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RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 1, 1995
between
ITT INDIANA, INC.
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Rights Agent
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Table of Contents
Section Page
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1. Certain Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Appointment of Rights Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3. Issue of Rights and Right Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4. Form of Right Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5. Execution, Countersignature and Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6. Transfer, Split-Up, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates;
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates;
Uncertificated Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7. Exercise of Rights; Expiration Date of Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8. Cancelation and Destruction of Right Certificates . . . . . . . . . . 16
9. Reservation and Availability of Preferred Shares . . . . . . . . . . . 17
10. Preferred Shares Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
11. Adjustments in Rights After There Is an Acquiring Person; Exchange of
Rights for Shares; Business Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
12. Certain Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
13. Certificate of Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
14. Additional Covenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
15. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
16. Rights of Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
17. Transfer and Ownership of Rights and Right Certificates . . . . . . . 29
18. Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder . . . . . . . . . . 29
19. Concerning the Rights Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Section Page
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20. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Rights Agent . . . . . . . . . . 30
21. Duties of Rights Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
22. Change of Rights Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
23. Issuance of Additional Rights and Right Certificates . . . . . . . . . 37
24. Redemption and Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
25. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
26. Supplements and Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
27. Successors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
28. Benefits of Rights Agreement; Determinations and Actions by the Borad
of Directors, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
29. Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
30. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
31. Counterparts; Effectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
32. Descriptive Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Exhibits
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A Certificate of Designation
B Form of Right Certificate
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RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated as of November 1,
1995, between ITT Indiana, Inc., the name of which is
to be changed to ITT Industries, Inc., an Indiana
corporation (the "Company"), and The Bank of New
York, a New York banking corporation, as Rights Agent
(the "Rights Agent").
The Board of Directors of the Company has authorized and
declared a dividend of one Right (as hereinafter defined) for each share of
Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock")
outstanding at the Close of Business (as hereinafter defined) on the day
immediately following the effectiveness of the merger of ITT Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, with and into the Company (the "Record Date") and has
authorized the issuance of one Right (as such number may hereafter be adjusted
pursuant to the provisions of this Rights Agreement) with respect to each share
of Common Stock that shall become outstanding between the Record Date and the
earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date
(as such terms are hereinafter defined); provided, however, that Rights may be
issued with respect to shares of Common Stock that shall become outstanding
after the Distribution Date and prior to the earlier of the Redemption Date or
the Expiration Date in accordance with the provisions of Section 23. Each
Right shall initially represent the right to purchase one one-thousandths
(1/1,000ths) of a share of Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock,
without par value, of the Company (the "Preferred Shares"), having the powers,
rights and preferences set forth in the Certificate of Designation attached as
Exhibit A.
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 Rights
Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated:
"Acquiring Person" shall mean any Person who or which, alone
or together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, shall be the
Beneficial Owner of more than 15% of the Common Shares then outstanding but
shall not include (a) the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any
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employee benefit or compensation plan of the Company or of any of its
Subsidiaries, or any Person holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms
of any such employee benefit or compensation plan or (b) any such Person who
has become and is such a Beneficial Owner solely because (i) of a change in the
aggregate number of Common Shares outstanding since the last date on which such
Person acquired Beneficial Ownership of any Common Shares or (ii) it acquired
such Beneficial Ownership in the good faith belief that such acquisition would
not (x) cause such Beneficial Ownership to exceed 15% of the Common Shares then
outstanding and such Person relied in good faith in computing the percentage of
its Beneficial Ownership on publicly filed reports or documents of the Company
which are inaccurate or out-of-date or (y) otherwise cause a Distribution Date
or the adjustment provided for in Section 11(a) to occur. Notwithstanding
clause (b)(ii) of the prior sentence, if any Person that is not an Acquiring
Person due to such clause (b)(ii) does not reduce its percentage of Beneficial
Ownership of Common Shares to 15% or less by the Close of Business on the fifth
Business Day after notice from the Company (the date of notice being the first
day) that such Person's Beneficial Ownership of Common Shares so exceeds 15%,
such Person shall, at the end of such five Business Day period, become an
Acquiring Person (and such clause (b)(ii) shall no longer apply to such
Person). For purposes of this definition, the determination whether any Person
acted in "good faith" shall be conclusively determined by the Board of
Directors of the Company, acting by a vote of those directors of the Company
whose approval would be required to redeem the Rights under Section 24.
"Affiliate" and "Associate", when used with reference to any
Person, 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 Rights Agreement.
A Person shall be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of, and shall
be deemed to "beneficially own", and shall be deemed to have "Beneficial
Ownership" of, any securities:
(i) which such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates is deemed to "beneficially own" within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, as
in effect on the date of this Rights Agreement;
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(ii) which such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates has (A) the right to acquire (whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to
any agreement, arrangement or understanding (written or oral), 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, or to have Beneficial Ownership of, 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
thereunder or cease to be subject to withdrawal by the tendering
security holder, or (B) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding (written or oral); provided, however, that
a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to
beneficially own, any security if (1) the agreement, arrangement or
understanding (written or oral) to vote such security arises solely
from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a
public proxy or consent solicitation made generally to all holders of
Common Stock pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules
and regulations under the Exchange Act and (2) the beneficial ownership
of such security is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the
Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report);
(iii) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by
any other Person with which such Person or any of such Person's
Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or
understanding (written or oral) for the purpose of acquiring, holding,
voting (except pursuant to a revocable proxy as described in clause
(ii)(B) of this definition) or disposing of any securities of the
Company; or
(iv) which would be beneficially owned by such Person but for
the application of the provisions of the Indiana Business Corporation
Law pertaining to Control Share Acquisitions or any comparable or
successor provisions.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this definition shall cause
a Person ordinarily engaged in business as an underwriter of securities to be
the "Beneficial Owner" of, or to "beneficially own", any
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securities acquired in a bona fide firm commitment underwriting pursuant to an
underwriting agreement with the Company.
"Book Value", when used with reference to Common Shares issued
by any Person, shall mean the amount of equity of such Person applicable to
each Common Share, determined (i) in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in effect on the date as of which such Book Value is to
be determined, (ii) using all the consolidated assets and all the consolidated
liabilities of such Person on the date as of which such Book Value is to be
determined, except that no value shall be included in such assets for goodwill
arising from consummation of a business combination, and (iii) after giving
effect to (A) the exercise of all rights, options and warrants to purchase such
Common Shares (other than the Rights), and the conversion of all securities
convertible into such Common Shares, at an exercise or conversion price, per
Common Share, which is less than such Book Value before giving effect to such
exercise or conversion (whether or not exercisability or convertibility is
conditioned upon occurrence of a future event), (B) all dividends and other
distributions on the capital stock of such Person declared prior to the date as
of which such Book Value is to be determined and to be paid or made after such
date, and (C) any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (written or
oral), or transaction or other action contemplated prior to the date as of
which such Book Value is to be determined which would have the effect of
thereafter reducing such Book Value.
"Business Combination" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11(c)(I).
"Business Day" shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, are authorized or obligated by law
or executive order to close.
"Certificate of Designation" shall mean the Certificate of
Designation of Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock setting forth
the powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions
of such series of Preferred Stock of the Company, a copy of which is attached
as Exhibit A.
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"Close of Business" on any given date shall mean 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on such date; provided, however, that, if such date is not
a Business Day, "Close of Business" shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the next succeeding Business Day.
"Common Shares", when used with reference to the Company prior
to a Business Combination, shall mean the shares of Common Stock of the Company
or any other shares of capital stock of the Company into which the Common Stock
shall be reclassified or changed. "Common Shares", when used with reference to
any Person (other than the Company prior to a Business Combination), shall mean
shares of capital stock of such Person (if such Person is a corporation) of any
class or series, or units of equity interests in such Person (if such Person is
not a corporation) of any class or series, the terms of which do not limit (as
a maximum amount and not merely in proportional terms) the amount of dividends
or income payable or distributable on such class or series or the amount of
assets distributable on such class or series upon any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person and do not provide that
such class or series is subject to redemption at the option of such Person, or
any shares of capital stock or units of equity interests into which the
foregoing shall be reclassified or changed; provided, however, that, if at any
time there shall be more than one such class or series of capital stock or
equity interests of such Person, "Common Shares" of such Person shall include
all such classes and series substantially in the proportion of the total number
of shares or other units of each such class or series outstanding at such time
unless any such class or series is identical to another such class except for
voting power, in which case "Common Shares" shall include such higher voting
class in place of such lower voting class.
"Common Stock" shall have the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph of this Rights Agreement.
"Company" shall have the meaning set forth in the heading of
this Rights Agreement; provided, however, that if there is a Business
Combination, "Company" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(c)(III).
The term "control" with respect to any Person shall mean the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly, by or through stock ownership, agency or otherwise, or pursuant to
or in
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connection with an agreement, arrangement or understanding (written or oral)
with one or more other Persons by or through stock ownership, agency or
otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" shall have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Distribution Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3(b).
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as in effect on the date in question, unless otherwise specifically provided.
"Exchange Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11(b)(I).
"Expiration Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7(a).
"Major Part", when used with reference to the assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of any date, shall mean assets (i) having a
fair market value aggregating 50% or more of the total fair market value of all
the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) as of the
date in question, (ii) accounting for 50% or more of the total value (net of
depreciation and amortization) of all the assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) as would be shown on a consolidated or combined
balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date in question,
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles then in
effect, or (iii) accounting for 50% or more of the total amount of earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization or of the revenues of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) as would be shown on, or
derived from, a consolidated or combined statement of income or operations of
the Company and its Subsidiaries for the period of 12 months ending on the last
day of the Company's monthly accounting period next preceding the date in
question, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
then in effect.
"Market Value", when used with reference to Common Shares on
any date, shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices, per
share, of such Common Shares for the period which is the shorter of (1) 30
consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to the date in question or (2) the
number of consecutive Trading Days beginning on the Trading Day immediately
after the date of the first public
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announcement of the event requiring a determination of the Market Value and
ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the record date of such event;
provided, however, that, in the event that the Market Value of such Common
Shares is to be determined in whole or in part during a period following the
announcement by the issuer of such Common Shares of any action of the type
described in Section 12(a) that would require an adjustment thereunder, then,
and in each such case, the Market Value of such Common Shares shall be
appropriately adjusted to reflect the effect of such action on the market price
of such Common Shares. The closing price for each Trading Day shall be the
closing price quoted on the principal United States securities exchange
registered under the Exchange Act (or any recognized foreign stock exchange) on
which such securities are listed, or, if such securities are not listed on any
such exchange, the closing price quoted on The Nasdaq Stock Market or, if such
securities are not so quoted, the average of the closing bid and asked
quotations with respect to a share of such securities on any National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. quotations system, or if no such
quotations are available, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as
furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such securities
selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If on any such Trading Day
no market maker is making a market in such securities, the closing price of
such securities on such Trading Day shall be deemed to be the fair value of
such securities as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company acting by a vote of those directors whose approval would be required to
redeem the Rights under Section 24 (whose determination shall be described in a
statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent,
the holders of Rights and all other Persons); provided, however, that for the
purpose of determining the closing price of the Preferred Shares for any
Trading Day on which there is no such market maker for the Preferred Shares the
closing price on such Trading Day shall be deemed to be the Formula Number (as
defined in the Certificate of Designation) times the closing price of the
Common Shares of the Company on such Trading Day.
"Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership,
joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.
"Preferred Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph of this Rights Agreement. Any reference in this Rights
Agreement to
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Preferred Shares shall be deemed to include any authorized fraction of a
Preferred Share, unless the context otherwise requires.
"Principal Party" shall mean the Surviving Person in a
Business Combination; provided, however, that, if such Surviving Person is a
direct or indirect Subsidiary of any other Person, "Principal Party" shall mean
the Person which is the ultimate parent of such Surviving Person and which is
not itself a Subsidiary of another Person. In the event ultimate control of
such Surviving Person is shared by two or more Persons, "Principal Party" shall
mean that Person that is immediately controlled by such two or more Persons.
"Purchase Price" with respect to each Right shall mean $108,
as such amount may from time to time be adjusted as provided herein, and shall
be payable in lawful money of the United States of America. All references
herein to the Purchase Price shall mean the Purchase Price as in effect at the
time in question.
"Record Date" shall have the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph of this Rights Agreement.
"Redemption Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
24(a).
"Redemption Price" with respect to each Right shall mean $.01,
as such amount may from time to time be adjusted in accordance with Section 12.
All references herein to the Redemption Price shall mean the Redemption Price
as in effect at the time in question.
"Registered Common Shares" shall mean Common Shares which are,
as of the date of consummation of a Business Combination, and have continuously
been for the 12 months immediately preceding such date, registered under
Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
"Right Certificate" shall mean a certificate evidencing a
Right in substantially the form attached as Exhibit B.
"Rights" shall mean the rights to purchase Preferred Shares
(or other securities) as provided in this Rights Agreement.
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"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as in
effect on the date in question, unless otherwise specifically provided.
"Subsidiary" shall mean a Person, at least a majority of the
total outstanding voting power (being the power under ordinary circumstances
(and not merely upon the happening of a contingency) to vote in the election of
directors of such Person (if such Person is a corporation) or to participate in
the management and control of such Person (if such Person is not a
corporation)) of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by another Person or
by one or more other Subsidiaries of such other Person or by such other Person
and one or more other Subsidiaries of such other Person.
"Surviving Person" shall mean (1) the Person which is the
continuing or surviving Person in a consolidation or merger specified in
Section 11(c)(I)(i) or 11(c)(I)(ii) or (2) the Person to which the Major Part
of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries is sold, leased, exchanged or
otherwise transferred or disposed of in a transaction specified in Section
11(c)(I)(iii); provided, however, that, if the Major Part of the assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries is sold, leased, exchanged or otherwise
transferred or disposed of in one or more related transactions specified in
Section 11(c)(I)(iii) to more than one Person, the "Surviving Person" in such
case shall mean the Person that acquired assets of the Company and/or its
Subsidiaries with the greatest fair market value in such transaction or
transactions.
"Trading Day" shall mean a day on which the principal national
securities exchange (or principal recognized foreign stock exchange, as the
case may be) on which any securities or Rights, as the case may be, are listed
or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the
securities or Rights in question are not listed or admitted to trading on any
national securities exchange (or recognized foreign stock exchange, as the case
may be), a Business Day.
SECTION 2. Appointment of Rights Agent. The Company hereby
appoints the Rights Agent to act as agent for the Company in accordance with
the terms and conditions hereof, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such
appointment. The Company may from time to time appoint one or more co-Rights
Agents as it may deem necessary or desirable upon notice to the Rights Agent
(the term "Rights
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Agent" being used herein to refer, collectively, to the Rights Agent together
with any such co-Rights Agents). In the event the Company appoints one or more
co-Rights Agents, the respective duties of the Rights Agent and any co-Rights
Agents shall be as the Company shall determine.
SECTION 3. Issue of Rights and Right Certificates. (a) One
Right shall be associated with each Common Share outstanding on the Record
Date, each additional Common Share that shall become outstanding between the
Record Date and the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or
the Expiration Date and each additional Common Share with which Rights are
issued after the Distribution Date but prior to the earlier of the Redemption
Date or the Expiration Date as provided in Section 23; provided, however, that,
if the number of outstanding Rights are combined into a smaller number of
outstanding Rights pursuant to Section 12(a), the appropriate fractional Right
determined pursuant to such Section shall thereafter be associated with each
such Common Share.
(b) Until the earlier of (i) such time as the Company learns
that a Person has become an Acquiring Person or (ii) the Close of Business on
such date, if any, as may be designated by the Board of Directors of the
Company following the commencement of, or first public disclosure of an intent
to commence, a tender or exchange offer by any Person (other than the Company,
any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit or compensation plan of the
Company or of any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person holding Common Shares for
or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit or compensation plan) for
outstanding Common Shares, if upon consummation of such tender or exchange
offer such Person could be the Beneficial Owner of more than 15% of the
outstanding Common Shares (the Close of Business on the earlier of such dates
being the "Distribution Date"), (x) the Rights will be evidenced by the
certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof
and not by separate Right Certificates and (y) the Rights, including the right
to receive Right Certificates, will be transferable only in connection with the
transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date,
the Rights Agent will send, by first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each
record holder of Common Shares as of the Distribution Date, at the address of
such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate evidencing
one whole Right for each Common Share (or for the number of Common Shares with
which one whole Right is then associated if the number of
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Rights per Common Share held by such record holder has been adjusted in
accordance with the proviso in Section 3(a)). If the number of Rights
associated with each Common Share has been adjusted in accordance with the
proviso in Section 3(a), at the time of distribution of the Right Certificates
the Company may make any necessary and appropriate rounding adjustments so that
Right Certificates representing only whole numbers of Rights are distributed
and cash is paid in lieu of any fractional Right in accordance with Section
15(a). As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced
solely by such Right Certificates.
(c) With respect to any certificate for Common Shares, until
the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or the Expiration
Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by any such
certificate shall be evidenced by such certificate alone, the registered
holders of the Common Shares shall also be the registered holders of the
associated Rights and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall
also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares
represented thereby.
(d) Certificates issued for Common Shares after the Record
Date (including, without limitation, upon transfer or exchange of outstanding
Common Shares), but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the
Redemption Date or the Expiration Date, shall have printed on, written on or
otherwise affixed to them the following legend:
This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof
to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement dated as of
November 1, 1995, as it may be amended from time to time (the "Rights
Agreement"), between ITT Indiana, Inc., to be renamed ITT Industries,
Inc. (the "Company") and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent (the
"Rights Agent"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by
reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive
offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in
the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate
certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The
Rights Agent will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the
Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request
therefor. Rights beneficially owned by Acquiring
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Persons or their Affiliates or Associates (as such terms are defined
in the Rights Agreement) and by any subsequent holder of such Rights
are null and void and nontransferable.
Notwithstanding this paragraph (d), the omission of a legend
shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Rights Agreement or the
rights of any holder of Rights.
SECTION 4. Form of Right Certificates. The Right Certificates
(and the form of election to purchase and form of assignment to be printed on
the reverse side thereof) shall be in substantially the form set forth as
Exhibit B and may have such marks of identification or designation and such
legends, summaries or endorsements printed thereon as the Company may deem
appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Rights
Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or with any
rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any
stock exchange on which the Rights may from time to time be listed, or to
conform to usage. Subject to the provisions of Sections 7, 11 and 23, the Right
Certificates, whenever issued, shall be dated as of the Distribution Date, and
on their face shall entitle the holders thereof to purchase such number of
Preferred Shares as shall be set forth therein for the Purchase Price set forth
therein, subject to adjustment from time to time as herein provided.
SECTION 5. Execution, Countersignature and Registration. (a)
The Right Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief
Operating Officer, the Treasurer or a Vice President (whether preceded by any
additional title) of the Company, either manually or by facsimile signature,
and have affixed thereto the Company's seal or a facsimile thereof which shall
be attested by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or a Vice President
(whether preceded by any additional title, provided that such Vice President
shall not have also executed the Right Certificates) of the Company, either
manually or by facsimile signature. The Right Certificates shall be manually
countersigned by the Rights Agent and shall not be valid or obligatory for any
purpose unless so countersigned. In case any officer of the Company who shall
have signed any of the Right Certificates shall cease to be such an officer of
the Company before countersignature by the Rights Agent and issuance and
delivery by the Company,
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such Right Certificates may nevertheless be countersigned by the Rights Agent
and issued and delivered by the Company with the same force and effect as
though the person who signed such Right Certificates had not ceased to be such
an officer of the Company; and any Right Certificate may be signed on behalf of
the Company by any person who, at the actual date of execution of such Right
Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company to sign such Right
Certificate, although at the date of execution of this Rights Agreement any
such person was not such an officer of the Company.
(b) Following the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will
keep or cause to be kept, at its designated office in New York, New York, 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 by each of the Right Certificates,
the certificate number of each of the Right Certificates and the date of each
of the Right Certificates.
SECTION 6. Transfer, Split-Up, Combination and Exchange of
Right Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates;
Uncertificated Rights. (a) Subject to the provisions of Sections 7(e) and 15,
at any time after the Distribution Date, and at or prior to the Close of
Business on the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date, any
Right Certificate or Right Certificates may be transferred, split-up, combined
or exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right Certificates representing,
in the aggregate, the same number of Rights as the Right Certificate or Right
Certificates surrendered then represented. Any registered holder desiring to
transfer, split-up, combine or exchange any Right Certificate shall make such
request in writing delivered to the Rights Agent and shall surrender the Right
Certificate or Right Certificates to be transferred, split-up, combined or
exchanged at the designated office of the Rights Agent; provided, however, that
neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to take any action
whatsoever with respect to the transfer of any Right Certificate surrendered
for transfer until the registered holder shall have completed and signed the
certification contained in the form of assignment on the reverse side of such
Right Certificate and shall have provided such additional evidence of the
identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or
Associates thereof as the Company shall reasonably request. Thereupon
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the Rights Agent shall, subject to Sections 7(e) and 15, countersign and
deliver to the Person entitled thereto a Right Certificate or Right
Certificates, as the case may be, as so requested. The Company may require
payment by the holders of Rights of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer,
split-up, combination or exchange of Right Certificates.
(b) Upon receipt by the Company or the Rights Agent of
evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of a valid Right Certificate, and, in case of loss, theft or
destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to them, and, at
the Company's request, reimbursement to the Company and the Rights Agent of all
reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender to the Rights Agent
and cancelation of the Right Certificate if mutilated, the Company will make a
new Right Certificate of like tenor and deliver such new Right Certificate to
the Rights Agent for delivery to the registered owner in lieu of the Right
Certificate so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Company
and the Rights Agent may amend this Rights Agreement to provide for
uncertificated Rights in addition to or in place of Rights evidenced by Right
Certificates.
SECTION 7. Exercise of Rights; Expiration Date of Rights.
(a) Subject to Section 7(e) and except as otherwise provided herein (including
Section 11), each Right shall entitle the registered holder thereof, upon
exercise thereof as provided herein, to purchase for the Purchase Price, at any
time after the Distribution Date and at or prior to the earlier of (i) the
Close of Business on the 10th anniversary of the date of this Rights Agreement
(the Close of Business on such date being the "Expiration Date"), or (ii) the
Redemption Date, one one-thousandths (1/1,000ths) of a Preferred Share, subject
to adjustment from time to time as provided in Sections 11 and 12.
(b) 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 designated office of the
Rights Agent in New York, New York, together with payment of the Purchase Price
for
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each one one-thousandths (1/1,000ths) of a Preferred Share as to which the
Rights are exercised, at or prior to the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date or
(ii) the Redemption Date.
(c) Upon receipt of a Right Certificate representing
exercisable Rights, with the form of election to purchase duly executed,
accompanied by payment of the Purchase Price for the Preferred Shares to be
purchased together with an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax, in
lawful money of the United States of America, in cash or by certified check or
money order payable to the order of the Company, the Rights Agent shall
thereupon (i) either (A) promptly requisition from any transfer agent of the
Preferred Shares (or make available, if the Rights Agent is the transfer agent)
certificates for the number of Preferred Shares to be purchased and the Company
hereby irrevocably authorizes its transfer agent to comply with all such
requests or (B) if the Company shall have elected to deposit the Preferred
Shares with a depositary agent under a depositary arrangement, promptly
requisition from the depositary agent depositary receipts representing the
number of one one-thousandths (1/1,000ths) of a Preferred Share to be purchased
(in which case certificates for the Preferred Shares to be represented by such
receipts shall be deposited by the transfer agent with the depositary agent)
and the Company will direct the depositary agent to comply with all such
requests, (ii) when appropriate, promptly requisition from the Company the
amount of cash to be paid in lieu of issuance of fractional shares in
accordance with Section 15, (iii) promptly after receipt of such certificates
or depositary receipts, cause the same to be delivered to or upon the order of
the registered holder of such Right Certificate, registered in such name or
names as may be designated by such holder and (iv) when appropriate, after
receipt promptly deliver such cash to or upon the order of the registered
holder of such Right Certificate.
(d) In case the registered holder of any Right Certificate
shall exercise fewer 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 15.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Rights Agreement to the
contrary, any Rights that are at any time beneficially owned by an Acquiring
Person or any Affiliate
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or Associate of an Acquiring Person shall be null and void and nontransferable,
and any holder of any such Right (including any purported transferee or
subsequent holder) shall not have any right to exercise or transfer any such
Right.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Rights Agreement to the
contrary, neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to
undertake any action with respect to a registered holder of any Right
Certificates upon the occurrence of any purported exercise as set forth in this
Section 7 unless such registered holder shall have (i) completed and signed the
certificate contained in the form of election to purchase set forth on the
reverse side of the Right Certificate surrendered for such exercise and (ii)
provided such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or
former Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Company
shall reasonably request.
(g) The Company may temporarily suspend, for a period of time
not to exceed 90 calendar days after the Distribution Date, the exercisability
of the Rights in order to prepare and file a registration statement under the
Securities Act, on appropriate form, with respect to the Preferred Shares
purchasable upon exercise of the Rights and permit such registration statement
to become effective; provided, however, that no such suspension shall remain
effective after, and the Rights shall without any further action by the Company
or any other Person become exercisable immediately upon, the effectiveness of
such registration statement. Upon any such suspension, the Company shall issue
a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been
temporarily suspended and shall issue a further public announcement at such
time as the suspension is no longer in effect. Notwithstanding any provision
herein to the contrary, the Rights shall not be exercisable in any jurisdiction
if the requisite qualification under the blue sky or securities laws of such
jurisdiction shall not have been obtained or the exercise of the Rights shall
not be permitted under applicable law.
SECTION 8. Cancelation and Destruction of Right Certificates.
All Right Certificates surrendered or presented for the purpose of exercise,
transfer, split-up, combination or exchange shall, and any Right Certificate
representing Rights that have become null and void and nontransferable pursuant
to Section 7(e) surrendered or presented for any purpose shall, if surrendered
or presented
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to the Company or to any of its agents, be delivered to the Rights Agent for
cancelation or in canceled form, or, if surrendered or presented to the Rights
Agent, shall be canceled by it, and no Right Certificates shall be issued in
lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by this Rights Agreement. The
Company shall deliver to the Rights Agent for cancelation and retirement, and
the Rights Agent shall so cancel and retire, any Right Certificate purchased or
acquired by the Company. The Rights Agent shall deliver all canceled Right
Certificates to the Company.
SECTION 9. Reservation and Availability of Preferred Shares.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be reserved and
kept available out of its authorized and unissued Preferred Shares or any
authorized and issued Preferred Shares held in its treasury, free from
preemptive rights or any right of first refusal, a number of Preferred Shares
sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Rights.
(b) In the event that there shall not be sufficient Preferred
Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the
exercise or exchange of Rights in accordance with Section 11, the Company
covenants and agrees that it will take all such action as may be necessary to
authorize additional Preferred Shares for issuance upon the exercise or
exchange of Rights pursuant to Section 11; provided, however, that if the
Company is unable to cause the authorization of additional Preferred Shares,
then the Company shall, or in lieu of seeking any such authorization, the
Company may, to the extent necessary and permitted by applicable law and any
agreements or instruments in effect prior to the Distribution Date to which it
is a party, (A) upon surrender of a Right, pay cash equal to the Purchase Price
in lieu of issuing Preferred Shares and requiring payment therefor, (B) upon
due exercise of a Right and payment of the Purchase Price for each Preferred
Share as to which such Right is exercised, issue equity securities having a
value equal to the value of the Preferred Shares which otherwise would have
been issuable pursuant to Section 11, which value shall be determined by a
nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of
Directors of the Company or (C) upon due exercise of a Right and payment of the
Purchase Price for each Preferred Share as to which such Right is exercised,
distribute a combination of Preferred Shares, cash and/or other equity and/or
debt securities having an aggregate value equal to the value of the Preferred
Shares which otherwise would have been issuable pursuant to
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Section 11, which value shall be determined by a nationally recognized
investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. To
the extent that any legal or contractual restrictions (pursuant to agreements
or instruments in effect prior to the Distribution Date to which it is party)
prevent the Company from paying the full amount payable in accordance with the
foregoing sentence, the Company shall pay to holders of the Rights as to which
such payments are being made all amounts which are not then restricted on a pro
rata basis as such payments become permissible under such legal or contractual
restrictions until such payments have been paid in full.
(c) The Company covenants and agrees that it will take all
such action as may be necessary to ensure that all Preferred Shares delivered
upon exercise or exchange of Rights shall, at the time of delivery of the
certificates for such Preferred Shares (subject to payment of the Purchase
Price), be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and
nonassessable shares.
(d) So long as the Preferred Shares issuable upon the
exercise or exchange of Rights are to be listed on any national securities
exchange, the Company covenants and agrees to use its best efforts to cause,
from and after such time as the Rights become exercisable or exchangeable, all
Preferred Shares reserved for such issuance to be listed on such securities
exchange upon official notice of issuance upon such exercise or exchange.
(e) The Company further covenants and agrees that it will pay
when due and payable any and all Federal and state transfer taxes and charges
which may be payable in respect of the issuance or delivery of Right
Certificates or of any Preferred Shares or Common Shares or other securities
upon the exercise or exchange of the Rights. The Company shall not, however,
be required to pay any transfer tax which may be payable in respect of any
transfer or delivery of Right Certificates to a Person other than, or in
respect of the issuance or delivery of certificates for the Preferred Shares or
Common Shares 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 exchange or to issue or deliver any certificates
for Preferred Shares or Common Shares or other securities, as the case may be,
upon the exercise or exchange 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
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established to the Company's satisfaction that no such tax is due.
SECTION 10. Preferred Shares Record Date. Each Person in
whose name any certificate for Preferred Shares or Common Shares or other
securities is issued upon the exercise or exchange of Rights shall for all
purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of the Preferred Shares
or Common Shares or other securities, as the case may be, represented thereby
on, and such certificate shall be dated, the date upon which the Right
Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered and payment of any
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
transfer books of the Company for the Preferred Shares or Common Shares or
other securities, as the case may be, are closed, such Person shall be deemed
to have become the record holder of such Preferred Shares or Common Shares or
other securities, as the case may be, on, and such certificate shall be dated,
the next succeeding Business Day on which the transfer books of the Company for
the Preferred Shares or Common Shares or other securities, as the case may be,
are open.
SECTION 11. Adjustments in Rights After There Is an Acquiring
Person; Exchange of Rights for Shares; Business Combinations. (a) Upon a
Person becoming an Acquiring Person, proper provision shall be made so that
each holder of a Right, except as provided in Section 7(e), shall thereafter
have a right to receive, upon exercise thereof for the Purchase Price in
accordance with the terms of this Rights Agreement, such number of one
one-thousandths (1/1,000ths) of a Preferred Share as shall equal the result
obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of one one- thousandths (1/1,000ths) of a Preferred Share
for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of
the Market Value of the Common Shares on the date on which a Person becomes an
Acquiring Person. As soon as practicable after a Person becomes an Acquiring
Person (provided the Company shall not have elected to make the exchange
permitted by Section 11(b)(I) for all outstanding Rights), the Company
covenants and agrees to use its best efforts to:
(I) prepare and file a registration statement under the
Securities Act, on an appropriate form, with respect to the Preferred
Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Rights;
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(II) cause such registration statement to become effective as
soon as practicable after such filing;
(III) cause such registration statement to remain effective
(with a prospectus at all times meeting the requirements of the
Securities Act) until the Expiration Date; and
(IV) qualify or register the Preferred Shares purchasable upon
exercise of the Rights under the blue sky or securities laws of such
jurisdictions as may be necessary or appropriate.
(b)(I) The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its
option, at any time after a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, mandatorily
exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which
shall not include Rights that shall have become null and void and
nontransferable pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e)) for consideration
per Right consisting of either one-half of the securities that would be
issuable at such time upon the exercise of one Right in accordance with Section
11(a) or, if applicable, Section 9(b)(B) or (C) or, if applicable the cash
consideration specified in Section 9(b)(A) (the consideration issuable per
Right pursuant to this Section 11(b)(I) being the "Exchange Consideration").
The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option, issue, in
substitution for Preferred Shares, Common Shares in an amount per Preferred
Share equal to the Formula Number (as defined in the Certificate of
Designation) if there are sufficient Common Shares issued but not outstanding
or authorized but unissued. If the Board of Directors of the Company elects to
exchange all the Rights for Exchange Consideration pursuant to this Section
11(b)(I) prior to the physical distribution of the Rights Certificates, the
Corporation may distribute the Exchange Consideration in lieu of distributing
Right Certificates, in which case for purposes of this Rights Agreement holders
of Rights shall be deemed to have simultaneously received and surrendered for
exchange Right Certificates on the date of such distribution.
(II) Any action of the Board of Directors of the Company
ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to Section 11(b)(I) shall be
irrevocable and, immediately upon the taking of such action and without any
further action and without any notice, the right to exercise any such Right
pursuant to Section 11(a) shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a
holder of such Right shall be to receive the
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Exchange Consideration in exchange for each such Right held by such holder or,
if the Exchange Consideration shall not have been paid or issued, to exercise
any such Right pursuant to Section 11(c)(I). The Company shall promptly give
public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to
give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such
exchange. The Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all
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
Rights for the Exchange Consideration will be effected and, in the event of any
partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial
exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than
Rights which shall have become null and void and nontransferable pursuant to
the provisions of Section 7(e)) held by each holder of Rights.
(c)(I) In the event that, following a Distribution Date,
directly or indirectly, any transactions specified in the following clause (i),
(ii) or (iii) of this Section 11(c) (each such transaction being a "Business
Combination") shall be consummated:
(i) the Company shall consolidate with, or merge with and
into, any Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate of an
Acquiring Person;
(ii) any Acquiring Person or any Affiliate or Associate of an
Acquiring Person shall merge with and into the Company and, in
connection with such merger, all or part of the Common Shares shall be
changed into or exchanged for capital stock or other securities of the
Company or of any Acquiring Person or Affiliate or Associate of an
Acquiring Person or cash or any other property; or
(iii) the Company shall sell, lease, exchange or otherwise
transfer or dispose of (or one or more of its Subsidiaries shall sell,
lease, exchange or otherwise transfer or dispose of), in one or more
transactions, the Major Part of the assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any Acquiring Person or any
Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person,
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then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that each holder of
a Right, except as provided in Section 7(e), shall thereafter have the right to
receive, upon the exercise thereof for the Purchase Price in accordance with
the terms of this Rights Agreement, the securities specified below (or, at such
holder's option, the securities specified in Section 11(a)):
(A) If the Principal Party in such Business Combination has
Registered Common Shares outstanding, each Right shall thereafter
represent the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof for the
Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Rights Agreement,
such number of Registered Common Shares of such Principal Party, free
and clear of all liens, encumbrances or other adverse claims, as shall
have an aggregate Market Value equal to the result obtained by
multiplying the Purchase Price by two;
(B) If the Principal Party involved in such Business
Combination does not have Registered Common Shares outstanding, each
Right shall thereafter represent the right to receive, upon the
exercise thereof for the Purchase Price in accordance with the terms
of this Rights Agreement, at the election of the holder of such Right
at the time of the exercise thereof, any of:
(1) such number of Common Shares of the Surviving
Person in such Business Combination as shall have an aggregate
Book Value immediately after giving effect to such Business
Combination equal to the result obtained by multiplying the
Purchase Price by two;
(2) such number of Common Shares of the Principal
Party in such Business Combination (if the Principal Party is
not also the Surviving Person in such Business Combination) as
shall have an aggregate Book Value immediately after giving
effect to such Business Combination equal to the result
obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price by two; or
(3) if the Principal Party in such Business
Combination is an Affiliate of one or more Persons which has
Registered Common Shares outstanding, such number of
Registered Common Shares of whichever of such Affiliates of
the Principal
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Party has Registered Common Shares with the greatest aggregate Market
Value on the date of consummation of such Business Combination as
shall have an aggregate Market Value on the date of such Business
Combination equal to the result obtained by multiplying the Purchase
Price by two.
(II) The Company shall not consummate any Business
Combination unless each issuer of Common Shares for which Rights may be
exercised, as set forth in this Section 11(c), shall have sufficient authorized
Common Shares that have not been issued or reserved for issuance (and which
shall, when issued upon exercise thereof in accordance with this Rights
Agreement, be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of
preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or any other restrictions or
limitations on the transfer or ownership thereof) to permit the exercise in
full of the Rights in accordance with this Section 11(c) and unless prior
thereto:
(i) a registration statement under the Securities Act on an
appropriate form, with respect to the Rights and the Common Shares of
such issuer purchasable upon exercise of the Rights, shall be
effective under the Securities Act; and
(ii) the Company and each such issuer shall have:
(A) executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a
supplemental agreement providing for the assumption by such
issuer of the obligations set forth in this Section 11(c)
(including the obligation of such issuer to issue Common
Shares upon the exercise of Rights in accordance with the
terms set forth in Sections 11(c)(I) and 11(c)(III)) and
further providing that such issuer, at its own expense, will
use its best efforts to:
(1) cause a registration statement under the
Securities Act on an appropriate form, with respect
to the Rights and the Common Shares of such issuer
purchasable upon exercise of the Rights, to remain
effective (with a prospectus at all times meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act) until the
Expiration Date;
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(2) qualify or register the Rights and the
Common Shares of such issuer purchasable upon
exercise of the Rights under the blue sky or
securities laws of such jurisdictions as may be
necessary or appropriate; and
(3) list the Rights and the Common Shares of
such issuer purchasable upon exercise of the Rights
on each national securities exchange on which the
Common Shares were listed prior to the consummation
of the Business Combination or, if the Common Shares
were not listed on a national securities exchange
prior to the consummation of the Business
Combination, on a national securities exchange;
(B) furnished to the Rights Agent a written opinion
of independent counsel stating that such supplemental
agreement is a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of
such issuer; and
(C) filed with the Rights Agent a certificate of a
nationally recognized firm of independent accountants setting
forth the number of Common Shares of such issuer which may be
purchased upon the exercise of each Right after the
consummation of such Business Combination.
(III) After consummation of any Business Combination and
subject to the provisions of Section 11(c)(II), (i) each issuer of Common
Shares for which Rights may be exercised as set forth in this Section 11(c)
shall be liable for, and shall assume, by virtue of such Business Combination,
all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this Rights
Agreement, (ii) the term "Company" shall thereafter be deemed to refer to such
issuer, (iii) each such issuer shall take such steps in connection with such
consummation as may be necessary to assure that the provisions hereof
(including the provisions of Sections 11(a) and 11(c)) shall thereafter be
applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to its Common Shares
thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights, and (iv) the number of
Common Shares of each such issuer thereafter 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 of Sections 11 and 12 and
the provisions of Section 7, 9 and 10 with respect to the Preferred Shares
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shall apply, as nearly as reasonably may be, on like terms to any such Common
Shares.
SECTION 12. Certain Adjustments. (a) To preserve the actual
or potential economic value of the Rights, if at any time after the date of
this Rights Agreement there shall be any change in the Common Shares or the
Preferred Shares, whether by reason of stock dividends, stock splits,
recapitalizations, mergers, consolidations, combinations or exchanges of
securities, split- ups, split-offs, spin-offs, liquidations, other similar
changes in capitalization, any distribution or issuance of cash, assets,
evidences of indebtedness or subscription rights, options or warrants to
holders of Common Shares or Preferred Shares, as the case may be (other than
distribution of the Rights or regular quarterly cash dividends) or otherwise,
then, in each such event the Board of Directors of the Company shall make such
appropriate adjustments in the number of Preferred Shares (or the number and
kind of other securities) issuable upon exercise of each Right, the Purchase
Price and Redemption Price in effect at such time and the number of Rights
outstanding at such time (including the number of Rights or fractional Rights
associated with each Common Share) such that following such adjustment such
event shall not have had the effect of reducing or limiting the benefits the
holders of the Rights would have had absent such event.
(b) If, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section
12(a), the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become entitled to
receive any securities other than Preferred Shares, thereafter the number of
such securities 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 of Sections 11 and 12 and the provisions of
Sections 7, 9 and 10 with respect to the Preferred Shares shall apply, as
nearly as reasonably may be, on like terms to any such other securities.
(c) All Rights originally issued by the Company subsequent to
any adjustment made to the amount of Preferred Shares or other securities
relating to a Right shall evidence the right to purchase, for the Purchase
Price, the adjusted number and kind of securities purchasable from time to time
hereunder upon exercise of the Rights, all subject to further adjustment as
provided herein.
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(d) Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Purchase
Price or the number of Preferred Shares or number or kind of other securities
issuable upon the exercise of the Rights, the Right Certificates theretofore
and thereafter issued may continue to express the terms which were expressed in
the initial Right Certificates issued hereunder.
(e) In any case in which action taken pursuant to Section
12(a) requires that an adjustment be made effective as of a record date for a
specified event, the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such
event the issuing to the holder of any Right exercised after such record date
the Preferred Shares and/or other securities, if any, issuable upon such
exercise over and above the Preferred Shares and/or other securities, if any,
issuable before giving effect to such adjustment; provided, however, that the
Company shall deliver to such holder a due xxxx or other appropriate instrument
evidencing such holder's right to receive such additional securities upon the
occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.
SECTION 13. Certificate of Adjustment. Whenever an
adjustment is made as provided in Section 11 or 12, the Company shall (a)
promptly prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment and a brief
statement of the facts accounting for such adjustment, (b) promptly file with
the Rights Agent and with each transfer agent for the Preferred Shares a copy
of such certificate and (c) mail a brief summary thereof to each holder of a
Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Shares) in
accordance with Section 25. The Rights Agent shall be fully protected in
relying on any such certificate and on any adjustment therein contained.
SECTION 14. Additional Covenants. (a) Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Rights Agreement, no adjustment to the number of
Preferred Shares (or fractions of a share) or other securities for which a
Right is exercisable or the number of Rights outstanding or associated with
each Common Share or any similar or other adjustment shall be made or be
effective if such adjustment would have the effect of reducing or limiting the
benefits the holders of the Rights would have had absent such adjustment,
including, without limitation, the benefits under Sections 11 and 12, unless
the terms of this Rights Agreement are amended so as to preserve such benefits.
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(b) The Company covenants and agrees that, after the
Distribution Date, except as permitted by Section 26, it will not take (or
permit any Subsidiary of the Company to take) any action if at the time such
action is taken it is intended or reasonably foreseeable that such action will
reduce or otherwise limit the benefits the holders of the Rights would have had
absent such action, including, without limitation, the benefits under Sections
11 and 12. Any action taken by the Company during any period after any Person
becomes an Acquiring Person but prior to the Distribution Date shall be null
and void unless such action could be taken under this Section 14(b) from and
after the Distribution Date. The Company shall not consummate any Business
Combination if any issuer of Common Shares for which Rights may be exercised
after such Business Combination in accordance with Section 11(c) shall have
taken or contemplated taking any action that reduces or otherwise limits the
benefits the holders of the Rights would have had absent such action,
including, without limitation, the benefits under Sections 11 and 12.
SECTION 15. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares. (a)
The Company may, but shall not be required to, issue fractions of Rights or
distribute Right Certificates which evidence fractional Rights. In lieu of
such fractional Rights, the Company may pay 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 purposes of this Section 15(a), the current market
value of a whole Right shall be the closing price of the Rights (as determined
pursuant to the second and third sentences of the definition of Market Value
contained in Section 1) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date on
which such fractional Rights would have been otherwise issuable.
(b) The Company may, but shall not be required to, issue
fractions of Preferred Shares upon exercise of the Rights or distribute
certificates which evidence fractional Preferred Shares. In lieu of fractional
Preferred Shares, the Company may elect to (i) utilize a depository arrangement
as provided by the terms of the Preferred Shares or (ii) in the case of a
fraction of a Preferred Share (other than one one-thousandths (1/1,000ths) of a
Preferred Share or any integral multiple thereof), 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
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one Preferred Share, if any are outstanding and publicly traded (or the Formula
Number times the current market value of one Common Share if the Preferred
Shares are not outstanding and publicly traded). For purposes of this Section
15(b), the current market value of a Preferred Share (or Common Share) shall be
the closing price of a Preferred Share (or Common Share) (as determined
pursuant to the second and third sentences of the definition of Market Value
contained in Section 1) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of
such exercise. If, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section
12(a), the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become entitled to
receive any securities other than Preferred Shares, the provisions of this
Section 15(b) shall apply, as nearly as reasonably may be, on like terms to
such other securities.
(c) The Company may, but shall not be required to, issue
fractions of Common Shares upon exchange of Rights pursuant to Section 11(b),
or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu
of such fractional Common Shares, the Company may pay to the registered holders
of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares
would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the
current Market Value of one Common Share as of the date on which a Person
became an Acquiring Person.
(d) The holder of Rights by the acceptance of the Rights
expressly waives his right to receive any fractional Rights or any fractional
shares upon exercise of a Right except as provided in this Section 15.
SECTION 16. Rights of Action. (a) All rights of action in
respect of this Rights Agreement are vested in the respective registered
holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the
registered holders of the Common Shares); and any registered holder of any
Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Shares),
without the consent of the Rights Agent or of the holder of any other Right
Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Shares) may, in
his own behalf and for his own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain
any suit, action or proceeding against the Company to enforce, or otherwise act
in respect of, his right to exercise the Rights evidenced by such Right
Certificate in the manner provided in such Right Certificate and in this Rights
Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing or any remedies available to the
holders of Rights, it is specifically acknowledged that the holders of
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Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law for any breach of this Rights
Agreement and shall be entitled to specific performance of the obligations of
any Person under, and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations
of the obligations of any Person subject to, this Rights Agreement.
(b) Any holder of Rights who prevails in an action to enforce
the provisions of this Rights Agreement shall be entitled to recover the
reasonable costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in such
action.
SECTION 17. Transfer and Ownership of Rights and Right
Certificates. (a) Prior to the Distribution Date, the Rights will be
transferable only in connection with the transfer of the Common Shares and the
Rights associated with the Common Shares shall be automatically transferred
upon the transfer of the Common Shares.
(b) After the Distribution Date, the Right Certificates will
be transferable, subject to Section 7(e), 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 Company and the Rights Agent may deem and treat the
Person in whose name a Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date,
the associated Common 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 certificate
for Common Shares made by anyone other than the Company or the Rights Agent)
for all purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 18. Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a
Shareholder. No holder, as such, of any Right Certificate shall be entitled to
vote or receive dividends or be deemed, for any purpose, the holder of the
Preferred Shares or of any other securities of the Company which may at any
time be issuable on the exercise of the Rights represented thereby, nor shall
anything contained herein or in any Right Certificate be construed to confer
upon the holder of any Right Certificate, as such, any of the rights of a
shareholder of the Company, including, without limitation, any right to vote
for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to shareholders at
any meeting thereof, or to give
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or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings
or other actions affecting shareholders, or to receive dividends or other
distributions 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 19. Concerning the Rights Agent. (a) The Company
agrees to pay to the Rights Agent, as shall be agreed to in writing between the
Company and the Rights Agent, compensation for all services rendered by it
hereunder from time to time and its reasonable expenses and counsel fees and
expenses and other disbursements incurred in the administration and execution
of this Rights Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties
hereunder. The provisions of this Section 19(a) shall survive the expiration
of the Rights and the termination of this Agreement.
(b) The Rights Agent shall be protected and shall incur no
liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in
connection with its administration of this Rights Agreement in reliance upon
any Right Certificate or certificate for the Common Shares or for other
securities of the Company, instrument of assignment or transfer, power of
attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, opinion, instruction,
direction, consent, certificate, statement, or other paper or document believed
by it to be genuine and to be signed and executed by the proper Person or
Persons.
SECTION 20. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Rights
Agent. (a) Any corporation into which the Rights Agent or any successor
Rights Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Rights
Agent or any successor Rights Agent shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to the stock transfer or corporate trust business of the Rights
Agent or any successor Rights Agent, shall be the successor to the Rights Agent
under this Rights 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 22. In case, at the time such successor Rights Agent
shall succeed to the agency created by this Rights 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
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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 Rights Agreement.
(b) In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent shall be
changed and at such time any of the Right Certificates shall have been
countersigned but not delivered, the Rights Agent may adopt the
countersignature under its prior name and deliver Right Certificates so
countersigned; and, in case at that time any of the Right Certificates shall
not have been countersigned, the Rights Agent may countersign such Right
Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all such
cases such Right Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Right
Certificates and in this Rights Agreement.
SECTION 21. Duties of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent
undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by this Rights Agreement upon the
following terms and conditions, by all of which the Company and the holders of
Right Certificates (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Shares),
by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:
(a) The Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel
satisfactory to it (who may be legal counsel for the Company), and the opinion
of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection to the
Rights Agent as to any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith
and in accordance with such opinion.
(b) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this
Rights Agreement the Rights Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any
fact or matter (including, without limitation, the identity of any Acquiring
Person) be proved or established by the Company prior to taking, refraining
from taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless
other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be
deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by any
one of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President,
the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, a Vice President
(whether preceded by any additional title), the Treasurer or the Secretary of
the Company and delivered to the Rights
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Agent or by the directors of the Company whose vote would be sufficient to
redeem the Rights under Section 24. 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 Rights Agreement in reliance upon such
certificate. In the event any such certificate signed by such directors is
inconsistent with any other such certificate, the certificate signed by such
directors shall control.
(c) The Rights Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its
own gross negligence, bad faith or wilful misconduct.
(d) The Rights Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of
any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Rights Agreement or
in the Right Certificates (except as to its countersignature thereof) or be
required to verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall
be deemed to have been made by the Company only.
(e) The Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility in
respect of the validity of this Rights Agreement or the execution and delivery
hereof (except the due execution hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect of
the validity or execution of any Right Certificate (except its countersignature
thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any
covenant or condition contained in this Rights Agreement or in any Right
Certificate; nor shall it be responsible for any adjustment required under the
provisions of Section 11 or 12 or responsible for the manner, method or amount
of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would
require any such adjustment (except with respect to the exercise of Rights
evidenced by Right Certificates after actual notice of any such adjustment);
nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or
warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any Preferred Shares or
Common Shares to be issued pursuant to this Rights Agreement or any Right
Certificate or as to whether any Preferred Shares or Common Shares will, when
so issued, be validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(f) The Company agrees that it will perform, execute,
acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and
delivered all such further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may
reasonably be
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required by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Rights
Agent of the provisions of this Rights Agreement.
(g) The Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to
accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder
from any one of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, the Chief Operating Officer, a Vice President (whether preceded by
any additional title), the Secretary or the Treasurer of the Company or from
the directors of the Company whose vote would be sufficient to redeem the
Rights under Section 24, and to apply to such officers or directors for advice
and instructions in connection with its duties and it shall not be liable for
any action taken or suffered to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
instructions of any such officers or directors or for any delay in acting while
waiting for those instructions. Any application by the Rights Agent for
written instructions from the Company may, at the option of the Rights Agent,
set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Rights
Agent under this Agreement and the date on and/or after which such action shall
be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Rights Agent shall not be
liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Rights Agent in accordance
with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in
such application (which date shall not be less than three Business Days after
the date any officer of the Company actually receives such application, unless
any such officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless,
prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an
omission), the Rights Agent shall have received written instructions in
response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.
(h) The Rights Agent and any shareholder, director, officer,
employee or affiliate of the Rights Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the
Rights or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in
any transaction in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or
lend money to the Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it
were not the Rights Agent under this Rights Agreement. Nothing herein shall
preclude the Rights Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or
for any other legal entity.
(i) The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the
rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any
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duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys or agents, and the
Rights Agent shall not be answerable or accountable for any act, default,
neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the
Company resulting from any such act, default, neglect or misconduct provided
reasonable care was exercised in the selection thereof.
(j) The Company agrees to indemnify and to hold the Rights
Agent harmless against any loss, liability, damage or expense (including
reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel) which the Rights Agent may incur
in connection with this Rights Agreement; provided, however, that the Rights
Agent shall not be indemnified or held harmless with respect to any such loss,
liability, damage or expense incurred by the Rights Agent as a result of, or
arising out of, its own gross negligence, bad faith or wilful misconduct. If
any action, proceeding (including, but not limited to, any governmental
investigation), claim or dispute (collectively, a "Proceeding") in respect of
which indemnity may be sought is brought or asserted against the Rights Agent,
the Rights Agent shall promptly (and in no event more than ten (10) days after
receipt of written notice of such Proceeding) notify the Company of such
Proceeding. The failure of the Rights Agent to so notify the Company shall not
impair the Rights Agent's ability to seek indemnification from the Company (but
only for costs, expenses and liabilities incurred after such notice) unless
such failure adversely affects the Company's ability to adequately oppose or
defend such Proceeding. Upon receipt of such notice from the Rights Agent, the
Company shall be entitled to participate in such Proceeding and, to the extent
that it shall so desire and provided no conflict of interest exists as
specified in (b) below or there are no other defenses available to the Rights
Agent as specified in (d) below, to assume the defense thereof with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Rights Agent (in which case all attorney's fees
and expenses shall be borne by the Company and the Company shall in good faith
defend the Rights Agent). The Rights Agent shall have the right to employ
separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense
thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be borne by the Rights
Agent unless (a) the Company agrees in writing to pay such fees and expenses,
(b) the Rights Agent shall have reasonably and in good faith concluded that
there is a conflict of interest between the Company and the Rights Agent in the
conduct of the defense of such action, (c) the Company fails, within ten (10)
days prior to the date the first response or
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appearance is required to be made in such Proceeding, to assume the defense of
such Proceeding with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Rights Agent or (d)
there are legal defenses available to the Rights Agent that are different from
or are in addition to those available to the Company. No compromise or
settlement of such Proceeding may be effected by either party without the other
party's consent unless (i) there is no finding or admission of any violation of
law and no effect on any other claims that may be made against such other party
and (ii) the sole relief provided is monetary damages that are paid in full by
the party seeking the settlement. Neither party shall have any liability with
respect to any compromise or settlement effected without its consent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company shall have no
obligation to indemnify and hold harmless the Rights Agent from any loss,
expense or liability incurred by the Rights Agent as a result of a default
judgment entered against the Rights Agent unless such judgment was entered
after the Company agreed, in writing, to assume the defense of such Proceeding.
The provisions of this Section 21(j) shall survive expiration
of the Rights and the termination of this Agreement.
(k) The Rights Agent shall be under no obligation to institute
any action, suit or legal proceeding or to take any other action likely to
involve expense unless the Company or one or more registered holders of Right
Certificates shall furnish the Rights Agent with security and indemnity to its
satisfaction for any costs and expenses which may be incurred.
(l) The Rights Agent shall not be liable for failure to
perform any duties except as specifically set forth herein and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Rights
Agent, whose duties and obligations are ministerial and shall be determined
solely by the express provisions hereof.
SECTION 22. Change of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent or any
successor Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this
Rights Agreement upon 30 days' notice in writing mailed to the Company and to
each transfer agent of the Common Shares and the Preferred Shares by registered
or certified mail. The Company may remove the Rights Agent or any successor
Rights Agent upon 30 days' notice in writing, mailed to the Rights Agent or
successor
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Rights Agent, as the case may be, and to each transfer agent of the Common
Shares and the Preferred Shares by registered or certified mail. If the Rights
Agent shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting,
the Company shall appoint a successor to the Rights Agent. If the Company
shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after giving
notice of such removal or after it has been notified in writing of such
resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent or by
the holder of a Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the
Common Shares) (who shall, with such notice, submit his Right Certificate or,
prior to the Distribution Date, the certificate representing his Common Shares,
for inspection by the Company), then the Rights Agent or the registered holder
of any Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common
Shares) may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a new Rights Agent. Any successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by the
Company or by such a court, shall be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States or of the State of New York (or of any
other state of the United States so long as such corporation is authorized to
conduct a stock transfer or corporate trust business in the State of New York),
in good standing, having a principal office in the State of New York, which is
authorized under such laws to exercise stock transfer or corporate trust powers
and is subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority and
which has at the time of its appointment as Rights Agent a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000; provided that the principal transfer agent for
the Common Shares shall in any event be qualified to be the Rights Agent.
After appointment, the successor Rights Agent shall be vested with the same
powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named
as Rights Agent without further act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent
shall deliver and transfer to the successor Rights Agent any property at the
time held by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any further assurance,
conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Not later than the
effective date of any such appointment, the Company shall file notice thereof
in writing with the predecessor Rights Agent and each transfer agent of the
Common Shares and the Preferred Shares, and mail a notice thereof in writing to
the registered holders of the Right Certificates (or, prior to the Distribution
Date, of the Common Shares). Failure to give any notice provided for in this
Section 22, however, or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or
validity of the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent or the
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appointment of the successor Rights Agent, as the case may be.
SECTION 23. Issuance of Additional Rights and Right
Certificates. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Rights Agreement
or of the Rights to the contrary, the Company 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 made in accordance with
the provisions of this Rights Agreement. In addition, in connection with the
issuance or sale of Common Shares following the Distribution Date and prior to
the earlier of the Redemption Date and the Expiration Date, the Company (a)
shall, with respect to Common Shares so issued or sold pursuant to the exercise
of stock options or under any employee plan or arrangement, or upon the
exercise, conversion or exchange of securities, notes or debentures issued by
the Company, and (b) may, in any other case, if deemed necessary or appropriate
by the Board of Directors of the Company, issue Right Certificates representing
the appropriate number of Rights in connection with such issuance or sale;
provided, however, that (i) no such Right Certificate shall be issued if, and
to the extent that, the Company shall be advised by counsel that such issuance
would create a significant risk of material adverse tax consequences to the
Company or the Person to whom such Right Certificate would be issued, and (ii)
no such Right Certificate shall be issued if, and to the extent that,
appropriate adjustment shall otherwise have been made in lieu of the issuance
thereof.
SECTION 24. Redemption and Termination. (a) The Board of
Directors of the Company may, at its option, at any time prior to the earlier
of (i) such time as a Person becomes an Acquiring Person and (ii) the
Expiration Date, order the redemption of all, but not fewer than all, the then
outstanding Rights at the Redemption Price (the date of such redemption being
the "Redemption Date"), and the Company, at its option, may pay the Redemption
Price either in cash or Common Shares or other securities of the Company deemed
by the Board of Directors of the Company, in the exercise of its sole
discretion, to be at least equivalent in value to the Redemption Price.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of
the Company ordering the redemption of the Rights, 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
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to receive the Redemption Price. Within 10 Business Days after the action of
the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the redemption of the Rights,
the Company shall give notice of such redemption to the holders of the then
outstanding Rights by mailing such notice to all such holders at their last
addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent or, prior
to the Distribution Date, on the registry books of the transfer agent for the
Common Shares. Each such notice of redemption will state the method by which
payment of the Redemption Price will be made. The notice, if mailed in the
manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given,
whether or not the holder of Rights receives such notice. In any case, failure
to give such notice by mail, or any defect in the notice, to any particular
holder of Rights shall not affect the sufficiency of the notice to other
holders of Rights.
SECTION 25. Notices. Notices or demands authorized by this
Agreement to be given or made by the Rights Agent or by the holder of a Right
Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Shares) to or on
the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the
Rights Agent) as follows:
ITT Industries, Inc.
0 Xxxx Xxx Xxx Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
Subject to the provisions of Section 22, any notice or demand authorized by
this Rights Agreement to be given or made by the Company or by the holder of a
Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Shares) to
or on the Rights Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in
writing with the Company) as follows:
The Bank of New York
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00X
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Stock Transfer Administration
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Notices or demands authorized by this Rights Agreement to be given or made by
the Company or the Rights Agent to any holder of a Right Certificate (or, prior
to the Distribution Date, of the Common Shares) shall be sufficiently given or
made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such holder at
the address of such holder as shown on the registry books of the Rights Agent
or, prior to the Distribution Date, on the registry books of the transfer agent
for the Common Shares.
SECTION 26. Supplements and Amendments. At any time prior to
the Distribution Date and subject to the last sentence of this Section 26, the
Company may, and the Rights Agent shall if the Company so directs, supplement
or amend any provision of this Rights Agreement (including, without limitation,
the date on which the Distribution Date shall occur, the definition of
"Acquiring Person", the time during which the Rights may be redeemed pursuant
to Section 24 or any provision of the Certificate of Designation) without the
approval of any holder of the Rights. From and after the Distribution Date and
subject to applicable law, the Company may, and the Rights Agent shall if the
Company so directs, amend this Rights Agreement without the approval of any
holders of Right Certificates (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or
supplement any provision contained herein which may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provision of this Rights Agreement or (ii) to make
any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder which
the Company may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely
affect the interests of the holders of Right Certificates (other than an
Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person). Any
supplement or amendment adopted during any period after any Person has become
an Acquiring Person but prior to the Distribution Date shall be null and void
unless such supplement or amendment could have been adopted under the prior
sentence from and after the Distribution Date. Any supplement or amendment to
this Rights Agreement duly approved by the Company that does not amend Sections
19, 20, 21 or 22 in a manner adverse to the Rights Agent shall become effective
immediately upon execution by the Company, whether or not also executed by the
Rights Agent. The Rights Agent shall receive prompt written notice from the
Company of any amendment hereunder. In addition, notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Rights Agreement, no supplement or amendment to
this Rights Agreement shall be made which (a) reduces the Redemption Price
(except as required by Section 12(a)) or (b) provides for an earlier Expiration
Date. Upon the delivery of a
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certificate from an appropriate officer of the Company which states that the
proposed supplement or amendment is in compliance with the terms of this
Section, the Rights Agent shall execute such supplement or amendment.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Rights Agent's consent must be
obtained regarding any amendment or supplement pursuant to this Section 26
which alters the Rights Agent's rights or duties.
SECTION 27. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of
this Rights Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent
shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns
hereunder.
SECTION 28. Benefits of Rights Agreement; Determinations and
Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) Nothing in this Rights Agreement
shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the Rights
Agent and the registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the
Distribution Date, of the Common Shares) any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Rights Agreement; but this Rights Agreement shall be for
the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Rights Agent and the
registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution
Date, of the Common Shares).
(b) Except as explicitly otherwise provided in this Rights
Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power
and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights
and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors of the Company or to
the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this
Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i)
interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) make all
determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this
Rights Agreement (including, without limitation, a determination to redeem or
not redeem the Rights or to amend this Rights Agreement and whether there is an
Acquiring Person).
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(c) Nothing contained in this Rights Agreement shall be
deemed to be in derogation of the obligation of the Board of Directors of the
Company to exercise its fiduciary duty. Without limiting the foregoing,
nothing contained herein shall be construed to suggest or imply that the Board
of Directors shall not be entitled to reject any tender offer, or to recommend
that holders of Common Shares reject any tender offer or other acquisition
proposal, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the
commencement, prosecution, defense or settlement of any litigation and the
submission of additional or alternative offers or other proposals) with respect
to any tender offer or other acquisition proposal that the Board of Directors
believes is necessary or appropriate in the exercise of such fiduciary duty.
SECTION 29. Severability. If any term, provision, covenant
or restriction of this Rights 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 Rights
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be
affected, impaired or invalidated.
SECTION 30. GOVERNING LAW. THIS RIGHTS AGREEMENT AND EACH
RIGHT CERTIFICATE ISSUED HEREUNDER SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER
THE LAW OF THE STATE OF INDIANA AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF SUCH STATE APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS TO
BE MADE AND PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE RIGHTS AGENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 31. Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Rights
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. This
Rights Agreement shall be effective as of the Close of Business on the date
hereof.
SECTION 32. Descriptive Headings. Descriptive headings of
the several Sections of this Rights Agreement are inserted for convenience only
and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the
provisions of this Rights Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Rights
Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
ITT Indiana, Inc.
by
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Name:
Title:
The Bank of New York,
as Rights Agent,
by
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT SETTING FORTH
THE DESIGNATIONS, VOTING POWERS, PREFERENCES AND
RELATIVE, PARTICIPATING, OPTIONAL AND OTHER SPECIAL RIGHTS
AND QUALIFICATIONS, LIMITATIONS OR RESTRICTIONS OF
SERIES A PARTICIPATING CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK
OF ITT INDIANA, INC.
Pursuant to Section 23-1-25-1 and Section 23-1-25-2 of the
Business Corporation Law of the State of Indiana, ITT Indiana, Inc., to be
renamed ITT Industries, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a corporation organized and
existing under the Business Corporation Law of the State of Indiana, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 23-1-18-1 and Section 23-1-38-6
thereof, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
That, pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of
Directors of the Corporation by ARTICLE FOURTH of the Articles of Incorporation
of the Corporation (the "Articles of Incorporation"), the Board of Directors of
the Corporation on October 10, 1995, adopted the following resolution amending
the Articles of Incorporation to create a series of Preferred Stock designated
as Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock:
RESOLVED that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of
Directors of the Corporation in ARTICLE FOURTH of the Articles of
Incorporation, the designations, voting powers, preferences and
relative, participating, optional and other special rights and
qualifications, limitations or restrictions of a series of Preferred
Stock be, and they hereby are, fixed as follows:
SECTION 1. Designation and Number of Shares. The shares
of such series shall be designated as "Series A Participating Cumulative
Preferred Stock" (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), without par value. The number
of shares initially constituting the Series A Preferred Stock shall be 300,000;
provided, however, that, if more than a total of 300,000 shares
of Series A Preferred Stock shall be issuable upon the exercise of Rights (the
"Rights") issued pursuant to that Rights Agreement between the Corporation and
The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as Rights Agent (the
"Rights Agreement"), the Board of Directors of the Corporation, pursuant to
Section 23-1-25-2(d) of the Business Corporation Law of the State of Indiana,
shall direct by resolution or resolutions that articles of amendment be properly
executed and delivered to the
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Secretary of State for the State of Indiana for filing in accordance with the
provisions of Section 23-1-18-1 and Section 23-1-38-6 thereof, providing for the
total number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock authorized to be issued to be
increased (to the extent that the Articles of Incorporation then permit) to the
largest number of whole shares (rounded up to the nearest whole number) issuable
upon exercise of such Rights.
SECTION 2. Dividends or Distributions. (a) Subject to
the prior and superior rights of the holders of shares of any other series of
Preferred Stock or other class of capital stock of the Corporation ranking prior
and superior to the shares of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to
dividends, the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be
entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of
the assets of the Corporation legally available therefor, (1) quarterly
dividends payable in cash on the last day of each fiscal quarter in each year,
or such other dates as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall approve
(each such date being referred to herein as a "Quarterly Dividend Payment
Date"), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first
issuance of a share or a fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, in the
amount of $.01 per whole share (rounded to the nearest cent) less the amount of
all cash dividends declared on the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the
following clause (2) since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment
Date or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the
first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock
(the total of which shall not, in any event, be less than zero) and (2)
dividends payable in cash on the payment date for each cash dividend declared on
the Common Stock in an amount per whole share (rounded to the nearest cent)
equal to the Formula Number (as hereinafter defined) then in effect times the
cash dividends then to be paid on each share of Common Stock. In addition, if
the Corporation shall pay any dividend or make any distribution on the Common
Stock payable in assets, securities or other forms of noncash consideration
(other than dividends or distributions solely in shares of Common Stock), then,
in each such case, the Corporation shall simultaneously pay or make on each
outstanding whole share of Series A Preferred Stock a dividend or distribution
in like kind equal to the Formula Number then in effect times such dividend or
distribution on each share of the Common Stock. As used herein, the "Formula
Number" shall be 1,000; provided, however, that, if at any time
after the Distribution Record
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Date (as defined in that Notice of Special Meeting and Proxy Statement, dated
August 30, 1995, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by ITT
Corporation), the Corporation shall (i) declare or pay any dividend on the
Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or make any distribution on the
Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide (by a stock split or
otherwise) the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares
of Common Stock or (iii) combine (by a reverse stock split or otherwise) the
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common
Stock, then in each such event the Formula Number shall be adjusted to a number
determined by multiplying the Formula Number in effect immediately prior to such
event by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common
Stock that are outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of
which is the number of shares of Common Stock that are outstanding immediately
prior to such event (and rounding the result to the nearest whole number); and
provided further, that, if at any time after the Distribution Record
Date, the Corporation shall issue any shares of its capital stock in a merger,
reclassification, or change of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, then in
each such event the Formula Number shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect
such merger, reclassification or change so that each share of Preferred Stock
continues to be the economic equivalent of a Formula Number of shares of Common
Stock prior to such merger, reclassification or change.
(b) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or
distribution on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2(a)
immediately prior to or at the same time it declares a dividend or distribution
on the Common Stock (other than a dividend or distribution solely in shares of
Common Stock); provided, however, that, in the event no dividend or distribution
(other than a dividend or distribution in shares of Common Stock) shall have
been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a
dividend of $.01 per share on the Series A Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be
payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. The Board of
Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive a dividend or distribution declared
thereon, which record date shall be the same as the record date for any
corresponding dividend or distribution on the Common Stock.
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(c) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on
outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock from and after the Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of original issue of such shares
of Series A Preferred Stock; provided, however, that dividends
on such shares which are originally issued after the record date for the
determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to
receive a quarterly dividend and on or prior to the next succeeding Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from and after
such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends
on shares of Series A Preferred Stock which are originally issued prior to the
record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend on the first Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date shall be calculated as if cumulative from and after the last day of
the fiscal quarter next preceding the date of original issuance of such shares.
Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the
shares of Series A Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of
such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated
pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time
outstanding.
(d) So long as any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock
are outstanding, no dividends or other distributions shall be declared, paid or
distributed, or set aside for payment or distribution, on the Common Stock
unless, in each case, the dividend required by this Section 2 to be declared on
the Series A Preferred Stock shall have been declared.
(e) The holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock
shall not be entitled to receive any dividends or other distributions except as
provided herein.
SECTION 3. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:
(a) Each holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall be
entitled to a number of votes equal to the Formula Number then in effect, for
each share of Series A Preferred Stock held of record on each matter on which
holders of the Common Stock or shareholders generally are entitled to vote,
multiplied by the maximum number of votes per share which any holder of the
Common Stock or shareholders generally then have with respect to such matter
(assuming any holding
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period or other requirement to vote a greater number of shares is satisfied).
(b) Except as otherwise provided herein or by applicable
law, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of shares
of Common Stock shall vote together as one class for the election of directors
of the Corporation and on all other matters submitted to a vote of shareholders
of the Corporation.
(c) If, at the time of any annual meeting of shareholders
for the election of directors, the equivalent of six quarterly dividends
(whether or not consecutive) payable on any share or shares of Series A
Preferred Stock are in default, the number of directors constituting the Board
of Directors of the Corporation shall be increased by two. In addition to voting
together with the holders of Common Stock for the election of other directors of
the Corporation, the holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock, voting
separately as a class to the exclusion of the holders of Common Stock, shall be
entitled at said meeting of shareholders (and at each subsequent annual meeting
of shareholders), unless all dividends in arrears have been paid or declared and
set apart for payment prior thereto, to vote for the election of two directors
of the Corporation, the holders of any Series A Preferred Stock being entitled
to cast a number of votes per share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the
Formula Number. Until the default in payments of all dividends which permitted
the election of said directors shall cease to exist, any director who shall have
been so elected pursuant to the next preceding sentence may be removed at any
time, either with or without cause, only by the affirmative vote of the holders
of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the time entitled to cast a
majority of the votes entitled to be cast for the election of any such director
at a special meeting of such holders called for that purpose, and any vacancy
thereby created may be filled by the vote of such holders. If and when such
default shall cease to exist, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall
be divested of the foregoing special voting rights, subject to revesting in the
event of each and every subsequent like default in payments of dividends. Upon
the termination of the foregoing special voting rights, the terms of office of
all persons who may have been elected directors pursuant to said special voting
rights shall forthwith terminate, and the number of directors constituting the
Board of Directors shall be reduced by two. The voting rights granted by this
Section 3(c) shall be in
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addition to any other voting rights granted to the holders of the Series A
Preferred Stock in this Section 3.
(d) Except as provided herein, in Section 11 or by
applicable law, holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no special voting
rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are
entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for
authorizing or taking any corporate action.
SECTION 4. Certain Restrictions. (a) Whenever quarterly
dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series A Preferred
Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued
and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of
Series A Preferred Stock 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 of stock ranking junior (either as to
dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series
A Preferred Stock;
(ii) declare or pay dividends on or make any other
distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to
dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the
Series A Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A
Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are
payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the
holders of all such shares are then entitled;
(iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for
consideration shares of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to
dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the
Series A Preferred Stock; provided that the Corporation may at any time
redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such parity stock
in exchange for shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior
(either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up)
to the Series A Preferred Stock; or
(iv) purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any
shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a
parity with the Series A
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Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in
writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to
all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors,
after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other
relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes,
shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable
treatment among the respective series or classes.
(b) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the
Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of
stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (a) of
this Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in
such manner.
SECTION 5. Liquidation Rights. Upon the liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary,
no distribution shall be made (1) to the holders of shares of stock ranking
junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up)
to the Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock shall have received an amount equal to the accrued and
unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date
of such payment, plus an amount equal to the greater of (x) $.01 per whole share
or (y) an aggregate amount per share equal to the Formula Number then in effect
times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of Common
Stock or (2) to the holders of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends
or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred
Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all
other such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders
of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding
up; provided that in no event shall the amount or amounts, if any,
exceed $100 per share plus accrued dividends in the case of involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.
SECTION 6. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the
Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other
transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed
into other stock or securities, cash or any other property, then in any such
case the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall at the same
time be similarly exchanged or changed
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into an amount per share equal to the Formula Number then in effect times the
aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash or any other property (payable in
kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is
exchanged or changed. In the event both this Section 6 and Section 2 appear to
apply to a transaction, this Section 6 will control.
SECTION 7. No Redemption; No Sinking Fund. (a) The
shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be subject to redemption by the
Corporation or at the option of any holder of Series A Preferred Stock;
provided, however, that the Corporation may purchase or
otherwise acquire outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock in the open
market or by offer to any holder or holders of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock.
(b) The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be
subject to or entitled to the operation of a retirement or sinking fund.
SECTION 8. Ranking. The Series A Preferred Stock shall
rank junior to all other series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, unless
the Board of Directors shall specifically determine otherwise in fixing the
powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special
rights of the shares of such series and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions thereof.
SECTION 9. Fractional Shares. The Series A Preferred
Stock shall be issuable upon exercise of the Rights issued pursuant to the
Rights Agreement in whole shares or in any fraction of a share that is one
one-thousandths (1/1,000ths) of a share or any integral multiple of such
fraction which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder's
fractional shares, to receive dividends, exercise voting rights, participate in
distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series A
Preferred Stock. In lieu of fractional shares, the Corporation, prior to the
first issuance of a share or a fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock,
may elect (1) to make a cash payment as provided in the Rights Agreement for
fractions of a share other than one one-thousandths (1/1,000ths) of a share or
any integral multiple thereof or (2) to issue depository receipts evidencing
such authorized fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to an
appropriate agreement between the Corporation and a depository selected by the
Corporation; provided that such agreement shall provide that
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the holders of such depository receipts shall have all the rights, privileges
and preferences to which they are entitled as holders of the Series A Preferred
Stock.
SECTION 10. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A
Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner
whatsoever shall be retired and canceled promptly after the acquisition thereof.
All such shares shall upon their cancelation become authorized but unissued
shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to series until such shares
are once more designated as part of a particular series by the Board of
Directors pursuant to the provisions of ARTICLE FOURTH of the Articles of
Incorporation.
SECTION 11. Amendment. None of the powers, preferences
and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of the Series A
Preferred Stock as provided herein or in the Articles of Incorporation shall be
amended in any manner which would alter or change the powers, preferences,
rights or privileges of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock so as to affect
them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66-2/3%
of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting as a separate
class; provided, however, that no such amendment approved by the
holders of at least 66-2/3% of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred
Stock shall be deemed to apply to the powers, preferences, rights or privileges
of any holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock originally issued upon
exercise of a Right after the time of such approval without the approval of such
holder.
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The foregoing amendment was duly adopted by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation pursuant to Section 23-1-25-2(d) and Section
23-1-38-2(7) of the Business Corporation Law of the State of Indiana, and,
accordingly, shareholder action was not required.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles
of Amendment to be duly executed in its corporate name on this day of November,
1995.
ITT INDIANA, INC.
by
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT B
[Form of Right Certificate]
Certificate No. [R]-
___________ Rights
NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER NOVEMBER 1, 2005, OR EARLIER IF REDEEMED
BY THE COMPANY. THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, AT THE
OPTION OF THE COMPANY, AT $.01 PER RIGHT, ON THE TERMS SET
FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT. RIGHTS BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY AN
ACQUIRING PERSON OR AN AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE OF AN ACQUIRING
PERSON (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) AND
BY ANY SUBSEQUENT HOLDER OF SUCH RIGHTS ARE NULL AND VOID AND
NONTRANSFERABLE.
Right Certificate
ITT INDUSTRIES, INC.
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 November 1, 1995 (the "Rights Agreement"), between ITT Indiana,
Inc., to be renamed ITT Industries, Inc., an Indiana corporation (the
"Company"), and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as Rights
Agent (the "Rights Agent"), unless the Rights evidenced hereby shall have been
previously redeemed by the Company, to purchase from the Company at any time
after the Distribution Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and prior to
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the 10th anniversary of the date of the Rights
Agreement (the "Expiration Date"), at the designated office of the Rights Agent,
or its successors as Rights Agent, in New York, New York, one one-thousandths
(1/1,000ths) of a fully paid, nonassessable share of Series A Participating
Cumulative Preferred Stock, without par value, of the Company (the "Preferred
Shares"), at a purchase price per one one-thousandths (1/1,000ths) of a share
equal to $108 (the "Purchase Price") payable in cash, upon presentation and
surrender of this Right Certificate with the Form of Election to Purchase duly
executed.
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The Purchase Price and the number and kind of shares which may
be purchased upon exercise of each Right evidenced by this Right Certificate, as
set forth above, are the Purchase Price and the number and kind of shares which
may be so purchased as of . As provided in the Rights Agreement, the Purchase
Price and the number and kind of shares which may be purchased upon the exercise
of each Right evidenced by this Right Certificate are subject to modification
and adjustment upon the happening of certain events.
If the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate are at any
time beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of
an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), such
Rights shall be null and void and nontransferable and the holder of any such
Right (including any purported transferee or subsequent holder) shall not have
any right to exercise or transfer any such Right.
This Right Certificate is subject to all 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
reference to the Rights Agreement is hereby made for a full description of the
rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of
the Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the Right Certificates. Copies
of the Rights Agreement are on file at the above-mentioned office of the Rights
Agent and are also available from the Company upon written request.
This Right Certificate, with or without other Right
Certificates, upon surrender at the principal stock transfer or 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 and kind of 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 Right Certificate may be redeemed by the Company at its option
at a redemption price (in cash or shares of Common Stock or other securities of
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the Company deemed by the Board of Directors to be at least equivalent in value)
of $.01 per Right (which amount shall be subject to adjustment as provided in
the Rights Agreement) at any time prior to the earlier of (i) such time as a
Person becomes an Acquiring Person and (ii) the Expiration Date.
The Company may, but shall not be required to, issue fractions
of Preferred Shares or distribute certificates which evidence fractions of
Preferred Shares upon the exercise of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby. In
lieu of issuing fractional shares, the Company may elect to make a cash payment
as provided in the Rights Agreement for fractions of a share other than one
one-thousandths (1/1,000ths) of a share or any integral multiple thereof or to
issue certificates or utilize a depository arrangement as provided in the terms
of the Rights Agreement and the Preferred Shares.
No holder of this Right Certificate shall be entitled to vote
or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the Preferred
Shares or of any other securities of the Company which may at any time be
issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Rights
Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any
of the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including, without limitation,
any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to
shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any
corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting
shareholders (except as provided in the Rights Agreement), or to receive
dividends or other distributions or subscription rights, or otherwise, until the
Right or Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate shall have been exercised as
provided in accordance with the provisions of the Rights Agreement.
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This Right Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any
purpose until it shall have been countersigned by an authorized signatory of the
Rights Agent.
WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the
Company and its corporate seal.
Dated as of:
ITT INDUSTRIES, INC.,
by
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
Date of countersignature:
Countersigned:
The Bank of New York,
as Rights Agent,
by
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Authorized Signatory
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[On Reverse Side of Right Certificate]
FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
(To be executed by the registered holder if
such holder desires to exercise the Rights
represented by this Right Certificate.)
To the Rights Agent:
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise _______
Rights represented by this Right Certificate to purchase the Preferred Shares
(or other shares) issuable upon the exercise of such Rights and requests that
certificates for such shares be issued in the name of:
Please insert social security
or other identifying number
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(Please print name and address)
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If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced
by this Right Certificate, a new Right Certificate for the balance remaining of
such Rights shall be registered in the name of and delivered to:
Please insert social security
or other identifying number
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(Please print name and address)
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Dated: , 19
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Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
(To be executed by the registered holder if such
holder desires to transfer the Right Certificate.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED _______________________________ hereby
sells, assigns and transfer unto ____________________
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(Please print name and address of transferee)
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this Right Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and
does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ______________ Attorney, to
transfer the within Right Certificate on the books of the within-named
Corporation, with full power of substitution.
Dated: ____________, 19__
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Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
The undersigned hereby certifies that (1) the Rights evidenced
by this Right Certificate are not being sold, assigned or transferred by or on
behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or
Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), (2) this
Rights Certificate is not being sold, assigned or transferred to or on behalf of
any such Acquiring Person, Affiliate or Associate and (3) after inquiry and to
the best knowledge of the undersigned, the undersigned did not acquire the
Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate from any Person who is or was an
Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined
in the Rights Agreement).
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Signature
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NOTICE
The signature on the foregoing Form of Election to Purchase or
Form of Assignment 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.
