent..................... 24
Page
----
Section 20. Duties of Rights Agent........................................................ 25
Section 21. Change of Rights Agent........................................................ 27
Section 22. Issuance of New Right Certificates............................................ 28
Section 23. Redemption.................................................................... 28
Section 24. Exchange...................................................................... 29
Section 25. Notice of Certain Events...................................................... 30
Section 26. Notices....................................................................... 31
Section 27. Supplements and Amendments.................................................... 32
Section 28. Successors.................................................................... 32
Section 29. Benefits of this Agreement.................................................... 32
Section 30. Severability.................................................................. 32
Section 31. Governing Law................................................................. 32
Section 32. Counterparts.................................................................. 32
Section 33. Descriptive Headings.......................................................... 32
Section 34. Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors.......................... 33
Exhibit A - Form of Articles Supplementary of Security Capital Group Incorporated
Exhibit B - Form of Right Certificate
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
----------------
Agreement, dated as of April 21, 1997 between Security Capital Group
Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"), and The First National
Bank of Boston, a national banking association (the "Rights Agent").
The Board of Directors of the Corporation has authorized and declared a
dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a "Right") for each Share (as
hereinafter defined) of the Corporation outstanding as of the close of business
on April 21, 1997 (the "Record Date"), each Right representing, with respect to
a Class A Share (as hereinafter defined), the right to purchase one one-
hundredth of a Participating Preferred Share (as hereinafter defined), and with
respect to a Class B Share (as hereinafter defined), the right to purchase one
five-thousandth of a Participating Preferred Share, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions herein set forth, and has further agreed to authorize and
direct the issuance of one Right with respect to each Share that shall become
outstanding between the Record Date and the first to occur of the Redemption
Date and the Final Expiration Date (as such terms are hereinafter defined).
Accordingly, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings indicated:
"Acquiring Person" shall mean any Person (as hereinafter defined) who
or which, together with all Affiliates and Associates (as such terms are
hereinafter defined) of such Person, shall be the Beneficial Owner (as
hereinafter defined) of 20% or more of the voting power of the voting
equity securities of the Corporation, but shall not include the
Corporation, Security Capital U.S. Realty ("USREALTY"), any Affiliate or
Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) of the Corporation, any employee
benefit plan of the Corporation or of any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the
Corporation or any entity holding Shares for or pursuant to the terms of
any such plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person shall become an
"Acquiring Person" as the result of (i) an acquisition of either Class A
Shares or Class B Shares by the Corporation which, by reducing the number
of such shares outstanding, increases the voting power of such Person to
20% or more of the voting equity securities of the Corporation, or (ii) the
acquisition by such Person of newly issued Class A Shares or Class B
Shares, directly from the Corporation (it being understood that a purchase
from an underwriter or other intermediary is not directly from the
Corporation); provided, however, that if a Person shall become the
Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the voting power of the voting equity
securities of the Corporation, by reason of purchases by the Corporation or
the receipt of newly issued Class A Shares or Class B Shares directly from
the Corporation and shall, after such purchases or direct issuance by the
Corporation, become
the Beneficial Owner of any additional Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as
the case may be, of the Corporation, then such Person shall be deemed to be
an "Acquiring Person"; provided further, however, that any transferee from
such Person who becomes the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the voting
power of the voting equity securities of the Corporation shall nevertheless
be deemed to be an "Acquiring Person." Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
the Board of Directors of the Corporation determines in good faith that a
Person who would otherwise be an "Acquiring Person," as defined pursuant to
the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, has become such inadvertently,
and such Person divests as promptly as practicable (and in any event within
ten Business Days after notification by the Corporation) a sufficient
number of Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be, so that
such Person would no longer be an Acquiring Person, as defined pursuant to
the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, then such Person shall not be
deemed to be an "Acquiring Person" for any purposes of this Agreement.
"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.
A Person shall be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of and shall be deemed
to "beneficially own" any securities:
(i) which such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly;
(ii) which such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates, directly or indirectly, 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, whether written or oral (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 (other than
the Rights), warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however,
that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to
beneficially own, 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; (B) the sole or shared right to vote or
dispose (including any such right pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding, whether written or oral); provided,
however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or
to beneficially own, any security 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
2
or successor report); or (C) "beneficial ownership" (as determined
pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the
Exchange Act); or
(iii) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by
any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) with which
such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates has any
agreement, arrangement or understanding (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 clause (B) of subparagraph (ii) of this
definition) or disposing of any securities of the Corporation.
Notwithstanding anything in this definition of Beneficial Ownership to
the contrary, the phrase "then outstanding," when used with reference to
the Beneficial Ownership of a class of securities of the Corporation by any
Person, shall mean the number of such securities then issued and
outstanding together with the number of such securities not then actually
issued and outstanding which such Person would be deemed to own
beneficially hereunder.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or
a day on which banking institutions in New York are authorized or obligated
by law or executive order to close.
"Class A Shares" shall mean the shares of Class A Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share, of the Corporation.
"Class B Shares" shall mean the shares of Class B Common Stock, par
value of $.01 per share, of the Corporation.
"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.
"Common Shares" when used with reference to any Person other than the
Corporation shall mean the capital stock (or equity interest) with the
greatest voting power of such other Person or the equity securities or
other equity interest having power to control or direct the management of
such other Person.
"Distribution Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3
hereof.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Final Expiration Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7
hereof.
3
"Person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation or other entity,
and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.
"Participating Preferred Shares" shall mean the shares of Series A
Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Corporation having the rights and preferences set forth in the form of
Articles Supplementary attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A.
"Purchase Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4 hereof.
"Redemption Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7
hereof.
"Right Certificate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3
hereof.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Shares" shall mean the Class A Shares and Class B Shares.
"Shares Acquisition Date" shall mean the first date of public
announcement (which, for purposes of this definition, shall include,
without limitation, a report filed pursuant to Section 13(d) promulgated
under the Exchange Act) by the Corporation or an Acquiring Person that an
Acquiring Person has become such.
"Subsidiary" of any Person shall mean any corporation or other entity
of which a majority of the voting power of the voting equity securities or
equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
"Triggering Event" shall mean any event described in Section 11(a)(ii)
or Section 13(a).
Any determination or interpretation required in connection with any of the
definitions contained in this Section 1 shall be made by the Board of Directors
of the Corporation in their good faith judgment, which determination shall be
final and binding on the Rights Agent.
Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent. The Corporation hereby appoints
the Rights Agent to act as agent for the Corporation and the holders of the
Rights (who, in accordance with Section 3 hereof, shall prior to the
Distribution Date also be the holders of the Shares) in accordance with the
terms and conditions hereof, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such
appointment. The Corporation may from time to time appoint such co-Rights
Agents as it may deem necessary or desirable.
Section 3. Issuance of Rights Certificates.
4
(a) Until the earlier of (i) the close of business on the tenth day after
the Shares Acquisition Date, (ii) the close of business on the fifteenth
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) after
the date of the commencement by any Person (other than the Corporation, any
Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the
Corporation or of any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Corporation or any entity
holding Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or of the
first public announcement of, the intention of any Person (other than the
Corporation, any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee
benefit plan of the Corporation or of any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the
Corporation or any entity holding shares for or pursuant to the terms of any
such plan) to commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of which
would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of shares aggregating
25% or more of the voting power of the equity securities of the Corporation, or
(iii) the close of business on 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) after the date of filing by any Person of,
or the first public announcement of the intention of any Person to file, any
application, request, submission or other document with any federal or state
regulatory authority seeking approval of, attempting to rebut any presumption of
control upon, or otherwise indicating an intention to enter into, any
transaction or series of transactions the consummation of which would result in
any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of shares aggregating 25% or more of
the voting power of the equity securities of the Corporation other than a
transaction in which newly issued Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case
may be, are issued directly by the Corporation to such Person (including any
such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior to the issuance of
the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the
"Distribution Date"), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the
provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Class A Shares or
Class B Shares, as the case may be, registered in the names of the holders
thereof (which certificates shall also be deemed to be certificates for Rights)
and not by separate certificates, and (y) the Rights will be transferable only
in connection with the transfer of the underlying Class A Shares or Class B
Shares (including a transfer to the Corporation). As soon as practicable after
the Distribution Date, the Corporation will prepare and execute, the Rights
Agent will countersign, and the Corporation 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 Shares as of the close of business on the
Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the
Corporation, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto
(a "Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Share so held. As of the
Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right
Certificates.
(b) With respect to certificates for Shares outstanding as of the Record
Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such
certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof, and registered
holders of Shares shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights
(regardless of whether such ownership is indicated on the share certificates).
Until the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Final
Expiration Date, the transfer of any certificate for Shares shall also
constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Shares represented
thereby.
5
(c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Shares which are issued after
the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the
Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date. Certificates representing such
Shares shall also be deemed to be certificates for Rights. Certificates
representing both Shares and Rights in accordance with this Section 3 which are
executed and delivered (whether the Shares represented thereby are originally
issued or are presented for transfer) by the Corporation (including, without
limitation, certificates representing reacquired Shares referred to in the last
sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but 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 a legend
that by itself or together with prior legends is substantially to the following
effect:
This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to
certain rights as set forth in the Rights Agreement between Security
Capital Group Incorporated (the "Corporation") and The First National
Bank of Boston, dated as of April 21, 1997 (the "Rights Agreement"),
the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a
copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Corporation.
Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, the
Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer
be evidenced by this certificate. The Corporation will mail to the
holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement, as in
effect on the date of mailing, without charge promptly after receipt
of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth
in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, any Person who
is, was or becomes an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate
thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether
currently held by or on behalf of such Person or by any subsequent
holder, shall become null and void.
Until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Shares shall be
evidenced by the certificates representing the associated Shares alone
(regardless of whether any such certificate contains the above legend), and the
transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer of the
Rights associated with the Shares represented thereby. In the event that the
Corporation purchases or acquires any Shares after the Record Date but prior to
the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Shares shall be deemed
canceled and retired so that the Corporation shall not be entitled to exercise
any Rights associated with the Shares which are no longer outstanding.
Section 4. Form of Right Certificates.
(a) The Right Certificates (and the forms of election to purchase
Participating Preferred Shares and of assignment to be printed on the reverse
thereof) shall be substantially the same as Exhibit B hereto and may have such
marks of identification or designation and such legends, summaries or
endorsements printed thereon as the Corporation 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
6
of any stock exchange on which the Rights may from time to time be listed, or to
conform to usage. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 and Section 22 hereof,
the Right Certificates shall entitle the holders thereof to purchase such number
of one one-hundredths of a Participating Preferred Share or one five-thousandths
of a Participating Preferred Share, as the case may be, as shall be set forth
therein at the price per one one-hundredth of a Participating Preferred Share or
one five-thousandth of a Participating Preferred Share, as the case may be, set
forth therein (the "Purchase Price"), but the amount and type of securities
purchasable upon the exercise of each Right and the Purchase Price thereof shall
be subject to adjustment as provided herein.
(b) Any Right Certificate issued pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section 22
hereof that represents Rights beneficially owned by: (i) an Acquiring Person or
any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person, (ii) a transferee of an
Acquiring Person (or any Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee after
the Acquiring Person becomes an Acquiring Person, or (iii) a transferee of an
Acquiring Person (or any Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee prior
to or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming such and receives such
Rights pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from
the Acquiring Person to holders of equity interests in such Acquiring Person or
to any Person with whom the Acquiring Person has any continuing agreement,
arrangement or understanding, whether written or oral, regarding the transferred
Rights or (B) a transfer which is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding,
whether written or oral, which has a primary purpose or effect the avoidance of
Section 7(e) hereof, and any Right Certificate issued pursuant to Section 6 or
Section 11 hereof upon transfer, exchange, replacement or adjustment or any
other Right Certificate referred to in this sentence, shall contain (to the
extent feasible and otherwise reasonably identifiable as such) the following
legend:
The Rights represented by this Right Certificate are or were
beneficially owned by a Person who was or became an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in
the Rights Agreement). Accordingly, this Right Certificate and the Rights
represented hereby may become void in the circumstances specified in
Section 7(e) of such Agreement.
The provisions of Section 7(e) shall apply whether or not any Right Certificate
actually contains the foregoing legend.
Section 5. Countersignature and Registration. The Right Certificates
shall be executed on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, any
Managing Director, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, or its
Secretary, either manually or by facsimile signature, shall have affixed thereto
the Corporation's seal or a facsimile thereof, and shall be attested by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, either manually or by
facsimile signature. The Right Certificates shall be manually countersigned by
the Rights Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless countersigned.
In case any officer of the Corporation who shall have signed any of the Right
Certificates shall cease to be such officer of the Corporation before
countersignature by the Rights Agent and issuance and delivery by the
Corporation, such Right Certificates, nevertheless, may be countersigned by the
Rights Agent and issued and delivered by the Corporation
7
with the same force and effect as though the person who signed such Right
Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of the Corporation; and any Right
Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Corporation by any person who, at the
actual date of the execution of such Right Certificate, shall be a proper
officer of the Corporation to sign such Right Certificate, although at the date
of the execution of this Rights Agreement any such person was not such an
officer.
Following the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will keep or cause to be
kept, at its office 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.
Section 6. Transfer, Division, Combination and Exchange of Right
Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates. Subject
to the provisions of Sections 4(b), 7(e), 14 and 24 hereof, at any time after
the close of business on the Distribution Date, and at or 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, divided, combined or
exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right Certificates, entitling the
registered holder to purchase a like number of Participating Preferred Shares
(or, following a Triggering Event, Class A Shares, Class B Shares or other
securities or property, as the case may be) as the Right Certificate or Right
Certificates surrendered then entitled such holder to purchase. Any registered
holder desiring to transfer, divide, 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, divided, combined or exchanged at the office of the Rights Agent
designated for such purpose. Neither the Rights Agent nor the Corporation shall
be obligated to take any action whatsoever with respect to the transfer of any
such surrendered Right Certificate until the registered holder shall have
completed and signed the certificate contained in the form of assignment on the
reverse side of such Right Certificate and the Corporation shall have been
provided with such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner
(or former Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or Associates thereof as the
Corporation shall reasonably request. Thereupon the Rights Agent shall, subject
to Sections 4 and 7 hereof, countersign and deliver to the person entitled
thereto a Right Certificate or Right Certificates, as the case may be, as so
requested. The Corporation may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer,
division, combination or exchange of Right Certificates.
Upon receipt by the Corporation 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 Corporation's request,
reimbursement to the Corporation and the Rights Agent of all reasonable expenses
inciden tal thereto, and upon surrender to the Rights Agent and cancellation of
the Right Certificate if mutilated, the Corporation will make and deliver a new
Right Certificate of like tenor to the Rights Agent for countersignature and
delivery to the registered holder in lieu of the Right Certificate so lost,
stolen, destroyed or mutilated.
8
Section 7. Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights.
(a) Subject to Section 7(e) hereof, the registered holder of any Right
Certificate may exercise the Rights evidenced thereby (except as otherwise
provided herein) in whole or in part at any time after the Distribution Date
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 of
the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, together with payment of the
Purchase Price with respect to each surrendered Right for the total number of
Participating Preferred Shares (or Class A Shares, Class B Shares or other
securities or property, as the case may be) as to which the Rights are
exercised, at or prior to the earliest of (i) the close of business on April 21,
2007 or, if extended, such later date (the "Final Expiration Date"), (ii) the
time at which the Rights are redeemed 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 for each one one-hundredth of a Participating
Preferred Share pursuant to the exercise of a Right shall initially be $6,000,
and the Purchase Price for each one five-thousandth of a Participating Preferred
Share pursuant to the exercise of a Right shall initially be $120, 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) below.
(c) Upon receipt of a Right Certificate representing exercisable Rights,
with the form of election to purchase and the certificate on the reverse side of
the Right Certificate duly executed, accompanied by payment of the Purchase
Price for the Participating Preferred Shares (or Class A Shares, Class B Shares
or other securities or property, as the case may be) 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 by certified check,
cashier's check or money order payable to the order of the Corporation, the
Rights Agent shall thereupon promptly (i) (A) requisition from any transfer
agent of the Participating Preferred Shares (or make available, if the Rights
Agent is the transfer agent of the Participating Preferred Shares) certificates
for the number of Participating Preferred Shares to be purchased and the
Corporation hereby irrevocably authorizes its transfer agent to comply with all
such requests, or (B) if the Corporation shall have elected to deposit the
Participating Preferred Shares issuable upon exercise of the Rights with a
depositary agent, requisition from the depositary agent depositary receipts
representing such number of one one-hundredths of a Participating Preferred
Share or one five-thousandths of a Participating Preferred Share, as the case
may be, as are to be purchased (in which case certificates for the Participating
Preferred Shares represented by such receipts shall be deposited by the transfer
agent with the depositary agent) and the Corporation will direct the depositary
agent to comply with such request, (ii) when appropriate, requisition from the
Corporation the amount of cash to be paid in lieu of issuance of fractional
shares in accordance with Section 14 hereof, (iii) after receipt of such
certificates or depositary receipts, cause the same to be delivered to or upon
the order of the registered holder of such Right Certificate, registered in such
name or names as may be designated by such holder and (iv) when appropriate,
after receipt, deliver such cash to or upon the order of the registered holder
of such Right Certificate. In the event that the Corporation is obligated to
issue
9
other securities of the Corporation, pay cash and/or distribute other property
pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, the Corporation will make all arrangements
necessary so that such other securities, cash and/or property are available for
distribution by the Rights Agent, if and when appropriate.
(d) 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 Rights remaining unexercised shall be issued by the
Rights Agent and delivered 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, from and
after the occurrence of a Triggering Event, any Rights beneficially owned by (i)
an Acquiring Person or an Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person, (ii) a
transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who
becomes a transferee after the Acquiring Person becomes an Acquiring Person or
(iii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or any Associate or Affiliate) who
becomes a transferee prior to or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming
an Acquiring Person and receives such Rights pursuant to either (x) a transfer
(whether or not for consideration) from the Acquiring Person to holders of
equity interests in such Acquiring Person or to any Person with whom the
Acquiring Person has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding,
whether written or oral, regarding the transferred Rights or (y) a transfer
which the Board of Directors otherwise concludes in good faith is part of a
plan, arrangement or understanding, whether written or oral, which has as a
primary purpose or effect the avoidance of this Section 7(e), shall become null
and void without any further action, and any holder of such Rights shall
thereupon have no rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights, whether under
any provision of this Agreement or otherwise, from and after the occurrence of a
Triggering Event. The Corporation shall use all reasonable efforts to insure
that the provisions of this Section 7(e) hereof are complied with, but shall
have no liability to any holder of Rights for the inability to make any
determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates, Associates
or transferees hereunder.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the
Rights Agent nor the Corporation shall be obligated to undertake any action with
respect to a registered holder upon the occurrence of any purported exercise as
set forth in this Section 7 unless the certificate contained in the form of
election to purchase set forth on the reverse side of the Right Certificate
surrendered for such exercise shall have been completed and signed by the
registered holder thereof and the Corporation shall have been provided with such
additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former
Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Corporation shall
reasonably request.
(g) The Corporation covenants and agrees that it will cause to be reserved
and kept available out of its authorized and unissued Participating Preferred
Shares (and, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, Class A Shares,
Class B Shares and/or other securities), the number of Participating Preferred
Shares (and, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, Class A Shares,
Class B Shares and/or other securities) that will be sufficient to permit the
exercise in full of all outstanding Rights.
10
Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates. All Right
Certificates surrendered for the purpose of exercise, transfer, division,
combination or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Corporation or to any of
its agents, be delivered to the Rights Agent for cancellation or in canceled
form, or, if surrendered to the Rights Agent, shall be canceled by it, and no
Right Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted
by any of the provisions of this Rights Agreement. The Corporation 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 Corporation otherwise than upon the exercise thereof. The
Rights Agent shall deliver all canceled Right Certificates to the Corporation,
or shall, at the written request of the Corporation, destroy such canceled Right
Certificates, and in such case shall deliver a certificate of destruction
thereof to the Corporation.
Section 9. Availability of Participating Preferred Shares. The
Corporation covenants and agrees that it will take all such action as may be
necessary to ensure that all Participating Preferred Shares (and, following the
occurrence of a Triggering Event, Class A Shares, Class B Shares and/or other
securities) delivered upon exercise of Rights shall, at the time of delivery of
the certificates for such Participating Preferred Shares (and, following the
occurrence of a Triggering Event, Class A Shares, Class B Shares and/or other
securities), subject to payment of the Purchase Price, be duly and validly
authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
The Corporation 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 Participating Preferred Shares (or Class A Shares, Class B Shares and/or
other securities, as the case may be) upon the exercise of Rights. The
Corporation shall not, however, be required 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 Participating Preferred Shares (or Class A Shares, Class B Shares and/or
other securities, as the case may be) in a name other than that of, the
registered holder of the Right Certificate evidencing Rights surrendered for
exercise or to issue or to deliver any certificates or depositary receipts for
Participating Preferred Shares (or Class A Shares, Class B Shares and/or other
securities, as the case may be) upon the exercise of any Rights until any such
tax 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
Corporation's reasonable satisfaction that no such tax is due.
Section 10. Participating Preferred Shares Record Date. Each person in
whose name any certificate for Participating Preferred Shares (or Class A
Shares, Class B Shares and/or other securities, as the case may be) is issued
upon the exercise of Rights shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the
holder of record of the shares or securities 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; provided, however, that if the date of such
surrender and payment is a date upon which the Participating Preferred Shares
(or Class A Shares, Class B Shares and/or other securities, as the case
11
may be) transfer books of the Corporation are closed, such person shall be
deemed to have become the record holder of such shares or securities on, and
such certificate shall be dated, the next succeeding Business Day on which the
Participating Preferred Shares (or Class A Shares, Class B Shares and/or other
securities, as the case may be) transfer books of the Corporation are open.
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 Participating
Preferred Shares (or Class A Shares, Class B Shares and/or other securities, as
the case may be) for which the Rights shall be exercisable, including, without
limitation, the right to vote, to receive dividends or other distributions or to
exercise any preemptive rights, and shall not be entitled to receive any notice
of any proceedings of the Corporation, except as provided herein.
Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares or Number of
Rights. The Purchase Price, the number of Participating Preferred Shares
covered by each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to
adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(a) (i) In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the date
of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Participating Preferred
Shares payable in Participating Preferred Shares, (B) subdivide the
outstanding Participating Preferred Shares, (C) combine the outstanding
Participating Preferred Shares into a smaller number of Participating
Preferred Shares or (D) issue any of its shares in a reclassification of
the Participating Preferred Shares (including any such reclassification in
connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Corporation is the
continuing or surviving entity), except as otherwise provided in this
Section 11(a) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the
time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such
subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of
shares 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 which, if such Right had been
exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the
Participating Preferred Shares transfer books of the Corporation were open,
such 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 the Corporation issuable upon exercise
of one Right. If an event occurs which would require an adjustment under
both Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii), the adjustment provided for in
this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to,
any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii).
(ii) Subject to Section 24 of this Agreement, in the event any Person
becomes an Acquiring Person, each holder of a Right, except as provided
below and in Section 7(e) hereof, shall thereafter have a right to receive,
upon exercise thereof at a price equal to, in the case of Class A Shares,
the then current Purchase Price multiplied by the number of one one-
hundredths of a Participating Preferred Share for which a Right is then
exercisable, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in lieu of
Participating Preferred Shares, such number of Class A Shares of the
Corporation as shall equal the result obtained by (A)
12
multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the number of one one-
hundredths of a Participating Preferred Share for which a Right is then
exercisable and dividing that product by (B) 50% of the then current per
share market price of the Corporation's Class A Shares (determined pursuant
to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the occurrence of such event, or,
in the case of Class B Shares, the then current Purchase Price multiplied
by the number of one five-thousandths of a Participating Preferred Share
for which a Right is then exercisable, in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and in lieu of Participating Preferred Shares, such number of
Class B Shares of the Corporation as shall equal the result obtained by (A)
multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the number of one five-
thousandths of a Participating Preferred Share for which a Right is then
exercisable and dividing that product by (B) 50% of the then current per
share market price of the Corporation's Class B Shares (determined pursuant
to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of occurrence of such event. In the
event that any Person shall become an Acquiring Person and the Rights shall
then be outstanding, the Corporation shall not take any action which would
eliminate or diminish the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.
(iii) In lieu of issuing Shares of the Corporation in accordance with
Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the Corporation may, in the sole discretion of
the Board of Directors, elect to (and, in the event that the Board of
Directors has not exercised the exchange right contained in Section 24
hereof and there are not sufficient issued but not outstanding and
authorized but unissued Shares to permit the exercise in full of the Rights
in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii), the Corporation shall)
take all such action as may be necessary to authorize, issue or pay, upon
the exercise of the Rights, cash (including by way of a reduction of the
Purchase Price), property, other securities or any combination thereof
having an aggregate value equal to the value of the Class A Shares or the
Class B Shares, as the case may be, of the Corporation which otherwise
would have been issuable pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii), which aggregate
value shall be determined by a majority of the Board of Directors. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, the value of the Shares shall be
determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof and the value of any equity
securities which a majority of the Board of Directors determines to be
equivalent to a Class A Share or Class B Share, as the case may be
(including the Participating Preferred Shares, in such ratio as the Board
of Directors shall determine), shall be deemed to have the same value as
such Shares. Any such election by the Board of Directors must be made and
publicly announced within 60 days following the date on which the event
described in Section 11(a)(ii) shall have occurred. Following the
occurrence of the event described in Section 11(a)(ii), a majority of the
Board of Directors then in office may suspend the exercisability of the
Rights for a period of up to 60 days following the date on which the event
described in Section 11(a)(ii) shall have occurred to the extent that the
Board of Directors has not determined whether to exercise the Corporation's
right of election under this Section 11(a)(iii). In the event of any such
suspension, the Corporation shall issue a public announcement stating that
the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended.
(b) In case the Corporation shall fix a record date for the issuance of
rights, options or warrants to all holders of Participating Preferred Shares
entitling them (for a period expiring within
13
45 calendar days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase
Participating Preferred Shares (or shares having the same rights, privileges and
preferences as the Participating Preferred Shares ("equivalent preferred
shares")) or securities convertible into Participating Preferred Shares or
equivalent preferred shares at a price per Participating Preferred Share or
equivalent preferred share (or having a conversion price per share, if a
security convertible into Participating Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred
shares) less than the then current per share market price of the Participating
Preferred Shares (as defined in Section 11(d)) 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 Participating Preferred
Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of Participating
Preferred Shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of
Participating Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares so to be
offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible
securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price and the
denominator of which shall be the number of Participating Preferred Shares
outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional Participating
Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares to be offered for
subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be
offered are initially convertible); 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 the Corporation issuable upon exercise of
one Right. In case such subscription price is 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
Corporation, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with
the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent. Participating
Preferred Shares owned by or held for the account of the Corporation 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 Corporation shall fix a record date for the making of a
distribution to all holders of the Participating Preferred Shares (including any
such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the
Corporation is the continuing or surviving entity) of evidences of indebtedness
or assets (other than a regular periodic cash dividend or a dividend payable in
Participating Preferred Shares) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding
those referred to in Section 11(b) hereof), the Purchase Price to be in effect
after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in
effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of
which shall be the then current per share market price of the Participating
Preferred Shares on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, 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 attributable to one Participating Preferred
Share and the denominator of which shall be such current per share market price
of the Participating Preferred Shares; 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 the Corporation to be issued upon exercise
of one Right. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a
14
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) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than under
Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, 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 30 consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined)
immediately prior to such date, and for the purpose of any computation under
Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "current per share market price" of a Security on
any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share
of such Security for thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately following
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 (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or
reclassification of such Security and prior to the expiration of 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 (ex-dividend) of such
Security. The closing price for each day shall be the last sale price or, in
case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and
asked prices, 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 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 the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated
Quotation System ("NASDAQ") or such other system then in use, or, if on any such
date the 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 Corporation.
If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Security, the fair
value of such Security on such date (as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation) shall be used. The term "Trading Day" shall mean
a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the Security
is listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if
the Security is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange, a Business Day.
(ii) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the "current per
share market price" of the Participating Preferred Shares shall be
determined in accordance with the method set forth in Section 11(d)(i). If
the Participating Preferred Shares are not publicly traded, the "current
per share market price" of the Participating Preferred Shares shall be
conclusively deemed to be the current per share market price of either the
Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be, as determined
pursuant to Section 11(d)(i)
15
(appropriately adjusted to reflect any share split, share dividend or
similar transaction occurring after the date hereof), multiplied by one
hundred or five thousand, as the case may be. If none of the Class A
Shares, Class B Shares or the Participating Preferred Shares are publicly
held or so listed or 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 Corporation, whose determination shall be described in a
statement filed with the Rights Agent.
(e) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no adjustment in the
Purchase Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an
increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Purchase Price; provided, however,
that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 11(e) are not required to
be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. All calculations under this Section 11 shall be made to the nearest
cent or to the nearest one one-millionth of a Participating Preferred Share or
one ten-thousandth of any 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) or
Section 13(a) hereof, the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become
entitled to receive any shares of the Corporation other than Participating
Preferred Shares, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon
exercise of any 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 Participating Preferred Shares contained in this Section 11, and
the provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 13 and 14 with respect to the Participating
Preferred Shares shall apply on like terms to any such other shares.
(g) All Rights originally issued by the Corporation subsequent to any
adjustment made to the Purchase Price hereunder shall evidence the right to
purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, the number of one one-hundredths or
one five-thousandths, as the case may be, of a Participating Preferred Share
purchasable from time to time hereunder upon exercise of the Rights, all subject
to further adjustment as provided herein.
(h) Unless the Corporation shall have exercised its election as provided in
Section 11(i), upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price as a result of the
calculations made in Sections 11(b) and (c), each Right outstanding immediately
prior to the making of such adjustment shall thereafter evidence in the case of
Class A Shares, the right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, that
number of one one-hundredths of a Participating Preferred Share (calculated to
the nearest one one-millionth of a Participating Preferred Share) obtained by
(i) multiplying (A) the number of one one-hundredths of a Participating
Preferred Share covered by a Right immediately prior to such adjustment by (B)
the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment of the
Purchase Price and (ii) dividing the product so obtained by the Purchase Price
in effect immediately after such adjustment of the Purchase Price; or in the
case of Class B Shares, the right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price,
that number of one five-thousandths of a Participating Preferred Share
(calculated to the nearest one one-millionth of a Participating Preferred Share)
obtained by (i)
16
multiplying (A) the number of one five-thousandths of a Participating Preferred
Share covered by a Right immediately prior to such adjustment by (B) the
Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment of the Purchase
Price and (ii) dividing the product so obtained by the Purchase Price in effect
immediately after such adjustment of the Purchase Price.
(i) The Corporation may elect on or after the date of any adjustment of the
Purchase Price to adjust the number of Rights, in substitution for any
adjustment in the number of one one-hundredths or one five-thousandths, as the
case may be, of a Participating Preferred Share purchasable upon the exercise of
a Right. Each of the Rights outstanding after such adjustment of the number of
Rights shall be exercisable for the number of one one-hundredths or one five-
thousandths, as the case may be, of a Participating Preferred Share for which a
Right was exercisable immediately prior to such adjustment. Each Right held of
record prior to such adjustment of the number of Rights shall become that number
of Rights (calculated to the nearest one ten-thousandth) obtained by dividing
the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to adjustment of the Purchase
Price by the Purchase Price in effect immediately after adjustment of the
Purchase Price. The Corporation 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 Corporation shall, 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 Corporation, 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 Corporation, 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.
(j) Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price or the
number of one one-hundredths or one five-thousandths, as the case may be, of a
Participating Preferred Share 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-hundredths or one five-thousandths, as
the case may be, of a Participating Preferred Share 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 one one-hundredth or one five-thousandths, as the case may
be, of the then par value, if any, of the Participating Preferred Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Rights, the Corporation shall take any action
which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the
Corporation may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
Participating Preferred Shares at such adjusted Purchase Price.
17
(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 Corporation may elect to defer until the occurrence of such event the
issuance to the holder of any Right exercised after such record date of the
Participating Preferred Shares and other securities of the Corporation, if any,
issuable upon such exercise over and above the Participating Preferred Shares
and other securities of the Corporation, if any, issuable upon such exercise on
the basis of the Purchase Price in effect prior to such adjustment; provided,
however, that the Corporation 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
Corporation 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 Participating Preferred
Shares, issuance wholly for cash of any Participating Preferred Shares at less
than the current market price, issuance wholly for cash of Participating
Preferred Shares or securities which by their terms are convertible into or
exchangeable for Participating Preferred Shares, dividends on Participating
Preferred Shares payable in Participating Preferred Shares or issuance of
rights, options or warrants referred to hereinabove in Section 11(b), hereafter
made by the Corporation to holders of its Participating Preferred Shares shall
not be taxable to such shareholders.
(n) In the event that at any time after the date of this Agreement and
prior to the Distribution Date, the Corporation shall (i) declare or pay any
dividend on the Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be, payable
in Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be, or (ii) effect a
subdivision, combination or consolidation of the Class A Shares or Class B
Shares, as the case may be (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of
dividends in Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be), into a
greater or lesser number of Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may
be, then in any such case (x) the number of one one-hundredths or one five-
thousandths, as the case may be, of a Participating Preferred Share purchasable
after such event upon proper exercise of each Right shall be determined by
multiplying the number of one one-hundredths or one five-thousandths, as the
case may be, of a Participating Preferred Share so purchasable immediately prior
to such event by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Class A
Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be, outstanding immediately before
such event and the denominator of which is the number of Class A Shares or Class
B Shares, as the case may be, outstanding immediately after such event, and (y)
there shall be issued to each holder of a Class A Share or Class B Share, as the
case may be, outstanding immediately after such event that number of Rights
which were issued to each Class A Share or Class B Share, as the case may be,
outstanding immediately prior to such event. The adjustments provided for in
this Section 11(n) shall be made successively whenever such a dividend is
declared or paid or such a subdivision, combination or consolidation is
effected.
(o) So long as the shares issuable upon the exercise of the Rights may be
listed on any national securities exchange, the Corporation shall use its best
efforts to cause, from and after such
18
time as the Rights become exercisable, all shares reserved for such issuance to
be listed on such exchange upon official notice of issuance upon such exercise.
(p) The Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) file, as
soon as practicable following the first occurrence of a Triggering Event, a
registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the securities
purchasable upon exercise of the Rights on an appropriate form, (ii) cause such
registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable after such
filing, and (iii) cause such registration statement to remain effective (with a
prospectus at all times meeting the requirements of the Securities Act) until
the date of the expiration of the Rights. The Corporation will also take such
action as may be appropriate under the blue sky laws of the various states. The
Corporation may temporarily suspend, for a period of time not to exceed 90 days,
the exercisability of the Rights in order to prepare and file such registration
statement or in order to comply with such blue sky laws. Upon any such
suspension, the Corporation shall issue a public announcement stating that the
exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended.
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
Corporation 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 Class A
Shares, Class B Shares and the Participating Preferred Shares a copy of such
certificate and (c) mail a brief summary thereof to each holder of a Right
Certificate in accordance with Section 25 hereof. The Rights Agent shall be
fully protected in relying on any such certificate and on any adjustment therein
contained and may assume that no adjustment has been made unless and until it
shall have received such certificate.
Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or
Earning Power.
(a) If after the Shares Acquisition Date, directly or indirectly, (x) the
Corporation shall consolidate with, or merge with and into, any other Person,
(y) any Person shall consolidate with the Corporation, or merge with and into
the Corporation and the Corporation shall be the continuing or surviving entity
of such merger and, in connection with such merger, all or part of the Class A
Shares or Class B Shares shall be changed into or exchanged for stock or other
securities of any Person (or the Corporation) or cash or any other property, or
(z) the Corporation 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 Corporation and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any Person or
Persons other than the Corporation or one or more of its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so
that (i) each holder of a Right (except as otherwise provided herein) 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-
hundredths or one five-thousandths, as the case may be, of a Participating
Preferred Share for which a Right is then exercisable, in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and in lieu of Participating Preferred Shares, such
number of validly authorized and issued, fully paid, non-assessable and freely
tradeable Common Shares of the Principal Party (as hereinafter defined), free
and clear of all liens, rights of call or first refusal,
19
encumbrances or other adverse claims, as shall equal, in the case of Class A
Shares, the result obtained by (A) multiplying the then current Purchase Price
by the number of one one-hundredths of a Participating Preferred Share for which
a Right is then exercisable (or, if such Right is not then exercisable for a
number of one one-hundredths of a Participating Preferred Share, the number of
such fractional shares for which it was exercisable immediately prior to an
event described under Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) and dividing that product by (B)
50% of the then current per share market price of the Common Shares of such
Principal Party (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of
consummation of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, or in the case of
Class B Shares, the result obtained by (A) multiplying the then current Purchase
Price by the number of one five-thousandths of a Participating Preferred Share
for which a Right is then exercisable (or, if such Right is not then exercisable
for a number of one five-thousandths of a Participating Preferred Share, the
number of such fractional shares for which it was exercisable immediately prior
to an event described under Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) and dividing that product
by (b) 50% of the then current per share market price of the Common Shares of
such Principal Party (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date
of consummation of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer; (ii) such
Principal Party shall thereafter be liable for, and shall assume, by virtue of
such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, or otherwise, all the obligations
and duties of the Corporation pursuant to this Agreement; (iii) the term
"Corporation" shall thereafter be deemed to refer to such Principal Party and
(iv) such Principal Party shall take such steps (including, but not limited to,
the reservation of a sufficient number of its common shares in accordance with
Section 9 hereof) in connection with such consummation as may be necessary to
assure that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as
reasonably may be, in relation to its common shares thereafter deliverable upon
the exercise of the Rights.
(b) "Principal Party" shall mean:
(i) in the case of any transaction described in (x) or (y) of the
first sentence of Section 13(a), the Person that is the issuer of any
securities into which Shares of the Corporation are converted in such
merger or consolidation, and if no securities are so issued, the Person
that is the surviving entity of such merger or consolidation (including the
Corporation if applicable); and
(ii) in the case of any transaction described in (z) of the first
sentence in Section 13(a), the Person that is the party receiving the
greatest portion of the assets or earning power transferred pursuant to
such transaction or transactions;
provided, however, that in any such case described in clauses (b)(i) and
(b)(ii): (1) if the Common Shares of such Person are not at such time and have
not been continuously over the preceding 12-month period registered under
Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and such Person is a direct or indirect
Subsidiary of another Person the Common Shares of which are and have been so
registered, "Principal Party" shall refer to such other Person; (2) in case such
Person is a Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, of more than one Person, the
Common Shares of two or more of which are and have been so registered,
"Principal Party" shall refer to whichever of such Persons is the issuer of the
Common Shares having the greatest aggregate market value; and (3) in case such
Person is owned,
20
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 (1) and (2) above shall apply to each of the chains of ownership having an
interest in such joint venture as if such party were a "Subsidiary" of both or
all of such joint venturers and the Principal Parties in each such chain shall
bear the obligations set forth in this Section 13 in the same ratio as their
direct or indirect interests in such Person bear to the total of such interests.
(c) The Corporation shall not consummate any such consolidation, merger,
sale or transfer unless the Principal Party shall have sufficient Common Shares
authorized to permit the full exercise of the Rights and prior thereto the
Corporation and such Principal Party shall have executed and delivered to the
Rights Agent a supplemental agreement providing for the terms set forth in
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 13 and further providing that, as soon as
practicable after the date of any consolidation, merger or sale of assets
mentioned in paragraph (a) of this Section 13, the Principal Party will:
(i) prepare and file a registration statement under the Securities
Act, with respect to the Rights and the securities purchasable upon
exercise of the Rights on an appropriate form, and will use its best
efforts to cause such registration statement to (A) become effective as
soon as practicable after such filing and (B) remain effective (with a
prospectus at all times meeting the requirements of the Securities Act)
until the Expiration Date;
(ii) deliver to holders of the Rights historical financial statements
for the Principal Party and each of its Affiliates which comply in all
respects with the requirements for registration on Form 10 under the
Exchange Act; and
(iii) take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate under the
blue sky laws of the various states.
The provisions of this Section 13 shall similarly apply to successive mergers or
consolidations or sales or other transfers. In the event that one of the
transactions described in this Section 13(a) shall occur at any time after the
occurrence of a transaction described in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the Rights
which have not theretofore been exercised shall thereafter become exercisable in
the manner described in Section 13(a).
Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares.
(a) The Corporation shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights or
to distribute Right Certificates which evidence fractional Rights. In lieu of
such fractional Rights, there may 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 or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the
closing
21
bid and asked prices 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 Corporation. 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 Corporation shall be used.
(b) The Corporation shall not be required to issue fractions of
Participating Preferred Shares (other than fractions which are integral
multiples of one one-hundredth or one five-thousandth, as the case may be, of a
Participating Preferred Share) upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute
certificates which evidence fractional Participating Preferred Shares (other
than fractions which are integral multiples of one one-hundredth or one five-
thousandth, as the case may be of a Participating Preferred Share). Fractions
of Participating Preferred Shares in integral multiples of one one-hundredth or
one five-thousandth, as the case may be, of a Participating Preferred Share may,
at the election of the Corporation, be evidenced by depositary receipts,
pursuant to an appropriate agreement between the Corporation 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 Participating Preferred
Shares represented by such depositary receipts. In lieu of fractional
Participating Preferred Shares that are not integral multiples of one one-
hundredth or one five-thousandth, as the case may be, of a Participating
Preferred Share, the Corporation may, to the extent necessary to reduce such
fraction to an integral multiple of one one-hundredth or one five-thousandth, as
the case may be, 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 one-hundredth or one five-
thousandth, as the case may be, of a Participating Preferred Share. For the
purposes of this Section 14(b), the current market value of one one-hundredth of
a Participating Preferred Share shall be one one-hundredth of the closing price
of a Participating Preferred Share (as determined pursuant to the second
sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to
the date of such exercise and the current market value of one five-thousandth of
a Participating Preferred Share shall be one five-thousandth of the closing
price of a Participating Preferred Share (as determined pursuant to the second
sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to
the date of such exercise.
(c) Following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, the Corporation shall
not be required to issue fractions of Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the
case may be, upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates which
evidence fractional Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be. In
lieu of fractional Class A Shares or Class B Shares, the Corporation may pay
22
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 Class A Share or Class B Share, as the case may be.
For purposes of this Section 14(c), the current market value of one Class A
Share or Class B Share, as the case may be, shall be the closing price of one
Class A Share or Class B Share, as the case may be (as determined pursuant to
the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately
prior to the date of such exercise.
(d) The holder of a Right by the acceptance of the 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
Shares); and any registered holder of any Right Certificate (or, prior to the
Distribution Date, of the Shares), without the consent of the Rights Agent or of
the holder of any other Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date,
of the Shares), may, in his own behalf and for his own benefit, enforce, and may
institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Corporation to
enforce, or otherwise act in respect of, his right to exercise the Rights
evidenced by such Right Certificate 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 Corporation 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 Shares;
(b) after the Distribution Date, the Right Certificates are transferable
only on the registry books of the Rights Agent if surrendered at the principal
office of the Rights Agent, duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument
of transfer;
(c) the Corporation and the Rights Agent may deem and treat the person in
whose name the Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, the
associated Shares 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 associated Shares certificate made by
anyone other than the Corporation or the Rights Agent) for all purposes
whatsoever, and neither the Corporation nor the Rights Agent shall be affected
by any notice to the contrary; and
23
(d) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the
Corporation nor the Rights Agent shall have any liability to any holder of a
Right or any other Person as a result of its inability to perform any of its
obligations under this Agreement by reason of any preliminary or permanent
injunction or other order, decree or ruling issued by a court of competent
jurisdiction or by a governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or
commission, or any statute, rule, regulation or executive order promulgated or
enacted by any governmental authority prohibiting or otherwise restraining
performance of such obligation.
Section 17. Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Shareholder. 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 Participating Preferred
Shares or any other securities of the Corporation 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 shareholder of
the Corporation or any right to vote for the election of trustees or upon any
matter submitted to shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold
consent to any trust action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions
affecting shareholders (except as provided in Section 25 hereof), or to receive
dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights
evidenced by such Right Certificate shall have been exercised in accordance with
the provisions hereof.
Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent. The Corporation 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 Corporation also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent for, and
to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, or expense, incurred without
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent, for
anything done or omitted by the Rights Agent in connection with the acceptance
and administration of this Agreement, including the costs and expenses of
defending against any claim of liability in the premises.
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 Participating Preferred Shares, Class A Shares or Class B
Shares or for other securities of the Corporation, 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.
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 business of the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent,
shall be the
24
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 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.
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 Corporation 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 Corporation), 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 Corporation prior to taking or suffering any action
hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and
established by a certificate signed by the Chairman, any Managing Director, any
Senior Vice President, any Vice President, or the Secretary of the Corporation
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 Corporation and any
other Person only for any and all losses, liabilities, costs, damages and
expenses (including attorneys' fees) arising out of or in connection with the
Rights Agent's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. Anything in this
Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Rights Agent be
liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind
whatsoever (including but
25
not limited to lost profits), even if the Rights Agent has been advised of the
likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of the action.
(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 Corporation only.
(e) The Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility in respect of
the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the
due execution hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect of the validity or
execution of any Right Certificate (except its countersignature thereof); nor
shall it be responsible for any breach by the Corporation 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 7(e) hereof) or any adjustment in the
terms of the Rights (including the manner, method or amount thereof) provided
for in Section 3, 11, 13, 23 or 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 a 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 Participating Preferred
Shares, Class A Shares or Class B Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement
or any Right Certificate or as to whether any Participating Preferred Shares,
Class A Shares or Class B Shares will, when issued, be validly authorized and
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(f) The Corporation agrees that it will perform, execute, acknowledge and
deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such
further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required
by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Rights Agent of
the provisions of this Agreement.
(g) The Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept
instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from the
Chairman, any Managing Director, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President,
or the Secretary of the Corporation, 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 Corporation 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
Corporation 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),
26
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 Corporation or its Subsidiaries or become pecuniarily interested in any
transaction in which the Corporation or its Subsidiaries may be interested, or
contract with or lend money to the Corporation or its Subsidiaries 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 Corporation or its Subsidiaries 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 Corporation resulting from any such act, default,
neglect or misconduct, provided reasonable care was exercised in the selection
and continued employment thereof.
(j) If, with respect to any Rights Certificate surrendered to the Rights
Agent for exercise or transfer, the certificate attached to the form of
assignment or form of election to purchase, as the case may be, has either not
been completed or indicates an affirmative response to clause 1 and/or 2
thereof, the Rights Agent shall not take any further action with respect to such
requested exercise of transfer without first consulting with the Corporation.
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 Corporation and to each transfer
agent of the Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Participating Preferred Shares
by registered or certified mail, and to the holders of the Right Certificates by
first-class mail. The Corporation 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
Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Participating Preferred Shares by registered
or certified mail, and to the holders of the Right Certificates by first-class
mail. If the Rights Agent shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become
incapable of acting, the Corporation shall appoint a successor to the Rights
Agent. If the Corporation 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 Corporation), 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 Corporation or by such a court, shall be
a corporation or bank organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States or of any other state of the United States, 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 $100 million. After
27
appointment, the successor Rights Agent shall be vested with the same powers,
rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Rights
Agent without further act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent shall
deliver and transfer to the successor Rights Agent any property at the time held
by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act
or deed necessary for the purpose. Not later than the effective date of any
such appointment the Corporation shall file notice thereof in writing with the
predecessor Rights Agent and each transfer agent of the Class A Shares, Class B
Shares and Participating Preferred Shares, and mail a notice thereof in writing
to the registered holders of the Right Certificates. Failure to give any notice
provided for in this Section 21, however, or any defect therein, shall not
affect the legality or validity of the resignation or removal of the Rights
Agent or the appointment of the successor Rights Agent, as the case may be.
Section 22. Issuance of New Right Certificates. Notwithstanding any of
the provisions of this Agreement or of the Rights to the contrary, the
Corporation may, at its option, issue new Right Certificates evidencing Rights
in such form as may be approved by its Board of Directors to reflect any
adjustment or change in the Purchase Price and the number or kind or class of
shares or other securities or property purchasable under the Right Certificates
made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 23. Redemption.
(a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any
time prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, redeem all
but not less than all the then outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $.01
per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any share split, share dividend or
similar transaction occurring after the date hereof (such redemption price being
hereinafter referred to as the "Redemption Price"). The redemption 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. The Corporation may, at its option, pay the Redemption Price in
cash, Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be (based on the current
per share market price of the Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may
be, at the time of redemption) or any other form of consideration deemed
appropriate by the Board of Directors.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation ordering the redemption of the Rights (or at the effective time of
such redemption established by the Board of Directors of the Corporation
pursuant to the last sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 23), 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 Corporation 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 10 days after such action of the Board of Directors ordering the
redemption of the Rights or, if later, the effectiveness of the redemption of
the Rights pursuant to the last sentence of paragraph (a), the Corporation 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
28
the Distribution Date, on the registry books of the transfer agent for the Class
A Shares and Class B Shares. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice.
Each such notice of redemption will state the method by which the payment of the
Redemption Price will be made. The Corporation may, at its option, discharge
all of its obligations with respect to the Rights by (i) issuing a press release
announcing the manner of redemption of the Rights, (ii) depositing with a bank
or trust company having a capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, funds or
securities necessary for such redemption, in trust, to be applied to the
redemption of the Rights so called for redemption and (iii) arranging for the
mailing of the Redemption Price to the registered holders of the Rights; then,
and upon such action, all outstanding Rights Certificates shall be null and void
without further action by the Corporation. Neither the Corporation nor any of
its Affiliates or Associates may redeem, acquire or purchase for value any
Rights at any time in any manner other than that specifically set forth in this
Section 23, in Section 24 hereof, or in connection with the purchase of Shares
prior to the Distribution Date.
Section 24. Exchange.
(a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any
time after a Triggering Event, 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 7(e) hereof) for Class A Shares or Class B
Shares, as the case may be, at an exchange ratio of one Class A Share or Class B
Share, as the case may be, per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any
share split, share dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date
hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange
Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be
empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than
USREALTY, the Corporation, any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Corporation or
USREALTY, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or of any Affiliate or
Subsidiary of the Corporation or any entity holding Class A Shares or Class B
Shares, for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan), together with all
Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or
more of either the Class A Shares or Class B Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation 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 Class A Shares or Class
B Shares, as the case may be, equal to the number of such Rights held by such
holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation 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 Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the
holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry
books of the Rights Agent. Any notice 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
Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be, for Rights will be
effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which
will be exchanged. Any
29
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 7(e)
hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its
option, may substitute Participating Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred
shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for Class A Shares or
Class B Shares, as the case may be, exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate
of one one-hundredth of a Participating Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred
share) for each Class A Share and one five-thousandth (or equivalent preferred
share) for each Class B Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments
in the voting rights of the Participating Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms
thereof, so that the fraction of a Participating Preferred Share delivered in
lieu of each Class A Share or Class B Share, as the case may be, shall have the
same voting rights as one Class A Share or Class B Share, as the case may be.
(d) In the event that there shall not be sufficient Class A Shares, Class B
Shares, or Participating Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or
authorized but unissued to permit any exchange of Rights as contemplated in
accordance with this Section 24, the Corporation shall take all such action as
may be necessary to authorize additional Class A or Class B Shares, as the case
may be, or Participating Preferred Shares for issuance upon exchange of the
Rights.
(e) The Corporation shall not be required to issue fractions of Class A
Shares or Class B Shares or to distribute certificates which represent
fractional Class A Shares or Class B Shares. In lieu of such fractional Class A
Shares or Class B Shares, the Corporation shall pay to the registered holders of
the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Class A Shares or
Class B Shares would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same
fraction of the current market value of a whole Class A Shares or Class B
Shares, as the case may be. For the purposes of this paragraph (e), the current
market value of a whole Class A Shares or Class B Shares shall be the closing
price of a Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be (as determined
pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof), for the Trading Day
immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
Section 25. Notice of Certain Events.
(a) In case the Corporation shall propose at any time after the
Distribution Date (i) to pay any dividend payable in shares of any class to the
holders of its Participating Preferred Shares or to make any other distribution
to the holders of its Participating Preferred Shares (other than a regular
quarterly cash dividend), (ii) to offer to the holders of its Participating
Preferred Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase any
additional Participating Preferred Shares or shares of any class or any other
securities, rights or options, (iii) to effect any reclassification of its
Participating Preferred Shares (other than a reclassification involving only the
subdivision of outstanding Participating Preferred Shares), (iv) to effect any
consolidation or merger into or with, or to effect any sale or other transfer
(or to permit one or more of its Subsidiaries to effect any sale or other
transfer), in one or more transactions, of 50% or more of the assets or earning
power of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to, any other
Person, (v) to effect the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation, or (vi) to declare or pay any dividend on the Class A
30
Shares or Class B Shares payable in such Shares or to effect a subdivision,
combination or consolidation of the Class A Shares or Class B Shares (by
reclassification or otherwise than by payment of dividends in such Shares),
then, in each such case, the Corporation 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 share
dividend, or distribution of rights or warrants, or the date on which such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, liquidation,
dissolution, or winding up is to occur and the record date for participation
therein by the holders of the Class A Shares, Class B Shares and/or
Participating Preferred Shares, if any such date is to be fixed, and such notice
shall be so given in the case of any action covered by clause (i) or (ii) above
at least 10 days prior to the record date for determining holders of the
Participating Preferred Shares 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 Class
A Shares, Class B Shares and/or Participating Preferred Shares, whichever shall
be the earlier.
(b) In case any of the events set forth in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall
occur, then the Corporation shall as soon as practicable thereafter give to each
holder of a Right Certificate, 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) 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 Corporation 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:
Security Capital Group Incorporated
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Secretary
Subject to the provisions of Section 21 hereof, any notice or demand
authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Corporation 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 Corporation) as follows:
The First National Bank of Boston
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Mail Stop 45-02-62
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Shareholders Services Division
Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the
Corporation or the Rights Agent to the holder of any Right Certificate shall be
sufficiently given or made if sent by
31
first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such holder at the address of
such holder as shown on the registry books of the Corporation.
Section 27. Supplements and Amendments. The Corporation may from time to
time supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any holders of
Right Certificates in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provisions herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to the Rights
(including, without limitation, changes to the Purchase Price) which the
Corporation may deem necessary or desirable, any such supplement or amendment to
be evidenced by a writing signed by the Corporation and the Rights Agent;
provided, however, that from and after such time as any Person becomes an
Acquiring Person, this Agreement shall not be amended in any manner which would
adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights.
Section 28. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this
Agreement by or for the benefit of the Corporation or the Rights Agent shall
bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns
hereunder.
Section 29. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall
be construed to give to any Person other than the Corporation, the Rights Agent
and the registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the
Distribution Date, the Shares) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under this Agreement; and this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive
benefit of the Corporation, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of the
Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the Shares).
Section 30. Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or
restriction of 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 31. 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 Maryland 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, except that those provisions of this
Agreement affecting the rights, duties and responsibilities of the Rights Agent
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of
New York.
Section 32. 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 33. 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.
32
Section 34. Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors. The
Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have the exclusive power and
authority to administer this Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers
specifically granted to the Directors or the Corporation or as may be necessary
or advisable in the administration of this Agreement, including, without
limitation, the right and power to (a) interpret the provisions of this
Agreement, and (b) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the
administration of this Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not
redeem the Rights or to amend this Agreement). All such actions,
interpretations and determinations (including, for purpose of clause (b) above,
all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the
Directors in good faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the
Corporation, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Right Certificates and all
other parties, and (y) not subject the Directors to any liability to the holders
of the Right Certificates or to any other person.
33
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.
SECURITY CAPITAL GROUP INCORPORATED
By /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
----------------------------------
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Senior Vice President
Attest:
By /s/ XXXXX XXXX
-----------------------------
Xxxxx Xxxx
Vice President
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
By /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXX
----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
----------------------------
Title: Director, Client Services
---------------------------
Attest:
By /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
-----------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
-----------------------
Title: Sr. Account Manager
----------------------
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
RIGHTS OF SERIES A JUNIOR
PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK
of
SECURITY CAPITAL GROUP INCORPORATED
Security Capital Group Incorporated, a Maryland corporation, (the
"Corporation"), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and
Taxation of Maryland that:
FIRST: Under a power contained in Article Fourth of the charter of the
Corporation (the "Charter"), the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the
"Board of Directors"), by resolution duly adopted at a meeting duly called and
held on April 21, 1997, reclassified and designated 65,973 shares (the "Shares")
of Class B Common Stock (as defined in the Charter) as shares of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, with the following preferences, conversion and
other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other
distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption, which,
upon any restatement of the Charter, shall be deemed to be part of Article
Fourth of the Charter:
SERIES A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK
Section 1. Designation and Amount. There shall be a series of preferred
stock of the Corporation, $0.01 par value per share, which shall be designated
"Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock," $0.01 par value per share (the
"Participating Preferred Shares"), and the number of shares constituting that
series shall be 65,973. Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by
resolution of the Board of Directors and by the filing of articles supplementary
in accordance with the provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law
stating that such increase or reduction has been so authorized; provided,
however, that no decrease shall reduce the number of Participating Preferred
Shares to a number less than the number of Participating Preferred Shares then
outstanding plus the number of Participating Preferred Shares issuable upon
exercise of outstanding rights, options or warrants or upon conversion of
outstanding securities issued by the Corporation.
Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.
(A) Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares
of any class or series of preferred shares of the Corporation ranking prior and
superior to the Participating Preferred Shares with respect to dividends, the
holders of Participating Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, when, as
and if authorized and declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally
available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash to holders of
record on the last Business Day of January, April, July and October in each year
(each such date being referred to herein as a "Quarterly Dividend Payment Date")
(commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first
issuance of a Participating Preferred Share or fraction thereof), in an
amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $1.00
or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times
the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the
aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other
distributions other than a dividend payable in Class A Shares (as hereinafter
defined) or a subdivision of the outstanding Class A Shares (by a
reclassification or otherwise), authorized and declared on the shares of Class A
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation (the "Class A
Shares") or if no Class A Shares are outstanding, two times the aggregate per
share amount of all cash dividends, and 2 times the aggregate per share amount
(payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other than a
dividend payable in Class B Shares (as hereinafter defined) or a subdivision of
the outstanding Class B Shares (by a reclassification or otherwise), authorized
and declared on the shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of
the Corporation ("Class B Shares") since the immediately preceding Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment
Date, since the first issuance of any Participating Preferred Share or fraction
thereof. In the event the Corporation shall at any time following April 21,
1997 (i) declare any dividend on Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case
may be, payable in Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be, (ii)
subdivide the outstanding Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be,
or (iii) combine the outstanding Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case
may be, into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount to
which holders of Participating Preferred Shares were entitled immediately prior
to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by
multiplying each such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number
of Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be, outstanding immediately
after such event and the denominator of which is the number of Class A Shares or
Class B Shares, as the case may be, that were outstanding immediately prior to
such event.
(B) At the time that a dividend or distribution is authorized and declared
on the Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be (other than a
dividend payable in Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be), the
Board of Directors also shall authorize and declare out of funds legally
available for the purpose, and the holders of Participating Preferred Shares
shall be entitled to receive, when, if and as authorized and declared by the
Board of Directors, a dividend or distribution on the Participating Preferred
Shares as provided in paragraph (A) above.
(C) No dividend or distribution (other than a dividend or distribution
payable in Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be) shall be paid
or payable to the holders of Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may
be unless, prior thereto, all accrued but unpaid dividends to the date of that
dividend or distribution shall have been paid to the holders of Participating
Preferred Shares.
(D) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding
Participating Preferred Shares from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next
preceding the date of issuance of such Participating Preferred Shares, unless
the date of issuance of such shares is prior to the record date for the first
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall
begin to accrue and be cumulative from the date of issuance of such shares, or
unless the date of issuance is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date
after the record date for the
2
determination of holders of Participating Preferred Shares entitled to receive a
quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of
which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear
interest. Dividends paid on the Participating Preferred Shares in an amount
less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on
such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such
shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for
the determination of holders of Participating Preferred Shares entitled to
receive payment of a dividend or distribution thereon, which record date shall
be no more than 30 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.
Section 3. Voting Rights. The holders of Participating Preferred Shares
shall have the following voting rights:
(A) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each one
one-hundredth of a Participating Preferred Share shall entitle the holder
thereof to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of
the Corporation and each one five-thousandth of a Participating Preferred Share
shall entitle the holder thereof to one-fiftieth of one vote on all matters
submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Corporation. In the event the
Corporation shall at any time following April 21, 1997 (i) declare and pay any
dividend on Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be, payable in
Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be, (ii) subdivide the
outstanding Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be, or (iii)
combine the outstanding Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be,
into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the number of votes per
share to which holders of Participating Preferred Shares were entitled
immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by
a fraction the numerator of which is the number of Class A Shares or Class B
Shares, as the case may be, outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the number of Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the
case may be, that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(B) Except as otherwise provided herein or required by law, the holders of
Participating Preferred Shares and the holders of Class A Shares and Class B
Shares and any other shares of stock of the Corporation having general voting
rights shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of
shareholders of the Corporation.
(C) (i) Whenever, at any time or times, dividends payable on any
Participating Preferred Shares shall be in arrears in an amount equal to at
least six full quarterly dividends (whether or not declared and whether or
not consecutive), the holders of record of the outstanding Participating
Preferred Shares shall have the exclusive right, voting separately as a
single class, to elect two directors of the Corporation at a special
meeting of shareholders of the Corporation or at the Corporation's next
annual meeting of shareholders, and at each subsequent annual meeting of
shareholders, as provided below. At elections for such directors, the
holders of Participating Preferred Shares shall be entitled to cast one
vote for each one one-hundredth of a Participating Preferred Share held and
one-fiftieth of a vote for each one five-thousandth of a Participating
Preferred Share held, subject to adjustment.
3
(ii) Upon the vesting of such right of the holders of the
Participating Preferred Shares, the maximum authorized number of members of
the Board of Directors shall automatically be increased by two and the two
vacancies so created shall be filled by vote of the holders of the
outstanding Participating Preferred Shares as hereinafter set forth. A
special meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation then entitled to
vote shall be called by the Chairman, any Senior Vice President, any Vice
President or the Secretary of the Corporation, if requested in writing by
the holders of record of not less than 10% of the Participating Preferred
Shares then outstanding. At such special meeting, or, if no such special
meeting shall have been called, then at the next annual meeting of
shareholders of the Corporation, the holders of the Participating Preferred
Shares shall elect, voting as above provided, two directors of the
Corporation to fill the aforesaid vacancies created by the automatic
increase in the number of members of the Board of Directors. At any and
all such meetings for such election, the holders of a majority of the
outstanding Participating Preferred Shares shall be necessary to constitute
a quorum for such election, whether present in person or by proxy, and such
two directors shall be elected by the vote of at least a plurality of
shares held by such shareholders present or represented at the meeting.
Any director elected by holders of Participating Preferred Shares pursuant
to this Section may be removed at any annual or special meeting, by vote of
a majority of the shareholders voting as a class who elected such director,
with or without cause. In case any vacancy shall occur among the directors
elected by the holders of the Participating Preferred Shares pursuant to
this Section, such vacancy may be filled by the remaining director so
elected, or his successor then in office, and the director so elected to
fill such vacancy shall serve until the next meeting of shareholders for
the election of directors. After the holders of the Participating
Preferred Shares shall have exercised their right to elect directors in any
default period and during the continuance of such period, the number of
directors shall not be further increased or decreased except by vote of the
holders of Participating Preferred Shares as herein provided or pursuant to
the rights of any equity securities ranking senior to or pari passu with
the Participating Preferred Shares.
(iii) The right of the holders of the Participating Preferred Shares,
voting separately as a class, to elect two members of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation as aforesaid shall continue until, and only
until, such time as all arrears in dividends (whether or not declared) on
the Participating Preferred Shares shall have been paid or declared and set
apart for payment, at which time such right shall terminate, except as
herein or by law expressly provided, subject to revesting in the event of
each and every subsequent default of the character above-mentioned. Upon
any termination of the right of the holders of the Participating Preferred
Shares as a class to vote for directors as herein provided, the term of
office of all directors then in office elected by the holders of
Participating Preferred Shares pursuant to this Section shall terminate
immediately. Whenever the term of office of the directors elected by the
holders of the Participating Preferred Shares pursuant to this Section
shall terminate and the special voting powers vested in the holders of the
Participating Preferred Shares pursuant to this Section shall have expired,
the maximum number of members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation
shall be such number as may be
4
provided for in the Bylaws of the Corporation, irrespective of any increase
made pursuant to the provisions of this Section.
(D) Except as otherwise provided herein or required by law, holders of
Participating Preferred Shares 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 Class A Shares and Class B Shares as provided herein) for taking
any corporate action.
Section 4. Certain Restrictions.
(A) Whenever any quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions
payable on the Participating Preferred Shares as provided in Section 2 are in
arrears, then, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and
distributions, whether or not authorized or declared, on Participating Preferred
Shares outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:
(i) declare or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or
redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares
ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up) to the Participating Preferred Shares, other than dividends
paid or payable in such junior shares;
(ii) declare or pay dividends on or make any other distributions on
any shares ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up) with the Participating Preferred Shares, except
dividends paid ratably on the Participating Preferred Shares and all such
parity shares 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 or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration
shares ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up) with the Participating Preferred Shares,
provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise
acquire any such parity shares in exchange for shares of the Corporation
ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or
winding up) to the Participating Preferred Shares; or
(iv) purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any Participating
Preferred Shares, 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 the Corporation
unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (A) of this Section, purchase or
otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.
5
Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any Participating Preferred Shares
purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever
shall become authorized but unissued preferred shares and may be reissued as
part of a new series of preferred shares to be created by resolution or
resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to the conditions and
restrictions on issuance set forth herein.
Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. (A) Upon any
voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no
distribution shall be made to the holders of shares ranking junior (either as to
dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Participating
Preferred Shares unless, prior thereto, the holders of Participating Preferred
Shares shall have received $1.00 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and
unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not authorized or
declared, to the date of such payment (the "Participating Liquidation
Preference"). Following the payment of the full amount of the Participating
Liquidation Preference, no additional distributions shall be made to the holders
of Participating Preferred Shares unless, prior thereto, the holders of Class A
Shares and Class B Shares each shall have received an amount per share (the
"Common Adjustment") equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the
Participating Liquidation Preference by (ii) 100 in the case of Class A Shares
(as appropriately adjusted as set forth in subparagraph C below to reflect such
events as share splits, share dividends and recapitalization with respect to the
Class A Shares) or 5,000 in the case of Class B Shares (as appropriately
adjusted as set forth in subparagraph C below to reflect such events as share
splits, share dividends and recapitalization with respect to the Class B Shares)
(such number in clause (ii), the "Adjustment Number"). Following the payment of
the full amount of the Participating Liquidation Preference and the Common
Adjustment in respect of all outstanding Participating Preferred Shares and
Class A Shares and Class B Shares, respectively, holders of Participating
Preferred Shares and holders of Class A Shares and Class B Shares shall receive
their ratable and proportionate share of the remaining assets to be distributed
in the ratio, on a per share basis, of the Adjustment Number to 1 with respect
to such Participating Preferred Shares and Class A Shares and Class B Shares, on
a per share basis, respectively.
(B) In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available
to permit payment in full of the Participating Liquidation Preference and the
liquidation preferences of all other series of preferred shares, if any, which
rank on a parity with the Participating Preferred Shares, then such remaining
assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of the Participating
Preferred Shares and such parity shares in proportion to their respective
liquidation preferences.
(C) In the event the Corporation shall at any time following April 21, 1997
(i) declare and pay any dividend on Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the
case may be, payable in Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be,
(ii) subdivide the outstanding Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may
be, or (iii) combine the outstanding Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the
case may be, into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the
Adjustment Number in effect immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by
multiplying such Adjustment Number by a fraction the numerator of which is the
number of Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be, outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
6
Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be, that were outstanding
immediately prior to such event.
Section 7. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall
enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which
the Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be, are exchanged for or
changed into other shares or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in
any such case, the Participating Preferred Shares shall at the same time be
similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision
for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to 100 times the aggregate amount of
shares, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the
case may be, into which or for which each Class A Share, or if no Class A Shares
are outstanding, 2 times the aggregate amount of shares, securities, cash and/or
any other property, as the case may be, into which or for which each Class B
Share, is exchanged or changed. In the event the Corporation shall at any time
(i) declare and pay any dividend on Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the
case may be, payable in Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may be,
(ii) subdivide the outstanding Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the case may
be, or (iii) combine the outstanding Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the
case may be, into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount
set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of
Participating Preferred Shares shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a
fraction the numerator of which is the number of Class A Shares or Class B
Shares, as the case may be, outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the number of Class A Shares or Class B Shares, as the
case may be, that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
Section 8. Redemption. The Participating Preferred Shares shall not be
redeemable by the Corporation. The preceding sentence shall not limit the
ability of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise deal in such shares to the
extent permitted by law.
Section 9. Ranking. The Participating Preferred Shares shall rank junior
to all other series of the Corporation's preferred stock (whether with or
without par value) as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of
assets, unless the terms of any such series shall provide otherwise.
Section 10. Amendment. Neither the Corporation's Charter, nor any
Articles Supplementary relating to the Participating Preferred Shares shall be
amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers,
preferences or special rights of the Participating Preferred Shares so as to
affect the holders of Participating Preferred Shares adversely without the
affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding
Participating Preferred Shares, voting separately as a class.
Section 11. Fractional Shares. Participating Preferred Shares may be
issued in fractions of a share that are integral multiples of one-one hundredth
of a share with respect to holders of Class A Shares or one five-thousandth of a
share with respect to holders of Class B Shares, which shall entitle the holder,
in proportion to such holder's fractional shares, to exercise voting rights,
receive dividends and participate in distributions and to have the benefit of
all other rights of holders of Participating Preferred Shares.
7
SECOND: The Shares have been classified and designated by the Board of
Directors under the authority contained in the Charter.
THIRD: These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the Board of
Directors in the manner and by the vote required by law.
FOURTH: The undersigned Senior Vice President of the Corporation
acknowledges these Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of the
Corporation and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath,
the undersigned Senior Vice President acknowledges that to the best of his
knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all
material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for
perjury.
8
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles Supplementary
to be executed under seal in its name and on its behalf by its Senior Vice
President and attested to by its Vice President on this 21st day of April, 1997.
SECURITY CAPITAL GROUP INCORPORATED
By:_________________________________________(Seal)
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Senior Vice President
ATTEST:
By: __________________________________
Xxxxx Xxxx, Vice President
9
Exhibit B
---------
[Form of Right Certificate]
Certificate No. R- ________ Rights
NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER APRIL 21, 2007, UNLESS EXTENDED, OR EARLIER IF THE
RIGHTS EXPIRE UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES OR ARE EXCHANGED OR REDEEMED BY
THE CORPORATION. THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, AT THE OPTION OF
THE CORPORATION, AT $.01 PER RIGHT ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS
AGREEMENT. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, RIGHTS BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY AN
ACQUIRING PERSON (AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) AND ANY
SUBSEQUENT HOLDER OF SUCH RIGHTS MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID. [THE RIGHTS
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE OR WERE BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY A PERSON
WHO WAS OR BECAME AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR AN AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE OF AN
ACQUIRING PERSON (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT).
ACCORDINGLY, THIS RIGHT CERTIFICATE AND THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY
BECOME VOID IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN SECTION 7(e) OF SUCH
AGREEMENT.]*
Right Certificate
SECURITY CAPITAL GROUP INCORPORATED
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 April 21, 1997 (the "Rights Agreement"),
between Security Capital Group Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (the
"Corporation"), and The First National Bank of Boston (the "Rights Agent") to
purchase from the Corporation at any time after the Distribution Date (as such
term is defined in the Rights Agreement) and prior to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time)
on April 21, 2007 or notice of redemption or exchange at the office of the
Rights Agent (or its successors as Rights Agent) designated for such purpose,
one one-hundredth or one five-thousandth, as the case may be, of a fully paid,
non-assessable Series A Junior
-------------------------
* The portion of the legend in brackets shall be inserted only if applicable
and shall replace the preceding sentence.
Participating Preferred Share (a "Participating Preferred Share") of the
Corporation, at a purchase price of $6,000 per one one-hundredth of a
Participating Preferred Share or $120 per one five-thousandth of a Participating
Preferred Share (the "Purchase Price"), upon presentation and surrender of this
Right Certificate with the appropriate Form of Election to Purchase and related
Certificate duly executed. The number of Rights evidenced by this Right
Certificate (and the number of Participating Preferred Shares which may be
purchased upon exercise thereof) set forth above, and the Purchase Price per
Participating Preferred Share set forth above, are the number and Purchase Price
as of April 21, 1997, based on the Participating Preferred Shares as constituted
at such date. Capitalized terms not defined in this Right Certificate that are
defined in the Rights Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Rights Agreement.
Upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event, if the Rights evidenced by this
Right Certificate are beneficially owned by (i) an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associate of any such Acquiring Person, (ii) under certain
circumstances specified in the Rights Agreement, a transferee of any such
Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate, or (iii) under certain circumstances
specified in the Rights Agreement, a transferee of a person who, after such
transfer, became an Acquiring Person, or an Affiliate or Associate of an
Acquiring Person, such Rights shall become null and void and no holder hereof
shall have any right with respect to such Rights from and after the occurrence
of any such Triggering Event.
As provided in the Rights Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number and
kind of Participating Preferred Shares or other securities, which may be
purchased upon the exercise of the 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 Corporation and the holders of the Right Certificates, which
limitations of rights include the temporary suspension of the exercisability of
such Rights under certain circumstances specified in such Rights Agreement.
Copies of the Rights Agreement are on file at the above-mentioned office of the
Rights Agent and are also available upon written request to the Rights Agent.
This Right Certificate, with or without other Right Certificates, upon
surrender at the principal corporate trust office of the Rights Agent, 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 Participating Preferred Shares 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 may be redeemed by the Corporation at its option at a
redemption price of $.01 per Right at any time
2
prior to the earlier of (i) such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person
or (ii) the close of business on the Final Expiration Date.
No fractional Participating Preferred Shares will be issued upon the
exercise of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby (other than fractions which are
integral multiples of one one-hundredth or one five-thousandth, as the case may
be, of a Participating Preferred Share, which may, at the election of the
Corporation, 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 Participating
Preferred Shares or of any other securities of the Corporation which may at any
time be issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the
Rights Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as
such, any of the rights of a shareholder of the Corporation or any right to vote
for the election of trustees or upon any matter submitted to shareholders at any
meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any trust action, or, to
receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting shareholders (except as
provided in the Rights Agreement), or to receive dividends or subscription
rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by this 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.
3
WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Corporation
and its seal.
Dated as of April ___, 1997
SECURITY CAPITAL GROUP INCORPORATED
By:
------------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Attest: (SEAL)
-------------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Countersigned:
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
By:
--------------------------------
Authorized Signature
4
[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 transfers unto _____________________________________________________
(Please print name and address of transferee)
the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate, together with all right, title
and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
______________________, Attorney, to transfer the Rights evidenced by this Right
Certificate on the books of the within-named Corporation, with full power of
substitution.
Date: _______________, _______ ___________________________________
Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
Certificate
-----------
The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes that:
(1) the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate [_] are [_] are not
being sold, assigned and transferred by or on behalf of a Person who is or was
an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such Acquiring Person
(as such terms are defined pursuant to the Rights Agreement); and
(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it
[_] did [_] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate from
any Person who is, was or subsequently became an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person.
Date: _______________, _______ ___________________________________
Signature
NOTICE
------
The signature to the foregoing Assignment and Certificate must correspond
to the name as written upon the face of this Right Certificate in every
particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
----------------------------
(To be executed if holder desires to
exercise Rights represented by the
Right Certificate.)
To: SECURITY CAPITAL GROUP INCORPORATED
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise _______ Rights
evidenced by this Right Certificate to purchase the Participating Preferred
Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Rights (or such other securities of the
Corporation or of any other person which may be issuable upon the exercise of
the Rights) and requests that certificates for such shares be issued in the name
of:
Please insert social security
or other identifying number:____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address)
If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this
Right Certificate, a new Right Certificate for the balance of such Rights shall
be registered in the name of and delivered to:
Please insert social security
or other identifying number:____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address)
Date: _______________, 19__ ________________________________________
Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
Certificate
-----------
The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes that:
(1) the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate [_] are [_] are not
being exercised by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or
an Affiliate or Associate of any such Acquiring Person (as such terms are
defined pursuant to the Rights Agreement);
(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it
[_] did [_] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate from
any Person who is, was or became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or
Associate of an Acquiring Person.
Dated: __________________, ______ ________________________________________
Signature
NOTICE
------
The signature to the foregoing Election to Purchase and Certificate must
correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Right Certificate in
every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
