SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-A/A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
AMENDMENT NO. 4
GRC International, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
The undersigned registrant hereby amends the following items, financial
statements, exhibits or other portions of its Registration Statement on December
5, 1985 with respect to Common Stock Purchase Rights (the "Form 8-A") as set
forth in the pages attached hereto:
Item 1: Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered
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Item 2: Exhibits
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf of the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
GRC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Date: July 12, 1999 By: /s/ Thomas E. McCabe
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Thomas E. McCabe
Senior Vice President, Dir. of Corp. Dev't,
General Counsel & Secretary
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Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered
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Item 1 as set forth in the Form 8-A is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:
On November 25, 1985, the Board of Directors ("Board") of GRC International,
Inc. ("Company") declared a dividend distribution of one Right for each share of
Common Stock, $.10 par value, of the Company ("Common Stock") which was then
outstanding or would later be issued. The distribution was originally payable to
the holders of record of the Common Stock on December 6, 1985. As of June 30,
1989, April 1, 1994, June 30, 1995 and May 14, 1999, the Rights were amended by
the Board. As amended, each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase
from the Company one share of Common Stock at a price of $100 per share
("Purchase Price"), subject to adjustment. The description and terms of the
Rights are set forth in an Amended and Restated Rights Agreement ("Rights
Agreement") between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as
Rights Agent ("Rights Agent").
Until the earlier to occur of (i) ten business days following a public
announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated persons (an
"Acquiring Person") acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, beneficial
ownership of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the outstanding Common Stock,
or (ii) ten business days following the commencement or announcement of an
intention to make a tender offer or exchange offer for twenty-five percent (25%)
or more of such outstanding Common Stock (the earlier of such dates being called
the "Distribution Date"), the Rights will be evidenced, with respect to any of
the Common Stock certificates outstanding as of December 6, 1985, by such Common
Stock certificate, with the legend described in Section 3(c) of the Rights
Agreement printed on the reverse of such Common Stock certificate. The Rights
Agreement provides that, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be
transferred with and only with the Common Stock. Until the Distribution Date (or
earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights), new Common Stock certificates
issued after December 6, 1985 upon transfer of new issuance of the Common Stock
will contain a notation incorporating the Rights Agreement by reference. Until
the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights), the
surrender for transfer of any Common Stock certificates outstanding as of
December 6, 1985, even without the legend described in Section 3(c) of the
Rights Agreement, will also constitute the transfer of the Rights associates
with the Common Stock represented by such certificate. As soon as practicable
following the Distribution Date, separate certificate evidencing the Rights
("Right Certificates") will be mailed to holders of record of the Common Stock
as of the close of business on the Distribution Date and such separate Right
Certificates alone will evidence the Rights.
The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date. The Rights will
expire on August 31, 2000, unless earlier redeemed by the Company as described
below.
The Purchase Price payable, and the number of shares of the Common Stock or
other securities or property issuable, upon exercise of the Rights are subject
to adjustment, from time to time, to prevent dilution (i) in the event of a
stock dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the
Common Stock, (ii) upon the grant to holders of the Common Stock of certain
rights or warrants to subscribe for Common Stock or convertible securities at
less than the current market price of the Common Stock, or (iii) upon the
distribution to holders of the Common Stock of evidences of indebtedness or
assets (excluding regular periodic cash dividends out of earnings or retained
earnings or dividends payable in the Common Stock) or of subscription rights or
warrants (other than those referred to above).
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In the event that, at any time following the Distribution, a person becomes the
beneficial owner of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the then outstanding
shares of Common Stock (except pursuant to an offer for all outstanding shares
of Common Stock which the independent directors determine to be fair to and
otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders), each
holder of a Right will thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise,
Common Stock (or, in certain circumstances, cash, property or other securities
of the Company) having a value equal to two times the exercise price of the
Right. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, following the occurrence of any of
the events set forth in this paragraph, all Rights that are, or (under certain
circumstances specified in the Rights Agreement) were, beneficially owned by any
Acquiring Person will be null and void. However, Rights are not exercisable
following the occurrence of the events set forth above until such time as the
Rights are no longer redeemable by the Company as set forth below.
In the event that the Company is acquired in a merger or other business
combination transaction or 50% or more of its assets or earning power are sold,
proper provision shall be made so that each holder of a Right (except Rights
which have been previously voided as set forth above) shall thereafter have the
right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at the then current exercise price
of the Right, that number of shares of common stock of the acquiring company
which at the time of such transaction would have a market value of two times the
exercise price of the Right.
With certain exceptions, no adjustment in the Purchase Price will be required
until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1% in such
Purchase Price. No fractional shares will be issued and, in lieu thereof, an
adjustment in cash will be made based on the market price of the Common Stock on
the last trading date prior to the date of exercise.
At any time prior to the earlier to occur of (i) the tenth business day
following the public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or
associated persons has acquired beneficial ownership of twenty-five percent
(25%) or more of the outstanding Common Stock or (ii) August 31, 2000, the
Company may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $.05 per
Right, payable in cash, Common Stock or other consideration deemed appropriate
by the Board of Directors ("Redemption Price"). Immediately upon the action of
the Board of Directors of the Company electing to redeem the Rights, the Company
shall make announcements thereof, and upon such election, the right to exercise
the Rights will terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to
receive the Redemption Price.
Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no rights as
a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to vote
or to receive dividends.
As of April 30, 1999, there were 10,245,571 shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding, and 2,722,744 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under
employee and director stock plans. One Right has been issued with respect to
each outstanding share of Common Stock. A total of 12,968,315 shares of Common
Stock have been reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Rights.
The Rights have certain anti-takeover effects. The Rights will cause substantial
dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire the Company without the
approval of the Board of Directors or without conditioning the offer on a
substantial number of Rights being acquired. The overall effect of the Rights
Agreement may be to render more difficult or discourage a merger, tender offer,
proxy contest or the assumption of control by a holder of a large block of the
Company's Common Stock, even if the transaction is in the best interests of
shareholders. The
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Company believes, however, that the issuance of the Rights is in the best
interests of the shareholders because the Rights offer significant protection
against certain coercive and unfair tactics which may be used in contests for
corporate control, such as so-called "two-tier" takeovers, "creeping
acquisitions" and the like.
Attached as an exhibit hereto and incorporated herein by reference is the form
of the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of May 14, 1999 between
the Company and the Rights Agent specifying the terms of the Rights, which
includes as Exhibit A thereto the Form of Right Certificate. The foregoing
description of the Rights does not purport to be complete and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to such Exhibit.
Item 2. Exhibits
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Item 2 as set forth in the Form 8-A is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:
Exhibit
Number Description
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1,2 Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of May 14, 1999
between GRC International, Inc. and American Stock Transfer &
Trust Company which includes as Exhibit A thereto the Form of
Right Certificate. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Rights
Agreement, Right Certificates will not be mailed until 10 days
after a person has acquired beneficial ownership of 25% or
more of the Common Stock or commences, or announces an
intention to commence, an offer for 25% or more of the Common
Stock.
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GRC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
and
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
Rights Agent
AMENDED AND RESTATED
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 14, 1999
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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This Agreement, originally dated as of December 2, 1985 and as subsequently
amended as of June 30, 1989, April 1, 1994, June 30, 1995 and May 14, 1999,
between GRC International, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Company") (formerly
Flow General Inc.), and the Company's transfer agent, American Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, a New York trust company, ("Rights Agent") (as successor in this
Agreement to the Company's previous transfer agent, Philadelphia National Bank).
W I T N E S S E T H
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WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has authorized and declared a
dividend distribution ("Distribution") of one Right for each outstanding share
of Common Stock, $.10 par value, of the Company outstanding on December 6, 1985
and has authorized the issuance of one Right in respect to each share of Common
Stock of the Company issued between December 6, 1985 and the earlier of the
Distribution Date, the Expiration Date or the Final Expiration Date (as such
terms are hereinafter defined), and under certain other circumstances, each
Right representing the right to purchase one share of Common Stock of the
Company upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the Distribution, the Company entered into a Rights
Agreement, originally dated as of December 2, 1985 and as subsequently amended
as of June 30, 1989 and April 1, 1994, with the Rights Agent; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company deems it to be in the best
interests of the Company and its stockholders to amend and restate such Rights
Agreement in its entirety, and to enter into this Agreement on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms have the meanings indicated:
(a) "Acquiring Person" shall mean any Person (as such term is
hereinafter defined) who or which, together with all Affiliates (as such term is
hereinafter defined) and Associates (as such term is hereinafter defined) of
such Person, shall be the Beneficial Owner (as such term is hereinafter defined)
of securities of the Company constituting a Substantial Block (as such term is
hereinafter defined), but shall not include any employee benefit plan of the
Company.
(b) "Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, ("Exchange Act") as in effect
on June 30, 1995.
(c) A Person shall be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of and shall be
deemed to "beneficially own" any securities:
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(i) which such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly;
(ii) which such Person or any 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 (whether or not in writing), or upon the exercise
of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or
otherwise, provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial
Owner of, or to beneficially own, (x) securities tendered pursuant to a tender
or exchange offer made by such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase, (y)
securities issuable upon exercise of Rights at any time prior to the occurrence
of a Triggering Event, or (z) securities issuable upon exercise of Rights from
and after the occurrence of a Triggering Event which Rights were acquired by
such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates prior to the
Distribution Date or pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section 22 hereof ("Original
Rights") or pursuant to Section 11(i) hereof in connection with an adjustment
made with respect to any Original Rights; or (B) the right to vote or dispose of
or has "beneficial ownership" of (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act), including pursuant to any
agreement, arrangement or understanding, provided, however, that a Person shall
not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any security
under this clause (B) if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote
such security (1) arises solely from a revocable proxy given in response to a
public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with,
the applicable rules and regulations of the Exchange Act, and (2) is not also
then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or
successor report); or
(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 (whether or not in
writing) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant to a
revocable proxy as described in clause (B) of subparagraph (ii) of this
paragraph (c)) or disposing of any securities of the Company, provided, however,
that nothing in this paragraph (c) shall cause a Person engaged in business as
an underwriter of securities to be the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially
own, any securities acquired through such Person's participation in good faith
in a firm commitment underwriting until the expiration of forty (40) days after
the date of such acquisition.
(d) "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or
a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
(e) "Close of Business" on any given date shall mean 5:00 P.M., New
York City time, on such date; provided, however, that if such date is not a
Business Day it shall mean 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the next succeeding
Business Day.
(f) "Common Stock" when used with reference to the Company shall mean
the Common Stock, $.10 par value, of the Company. "Common Stock" when used with
reference to any Person other than the Company shall mean the capital stock with
the
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greatest voting power of such Person or the equity securities or other equity
interest having power to control or direct the management of such Person.
(g) (deleted)
(h) "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation or other
entity.
(i) "Qualifying Tender Offer" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(j) "Shares Acquisition Date" shall mean the first date of public
announcement (which, for purposes of this definition, shall include, without
limitation, a report filed pursuant to Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act) by
the Company or an Acquiring Person that an Acquiring Person has become such.
(k) "Subsidiary" shall mean, with reference to any Person, any
corporation of which an amount of voting securities sufficient to elect at least
a majority of the directors of such corporation is beneficially owned, directly
or indirectly, by such Person, or otherwise controlled by such Person.
(l) "Substantial Block" shall mean a number of shares of Common Stock
which equals or exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) of the number of shares of
Common Stock then outstanding.
(m) "Triggering Event" shall mean any event described in Section
11(a)(ii) (a "Section 11(a)(ii) Event"), or in Section 13(a)(x), (y) or (z) (a
"Section 13 Event"), hereof.
Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Rights
Agent to act as agent for the Company and the holders of the Rights (who, in
accordance with Section 3 hereof shall, prior to the Distribution Date, also be
the holders of the Common Stock) in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Company may,
from time to time, appoint such Co-Rights Agents as it may deem necessary or
desirable.
Section 3. Issue of Rights Certificate. (a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close
of Business on the tenth Business Day after the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii)
the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day (or such later date as the Board
shall determine) after the date that a tender or exchange offer by any Person
(other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit
plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person or entity
organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms
of any such plan) is first published or sent or given within the meaning of Rule
14d-2(a) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, if upon
consummation thereof, such Person would be the beneficial owner of 25% or more
of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding (including any such date which is
after the date of this Agreement and prior to the issuance of the Rights; the
earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the "Distribution Date"), (x)
the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this
Section 3) by the certificates for the Common Stock registered in the names of
the holders of the Common Stock (which certificates for the Common Stock shall
be deemed also to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right
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Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates will be
transferable only in connection with the transfer of the Common Stock. As soon
as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will send, by
first-class, insured, postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common
Stock as of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of
such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in
substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, evidencing one Right for each share
of Common Stock so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be
evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.
(b) On December 6, 1985, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the
Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to purchase Common Stock, in
substantially the form attached as Exhibit B ("Summary of Rights"), by
first-class, postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Common Stock as
of the Close of Business on December 6, 1985, at the address of such holder
shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for the Common
Stock outstanding as of December 6, 1985, until the Distribution Date, the
Rights will be evidenced by such certificates for the Common Stock registered in
the names of the holders of the Common Stock with a copy of the Summary of
Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or
expiration of the Rights), the surrender for transfer of any of the certificates
for the Common Stock outstanding on December 6, 1985, even without a copy of the
Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the
Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificate.
(c) Certificates for the shares of Common Stock issued after December
6, 1985, but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date, the Expiration Date
or the Final Expiration Date (as such terms are defined in Section 7) shall, as
soon as practicable after such date, have impressed on, printed on, written on
or otherwise affixed to them the following legend:
This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof, to
certain Rights, as set forth in an Amended and Restated Rights
Agreement between GRC International, Inc. and American Stock Transfer &
Trust Company ("Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby
incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the
principal executive offices of GRC International, Inc. 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. GRC International, Inc. will mail to the holder of
this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement, without charge, within
five days after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain
circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or
held by, any Person who is, was or becomes an Acquiring Person or any
Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights
Agreement), whether currently held by, or on behalf of, such Person or
by any subsequent holder, may become null and void.
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With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the
Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by
such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the
surrender for transfer of any of such certificates shall also constitute the
transfer of the Rights associated with the shares of Common Stock represented by
such certificate.
Section 4. Form of Right Certificates.
(a) The Right Certificates (and the forms of election to purchase
shares and of assignment to be printed on the reverse thereof) shall be
substantially the same as Exhibit A hereto, and may have such marks of
identification or designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements
printed thereon, as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any
applicable law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any
rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Rights may, from time to
time, be listed or to conform to usage. Subject to the provisions of Section 11
and Section 22 hereof, the Right Certificates, when issued, shall be dated as of
December 6, 1985, and on their face shall entitle the holders thereof to
purchase such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be set forth therein at
the price per share set forth therein ("Purchase Price"), but the number and
type of securities purchasable upon the exercise of each Right and the Purchase
Price thereof, shall be subject to adjustments, as provided herein.
(b) Any Rights Certificate issued pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section
22 hereof that represents Rights beneficially owned by: (i) an Acquiring Person
or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person, (ii) a transferee of an
Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a
transferee after the Acquiring Person becomes such, or (iii) a transferee of an
Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a
transferee prior to or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming such and
receives such Rights pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for
consideration) from the Acquiring Person to holders of equity interests in such
Acquiring Person or to any Person with whom such Acquiring Person has any
continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred
Rights or (B) a transfer which the Board of Directors of the Company has
determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has as a
primary purpose or effect avoidance of Section 7(e) hereof, and any Rights
Certificate issued pursuant to Section 6 or Section 11 hereof upon transfer,
exchange, replacement or adjustment of any other Rights Certificate referred to
in this sentence, shall contain (to the extent feasible) the following legend:
The Rights represented by this Rights Certificate are or were
beneficially owned by a Person who was or became an Acquiring
Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as
such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement). Accordingly,
this Rights Certificate and the Rights represented hereby may
become null and void in the circumstances specified in Section
7(e) of such Agreement.
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Section 5. Countersignature and Registration. The Right Certificates shall be
executed on behalf of the Company in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the
Company for Common Stock certificates. The Right Certificates shall be
countersigned by the Rights Agent, manually or by facsimile signature, and shall
not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. In case any officer of the
Company who shall have signed any of the Right Certificates shall cease to be
such officer of the Company before countersignature by the Rights Agent and
issuance and delivery by the Company, such Right Certificates, nevertheless, may
be countersigned by the Rights Agent, issued and delivered with the same force
and effect as though the Person who signed such Right Certificates had not
ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Right Certificate may be
signed on behalf of the Company by any Person who, at the actual date of the
execution of such Right Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company to
sign such Right Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this
Rights Agreement any such Person was not such an officer.
Following the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will keep or cause to be kept,
at one of its offices, books for registration and transfer of the Right
Certificates issued hereunder. Such books shall show the names and addresses of
the respective holders of the Right Certificates, the number of Rights evidenced
on its face by each of the Right Certificates and the date of each of the Right
Certificates.
Section 6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates;
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates. Subject to the
provisions of Section 4(b), Section 7(e) and Section 14 hereof, at any time
after the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, and at or prior to the
Close of Business on the earlier of the Expiration Date or the Final Expiration
Date, any Right Certificate or Certificates may be transferred, split up,
combined or exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right Certificates,
entitling the registered holder to purchase a like number of shares of Common
Stock (or, following a Triggering Event, other securities, cash or other assets,
as the case may be) as the Right Certificate or Right Certificates surrendered
then entitled such holder to purchase. Any registered holder desiring to
transfer, 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 principal office of the Rights Agent. Neither the Rights Agent
nor the Company shall be obligated to take any action whatsoever with respect to
the transfer of any such surrendered Right Certificates until the registered
holder shall have completed and signed the certificate contained in the form of
assignment on the reverse side of such Right Certificates, and shall have
provided such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or
former Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or Associates thereof, as the Company
shall reasonably request. Thereupon the Rights Agent shall countersign and
deliver to the person entitled thereto, a Right Certificate or Right
Certificates, as the case may be, as so requested. The Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any transfer, split up, combination or exchange of
Right Certificates.
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Upon receipt by the Company and the Rights Agent of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Right
Certificate, and, in case of loss, theft or destruction of indemnity or security
reasonably satisfactory to them, and reimbursement to the Company and the Rights
Agent of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender to the
Rights Agent and cancellation of the Right Certificate if mutilated, the Company
will make and deliver a new Right Certificate of like tenor to the Rights Agent
for delivery to the registered owner in lieu of the Right Certificate so lost,
stolen, destroyed or mutilated.
Section 7. Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 7(e) hereof, the registered
holder of any Right Certificate may exercise the Rights evidenced thereby
(except as otherwise provided herein including, without limitation, the
restrictions on exercisability set forth in Section 9(c), Section 11(a)(iii) and
Section 23(a) hereof), in whole or in part, at any time after the Distribution
Date, upon surrender of the Right Certificate, with the form of election to
purchase and the certificate on the reverse side thereof duly executed, to the
Rights Agent, together with payment of the Purchase Price for each share of
Common Stock (or other securities, cash or other assets, as the case may be) as
to which the Rights are exercised, at or prior to the Close of Business on the
earlier of (i) August 31, 2000 ("Final Expiration Date"), or (ii) the date on
which the Rights are redeemed, as provided in Section 23 (such earlier date
being herein referred to as the "Expiration Date").
(b) The Purchase Price for each share of the Common Stock pursuant to
the exercise of a Right shall be $100, shall be subject to adjustment, from time
to time, as provided in Sections 11 and 13 hereof, and shall be payable in
lawful money of the United States of America in accordance with paragraph (c)
below.
(c) Upon receipt of the Right Certificate representing exercisable
Rights, with the form of election to purchase and the certificate duly executed,
accompanied by payment of the Purchase Price for the shares (or other
securities, cash or other assets, as the case may be) to be purchased and an
amount equal to any applicable transfer tax in cash, or by certified check or
bank draft payable to the order of the Company, the Rights Agent shall (subject
to Section 20(k) hereof) thereupon promptly (i) requisition from any transfer
agent of the Common Stock of the Company certificates for the number of shares
of Common Stock to be purchased and the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes
its transfer agent to comply with all such requests, (ii) when appropriate,
requisition from the Company the amount of cash to be paid in lieu of issuance
of fractional shares in accordance with Section 14, (iii) promptly after receipt
of such certificates, 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 less than all the Rights evidenced thereby, a new Right Certificate
evidencing Rights equivalent to the Rights remaining unexercised shall be issued
by the Rights Agent to
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the registered holder of such Right Certificate or to his duly authorized
assigns, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, from
and after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, any Rights
beneficially owned by (i) an Acquiring Person or an Associate or Affiliate of an
Acquiring Person, (ii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such
Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee after the Acquiring Person
becomes such, or (iii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such
Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee prior to or concurrently with
the Acquiring Person becoming such and receives such Rights pursuant to either
(A) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from the Acquiring Person to
holders of equity interests in such Acquiring Person or to any Person with whom
the Acquiring Person has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding
regarding the transferred Rights or (B) a transfer which the Board of Directors
of the Company has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding
which has as a primary purpose or effect the avoidance of this Section 7(e),
shall become null and void without any further action and no holder of such
Rights shall have any rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights, whether
under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise. The Company shall use all
reasonable efforts to insure that the provisions of this Section 7(e) and
Section 4(b) hereof are complied with, but shall have no liability to any holder
of Rights Certificates or other Person as a result of its failure to make any
determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates, Associates
or transferees hereunder.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither
the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to undertake any action with
respect to a registered holder upon the occurrence of any purported exercise as
set forth in this Section 7 unless such registered holder shall have (i)
completed and signed the certificate contained in the form of election to
purchase set forth on the reverse side of the Rights Certificate surrendered for
such exercise, and (ii) provided such additional evidence of the identity of the
Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or Associates
thereof as the Company shall reasonably request.
Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates. All Right
Certificates surrendered for the purpose of exercise, transfer, split up,
combination or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or to any of its
agents, be delivered to the Rights Agent for cancellation or in canceled form,
or, if surrendered to the Rights Agent, shall be canceled by it, and no Right
Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof, except as expressly permitted by
any of the provisions of this Rights Agreement. The Company shall deliver to the
Rights Agent for cancellation and retirement, and the Rights Agent shall so
cancel and retire any other Right Certificate purchased or acquired by the
Company otherwise than upon the exercise thereof. The Rights Agent shall deliver
all canceled Right Certificates to the Company, or shall, at the written request
of the Company, destroy such canceled Right Certificates, and in such case shall
deliver a certificate of destruction thereof, to the Company.
Section 9. Reservation and Availability of Shares of Common Stock.
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(a) The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be reserved
and kept available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock or
its authorized and issued shares of Common Stock held in its treasury, the
number of shares of Common Stock that will be sufficient to permit the exercise
in full of all outstanding Rights.
(b) So long as the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Rights
may be listed on any national securities exchange, the Company shall use its
best efforts to cause, from and after such time as the Rights become
exercisable, all shares reserved for such issuance to be listed on such exchange
upon official notice of issuance upon such exercise.
(c) The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) file as soon as
practicable following the earliest date after the first occurrence of a Section
11(a)(ii) Event on which the consideration to be delivered by the Company upon
exercise of the Rights has been determined in accordance with this Agreement, a
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Act"), with respect to
the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights on an appropriate form,
(ii) cause such registration statement to become effective as soon as
practicable after such filing, and (iii) cause such registration statement to
remain effective (with a prospectus at all times meeting the requirements of the
Act) until the earlier of (A) the date as of which the Rights are no longer
exercisable for such securities, and (B) the date of the expiration of the
Rights. The Company will also take such action as may be appropriate under, or
to ensure compliance with, the securities or "blue sky" laws of the various
states in connection with the exercisability of the Rights. The Company may
temporarily suspend, for a period of time not to exceed ninety (90) days after
the date set forth in clause (i) of the first sentence of this Section 9(c), the
exercisability of the Rights in order to prepare and file such registration
statement and permit it to become effective. Upon any such suspension, the
Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the
Rights has been temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such
time as the suspension is no longer in effect. In addition, if the Company shall
determine that a registration statement is required following the Distribution
Date, the Company may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights until
such time as a registration statement has been declared effective.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights
shall not be exercisable in any jurisdiction, if the requisite qualification in
such jurisdiction shall not have been obtained, the exercise thereof shall not
be permitted under applicable law or a registration statement shall not have
been declared effective.
(d) The Company covenants and agrees that it will take all such action
as may be necessary to insure that all shares of Common Stock delivered upon
exercise of Rights shall, at the time of delivery of the certificates of such
shares (subject to payment of the Purchase Price), be duly and validly
authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable shares.
(e) The Company further covenants and agrees that it will pay, when due
and payable, any and all federal and state transfer taxes and charges which may
be payable in respect to the issuance or delivery of the Right Certificates or
of any shares
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of Common Stock upon the exercise of Rights. The Company shall not, however, be
required to pay any transfer tax which may be payable in respect to any transfer
involved in the transfer or delivery of Right Certificates or the issuance or
delivery of certificates for Common Stock in a name other than that of the
registered holder of the Right Certificate evidencing Rights surrendered for
exercise or to issue or deliver any certificates for shares of Common Stock upon
the exercise of any Rights until any such tax shall have been paid (any such tax
being payable by the holder of such Right Certificate at the time of surrender)
or until it has been established to the Company's satisfaction that no such tax
is due.
Section 10. Common Stock Record Date. Each Person in whose name any certificate
for Common Stock is issued upon the exercise of Rights shall, for all purposes,
be deemed to have become the holder of record of the shares of Common Stock
represented thereby on, and such certificate shall be dated the date upon which
the Right Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered and payment of
the Purchase Price (and any applicable transfer taxes) was made; provided,
however, that if the date of such surrender and payment is a date upon which the
Common Stock transfer books of the Company are closed, such Person shall be
deemed to have become the record holder of such shares on, and such certificate
shall be dated the next succeeding Business Day on which the Common Stock
transfer books of the Company are open. Prior to the exercise of the Rights
evidenced thereby, the holder of a Right Certificate shall not be entitled to
any rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to shares for which the
Rights shall be exercisable, including, without limitation, the right to vote,
to receive dividends or other distributions or to exercise any preemptive
rights, and shall not be entitled to receive any notice of any proceedings of
the Company, except as provided herein.
Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares or Number of Rights.
The Purchase Price, the number of shares covered by each Right and the number of
Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment, from time to time, as provided in
this Section 11.
(a) (i) In the event the Company shall, at any time after the date of
this Agreement, (A) declare a dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of
Common Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (C) combine
the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D)
issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Common Stock
(including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or
merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except
as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a) and in Section 7(e) hereof, the
Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of
the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the
number and kind of shares of capital stock issuable on such date, shall be
proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such
time shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind of shares of
capital stock which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such
date and at a time when the Common Stock transfer books of the Company were
open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by
virtue of such
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dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification provided, however, that
if the record date for any such dividend, subdivision, combination or
reclassification shall occur prior to the Distribution Date, the Company shall
make an appropriate adjustment to the Purchase Price (taking into account any
additional Rights which may be issued as a result of such dividend, subdivision,
combination or reclassification lieu of adjusting (as described above) the
number of shares of Common Stock (or other capital stock, as the case may be)
issuable upon exercise of the Rights. If an event occurs which would require an
adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the
adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and
shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii)
hereof.
(ii) In the event any Person (other than the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any
Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person or entity organized, appointed or
established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan), alone
or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the
date of the Distribution, become the Beneficial Owner of twenty-five percent
(25%) or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, unless the event
causing the 25% threshold to be crossed is a transaction set forth in Section
13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a
tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at
a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the
Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not
representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person,
after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a
price which is fair to stockholders (taking into account all factors which such
members of the Board deem relevant including, without limitation, prices which
could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an
orderly basis designed to realize maximum value), and (b) otherwise in the best
interests of the Company and its stockholders (such tender offer, a "Qualifying
Tender Offer"), then proper provision shall be made so that each holder of a
Right, except as provided below and in Section 7(e), shall thereafter have a
right to receive, upon exercise thereof at the then current Purchase Price in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of shares of Common
Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the
then-current Purchase Price by the then number of shares of Common Stock for
which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a
Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such
first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the "Purchase Price" for
each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the current market
price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on
the date of such first occurrence (such number of shares, the "Adjustment
Shares").
(iii) In the event that the number of shares of Common Stock
which are authorized by the Company's certificate of incorporation, but not
outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of
the Rights are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in
accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), the
Company shall (a) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares
issuable upon the exercise of a Right ("Current
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Value") over (2) the Purchase Price, and (B) with respect to each Right (subject
to subparagraph (iii) of this Section 11(a)), make adequate provision to
substitute for the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment
of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase
Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company (including,
without limitation, shares or units of shares, or preferred stock which the
Board of Directors has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic
rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred
to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5)
other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having an aggregate value
equal to the Current Value (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase
Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board based upon
the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the
Board; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate
provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within thirty (30) days
following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event and
(y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section
23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section
11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon
the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the
Purchase Price, shares of Common Stock (to the extent available) and then, if
necessary, cash, which shares and/or cash have an aggregate value equal to the
Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the
excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board
determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of
Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the
Rights, the thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent
necessary, but not more than ninety (90) days after the Section 11(a)(ii)
Trigger Date, in order that the Company may seek stockholder approval for the
authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may
be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that
action is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or third sentences of this
Section 11(a)(iv), the Company (1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e)
hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and
(2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the
Substitution Period in order to seek such stockholder approval for such
authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of
distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the
value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a
public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been
temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the
suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the
value of each Adjustment Share shall be the current market price per share of
the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date, and the per share or per
unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the current
market price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of
rights or warrants to all holders of the Common Stock entitling them (for a
period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) to subscribe for
or purchase Common Stock
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(or securities convertible into Common Stock) at a price per share of Common
Stock (or having a conversion price per share of Common Stock, if a security
convertible into the Common Stock) less than the current market price per share
of Common Stock (as defined in Section 11(d)) on such record date, the Purchase
Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying
the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a
fraction, of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding on such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock which
the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock so to
be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible
securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price and of
which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
on such record date plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock to be
offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities
so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may
be paid in a consideration part or all of which shall be in a form other than
cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by
the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in
a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent
and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Common Stock owned by or held for the
account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any
such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a
record date is fixed; and in the event that such rights or warrants are not so
issued, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which
would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a
distribution to all holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution
made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the
continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than a
regular periodic cash dividend out of earnings or retained earnings or a
dividend payable in shares of Common Stock) or subscription rights or warrants
(excluding those referred to in Section 11(b)), the Purchase Price to be in
effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase
Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, of which
the numerator shall be the current market price per share of Common Stock (as
defined in Section 11(d)) on such record date, less the fair market value (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose
determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent) of
the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or
of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one share of the Common
Stock and of which the denominator shall be such current market price per share
of the Common Stock. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a
record date is fixed; and in the event that such distribution is not so made,
the Purchase price shall again be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would
then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(d) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the "current market
price" per share of the Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the
average of the daily closing prices per share of the Common Stock for the 30
consecutive Trading
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Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date;
provided, however, that in the event that the current market price per share of
the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the
issuer of the Common Stock of a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock
payable in shares of Common Stock, and prior to the expiration of 30 Trading
Days after the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, then, and in
each such case, the current market price shall be appropriately adjusted to
reflect the current market price per common share equivalent. The closing price
for each day shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale
takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices,
regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated
transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to
trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not listed or
admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported in the principal
consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on
the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed
or admitted to trading or, if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to
trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price or, if not so
quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter
market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Automated Quotations System ("NASDAQ") or such other system then in use, or, if
on any such date the Common Stock is not quoted by any such organization, the
average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional
market marker making a market in the Common Stock selected by the Board of
Directors of the Company. If on any such date no market maker is making a market
in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be used. The term
"Trading Day" shall mean a day on which the principal national securities
exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading is open for
the transaction of business or, if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to
trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. If the Common Stock
is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, "current market price" per
share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a
statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes.
(e) No adjustment in the Purchase Price shall be required unless such
adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price;
provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 11(e)
are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in
any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 11 shall be made
to the nearest cent or to the nearest ten-thousandth of a share as the case may
be. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 11(e), any adjustment
required by this Section 11 shall be made no later than the earlier of (i) three
years from the date of the transaction which mandates such adjustment, or (ii)
the Expiration Date.
(f) If as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 11(a) or
Section 13(a) hereunder, the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall
become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than
shares of Common
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Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of
any Right shall be subject to adjustment from time to time, in a manner and on
terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the
shares contained in Section 11(a), (b), (c), (e), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and
(m), and the provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 13 and 14 hereof with respect to
the shares of Common Stock shall apply on like terms to any such other shares.
(g) All Rights originally issued by the Company subsequent to any
adjustment made to the Purchase Price hereunder shall evidence the right to
purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, the number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable, from time to time, hereunder upon exercise of the Rights, all
subject to further adjustment as provided herein.
(h) Unless the Company shall have exercised its election as provided in
Section 11(i), upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price as a result of the
calculation made in Section 11(b) and (c), each Right outstanding immediately
prior to the making of such adjustment shall thereafter evidence the right to
purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, that number of shares (calculated to
the nearest ten-thousandth) obtained by (i) multiplying (x) the number of shares
covered by a Right immediately prior to this adjustment by (y) the Purchase
Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment of the Purchase Price, and
(ii) dividing the product so obtained by the Purchase Price in effect
immediately after such adjustment of the Purchase Price.
(i) The Company may elect on or after the date of any adjustment of the
Purchase Price to adjust the number of Rights, in substitution for any
adjustment in the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise
of a Right. Each of the Rights outstanding after such adjustment of the number
of Rights shall be exercisable for the number of shares of Common Stock for
which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such adjustment. Each Right
held of record prior to such adjustment of the number of Rights shall become
that number of Rights (calculated to the nearest ten-thousandth) obtained by
dividing the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to adjustment of the
Purchase Price by the Purchase Price in effect immediately after adjustment of
the Purchase Price. The Company shall make a public announcement of its election
to adjust the number of Rights, indicating the record date for the adjustment,
and, if known at the time, the amount of the adjustment to be made. This record
date may be the date on which the Purchase Price is adjusted or any day
thereafter, but, if the Right Certificates have been issued, shall be at least
10 days later than the date of the public announcement. If Right Certificates
have been issued, upon each adjustment of the number of Rights pursuant to this
Section 11(i), the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, cause to be
distributed to holders of record of Right Certificates on such record date Right
Certificates evidencing, subject to Section 14, the additional Rights to which
such holders shall be entitled as a result of such adjustment, or, at the option
of the Company, shall cause to be distributed to such holders of record in
substitution and replacement for the Right Certificates held by such holders
prior to the date of adjustment, and upon surrender thereof, if required by the
Company, new Right Certificates evidencing all the Rights to which such holders
shall be entitled after such adjustment. Right Certificates so to be distributed
shall be issued,
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executed and countersigned in the manner provided for herein (and may bear, at
the option of the Company, the adjusted Purchase Price) and shall be registered
in the names of the holders of record of Right Certificates on the record date
specified in the public announcement.
(j) Irrespective of any adjustments or change in the Purchase Price or
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Rights,
the Right Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue to express
the Purchase Price per share and the number of shares which were expressed in
the initial Right Certificates issued thereunder.
(k) Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing
the Purchase Price below the then par value, if any, of the Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Rights, the Company shall take any corporate
action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the
Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Common Stock at such adjusted Purchase Price.
(l) In any case in which the Section 11 shall require that an
adjustment in the Purchase Price be made effective as of a record date for a
specified event, the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such
event the issuing to the holder of any Right exercised after such record date
the shares of Common Stock and other capital stock or securities of the Company,
if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the shares of Common Stock
and other capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such
exercise on the basis of the Purchase Price in effect prior to such adjustment;
provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to such holder a due bill or
other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder's right to receive such
additional shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.
(m) Anything in this Section 11 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Company shall be entitled to make such reductions in the Purchase Price, in
addition to those adjustments expressly required by this Section 11, as to the
extent that, in its sole discretion, it shall determine to be advisable in order
that any consolidation or subdivision of the shares of Common Stock, issuance
wholly for cash of any shares of Common Stock at less than the current market
price, issuance wholly for cash of shares of Common Stock or securities which by
their terms are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock,
stock dividends or issuance of rights, options or warrants referred to
hereinabove in this Section 11, hereafter made by the Company to holders of its
Common Stock shall not be taxable to such stockholders.
(n) The Company covenants and agrees that it shall not, at any time
after the Distribution Date, (i) consolidate with any other Person (other than a
Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 11(o)
hereof), (ii) merge with or into any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of
the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), or (iii)
sell or transfer (or permit any Subsidiary to sell or transfer), in one
transaction, or a series of related transactions, assets or earning power
aggregating more than 50% of the assets or earning power of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any other Person or Persons (other than the
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Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries in one or more transactions each of which
complies with Section 11(o) hereof), if (x) at the time of or immediately after
such consolidation, merger or sale there are any rights, warrants or other
instruments or securities outstanding or agreements in effect which would
substantially diminish or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be
afforded by the Rights or (y) prior to, simultaneously with or immediately after
such consolidation, merger or sale, the shareholders of the Person who
constitutes, or would constitute, the "Principal Party" for purposes of Section
13(a) hereof shall have received a distribution of Rights previously owned by
such Person or any of its Affiliates and Associates.
(o) The Company covenants and agrees that, after the Distribution Date,
it will not, except as permitted by Section 23 or Section 26 hereof, take (or
permit any Subsidiary to take) any action if at the time such action is taken it
is reasonably foreseeable that such action will diminish substantially or
otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.
Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares. Whenever
an adjustment is made, as provided in Section 11 and 13, 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 Common Stock a copy of
such certificate, and (c) mail a brief summary thereof, to each holder of a
Right Certificate in accordance with Section 25.
Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning
Power. (a) In the event that, following the Shares Acquisition Date, directly or
indirectly, (x) the Company shall consolidate with, or merge with and into, any
other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which
complies with Section 11(o) hereof) and the Company shall not be the continuing
or surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger, (y) any Person (other
than a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section
11(o) hereof), shall consolidate with the Company, or merge with and into the
Company, and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation of
such consolidation or merger and, in connection with such consolidation or
merger, all or part of the Common Stock shall be changed into or exchanged for
stock or other securities of any other Person or cash or any other property, or
(z) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer (or one or more of its
subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise transfer), in one or more transactions,
assets or earning power aggregating more than 50% of the assets or earning power
of the Company and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any Person (other than
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in one or more transactions each of
which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), then, and in each such case (except
as may be contemplated by Section 13(d) hereof), proper provision shall be made
so that (i) each holder of a Right, except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof,
shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at the
then-current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this agreement, such
number of validly authorized and issued, fully paid, non-assessable and freely
tradable shares of Common Stock of the Principal Party not subject to any liens,
encumbrances, rights of first refusal or other adverse claims, as shall be equal
to the result obtained by (1) multiplying the then-
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current Purchase Price by the number of shares of Common Stock for which a Right
is then exercisable and dividing that product by (2) 50% of the current market
price per share of common Stock of such other Person (determined pursuant to
Section 11(d)) on the date of consummation of such consolidation, merger, sale
or transfer; (ii) such Principal Party shall thereafter be liable for, and shall
assume, by virtue of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, all the
obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this Agreement; (iii) the term
"Company" shall thereafter be deemed to refer to such Principal Party; and (iv)
such Principal Party shall take such steps (including, but not limited to, the
reservation of a sufficient number of shares of its Common Stock) in connection
with such consummation as may be necessary to assure that the provisions hereof
shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to
the shares of its Common Stock thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the
Rights and (v) the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall be of no effect
following the first occurrence of any Section 13 Event.
(b) "Principal Party" shall mean
(i) in case of any transaction described in clause (x) or (y)
of the first sentence of Section 13(a), the Person that is the issuer of any
securities into which shares of Common Stock of the Company are converted in
such merger or consolidation, and if no securities are so issued, the Person
that is the other party to such merger or consolidation; and
(ii) in the case of any transaction described in clause (z) of
the first sentence of Section 13(a), the Person that is the party receiving the
greatest portion of the assets or earning power transferred pursuant to such
transaction or transactions; provided, however, that in any such case, (1) if
the Common Stock of such Person is not at such time and has not been
continuously over the preceding twelve (12) month period registered under
Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and such Person is a direct or indirect
Subsidiary of another Person the Common Stock of which is and has been so
registered, "Principal Party" shall refer to such other Person; and (2) in case
such Person is a Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, of more than one Person,
the Common Stocks of two or more of which are and have been so registered,
"Principal Party" shall refer to whichever of such Persons is the issuer of the
Common Stock having the greatest aggregate market value.
(c) The Company shall not consummate any such consolidation, merger,
sale or transfer unless the Principal Party shall have a sufficient number of
authorized shares of its Common Stock which have not been issued or reserved for
issuance to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with this
Section 13 and unless prior thereto the Company and such Principal Party shall
have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a supplemental agreement
providing for the terms set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 13
and further providing that, as soon as practicable after the date of any
consolidation, merger or sale of assets mentioned in paragraph (a) of this
Section 13, the Principal Party will
(i) prepare and file a registration statement under the Act,
with respect to the Rights and the securities purchasable upon exercise of the
Rights on an appropriate form, and will use its best efforts to cause such
registration statement to (A)
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become effective as soon as practicable after such filing, and (B) remain
effective (with a prospectus at all times meeting the requirements of the Act)
until the Expiration Date; and
(ii) will deliver to holders of the Rights historical
financial statements for the Principal Party and each of its Affiliates which
comply in all respects with the requirements for registration on Form 10 under
the Exchange Act.
The provisions of this Section 13 shall similarly apply to successive mergers or
consolidations or sales or other transfers. In the event that a Section 13 Event
shall occur at any time after the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, the
Rights which have not theretofore been exercised shall thereafter become
exercisable in the manner described in Section 13(a).
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Section
13 shall not be applicable to a transaction described in subparagraphs (x) and
(y) of Section 13(a) if (i) such transaction is consummated with a Person or
Persons who acquired shares of Common Stock pursuant to a Qualifying Tender
Offer (or a wholly owned Subsidiary of any such Person or Persons), (ii) the
price per share of Common Stock offered in such transaction is not less than the
price per share of Common Stock paid to all holders of shares of Common Stock
whose shares were purchased pursuant to such Qualifying Tender Offer, and (iii)
the form of consideration being offered to the remaining holders of shares of
Common Stock pursuant to such transaction is the same as the form of
consideration paid pursuant to such Qualifying Tender Offer. Upon consummation
of any such transaction contemplated by this Section 13(d), all Rights hereunder
shall expire.
Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares. (a) The Company shall not
be required to issue fractions of Rights or to distribute Right Certificates
which evidence fractional Rights. In lieu of such fractional Rights, there shall
be paid to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which
such fractional Rights would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to
the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Right. For the purposes
of this Section 14(a), the current market value of a whole Right shall be the
closing price of the Rights for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date on
which such fractional Rights would have been otherwise issuable. The closing
price for any day shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such
sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices,
regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated
transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to
trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Rights are not listed or
admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported in the principal
consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on
the principal national securities exchange on which the Rights are listed or
admitted to trading or, if the Rights are not listed or admitted to trading on
any national securities exchange, the last quoted price or, if not so quoted,
the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market,
as reported by NASDAQ or such other system then in use or, if on any such date
the Rights are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing
bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a
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market in the Rights selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If on
any such date no such market maker is making a market in the Rights the fair
value of the Rights on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company shall be used.
(b) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares upon
exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional
shares. In lieu of fractional shares, the Company may pay to the registered
holders of Right Certificates at the time such Right Certificates are exercised
as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current
market value of a share of Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 14(b), the
current market value of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a
shares of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section
11(d)) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise.
(c) The holder of a Right by the acceptance of the Rights expressly
waive his right to receive any fractional Rights or any fractional shares upon
exercise of a Right.
Section 15. Rights of Action. All rights of action in respect to this Agreement
are vested in the respective registered holders of the Right Certificates (and,
prior to the Distribution Date, the registered holders of the Common Stock); and
any registered holder of any Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution
Date, of the Common Stock), without the consent of the Rights Agent or of the
holder of any other Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of
the Common Stock), 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 to, his right to exercise the Rights
evidenced by such Right Certificate in the manner provided in such Right
Certificate and in this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing or any
remedies available to the holders of Rights, it is specifically acknowledged
that the holders of Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law for any
breach of this Agreement and will be entitled to specific performance of the
obligations under, and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations
of, the obligations of any Person subject to this Agreement.
Section 16. Agreement of Right Holders. Every holder of a Right by accepting the
same consents and agrees with the Company and the Rights Agent and with every
other holder of a Right that:
(a) prior to the Distribution Date, the Rights will be transferable
only in connection with the transfer of the Common Stock;
(b) after the Distribution Date, the Right Certificates are
transferable only on the registry books of the Rights Agent if surrendered at
the principal officer of the Rights Agent, duly endorsed or accompanied by a
proper instrument of transfer;
(c) subject to Section 6 and Section 7(f), the Company and the Rights
Agent may deem and treat the Person in whose name the Right Certificate (or,
prior to the Distribution Date, the associated Common Stock certificate) is
registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby
(notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing on the Right Certificate
or the associated Common
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Stock certificate made by anyone other than the Company or the Rights Agent) for
all purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company nor the Rights Agent, subject
to Section 7(e), shall be affected by any notice to the contrary;
(d) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither
the Company nor the Rights agent shall have any liability to any holder of a
Right or other Person as a result of its inability to perform any of its
obligations under this Agreement by reason of any preliminary or permanent
injunction or other order, decree or ruling issued by a court of competent
jurisdiction or by a governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or
commission, or any statute, rule, regulation or executive order promulgated or
enacted by any governmental authority, prohibiting or otherwise restraining
performance of such obligation; provided, however, the Company must use its best
efforts to have any such order, decree or ruling lifted or otherwise overturned
as soon as possible.
Section 17. Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder. No holder, as
such, of any Right Certificate shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends or
be deemed for any purpose the holder of Common Stock or any other securities of
the Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise of the Rights
represented thereby, nor shall anything contained herein or in any Right
Certificate be construed to confer upon the holder of any Right Certificate, as
such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for
the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any
meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to
receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as
provided in Section 24), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or
otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by such Right Certificate shall
have been exercised in accordance with the provisions hereof.
Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent. The Company agrees to pay to the Rights
Agent reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder and,
from time to time, on demand of the Rights Agent, its reasonable expenses and
counsel fees and other disbursements incurred in the administration and
execution of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties
hereunder. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent for, and to
hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, or expense, incurred without
gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Rights
Agent, for anything done or omitted by the Rights Agent in connection with the
acceptance and administration of this Agreement, including the costs and
expenses of defending against any claim of liability in the premises. The Rights
Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect to any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it in connection with its administration of
this Agreement in reliance upon any Right Certificate or certificate for the
Common Stock or for other securities of the Company, instrument of assignment or
transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction,
consent, certificate, statement, or other paper or document believed by it to be
genuine and to be signed, executed and, where necessary, verified or
acknowledged, by the proper person or persons.
Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent. Any
corporation into which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may be
merged
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or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger or consolidation to which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business
of the Rights Agent or any successor Right Agent, shall be the successor to the
Rights Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper
or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that such
corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor Rights Agent under
the provisions of Section 21. In case at the time such successor Rights Agent
shall succeed to the agency created by this Agreement, any of the Right
Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor
Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature of the predecessor Rights Agent and
deliver such Right Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any
of the Right Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor
Rights Agent may countersign such Right Certificates either in the name of the
predecessor Rights Agent or in the name of the successor Rights Agent; and in
all such cases such Right Certificates shall have the full force provided in the
Right Certificates and in this Agreement.
In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent shall be changed and at such
time any of the Right Certificates shall have been countersigned but not
delivered, the Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name
and deliver Right Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of
the Right Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Rights Agent may
countersign such Right Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed
name; and in all such cases such Right Certificates shall have the full force
provided in the Right Certificates and in this Agreement.
Section 20. Duties of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent undertakes the duties and
obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and conditions,
by all of which the Company and the holders of Right Certificates, by their
acceptance thereof, shall be bound:
(a) The Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be legal
counsel for the Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent as to any action taken
or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such opinion.
(b) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement the
Rights Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be
proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action
hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and
established by a certificate signed by any one of the Chairman of the Board, the
President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company and delivered to the
Rights Agent; and such certificate shall be full authorization to the Rights
Agent for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it under the provisions
of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate.
(c) The Rights Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own gross
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
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(d) The Rights Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the
statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the Right
Certificates (except its countersignature thereof) or be required to verify the
same, but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been
made by the Company only.
(e) The Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility in respect
to the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except
the due execution hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect to the validity or
execution of any Right Certificate (except its countersignature thereof); nor
shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or
condition contained in this Agreement or in any Right Certificate; nor shall it
be responsible for any adjustment required under the provisions of Section 11 or
13 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 shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this
Agreement or any Right Certificate or as to whether any shares of Common Stock
will, when issued, be validly authorized and issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
(f) The Company agrees that it will perform, execute, acknowledge and
deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such
further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required
by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Rights Agent of
the provisions of this Agreement.
(g) The Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept
instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from any
one of the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Secretary or the Treasurer
of the Company, unless such officer shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person
and to apply to such officers for advice or instructions in connection with its
duties, and it shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered to be taken
by it in good faith in accordance with instructions of any such officer.
(h) The Rights Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee
of the Rights Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the rights or other
securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in
which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the
Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Rights Agent
under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from acting
in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
(i) The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or
powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or
through its attorneys or agents, and the Rights Agent shall not be answerable or
accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys or
agents for or any loss to the Company resulting from any such act, default,
neglect or misconduct, provided reasonable care was exercised in the selection
and continued employment thereof.
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(j) In the event that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, the
Company shall notify the Rights Agent of such event and of the identity of such
Person. The Rights Agent thereupon shall undertake a reasonable investigation to
ascertain which shares are held beneficially by such Acquiring Person, including
shares held by nominees of such Acquiring Person. If the Rights Agent undertakes
such reasonable investigation on a continuing basis after notification by the
Company as provided herein, the Rights Agent shall not be liable for its failure
in good faith to insert the legend provided for in Section 11(a)(iii) of this
Agreement into Right Certificates owned by or transferred to such Acquiring
Person or its nominees.
(k) If, with respect to any Right Certificate surrendered to the Rights
Agent for exercise or transfer, the certificate attached to the form of
assignment or form of election to purchase, as the case may be, has either not
been completed or indicates an affirmative response to clause 1 and/or 2
thereof, the Rights Agent shall not take any further action with respect to such
requested exercise or transfer without first consulting with the Company.
Section 21. Change of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent or any successor Rights
Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement upon 30
days' notice in writing mailed to the Company and to each transfer agent of the
Common Stock by registered or certified mail, and to the holders of the Right
Certificates by first-class mail. The Company may remove the Rights Agent or any
successor Rights Agent upon 30 days' notice in writing, mailed to the Rights
Agent or successor Rights Agent, as the case may be, and to each transfer agent
of the Common Stock by registered or certified mail, and to the holders of the
Right Certificates by first-class mail. If the Rights Agent shall resign or be
removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the Company shall appoint
a successor to the Rights Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such
appointment within a period of 30 days after giving notice of such removal or
after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the
resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent or by the holder of a Right Certificate
(who shall, with such notice, submit his Right Certificate for inspection by the
Company), then the registered holder of any Right Certificate may apply to any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. Any
successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a court,
shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States or of any state thereof, which is authorized under such laws to exercise
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 $10 million. 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 Stock, and mail a notice thereof in
writing to the registered holders of the Right Certificates. Failure to give any
notice provided for in this Section 21,
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however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the
resignation or removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment of the successor
Rights Agent, as the case may be.
Section 22. Issuance of New Right Certificates. Notwithstanding any of the
provisions of this Agreement or of the Rights to the contrary, the Company, may,
at its option, issue new Right Certificates evidencing Rights in such form as
may be approved by its Board of Directors to reflect any adjustment or change in
the Purchase Price per share and the number or kind of class of shares or other
securities or property purchasable under the Right Certificates made in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. in addition, in connection
with the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock following the Distribution
Date and prior to the redemption or expiration of the Rights, the Company (a)
shall, with respect to shares of Common Stock so issued or sold pursuant to the
exercise of stock options or under any employee plan or arrangement, granted or
awarded as of the Distribution Date, or upon the exercise, conversion or
exchange of securities hereinafter issued by the Company, and (b) may, in any
other case, if deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board of Directors of the
Company, issue 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 extend 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 23. Redemption.
(a) The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option, at any
time prior to the earlier of (x) the Close of Business on the tenth day
following the Shares Acquisition Date, or (y) the Close of Business on the Final
Expiration Date, redeem all but not less than all of the then outstanding Rights
at a redemption price of $.05 per Right appropriately adjusted to reflect any
stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date
hereof (such redemption price being hereinafter referred to as the "Redemption
Price"). Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary,
the Rights shall not be exercisable after the first occurrence of a Section
11(a)(ii) Event until such time as the Company's right of redemption hereunder
has expired. The Company may, at its option, pay the Redemption Price in cash,
shares of Common Stock (based on the "current market price", as defined in
Section 11(d) hereof, of the Common Stock at the time of redemption) or any
other form of consideration deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors 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 to receive the
Redemption Price. Within 10 days after the action of the Board of Directors
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 address as they appear upon
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the registry books of the Rights Agent, or, prior to the Distribution Date, on
the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Stock. Any notice which
is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not
the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of redemption will state the
method by which the payment of the Redemption Price will be made. Neither the
Company nor any of its Affiliates or Associates may redeem, acquire or purchase
for value any Rights at any time in any manner other than that specifically set
forth in this Section 23, and other than in connection with the repurchase of
Common Stock prior to the Distribution Date.
Section 24. Notice of Certain Events. In case the Company shall propose (a) to
pay any dividend payable in stock of any class to the holders of its Common
Stock or to make any other distribution to the holders of its Common Stock
(other than a regular periodic cash dividend out of earnings or retained
earnings), (b) to offer to the holders of its Common Stock rights or warrants to
subscribe for or to purchase any additional shares of Common Stock or shares of
stock of any class or any other securities, rights or options, (c) to effect any
reclassification of its Common Stock (other than a reclassification involving
only the subdivision of outstanding shares of Common Stock, (d) to effect any
consolidation or merger into or with, or to effect any sale or other transfer
(or to permit one or more of its subsidiaries to effect any sale or other
transfer), in one or more transactions, of more than 50% of the assets or
earning power of the Company and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to, any
other Person (other than the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries in one or
more transactions each of which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), or (e) to
effect the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, then, in each
such case, the Company shall give to each holder of a Right, in accordance with
Section 25, a notice of such proposed action, which shall specify the record
date for the purposes of such stock dividend, distribution of rights or Rights,
or the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up is to take place and the date
of participation therein by the holders of the Common Stock, if any such date is
to be fixed, and such notice shall be so given in the case of any action covered
by clause (a) or (b) above at least twenty (20) days prior to the record date
for determining holders of the Common Stock for purposes of such action, and in
the case of any such other action, at least twenty (20) days prior to the date
of the taking of such proposed action or the date of participation therein by
the holders of the Common Stock, whichever shall be the earlier.
In case any of the events set forth in Section 11(a)(ii) of this Agreement shall
occur, then, in any such case, the Company shall as soon as practicable
thereafter give to each holder of a Right, in accordance with Section 25, a
notice of the occurrence of such event, which shall specify the event and the
consequences of the event to holders of Rights under Section 11(a)(ii).
Section 25. Notices. Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given
or made by the Rights Agent or by the holder of any Right Certificate to or on
the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, addressed (until another address it filed in writing with the
Rights Agent) as follows:
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GRC International, Inc.
Plaza 1900
1900 Gallows Road
Vienna, Virginia 22182
Attention: Corporate Secretary
with a copy to the General Counsel at the same address. Subject to the
provisions of Section 21, any notice or demand authorized by this Agreement to
be given or made by the Company or by the holder of any Right Certificate to or
on the Rights Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class
mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with
the Company) as follows:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
99 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Notices of demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the
Company or the Rights Agent to the holder of any Right Certificate shall be
sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to such holder at the address of such holder as shown on the registry
books of the Company.
Section 26. Supplements and Amendments. The Company and the Rights Agent may,
from time to time, supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of
any holders of Right Certificates in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or
supplement any provision contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent
with any other provisions herein, to extend the period of redemption provided
for in Section 23 of this Agreement, or to make any other provisions in regard
to matters or questions arising hereunder which the Company and the Rights Agent
may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the
interests of the holders of Right Certificates.
Section 27. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or
for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent shall bind an inure to the
benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
Section 28. Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. For all
purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining
the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Common Stock of which
any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last
sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the
Exchange Act. The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive
power and authority to administer this Agreement and to exercise all rights and
powers specifically granted to the Board or to the Company, or as may be
necessary or advisable in the administration of this Agreement, including,
without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this
Agreement, and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for
the administration of this Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not
redeem the Rights or to amend this Agreement). All such actions, calculations,
interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below,
all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board
in goo
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faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights
Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the
Board to any liability to the holders of the Rights.
Section 29. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company, the
Rights Agent and the registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to
the Distribution Date, the Common Stock) any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of
the Right Certificates.
Section 30. Governing Law. This Agreement and each Right Certificate issued
hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of
Delaware and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of such State applicable to contracts to be made and performed
entirely within such State.
Section 31. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to
be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument.
Section 32. Descriptive Headings. Descriptive headings of the several Sections
of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or
affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
Section 33. Severability. If any portion or provision of this Agreement shall be
held void, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with any applicable law or
regulation then in effect, the validity or enforceability of the remaining
portions or provisions shall not be affected thereby; provided, however, that
notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any such term,
provision, covenant or restriction is held to be invalid, void or unenforceable
and the Board of Directors of the Company determines in its good faith judgment
that severing the invalid language form this Agreement would adversely affect
the purpose or effect of this Agreement, the right of redemption set forth in
Section 23 hereof shall be reinstated and shall not expire until the Close of
Business on the tenth day following the date of such determination by the Board
of Directors; and provided, further, that if any provision of this Agreement
requiring that a determination be made by independent directors is held to be
invalid, void or unenforceable, then this Agreement shall be construed as
providing that such determination shall be made by the entire Board of
Directors.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have cause this Agreement to be duly
executed and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
Attest: GRC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: /s/ Thomas E. McCabe By: /s/ Gary L. Denman
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Thomas E. McCabe Gary L. Denman
SVP, Dir. Corp Dev't, Gen. Cnsl & Sec. President and Chief Executive
Officer
Attest: AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER &
TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Susan Silber By: /s/ Herbert J. Lemmer
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Printed Name: Susan Silber Printed Name: Herbert J. Lemmer
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Title: Assistant Secretary Title: Vice President
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Exhibit A
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[Form of Right Certificate]
Certificate No. R- Rights
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NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER AUGUST 31, 2000 OR EARLIER IF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION IS
GIVEN. THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY, AT
$.05 PER RIGHT ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT. UNDER CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES, RIGHTS BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS SUCH TERM IS
DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) AND ANY SUBSEQUENT HOLDER OF SUCH RIGHTS MAY
BECOME NULL AND VOID. [THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ISSUED TO
A PERSON WHO WAS AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR AN AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE OF AN
ACQUIRING PERSON. THIS RIGHT CERTIFICATE AND THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY
BECOME VOID IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN SECTION 7(e) OF THE RIGHTS
AGREEMENT.]1
Right Certificate
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
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of May 14, 1999 ("Rights
Agreement") between GRC International, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Company"),
and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York trust company ("Rights
Agent"), to purchase from the Company at any time after the Distribution Date
(as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) and prior to 5:00 P.M. (New
York City time) on August 31, 2000 at the principal office of the Rights Agent,
or its successors as Rights Agent, one fully paid nonassessable share of Common
Stock, $.10 par value ("Common Stock"), of the Company, at a purchase price of
$100 per share ("Purchase Price"), upon presentation and surrender of this Right
Certificate with the Form of Election to Purchase duly executed. The number of
Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate (and the number of shares which may
be purchase upon exercise thereof) set forth above, are the number as of
December 6, 1985, based on the shares of Common Stock of the Company as
constituted at such date. As provided in the Rights Agreement, the Purchase
Price and the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities which may be
purchased upon the exercise of the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate
are subject to modification and adjustment upon the happening of certain events.
Upon the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (as such term is defined in the
Rights Agreement), if the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate are
beneficially owned by (i) an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of
any such Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement),
(ii) a transferee of any such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate, or (iii)
under certain circumstances specified in the Rights
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1 The portion of the legend in brackets shall be inserted only if applicable.
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Agreement, a transferee of a person who, after such transfer, became an
Acquiring Person, or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person, such
Rights shall become null and void and no holder hereof shall have any right with
respect to such Rights from and after the occurrence of such Section 11(a)(ii)
Event.
This Right Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and conditions
of the Rights Agreement, which terms, provisions and conditions are hereby
incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which Rights
Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the
Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the Right Certificates. Copies of
the Rights Agreement are on file at the above-mentioned office of the Rights
Agent.
This Right Certificate, with or without other Right Certificates, upon surrender
at the principal office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such
purpose, may be exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right Certificate of
like tenor and date evidencing Rights entitling the holder to purchase a like
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as the Rights evidenced by the Right
Certificate or Right Certificate surrendered shall have entitled such holder to
purchase. If this Right Certificate shall be exercised in part, the holder shall
be entitled to receive upon surrender hereof another Right Certificate or Right
Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised.
Subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement, the Rights evidenced by this
Certificate may be redeemed by the Company at its option at a redemption price
of $.05 per Right at any time prior to the earlier of the close of business on
(i) the tenth day following the Shares Acquisition Date (as such time period may
be extended pursuant to the Rights Agreement), and (ii) the Final Expiration
Date. In addition, the Rights may be exchanged, in whole or in part, for shares
of the Common Stock, or shares of preferred stock of the Company having
essentially the same value or economic rights as such shares. Immediately upon
the action of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing any such
exchange, and without any further action or any notice, the Rights (other than
Rights which are not subject to such exchange) will terminate and the Rights
will only enable holders to receive the shares issuable upon such exchange.
No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon the exercise of any
Right or Rights evidenced hereby, but in lieu thereof a cash payment will be
made, as provided in the Rights Agreement.
No holder of this Right Certificate shall be entitled to vote or receive
dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of Common Stock 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 or any right to vote for the election of directors or
upon any matter submitted to shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or
withhold consent to any corporate action, or, to receive notice of meetings or
other actions affecting shareholders (except as provided in the Rights
Agreement), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until
the
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Right or Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate shall have been exercised as
provided in the Rights Agreement.
This Right Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it
shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent.
WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Company and its
corporate seal. Dated as of .
Attest: GRC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: By:
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Thomas E. McCabe Gary L. Denman
SVP, Dir. Corp Dev't, Gen. Cnsl & Sec. President and Chief Executive
Officer
Countersigned:
Attest: AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER &
TRUST COMPANY
By: By:
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Printed Name: Printed Name:
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Title: Title:
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[Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate]
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
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(to be executed by the registered holder if such
holder desires to transfer the Right Certificates.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED -------------------------------- sells, assigns and transfers
unto ----------------------------------------------------.
(Please print name and address of transferee)
this Right Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and
does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint --------------------------- as
Attorney, to transfer the within Right Certificate on the books of the
within-named Company, with full power of substitution.
Date:
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Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
Certificate
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The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes
that:
(1) this Right Certificate [ ] is [ ] is not being sold, assigned and
transferred by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associates of any such Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined
in the Rights Agreement);
(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it
[ ] did [ ] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate from
any Person who is, was or subsequently became an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person.
Date:
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Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
NOTICE
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The signature to the foregoing Assignment must correspond to the name as written
upon the face of this Right Certificate in every particular, without alteration
on enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
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(To be executed if holder desires to
exercise the Right Certificate.)
To GRC International, Inc.
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise Rights represented by this
Right Certificate to purchase the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of such Rights and requests that certifies 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:
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Signature
(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the
face of this Right Certificate)
Signature Guaranteed:
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Certificate
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The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes
that:
(1) the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate [ ] are [ ] are not
being exercised by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or
an Affiliate or Associate of any such Acquiring Person (as such terms are
defined pursuant to the Rights Agreement);
(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it
[ ] did [ ] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate from
any Person who is, was or became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or
Associate of an Acquiring Person.
Dated:
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Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
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Exhibit B
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SUMMARY OF RIGHTS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
On November 25, 1985, the Board of Directors ("Board") of GRC International,
Inc. ("Company") declared a dividend distribution of one Right for each share of
Common Stock, $.10 par value, of the Company ("Common Stock") which was then
outstanding or would later be issued. The distribution was originally payable to
the holders of record of the Common Stock on December 6, 1985. As of June 30,
1989, April 1, 1994, June 30, 1995 and May 14, 1999, the Rights were amended by
the Board. As amended, each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase
from the Company one share of Common Stock at a price of $100 per share
("Purchase Price"), subject to adjustment. The description and terms of the
Rights are set forth in an Amended and Restated Rights Agreement ("Rights
Agreement") between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as
Rights Agent ("Rights Agent").
Until the earlier to occur of (i) ten business days following a public
announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated persons (an
"Acquiring Person") acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, beneficial
ownership of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the outstanding Common Stock,
or (ii) ten business days following the commencement or announcement of an
intention to make a tender offer or exchange offer for twenty-five percent (25%)
or more of such outstanding Common Stock (the earlier of such dates being called
the "Distribution Date"), the Rights will be evidenced, with respect to any of
the Common Stock certificates outstanding as of December 6, 1985, by such Common
Stock certificate, with the legend described in Section 3(c) of the Rights
Agreement printed on the reverse of such Common Stock certificate. The Rights
Agreement provides that, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be
transferred with and only with the Common Stock. Until the Distribution Date (or
earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights), new Common Stock certificates
issued after December 6, 1985 upon transfer of new issuance of the Common Stock
will contain a notation incorporating the Rights Agreement by reference. Until
the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights), the
surrender for transfer of any Common Stock certificates outstanding as of
December 6, 1985, even without the legend described in Section 3(c) of the
Rights Agreement, will also constitute the transfer of the Rights associates
with the Common Stock represented by such certificate. As soon as practicable
following the Distribution Date, separate certificate evidencing the Rights
("Right Certificates") will be mailed to holders of record of the Common Stock
as of the close of business on the Distribution Date and such separate Right
Certificates alone will evidence the Rights.
The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date. The Rights will
expire on August 31, 2000, unless earlier redeemed by the Company as described
below.
The Purchase Price payable, and the number of shares of the Common Stock or
other securities or property issuable, upon exercise of the Rights are subject
to adjustment, from time to time, to prevent dilution (i) in the event of a
stock dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the
Common Stock, (ii) upon the grant to holders of the Common Stock of certain
rights or warrants to subscribe for Common Stock or convertible securities at
less than the current market price of the Common
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Stock, or (iii) upon the distribution to holders of the Common Stock of
evidences of indebtedness or assets (excluding regular periodic cash dividends
out of earnings or retained earnings or dividends payable in the Common Stock)
or of subscription rights or warrants (other than those referred to above).
In the event that, at any time following the Distribution, a person becomes the
beneficial owner of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the then outstanding
shares of Common Stock (except pursuant to an offer for all outstanding shares
of Common Stock which the independent directors determine to be fair to and
otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders), each
holder of a Right will thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise,
Common Stock (or, in certain circumstances, cash, property or other securities
of the Company) having a value equal to two times the exercise price of the
Right. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, following the occurrence of any of
the events set forth in this paragraph, all Rights that are, or (under certain
circumstances specified in the Rights Agreement) were, beneficially owned by any
Acquiring Person will be null and void. However, Rights are not exercisable
following the occurrence of the events set forth above until such time as the
Rights are no longer redeemable by the Company as set forth below.
In the event that the Company is acquired in a merger or other business
combination transaction or 50% or more of its assets or earning power are sold,
proper provision shall be made so that each holder of a Right (except Rights
which have been previously voided as set forth above) shall thereafter have the
right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at the then current exercise price
of the Right, that number of shares of common stock of the acquiring company
which at the time of such transaction would have a market value of two times the
exercise price of the Right.
With certain exceptions, no adjustment in the Purchase Price will be required
until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1% in such
Purchase Price. No fractional shares will be issued and, in lieu thereof, an
adjustment in cash will be made based on the market price of the Common Stock on
the last trading date prior to the date of exercise.
At any time prior to the earlier to occur of (i) the tenth business day
following the public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or
associated persons has acquired beneficial ownership of twenty-five percent
(25%) or more of the outstanding Common Stock or (ii) August 31, 2000, the
Company may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $.05 per
Right, payable in cash, Common Stock or other consideration deemed appropriate
by the Board of Directors ("Redemption Price"). Immediately upon the action of
the Board of Directors of the Company electing to redeem the Rights, the Company
shall make announcements thereof, and upon such election, the right to exercise
the Rights will terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to
receive the Redemption Price.
Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no rights as
a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to vote
or to receive dividends.
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A copy of the Rights Agreement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as an Exhibit to a Registration Statement on Form 8-A. A copy of the
Rights Agreement is available free of charge from the Company. This summary
description of the Rights does not purport to be complete and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to the Rights Agreement, which is hereby incorporated
herein by reference.
