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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 5, 1995
FIRST BANK SYSTEM, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-6880 41-0255900
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS employer
of incorporation) file number) identification no.)
601 Second Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
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(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (612) 973-1111
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Not Applicable
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5. Other Events.
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On November 5, 1995, the Board of Directors of First Bank System, Inc. (the
"Company") authorized the execution of Amendment No. 3 to Rights Agreement (the
"Amendment"), dated November 9, 1995, between the Company and First Chicago
Trust Company of New York (formerly Morgan Shareholder Services Trust Company)
(the "Rights Agent"), which amended the Rights Agreement, dated as of December
21, 1988, between the Company and the Rights Agent, as amended by Amendment No.
1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of May 30, 1990, and by Amendment No. 2 to
Rights Agreement, dated as of February 17, 1993 (such agreement, as so amended,
the "Rights Agreement"). The amendments to the Rights Agreement set forth in the
Amendment are described below. The Rights Agreement, as amended by the
Amendment, sets forth the description and the terms of the rights held by
holders of the Company's common stock, par value $1.25 per share, to purchase
one one-hundredth share of Junior Participating Preferred Stock. Terms used
herein but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Rights
Agreement.
Section 1(a) of the Rights Agreement was amended by modifying the
definition of "Acquiring Person" to exclude from such definition First
Interstate Bancorp, a Delaware corporation ("First Interstate"), and its
Affiliates and Associates (each, a "First Interstate Party"), but only if and
for so long as (1) First Interstate is in compliance with all material terms,
conditions and obligations imposed upon it by the Agreement and Plan of Merger,
dated as of November 5, 1995, by and among the Company, Eleven Acquisition
Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and
First Interstate, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Merger
Agreement"), and the Stock Option Agreement, dated November 5, 1995, between
First Interstate, as grantee, and the Company, as issuer, as the same may be
amended from time to time (the "Parent Stock Option Agreement"), and (2) no
First Interstate Party is the Beneficial Owner of any Common Shares of the
Company then outstanding other than: (a) Common Shares of the Company of which
any First Interstate Party is or becomes the Beneficial Owner by reason of the
approval, execution or delivery of the Merger Agreement or the Parent Stock
Option Agreement or by reason of the consummation of any transaction
contemplated in the Merger Agreement, the Parent Stock Option Agreement or both;
(b) Common Shares of the Company of which any First Interstate Party is the
Beneficial Owner on November 9, 1995; (c) Common Shares of the Company of which
any First Interstate Party becomes the Beneficial Owner after November 9, 1995;
provided, that the aggregate number of Common Shares of the Company which may be
Beneficially Owned by the First Interstate Parties pursuant to this clause (c)
shall not exceed 5% of the Common Shares of the Company outstanding; (d) Common
Shares of the Company acquired in satisfaction of debts contracted prior to
November 9, 1995, by any First Interstate Party in good faith in the ordinary
course of such First Interstate Party's banking business; (e) Common Shares of
the Company held by any First Interstate Party in a bona fide fiduciary or
depository capacity; and (f) Common
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Shares of the Company owned in the ordinary course of business by either (i) an
investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, or (ii) an investment account, for either of which any First Interstate
Party acts as investment advisor.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which is
attached hereto as an exhibit and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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The following exhibit is filed with this report:
Exhibit No. Description
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4.1 Amendment No. 3 to Rights Agreement, dated November 9, 1995,
between First Bank System, Inc. and First Chicago Trust Company
of New York, as Rights Agent.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
FIRST BANK SYSTEM, INC.
/s/ David J. Parrin
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David J. Parrin
Senior Vice President and Controller
Dated: November 15, 1995
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
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4.1 Amendment No. 3 to Rights Agreement, dated November 9, 1995,
between First Bank System, Inc. and First Chicago Trust Company
of New York, as Rights Agent.
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Exhibit 4.1
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AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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Amendment No. 3 to Rights Agreement, dated November 9, 1995, to Rights
Agreement, dated as of December 21, 1988 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated
as of May 30, 1990, and by Amendment No. 2, dated as of February 17, 1993, the
"Rights Agreement"), between First Bank System, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), and First Chicago Trust Company of New York (formerly Morgan
Shareholder Services Trust Company) (the "Rights Agent") (all terms not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Rights
Agreement).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent have previously entered into
the Rights Agreement specifying the terms of the Rights;
WHEREAS, Section 27 of the Rights Agreement provides that the Company
may from time to time amend the Rights Agreement to make any provisions with
respect to the Rights which the Company may deem necessary or desirable, any
such amendment to be evidenced by a writing signed by the Company and the Rights
Agent;
WHEREAS, the Company, First Interstate Bancorp, a Delaware corporation
("First Interstate"), and Eleven Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("Eleven"), have entered into an
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 5, 1995 (the "Merger
Agreement"), pursuant to which Eleven would merge with and into First
Interstate, with First Interstate as the surviving corporation in the merger;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger Agreement the Company and First
Interstate have entered into a Stock Option Agreement, dated November 5, 1995
(the "Parent Stock Option Agreement"), pursuant to which the Company has granted
to First Interstate an option (the "Parent Stock Option") to purchase certain
shares of the Company's Common Stock under certain circumstances and upon
certain terms and conditions;
WHEREAS, the Parent Stock Option Agreement provides that in no event
shall (i) the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Parent Stock Option
is then exercisable, plus (ii) the number of Option Shares (as defined in the
Parent Stock Option Agreement) theretofore purchased thereunder, plus (iii) the
number of other shares of Common Stock of which First Interstate is the
Beneficial Owner exceed 19.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock of the Company (computed in accordance with the procedures set forth in
the Rights Agreement) until after such time as the Rights Agreement is amended
to provide that neither the execution of the Parent Stock Option Agreement or
the Merger
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Agreement nor the exercise of the Parent Stock Option shall result in First
Interstate becoming an Acquiring Person;
WHEREAS, as a result neither First Interstate nor any other Person has
become an Acquiring Person;
WHEREAS, in the Parent Stock Option Agreement the Company agreed
promptly to take all steps necessary to enter into such an amendment to the
Rights Agreement with the Rights Agent; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has duly approved
amending the Rights Agreement to contain the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements set forth herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Amendment to Section 1(a). Section 1(a) of the Rights Agreement
is hereby amended by replacing "or" before clause (iii) with "," and by adding
the following to the end of the first sentence thereof:
"or (iv) any First Interstate Party, but only if and for so long as (A)
First Interstate is in compliance with all material terms, conditions and
obligations imposed upon it by the Merger Agreement and the Parent Stock
Option Agreement and (B) no First Interstate Party is the Beneficial Owner
of any Common Shares of the Company then outstanding other than: (u) Common
Shares of the Company of which any First Interstate Party is or becomes the
Beneficial Owner by reason of the approval, execution or delivery of the
Merger Agreement or the Parent Stock Option Agreement or by reason of the
consummation of any transaction contemplated in the Merger Agreement, the
Parent Stock Option Agreement or both; (v) Common Shares of the Company of
which any First Interstate Party is the Beneficial Owner on the date
hereof; (w) Common Shares of the Company of which any First Interstate
Party becomes the Beneficial Owner after the date hereof; provided, that
the aggregate number of Common Shares of the Company which may be
Beneficially Owned by the First Interstate Parties pursuant to this clause
(w) shall not exceed 5% of the Common Shares of the Company outstanding;
(x) Common Shares of the Company acquired in satisfaction of debts
contracted prior to the date hereof by any First Interstate Party in good
faith in the ordinary course of such First Interstate Party's banking
business; (y) Common Shares of the Company held by any First Interstate
Party in a bona fide fiduciary or depository capacity; and (z) Common
Shares of the Company owned
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in the ordinary course of business by either (A) an investment company
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (B) an
investment account, for either of which any First Interstate Party acts as
investment advisor."
2. Additions to Section 1. The following terms are hereby added to
Section 1 of the Rights Agreement as additional defined terms under the Rights
Agreement:
"(s) "First Interstate" shall mean First Interstate Bancorp, a
Delaware corporation.
(t) "First Interstate Parties" shall mean, collectively, First
Interstate and its Affiliates and Associates. "First Interstate Party"
shall have a correlative meaning.
(u) "Merger Agreement" shall mean the Plan and Agreement of Merger,
dated as of November 5, 1995, by and among the Company, Eleven Acquisition
Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company,
and First Interstate, as the same may be amended from time to time.
(v) "Parent Stock Option Agreement" shall mean the Stock Option
Agreement, dated November 5, 1995, between First Interstate, as grantee,
and the Company, as issuer, as the same may be amended from time to time."
3. Other Provisions. The other provisions of the Rights Agreement
shall continue in full force and effect as set forth in the Rights Agreement and
are not affected in any way by this Amendment No. 3.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No.
3 to be duly executed and attested on the day and year first set forth above.
FIRST BANK SYSTEM, INC.
By: /s/ David J. Parrin
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Name: David J. Parrin
Title: Senior Vice President &
Controller
Attest:
By: /s/ Howell D. McCullough
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Name: Howell D. McCullough
Title: Senior Vice President
FIRST CHICAGO TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ Ralph Persico
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Name: Ralph Persico
Title: Customer Service Officer
Attest:
By: /s/ Al Diorio
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Name: Al Diorio
Title: Assistant Vice President
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