AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit
4.1
AMENDMENT
NO. 2 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT
WHEREAS,
as of January 23, 1998, Oak Hill Financial, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the
“Company”), and The Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio banking association (“Fifth
Third”), entered into a Rights Agreement (as amended, the “Rights Agreement”).
WHEREAS,
pursuant to a Substitution of Successor Rights Agent and Amendment No. 1 to
Rights Agreement, between the Company and Registrar and Transfer Company
(“RTC”), effective as of December 26, 2000, the Rights Agreement was amended to
appoint RTC as successor Rights Agent under the Rights Agreement due to the
resignation of The Fifth Third Bank as Rights Agent.
WHEREAS,
the Company and RTC desire to further amend the Rights Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual agreements herein
set
forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:
Section
1. Amendment
with respect to Articles of Incorporation.
The
Rights Agreement is hereby amended by deleting each instance of the words “Third
Amended Articles of Incorporation” or “Third Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation” and replacing them with the words “Fourth Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation” in each instance. The Rights Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting the entire Third Amended Articles and Restated Articles
of
Incorporation from Exhibit A and replacing them with the Company’s Fourth
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, which have been previously
filed
by the Company as Exhibit 3.1 to a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File
No.
333-81645), which was filed by the Company on June 25, 1999, and is incorporated
herein by reference.
Section
2. Amendment
to Section 1(k).
Section
1(k) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended it in its entirety to read
“Reserved.”
Section
3. Amendment
to Section 1(p).
Section
1(p) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the words “January
23, 2008” and replacing them with “September 18, 2016.”
Section
4. Amendment
to Section 1(bb) and Section 4.
Section
1(bb) and Section 4 of the Rights Agreement are hereby amended by deleting
the
words “Exhibit A” in each instance and replacing them with the words “Exhibit B”
in each instance.
Section
5. Amendment
to Section 3(c).
Section
3(c) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the words “Exhibit B”
and replacing them with the words “Exhibit C.”
Section
6. Amendment
to Section 3(d).
Section
3(d) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended so that the legend contained
therein is to read in its entirety as follows:
This
certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights
as
set forth in a Rights Agreement dated as of January 23, 1998, and as amended
on
December 26, 2000 and September 19, 2006, and as it may be further amended
from
time to time (the “Rights Agreement”), between Oak
Hill Financial, Inc.
(the
“Company”) and Registrar and Transfer Company, as successor 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 Company 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 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.
Section
7. Amendment
to Section 11(e)(i).
Section
11(e)(1) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read
as
follows.
Upon
the
occurrence of a Triggering Event, each holder of a Right, except as provided
in
Section 7(f) and below, shall thereafter have a right to receive, upon exercise
thereof for the Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Rights
Agreement, in lieu of the securities or other property otherwise purchasable
upon such exercise, such number of Common Shares as shall equal the result
obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of
which
is the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Shares 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 of the occurrence of such Triggering Event. The
Company covenants and agrees to use its best efforts, if a Triggering Event
has
occurred, to:
(A)
prepare
and file a registration statement under the Securities Act, on an appropriate
form, with respect to the Common Shares purchasable upon exercise of the
Rights;
(B)
cause
such registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable after
the
occurrence of such Triggering Event;
(C)
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
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(D)
qualify
or register the Common Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Rights under
the
blue sky or securities laws of such jurisdictions as may be necessary or
appropriate as soon as practicable after the occurrence of such Triggering
Event.
The
Company may temporarily suspend, for a period of time not to exceed 90 calendar
days after the occurrence of a Triggering Event, the exercisability of the
Rights in order to prepare and file such registration statement and permit
it to
become effective; provided, however, that no such suspension shall remain
effective, and the Rights shall, without any further action by the Company,
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 of this Rights
Agreement 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. Amendment
to Section 11(l).
Section
11(l) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the words “Preferred
Shares” in each instance and replacing them with “Common Shares” in each
instance.
Section
9. Amendment
to Section 24(a).
Section
24(a) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
(i) The
Board
of Directors of the Company may, at its option, at any time prior to the earlier
of (A) the occurrence of a Triggering Event and (B) the Expiration Date, order
the redemption of all, but not fewer than all, the then outstanding Rights
at a
Redemption Price of $.01 per Right, which amount shall be appropriately adjusted
to reflect any dividend or distribution of Common Shares, and any subdivision,
split or combination of outstanding Common Shares, after the date of this Rights
Agreement which results in a change in the number of outstanding Rights (the
date of such redemption and such redemption price being hereinafter referred
to
as the “Redemption Date” and the “Redemption Price,” respectively), and the
Company, at its option, may pay the Redemption Price either in cash or Common
Shares or other shares of capital stock or securities of the Company deemed
by
its Board of Directors, in the exercise of its sole discretion, to be at least
equivalent in value to the Redemption Price.
(ii) The
Board
of Directors of the Company may, at its option, also order the redemption of
all, but not fewer than all, the then outstanding Rights at the Redemption
Price
following the occurrence of a Triggering Event but prior to the occurrence
of a
Business Combination in connection with a Business Combination in which all
holders of Common Shares are treated alike and not
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involving
(other than as a holder of Common Shares being treated like all other such
holders) an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person
or any other Person in which such Acquiring Person, Affiliate or Associate
has
any interest, or any other person acting directly or indirectly on behalf of,
or
in association with, any such Acquiring Person, Affiliate or
Associate.
Section
10. Amendment
to Section 28.
Section
28 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
At
any
time prior to the Distribution Date, the Board of Directors of the Company
may
supplement or amend any provision of this Rights Agreement (including, without
limitation, the date on which the Distribution Date shall occur, the time during
which the Rights may be redeemed pursuant to Section 24, any provision of the
Certificate of Designation or the Purchase Price) without the approval of any
holder of the Rights or the Rights Agent. From and after the Distribution Date
and subject to applicable law, the Company may amend this Rights Agreement
without the approval of any holders of Right Certificates or the Rights Agent
(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).
Section
11. Amendment
to Exhibit B (Form of Rights Certificate).
Exhibit
B is hereby amended by deleting the words “January 23, 2008” in each instance
and replacing them with September 18, 2016” in each instance. In addition, the
first two paragraphs on the first page of Exhibit B (immediately following
the
heading “OAK HILL FINANCIAL, INC.” are hereby amended in their entirety to read
as follows:
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 January 23, 1998, as amended from time to
time,
(the “Rights Agreement”), between OAK HILL FINANCIAL, Inc., a corporation (the
“Company”), and REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER COMPANY, a corporation, as successor
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., Jackson, Ohio time, on September 18, 2016, (the “Expiration
Date”), at the principal office of the Rights Agent in Cranford, New Jersey, one
one-hundredth (1/100th) of a fully paid, nonassessable share of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock of the Company (the “Preferred Shares”), at a
purchase price of $________ per one one-hundredth (1/100th) of a share (the
“Purchase Price”) payable in cash, upon
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presentation
and surrender of this Right Certificate with the Form of Election to Purchase
duly executed.
The
Purchase Price and the number and kind of shares, securities or property 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 ______________ __, 20__. As provided
in the Rights Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number and kind of shares,
securities or property 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.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, RTC and the Company have executed this Amendment No. 2 to
Rights Agreement as of the 19th day of September, 2006.
REGISTRAR
AND TRANSFER COMPANY
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Tatler
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Xxxxxxx
X. Tatler, Vice President
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OAK
HILL FINANCIAL, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Xxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxx
X. Xxxxxx, Secretary
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