SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 43-1145889
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(State of incorporation or organization) (IRS Employer Identification
No.)
One City Centre
515 North Sixth Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered each class is to be registered
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Series A Participating American Stock Exchange
Cumulative Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
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(Title of Class)
Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be
Registered.
On December 19, 1995, the Board of Directors of Trans World
Airlines, Inc. (the "Company") declared a dividend of one preferred stock
purchase right (a "Right") for each outstanding share of (i) IFFA Preferred
Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company, (ii) IAM Preferred Stock, par
value $.01 per share, of the Company, (iii) ALPA Preferred Stock, par value
$.01 per share, of the Company (collectively, the "Employee Preferred Stock"),
and (iv) Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common
Stock", and together with the Employee Preferred Stock, the "Voting Stock")
payable to holders of record as of the close of business on January 12, 1996
(the "Record Date").
Prior to the Distribution Date (as defined below), the Rights
will be evidenced by the certificates for and will be transferred with the
Voting Stock, and the registered holders of the Voting Stock will be deemed to
be the registered holders of the Rights. After the Distribution Date, the
Rights Agent will mail separate certificates evidencing the Rights to each
record holder of the Voting Stock as of the close of business on the
Distribution Date, and thereafter the Rights will be transferable separately
from the Voting Stock. The "Distribution Date" means the earlier of (i) the
10th day (or such later day as may be designated by a majority of the
Continuing Directors (as hereinafter defined)) after the date (the "Stock
Acquisition Date") of the first public announcement that a person (other than
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan of the
Company or any such subsidiary) has acquired beneficial ownership of 15% or
more of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock, other than pursuant to certain
permitted offers (an "Acquiring Person") and (ii) the 10th business day (or
such later day as may be designated by a majority of the Continuing Directors)
after the date of the commencement of a tender or exchange offer (other than
certain permitted offers) by any person which would, if consummated, result in
such person becoming the beneficial owner of 20% or more of the outstanding
shares of Voting Stock.
Prior to the Distribution Date, the Rights will not be
exercisable. After the Distribution Date, each Right will be exercisable to
purchase, for $47.50 (the "Purchase Price"), one one-hundredth of a share of
Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share
(the "Preferred Stock"). The terms and conditions of the Rights are set forth
in a Rights Agreement dated as of December 19, 1995 between the Company and
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent (the "Rights
Agreement"), a copy of which is attached as an exhibit hereto and the
description thereof is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.
If any person becomes an Acquiring Person, each Right (other
than Rights beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person and certain affiliated
persons) will entitle the holder to elect to receive, without payment of the
Purchase Price, a number of shares of Common Stock having a market value equal
to the Purchase Price.
If, after any person has become an Acquiring Person, (1) the
Company is involved in a merger or other business combination in which the
Company is not the surviving corporation or its Voting Stock is exchanged for
other securities or assets or (2) the Company and/or one or more of its
subsidiaries sell or otherwise transfer assets or earning power aggregating
more than 50% of the assets or earning power of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, then each Right will entitle the holder to
purchase, for the Purchase Price, a number of shares of common stock of the
other party to such business combination or sale (or in certain circumstances,
an affiliate) having a market value of twice the Purchase Price.
At any time after any person has become an Acquiring Person
(but before any person becomes the beneficial owner of 50% or more of the
outstanding shares of Voting Stock), a majority of the Continuing Directors may
exchange all or part of the Rights (other than Rights beneficially owned by an
Acquiring Person and certain affiliated persons) for shares of Common Stock at
an exchange ratio of one share of Common Stock per Right.
Subject to the terms of the Company's certificate of
incorporation and bylaws, the Board of Directors may redeem all of the Rights
at a price of $.01 per Right at any time prior to the close of business on the
10th day after the Stock Acquisition Date (or such later date as may be
designated by a majority of the Continuing Directors). After any person has
become an Acquiring Person, the Rights may be redeemed only with the approval
of a majority of the Continuing Directors.
"Continuing Director" means any member of the Board of
Directors who was a member of the Board prior to the time an Acquiring Person
becomes such or any person who is subsequently elected to the Board if such
person is recommended or approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors;
provided, however, that any successor to a director who is required to be
elected by the holders of a series of Employee Preferred Stock (a "Labor
Director") (i) shall be approved in accordance with the terms set forth in the
applicable certificate of designation for the series of Employee Preferred
Stock which has the right to elect such Labor Director and (ii) need not be
approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors unless an Acquiring Person
is an affiliate or associate of an employee benefit plan which beneficially
owns such Employee Preferred Stock. Continuing Directors do not include an
Acquiring Person, an affiliate or associate of an Acquiring Person or any
representative or nominee of the foregoing.
The Rights will expire on January 12, 2006, unless earlier
exchanged or redeemed.
Prior to the Distribution Date, the Rights Agreement may be
amended in any respect. After the Distribution Date, the Rights Agreement may
be amended in any respect that does not adversely affect Rights holders (other
than any Acquiring Person and certain affiliated persons). After any person
has become an Acquiring Person, the Rights Agreement may be amended only with
the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors.
Rights holders have no rights as a stockholder of the Company,
including the right to vote and to receive dividends.
The Rights Agreement includes antidilution provisions designed
to prevent efforts to diminish the effectiveness of the Rights.
As of December 19, 1995 there were (i) 41,181,072 shares of
Voting Stock outstanding, (ii) 3,380,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for
issuance under the Company's stock option plans and (iii) 2,723,295 shares of
Common Stock reserved for issuance in connection with outstanding Stock
Purchase Warrants.
Each outstanding share of Voting Stock on the Record Date will
receive one Right. Shares of Voting Stock issued after the Record Date and
prior to the Distribution Date will be issued with a Right attached so that
all shares of Voting Stock outstanding prior to the Distribution Date will
have Rights attached. 750,000 shares of Preferred Stock have been reserved for
issuance upon exercise of the Rights.
The Rights have certain anti-takeover effects. The Rights may
cause substantial dilution to a person that attempts to acquire the Company
without a condition to such an offer that a substantial number of the Rights
be acquired or that the Rights be redeemed or declared invalid. The Rights
should not interfere with any merger or other business combination approved by
the Board of Directors (under some circumstances, with the concurrence of the
Continuing Directors) since the Rights may be redeemed by the Company as
described above.
While the dividend of the Rights will not be taxable to
stockholders or to the Company, stockholders or the Company may, depending
upon the circumstances, recognize taxable income in the event that the Rights
become exercisable as set forth above.
Item 2. Exhibits
1. Form of Rights Agreement dated as of December 19,
1995 between Trans World Airlines, Inc. and
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights
Agent, which includes as Exhibit B thereto the form
of Right Certificate.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned thereto duly authorized.
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.
By /s/ Richard P. Magurno
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Name: Richard P. Magurno
Title: Senior Vice President
and General Counsel
Dated: December 29, 1995
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Description of Exhibit Page
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1 Form of Rights Agreement
dated as of December 19,
1995 between Trans World
Airlines, Inc. and American
Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, as Rights Agent,
which includes as Exhibit B
thereto the form of Right
Certificate.
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
dated as of
December 19, 1995
between
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.
and
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY,
as Rights Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS(1)
Page
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Section 1. Definitions........................... 1
Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent........... 6
Section 3. Issue of Right Certificates........... 6
Section 4. Form of Right Certificates............ 8
Section 5. Countersignature and Registration..... 9
Section 6. Transfer and Exchange of Right
Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed,
Lost or Stolen Right Certificates... 9
Section 7. Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price;
Expiration Date of Rights........... 10
Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Right
Certificates........................ 12
Section 9. Reservation and Availability of
Capital Stock....................... 13
Section 10. Preferred Stock Record Date........... 14
Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price,
Number and Kind of Shares or Number
of Rights........................... 15
Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase
Price or Number of Shares........... 25
Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or
Transfer of Assets or Earning Power. 25
Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional
Shares.............................. 28
Section 15. Rights of Action...................... 29
Section 16. Agreement of Right Holders............ 30
Section 17. Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed
a Stockholder....................... 31
Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent........... 31
Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of
Name of Rights Agent................ 32
Section 20. Duties of Rights Agent................ 32
Section 21. Change of Rights Agent................ 35
Section 22. Issuance of New Right Certificates.... 36
Section 23. Redemption............................ 36
Section 24. Exchange.............................. 37
Section 25. Notice of Proposed Actions............ 38
Section 26. Notices............................... 39
Section 27. Supplements and Amendments............ 40
Section 28. Successors............................ 40
Section 29. Determinations and Actions
by the Board of Directors, etc...... 41
Section 30. Benefits of this Agreement............ 41
Section 31. Severability.......................... 41
Section 32. Governing Law......................... 42
Section 33. Counterparts.......................... 42
Section 34. Descriptive Headings.................. 42
Exhibit A - Form of Certificate of Designation
of Preferred Stock
Exhibit B - Form of Right Certificate
Exhibit C - Summary Description of the
Stockholder Rights Plan
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(1)The Table of Contents is not a part of this Agreement.
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated as of December 19, 1995, between Trans World
Airlines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent"),
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, on December 19, 1995 the Board of Directors of the
Company authorized and declared a dividend of one preferred stock purchase
right (a "Right") for each share of Voting Stock (as hereinafter defined)
outstanding at the close of business on January 12, 1996 (the "Record Date")
and has authorized the issuance, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
hereinafter set forth, of one Right in respect of each share of Voting Stock
issued after the Record Date, each Right representing the right to purchase,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, one
one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Stock (as hereinafter defined);
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. The following terms, as used herein,
have the following meanings:
"Acquiring Person" means any Person who, together with all
Affiliates and Associates of such Person, shall be the Beneficial
Owner of 15% or more of the shares of Voting Stock then outstanding;
provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a Person
shall not be an "Acquiring Person" if (i) such Person is an Excluded
Person or (ii) the event which causes such Person, together with all
Affiliates and Associates of such Person, to become the Beneficial
Owner of 15% or more of the shares of Voting Stock then outstanding
is the acquisition of shares of Voting Stock by such Person pursuant
to a Permitted Offer.
"Affiliate" and "Associate" have the respective meanings
ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act as in
effect on the date hereof.
A Person shall be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of, and shall
be deemed to "beneficially own", any securities:
(a) which such Person or any of its Affiliates or
Associates, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns (as
determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act as in
effect on the date hereof);
(b) which such Person or any of its Affiliates or
Associates, directly or indirectly, has
(i) the right to acquire (whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only upon the occurrence of
certain events or the passage of time or both) pursuant
to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether
or not in writing) or otherwise (other than pursuant to
the Rights); provided that a Person shall not be deemed
the "Beneficial Owner" of or to "beneficially own"
securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange
offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any of its
Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities
are accepted for payment or exchange; or
(ii) the right to vote (whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only upon the occurrence of
certain events or the passage of time or both) pursuant
to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether
or not in writing) or otherwise; provided that a Person
shall not be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of or to
"beneficially own" any security under this clause (ii) as
a result of an agreement, arrangement or understanding to
vote such security if such agreement, arrangement or
understanding (A) arises solely from a revocable proxy or
consent given in response to a public proxy or consent
solicitation made pursuant to the applicable rules and
regulations under the Exchange Act and (B) is not also
then reportable by such Person on Schedule 13D under the
Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or
(c) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly,
by any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof),
including (without limitation) any Employee Benefit Plan, with
which such Person or any of its 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 subparagraph
(b)(ii) immediately above) or disposing of any such securities.
"Business Day" means 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.
"Close of business" on any given date means 5:00 P.M., New York
City time, on such date; provided that if such date is not a Business
Day "close of business" means 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
next succeeding Business Day.
"Common Stock" means the Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, of the Company, except that, when used with reference to any
Person other than the Company, "Common Stock" means the capital stock
of such Person with the greatest voting power, or the equity
securities or other equity interest having power to control or direct
the management, of such Person.
"Continuing Director" means any member of the Board of
Directors of the Company, while such Person is a member of the Board,
who is not an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an
Acquiring Person or a representative or nominee of an Acquiring
Person or of any such Affiliate or Associate and either (a) was a
member of the Board immediately prior to the time any Person becomes
an Acquiring Person or (b) subsequently becomes a member of the
Board, if such Person's nomination for election or election to the
Board is recommended or approved by a majority of the Continuing
Directors; provided, however, that if such Person becomes a member of
the Board as a successor to a Labor Director, then such Person's
nomination for election or election to the Board (i) shall be
approved in accordance with the terms set forth in the applicable
certificate of designation for the series of Employee Preferred Stock
which has the right to elect such Labor Director and (ii) need not be
approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors unless an
Acquiring Person is an Affiliate or Associate of an Employee Benefit
Plan which beneficially owns such Employee Preferred Stock.
"Distribution Date" means the earlier of (a) the close of
business on the tenth day (or such later day as may be designated by
action of a majority of the Continuing Directors) after the Stock
Acquisition Date and (b) the close of business on the tenth Business
Day (or such later day as may be designated by action of a majority
of the Continuing Directors) after the date of the commencement of a
tender or exchange offer, other than a Permitted Offer, by any Person
if, upon consummation thereof, such Person, together with all
Affiliates and Associates of such Person, would be the Beneficial
Owner of 20% or more of the shares of Voting Stock then outstanding.
"Employee Benefit Plan" means any employee benefit plan
(including (i) any qualified or non-qualified stock trust for the
benefit of employees, (ii) any plan qualified under Section 401 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and (iii) any trust or
other such entity holding or liquidating, for the benefit of
employees of the Company, securities issued in respect of an allowed
claim in bankruptcy) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
Person organized, appointed or established by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan.
"Employee Preferred Stock" means, collectively, (i)
the IFFA Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company,
(ii) the IAM Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
Company and (iii) the ALPA Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share,
of the Company.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Excluded Person" means any of the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any Employee Benefit Plan.
"Expiration Date" means the earlier of (a) the Final Expiration
Date and (b) the time at which all Rights are redeemed as provided in
Section 23 or exchanged as provided in Section 24.
"Final Expiration Date" means the close of business on January
12, 2006.
"Labor Director" means a member of the Board of
Directors of the Company who is required to be elected in accordance
with the terms of the certificate of designation for a series of
Employee Preferred Stock.
"Permitted Offer" means a tender or exchange offer by a Person
for all outstanding shares of Voting Stock, which is made at a price
and on such other terms determined by at least a majority of the
Continuing Directors to be in the best interests of the Company and
its stockholders.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership,
association, trust or any other entity or organization.
"Preferred Stock" means the Series A Participating Cumulative
Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company, having the
terms set forth in the form of certificate of designation attached
hereto as Exhibit A.
"Purchase Price" means the price (subject to adjustment as
provided herein) at which a holder of a Right may purchase one
one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Stock (subject to adjustment as
provided herein) upon exercise of a Right, which price shall
initially be $47.50.
"Section 11(a)(ii) Event" means any event described in the
first clause of Section 11(a)(ii).
"Section 13 Event" means any event described in clauses (x),
(y) or (z) of Section 13(a).
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Stock Acquisition Date" means the date of the first public
announcement (including the filing of a report on Schedule 13D under
the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report)) by the
Company or an Acquiring Person indicating that an Acquiring Person
has become such.
"Subsidiary" of any Person means any other Person of which
securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power,
in the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the board of
directors or other Persons performing similar functions are at the
time directly or indirectly owned by such first Person.
"Trading Day" means a day on which the principal national
securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or
admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if
the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on
any national securities exchange, a Business Day.
"Triggering Event" means any Section 11(a)(ii) Event or any
Section 13 Event.
"Voting Stock" means, collectively, the Employee Preferred
Stock and the Common Stock of the Company.
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 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. If the
Company appoints one or more Co-Rights Agents, the respective duties of the
Rights Agent and any Co-Rights Agents shall be as the Company shall determine.
Section 3. Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Prior to the
Distribution Date, (i) the Rights will be evidenced by the certificates for
the Voting Stock and not by separate Right Certificates (as hereinafter
defined) and the registered holders of the Voting Stock shall be deemed to be
the registered holders of the associated Rights, and (ii) the Rights will be
transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying shares of
Voting Stock. As soon as practicable after the Record Date, the Company will
send a summary of the Rights substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, by
first-class, postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of the Voting Stock
as of the close of business on the Record Date at the address of such holder
shown on the records of the Company.
(b) As soon as practicable after the Company has notified the
Rights Agent of the occurrence of the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will
send, by first-class, insured, postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of
the Voting Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the
address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, one or more Right
Certificates evidencing one Right (subject to adjustment as provided herein)
for each share of Voting Stock so held. If an adjustment in the number of
Rights per share of Common Stock has been made pursuant to Section 11(p), the
Company shall, at the time of distribution of the Right Certificates to record
holders of Common Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution Date,
make the necessary and appropriate rounding adjustments (in accordance with
Section 14(a)) so that Right Certificates representing only whole numbers of
Rights are distributed to such holders and cash is paid to such holders in
lieu of any fractional Rights. If an adjustment in the number of Rights per
share of Employee Preferred Stock has been made pursuant to Section 11(q), the
Company shall, at the time of distribution of the Right Certificates to record
holders of Employee Preferred Stock as of the close of business on the
Distribution Date, make the necessary and appropriate rounding adjustments (in
accordance with Section 14(a)) so that Right Certificates representing only
whole numbers of Rights are distributed to such holders and cash is paid to
such holders in lieu of any fractional Rights. From and after the
Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right
Certificates.
(c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all shares of
Voting Stock outstanding as of the Record Date or issued (on original
issuance or out of treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earlier
of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date. In addition, in
connection with the issuance or sale of shares of Voting Stock following
the Distribution Date and prior to the Expiration Date, the Company (i)
shall, with respect to shares of Voting Stock so issued or sold (x)
pursuant to the exercise of stock options or under any employee plan or
arrangement or (y) upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of other
securities, including Employee Preferred Stock issued by the Company prior
to the Distribution Date and (ii) 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 that no such Right
Certificate shall be issued if, and to the extent that, (i) 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 or (ii) appropriate adjustment
shall otherwise have been made in lieu of the issuance thereof.
(d) Certificates for the Voting Stock issued after the Record
Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date
shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them
the following legend:
This certificate also evidences certain Rights as set forth in a
Rights Agreement between Trans World Airlines, Inc. and American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company dated as of December 19, 1995 (the
"Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated
herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal
executive offices of the Company. The Company will mail to the
holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without
charge promptly after receipt of a written request therefor. Under
certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such
Rights may be evidenced by separate certificates and no longer be
evidenced by this certificate, may be redeemed or exchanged or may
expire. As set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or
held by, any Person who is, was or becomes an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the
Rights Agreement), whether currently held by or on behalf of such
Person or by any subsequent holder, may be null and void.
Section 4. Form of Right Certificates. (a) The
certificates evidencing the Rights (and the forms of assignment, election
to purchase and certificates to be printed on the reverse thereof) (the
"Right Certificates") shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B
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, rule or
regulation 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. The
Right Certificates, whenever distributed, shall be dated as of the Record
Date.
(b) Any Right Certificate representing Rights beneficially
owned by any Person referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first
sentence of Section 7(d) shall (to the extent feasible) contain the following
legend:
The Rights represented by this Right Certificate are or were
beneficially owned by a Person who was or became an Acquiring Person
or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms
are defined in the Rights Agreement). This Right Certificate and the
Rights represented hereby may be or may become null and void in the
circumstances specified in Section 7(d) of such Agreement.
Section 5. Countersignature and Registration. (a) The
Right Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its President or any Vice President, either manually
or by facsimile signature, and shall have affixed thereto the Company's
seal or a facsimile thereof which shall be attested by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company, either manually or by facsimile
signature. The Right Certificates shall be manually countersigned by the
Rights Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so
countersigned. In case any officer of the Company whose manual or
facsimile signature is affixed to 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 may,
nevertheless, be countersigned by the Rights Agent and 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. 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.
(b) Following the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will
keep or cause to be kept, at its principal office or offices designated as the
place for surrender of Right Certificates upon exercise, transfer or exchange,
books for registration and transfer of the Right Certificates. Such books
shall show with respect to each Right Certificate the name and address of the
registered holder thereof, the number of Rights indicated on the certificate
and the certificate number.
Section 6. Transfer and Exchange of Right Certificates;
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates. (a) At any time
after the Distribution Date and prior to the Expiration Date, any Right
Certificate or Certificates may, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth below in this Section 6(a), be transferred or exchanged for another
Right Certificate or Certificates evidencing a like number of Rights as the
Right Certificate or Certificates surrendered. Any registered holder desiring
to transfer or exchange any Right Certificate or Certificates shall surrender
such Right Certificate or Certificates (with, in the case of a transfer, the
form of assignment and certificate on the reverse side thereof duly executed)
to the Rights Agent at the principal office or offices of the Rights Agent
designated for such purpose. 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 Certificate or Certificates until the registered holder
of the Rights has complied with the requirements of Section 7(e). Upon
satisfaction of the foregoing requirements, the Rights Agent shall, subject to
Sections 4(b), 7(d), 14 and 24, countersign and deliver to the Person entitled
thereto a Right Certificate or Certificates as so requested. The Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or
exchange of any Right Certificate or Certificates.
(b) Upon receipt by the Company and the Rights Agent of
evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of a Right Certificate, and, in case of loss, theft or destruction,
of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to them, and, at the
Company's request, reimbursement to the Company and the Rights Agent of all
reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender to the Rights Agent
and cancellation of the Right Certificate if mutilated, the Company will issue
and deliver a new Right Certificate of like tenor to the Rights Agent for
countersignature and 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) The registered holder of any Right Certificate may exercise
the Rights evidenced thereby (except as otherwise provided herein, including
Sections 7(d) and (e), 9(c), 11(a) and 24) in whole or in part at any time
after the Distribution Date and prior to the Expiration 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 at
the principal office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such
purpose, together with payment (in lawful money of the United States of
America by certified check or bank draft payable to the order of the Company)
of the aggregate Purchase Price with respect to the Rights then to be
exercised and an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax or other
governmental charge.
(b) Upon satisfaction of the requirements of Section 7(a) and
subject to Section 20(k), the Rights Agent shall thereupon promptly (i)(A)
requisition from any transfer agent of the Preferred Stock (or make available,
if the Rights Agent is the transfer agent therefor) certificates for the total
number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock to be purchased
(and the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes its transfer agent to comply
with all such requests) or (B) if the Company shall have elected to deposit
the shares of Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of the Rights with a
depositary agent, requisition from the depositary agent depositary receipts
representing such number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock
as are to be purchased (in which case certificates for the shares of Preferred
Stock represented by such receipts shall be deposited by the transfer agent
with the depositary agent) and the Company will direct the depositary agent to
comply with such request, (ii) requisition from the Company the amount of
cash, if any, to be paid in lieu of issuance of fractional shares in
accordance with Section 14 and (iii) after receipt of such certificates or
depositary receipts and cash, if any, cause the same to be delivered to or
upon the order of the registered holder of such Right Certificate (with such
certificates or receipts registered in such name or names as may be designated
by such holder). If the Company is obligated to deliver Common Stock, other
securities or assets pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will make all
arrangements necessary so that such other securities and assets are available
for delivery by the Rights Agent, if and when appropriate.
(c) In case the registered holder of any Right Certificate
shall exercise less than all the Rights evidenced thereby, a new Right
Certificate evidencing the number of Rights remaining unexercised shall be
issued by the Rights Agent and 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, subject to the provisions of Section 14.
(d) 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 (or any such Associate or
Affiliate) to holders of equity interests in such Acquiring Person (or in
any such Associate or Affiliate) or to any Person with whom the Acquiring
Person (or any such Associate or Affiliate) has any continuing agreement,
arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred Rights or (B) a
transfer which the Continuing Directors have determined is part of a plan,
arrangement or understanding which has as a primary purpose or effect the
avoidance of this Section 7(d) 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(d) and Section 4(b) are
complied with, but shall have no liability to any holder of Right
Certificates or other Person as a result of its failure to make any
determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates and
Associates or any transferee of any of them hereunder.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to
undertake any action with respect to a registered holder of Rights upon the
occurrence of any purported transfer pursuant to Section 6 or exercise
pursuant to this Section 7 unless such registered holder (i) shall have
completed and signed the certificate contained in the form of assignment or
election to purchase, as the case may be, set forth on the reverse side of the
Right Certificate surrendered for such transfer or exercise, as the case may
be, (ii) shall not have indicated an affirmative response to clause 1 or 2
thereof and (iii) 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.
Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Right
Certificates. All Right Certificates surrendered for exercise, transfer or
exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or to any of its agents, be
delivered to the Rights Agent for cancellation or in cancelled form, or, if
surrendered to the Rights Agent, shall be cancelled by it, and no Right
Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted
by this Agreement. The Company shall deliver to the Rights Agent for
cancellation, and the Rights Agent shall cancel, any other Right
Certificate purchased or acquired by the Company otherwise than upon the
exercise thereof. The Rights Agent shall deliver all cancelled Right
Certificates to the Company, or shall, at the written request of the
Company, destroy such cancelled Right Certificates, and in such case shall
deliver a certificate of destruction thereof to the Company.
Section 9. Reservation and Availability of Capital Stock. (a)
The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be reserved and kept
available a number of shares of Preferred Stock which are authorized but not
outstanding or otherwise reserved for issuance sufficient to permit the
exercise in full of all outstanding Rights as provided in this Agreement.
(b) So long as the Preferred 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 securities reserved for such issuance to be listed on any
such exchange upon official notice of issuance upon such exercise.
(c) The Company shall use its best efforts (i) to file, as
soon as practicable following the earliest date after the occurrence of a
Section 11(a)(ii) Event, or as soon as is required by law following the
Distribution Date, as the case may be, a registration statement under the
Securities Act with respect to the securities issuable upon exercise of the
Rights, (ii) to cause such registration statement to become effective as
soon as practicable after such filing and (iii) to cause such registration
statement to remain effective (with a prospectus at all times meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act) until the earlier of (A) the date as of
which the Rights are no longer exercisable for such securities and (B) the
Expiration Date. 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 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. Notwithstanding any such provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, the Rights shall not be exercisable for
securities in any jurisdiction if the requisite qualification in such
jurisdiction shall not have been obtained, such exercise therefor shall not
be permitted under applicable law or a registration statement in respect of
such securities 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 one one-hundredths of a
share of Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of Rights shall, at the time
of delivery of the certificates for such securities (subject to payment of the
Purchase Price), be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and
nonassessable.
(e) The Company further covenants and agrees that it will pay
when due and payable any and all federal and state transfer taxes and other
governmental charges which may be payable in respect of the issuance or
delivery of the Right Certificates and of any certificates for Preferred Stock
upon the exercise of Rights. The Company shall not, however, be required to
pay any transfer tax or other governmental charge which may be payable in
respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of any Right
Certificates or of any certificates for Preferred Stock to a Person other than
the registered holder of the applicable Right Certificate, and prior to any
such transfer, issuance or delivery any such tax or other governmental charge
shall have been paid by the holder of such Right Certificate or it shall have
been established to the Company's satisfaction that no such tax or other
governmental charge is due.
Section 10. Preferred Stock Record Date. Each Person (other
than the Company) in whose name any certificate for Preferred Stock is issued
upon the exercise of Rights shall for all purposes be deemed to have become
the holder of record of such Preferred Stock represented thereby on, and such
certificate shall be dated, the date upon which the Right Certificate
evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered and payment of the Purchase Price
(and any transfer taxes or other governmental charges) was made; provided that
if the date of such surrender and payment is a date upon which the transfer
books of the Company relating to the Preferred Stock 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
applicable 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 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 and Kind of
Shares or Number of Rights. (a)(i) If the Company shall at any time after
the date of this Agreement (A) pay a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable
in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock
into a greater number of shares, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock
into a smaller number of shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock
in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such
reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger involving the
Company), the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to 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 Preferred Stock or
other capital stock issuable on such date shall be proportionately adjusted so
that each holder of a Right shall (except as otherwise provided herein,
including Section 7(d)) thereafter be entitled to receive, upon exercise
thereof at the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such date, the
aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or other capital stock,
as the case may be, which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior
to such date and at a time when the applicable transfer books of the Company
were open, such holder would have been entitled to receive upon such exercise
and by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification.
If an event occurs which requires an adjustment under both this Section
11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii), the adjustment provided for in this Section
11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment
required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii).
(ii) If any Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and
Associates, shall, at any time after the date of this Agreement, become an
Acquiring Person, then proper provision shall promptly be made so that each
holder of a Right shall (except as otherwise provided herein, including
Section 7(d)) thereafter be entitled to receive, upon election to exercise the
Right, without payment of the Purchase Price and in lieu of Preferred Stock,
such number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
shares of Common Stock of the Company (such shares being referred to herein as
the "Adjustment Shares") as shall be equal to the result obtained by dividing
(x) the product obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price in
effect immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section
11(a)(ii) Event by the number of one one-hundredths of a share of
Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior
to such first occurrence (such product being thereafter referred to
as the "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of this
Agreement) by
(y) the current market price (determined pursuant to Section
11(d)(i)) per share of Common Stock on the date of such first
occurrence;
provided that if the transaction that would otherwise give rise to the
foregoing adjustment is also subject to the provisions of Section 13, then
only the provisions of Section 13 shall apply and no adjustment shall be made
pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii).
(iii) If the number of shares of Common Stock which are
authorized by the Company's certificate of incorporation but not outstanding
or reserved for issuance other than upon exercise of the Rights is not
sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with
Section 11(a)(ii), the Company shall, with respect to each Right, make
adequate provision to substitute for the Adjustment Shares, (A) (to the extent
available) Common Stock and then, (B) (to the extent available) other equity
securities of the Company, other than Employee Preferred Stock, which a
majority of the Continuing Directors has determined to be essentially
equivalent to shares of Common Stock in respect to dividend, liquidation and
voting rights (such securities being referred to herein as "common stock
equivalents") and then, if necessary, (C) other equity or debt securities of
the Company, cash or other assets, a reduction in the Purchase Price or any
combination of the foregoing, having an aggregate value (as determined by the
Continuing Directors based upon the advice of a nationally recognized
investment banking firm selected by the Continuing Directors) equal to the
value of the Adjustment Shares. If the Continuing Directors of the Company
shall determine 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 30 day period set forth above (such period, as it may be
extended, being referred to herein as the "Substitution Period") may be
extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the
first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may
seek stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares.
To the extent that the Company determines that some action is to be taken
pursuant to the first and/or second sentence of this Section 11(a)(iii), the
Company (X) shall provide, subject to Section 7(d), that such action shall
apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights and (Y) may suspend the
exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period
in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the
appropriate form and value of any consideration to be delivered as referred to
in such first and/or second sentence. If any such suspension occurs, the
Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of
the Rights has been temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at
such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this
Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Stock shall be the current market
price per share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) on
the later of the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event and
the first date that the right to redeem the Rights pursuant to Section 23
shall expire; any common stock equivalent shall be deemed to have the same
value as the Common Stock on such date; and the value of other securities or
assets shall be determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(iii).
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the
issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock
entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within 45
calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or securities having
the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock
("equivalent preferred stock")) or securities convertible into or exercisable
for Preferred Stock (or equivalent preferred stock) at a price per share of
Preferred Stock (or equivalent preferred stock) (in each case, taking account
of any conversion or exercise price) less than the current market price (as
determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of Preferred Stock 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 date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares
of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares
of Preferred Stock which the aggregate price (taking account of any conversion
or exercise price) of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock (and/or
equivalent preferred stock) so to be offered would purchase at such current
market price and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of
Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional
shares of Preferred Stock (and/or equivalent preferred stock) so to be
offered. In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of
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 conclusive for all
purposes. Shares of Preferred 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 if such rights, options or warrants are not so
issued, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which
would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the making
of a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such
distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger involving the
Company) of evidences of indebtedness, equity securities other than Preferred
Stock, assets (other than a regular periodic cash dividend out of the earnings
or retained earnings of the Company) or rights, options 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, the numerator of
which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section
11(d)) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the value (as
determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(iii)) of such evidences of indebtedness,
equity securities, assets, rights, options or warrants so to be distributed
with respect to one share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which
shall be such current market price per share of Preferred Stock. Such
adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed,
and if such distribution is not so made, 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.
(d)(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder other than
computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) or 14, the "current market
price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average
of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the 30
consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date; for purposes of
computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii), the "current market price"
per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the
daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the 10 consecutive
Trading Days immediately following such date; and for purposes of computations
made pursuant to Section 14, the "current market price" per share of Common
Stock for any Trading Day shall be deemed to be the closing price per share of
Common Stock for such Trading Day; provided that if the current market price
per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the
announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or
distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or
securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of such Common Stock
(other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or
reclassification of such Common Stock, and prior to the expiration of the
requisite 30 Trading Day or 10 Trading Day period, as set forth above, after
the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for
such subdivision, combination or reclassification, then, and in each such
case, the "current market price" shall be properly adjusted to take into
account ex-dividend trading. 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 American Stock
Exchange or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to
trading on the American Stock Exchange, on the principal national securities
exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading
or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated
Quotation System ("NASDAQ") or such other system then in use or, if on any
such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted by any such organization,
the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional
market maker making a market in the Common Stock selected by the Board of
Directors of the Company, or, if at the time of such selection there is an
Acquiring Person, by a majority of the Continuing Directors. 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 (or, if at the time of such determination there is an Acquiring
Person, by a majority of the Continuing Directors) shall be used. If the
Common Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, the "current
market price" per share means the fair value per share as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, or, if at the time of such
determination there is an Acquiring Person, by a majority of the Continuing
Directors, or if there are no Continuing Directors, by a nationally recognized
investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors, which determination
shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be
conclusive for all purposes.
(ii) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the "current
market price" per share of Preferred Stock shall be determined in the same
manner as set forth above for the Common Stock in Section 11(d)(i) (other than
the last sentence thereof). If the current market price per share of
Preferred Stock cannot be determined in such manner, the "current market
price" per share of Preferred Stock shall be conclusively deemed to be an
amount equal to 100 (as such number may be appropriately adjusted for such
events as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect to
the Common Stock occurring after the date of this Agreement) multiplied by the
current market price per share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to
Section 11(d)(i) (other than the last sentence thereof)). If neither the
Common Stock nor the Preferred Stock is publicly held or so listed or traded,
the "current market price" per share of the Preferred Stock shall be
determined in the same manner as set forth in the last sentence of Section
11(d)(i). For all purposes of this Agreement, the "current market price" of
one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Stock shall be equal to the "current
market price" of one share of Preferred Stock divided by 100.
(iii) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the value of
any securities or assets other than Common Stock or Preferred Stock shall be
the fair value as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company, or, if at the time of such determination there is an Acquiring
Person, by a majority of the Continuing Directors then in office, or, if there
are no Continuing Directors, by a nationally recognized investment banking
firm selected by the Board of Directors, which determination shall be
described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive
for all purposes.
(e) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no
adjustment in the Purchase Price shall be required unless such adjustment
would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Purchase Price;
provided 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 of Common
Stock or other share or one-millionth of a share of Preferred Stock, as the
case may be.
(f) If at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant
to Section 11(a)(ii) or Section 13(a), the holder of any Right shall be
entitled to receive upon exercise of such Right any shares of capital stock
other than Preferred Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so
receivable upon exercise of any Right and the Purchase Price thereof shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly
equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Preferred
Stock contained in Section 11(a), (b), (c), (e), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and
(m), and the provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 13 and 14 with respect to the
Preferred Stock shall apply on like terms to any such other shares.
(g) All Rights originally issued by the Company subsequent to
any adjustment made hereunder shall evidence the right to purchase, at the
Purchase Price then in effect, the then applicable number of one
one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock and other capital stock of the
Company issuable 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 calculations 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 one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock (calculated
to the nearest one-millionth) obtained by (i) multiplying (x) the number of
one one-hundredths of a share for which a Right was exercisable 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 lieu of
any adjustment in the number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred
Stock issuable upon the exercise of a Right. Each of the Rights
outstanding after such adjustment of the number of Rights shall be
exercisable for the number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred
Stock for which such 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, 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 adjustment or change in the Purchase
Price or the number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock
issuable upon the exercise of the Rights, the Right Certificates theretofore
and thereafter issued may continue to express the Purchase Price per one
one-hundredth of a share and the number of shares which were expressed in the
initial Right Certificates issued hereunder.
(k) Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment
reducing the Purchase Price below the par value, if any, of the number of
one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred 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 such number of one one-
hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock at such adjusted Purchase Price.
(l) In any case in which this Section 11 shall require that an
adjustment in the Purchase Price be made effective as of a record date for a
specified event, the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such
event the issuance to the holder of any Right exercised after such record date
the number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock or other
capital stock of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and
above the number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock or other
capital stock of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise on the basis
of the Purchase Price in effect prior to such adjustment; provided 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 and to the extent that it, in its sole discretion, shall
determine to be advisable in order that any consolidation or subdivision of
the Preferred Stock, issuance wholly for cash of any Preferred Stock at less
than the current market price, issuance wholly for cash of Preferred Stock or
securities which by their terms are convertible into or exercisable for
Preferred Stock, stock dividends or issuance of rights, options or warrants
referred to in this Section 11, hereafter made by the Company to the holders
of its Preferred Stock, shall not be taxable to such stockholders.
(n) The Company covenants and agrees that it will not at
any time after the Distribution Date (i) consolidate, merge or otherwise
combine with or (ii) sell or otherwise transfer (and/or permit any of its
Subsidiaries to sell or otherwise 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 if (x) at the time of or
immediately after such consolidation, merger, combination or sale there are
any rights, warrants or other instruments or securities outstanding or any
agreements or arrangements 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, combination or sale, the stockholders of a Person who constitutes,
or would constitute, the "Principal Party" for the purposes of Section 13
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 Sections 23, 24 and 27,
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 substantially
diminish or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the
Rights.
(p) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, if at any time after the date hereof and prior to the
Distribution Date the Company shall (i) pay a dividend on the outstanding
shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide
the outstanding Common Stock into a larger number of shares or (iii)
combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the
number of Rights associated with each share of Common Stock then
outstanding, or issued or delivered thereafter as contemplated by Section
3(c), shall be proportionately adjusted so that the number of Rights
thereafter associated with each share of Common Stock following any such
event shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the number of Rights
associated with each share of Common Stock immediately prior to such event
by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the occurrence of the event
and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately following the occurrence of such event.
(q) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, if at any time after the date hereof and prior to the
Distribution Date the Company shall (i) pay a dividend on the outstanding
shares of any series of Employee Preferred Stock payable in shares of
Common Stock or Employee Preferred Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding
series of Employee Preferred Stock into a larger number of shares or (iii)
combine the outstanding series of Employee Preferred Stock into a smaller
number of shares, the number of Rights associated with each share of such
series of Employee Preferred Stock then outstanding, or issued or delivered
thereafter as contemplated by Section 3(c), shall be proportionately
adjusted so that the number of Rights thereafter associated with each share
of such series of Employee Preferred Stock following any such event shall
equal the result obtained by multiplying the number of Rights associated
with each share of such series of Employee Preferred Stock immediately
prior to such event by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the total
number of shares of such series of Employee Preferred Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the occurrence of the event and the denominator of
which shall be the total number of shares of such series of Employee
Preferred Stock outstanding immediately following the occurrence of such
event.
Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or
Number of Shares. Whenever an adjustment is made as provided in Sections
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 Preferred Stock and the Common Stock and Employee
Preferred Stock (as applicable) a copy of such certificate and (c) mail a
brief summary thereof to each holder of a Right Certificate (or, if prior
to the Distribution Date, to each holder of a certificate representing
shares of Common Stock and/or Employee Preferred Stock, as applicable) in
the manner set forth in Section 26. The Rights Agent shall be fully
protected in relying on any such certificate and on any adjustment therein
contained.
Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of
Assets or Earning Power. (a) If, following the Stock Acquisition Date,
directly or indirectly,
(x) the Company shall consolidate with, merge into, or
otherwise combine with, any other Person, and the Company shall
not be the continuing or surviving corporation of such
consolidation, merger or combination,
(y) any Person shall merge into, or otherwise combine with,
the Company, and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving
corporation of such merger or combination and, in connection with
such merger or combination, all or part of the outstanding shares
of Voting Stock shall be changed into or exchanged for other stock
or securities of the Company or any other Person, cash or any
other property, or
(z) the Company and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries shall
sell or otherwise 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,
then, and in each such case, proper provision shall promptly be made so
that
(1) each holder of a Right shall thereafter be entitled to
receive, upon exercise thereof at the Purchase Price in effect immediately
prior to the first occurrence of any Triggering Event, such number of duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of freely
tradeable Common Stock of the Principal Party (as hereinafter defined), not
subject to any rights of call or first refusal, liens, encumbrances or
other claims, as shall be equal to the result obtained by dividing
(A) the product obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price
in effect immediately prior to the first occurrence of any
Triggering Event by the number of one one-hundredths of a share of
Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately
prior to such first occurrence (such product being thereafter
referred to as the "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all
purposes of this Agreement) by
(B) 50% of the current market price (determined pursuant to
Section 11(d)(i)) per share of the Common Stock of such Principal
Party on the date of consummation of such consolidation, merger,
combination, sale or transfer;
(2) the Principal Party shall thereafter be liable for, and
shall assume, by virtue of such consolidation, merger, combination, sale or
transfer, all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this
Agreement;
(3) the term "Company" shall thereafter be deemed to refer
to such Principal Party, it being specifically intended that the provisions
of Section 11 shall apply only to such Principal Party following the first
occurrence of a Section 13 Event; and
(4) such Principal Party shall take such steps (including
the authorization and reservation of a sufficient number of shares of its
Common Stock to permit exercise of all outstanding Rights in accordance
with this Section 13(a)) in connection with the consummation of any such
transaction as may be necessary to assure that the provisions hereof shall
thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to
the shares of its Common Stock thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of
the Rights.
(b) "Principal Party" means
(i) in the case of any transaction described in Section
13(a)(x) or (y), the Person that is the issuer of any securities
into which shares of any Voting Stock of the Company are converted
in such merger, consolidation or combination, and if no securities
are so issued, the Person that survives or results from such
merger, consolidation or combination; and
(ii) in the case of any transaction described in Section
13(a)(z), the Person that is the party receiving the greatest
portion of the assets or earning power transferred pursuant to
such transaction or transactions;
provided that in any such case, (A) if the Common Stock of such Person is
not at such time and has not been continuously over the preceding 12-month
period registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and such Person is
a direct or indirect Subsidiary of another Person the Common Stock of which
is and has been so registered, "Principal Party" shall refer to such other
Person; and (B) 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, combination, sale or transfer unless the Principal
Party shall have a sufficient number of authorized shares of its Common
Stock which are not outstanding or otherwise 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 Section 13(a) and (b) and providing
that, as soon as practicable after the date of any consolidation, merger,
combination, sale or transfer mentioned in Section 13(a), the Principal
Party will
(i) prepare and file a registration statement under the
Securities Act with respect to the securities issuable upon
exercise of the Rights, and will use its best efforts to cause
such registration statement (A) to become effective as soon as
practicable after such filing and (B) to remain effective (with a
prospectus at all times meeting the requirements of the Securities
Act) until the Expiration Date and
(ii) deliver to holders of the Rights historical financial
statements for the Principal Party and each of its Affiliates
which comply in all respects with the requirements for
registration on Form 10 under the Exchange Act.
The provisions of this Section 13 shall similarly apply to successive
mergers, consolidations, combinations, sales or other transfers. If any
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).
Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares. (a)
The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights, except
prior to the Distribution Date as provided in Sections 11(p) or 11(q), or
to distribute Right Certificates which evidence fractional Rights. In lieu
of any such fractional Rights, the Company shall pay to the registered
holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional
Rights would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same
fraction of the current market price of a whole Right. For purposes of
this Section 14(a), the current market price of a whole Right shall be the
closing price of a Right for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date
on which such fractional Rights would otherwise have been issuable. The
closing price of a Right 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 American Stock Exchange or,
if the Rights are not listed or admitted to trading on the American Stock
Exchange, on the principal national securities exchange on which the Rights
are listed or admitted to trading or, if the Rights are not listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted
price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked
prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by NASDAQ or such other
system then in use or, if on any such date the Rights are not quoted by any
such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as
furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Rights
selected by the Board of Directors of the Company, or, if at the time of
such selection there is an Acquiring Person, by a majority of the
Continuing Directors. If on any such date no such market maker is making a
market in the Rights, the current market price of the Rights on such date
shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company, or, if at the time of such determination there is an Acquiring
Person, by a majority of the Continuing Directors.
(b) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of
shares of Preferred Stock (other than fractions which are multiples of one
one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Stock) upon exercise of the Rights or
to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Preferred
Stock (other than fractions which are multiples of one one-hundredth of a
share of Preferred Stock). In lieu of any such fractional shares of
Preferred Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of Right
Certificates at the time such Rights are exercised as herein provided an
amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market price of
one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Stock. For purposes of this
Section 14(b), the current market price of one one-hundredth of a share of
Preferred Stock shall be one one-hundredth of the closing price of a share
of Preferred Stock (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) for the
Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise.
(c) Following the occurrence of any Triggering Event or
upon any exchange pursuant to Section 24, the Company shall not be required
to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Rights or
to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common
Stock. In lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay
to the registered holders of Right Certificates at the time such Rights are
exercised or exchanged as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the
same fraction of the current market price of a share of Common Stock. For
purposes of this Section 14(c), the current market price of a share of
Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as
determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i)) for the Trading Day immediately
prior to the date of such exercise or exchange.
(d) The holder of a Right by the acceptance of the Right
expressly waives his right to receive any fractional Rights or any
fractional shares upon exercise of a Right except as permitted by this
Section 14.
Section 15. Rights of Action. All rights of action in
respect of this Agreement are vested in the respective registered holders
of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the
registered holders of certificates representing Voting Stock); and any
registered holder of any Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution
Date, of any certificate representing Voting Stock), without the consent of
the Rights Agent or of the holder of any other Right Certificate (or, prior
to the Distribution Date, of any certificate representing Voting 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 of, his right to exercise the Rights evidenced
by such Right Certificate in the manner provided in such Right Certificate
and in this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing or any remedies
available to the holders of Rights, it is specifically acknowledged that
the holders of Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law for any
breach of this Agreement and will be entitled to specific performance of
the obligations under, and injunctive relief against actual or threatened
violations of the obligations of, any Person subject to this Agreement.
Section 16. Agreement of Right Holders. Every holder of a
Right by accepting the same consents and agrees with the 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 Voting 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 office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such
purposes, duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer
and with the appropriate forms and certificates fully executed;
(c) subject to Sections 6 and 7, the Company and the Rights
Agent may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Right Certificate (or,
prior to the Distribution Date, a certificate representing shares of Voting
Stock) 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 certificate representing shares of Voting
Stock 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 the last sentence of Section 7(d), shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary; and
(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 that 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 the shares of capital stock 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 25),
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. (a) The Company
agrees to pay to the Rights Agent reasonable compensation for all services
rendered by it hereunder and, from time to time, on demand of the Rights
Agent, its reasonable expenses and counsel fees and disbursements and other
disbursements incurred in the execution or administration 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 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 administration of this
Agreement or the exercise or performance of its duties hereunder, including
the costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability.
(b) The Rights Agent shall be protected and shall incur no
liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
in connection with the administration of this Agreement or the exercise or
performance of its duties hereunder in reliance upon any Right Certificate
or certificate for Voting Stock or for other securities of the Company,
instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney, endorsement,
affidavit, letter, notice, instruction, 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. (a) Any corporation into which the Rights Agent or any
successor Rights Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated,
or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the
Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to the corporate trust or stock transfer business of
the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent, shall be the successor to
the Rights Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto;
provided that such corporation would be eligible for appointment as a
successor Rights Agent under the provisions of Section 21. 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 a predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such Right
Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Right
Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor Rights Agent
may countersign such Right Certificates either in the name of the
predecessor Rights Agent or in the name of the successor Rights Agent; and
in all such cases such Right Certificates shall have the full force
provided in the Right Certificates and in this Agreement.
(b) In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent shall
be changed and at such time any of the Right Certificates shall have been
countersigned but not delivered, the Rights Agent may adopt the
countersignature under its prior name and deliver Right Certificates so
countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Right Certificates shall
not have been countersigned, the Rights Agent may countersign such Right
Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all
such cases such Right Certificates shall have the full force provided in
the Right Certificates and in this Agreement.
Section 20. Duties of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent
undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the
following terms and conditions, by all of which the Company and the holders
of Right Certificates, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:
(a) The Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel (who
may be legal counsel for the Company), and the opinion of such counsel
shall be full and complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent
as to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance
with such opinion.
(b) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this
Agreement the Rights Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any
fact or matter (including, without limitation, the identity of any
"Acquiring Person" and the determination of "current market price") be
proved or established by the Company prior to taking, suffering or omitting
to take any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in
respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be
conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by the Chairman
of the Board, the President or any Executive Vice President or Senior Vice
President and the Corporate Secretary or an Assistant 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, suffered or
omitted 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 negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
(d) The Rights Agent shall not be liable for or by reason
of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or
in the Right Certificates (except its countersignature thereof) or be
required to verify the same, but all such statements and recitals are and
shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only.
(e) The Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility
in respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery
hereof (except the due execution hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect
of the validity or execution of any Right Certificate (except its
countersignature thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by
the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in
any Right Certificate; nor shall it be responsible for any change in the
exercisability of the Rights (including the Rights becoming void pursuant
to Section 7(d)) or any adjustment in the terms of the Rights (including
the manner, method or amount thereof) provided for in Sections 3, 11, 13,
23 or 24, 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 or Preferred Stock to be issued pursuant to this
Agreement or any Right Certificate or as to whether any shares of Common
Stock or Preferred Stock will, when issued, be duly authorized, validly
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 the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Executive Vice
President or Senior Vice President or the Corporate Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company, and to apply to such officers for
advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and it shall not be
liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted 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 the 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 Person.
(i) The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the
rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either
itself or by or through its attorneys or agents, and the Rights Agent shall
not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or
misconduct of any such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the Company
or to any holders of Rights resulting from any such act, default, neglect
or misconduct, provided that reasonable care was exercised in the selection
and continued employment thereof.
(j) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Rights
Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the
exercise of its rights if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnification against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(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 cases may
be, has either not been completed or indicates an affirmative response to
clause 1 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 Voting Stock and Preferred Stock by
registered or certified mail, and, subsequent to the Distribution Date, to
the holders of the Right Certificates by first-class mail. The Company may
remove the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent upon 30 days' notice
in writing, mailed to the Rights Agent or successor Rights Agent, as the
case may be, and to each transfer agent of the Voting Stock and Preferred
Stock by registered or certified mail, and, subsequent to the Distribution
Date, to the holders of the Right Certificates by first-class mail. If the
Rights Agent shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable
of acting, the Company shall appoint a successor to the Rights Agent. If
the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days
after giving notice of such removal or after it has been notified in
writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated
Rights Agent or by the holder of a Right Certificate (who shall, with such
notice, submit his Right Certificate for inspection by the Company), then
the registered holder of any Right Certificate may apply to any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. Any
successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a
court, shall be (a) a corporation organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States or of any state of the United States, in good
standing, having a principal office in the State of New York, which is
authorized under such laws to exercise stock transfer or corporate trust
powers and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authority and which has at the time of its appointment as Rights Agent a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 or (b) an Affiliate of
a corporation described in clause (a) of this sentence. After appointment,
the successor Rights Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights,
duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Rights
Agent without further act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent shall
deliver and transfer to the successor Rights Agent any property at the time
held by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any further assurance,
conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Not later 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 Voting Stock and the Preferred Stock, and, subsequent to the
Distribution Date, mail a notice thereof in writing to the registered
holders of the Right Certificates. Failure to give any notice provided for
in this Section 21, 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 and the number or
kind or class of shares of stock issuable upon exercise of the Rights made
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 23. Redemption. (a) The Board of Directors of the
Company may, at its option, at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the
close of business on the tenth day after the Stock Acquisition Date (or
such later date as a majority of the Continuing Directors may designate
prior to such time as the Rights are no longer redeemable) and (ii) the
Final Expiration Date, redeem all but not less than all the then
outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $.01 per Right, as such amount
may be 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"); provided that
after any Person has become an Acquiring Person, any redemption of the
Rights shall be effective only if there are Continuing Directors then in
office, and such redemption shall have been approved by a majority of such
Continuing Directors; and provided further, any redemption of Rights shall
also be subject to any additional approval procedures required by the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company. Notwithstanding
anything 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.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors
of the Company electing to redeem the Rights and without any further action
and without any notice, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and
thereafter the only right of the holders of Rights shall be to receive the
Redemption Price for each Right so held. The Company shall promptly
thereafter give notice of such redemption to the Rights Agent and the
holders of the Rights in the manner set forth in Section 26; provided that
the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the
validity of such redemption. 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 Section 23 or 24, and other than in connection with the purchase,
acquisition or redemption of shares of Voting Stock prior to the
Distribution Date.
Section 24. Exchange. (a) At any time after any Person
becomes an Acquiring Person, a majority of the Continuing Directors may, at
their option, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable
Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to
Section 7(d)) for shares of Common Stock at an exchange ratio of one share
of Common Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock
split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date
hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange
Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not
be empowered to effect such exchange if at any time after any Person (other
than an Excluded Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of
such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of
Voting Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Continuing Directors
electing to exchange any Rights pursuant to Section 24(a) and without any
further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights
will terminate and thereafter the only right of a holder of such Rights
shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
number of such Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio.
The Company shall promptly thereafter give notice of such exchange to the
Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights to be exchanged in the manner
set forth in Section 26; provided that the failure to give, or any defect
in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. Any notice
which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given,
whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of
exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of
Common Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial
exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial
exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other
than Rights which have become void pursuant to Section 7(d)) held by each
holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Company,
at its option, may substitute common stock equivalents (as defined in
Section 11(a)(iii)) for shares of Common Stock exchangeable for Rights, at
the initial rate of one common stock equivalent for each share of Common
Stock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in dividend,
liquidation and voting rights of common stock equivalents pursuant to the
terms thereof, so that each common stock equivalent delivered in lieu of
each share of Common Stock shall have essentially the same dividend,
liquidation and voting rights as one share of Common Stock.
Section 25. Notice of Proposed Actions. (a) In case the
Company shall propose, at any time after the Distribution Date, (i) to pay
any dividend payable in stock of any class to the holders of Preferred
Stock or to make any other distribution to the holders of Preferred Stock
(other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of earnings or retained
earnings of the Company), or (ii) to offer to the holders of its Preferred
Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase any additional
shares of Preferred Stock or shares of stock of any class or any other
securities, rights or options, or (iii) to effect any reclassification of
its Preferred Stock (other than a reclassification involving only the
subdivision or combination of outstanding shares of Preferred Stock) or
(iv) to effect any consolidation or merger with any other Person, or to
effect and/or to permit one or more of its Subsidiaries to effect any sale
or other transfer, in one transaction or a series of related transactions,
of 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, or (v) 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, to the extent feasible and in accordance with
Section 26, a notice of such proposed action, which shall specify the
record date for the purposes of any such dividend, distribution or offering
of rights or warrants, or the date on which any 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
Preferred Stock, if any such date is to be fixed, and such notice shall be
so given in the case of any action covered by clause (i) or (ii) above at
least 20 days prior to the record date for determining holders of the
Preferred Stock entitled to participate in such dividend, distribution or
offering, and in the case of any such other action, at least 20 days prior
to the date of the taking of such proposed action or the date of
participation therein by the holders of Preferred Stock, whichever shall be
the earlier. The failure to give notice required by this Section or any
defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the action
taken by the Company or the vote upon any such action.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, prior to the Distribution Date a public filing by the Company
with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall constitute sufficient
notice to the holders of securities of the Company, including the Rights,
for purposes of this Agreement and no other notice need be given to such
holders.
(c) If a Triggering Event shall occur, then, in any such
case, (1) the Company shall as soon as practicable thereafter give to each
holder of a Right, in accordance with Section 26, 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) or
13, as the case may be, and (2) all references in Section 25(a) to
Preferred Stock shall be deemed thereafter to refer to Common Stock or
other capital stock, as the case may be.
Section 26. Notices. Notices or demands authorized by this
Agreement to be given or made by the Rights Agent or by the holder of any
Right to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by
first-class mail (postage prepaid) to the address of the Company indicated
on the signature page hereof or such other address as the Company shall
specify in writing to the Rights Agent. 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 to or on the Rights
Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail
(postage prepaid) to the address of the Rights Agent indicated on the
signature page hereof or such other address as the Rights Agent shall
specify in writing to the Company. Notices or demands authorized by this
Agreement to be given or made by the Company or the Rights Agent to the
holder of any Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, to the
holder of any certificate representing shares of Voting Stock) shall be
sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail (postage prepaid) to
the address of such holder shown on the registry books of the Company.
Section 27. Supplements and Amendments. Prior to the
Distribution Date, the Company and the Rights Agent shall, if the Company
so directs, supplement or amend any provision of this Agreement without the
approval of any holders of certificates representing shares of Voting
Stock. From and after the Distribution Date, the Company and the Rights
Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend this Agreement
without the approval of any holders of Right Certificates in order (a) to
cure any ambiguity, (b) to correct or supplement any provision contained
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions
herein or (c) to change or supplement the provisions hereof in any manner
which the Company may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not
adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights (other than an
Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, after any Person has become an Acquiring
Person, any supplement or amendment shall be effective only if there are
Continuing Directors then in office, and such supplement or amendment shall
have been approved by a majority of such Continuing Directors. Upon the
delivery of a certificate from an appropriate officer of the Company which
states that the proposed supplement or amendment is in compliance with the
terms of this Section, the Rights Agent shall execute such supplement or
amendment. Prior to the Distribution Date, the interests of the holders of
Rights shall be deemed coincident with the interests of the holders of
Common Stock.
Section 28. Successors. All the covenants and provisions
of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent
shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and
assigns hereunder.
Section 29. Determinations and Actions by the Board of
Directors, etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the
number of shares of Voting Stock outstanding at any particular time,
including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such
outstanding shares of Voting 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) under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this
Agreement. The Board of Directors of the Company (or, after any Person has
become an Acquiring Person, a majority of the Continuing Directors) 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 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 exchange or not to redeem or exchange the Rights
or to amend the Agreement); provided, that any redemption of Rights shall
also be subject to any additional approval procedures required by the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company. 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 (or, after any Person has become an Acquiring
Person, by the Continuing Directors) in good faith shall (x) be final,
conclusive and binding on the Company (subject to any additional redemption
approval procedures referred to in the proviso to the immediately preceding
sentence), the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other
parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors of the Company or the
Continuing Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights.
Section 30. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company,
the Rights Agent and the registered holders of the Right Certificates (and,
prior to the Distribution Date, the certificates representing the shares of
Voting Stock) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit
of the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of the Right
Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the certificates
representing the shares of Voting Stock).
Section 31. Severability. If any term, provision, covenant
or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be
affected, impaired or invalidated; provided that, notwithstanding anything
in this Agreement to the contrary, if any such term, provision, covenant or
restriction is held by such court or authority to be invalid, void or
unenforceable and the Board of Directors of the Company (or, after any
Person has become an Acquiring Person, a majority of the Continuing
Directors) determines in its good faith judgment that severing the invalid
language from 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 or Continuing Directors, as the case may be.
Section 32. Governing Law. This Agreement, each Right 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, except that the rights and obligations of the Rights Agent shall be
governed by the law of the State of New York.
Section 33. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all
purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 34. Descriptive Headings. The captions herein are
included for convenience of reference only, do not constitute a part of
this Agreement and shall be ignored in the construction and interpretation
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of
the day and year first above written.
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.
By: __________________________
Name: Richard P. Magurno
Title: Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
Trans World Airlines, Inc.
One City Centre
515 North Sixth Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Attention: President and
Chief Executive Officer
with copies to:
Trans World Airlines, Inc.
One City Centre
515 North Sixth Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
Attention: Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
6201 Fifteenth Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11219
Attention:
Exhibit A
FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION
OF
SERIES A PARTICIPATING CUMULATIVE
PREFERRED STOCK
OF
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.
Pursuant to Section 151 of the
General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware
I, Richard P. Magurno, Senior Vice President and General
Counsel of Trans World Airlines, Inc., a corporation organized and existing
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("Delaware Law"),
in accordance with the provisions thereof, DO HEREBY CERTIFY:
That pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of
Directors by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, the Board of
Directors on December 19, 1995, adopted the following resolution creating a
series of Preferred Stock in the amount and having the designation, voting
powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special
rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof as follows:
Section 1. Designation and Number of Shares. The shares of
such series shall be designated as "Series A Participating Cumulative
Preferred Stock" (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), and the number of shares
constituting such series shall be 750,000. Such number of shares of the
Series A Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased by resolution of the
Board of Directors; provided that no decrease shall reduce the number of
shares of Series A Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of shares
then outstanding plus the number of shares issuable upon exercise or
conversion of outstanding rights, options or other securities issued by the
Corporation.
Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.
(A) The holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be
entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of
funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable on the
first day of February, May, August and November of each year (each such date
being referred to herein as a "Quarterly Dividend Payment Date"), commencing
on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of any
share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, in an amount per
share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $1.00 and (b)
subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the
aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends or other distributions and
100 times the aggregate per share amount of all non-cash dividends or other
distributions (other than (i) a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share, of the Corporation (the "Common Stock") or (ii) a
subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or
otherwise)), declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a
share of Series A Preferred Stock. If the Corporation shall at any time after
December 19, 1995 (the "Rights Declaration Date") pay any dividend on Common
Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or effect a subdivision or combination
of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise)
into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such
case the amount to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were
entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding
sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the
numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(B) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution
on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) above immediately
after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than
as described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence of paragraph (A));
provided that if no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the
Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and
the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date (or, with respect to the
first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, the period between the first issuance
of any share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock and such first
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date), a dividend of $1.00 per share on the Series
A Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date.
(C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on
outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series A
Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is on or before the
record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case
dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from the date
of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a date after the
record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and on or before such Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends shall begin to accrue and be
cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid
dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on shares of Series A
Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at
the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a
share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board
of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares
of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or
distribution declared thereon, which record date shall not be more than 60
days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.
Section 3. Voting Rights. In addition to any other voting
rights required by law, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock
shall have the following voting rights:
(A) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set
forth, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof
to 100 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the
Corporation. If the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights
Declaration Date pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common
Stock or effect a subdivision or combination of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise) into a greater or lesser
number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the number of votes
per share to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled
immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number
by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the
number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to
such event.
(B) Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, the holders
of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common
Stock shall vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote
of stockholders of the Corporation.
(C) (i) If at any time dividends on any Series A Preferred
Stock shall be in arrears in an amount equal to six quarterly dividends
thereon, the occurrence of such contingency shall mark the beginning of a
period (herein called a "default period") which shall extend until such time
when all accrued and unpaid dividends for all previous quarterly dividend
periods and for the current quarterly dividend period on all shares of Series
A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set
apart for payment. During each default period, all holders of Series A
Preferred Stock and any other series of Preferred Stock then entitled as a
class to elect directors, voting together as a single class, irrespective of
series, shall have the right to elect one Director.
(ii) During any default period, such voting right of the
holders of Series A Preferred Stock may be exercised initially at a special
meeting called pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of this Section 3(C) or at any
annual meeting of stockholders, and thereafter at annual meetings of
stockholders, provided that neither such voting right nor the right of the
holders of any other series of Preferred Stock, if any, to increase, in
certain cases, the authorized number of Directors shall be exercised unless
the holders of 10% in number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding shall
be present in person or by proxy. The absence of a quorum of holders of
Common Stock shall not affect the exercise by holders of Preferred Stock of
such voting right. At any meeting at which holders of Preferred Stock shall
exercise such voting right initially during an existing default period, they
shall have the right, voting as a class, to elect Directors to fill such
vacancy, if any, in the Board of Directors as may then exist up to one
Director or, if such right is exercised at an annual meeting, to elect one
Director. If the number which may be so elected at any special meeting does
not amount to the required number, the holders of the Preferred Stock shall
have the right to make such increase in the number of Directors as shall be
necessary to permit the election by them of the required number. After the
holders of the Preferred Stock shall have exercised their right to elect
Directors in any default period and during the continuance of such period, the
number of Directors shall not be increased or decreased except by vote of the
holders of Preferred Stock as herein provided or pursuant to the rights of any
equity securities ranking senior to or pari passu with the Series A Preferred
Stock.
(iii) Unless the holders of Preferred Stock shall, during an
existing default period, have previously exercised their right to elect
Directors, the Board of Directors may order, or any stockholder or
stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than 10% of the total number
of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding, irrespective of series, may
request, the calling of special meeting of holders of Preferred Stock,
which meeting shall thereupon be called by the President, a Vice President
or the Secretary of the Corporation. Notice of such meeting and of any
annual meeting at which holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote
pursuant to this paragraph (C)(iii) shall be given to each holder of record
of Preferred Stock by mailing a copy of such notice to him at his last
address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation. Such meeting
shall be called for a time not earlier than 20 days and not later than 60
days after such order or request or in default of the calling of such
meeting within 60 days after such order or request, such meeting may be
called on similar notice by any stockholder or stockholders owning in the
aggregate not less than 10% of the total number of shares of Preferred
Stock outstanding, irrespective of series. Notwithstanding the provisions
of this paragraph (C)(iii), no such special meeting shall be called during
the period within 60 days immediately preceding the date fixed for the next
annual meeting of stockholders.
(iv) In any default period, the holders of Common Stock, and
other classes of stock of the Corporation if applicable, shall continue to
be entitled to elect the whole number of Directors until the holders of
Preferred Stock shall have exercised their right to elect one Director
voting as a class, after the exercise of which right (x) the Directors so
elected by the holders of Preferred Stock shall continue in office until
their successors shall have been elected by such holders or until the
expiration of the default period, and (y) any vacancy in the Board of
Directors may (except as provided in paragraph (C)(ii) of this Section 3)
be filled by vote of a majority of the remaining Directors theretofore
elected by the holders of the class of stock which elected the Director
whose office shall have become vacant. References in this paragraph (C) to
Directors elected by the holders of a particular class of stock shall
include Directors elected by such Directors to fill vacancies as provided
in clause (y) of the foregoing sentence.
(v) Immediately upon the expiration of a default period, (x)
the right of the holders of Preferred Stock as a class to elect Directors
shall cease, (y) the term of any Directors elected by the holders of Preferred
Stock as a class shall terminate, and (z) the number of Directors shall be
such number as may be provided for in the certificate of incorporation or
bylaws irrespective of any increase made pursuant to the provisions of
paragraph (C)(ii) of this Section 3 (such number being subject, however, to
change thereafter in any manner provided by law or in the certificate of
incorporation or bylaws). Any vacancies in the Board of Directors effected by
the provisions of clauses (y) and (z) in the preceding sentence may be filled
by a majority of the remaining Directors.
(D) The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall
not be amended in any manner (whether by merger or otherwise) so as to
adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A
Preferred Stock without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of
the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as a
class.
(E) Except as otherwise provided herein, holders of Series A
Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights, and their consent shall
not be required for taking any corporate action.
Section 4. Certain Restrictions.
(A) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or
distributions payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2
are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and
distributions, whether or not declared, on outstanding shares of Series A
Preferred Stock shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:
(i) declare or pay dividends on, or make any other
distributions on, any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to
dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the
Series A Preferred Stock;
(ii) declare or pay dividends on, or make any other
distributions on, any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as
to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the
Series A Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series
A Preferred Stock and all such other parity stock on which dividends
are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which
the holders of all such shares are then entitled;
(iii) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for value any
shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred
Stock; provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase
or otherwise acquire shares of any such junior stock in exchange for
shares of stock of the Corporation ranking junior (as to dividends
and upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series A
Preferred Stock; or
(iv) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for value any
shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on
a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except in accordance
with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as
determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of Series A
Preferred Stock and all such other parity stock upon such terms as
the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual
dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the
respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will
result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or
classes.
(B) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the
Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for value any shares of stock of
the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (A) of this
Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such
manner.
Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A
Preferred Stock redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation
in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and cancelled promptly after the
acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become
authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock without designation as to
series and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be
created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors as permitted by
the Certificate of Incorporation or as otherwise permitted under Delaware Law.
Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Upon any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution
shall be made (1) to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as
to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A
Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock shall have received $1.00 per share, plus an amount equal to
accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not
declared, to the date of such payment; provided that the holders of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive an aggregate amount per
share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal
to 100 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of
Common Stock, or (2) to the holders of stock ranking on a parity (either as to
dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A
Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Series A Preferred
Stock and all such other parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to
which the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation,
dissolution or winding up. If the Corporation shall at any time after the
Rights Declaration Date pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of
Common Stock or effect a subdivision or combination of the outstanding shares
of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise) into a greater or lesser
number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the aggregate amount
to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled
immediately prior to such event under the proviso in clause (1) of the
preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction
the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
Section 7. Consolidation, Merger, etc. If the Corporation
shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction
in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other
stock or securities, cash or any other property, then in any such case the
shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly
exchanged for or changed into an amount per share, subject to the provision
for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 100 times the aggregate amount
of stock, securities, cash or any other property, as the case may be, into
which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. If the
Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date pay any
dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or effect a
subdivision or combination of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by
reclassification or otherwise) into a greater or lesser number of shares of
Common Stock, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding
sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the
numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
Section 8. No Redemption. The Series A Preferred Stock shall
not be redeemable.
Section 9. Rank. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank
junior (as to dividends and upon liquidation, dissolution and winding up) to
all other series of the Corporation's preferred stock except any series that
specifically provides that such series shall rank junior to the Series A
Preferred Stock.
Section 10. Fractional Shares. Series A Preferred Stock may
be issued in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in
proportion to such holder's fractional shares, to exercise voting rights,
receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all
other rights of holders of Series A Preferred Stock.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed and subscribed this
Certificate this ___ day of __________, 1995.
_________________________
Richard P. Magurno
Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
Attest:
______________________
Kathleen A. Soled
Vice President and
Corporate Secretary
Exhibit B
[Form of Right Certificate]
No. R- ____________Rights
NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER THE EARLIER OF JANUARY 12, 2006 AND THE DATE ON WHICH
THE RIGHTS EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE REDEEMED OR EXCHANGED BY THE COMPANY AS SET
FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT. AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, RIGHTS
ISSUED TO, OR HELD BY, ANY PERSON WHO IS, WAS OR BECOMES AN ACQUIRING PERSON
OR AN AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE THEREOF (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS
AGREEMENT), WHETHER CURRENTLY HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF SUCH PERSON OR BY ANY
SUBSEQUENT HOLDER, MAY BE NULL AND VOID. [THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED BY THIS
RIGHT CERTIFICATE ARE OR WERE BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY A PERSON WHO WAS OR BECAME
AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR AN AFFILIATE OR AN ASSOCIATE OF AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS
SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT). THIS RIGHT CERTIFICATE AND
THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE OR MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID IN THE
CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN SECTION 7(d) OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT.](1)
RIGHT CERTIFICATE
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.
This Right Certificate certifies that _________________, or
(1)If applicable, insert this portion of the legend and delete the preceding
sentence.
registered assigns, is the registered holder of the number of Rights set forth
above, each of which entitles the holder (upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Rights Agreement dated as of December 19, 1995
(the "Rights Agreement") between Trans World Airlines, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the
"Rights Agent")) to purchase from the Company, at any time after the
Distribution Date and prior to the Expiration Date, ______ one-hundredth[s] of
a fully paid, nonassessable share of Series A Participating Cumulative
Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock") of the Company at a purchase price of
$47.50 per one one-hundredth of a share (the "Purchase Price"), payable in
lawful money of the United States of America, upon surrender of this Right
Certificate, with the form of election to purchase and related certificate duly
executed, and payment of the Purchase Price at an office of the Rights Agent
designated for such purpose.
Terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in the Rights Agreement.
The number of Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate (and
the number and kind of shares issuable upon exercise of each Right) and the
Purchase Price set forth above are as of January 12, 1996, and may have been
or in the future be adjusted as a result of the occurrence of certain events,
as more fully provided in the Rights Agreement.
Upon the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, if the Rights
evidenced by this Right Certificate are beneficially owned by (a) an Acquiring
Person or an Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person, (b) a transferee
of an Acquiring Person (or any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a
transferee after the Acquiring Person becomes such, or (c) under certain
circumstances specified in the Rights Agreement, a transferee of an Acquiring
Person (or any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee prior to
or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming such, 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, which limitations of rights include the temporary suspension of
the exercisability of such Rights under the specific circumstances set forth
in the Rights Agreement.
Upon surrender at the principal office or offices of the Rights
Agent designated for such purpose and subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in the Rights Agreement, any Rights Certificate or Certificates may be
transferred or exchanged for another Rights Certificate or Certificates
evidencing a like number of Rights as the Rights Certificate or Certificates
surrendered.
Subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement, the Board of
Directors of the Company may, at its option,
(a) at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the close of
business on the tenth day after the Stock Acquisition Date (or such
later date as a majority of the Continuing Directors may designate
prior to such time as the Rights are no longer redeemable) and (ii)
the Final Expiration Date, redeem all but not less than all the then
outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $.01 per Right; or
(b) at any time after any Person becomes an Acquiring Person
(but before such Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more
of the shares of Voting Stock then outstanding), exchange all or part
of the then outstanding Rights (other than Rights held by the
Acquiring Person and certain related Persons) for shares of Common
Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Stock per Right.
If the Rights shall be exchanged in part, the holder of this Right
Certificate shall be entitled to receive upon surrender hereof
another Right Certificate or Certificates for the number of whole
Rights not exchanged.
No fractional shares of Preferred Stock are required to be
issued upon the exercise of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby (other than
fractions which are multiples of one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred
Stock, which may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary
receipts), but in lieu thereof a cash payment will be made, as provided in the
Rights Agreement. If this Right Certificate shall be exercised in part, the
holder shall be entitled to receive upon surrender hereof another Right
Certificate or Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised.
No holder of this Right Certificate shall be entitled to vote,
receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the shares of
capital stock 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 stockholder of
the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any
matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or
withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or
other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in the Rights
Agreement), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise,
until the Right or Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate shall have been
exercised as provided in the Rights Agreement.
This Right Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any
purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to
be duly executed under its corporate seal by its authorized officers.
Dated as of ________________, ____
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.
By______________________
Title:
[SEAL]
Attest:
______________________
Secretary
Countersigned:
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
as Rights Agent
By____________________
Authorized Signature
Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
(To be executed if the registered holder
desires to transfer the Right Certificate.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED _______________________________________
hereby 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 ______________________
Attorney, to transfer the within Right Certificate on the books of the
within-named Company, with full power of substitution.
Dated: _____________________, ____
___________________________
Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
Certificate
The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate
boxes that:
(1) the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate ___are
___are not being assigned 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 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 became an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person.
Dated: __________, ____ ________________________
Signature
__________
The signatures to the foregoing Assignment and Certificate must
correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Right Certificate in
every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
__________
FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
(To be executed if the registered holder desires to exercise
Rights represented by the Right Certificate.)
To: Trans World Airlines, Inc.
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise
____________ Rights represented by this Right Certificate to purchase shares
of Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Rights (or such other
securities of the Company or of any other person which may be issuable upon
the exercise of the Rights) and requests that certificates for such securities
be issued in the name of and delivered to:
Please insert social security
or other identifying number
__________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address)
___________________________________________________________
If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced
by this Right Certificate, a new Right Certificate for the balance of such
Rights shall be registered in the name of and delivered to:
Please insert social security
or other identifying number
___________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address)
___________________________________________________________
Dated: ________________, ____
___________________________
Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
Certificate
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 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 became an Acquiring Person or an
Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person.
Dated: __________, ____ ________________________
Signature
__________
The signature to the foregoing Election to Purchase and
Certificate must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Right
Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever.
__________
Exhibit C
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.
STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN
Summary of Terms
Form of Security: The Board of Directors has declared a dividend
of one preferred stock purchase right for each
outstanding share of the Company's Common Stock
and Employee Preferred Stock (collectively,
"Voting Stock"), payable to holders of record as
of the close of business on January 12, 1996
(each a "Right" and collectively, the "Rights")
Distribution Date: The earlier of:
(1) the 10th day after public announcement that
any person or group has become the beneficial
owner of 15% or more of the Company's Voting
Stock (other than pursuant to a Permitted Offer,
as defined below) and
(2) the 10th business day after the date of the
commencement of a tender or exchange offer
(other than a Permitted Offer) by any person
which would, if consummated, result in such
person becoming the beneficial owner of 20% or
more of the Company's Voting Stock,
in each case, subject to extension by a majority
of the Continuing Directors.(2)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any employee
benefit plan of the Company (i) becomes the
beneficial owner of 15% or more of the Company's
Voting Stock or (ii) commences a tender or
exchange offer which would, if consummated,
result in any such employee benefit plan
becoming the beneficial owner of 20% or more of
the Company's Voting Stock, then (in either such
case), a Distribution Date will not occur,
unless any such employee benefit plan is acting
in concert with a third party (other than
another employee benefit plan or pursuant to a
Permitted Offer).
Transfer: Prior to the Distribution Date, Rights will be
evidenced by the certificates for and will be
transferred with the Voting Stock, and the
registered holders of the Voting Stock will be
deemed to be the registered holders of the
Rights.
After the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent
will mail separate certificates evidencing the
Rights to each record holder of the Voting Stock
as of the close of business on the Distribution
Date, and thereafter the Rights will be
transferable separately from the Voting Stock.
Exercise: Prior to the Distribution Date, the Rights will
not be exercisable.
After the Distribution Date, each Right will be
exercisable to purchase, for $47.50 (the
"Purchase Price"), one one-hundredth of a share
of Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred
Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.
Flip-In: If any person or group (an "Acquiring Person")
becomes the beneficial owner of 15% or more of
the Company's Voting Stock (other than pursuant
to a Permitted Offer), then each Right (other
(2) "Continuing Director" means any member of
the Board of Directors who was a member of the
Board prior to the time an Acquiring Person (as
defined below) becomes such or any person who is
subsequently elected to the Board if such person
is recommended or approved by a majority of the
Continuing Directors. Continuing Directors do
not include an Acquiring Person, an affiliate or
associate of an Acquiring Person or any
representative or nominee of the foregoing.
than Rights beneficially owned by the Acquiring
Person and certain affiliated persons) will
entitle the holder to elect to receive a number
of shares of the Company's Common Stock having a
market value equal to the Purchase Price.
Flip-Over: If, after any person has become an Acquiring
Person (other than pursuant to a Permitted
Offer), (1) the Company is involved in a merger
or other business combination in which the
Company is not the surviving corporation or its
Voting Stock is exchanged for other securities or
assets or (2) the Company and/or one or more of
its subsidiaries sell or otherwise transfer
assets or earning power aggregating more than
50% of the assets or earning power of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
then each Right will entitle the holder to
purchase, for the Purchase Price, a number of
shares of common stock of the other party to
such business combination or sale (or in certain
circumstances, an affiliate) having a market
value of twice the Purchase Price.
Exchange: At any time after any person has become an
Acquiring Person (but before any person becomes
the beneficial owner of 50% or more of the
Company's Common Stock) a majority of the
Continuing Directors may exchange all or part of
the Rights (other than the Rights beneficially
owned by the Acquiring Person and certain
affiliated persons) for shares of Voting Stock
at an exchange ratio of one share of Common
Stock per Right.
Permitted Offer: A tender or exchange offer by a Person for all
outstanding shares of Voting Stock, which is
made at a price and on such other terms
determined by at least a majority of the
Continuing Directors to be in the best interests
of the Company and its stockholders.
Redemption: Subject to applicable provisions in the
Company's certificate of incorporation and
by-laws, the Board of Directors may redeem all
of the Rights at a price of $.01 per Right at
any time prior to the close of business on the
10th day after public announcement that any
person has become an Acquiring Person (subject
to extension by a majority of the Continuing
Directors).
After any person has become an Acquiring Person,
the Rights may be redeemed only with the
approval of a majority of the Continuing
Directors.
Expiration: The Rights will expire on January 12, 2006,
unless earlier exchanged or redeemed.
Amendments: Prior to the Distribution Date, the Rights
Agreement may be amended in any respect.
After the Distribution Date, the Rights
Agreement may be amended in any respect that
does not adversely affect the Rights holders
(other than any Acquiring Person and certain
affiliated persons).
After any person has become an Acquiring Person,
the Rights Agreement may be amended only with
the approval of a majority of the Continuing
Directors.
Voting Rights: Rights holders have no rights as a stockholder
of the Company, including the right to vote and
to receive dividends.
Antidilution The Rights Agreement includes
Provisions: antidilution provisions designed to prevent
efforts to diminish the efficacy of the Rights.
Taxes: While the dividend of the Rights will not be
taxable to stockholders or to the Company,
stockholders or the Company may, depending upon
the circumstances, recognize taxable income in
the event that the Rights become exercisable as
set forth above.
_______________
A copy of the Rights Agreement has been 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.
